June 6th (D Day)

Pedronicus · Post by **Pedronicus** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 6:19 pm

June 6th

free day of speed games (non premium players) to celebrate D Day on the D Day map

Specifics:

on June 6th

This will improve the following aspects of the site:

teach people history

Gilligan · Post by **Gilligan** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 6:25 pm

Um, it's June 10th?

phantomzero · Post by **phantomzero** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 7:19 pm

Pedronicus wrote:June 6th

free day of speed games (non premium players) to celebrate D Day on the D Day map
Specifics:

on June 6th
This will improve the following aspects of the site:

teach people history

I was actually thinking the same thing last week. I'm surprised no one mentioned it until now. It was a very important day in the World's history.

karelpietertje · Post by **karelpietertje** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 8:08 pm

phantomzero wrote:I was actually thinking the same thing last week. I'm surprised no one mentioned it until now. It was a very important day in the World's history.

very important indeed!
for me personally, I'm glad that we were freed from the Germans... because I'm not at all that good at speaking German!

slowreactor · Post by **slowreactor** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 7:20 am

They did this for St. Patrick's day but not for D-Day?

THAT IS A CRIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Night Strike · Post by **Night Strike** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 3:31 pm

slowreactor wrote:They did this for St. Patrick's day but not for D-Day?

THAT IS A CRIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Then maybe someone should have suggested it several weeks BEFORE the holiday. The St. Patrick's day map was planned for a couple months.

Woodruff · Post by **Woodruff** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 1:33 am

Night Strike wrote:
slowreactor wrote:They did this for St. Patrick's day but not for D-Day?

THAT IS A CRIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Then maybe someone should have suggested it several weeks BEFORE the holiday. The St. Patrick's day map was planned for a couple months.

Oh sure...bring logic into the discussion, will you!

a.sub · Post by **a.sub** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 2:10 am

karelpietertje wrote:
phantomzero wrote:I was actually thinking the same thing last week. I'm surprised no one mentioned it until now. It was a very important day in the World's history.
very important indeed!
for me personally, I'm glad that we were freed from the Germans... because I'm not at all that good at speaking German!

i spoke it for a while
its a fun language

Woodruff · Post by **Woodruff** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 2:21 am

a.sub wrote:
karelpietertje wrote:
phantomzero wrote:I was actually thinking the same thing last week. I'm surprised no one mentioned it until now. It was a very important day in the World's history.
very important indeed!
for me personally, I'm glad that we were freed from the Germans... because I'm not at all that good at speaking German!
i spoke it for a while
its a fun language

Well...it's not as bad as Dutch anyway. <grin>

karelpietertje · Post by **karelpietertje** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 9:17 am

Woodruff wrote:
a.sub wrote:
karelpietertje wrote:
phantomzero wrote:I was actually thinking the same thing last week. I'm surprised no one mentioned it until now. It was a very important day in the World's history.
very important indeed!
for me personally, I'm glad that we were freed from the Germans... because I'm not at all that good at speaking German!
i spoke it for a while
its a fun language
Well...it's not as bad as Dutch anyway. <grin>

a.sub · Post by **a.sub** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 11:27 am

karelpietertje wrote:
Woodruff wrote:
a.sub wrote:
karelpietertje wrote:
phantomzero wrote:I was actually thinking the same thing last week. I'm surprised no one mentioned it until now. It was a very important day in the World's history.
very important indeed!
for me personally, I'm glad that we were freed from the Germans... because I'm not at all that good at speaking German!
i spoke it for a while
its a fun language
Well...it's not as bad as Dutch anyway. <grin>

when did u speak dutch woody?

Woodruff · Post by **Woodruff** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 9:49 pm

a.sub wrote:
karelpietertje wrote:
Woodruff wrote:
a.sub wrote:
karelpietertje wrote: very important indeed!
for me personally, I'm glad that we were freed from the Germans... because I'm not at all that good at speaking German!
i spoke it for a while
its a fun language
Well...it's not as bad as Dutch anyway. <grin>

when did u speak dutch woody?

I lived in Germany for six years, and we traveled extensively while we were there. We very much made every attempt to speak the native language of whichever country we were in at the time (in public anyway).

a.sub · Post by **a.sub** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 10:41 pm

im eternally jealous

Woodruff · Post by **Woodruff** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 11:47 pm

a.sub wrote:im eternally jealous

Best military assignment of my life, yes.

a.sub · Post by **a.sub** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 1:41 am

Woodruff wrote:
a.sub wrote:im eternally jealous
Best military assignment of my life, yes.

you served? i had no idea
what were you if i may know?

Hoagy · Post by **Hoagy** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 11:15 am

I tried running 'The Longest Day Speed Tournament' on June 6th 2009 to commemorate 65 years since the D-Day landings.

Unfortunately, there was not enough interest and the tournament was cancelled.

Admittedly, it was a bit short notice. I only posted the tournament 3 days before June 6th, and there were a lot of footie matches on that day.

Maybe not too many people are aware that 'The Longest Day' was THE film about the D-Day landings. If I'd have called it the 'Saving Private Ryan Tournament' instead, there might have been more response.

Woodruff · Post by **Woodruff** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 7:24 pm

a.sub wrote:
Woodruff wrote:
a.sub wrote:im eternally jealous
Best military assignment of my life, yes.
you served? i had no idea
what were you if i may know?

I was a combination computer programmer and Unix system administrator for the Air Force for 23 years. I retired in July of 2007 to become a schoolteacher (one low-paying job to another).

a.sub · Post by **a.sub** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 7:44 pm

Woodruff wrote:
a.sub wrote:
Woodruff wrote:
a.sub wrote:im eternally jealous
Best military assignment of my life, yes.
you served? i had no idea
what were you if i may know?
I was a combination computer programmer and Unix system administrator for the Air Force for 23 years. I retired in July of 2007 to become a schoolteacher (one low-paying job to another).

very nice
one respectable job to another
i think teachers should have better pay system
the shit teachers (of which i have had, sadly, many) should get even less pay, and my good teachers deserve more
i can personally say that over the course of a yeah i went from loving a subject to wishing its death and vice versa

Woodruff · Post by **Woodruff** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 7:56 pm

a.sub wrote:i think teachers should have better pay system
the shit teachers (of which i have had, sadly, many) should get even less pay, and my good teachers deserve more
i can personally say that over the course of a yeah i went from loving a subject to wishing its death and vice versa

A teacher can absolutely make a tremendous difference in how much the students' enjoy a given subject. Unfortunately, teachers tend to forget this the longer they're around (in my view).

a.sub · Post by **a.sub** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 2:19 am

Woodruff wrote:
a.sub wrote:i think teachers should have better pay system
the shit teachers (of which i have had, sadly, many) should get even less pay, and my good teachers deserve more
i can personally say that over the course of a yeah i went from loving a subject to wishing its death and vice versa
A teacher can absolutely make a tremendous difference in how much the students' enjoy a given subject. Unfortunately, teachers tend to forget this the longer they're around (in my view).

honestly there are times i cant blame them
i was a TA for a week when the normal TA was sick
dealing with the school board is HELL

June 6th (D Day)

June 6th (D Day)

Re: June 6th (D Day)

Re: June 6th (D Day)

Re: June 6th (D Day)

Re: June 6th (D Day)

Re: June 6th (D Day)

Re: June 6th (D Day)

Re: June 6th (D Day)

Re: June 6th (D Day)

Re: June 6th (D Day)

Re: June 6th (D Day)

Re: June 6th (D Day)

Re: June 6th (D Day)

Re: June 6th (D Day)

Re: June 6th (D Day)

Re: June 6th (D Day)

Re: June 6th (D Day)

Re: June 6th (D Day)

Re: June 6th (D Day)

Re: June 6th (D Day)