I am currently away from home enjoying the company of my daughter and grand-daughter (Our Son-in-Law is currently underway somewhere near the Persian Gulf.) in Virginia with of course on this trip for with the ever present
CINCLANTHOME who has been both my "
anchor" and "
homeport" when the
sea of life has been both rough or gale like now for almost 33 years.
Most recently for the last
several months now we've been dealing a "difficult" matter concerning another family member now resolved, which however after Andy's and Don's announcement caused me to question not my ability to carry on but, my
willingness to do so. This has already been brought up and to some degree as been answered.
Note I do not use the word "fire" though it's there if the seas are in a "
light chop" but it's the "
spark" that comes every once in awhile that seems to keep things fresh for me.
One of my
ABSOLUTE best times came a few years back when a handful of players trusted me to look into
their "wish list" items over a 2 year period and research them, access value to the
players and game, real life contribution to the military they served and so much more before I submitted them. They
ALL got in thanks to Don.
So
#1 goes to the players. With the "open forum" style we have, we do a great job of keeping each other honest, it can be at times no place for someone who's "
thin skinned" and I'm not one that is, if I were my "
community" I served in during my military career and the organization I work for now would've "chewed me up and spit me out" but, also
s**t me out as well a longtime ago.
Without you there is no game.
A close
#2 w/o a doubt Andy and Don. Because, well just see #1 above.
#3 So many of you work so
hard to support this game, it's just at times incredible to me, because you just don't hear about this kind of support for any of these type games out there. All the OOB submissions, Scenarios, Campaigns and Mods just amazing and they keep coming. From one of my favorite movies "If you build it
they will come" to para phase a little.
They have, are and will because of it, keep coming.
Maybe in some respects this could be higher as the media in todays world is so important, but,
#4 has to be due to the power of the "
web" and the "
written word" this from last year and below it where we stand as of
22 July 2019 in the
Top 10 from one of the better PC gaming sites out there. It provided that "
spark" earlier tonight specially the first one as the article was in depth.
https://www.wargamer.com/articles/on...r-to-winspmbt/
https://www.wargamer.com/articles/mo...old-war-games/
Back to this much needed vacation. Tomorrow night it'll be
https://irishpubnorfolk.com/ for my second 60th Birthday party within the last month and a half. Stop by if you can and to make it easy on you, I'll be having a Tullamore Dew with Smithwicks (pronounced Smit'icks.) and
feel free to order yourself whatever you want!!
Have a great week! We're going to, at least 10 degrees cooler, 1/2 the humidity and the best part, no protective gear on. No fun when it feels like
102-110 degrees out with all the humidity that comes with it and like it's been most of this Summer.
Where's a nice dry desert when you need one!?!
Stay Strong!
What doesn't kill you makes you tougher.
Regards,
Pat
