Chicago too far away? CM:SF Preview in Canberra 20/7 - 22/7

[gibsonm]

Well now that Rune has granted permission, I can let those of you in "God's country" know that I'll be doing something similar (albeit with a more mature version) in Canberra over the weekend 21 - 22 July.

Same general outline as Rune's (limited by NDA, etc.) but because its closer to the release date it should be the final product (or damn near close).

Anyway more details as they come to hand.

Please email the address in the profile so I can get an idea of interest (to choose the right sized venue, etc.).

[ July 04, 2007, 03:28 AM: Message edited by: gibsonm ]

[Ali-Baba]

What is wrong with you people. Chicago and Canberra? Anything in the middle for us poor Europeans?

[Speedy]

Wrong weekend for me on dayshift :(

[gibsonm]

Originally posted by panzermartin:
What is wrong with you people. Chicago and Canberra? Anything in the middle for us poor Europeans? How about Tehran or somewhere in the Sudan?

[Ali-Baba]

I was thinking more about Damascus, at LoneSyrian's place maybe :D

[Gothmog]

Damn, would love to come along and see it gibsonm but i'll be in Kapooka doing basic from the 13th of July. Recently signed up as a choco Cav Scout. RAAC all the way!

[Mace]

Gothmog, Shouldn't you be saluting Gibbo then? ;)

[gibsonm]

Gothmog,

Which Regt?

I have a pretty good idea based on where you are (but you could be super keen and join 4/19th or 12/16th).

[ June 06, 2007, 07:51 PM: Message edited by: gibsonm ]

[mr.bean]

what about california?
i dont have enough money that i can fly to someones house for a preview.
why not just make a video?

[gibsonm]

What about California?

These previews are being done by people on the Beta test team who have decided they can find some more unpaid time to allocate to CM:SF (above and beyond the beta testing) to show local people what they have been working on and to allow people to "have a go" and answer specific issues that they are interested in.

BTS/BFC does not have the time (unless you want the release date to slip) or the funds (unless you want the price to go up) to produce some all encompassing video that will choke your bandwidth and still leave people asking "What about X".

I'm sorry but if no one near you is able to run one of these then your options are limited to:

1. Going to one of them.

2. Waiting for feedback posted here afterwards.

3. Waiting to get the downloadable demo.

[ June 06, 2007, 07:53 PM: Message edited by: gibsonm ]

[Gothmog]

1/15th Sir smile.gif

[gibsonm]

Ah well say "Hello" to everyone in B Sqn for me (I guess that is where you want to be).

LTCOL Stewart is an old mate.

Tenax in Fide.

[ June 06, 2007, 10:38 PM: Message edited by: gibsonm ]

[unsobill]

burp - forgive me for invading - what are you d00ds doingg here?

[gibsonm]

Well assuming you can read English, I guess you already know.

Good Bye.

[Gothmog]

Actually I live in Sydney so its A Sqn for me, i'm at HQ now until i've completed basic.

Tenax in Fide.

[gibsonm]

Ah MAJ Shadbolts' boys - I was OC A in 2002 (if I recall correctly).

And I think CAPT Sutton is your OC at Parramatta?

Perhaps I'll see you at the next Church Pde.

Cheers!

[Muso57]

I'm one of those taking part in this weekend. Much thanx and salutations to the wonderful gibbo. I'm looking forward to the weekend with gusto.

There are seven of us so far, all We Band of Brothers Members. If any of you are interested in joining the Mighty BoB (it's a great CM gaming club) here's the link: http://webandofbrothers.de/index.htm Take a squiz at the Message Board to see the latest happenings. As a member since 2003 I can highly recommend the BoB.

Seizure in Canberra!!

[Muso57]

Oops, I accidentally hit the post button twice which caused a double posting to occur. Sorry about that, Chief. I subsequently edited out the original message. smile.gif

[ July 04, 2007, 01:33 AM: Message edited by: Muso57 ]

[NoxSpartana]

Any chance we can get a webcast from this :D ?

[gibsonm]

Firstly BUMP.

Secondly Greg its not a "great CM gaming Club" its a bunch of people who are only interested in CMx1 and are trying desperately to ignore the fact that CM is developing and evolving.

I was a member there for some years too and found the experience rather limiting where some people's opinions were not open to discussion, so I left it.

But if you want a CMx1 focus (indeed to the exclusion of anything else) then by all means have a look.

Any reason for the duplicate post by the way? Remember here you don't get kudos for the quantity of posts.

I'll post some more details once I get back from Adelaide next week.

NoxSpartana,

Sure! I'll see you there with your camera and bandwidth.

[ July 02, 2007, 01:24 PM: Message edited by: gibsonm ]

[gibsonm]

BUMP!

[Muso57]

Sorry Mark, about the duplicated post. I was having some internet connection problems and thought I hadn't correctly initiated the post and pressed the button again.

I asked the administrator to delete it for me but he was unable to do so. I'll go back and change it so that it's not a repeat. :)

[gibsonm]

Well as the hour approaches here are some details:

Friday 20/7 from 6pm: CM:SF Demo (if you are coming just for this I can do others as required during Saturday too)

Saturday 21/7: CMAK (co-op games using “no flag” battles)

Saturday Night: Dinner

Sunday 22/7: Check out of hotel, Visit to Australian War Memorial, Return home

Venue:

Forrest Inn
30 National Circuit, Forrest. ACT
Ph: 02 6295 3433
Website: http://www.forrestinn.com.au/

[gibsonm]

Nudge.

[gibsonm]

Nudge.

[Normal Dude]

Wink Wink Nudge Nudge.

[gibsonm]

And after the 22nd I'll say no more! ;)

[gibsonm]

Bump.

[Floydii]

I'll be there more than likely on the Friday. Will make a good alternative to Mooseheads. tongue.gif

[gibsonm]

Will get you out of that "Steel Beasts Pro" rut too eh? ;)

[Floydii]

It's not a rut!

..

It's a delightfully muddy ditch that has no simulation of proper CAS, nighttime ops, shadows, suspensions or dynamic Company level AI.

And I will play it 'til the days the treads fall off.

[gibsonm]

Don't worry, I'm in that particular ditch with you (just returned from 4 days in SA doing SIMEX with SB Pro PE ANZAC and TacOps).

A couple of other things while I'm here though:

1. In the Corps we call them tracks not "threads" ;)

2. Re you Sig block - when does the rest of the Section catch up? :D

[Floydii]

2. Re you Sig block - when does the rest of the Section catch up? :D [/QB]When I am in Berlin.

[gibsonm]

bump.

[Brian Smith]

Sorry I can't make this Mark - I'm quite keen on seeing this is action, but I'll be in NZ. I'd love to see a webcast of the event though!

cheers

smith

[gibsonm]

Well I guess you'll be disappointed then.

[Brian Smith]

Bugger...

[gibsonm]

Bump - perhaps for the last time.

[jrcar]

I'll give it a touch UP...

Just to annoy the 'Merican's.

Pity I can't make it, new baby and all that :(

Cheers

Rob

[gibsonm]

Rob,

I may need to talk to you re SIM Trg in 2008 (looking for a posting).

[jrcar]

Mark get my on the home email. We would be interested...

Cheers
Rob

[gibsonm]

Just to close this off...

Last Friday night I ran a demo in Canberra using Beta 8 of Ver 1.01.

Firstly a bit of an audience profile. The guys were a group with various levels of exposure - some are CMX1 tragics [carrying around CMAK data tables and mumbling about the Stug being over / under modelled], others were more from a Steel Beasts Pro, Steel Panthers MBT, M1 Tank Platoon II background.

Overall, they thought that it looked pretty good.

There were several gasps and positive comments (along the lines of "bloody hell" followed by sniggering) when the first Bradley died gloriously and graphically. Artillery at night aroused similar positive feedback (as did the new improved indirect fire model).

Also overall positive comments on the interface and the choice of WEGO Vs RT.

Those with no CMAK experience seemed to have the highest opinion.

Those who had played CMAK (or earlier) were still very interested but noticed some things that needed working on. None of these were "deal breakers" (people would still buy the game) but the hope was that these things would be looked at in the near future.

[Floydii]

Damn you AT-5's of doom!

[gibsonm]

You should see the latest Beta (11) - addresses a lot of the things noticed in the Beta you saw (8).