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Phread
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Re:Colonel Promotion requirements
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Sun, 22 April 2012 09:57
 
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Lucky Duck don't be a quitter. Try harder and you will find you can do it.
It isn't all your fault that others of us live in the future.
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hdescavernes
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Re:Colonel Promotion requirements
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Sun, 22 April 2012 13:05
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No Lucky don't !
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rasmussen81
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Re:Colonel Promotion requirements
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Sun, 22 April 2012 13:06
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| Phread wrote on Sun, 22 April 2012 11:57 |
It isn't all your fault that others of us live in the future.
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I always thought there would be flying cars in the future...do you guys have flying cars?!  
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hdescavernes
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Re:Colonel Promotion requirements
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Sun, 22 April 2012 15:44
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| rasmussen81 écrit le Sun, 22 April 2012 13:06 |
| Phread wrote on Sun, 22 April 2012 11:57 |
It isn't all your fault that others of us live in the future.
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I always thought there would be flying cars in the future...do you guys have flying cars?!
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Not until 2015
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Jaykay2010
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Phread
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Re:Colonel Promotion requirements
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Sun, 22 April 2012 22:20
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Welcome to Colonel #88 Colonel Vulch.
Congratulations on your promotion Colonel.
Tell us about your trials, tribulations and successes on your journey.
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Phread
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Re:Colonel Promotion requirements
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Sun, 22 April 2012 22:23
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| rasmussen81 wrote on Sun, 22 April 2012 23:06 |
| Phread wrote on Sun, 22 April 2012 11:57 |
It isn't all your fault that others of us live in the future.
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I always thought there would be flying cars in the future...do you guys have flying cars?!
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No flying cars but have you seen the Martin Jetpack being developed in Christchurch New Zealand?
Of course a New Zealander did fly before the Wright Brothers too.
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Quit2
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Re:Colonel Promotion requirements
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Sun, 22 April 2012 23:49
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| Phread wrote on Sun, 22 April 2012 22:23 |
Of course a New Zealander did fly before the Wright Brothers too.
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Alot of people flew before the wright brothers did. But no-one flew an engine powered device before they did in 1903.
And actually, "your" Richard Pearse flew his bycicle pedal powered plane in 1902, one year before the engine powered flight of the Wright brothers but several years after their glider flights (and alot after the very first glider flight).
The first person to have probably made a glider flight was a tailor from Ulm (Germany) around 1592.
I say probably because the story is as this:
That "Schneider zu Ulm" (Tailor from Ulm) supposedly performed several glider flights from a slope outside of the city in the countryside where there were good thermal updraft winds. Word of it got to the local bishop who did not like it. "If God wanted men to fly, He'd have given us wings. Only birds can fly." So he summoned the Schneider to the city to interrogate him. The Schneider insisted that he could fly, and that he could prove it. The bishop of course would not go to the countryside to see it, so he ordered the Schneider to fly from the city wall. The Schneider had to fly in the morning instead of the evening, with the wind in his back instead of against it and from a man build construction instead of a natural slope. He crashed (of course) and the bishop condemned everyone who claimed that a man had ever flown or that a man would ever be able to fly.
Or so goes the legend ...
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sam1812
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Mon, 23 April 2012 00:42
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...which, of course, is the second most famous thing ever to happen in Ulm.
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hdescavernes
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Quit2
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Re:Colonel Promotion requirements
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Tue, 24 April 2012 23:06
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| sam1812 wrote on Mon, 23 April 2012 00:42 |
...which, of course, is the second most famous thing ever to happen in Ulm.
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What's the most famous?
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stevens
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Re:Colonel Promotion requirements
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Wed, 25 April 2012 04:58
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| Quit2 wrote on Tue, 24 April 2012 17:06 |
| sam1812 wrote on Mon, 23 April 2012 00:42 |
...which, of course, is the second most famous thing ever to happen in Ulm.
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What's the most famous?
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HINT:
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sam1812
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Re:Colonel Promotion requirements
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Wed, 25 April 2012 12:54
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(Well done, stevens.)
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stevens
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Re:Colonel Promotion requirements
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Wed, 25 April 2012 17:35
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| sam1812 wrote on Wed, 25 April 2012 06:54 |
(Well done, stevens.)
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Yes, sometimes great minds think alike, but sometimes other minds think alike too....
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hdescavernes
Posts: 731
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hdescavernes
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Re:Colonel Promotion requirements
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Fri, 04 May 2012 22:53
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Let's welcome the 91st HRO, Colonel Perenelle
Welcome, and tell us about your journey ! On to the quest to Brigadier now ?
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van Voort
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Re:Colonel Promotion requirements
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Sat, 05 May 2012 20:00
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Apologies from my abscence from my post; been kept back for unrelated technical problems (something about Paperclips and Mincemeat)
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Erik Uitdebroeck
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Re:Colonel Promotion requirements
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Sun, 06 May 2012 12:20
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Since we are at Colonel 90+, any thoughts or ideas what special treat Colonel number 100 gets from The Colonel Bar League ?
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Quit2
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Re:Colonel Promotion requirements
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Sun, 06 May 2012 12:58
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| Erik Uitdebroeck wrote on Sun, 06 May 2012 12:20 |
Since we are at Colonel 90+, any thoughts or ideas what special treat Colonel number 100 gets from The Colonel Bar League ?
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We don't want people to hold off propomotion deliberately in order to be number 100.
If we do something, it will only be decided after colonel 99 has made promotion. Then it becomes a race for the fastest. 
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van Voort
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Re:Colonel Promotion requirements
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Mon, 07 May 2012 01:22
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| Erik Uitdebroeck wrote on Sun, 06 May 2012 10:20 |
Since we are at Colonel 90+, any thoughts or ideas what special treat Colonel number 100 gets from The Colonel Bar League ?
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The bar tab
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hdescavernes
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Re:Colonel Promotion requirements
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Mon, 07 May 2012 11:49
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| van Voort écrit le Mon, 07 May 2012 01:22 |
| Erik Uitdebroeck wrote on Sun, 06 May 2012 10:20 |
Since we are at Colonel 90+, any thoughts or ideas what special treat Colonel number 100 gets from The Colonel Bar League ?
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The bar tab
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hdescavernes
Posts: 731
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Re:Colonel Promotion requirements
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Thu, 17 May 2012 01:21
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Welcome to HRO #92 Colonel Droopy007
Whoops-a-daisy, given his/her user name and avatar he/she seems to be a spy whose cover I just blew
Tell us about your secret career so far, Droopy !
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hdescavernes
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Thu, 17 May 2012 23:23
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Welcome to HRO #93 Colonel DoctorSchizzo, who features a whopping 1378 battles ! A veteran alright.
Do tell us about you Doctor !
(provided he visits the forum, which does not seem to be the case for the recently promoted Colonels )
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van Voort
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Re:Colonel Promotion requirements
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Fri, 18 May 2012 03:55
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Well, that means they are not taking up space at the bar
I'll have a large Congac please, on Colonel Schizzos account
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hdescavernes
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Re:Colonel Promotion requirements
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Tue, 22 May 2012 01:12
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Yeah we need a serving officer in here also, I don't have time to welcome players AND pour drinks
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hdescavernes
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Re:Colonel Promotion requirements
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Tue, 22 May 2012 01:17
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Welcome to HRO #94, Colonel Didji, another hardcore one with 1800+ battles played.
Makes me feel like a Junior Colonel
He's french so may or may not read this part of the forum, but if he does, let's hear about his career !
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hdescavernes
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Sat, 26 May 2012 13:05
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And welcome to yet another french Colonel, HRO #95 :
J'ai nommé Colonel Touf
He joined the OL military in January this year and displays neat stats. Let him introduce himself if ever he comes down here !
Santé, camarade.
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Touf
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Re:Colonel Promotion requirements
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Sat, 26 May 2012 15:32
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Thanks for the introduction, buddy!
I hope to deserve this new promotion, achieved after sleepless nights... Too impatient to wait for the #100 position!
French indeed but living in the Balkans, Bucharest, Eastern Front. That's for the exotism!
Could be funny to do a map of our virtual army all around the world!
Wish you lucky games (not too much when playing against me, please  ) and tons of fun!
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van Voort
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hdescavernes
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Re:Colonel Promotion requirements
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Fri, 01 June 2012 19:52
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Welcome to HRO #97, Colonel laxdad3
Tell us about your career so far 
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hdescavernes
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Re:Colonel Promotion requirements
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Wed, 06 June 2012 17:39
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Welcome to the first D-Day Colonel, HRO #98, Oberst Lujo
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van Voort
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Droopy007
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Re:Colonel Promotion requirements
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Tue, 12 June 2012 20:46
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Welcome to HRO #92 Colonel Droopy007
Whoops-a-daisy, given his/her user name and avatar he/she seems to be a spy whose cover I just blew Very Happy
Tell us about your secret career so far, Droopy !
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Hi !
Thx for the welcome Hilarion . Glad to have made it there finally
I have to congratulate you for your careful watch  ! You did blow my cover ... How am I to continue to rise undetected now ? . But I'm sorry, as a very serious spy, you know that I can't tell you about my secret business...
About the path to Colonel, well, let's say that it was a long and harsh journey, sometimes frustrating and discouraging, winning all the battles except for axis utah beach, and some of them with a lot of trouble... But a gratifying one since I finally did it .
I must thank all of you who search, find and relay the requirements ! I wouldn't have made it this quickly without you (roughly 330 battles...). So, thank you !!
Now begins the road to Brigadier General... Wish me luck .
See you all on the battlefield ! Wish you enjoyable games !
[Updated on: Tue, 12 June 2012 20:51]
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Jeronimon
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Re:Colonel Promotion requirements
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Tue, 12 June 2012 20:54
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Félicitations!
| Droopy007 wrote on Tue, 12 June 2012 20:46 |
Now begins the road to Brigadier General... Wish me luck .
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Et bonne chance! 
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hdescavernes
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Re:Colonel Promotion requirements
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Wed, 13 June 2012 11:19
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| Droopy007 écrit le Tue, 12 June 2012 20:46 |
Thx for the welcome Hilarion
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You mean hdescavernes
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Droopy007
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Wed, 13 June 2012 17:08
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Thx for the welcome Hilarion
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Yes, of course you're right...  . Sorry hdescavernes
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Phread
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Re:Welcome to new Colonels!
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Sun, 17 June 2012 22:27
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A very warm welcome to Colonel #100 Colonel JDRommel.
From Colonel #1 a very hearty congratulations to the 100th Colonel.
Well done Colonel. Please tell us about your journey to the rank of Colonel.
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van Voort
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Re:Welcome to new Colonels!
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Mon, 18 June 2012 11:36
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Pimms all round!
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hdescavernes
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Re:Welcome to new Colonels!
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Wed, 20 June 2012 00:50
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Welcome to HRO #101, french Colonel Artimon
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hdescavernes
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Re:Welcome to new Colonels!
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Fri, 22 June 2012 12:04
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Bienvenue to HRO #102, yet another french, Colonel Sauron93
One game to bring them all, it seems.
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