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Thread: WW1 and WW2 Documentaries Thread9 Oct 2015, 16:37 PM The quest for perfect,"unbiased" sources is futile. That's why we rely on conflicts of evidence, rather than anointing some Chosen One as a reliable dispenser of Truth. In: The Library
Thread: WW2 Daily Pic9 Oct 2015, 16:29 PM No direct link, but recent American show The Weapon Hunter: Tank Destroyer features the reconstruction of an Achilles, but also includes bits that show the firing of a Pak-40, and a Wolverine, also shown firing. http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/shows/the-weapon-hunter/tank-destroyer/1003807/3420809 In: The Library
Thread: Sdkfz 250 found in the Pilica river9 Oct 2015, 16:19 PM Jump back to quoted post9 Oct 2015, 10:18 AMAlioth Surprisingly well preserved, look on the tire... Water is quite as a preservative, because it limits the amount of oxygen that reaches the object. A lot of the degradable materials stuff that archaeologists turn up were found in water. In: The Library
Thread: Post WW2 and Modern Warfare Pics9 Oct 2015, 16:14 PM New Polish howitzer: In: The Library
Thread: What if soviets attacked Western Europe right after WWII?30 Sep 2015, 20:21 PM Jump back to quoted post27 Sep 2015, 14:43 PMsomenbjorn Well even that would have required first some incentive on behalf of the west, say round up all the reds and shoot them. And why would that happen? That's not really at all far-fetched. In the 30's, the US deployed tank and machine-guns to intimidate striking longshoremen. On several prior occasions, the National Guard had been used to kill strikers. National Guard tanks on the waterfront (Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library) National Guard machine gun nest (Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library) So it's not unreasonable to assume that the US would have reacted to a Communist revolution in Italy, or anywhere else in Europe, in much the same way that it reacted to Vietnam: deploy troops to prevent the next "domino" from falling. In: The Library
Thread: What if soviets attacked Western Europe right after WWII?30 Sep 2015, 20:15 PM Jump back to quoted post27 Sep 2015, 14:34 PMRollo I don't think it's really that hard to see it as feasible, uncle joe selling the story that the red army is pre-emptively "protecting" the peoples revolution in western Europe from the grips of the imperialist UK/US. But there was no people's revolution in Western Europe. So that would make for a better starting point. One could imagine that Italian communists might have taken power, and called on the USSR for help. The USSR would probably have responded to that, if only for the sake of its self-image, but this is still a long way from launching an outright invasion of western Europe. It would much more likely have played out like the rest of the Cold War did. All in all, I fall on the side that sees the alleged threat of a Soviet assault on Europe as mainly Western propaganda. The US likes to present itself as the saviour of civilisation and freedom - just ask them, they'll tell you - and for that to work there has to be a great Evil which they strive to resist. Since the end of the Cold War, they've simply moved on to other great Evils. In: The Library
Thread: Operation Charlie Fox Finals Monday & Loopable Backgrounds29 Sep 2015, 15:18 PM Thanks and congratulations to everyone involved, it was a great event. In: News
Thread: Remove abandonment.21 Sep 2015, 18:26 PM I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it. - Thomas Jefferson Diligence is the mother of good luck. - Benjamin Franklin The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself. - Douglas MacArthur Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. - Seneca In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Mad Max the game21 Sep 2015, 09:37 AM The discrepancy between user reviews and critic reviews that TB discusses is indeed quite intriguing. And I basically agree with his main argument, that if you like the stuff that MM makes you do, then you don't feel like it's "grind". Like Shadow of Mordor, MM has taken the conventional open world formula and stripped out everything extraneous. Rather than being populated by lots of quests and backstory and whatnot, Mordor just concentrates everything on swording orcs. If you like swording orcs, you're probably going to be happy; if you were looking for a more story driven thing, you're probably not. An argument can be made that Mordor and MM are a little too cut down. That they could have incorporated a bit more variety. This is fair enough, and maybe there is a happier medium to be found in future. I still like what I've seen of MM a lot and intend to play it. In: Other Games
Thread: Watching SPrice play Symbiosis and RE upkeep so low21 Sep 2015, 09:22 AM As far as the personal side of this discussion goes, not long ago I watched one of Dane's casts in which SPrice killed a KT with just a pair of Zis's and a T-70. In: COH2 Balance