Fabertong vs Speedy: The view from the Pole

[BrucePowers]

I am interested to see how this plays out as we may be staring this in face again with the threadwar.....

[fabertong]

ORIGINAL: BrucePowers

I am interested to see how this plays out as we may be staring this in face again with the threadwar.....

At least with Major Mike in charge of the economy we'll be in better shape than I am.........(now that is a poorly structured sentence)......

[BrucePowers]

What[X(]. Poorly structured sentences never happen around here, I mean really, we would never do that, no not in a million years, no sir, not us.[:D]

[DuckofTindalos]

At least we don't post 10 lines of text in one long sentence. I just saw one comment over on IMDb like that. A few commas, but exactly one period. People who post on the web like that should be flogged![:@]

[BrucePowers]

Note to self; be careful not to post run on sentences.[:D]

[DuckofTindalos]

Run on sentences are not a problem for me; it's the run on sentence that's just plain wrong.

[rtrapasso]

ORIGINAL: Terminus
At least we don't post 10 lines of text in one long sentence. I just saw one comment over on IMDb like that. A few commas, but exactly one period. People who post on the web like that should be flogged!

fabertong..... has lots.... and lots..... of periods..... [8D]

[DuckofTindalos]

And he's my favourite penguin for it... Even if he is a bit of a megalomaniac waterfowl...

[fabertong]

The fact that I am T's favourite penguin makes me feel all warm inside......though I do wonder .....just how many penguins does he know..........


Late November 1944.......

Speedy daytime HI bombing campeign has begun in......earnest.........


Last turn 100 P51 swept Tokyo.....they were met by a mixed bag of 180 of my fighters(Frank/Tony/Jack/Randy).......I lost over 100 planes....he lost 6......

Today another sweep....100 P51s...... over Hammamatsu(sp)(you know the base).....was met by 48 Jacks and some Nicks.......I lost 50 aircraft ......Speedy none.....Then came in 150+ Superforts......and over 250 HI hits......ouch......and again ouch.......


I'll have some time at the weekend to produce maps to bring y'all up to speed.......

[BrucePowers]

This does not bode well.[X(]

[fabertong]

November 20th 1944..............


Yet another 100+ P-51 sweeep of a HI base.............70 mixed fighters of mine contested.....and died.....he lost a plane..........no bombers followed up.........


I have no supply.........I have little oil.........I have a good supply of chablis.................and a plane ticket to a sandy beach when the end comes........along with Lacrimosa.....

[DuckofTindalos]

ORIGINAL: fabertong

I have a good supply of chablis.................and a plane ticket to a sandy beach when the end comes........along with Lacrimosa.....

So basically you're winning the war no matter what happens?[:D]

[fabertong]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

ORIGINAL: fabertong

I have a good supply of chablis.................and a plane ticket to a sandy beach when the end comes........along with Lacrimosa.....

So basically you're winning the war no matter what happens?[:D]

I always win........it's just a shame about the casualties...............or is it?

[Capt. Harlock]

Speedy has given us a post that scores of planes were destroyed on the ground by a massive B-29 raid. [X(] My condolences.

[fabertong]

That's not the half of it Capt......

The last week or so of turns it is the Mustang sweeps that are causing huge damage to my dwindling plane supply.......an example.....

25th November 1944........

110 Mustangs sweep Tokyo....met by 170 of mine......a mixed bag of fighters(Frank/Tojo/Tony/Jack/Zeke/Randy/Nick)........I lost 150 of them........Speedy lost 16 Mustangs.......this ratio is beinjg repeated every other turn or so.......

Then in come the Superforts.....224 of them.......hitting 72 of my HI.........


on a bright note ...I invaded Alor Setar with the 7th NLF......a Kamikazi mission........but hey....at lest I'm doing something.......

[DuckofTindalos]

ORIGINAL: fabertong

at least I'm doing something.......

That's the spirit! Stiff upper lip (or whatever a Japanese Warlord Penguin uses for an equivalent)...[:D]

[Mike Solli]

Hey Faber, what's your plane pool look like?

[VSWG]

Probably like this...

[fabertong]

ORIGINAL: VSWG

Probably like this...

Worse......much worse............no Zekes.......10 Jacks....75 Franks.....45 Tojos.......35 Georges.....lot's of LRB/TB/DB........but not of any real use...........I've been shedding fighters at the rate of 30 every turn (on Average)....for the last 3 months........and not much better the 44 months before that.....what with Zekes/Georges as Kamikazis.........

My advise to the late war Jap. player is build fighters......lot's of.....oh, and Randy's

[fabertong]

Ok 44 months is a typo....I meant 4......alas.......just so you know my build rate......is as follows

400 Franks
250 Zekes
140 Tony
0 Tojo
120 Jack
135 George.....

Though I'm building far fewer due to my lack of oil............
In pool as follows
3,000 Mitsu eng.......build rate 700
1,200 Naks......build rate 1,500
800 Kawa's.....build rate 170