THE POTHMAN CHALLENGE, BRITS v 21 Pz

PoorOldSpike · 10-05-2007, 10:05 AM,

Well if I read all that right, nobody (including me) is going to be daft enough to hit ceasefire if he thinks he's winning..:)

~~The Coil~~ · 10-05-2007, 10:32 AM,

I've cease-fired when winning, when I knew I was way ahead. Beats playing 10 turns of "hunt down the remaining infantry squad". To clarify some of the above explanations, CF doesn't change the score, it freezes the score in place - but your perception of that score might be somewhat different than actual. But if you know there is no enemy near the flags and you're way up on kill points, there's no real danger in it...

PoorOldSpike · 10-05-2007, 11:02 AM,

The Coil Wrote:I've cease-fired when winning, when I knew I was way ahead...

Yeah that's the best bet, the key phrase is "way ahead"..:)

~~The Coil~~ · 10-05-2007, 03:33 PM,

PoorOldSpike Wrote:
The Coil Wrote:I've cease-fired when winning, when I knew I was way ahead...

Yeah that's the best bet, the key phrase is "way ahead"..:)

Yup - if you're up 60-40 and the control of the flags is questionable, then it probably doesn't make sense to do it...Of course, if it's that close, it's usually still a pretty good fight.

bluehand · 10-05-2007, 08:33 PM,

I look at ceasefire as an honor thing. even if I'm winning i'll hit it sometimes because I'm sure I'll win but I feel the other guy fought well, and, if he were the real general should logically just withdraw his remaining troops and call it a bad day. that and there have been several fights where I was being crushed and I just started backing troops out to see if I could successfully withdraw from a bad day with a few of my troops...
It seems better to me to let the other guy get partial credit for a battle than to encourage last minute waves of half dead troops trying to storm the flags.

~~The Coil~~ · 10-06-2007, 06:09 AM,

bluehand Wrote:...encourage last minute waves of half dead troops trying to storm the flags.

That describes my basic battle plan in most games where I'm the attacker.

PoorOldSpike · 10-06-2007, 06:59 AM,

Ah, but the 'last minute' is very uncertain in variable-ending games.
For example if you storm away on turn 20 of a 25+ game, it could still carry on another 5 turns..
I prefer to capture the objectives much earlier in the game rather than risk a last-ditch suicide charge..
For example in every Brits v 21 Pz game so far, the centre flag in the ville has usually been in my holy hands by turn 2 or 3 at the most.. :)

"Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize" (1 Cor 9:24)

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PoorOldSpike · (This post was last modified: 10-07-2007, 08:04 AM by PoorOldSpike.)

COMBAT FOOTAGE - Herrobersts panzer hunting pack pick off a crippled Sherman..

Like hungry lions, his 3 panzers stalk stealthily down the street, selecting as their victim a previously immobilised isolated herd member while the rest of the herd are distracted firing at infantry out of the frame..

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PoorOldSpike · (This post was last modified: 10-07-2007, 11:32 AM by PoorOldSpike.)

COMBAT FOOTAGE - Der Kuenstler's panzers seize flag and mutilate my Sherman platoon in first 2 turns..

His 8-strong panzer battlegroup punched out the lights of 3 of my 4 Sherms in a blitzkrieg assault of unprecedented fury for the loss of 1 panzer..
Outnumbered 2 to 1, my boys stood no chance..

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PoorOldSpike · (This post was last modified: 10-08-2007, 06:06 AM by PoorOldSpike.)

COMBAT FOOTAGE - Bert Blitzkrieg's Daimler fearlessly takes on a panzer platoon..

Firing from a classic 'between the houses' position,the 2-pdr car snipes at my panzer column but luckily for me it hit the hull and not the weak turret.
My tanks were on 'Hunt' so they immediately stopped and returned fire, quickly taking out the car.

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