Nation Challenge (attn: Dogscoff & Growltigga) - Page 2

Growltigga · #11 December 21st, 2001, 06:36 PM

Gryphin
Paraphrasing the response

2nd - remember Pearl Harbour, the Alamo etc etc - about time you uppity yanks got a taste of good old british steel - there are no French to help you this time

4th - teddy bears at dawn I feel

5th - the armada that will be woppin' (is that how is it said?) you in the game

5th - dont worry, I wouldn't dream of taking advantage of your dodgy eyesight

6th - you ain't seen nothing yet

7th - telegraphic transfer of funds only - account details to follow - please note all bills are to be settled in full within 15 days of request

Arizona will be work and a wedding - apparently Arizona lasses think English chaps are a much better catch than the locals - natural selection really

mac5732 · #12 December 21st, 2001, 07:18 PM

G&G, I shall be watching for this bout with great interest, Please keep us posted on details of the coming bash with updates.

go get-em "G"

just some ideas mac

Growltigga · #13 December 21st, 2001, 07:22 PM

quote:
Originally posted by mac5732:
[QB]G&G, I shall be watching for this bout with great interest, Please keep us posted on details of the coming bash with updates. go get-em "G"

Excuse, no New World based partisanship please.

This bout should be quite a laugh, to paraphrase our esteemed wartime leader 'Never in the field of wargaming have so many daft mistakes and stupid moves been made by such a right couple of plonkers

Gryphin · #14 December 21st, 2001, 08:51 PM

Growltigga
2nd) The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought on Breeds Hill,
The Battle of New Orleans comes to mind, Something about the War of 1812. Hmm, Jonny Horton had quite a song about it. Would you like the lyrics? Shall I quote Kipling and his poem about the Zulus broke the British Square?
4th) Goodenough is my Last name, and that is the way it is pronounced.
5th) Please send in the fleet, we will use the scrap metal to build a memorial to your vanished race.
* correcting my typo *
6th) I challenge you to choose a ship set that will be difficult to see. I have never used my vision as an excuse, and I would not want to deprive you of an advantage. For things to work correctly it will have to be one of the default sets.
BTW: These dodgy eyes took all but one of the photos at my web site.

8th) True, I have not seen anything yet from you. Nor do I expect to. Though the hot air has been good for a chuckle and a wry grin or two.

7th) You will have to accept telepathic payment

You quote Darwin? I would say you are right. You have to come here to find someone of quality,

[ 21 December 2001: Message edited by: Gryphin ]

Phoenix-D · #15 December 21st, 2001, 09:08 PM

"'Never in the field of wargaming have so many daft mistakes and stupid moves been made by such a right couple of plonkers"

Also see

"The genius of you Americans is that you never make clear-cut stupid mistakes, only complicated stupid mistakes that make us wonder if we're missing something."

Phoenix-D

Growltigga · #16 December 22nd, 2001, 01:16 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Gryphin:
Growltigga
2nd) The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought on Breeds Hill,

Well now, I have checked my Enclycopedia Britannica and it definately refers to Bunker Hill, not Breeds Hill and as that is the font of all knowledge, I assume it is you Gryphin who is geographically challenged (by the way, for all you colonials out there, London is in England, not vice versa (NB there's me getting chucked out of the forum for good!!!!)

The Battle of New Orleans comes to mind, Something about the War of 1812. Hmm, Jonny Horton had quite a song about it. Would you like the lyrics?

I already know the one about the battle of new orleans ie "we fired our guns but the british kept on coming but there wasnt that many as there was a while ago?" - time for a hoe downI feel and I am beginning to worry that you may be a line dancer or into country and western music

Shall I quote Kipling and his poem about the Zulus broke the British Square?

If you wish - interesting new development on the Zulus on a very good documentary over here - the expose shows they used drugs heavily to work themselves into a fighting spirit so much that you would probably have needed a modern armoured battlaion to stop massed zulu impis - not just a battalion of English and native soldiers with martini henry - that being said we did well as Shaka did say the British were the bravest warrios besides the zulus

4th) Goodenough is my Last name, and that is the way it is pronounced.

You are joking - if not - nice to meet you - mine is Plummer-St John- Fawke

5th) Please send in the fleet, we will use the scrap metal to build a memorial to your vanished race.

Please, typical American chutzbah - if you mention Mom's homemade apple pie and crumbly candy bars (or is that dumbluck) I will personally cry - always remember that only a nationwith considerable history like England can compoete and compoete with style - if we lose, we will lose with style, panache and elegance and if we go down, the galaxy will say that we looked good going down

* correcting my typo *
6th) I challenge you to choose a ship set that will be difficult to see. I have never used my vision as an excuse, and I would not want to deprive you of an advantage. For things to work correctly it will have to be one of the default sets.

The only advantage I need is another bottle of vino and permission from 'she who must be obeyed' to play

BTW: These dodgy eyes took all but one of the photos at my web site.

8th) True, I have not seen anything yet from you. Nor do I expect to. Though the hot air has been good for a chuckle and a wry grin or two.

Likewise - I now christen you Montgolfier for all the hot air produced on this thread - I look forward to the opportunity of learning SE IV and PBEM together - the worst that can happen is that I give up and go back to Shogun Warlord

7th) You will have to accept telepathic payment

Do you have bailiffs in the US? if not, you might have a surprise

You quote Darwin? I would say you are right. You have to come here to find someone of quality,

No, I quote Churchill after the Battle of Britain.
Truly, the best PM we ever had (or at least the one with the largest cojones)

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Gryphin · #17 December 22nd, 2001, 02:02 AM

Growltigga,
I don't know, but I suspect we will have the answer shortly. I'll try to start a game and send it to you. Let's do trial and error till we get the mechanics down right, then we can start a serious game were the obvious advantage of my age, (47), will aid me in prevailing over someone so young. < bemused grin >.
I'll try to start a game tonight, (4:30 pm my time).
No matter what happens, We know the Red White and Blue will win.
I will use a small cluster glaxy, no catastrophys, and the defaults for everything else.
Please let me know what you think.

Other formum members: Would you li8ke postings of the progress here?

I'll take the Swiss anyday. They make cool tanks.
Enjoy,

dumbluck · #18 December 22nd, 2001, 02:08 AM

I haven't looked at this in a long time, but this was a useful utility for PBEM.

edit: how's that for "having a response shortly"

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Gryphin · #19 December 22nd, 2001, 02:28 AM

dumbluck,
Thanks, and good morning, Care for some coffee? I'll buy.

Do you think we should make a special Ship set based on sharks for my estimable opponnet?
< I hope he likes my wry humor >

dumbluck · #20 December 22nd, 2001, 02:31 AM

Good evening. (I haven't gone to bed yet, and until I do, it's still thursday evening, so there!)

I also thought of something else for you. You can just use pbw to distrubute your turns, all you have to do is set automatic turns to off. You execute the turns from your computer, and pbw pretty much does the rest.