Incoming...Crickets?

[Cranialwizard]

Swear to god, I even have recordings, I've been playing Wehr VS Americans and Americans paired with Soviets...

Sometimes when the Americans come under suppression to my merciless MG42s(8 in total, 4 mounted, 4 MG teams inside the bunker) and the Mortar squads, I hear them say all of their dialogs because they come under so much fire.

Swear to God, one of them shouted:

"CRICKETS ARE FIRING ON US!"

Another:

"GET DOWN, SMALL ARMS FIRE! INCOMING CRICKETS!"

Is there like a secret German unit called the Cricket that passes disease or something? Why would american troops just shout CRICKETS! OMG CRICKETS!

Am I hearing things or Has anyone else heard this?

[BurroDiablo]

You'll find they're shouting 'Krauts', not 'Crickets'

[Cranialwizard]

I can defiantly hear the difference between the two. I've never heard this before, but I've nearly ALWAYS heard Krauts.

[ford_prefect]

perhaps they are saying crickets because they are taking small arms fire, and it sounds like crickets to them. Have you ever lived in a cricket infested area? it does sound kinda loud.

[BurroDiablo]

I've never heard crickets, they're definitely saying Krauts.

[Cranialwizard]

I've played it back a few times. They say Krauts about 2 minutes BEFORE this happens. I've turned off fog of war and listened in. They say Crickets. It's bugging the shit out of me. I might just have to play another game.

[ford_prefect]

did you even bother to read what I said?!?


"perhaps they are saying crickets because they are taking small arms fire, and it sounds like crickets to them. Have you ever lived in a cricket infested area? it does sound kinda loud."

[BurroDiablo]

Hmm...

I just played a game with the SFX turned down (so I could only here speech) and, I actually did hear one of them shout 'They've got crickets!'...

Crickets could possibly be a nickname for a gun, but they say it very rarely so I can't point out what gun it might be. I've had a look around the vastness of the internet and the only reference to Cricket or Crickets in WW2 is what the Brits used to call the No.15 Hand Grenade 'Cricket Ball'

Other than that, i'm pretty confused myself.

[Cranialwizard]

Were the allied men suppressed?

I mean, in my games they normally had 8 MG42's firing on them. Not including the constant mortar and Nebelweffer barrages.

did you even bother to read what I said?!?


"perhaps they are saying crickets because they are taking small arms fire, and it sounds like crickets to them. Have you ever lived in a cricket infested area? it does sound kinda loud."

Defiantly did Ford, didn't want to post merge

I doubt it though. It's weird, it only happens when I have them under heavy suppression.

[BurroDiablo]

There was too much going on when they said it, they weren't suppressed... they were chasing down a Nebel, being shot at by a Puma, Flame Pio's, MP40 Volks an AT gun and its crew... no MG's though, unless you count the MG on the Puma. Nebelwerfers sort of sound like Crickets when they're firing, but that doesn't explain why they also said it when I was fighting PE as well.

[Cranialwizard]

Very strange.

It happened AGAIN, this time only once this game.

I was about done with the whole match and going to finish the player off.

2 Panzers, Vet 3
2 Halftracks, Vet 3. Each had 2 Vet 3 Grenadiers. 2 squads had MG42s, 2 had Panzershrecks.

The Panzers and Halftracks opened fire on 2 riflemen and one of them shouted THEY'VE GOT CRICKETS!

Will someone PLEASE help us find out WTF THEY MEAN!

[PoldekPL]

Can you post replay? I would really like to find out where that "crickets" came from

[Cranialwizard]

I don't have many recordings, I'll post a recording with a GOOD audio feed of the speech.

How would I go about doing that? XD
Never really messed with replays

[BurroDiablo]

I would record something with Fraps, it'll be much easier to edit

[Cranialwizard]

I'll see what I can do.

If Burro is willing, he is welcome to do it too.