Retired players

[Marquo]

Your post stimulated me to peruse the list. IMHO (having seen many come and go in the past 8 years), the all time great was Escher. He had a grasp of the game - strategy and tactics - that is the grail of PzC. Not only could he whip anybody's ass, he was a perfect gentleman about it. As he was eviscerating me, he would always give helpful hints and insights; though my lines were shredded and my units routed and decimated I could not wait open the game file and watch the master at work.

Another early hero was Larry "Cap and Gown" Richards. He had a terriffic understanding of the game, and was the first to modify the Bulge with an alternate OOB. His article on the use of deception units in the Bulge is a classic "must read." He may have also authored an article on the use of artillery. He was another perfect gentleman; the only opponent I ever played who would literally advise me what to do and also warn me when I was doing something stupid until he was satisfied that playing me was not simply taking candy from a baby.

These guys were not ladder climbing sharks out for blood, rather unassuming, gentlemen.

Thanks for the memories.

Marquo :)