2013 Q1 News Archive
All former front page news posts are retired to this News Archive. Preserved mostly for posterity, the posts herein - particularly the new feature announcements - vividly illustrate how far we've come since emerging onto the wargaming scene in June 2010.
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| Let's have a tournament! | 2013-03-21 22:42 |
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Awesome idea, right? Good, glad we agree. Now get the hell in here and let's talk about it! |
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| Impartial Leader Selector down for overhaul | 2013-03-20 02:56 |
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In readying the Impartial Leader Selector for expansion support, I discovered a critical design flaw related to data synchronization. Since unreliable draws are useless, I have immediately begun working on the redesign, thus I've taken the tool completely offline. No prior leader draws were affected - all were fair. This was more like a data accuracy time bomb which would get more destructive the longer it went unchecked. I hope to have the new, improved, bulletproof ILS up by the end of the weekend... we shall see! |
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| (news archives) | ~ Shad |
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| Submit Errata is Back | 2013-03-06 08:25 |
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I have restored the ability to directly submit errata to games, scenarios, and units. This functionality was disabled when we upgraded the Library last summer. Note that errata now support minimal text formatting: bold, italics, links, and paragraphs. Later this week I will add the auto-format bar included in our comment and AAR forms to the errata form. Just ran out of time this morning. Cheers from Mexico City! |
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| March Promotions... | 2013-03-01 01:00 |
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For exemplary service in combat, and dedication to Panzer Grenadier Headquarters, the following promotions are conferred: tlangston28 is promoted 1 rank from Private McKinley is promoted 1 rank from Master Sergeant JayTownsend is promoted 1 rank from First Lieutenant A slow month for promotions. I think some of our regulars have started to get into the looooooooonger stretches between ranks. |
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| (news archives) | ~ Shad |
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to Private First Class 
to First Sergeant 
to Captain 
I'm just one game away from getting my "butter bar." Yea me. After all these years I'm finally moving up to Commissioned Officer status. The only thing is that I'm used calling O-1's Ensign, not Second Lieutenant!
That's what 8 years in the Navy does to you.
| February Promotions... | 2013-02-01 01:00 |
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For exemplary service in combat, and dedication to Panzer Grenadier Headquarters, the following promotions are conferred: Bulldog is promoted 1 rank from Recruit dengelwood is promoted 1 rank from Recruit chaserussett is promoted 1 rank from Private rerathbun is promoted 1 rank from Sergeant It's been awhile, but we've once again got some recruits starting to move up the ranks. Congratulations everyone! |
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to Private 
to Staff Sergeant 
| Honoring Our Best, Vol. 34 | 2013-01-27 16:30 |
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On January 19th Matt W succeeded in his alt-history victory as the Hyderabadis against the combined Indian, British, and Gurkha forces led by Hugmenot. When the new textbooks arrive they will sing songs about the bravery of his men, and retell in excruciating detail every twist and turn of his 6-4-1 victory in Indian Unity. Matt W and Hugmenot, in recognition and commemoration of your accomplishments, you two are hereby awarded this ribbon:  Your dedication to shared plays is an inspiration to us all! |
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| (news archives) | ~ Shad |
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I couldn't let guys willing to wear the uniforms that the Razakars wore lose could I? There were a couple of slow scenarios but overall these were solid fun plays.
| Honoring Our Best, Vol. 33 | 2013-01-26 05:33 |
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On January 11th driddle01 wrapped up an epic Panzer Grenadier binge wherein he logged 7 scenarios over 4 days to complete the Heroes of the Soviet Union tour of duty. driddle01, in recognition and commemoration of your accomplishments, you are hereby awarded this ribbon:  |
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| January Promotions... | 2013-01-01 01:00 |
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For exemplary service in combat, and dedication to Panzer Grenadier Headquarters, the following promotions are conferred: PatC is promoted 1 rank from Staff Sergeant Hugmenot is promoted 1 rank from Sergeant First Class Poor Yorek is promoted 1 rank from Sergeant First Class enrique is promoted 1 rank from Second Lieutenant Matt W is promoted 1 rank from Captain This is an automated message. Happy holidays! |
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| (news archives) | ~ Shad |
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to First Lieutenant 
Matt you are a PG machine. Do you have any other hobbies? I ask out of curiosity and in only the nicest way. It is stunning that your gap before next promotion is nearly double the entire number of scenarios I have played to date.
Thank goodness I made this site so we can all bask in your brilliance! ;-)
Keep going mate!
Andrew,
I read a bunch, cook some and have two teenage girls. I play a lot while I wait for them to come home...
Seriously, with the puppy reaching the spaying age, I expect to have less time on my hands as I will no longer be trapped in the kitchen bablysitting a dog. The smaller PG scenarios were about all I could do while watching the dog. So I played a bunch. I am angling for some of the larger scenarios now and more towards the unplayed ones (e.g. Carpathian Brigade/Polish Steel are on the immediate list).
Thank Goodness you made the site because I probably wouldn't have played as much without the site as a place to put the plays!
Another metric: the bounty gap between Matt and Jay (#2) is greater than my total bounty count; and I'm #10 in the list (at least until Hugmenot gets moving on his New Years resolution or TheDoctor starts getting some homework).
PY,
It's all the AAR's. But the AARs are the things that add alot to the scenario base so I try hard to write them whenever they have any value.
Matt,
Of course, and it is that which is to your credit. I was simply bemused by the numbers, not, what, vituperating.
PY
PY,
Thanks, and I took it as bemusement. Hopefully others will continue to write up AARs as it greatly adds to the total experience.
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