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They had a graphic up at the end of the US telecast, the match set the record for longest (by time) at 5:45 pm locally and was still being played at 9:06. They've beaten the record books to death with this match and both of them have just been going nuts at all the right times though Isner needs to ...

TR, Jefferson, Madison, Polk and Truman were all Colonel's as well.

Like I said, he failed to figure "lots of tents= possible lots of warriors". That was just plain idiotic of him. No it would be idiotic of you, when the whole tribe moves in large groups of tents with warriors able to actually mount and oppose carbine cavalry numbering less than one in te...

Should Custer be on the list? Following up even further of Elfdart's one liner. Custer was bold, aggressive, had swagger and very little humility. During the civil war he rose rapidly and was certainly at the forefront of cavalry commanders in the east both in terms of skill and brashness. His demi...

And yet he's still considered good enough and pivotal enough that in spite of his betrayal, he gets a memorial at Saratoga. It's one thing to say he's a betraying bastard. It's totally another to say that he's among the worst. Is this thread really about loyalty or is it about skill? Arnold was a f...

I'm gonna get the "Nicaraguan Canal" opens post up and running then throw it out for perusal..and that will cap my slowly dying participation. Could you wait with posting until I have finished writing the Soviet Civil war/invasion? Oh that won't be a problem, I've got so much shit on my p...

After reading "The Coldest Winter" I think it's pretty clear why an obscure name like Ned Almond makes the list. I strongly reccommend the book if you're interested in the Korean War. To sum it up briefly, Almond considerably exceeded his contemporaries in terms of racism, abused his subo...

I'm gonna get the "Nicaraguan Canal" opens post up and running then throw it out for perusal..and that will cap my slowly dying participation.

After reading "The Coldest Winter" I think it's pretty clear why an obscure name like Ned Almond makes the list. I strongly reccommend the book if you're interested in the Korean War. To sum it up briefly, Almond considerably exceeded his contemporaries in terms of racism, abused his subo...

- Franks belongs not just for Iraq part deux and Afghanistan but also for his conduct in Iraq the first time around, he was slow off the mark and constantly bitching about flank security while in the midst of outflanking his opponents. Its only the fact that the rest of the forces present managed t...

Revised for the pt change Mod-council State: 26 NCPs System "Arda" "Tol-in-Gaurhoth" "Haradwin" "Haudh-in-fuin" "Ered Lithui" "Anadune" "Ered Duath" System Type Home Core Core Core Mid Mid Mid Location B-17 A-16 C-17 A-18 B-18 A-1...

So the issue was raised, received brief commentary and then got buried by a host of other things...but with the game start approaching I wanted to bring up the pacing issue and some potential alternatives. Alternative A: Fixed timeline, "X" many weeks in real life = "Y" many mont...

I'd be reading about this all day and as a Deep Baseball fan I am just beside myself. Havok already said it best, a "Perfect game" is a once in a lifetime opportunity, not just for a player but in general, 135 years and only 20 perfect games. The thing about this that really is so gulling...

I'm also puzzled by Almond's inclusion. I understand that being MacArthur's butt-boy makes the guy a tool, I can't think of any particular blunders he's responsible for, either. I'd generally say that if nothing else should disqualify him from the list then the generally positive if not glowing sup...

What is the average speed in this universe? We've done some some handwaving with "roughly Star Trek/Babylon 5 speeds" (which I gather from here is at most 2000c), but what does that mean in, say, sectors per in-game week? Further, I suppose I'd be using the Pythagorean theorem for diagona...

I'm sorry, but I have to object to there being five-- five! --30 NCP moderator states around. I didn't mind when it was just Steve, after all he put a lot of time and effort into getting this game going and it would just be one nation among many. But five?! That's far too great a number of nations ...

I'm eventually gonna do military forces but for now here is my mini mod-hammer of the fringe: Mod-council State: 30 NCPs System "Arda" "Tol-in-Gaurhoth" "Haradwin" "Haudh-in-fuin" "Ered Lithui" "Anadune" "Ered Duath" System Type H...

Headlines from Cuidad de Mexico - Ministry of State announces formal withdraw of ultimatum to the Kingdom of Spain. - Military stands down and reinstates all pending furloughs in time for the final weeks of harvest season, Ministry of the Interior reports "acceptable" harvest expected thi...

Basically. The FCC was originated to designate call letters and frequencies not to decide how many times you can say titty in an hour. Moreover they are the public airwaves. If I can tell someone she has a rotten fishmarket for a cunt outside Starks GF's house, I can damn well say it on Lost. FCC v...

Just to make sure people remember this, you can only use one GDP boost, nation wide , without having to match a Population boost to it. After that first boost all further GDP boosts must have a pop boost too. A formula like this: 1 GDP = 0 Pop required 2 GDP = 1 Pop required 3 GDP = 2 Pop required ...

Armed Forces of Mexico as of 1 Oct 1927 (start of Q4) The only reason I'm updating this is because I have been working on a Corps-level idealized TO&E for a long time, finally finished it and damnit if I'm not going to link it in. Fuerzas Armadas de Mexico: Armada de la Imperio Mexicana Pacific...

...I'll say offhand you are wrong. Skimmer already pointed this out but it bears repeating. The XM25 will have lethality well into the 50m range. If it is being carried as the primary weapon then its going to be the weapon for engagement at any range over "oh shit he's right there" distan...

Hahaha... so what are you talking about? Yes, second line soldiers carry smaller weapons, and whole weapons have been designed for this role. Yes, length is considered important here. JSF's point was if someone was hypothetically going to give out P90s (for some terrible reason) to M25 guys, they'd...

That is usually considered a bad idea, yes. :D On a more serious note, we have rules for how much one's army can grow by in a given year - numerically, not points-wise. Are there similar rules for ships, or could I potentially build as much as I can fit into the timeframe? Not that I would, of cour...

So something to throw out there from Steve and I chatting last night (this is NOT a mod-council pronouncement). - I tossed out the idea of doing away with a linear timeline. We've invoked "unreal" time so often in the past to deal with events that I came up with an alternative proposal (ge...