WOW,what a little fervor one can stir...
As far as rolling Thunder goes,I as the CO enjoy what it has become..it has become a training ground for new people whom we desire to be in the squad,and it has become A great forum for me to interact with other people who enjoy playing this game as much as I do.It has grown in a much bigger way than even I imagined,and matured as well..
We enjoy each others company and I do not believe that our size has become detrimental to our being close.DISCLAIMER:this does not represent how YOUR squad may interact.
I am a mission planner first and foremost,whether NOE,at ALT,GV,or whatever I feel is needed at the time to accomplish an intended goal,which most of the time is to capture A base,and I have the greatest people in RT..We laugh,we have a good time,we battle,we analyze situations,we do it all in FUN..Not to say that their are other squads that dont do this,but I can only speak for mine..
The background on RT when I started it was to make a squad where everyone would be taught to run missions,to plan missions,to make them work,whether NOE,at ALT,GV,etc..etc..
How a base gets captured does not matter to me as much that it GETS captured,and I think this is where the perception that MEG-SQUADS somehow MAKE this happen more than ones other country mates..
Bish have big numbers usually.WHY.I think it is because they have a goal in mind,to capture bases.I do not say all have this in mind,but I think it runs deeper in the bish psyche than in rooks or nits..When A mission is posted,it is almost guaranteed big participation,although not always.And why?? because somehow bish are not as good as rooks or nits? Hardly.It is because it is what we do..My point; It has nothing to do with MEGA-SQUADS!!!
In RT,some people are good at dive-bombing,some are good ACM,some are not,we are ALL always learning new things.Most of us train every tuesday,although it is not mandatory.
We want to be well-rounded in what we do,and that takes time.I have been playing 2.5 years give or take a few months and I am ONLY now getting good at ACM..I can actually up a plane and not think I am going to be back in the tower in 3 minutes..
We used to take bases because taking a base was to me,what it was all about,and saying"yay we got it" quick lets move on to another",and the base gets taken back in less than 10 minutes.Now it has been ingrained in me that PORKING bases around the one captured,HAS to take place in order to keep it..And this works very well.It has taken a few in my squad to get that in to my head,so we have grown into a well-rounded squad who does what is needed to get the job done..
I see what people post on the bb's about people porking,or hitting citys/radar sites/aa factories,and people,it seems to me,for the most part call it score padding.HEH!..whatever it is it helps whichever country you are on..it keeps things down longer.it has an EFFECT..But people rant and rave about it..That it is gamey?? well,it is in the game to be able to do that ,so it needs to be done..
This game is what you make it..You can either make it an ACM game,a GV game,A base taking game,A bomber game,My word it is all there.And on a great platform from which to accomplish the goals of whatever you desire..
Some people cannot get along in groups,I guess thats why people come and go out of RT,but it is a fact of life,and I hold no ill-will torwards them.And some people DO get along in groups,these people usually stay..But we go through people as probably any squad does,we do not have some MAGICAL force which causes people to stay in our squad,but we ARE adults,and we have the minimum capacity to be able to assimilate our wishes into goals in the game,and some may not be into that type of regimentled type of thinking.
You want to know what it is like in RT,hardly a MEGA-squad,PM me with a wish to fly with us for a day or a week,see what we are all about..I think you will be impressed with our ability to get the job done,and will definetly be impressed with the fact that ALL the BISHOPS work together well,and mostly for the same goal,as you do on your countrys..TO take bases,To defend bases,to dog-fight,to gv,to CV...
Thanks for listening,
Falcon23
