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May Archive
19:00 EST Fionn starts to deliver the Coup de Grace on Bil and you can watch it all in Turn 17 of the Sunkern Lane AAR located HERE. And for tonight's POTD: Extra load of Armor Piercing Ammo from the Ordnance Company? 1 Case of Whiskey Directions to the front lines from a local villager? 3 Chocolate Bars Guide to show a 'secret logging road' around the flank? 5 Cartoons of Cigarettes That odd sensation suddenly filling your pants? PRICELESS For everything else, there's CMHQ POTDS! -Madmatt 19:15 EST Tonight' POTD is a prime example of why I should never take request again! ;-) Actually it's not bad just doesn't have the OMMPH that I normally like to put in, but when we look at the the recent holiday, I guess its fitting... Have a look Here... It's starting to really unfold for Bil now and watch as Fionn continues to dissect his opponent in the Sunken Lane After Action Report Turn 16 right HERE. -Madmatt 16:10 EST Just a quick note to let everyone know
that after a day long outage the BTS Combat Mission Forum is back up!
Here is what Steve has to say about the downtime:
The CMHQ-Annex was updated today with the German Gebirgsjäger Uniforms and I have also added unit info windows with full weapons and effectiveness stats! Head on over to the 'Annex and see for yourself! -Madmatt 16:00 EST Ahhh!!!! A 3-day weekend! Boy, do I need this... Time to do some relaxing and just kick back. Don't expect too many updates on the sites until Tuesday as I need to recharge my batteries. I also have about a dozen new Hero submissions to go through so you can hold off on those for a while! Now, that being said I do have a nice update to hold you over... First off, coming to the rescue (as is his preferred style of entrance) Max Molinaro dumps off another hilarious POTD for us. Seems in a new version of Valley of Trouble some tweaks to the German Pillboxes have been made to even up the odds. Bring it on baby! Grab it RIGHT HERE. The next offering comes from Fionn Kelly as his skilled ambushers continue to try and hold off against the seemingly limitless British re-enforcements. Read this thrilling report over IN HERE. Last week was a good one for POTD's and you can catch up on any you missed as well as any from the last 15 weeks in our POTD Archive which can be reached by FOLLOWING THIS LINK. -Madmatt 20:15 EST AAR - POTD...AAR - POTD... Seems to be a good combination for an update so why change now! So guess what? AAR and POTD! The After Action Report portion is provided by our own Fionn Kelly and he takes us to Turn 14 in his Sunken Lane battle. Good stuff and a true hero falls tonight. See it all in HERE. The POTD part for this evening shows us a brave Marder II as it treads down a broken street through the shattered town of Ramelle. Zoom in on it HERE. By the way, in all of about 1/2 second after this picture was taken a bazooka round ripped into the superstructure and immolated that idiot Tank Commander. Servers him right for going down a road unescorted by infantry! -Madmatt 17:30 EST After twelve long minutes of constant ambush and close combat, Fionn's outnumbered and dwindling defenders of the Fatherland are starting to realize the enormity of the task at hand. Faced with ever more fresh British reinforcements can Fionn keep up the pace and stop Bil's fierce counter attacks? Find out in the 13th After Action Report right HERE. A common message in the Forum asks about map sizes and limits and similar topics so I thought I would give you an idea of just HOW BIG, big can be! This POTD was taken from a map whose length is just about 2000 meters or 1.24280 Miles. And remember, there ARE bigger maps! See just how big BIG IS right HERE. -Madmatt 22:00 EST I got home today and my head felt as if King Tiger drove through it so I am just going to take a large amount if drugs and lie down. However, I did get tonight's update ready for you. First off we have Fionn's Turn 12 After Action Report from his game of The Sunken Lane against Bil Hardenberger. Browse over HERE to see that. And the POTD for tonight was taken from a bloodbath Operation between myself and Kwazydog, Dan Olding. People, you are going to LOVE Operations!!! Check out this crew as they hightail it away from a marauding M8 Greyhound. And let me tell you something about those damn scout cars. DON'T UNDER ESTIMATE THEM!!! See this moment of terror right HERE! -Madmatt 16:45 EST So how many tanks CAN Combat Mission handle at once? I don't know but here is a little something I threw together with about 170 Panzer IV's against over a 150 Sherman M4A1's... Average turn took about 4 minutes to process but play back was still pretty smooth. Target this POTD right HERE. In today's Sunken Lane After Action Report Bil counter attacks with vigor but is it too little too late? Head over to the the turn 11 report and find out. -Madmatt 18:30 EST Like many things English, I am not exactly sure what 'Cor Blimey' is supposed to mean but my friend from London says it and I like the sound. For those of you that can't get enough of the Churchill AVRE here is a little armored convoy as it makes its way through a claustrophobic tree and bocage lined lane. That second vehicle is a Sexton by the way. Zoom in on tonight's POTD right HERE. Fionn sent in his tenth turn in his Sunken Lane After Action Report and proves that this battle isn't going to be a cakewalk after all. See for yourself right through HERE. -Madmatt 23:50 EST Sorry about the late update tonight but that damn Real Life keeps getting in the way. As a fill in POTD (ok I was lazy and I like little bodies being tossed around) we have Max Molinaro's latest rendition of another Nazi Secret Weapon. Full size version available HERE. Fionn Kelly shows just what a little luck and a Panzerfaust can do in his turn 9 installment of his After Action Report. Snap it up right through HERE. And this weeks POTD Archive is also been collected and posted. Point your browser HERE for these archived goodies. -Madmatt Thursday, May 18, 2000 20:45 EST I am still feeling a little under the weather but I did put up a little POTD for you to help take the edge off! This picture gives you a nice comparison of the relative sizes of Panthers and Hetzers. Check it out HERE. Head on over to the Annex too as I have posted the first full views of the German Fallschrimjägers Uniforms. -Madmatt 21:45 EST Due to a recent illness in my family (umm, that would be ME!) I only have Fionn's Turn 8 After Action Report available tonight. Here is what Fionn has to say about this one: Killed 1 tank, immobilized another and managed to kill about 25 infantry. Sounds good! Check it out HERE! -Madmatt 18:55 EST There has been some questions about the scenario and map editor and their ease of use and powerful features so I figured now will be as good a time as easy to dust off the old Hotte DAM map and take a few shots of it with all the new finished textures as tonight's POTD! Besides, I am never one to turn down a little self promotion. For those of you that newer saw the original feature I ran on this map you can review it in our Special Events section. For the record, this entire DAM map took about 4-6 hours to design and build and I had never done a whole map in the Map Editor before this attempt. I WILL be releasing an actual scenario with this DAM prominently featured once Combat Mission is released. Sneak up close to this wonder of the modern world with Picture 1 and Picture 2. The number seven is considered lucky for many people but after tonight's After Action Report I doubt Bil will think so. That's right, Fionn continues to take apart his foes forces in a lethal counterstrike in Turn 7 which is now available HERE. -Madmatt 20:00 EST So far, in all the scenarios that you have had the opportunity to play in the demos, the weather has always been sunny and bright. In war, however, the weather sometimes is the worst enemy encountered. Combat Mission fully recreates both night actions as well as various forms of inclement weather. Tonight's POTD has a potent German Panzer force as it makes it way through through a thick forest during a foggy night. Gaze through the haze right HERE. Fionn Kelly serves up another helping of his ambush bolstered bocage After Action Report tonight as we now have Turn 6 available and ready for memorization. Take a journey through the mischievous mind of master right over HERE. It was only a matter of time before acts of extreme bravery and courage would start to seep out from the veil of secrecy of the new Gold Demo Scenario, Valley of Trouble. A.R. Charles (better known as Babra) sent in this German officer and gun crew who held firm against incredible odds in defense of the fatherland and the West Wall. Be advised that this is a spoiler Hero's Corner picture and text. You can pay homage to this latest inductee by clicking THIS. -Madmatt 18:20 EST Ahhh, the flowers smell just a little bit sweeter, the sun just a little bit brighter and the future just a little more grander today. Why you ask? Well it might have something to do with this being the day after I KICKED FIONN'S ASS in our little PBEM game! Yes, the grand master was taken to task by little old me and in the end he was forced to surrender to my AU-THORI-TY. It was quite a struggle and I can fully attest to the fact that Fionn gave me the hardest contest imaginable. But in the end.. Well just SEE FOR YOURSELVES by Clicking THIS! Today's POTD captures the moment when pounding mortar fire finally did this poor peasant farm house in. Click HERE for a full version and notice the cool disturbance cloud effect that occurs when building collapse. In the CM Forum there has been a lot of talk about HE, fires and collapsing buildings. So I threw together this little picture galley which is THE ANATOMY OF CHAOS. Its a little photo journey of some of the effects that can occur to a poor building caught in a maelstrom of artillery spawned hell. See it in the New Features Section right HERE. Over at the CMHQ-Annex the Golden BB's section was updated with all the collected wisdon on Onboard Indirect Artillery Fire (how to do it!). So head over and check it out.
Did I mention that >>>> I KICKED FIONN'S ASS? <<<< -Madmatt 20:25 EST Welcome to one weekend closer to the release of Combat Mission! For tonight we have a new mural that will grace the Madmatt Cathedral for the Church of New Scenarios courtesy of Max Molinaro. Viewings are available in the newly added Page 4 of the Max Molinaro Gallery right in HERE... Fionn Kelly gives some more painful lessons to his opponent in tonight's Turn 5 in his After Action Report available right through HERE. No new POTD tonight because quite frankly, I rather like that one! -Madmatt 18:45 EST This is truly an exciting time around here and you can really tell that we are all part of something extraordinary! Ok, Fionn has recovered from the wave of New Demo-itis that has hit all of us and gotten his Turn 4 After Action Report to me. It's now been posted with pictures and Fionn's regular modest delivery style right HERE. Currently in my hometown it's been humid and hazy and hot and to get away from it all I like to curl up with a nice Heavy Tank and some snowy vistas courtesy of Combat Mission. Check out that new King Tiger texture in tonight's POTD right in HERE. The CMHQ-Annex has been busy as well and tonight it has a new German outfit in the Uniform Gallery and a new section as well. The new section is called the Golden BB and will basically serve as a repository for the collected wisdom that often gets lost in the massive avalanche of threads and posts from the Combat Mission Forum. Its starts of tonight with a repost of Moons awesome Polish and German Voice Translations and also has Part 1 of my own COOL THINGS thread which covers many new enhancements to the demo that may get overlooked in everyone's excitement to play. You can head over to the Annex after you are done here by using the Nav-Link off to the left of your screen. We have also updated the POTD Archive for the last 10 days or so and we are now current up to tonight. This POTD Archive is accessible through the Main Archives Section or you can always just click THIS. -Madmatt 06:45 EST There is only one thing that would make me get up at the ungoldly hour and post an update... Hmmm did I just say GOLD??? How about the GOLD DEMO???!!!
CLICK THIS TO BE TAKEN TO A NEW LEVEL OF IMMERSION AND GAMEPLAY!
-Madmatt 22:00 EST Well the bandwidth whore that has become SPWAW (yeah it's up finally) is making it near impossible for me to get a proper update up here but I did manage to sneak this POTD in for ya. Many of you may remember the Church Of New Scenarios that I formed way back when the original demo was released. Well the release of the Gold Demo is very close at hand so I figured it would be a good idea to reconvene the choir and sing a psalm or two whilst we wait in assembled blissful anticipation. Join with me my brothers as we prepare for the day of RAPTURE. And if any of you NON-Believing heretical pagans want to assert your own moral fiber upon my cherished sycophantic flock than gaze at my newest temple of worship and mayest thou thinkest twice... Double 88's from the lord is my gospel word... -Madmatt 19:15 EST Seems Kampfgruppe Kelly has been cut off and I haven't received word from them yet. Due to this communication break down I don't have the next turn in the Beta AAR ready yet but wire teams have been sent out to restore communications. While I await word from them I have provided a new POTD for your viewing enjoyment. Tonight I have put up a picture which has just about every cool feature I could think of. You have terrain fire (caused from a HE arty explosion, smoke, smoke screens, eliminated unit markers (aka dead bodies), Aircraft rockets, craters and a cool plane shadow. Note that the plane in this picture engaged what he saw as a armored threat which was in fact already knocked out. That rocket attack also severely injured 2 friendly squads that ventured to close. See it all right HERE. -Madmatt 14:30 EST Added today's POTD! Here is a finalized textured Pz IVH for you to gawk at... See it in all its finalized glory right HERE. 14:00 EST Fionn is now back on track with his awesome Beta After Action Report and Turn 3 is available by following this LINK. Work on the Uniform Gallery located at the CMHQ-Annex continues and soon I will have some new uniforms on display! -Madmatt 20:00 EST Announcing the turning point for Combat Mission support on the Web. The all new COMBAT MISSION WebRing!!! The WebRing is now functioning and we already have 4 members with many more sure to come. Use the navigation controls (see bottom of page HERE) to quickly get to your favorite CM site (ok, your second favorite site that is! ;-) ) List all the sites, go forwards and backwards through the ring and even visit them in random order! If you have a CM supporting site and want to be added into the Ring just use the link included in the Ring Control Panel. We now have a way to link all the sites together and an even easier way to browse them. The Combat Mission WebRing, bring Combat Mission even closer to home... The Beta After Action Report from Fionn Kelly will be experience a VERY brief pause while Fionn updates all the screenshots with newer graphics. Some of the pictures he took when he first played the game have recently become rather, dated. We just want to provide you with the most accurate report we can. Don't worry it will be back on track in no time. Ok, since the above has been keeping me rather busy there was no time to get a proper update ready (besides, Gladiator opens tonight!!!) but Max Molinaro has come to the rescue with TWO new pictures. The first one is our daily POTD above which you can see in full size HERE and the second is in Max's Gallery Page which is located right through HERE. -Madmatt 20:00 EST As promised the next installment of Fionn's Beta After Action Report is now prepped up and ready to engage. Get your fill of Bocage Bonanza right through HERE. Since we are in the mood to fulfill promises, there is one individual whom has been patiently waiting for some time now for a little Polish Loving. And no, this time sausage is NOT involved. It doesn't matter that in the scenario above that Polish Sexton SP-Artillery vehicle only lasted about 4 seconds before being riddled by a storm of 20mm shells. I made a promise and I kept it! See the full sized kielbasa POTD right HERE. If you want some more tasty bites with a Polish Flavor then be sure to check out the CMHQ-Annex as we have just posted the 1944 Polish Infantry and Polish Airborne uniforms in the Uniform Gallery. -Madmatt 19:30 EST MAYDAY, a day marked in passage by extravagant military parades in all the Communist countries worldwide and by the senseless destruction of a McDonalds restaurant in London. So how did we here at CMHQ decide to celebrate this dawning of the month which will bring the final birth to Combat Mission? How about a new After Action Report!!! And not just any AAR, but one penned by our own Fionn Kelly and the fun doesn't start there. No sir, this isn't some lame treaties on how to sneak that StuG passed those Hellcats in Last Defense. Nope, this is a report from an actual scenario that you may be playing once you get your copy of Combat Mission. Now be aware that there is allot of spoiler material in this but its one hell of a ride none the less and one which we intend to bring you each and every night for 21 consecutive installments! So sit back, relax and engage your mind as we take you into Combat Mission like you've never seen! Start this journey of exploration and discovery right HERE. To add to this already scrumptious stew, tonight's POTD was taken from the new AAR and shows one instant in one of the brutal and deadly battles which occurred between isolated Panzergrenadiers and the attacking Tommies during the bloodbath which was this PBEM game. And yes Virginia, those ARE dead bodies! Geez, you people sure know how to ruin a surprise! See them HERE. By the way Fionn opted for the more CPU friendly low quality smoke in this picture instead of the more Madmatt endowed HIGH QUALITY smoke. He has been beaten severely for this transgression and swore it will not happen again... Be sure to drop into the CMHQ-Annex as well as some more new uniforms were posted earlier! This time we have 1945 versions of the US Infantry and US Paratroopers. -Madmatt
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