er... which you're not?  So your opionion counts for...

you sound like the boss of the US patent office in 1900 "everything that will be invesnted has already been invented"  And whats this longing for the same old maps adnauseum, can anyone say pet maps?  One of the strength of Close combat is the relative ease at which new maps can be made.   Look at Cc3 over 500 dfedicated maps... and you'd rather stick with the original 30 odd?  crap!  Surely the basis behind any wargame be it computerised or lead soldiers and dice is using the troops at your disposal to overcome the enemy in different terrain?  Oh to hell with it, lets delete all the maps from CCS and just use aerial images of parking lots, thats all we need apparently.

*  people who appreciate the mods the most????   Who?  You and your ilk?   On the contary; people who appreciate the mods the most are those new to the game and thrilled by it.  Those who brought in by the new releases not bored grumpy old hacks for whom nothing is ever good enough

yeah except the extra map slots that someone may wish to fill, the extra BG slots and considering anyone doing it is doing it on their own time I guess really its up to them eh?

Easily solved don't buy it, don't torrent it, if you never see it the torment should be so much less.  You will know it's out there which will of course cause moments of blind terror and pain but there are medications to ease that.  But even as i write this i know you won't be able to hold yourself back, you'll get it legally or illegally.   Actually you notice how much of the ranting is coming from the whiners and naysayers?

And lets face it "the rereleases will continue to be torture?"   What if they were simple mods based on the old games made by the same people?  Would they be torture then?   Is the torture the fact that once you hoped to get a hold of the CC code and profit from it?  Do I hear Brando screaming "I coulda been a contender!"  Welcome to Polkaville!