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Joseph, I think this whole matter is much less sinister than you think. I don't know how I missed all this Thursday. I wasn't even aware there was any reset of the map, or contraversy at all until this morning. I'm not saying your wrong for what you think, and I'm not at all trying to insult your intellegence. This will be my input on the matter , and believe me if I didnt think it was all a missunderstanding I wouldnt butt in.
We in the 78th have changed our squadtime to start at 9:00 PM EST, so our east coast guys can get more flying time in. Because of my schedule I barely make it at 9:00 PM EST on the dot. When I arrived seabees and I hit the arena about the same instant. since we're a new squad 4 to 5 is about the most we can field on a squadnite right now. so when I saw only seabees and I, my first reaction was, Yikes this is gonna be rough. Then seabees informed me LtMagee was on the Axis side. So I asked him what he was doing joining JG-3?? He laughed and said no I'm over here trying to help them reset the map.
The only part of the map I was looking at was the very northern most, and there was a cloud of red on Bar Dar. So I gave Ltmagee a few choice words, and told him it didnt look like the Axis needed any help at all reseting the map, and to get is prettythang back over here so we could start our squadtime. So he comes back, and not only Magee but he took one of our new pilots with him. Your right he did make the comment hey JG3 watch your 6. I assumed it was his way of saying he was going back to the allied side. I really didnt give the matter any more thought, I just assumed it was Magee being his usual self,, full of mischief.
At that time I also assigned us to roll from A25 to A24 , where the majority of the fighting was. From the moment Magee left the Axis side he was busy with the 78th. If you recall Thursday , that was one big battle up there. So yes the four of us were way too busy for him to be in cahoots with Jester to reset the map. On another note the 78th usually tries to provide escort for the 322nd BG. I looked for Jester before our first take off because I wanted to inform him that we would be in Hurri II's , and not doing escort, but would try to sweep ahead and take the fight low so the 322nd 's Bostons could sneak in. I didnt see Jester on the roster, at that time. We usually PM each other when we arrive on squadnights to get an idea of what the plans are going to be. If he was on I missed him. Add to that I didnt have any contact with him until about 45 minutes later , when he informed me of the 322nds target.
I'm not saying he wasn't there, and if he was he must have ducked out when I initially looked for him. I do know however that I kept LtMagee busy the rest of the night , and there was no conspiracy that I know of to reset the map. Again... That I know of...
I understand if people knocking JG-3 gets under your skin...... To hell with em is all I can say. Looks to me like you guys got yourself the most succesfull Axis squad in the CT. Anybody complaining about JG-3 must like playing with themselves , because the Axis squads are what makes the CT. The majority of people usually want to fly Allied iron, that includes me. How are we going to able to fly, and fight , and enjoy this sim without an adversary? I'm happy that theres a big leathel Axis squad waiting to duke it out with the allied pilots. Anybody that complains of competetion , needs to play offline.
I can understand that if your catching grief , and getting smartprettythang comments from Magee , and then the map resets, your going to think it's a communist plot!!!;) just threw that in because we were russian last week. If Magee gets on your nerves sic Storch on him. Them two going at it is as balanced as any setup I've seen. One secret about Magee........... The guy is much smarter than he acts. Some of the outlandish whines he dishes are just that outlandish. He knows it, and complains on purpose, I swear I think he does it just so storch will insult him.
He seems to enjoy the replies from your guys more than his own comments.
Okay Joseph, thats what I know of Thursday. Do I blame you for thinking you got rear ended. No not really, however I think you should just keep on keeping with what you guys are doing in JG-3. don't worry if people whine, most do when they get their prettythang whipped. I havent seen anything from the allied squads bad said about you guys. I think the majority of them are like me, glad somebodys over there willing to do it, and do it well.
I still say Jester had no evil intent adjusting the map. He's just too damn serious about what he does. He also is way too fond of JG-3 to screw you guys on purpose. He may have done it on accident, and then got offended by the backlash, but he would not have set out to pork anybody especially you guys.
AND YES HE SHOULD HAVE ANNOUNCED IT ON GOD CHANNEL. I won't disagree with you there.
Okay Jospeh I'm off my soapbox, and off this topic, I hope it comes to a satisfactory conclusion.