I added a bunch of tips and tricks to the CoH page today. You'll find a few video examples there as well. The area is a 'work in progress' and so will constantly receive updates and new material. I hope to get the custom maps section up and running soon too.
I'd like to see more 1v1's and 2v2's going. We've had a few games verses each other but more is better so lets get playing!! Pair up, pick a strategy and start challenging each other.
3 the Allies (they quickly were known by that old term) expected Hitler to
turn on them quickly. He fooled them and the world by keeping a garrison behind the facade of the Siegfried Line facing France's vaunted Maginot Line during the
winter of 1939-40. France's sprawling concrete warrens and tank barriers were
new engineering marvels devised to prevent the appauling trench warfare of World
War I. French troops, convinced of Maginot's impregnability, huddled in
confidence despite their failure to connect with Belgium defenses. British
soldiers, happy with the winter Sitzkrieg, or "phony war", enshrined it in
song:We're gonna hang out the washing on the Siegfried Line,
Have you any washing, Mother dear?
We're gonna hang out the washing on the Siegfried Line,
'A cos the washing day is here.
Whether the weather may be wet or fine,
We'll just rub along without a care,
We're gonna hang out the washing on the Siegfried Line,
If the Siegfried Line's still there.
Hitler correctly gambled that the French would not venture out of their forts
and moved to deal with other parts of Europe, while his newly resurgent navy
threatened Britain's sea power.
2 Great Britain and France, Poland's allies, still squirmed to negotiate but finally, on September 3, 1939 both declared war on Germany. British prime minister Neville Chamerlain's dream of peace died with the blitzkrieg, but neither he nor Premier Edouard Daladier, France's virtual dictator, had a strong public backing for war. Support came with the invasion of Poland.
It has been a LONG time coming but I have finally uploaded the new 'the-package.net' front end. I've included news feeds from different sites I think we all find interesting. If anyone has any suggestions for other feeds we should include feel free to PM me via the forums!
There has been a recent resurgence in interest in Company of Heroes lately as more members of The Package have decided to hop on board by grabbing the game. We've had some fun nights and some frustrating ones and some with a good even mix of the two. The computer's AI has been drastically improved and increased difficulty levels grants bonuses to the AI's units and resource income, making the game much more of a challenge than it has been with previous patches.
We've had some awesome games competing against each other too. I look forward to seeing some organized team games between pack members. I believe this kind of competitive fun will undoubtedly make us all better players, and perhaps give some of us a shot at some online ranked leader board showings? mb mb? Perhaps a friendly Package CoH tourney, open to any and all who are interested regardless of clan affiliation? Let's talk!
1. Adolf Hitler sent five armies into Poland on September 1, 1939, in a surprise attack. Of Poland's two million first-line troops, only one third were in the field. Poland's cavalry was chopped up by German armor, and its few planes were smashed on the ground in a massive sweep by the Luftwaffe. Poland fought bravely, hoping for British and French help, but was stabbed in the back by Russia on September 17, 1939. Stalin's armies took most of eastern Poland but blocked Germany's route to Galicia's oil and to Romania. Warsaw held out until September 27-the blitzkrieg had triumphed in one month.
