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    Re: Best WWII Fighter Plane

    Kill ratios can be deceiving. Japanese carrier pilots were, by far, the worst of all the combatants, because the Japanese lost all their experienced pilots at the Coral Sea/Midway/in the Solomons. ...
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    Poll: Re: Which was the best British army general?

    Churchill Tanks eat Panzer IIIs and Panzer IVs for Breakfast, and have room for more. Besides they weren't deployed (in combat) until Tunisia. I think you're referring to the Crusader. And to be...
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    Re: Could You Pass an 8th Grade Science Test?

    A. 96%
    I would have gotten full marks, but I never heard of meteroids.

    Well, I should, since last year, the school gave me the Grade 9 "Best Achievement in Science" award.
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    Re: Create a Party

    Party Name: The New York Independence Party

    Wing: Eh? Not sure. We'll decide once we're independent.
    Leader:
    Description: Do YOU want the USS New York to haul Marine *** around the world? ...
  5. Re: If you had the chance to live in any Fictional World...

    It's Gondor. There are no Orcs west of the Anduin south of the Merring Stream :tongue:
  6. Re: If you had the chance to live in any Fictional World...

    Either a core UFP colony based on an M-class planet in Star Trek. You can get anything imaginable from your replicator, and besides, you'll barely have to work or do manual labour. Heck, most...
  7. Poll: Re: AD and BC, or BCE and CE? Which dating system do you prefer?

    CE and BCE. Mostly because if annoys the hell out of my mom. (What the hell are you talking about? You been reading fantasy again?) :laughter:
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    Re: A Bridge Too Far

    Sure, a successful Market Garden probably wouldn't have ended the war, but a succesful Market Garden would certainly put Allied tanks across the Rhine, force a German withdrawl from Belgium and...
  9. Re: Evolutionism... is this modern religious fanaticism?

    there is a lot of observable evidence in favour of evolution. We have actually seen bacteria and viruses change radically (The evolution of AIDS for instance)

    Creationists that support evolution...
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    Re: 2057 Political Map Of The World

    http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b23/tomdidiot/MappeofWorlde.jpg

    Background:

    New York Federation
    Capital: New York City, New York
    Population: 250,000,000
    Government Type: Federal...
  11. Poll: Re: Which major Allied country could get knocked out of WW II but Allies still win?

    The Germans didn't have anything resembling a navy at that point - Bismarck and Tirpitz, were also incomplete, and most of the German Cruisers and Destroyers had been badly damaged during the German...
  12. Poll: Re: Which major Allied country could get knocked out of WW II but Allies still win?

    The French Fleet was in no shape to take on the Brits. The French may have had 10 Battleships, but when France surrendered, Courbet and Paris was sailing towards Portsmouth, Lorraine was in...
  13. Re: 1948- The West chooses the wrong option. The Cold War hots up?

    Hitting Stationary Targets with Battleships may not be hard, BUT gun emplacements are usually much better armoured than most battleships. During D-Day, the Allies had 5 Battleships bombarding the...
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    Re: 15 British sailors seized by Iran

    OK, Ahmadinejad may act tough, he may talk tough and he may want to wipe Israel off the map, but he really IS a paper tiger. He can't simply go on a conquering spree - to his west, are US and UK...
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    Re: World War 2 history Quiz

    Bersegliari. Or whatever. Can't spell it.
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    Re: World War 2 history Quiz

    Fall Gelb

    Who was the British commander in charge of the 8th Army at the battle of Gazala?
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    Poll: Re: Which browser do you use?

    Firefox!

    I LOVE Tabs.
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    Re: Need tips in HOI2

    Yes, increase the speed you play at, give them Engineer attachments, or just give up with Infantry, and go Motorised and Mechanized.


    Not if you adjust your "Hawk" and "Free Trade" Sliders all...
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    Re: World War 2 history Quiz

    He didn't scrap the Kriegmarine at any point during the war. Almost all the German ships survived until the end of the war, and at no point did Hitler actually scrap any ships, except for the Graf...
  20. Re: 1948- The West chooses the wrong option. The Cold War hots up?

    The situation probably would not have turned into full-scale war. The politicians probably would have defused it, though the cold war would certailny become more tense.

    However, if it did begin a...
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    Re: Company of Heroes or C&C 3 ?

    I'd get both.

    Company of Heroes is more realistic (slightly) and really rewards you for good tactics and micromanagement. In CoH, you rely on units to defend your base, because base defences...
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    Re: GW Thread - WHFB/WH40k/LOTR

    Guard are tough. They aren't genetically engineered supermen in insanely heavy army and with big guns, and they STILL have a base Leadership of 7 :P

    Besides, they have huge numbers of insanely...
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    Re: GW Thread - WHFB/WH40k/LOTR

    I have a 1200 pt pre-WOTR Gondor (Boromir COTWT, Faramir, Imrahil) and 500 pts guard, which I intend to expand to 1,500 pts by adding an extra 'russ, a hellhound, stormies, Officers, etc.
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    Re: Modder awards nominations

    Best RTW Mod
    Europa Barbarorum 0.81
    Best M2TW Mod
    Lands to Conquer 2.1
    Most Promising MTW2 Mod Award
    Medieval Auctoriso
    Most Promising RTW Mod Award
    The Fourth Age - Total War
    Best RTW Era...
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    Re: Europa Universalis III

    You can't

    I wish paradox would make personal unions have more sense. I mean, you're the son of the King of Germany and of Naxos. What would you prefer people to call you King of Germany, or King...
  26. Re: Yankee or Dixie? A Linguistic test for Americans

    If you keep clicking on the "Compute my Score" button on the first one, it'll eventually give you 100% Dixie.


    Anyway, for the first one, I got

    42% (Yankee). Barely into the Yankee category.
    ...
  27. Re: Europa Barbarorum v0.81 released :: Grab it here

    Looks awesome. I've played the Romans in .8 for a while, but never actually had the time to really get into it.

    Now that I have some free time (I'm having a Europa Universalis III holiday until I...
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    Re: Europa Universalis III

    I've been playing for some time. It's an incredible game.

    I'm England. I've conquered Brittany, won the hundred years war, colonised the coast of North America, conquered Ireland (but I got into...
  29. Re: If you had control of Germany in 1940 how would you fight ww2?

    They could not. Soviet Industry, had, for the most part, been evacuated east of the Ural Mountains. So, no, they could not just start shooting right out of the factory either.

    Germany could not...
  30. Re: If you had control of Germany in 1940 how would you fight ww2?

    But if Hitler actually started building those ships, the Brits would have also have started building more Battleships , and certainly would have completed the 4 Lion-Class Battleships, instead of...
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    Re: The Evils of Capitalism

    Nitpicking a little here.
    You said Anarcho-communism twice.
    Anarcho-Syndicalism is rebranded Anarcho-Socialism
    Libertarian Socialism is an oxymoron. Libertarianism is a combination of a belief in...
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    Re: Contemplating purchasing HoI2:DD

    I find it greatly enhances the gameplay experience. (More units = Better) :laughter:

    Besides, it's much more fun to crush the Soviets after you've dealt with Hitler and Hirohito.

    The...
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    Re: Your ideal warship

    A refitted Iowa-Class, with the boilers removed, replace with Nuclear Propulsion, with more Harpoons, Tomahawks and Phalanx CIWSs installed.

    Oh, and most importantly, named the USS New York. ...
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    Re: Europa Universalis III

    Do you get the manual in PDF form if you buy it online?
  35. Re: If you had control of Germany in 1940 how would you fight ww2?

    The Luftwaffe had a LOUSY record against warships.

    High Altitude He-111/Ju-88 strikes are useless, as they would be highly inaccurate, and would mostly miss the ships. If they fly in low, they'd...
  36. Re: If you had control of Germany in 1940 how would you fight ww2?

    It is impossible for Germany to actually invade the UK. Assuming that the Brits appoint Churchill as Prime Minister, to win, Germany would have had to invade the United Kingdom, as Churchill was...
  37. Re: who do you think are the top ten military commanders of all time?

    1. Alexander the Great
    2. Scipio Africanus
    3. Erich von Manstein
    4. Napoleon Bonaparte
    5. Hannibal Barca
    6. John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough
    7. Frederick the Great
    8. Gustavus Adolphus
    9....
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    Re: Europa Universalis III

    I love the demo. Apart from the insane lag (and horrendous scrolling), the game is really fun. The demo can be a bit frustrating at times (balancing the budget, and not being able to save), but fun...
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    Re: Europa Universalis III

    I'm really really looking forward to EU III. It looks so AWESOME. I wanna race and actually conquer countries without worrying about getting into a war with everyone else on the planet (As in...
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    Re: Wikipedia has just been pwned

    More Good stuff:

    http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Hammer
    http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Salisbury_Plain - My work. Inspired by Jeremy Clarkson's comments :laughter:...
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