NWS: Supremacy at Sea - WW2 shipping on January 1, 2009

Sorry Eddy.. .. meant to say media pack, not demo pack.

Thanks.
Christopher Dean
Naval Warfare Simulations
Director of Operations

On 24 dec, 10:08, Warship NWS <Warshi....RemoveThis@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Sorry Eddy.. .. meant to say media pack, not demo pack.

Ah, ok - will be looking for the full game to arrive early January
then. Hope I don't get slammed by customs again like what happened
with War Plan Pacific today. 10 euros extra on top of the 21% VAT -
legal robbery - I'd gladly pay the extra 20 euros straight to the
developer given the choice.

It just ain't my day - got a 60 euro ticket for "speeding" at a death-
defying 41 km/h in a 30 zone as well.

To the cop who thought catching people like that in a school zone on a
school holiday was fun : the day they make me Emperor of the Universe
you're the new police chief of Ice Station Zebra. And I mean that.

Greetz,

Eddy Sterckx

On 24 dec, 10:50, "Vincenzo Beretta" <reck....TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I just skimmed the player's manual, but I alread got the impression that SAS
> could cream DG and Jutland. And the impression that SAS WWI *will* cream DG
> and Jutland.

Different scales ... - the game which will cream DG and Jutland is
Warship Combat : Navies at War 1890-1950.

2D planning map, 3D battles, link-in with SAS ...

> I really can't wait for this game.

Me too. I'm in a Pacific War mood

> What is the copy protection, if any, BTW?

IIRC it's patches only available through the forum for which you have
to register or something like that

Greetz,

Eddy Sterckx

On 24 dec, 11:13, "eddyster...@hotmail.com" <eddyster....DeleteThis@hotmail.com>
wrote:
> On 24 dec, 10:50, "Vincenzo Beretta" <reck....DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I just skimmed the player's manual, but I alread got the impression that SAS
> > could cream DG and Jutland. And the impression that SAS WWI *will* cream DG
> > and Jutland.
>
> Different scales ... - the game which will cream DG and Jutland is
> Warship Combat : Navies at War 1890-1950.
>
> 2D planning map, 3D battles, link-in with SAS ...

Forgot the link :

http://forums.navalwarfare.org/showthread.php?t=611

Greetz,

Eddy Sterckx

SAS FAQ updated,

http://forums.navalwarfare.org/showthread.php?t=753

Thanks
Christopher Dean
Naval Warfare Simulations
Director of Operations

On 24 dec, 12:47, Giftzwerg <giftzwerg... DeleteThis @NOSPAMS.hotmail.com> wrote:
> In article <55f34b71-a461-421c-a2fb-
> d327046b6... DeleteThis @f40g2000pri.googlegroups.com>, eddyster... DeleteThis @hotmail.com
> says...
>
> > It just ain't my day - got a 60 euro ticket for "speeding" at a death-
> > defying 41 km/h in a 30 zone as well.
>
> Hmmm.  I know the Euro has expanded in value against dollar, but I'm
> pretty sure the mile has retained full value over the kilometer.  
>
> *Six* MPH over the limit!?!  

Yup.

> In the USA, no cop would dare approach an
> operator with no more ammo than this in his quiver; all he'd get would
> be general scorn from all concerned:

Welcome to Belgium where robbers get a probabation or community
service but Zeus have mercy on your black soul if you put your trash
can out an hour before it's allowed.

Belgium is broke and they're at a point where they'll try *anything*
for extra income. Got a bottle of champagne ready for when it finally
disintegrates.

In case someone doubts all of this : I'll scan in a copy of the ticket
and send it to all who ask for it.

Greetz,

Eddy Sterckx

On 24 dec, 14:41, "Vincenzo Beretta" <reck... RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Different scales ... - the game which will cream DG and Jutland is
> > Warship Combat : Navies at War 1890-1950.
>
> > 2D planning map, 3D battles, ***link-in with SAS***...
>
> Now I can't wait for *two* games <drool>

You're not the only one - a simple compare of the number of "views" of
this game's forum :

http://forums.navalwarfare.org/forumdisplay.php?f=6

versus the Jutland one :

http://forums.gamesquad.com/forumdisplay.php?f=245

also tells a story of naval buffs more interested in meat over glitz.

Greetz,

Eddy Sterckx

<eddysterckx.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:55f34b71-a461-421c-a2fb-d327046b61ae@f40g2000pri.googlegroups.com...
> On 24 dec, 10:08, Warship NWS <Warshi....TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Sorry Eddy.. .. meant to say media pack, not demo pack.
>
> Ah, ok - will be looking for the full game to arrive early January
> then. Hope I don't get slammed by customs again like what happened
> with War Plan Pacific today. 10 euros extra on top of the 21% VAT -
> legal robbery - I'd gladly pay the extra 20 euros straight to the
> developer given the choice.
>
> It just ain't my day - got a 60 euro ticket for "speeding" at a death-
> defying 41 km/h in a 30 zone as well.
>
> To the cop who thought catching people like that in a school zone on a
> school holiday was fun : the day they make me Emperor of the Universe
> you're the new police chief of Ice Station Zebra. And I mean that.
>
> Greetz,
>
> Eddy Sterckx


here a school zone is 20mph but only when the lights are flashing otherwise
its the standarded 30mph for residential areas
the school lights are only flashing when school is starting in the morning
or letting out later in the day..they would never be on when school is out
of session.

I just skimmed the player's manual, but I alread got the impression that SAS
could cream DG and Jutland. And the impression that SAS WWI *will* cream DG
and Jutland. I really can't wait for this game.

What is the copy protection, if any, BTW?

"eddysterckx@hotmail.com" <eddysterckx.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote in news:55f34b71-
a461-421c-a2fb-d327046b61ae.RemoveThis@f40g2000pri.googlegroups.com:

> in a school zone

the number of times I've seen people speeding in these zones is enough for
me to plead with people don't assume anything, regardless of the day.
Please, don't speed again.

cheers

On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 04:26:48 -0800 (PST), "eddysterckx@hotmail.com"
<eddysterckx DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote:

>Belgium is broke and they're at a point where they'll try *anything*
>for extra income.


Ready to invite the Habsburgs back again, Eddy?

>> In the USA, no cop would dare approach an
>> operator with no more ammo than this in his quiver; all
>> he'd get would be general scorn from all concerned:

> Welcome to Belgium where robbers get a probabation or
> community service but Zeus have mercy on your black
> soul if you put your trash can out an hour before it's
> allowed.

Same here. Some years ago I got a ticket for "speeding" at 66Km/h in an area
where the speed limit was 60Km/h

The Italian law "tolerates" +5Km/h, but no more - and with all the new
"radar" stuff etc. they claim to get exact data.

Of course it is sporadically found that they cheat: fudged sensors, traffic
lights calibrated so that yellow and red are so close that you cannot avoid
to find yourself in the middle of the crossing with the red light (there was
a big scandal in Milan some months ago) etc.

Nothing new under the sun.

Ah, no, there *is* something new: they are now so dependent from "radars",
"cameras" and "remote sensors" that finding actual boots on the street is
becoming rarer and rarer. Thus one can find a lot of people breaking the law
(illegal parking, speeding, whatever) in know unsurveilled areas with not a
single officer in sight.

Ironically, I remember when I drove from Baltimora to New York, back in the
'90s. I was stopped two times by the cops because I was going *too slow* (it
was the first time for me behind a wheel in the USA, so I was being very
prudent). They reasoning: "If this guy is going so slow in an area where he
can speed, he surely has something to hide". A cop actually warned me to
"speed up".

In article <QUq4l.25520$J84.7627@tornado.fastwebnet.it>,
reckall.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com says...

> Same here. Some years ago I got a ticket for "speeding" at 66Km/h in an area
> where the speed limit was 60Km/h

Ridiculous. That's less than 4 MPH. No cop in the USA would write a
ticket for three over (absent some other condition, of course). He'd be
laughed outta the profession.

> The Italian law "tolerates" +5Km/h, but no more - and with all the new
> "radar" stuff etc. they claim to get exact data.

US cops generally allow 10 MPH over on highways and (especially)
interstates, and a little less than that on streets. On the interstate,
I generally tool along at 72 MPH. In a 25 zone, about 30 is perfectly
safe. And that's MPH, of course.

> Of course it is sporadically found that they cheat: fudged sensors, traffic
> lights calibrated so that yellow and red are so close that you cannot avoid
> to find yourself in the middle of the crossing with the red light (there was
> a big scandal in Milan some months ago) etc.

Here's a little Holiday Joy for those who detest traffic cameras:

http://blogs.knoxnews.com/knx/silence/archives/2008/12/santas_disable.sh
tml

[Didn't open right in my FireFox - works in IE7]

> Ironically, I remember when I drove from Baltimora to New York, back in the
> '90s. I was stopped two times by the cops because I was going *too slow* (it
> was the first time for me behind a wheel in the USA, so I was being very
> prudent). They reasoning: "If this guy is going so slow in an area where he
> can speed, he surely has something to hide". A cop actually warned me to
> "speed up".

Yep. Cops are highly suspicious of anyone rigidly adhering to traffic
rules. And driving slowly is a classic DWI telltale.

--
Giftzwerg
***
"[Obama's] lawyer, Gregory Craig, concluded that Obama and his aides
engaged in no improper conduct in connection with the Senate opening."
- thesmokinggun.com
"In a related story, Nixon attorney Buzhardt concluded that Nixon didn't
do anything wrong, either."
- Giftzwerg