Static (GE) Vs. Gary Tatro (RU) aka: Clash of the Not So Titanic Titans (Stalingrad)

Static · Post by **Static** » Sat Dec 21, 2002 10:09 am

hehehe......i like blowing up brand new T34s even better than used ones!

Static · Post by **Static** » Sat Dec 21, 2002 12:25 pm

my valiant, brave (not to mention heroic) germans have penetrated farther into stalingrad...

the advance has momentarily stalled due to ferocious resistance from the russian defenders

grenadiers are now one block away from the lazur chemical plant, chasing retreating soviet partisans....this appears to be the only break in the soviet lines as far as the front line officers and FOs can ascertain...

at the red barricades plant, lead elements have been held up by at least 6 or 7 massive redoubts & pillboxes as well as a concentration of infantry

down on the bottom of the map, my panzers and grenadiers have also been forced to halt the advance after taking heavy fire from what appears to be a pair of pillboxes...perhaps one of them is a modified KV-2 turret.... 152mm?

my pionier reinforcements with their 15cm assault guns have arrived, and will be proceeding directly into the city to blast and burn their way through the fortifications until the volga is again within our reach

losses are mounting
roughly a platoon of Pz1b's are out of action
several 8-Rads
three stugs
two stukas
a handful of kubelwagons and halftracks

its looking like the battle is turning into some sort of an artillery pissing contest too :rolleyes: yes, the germans brought bigger guns....but it seems like the russians have the upper hand numerically....107mm mortars and BM-13 Katys are blasting incessantly

still taking ground tho

its going to be time to advance my artillery support a little closer to the front lines soon.....always a sign of progress

Static · Post by **Static** » Sun Dec 22, 2002 3:11 am

hey there Gary-

I've traveled to my parents house for the holidays, and for some reason the attach functions on both my hotmail account AND the matrix board won't work here!

They have a roadrunner cable modem and I'm thinking that perhaps there's something inside the modem that's preventing me from attaching things to my emails.

I have the new turn all zipped up and ready to go, but until I can figure out how to successfully send it out to you I'm afraid our game might be on hiatus

If you have any ideas or advice on how I can make my attachments work, I'm all ears.

I'll be working on it....but the game might have to wait until I get back to my place where I know I can attach things to emails and matrix board posts.

Sorry Comrade.......I can only hope that I'll be able to figure it out in the next few days....

-Jeff

Gary Tatro · Post by **Gary Tatro** » Sun Dec 22, 2002 3:28 am

This does not raise the confidence level I had in you. But I have a couple of suggestions. Check to see if your parents have any Firewall or Internet Blocking software. This can be set to keep people sending attachements. Firewalls are particularly useful for people with cable modems. Other not so friendly people like to hijac their computer and use it for not so friendly things. So check for this. Also check the protections in the actual contnection software this can be set to keep attachements from being made. Lastly check to see if they have any virus software that might be stoping you. Comrade I will not let you off that easy.

M4Jess · Post by **M4Jess** » Sun Dec 22, 2002 3:57 am

Get Him Gary!

PS Hows Helda? Your Mortar Girl?

Static · Post by **Static** » Sun Dec 22, 2002 7:22 am

is it safe?

Static · Post by **Static** » Sun Dec 22, 2002 7:56 am

new turn

Static · Post by **Static** » Sun Dec 22, 2002 8:07 am

ok....

i cracked the firewall but i cant attach anything over like 100kb

any suggestions?

i guess im just dumb...

Static · Post by **Static** » Sun Dec 22, 2002 8:14 am

this is soooooooooo frustrating

Supervisor · Post by **Supervisor** » Sun Dec 22, 2002 8:21 am

How did you attach the file 15 minutes ago????????

Static · Post by **Static** » Sun Dec 22, 2002 8:23 am

i think im unable to post the rest of the stalingrad pbem until i get back to my apartment and my own internet connection

neither the matrix board or my hotmail account are letting me attach anything over about 50-100kb

i got my IP through the firewall but theres something about the connection here thats making it virtually impossible to attach anything

im out of ideas

sorry for further destroying your faith in me gary

i guess until i figure this out the games on hiatus

im kind of in the middle of a life crisis right now too

so maybe we should just call this off

i dont want to disappoint you any more

Static · Post by **Static** » Sun Dec 22, 2002 8:52 am

maybe it DOES work

gmenfan3 · Post by **gmenfan3** » Sun Dec 22, 2002 10:50 am

Testing with CL zip 522kb. Seems to be working fine. I was testing a theory that thread length may be limiting file attachments.

Static · Post by **Static** » Sun Dec 22, 2002 12:00 pm

i seem to be having trouble attaching anything over 500-600 kb

but that's common knowledge

after all my drama about trouble with attachments i finally gained the upper hand and figured out what settings in the cable modem were screwing everything up

now all i need is to take stalingrad :rolleyes:

Supervisor · Post by **Supervisor** » Sun Dec 22, 2002 1:36 pm

Yes Static the upload limitation for users is ~500kb, it may allow as high as 550-600kb, but not much more.

Static · Post by **Static** » Sun Dec 22, 2002 10:49 pm

ok thanks for the clarification gmenfan

now i know to limit my attachments

happy holidays

Gary Tatro · Post by **Gary Tatro** » Mon Dec 23, 2002 5:24 pm

Reporting live from Stalingrade. Our troops continue with their epic struggle unfortunatly they all to scarred to do anything and are retreating yet again. The men seem to have lost their backbone again. We will perservier.

Editorial Note:
Hey Jess has this game been playtested in PBEM? It seems that the Germans have overwhelming forces? Add the experience and moral difference in the troops and the effect is devistating. I am running into situations where Russian MG infantry are firing all 4 of their weapons at range one at a German infantry that moved next to it and no damage is being done. Kind of frustrating. Then the GE fires back and my Russian will retreat out of entrenchment.

M4Jess · Post by **M4Jess** » Mon Dec 23, 2002 9:04 pm

yes sir it has...also check out the thread Doom and Bel and I played..hang in there and get those boats moving!!

Gary Tatro · Post by **Gary Tatro** » Mon Dec 30, 2002 8:49 pm

I seem to have misplaced the last PBEM turn you sent me could you resend it to me. Thanks.

Gary Tatro · Post by **Gary Tatro** » Fri Jan 03, 2003 7:34 pm

Hey Static you still around? Have not heard from you in a while. Just wondering?

Static (GE) Vs. Gary Tatro (RU) aka: Clash of the Not So Titanic Titans (Stalingrad)

ahhhh.......lamenting the limits of SPWaW...

good gravy!

uh oh...

Staticson

Testing with CL zip

Comrade Tatroviski

Uhh Static

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