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Offline shppr01

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Tank Wars !!
« on: March 01, 2010, 10:52:51 AM »
We had a great time in Tank wars last night in AvA!
Several showed up and it was a blast.
No furballs or spawn camping, just all around good fights .
If any one who drives a cv , check it out.It is the Bomb !
A Big <S> To Jaeger and all who put this together ! Also a big <S> to Vongrim ,Bacon8tr and all who was willing to kill me last night ! :salute :x
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Re: Tank Wars !!
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2010, 11:02:56 AM »
Furballs are the best fights. Tanking is for those that lack thinking skills  :devil
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Re: Tank Wars !!
« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2010, 11:17:26 AM »
Im not sure what it is but something about the GV game just seems off to me.  I GV strictly to take a break from A2A/A2G stuff.  Too many odd happenings with the GV ballistics and damage model, and those funny as hell tipped over by a shrub PNZRs rolling 3 or 4 times on flat ground...stopping, and then rolling over again topside.  Nah.....but you guys have fun with it  :D 
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Re: Tank Wars !!
« Reply #3 on: March 01, 2010, 11:28:00 AM »
I mostly fly as well with my squad but i do enjoy a good ground fight now and then!
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Re: Tank Wars !!
« Reply #4 on: March 01, 2010, 12:40:39 PM »
was a goodtime had by all shppr  :aok  i'll check back in there this evening.  I was imaging last night just how intense that setup could be with about ten to twenty moretankers rolling street to street peaking around corners.  Having that Vbase in the middle of a mini strat was pretty sweet indeed.  :salute

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Re: Tank Wars !!
« Reply #5 on: March 01, 2010, 02:14:50 PM »
although i also died repeatedly at the hands of mettle, gr8peape, shoppr and many others, it was a great time!!

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Re: Tank Wars !!
« Reply #6 on: March 01, 2010, 04:35:41 PM »
Furballs are the best fights. Tanking is for those that lack thinking skills  :devil
Hmm, speaking of lack of thinking skills.... :P
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Re: Tank Wars !!
« Reply #7 on: March 02, 2010, 09:39:37 PM »
Seriously?  I must've picked the wrong night to go in.

Like I said before, went in tonight for the first time ever, and it was a COMPLETE wast of my time.

Not a single person in tanks.  NOT A SINGLE PERSON (17 in arena).

11 Spit8's attacking 6 109G2's......Spit8 versus 109 G2?  Are you serious?  

If you want new players to come in I recommend you seriously look to re-organizing your arena.  Waste of my time, and I won't go back.
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Re: Tank Wars !!
« Reply #8 on: March 03, 2010, 07:20:37 AM »
Seriously?  I must've picked the wrong night to go in.

Like I said before, went in tonight for the first time ever, and it was a COMPLETE wast of my time.

Not a single person in tanks.  NOT A SINGLE PERSON (17 in arena).

11 Spit8's attacking 6 109G2's......Spit8 versus 109 G2?  Are you serious?  

If you want new players to come in I recommend you seriously look to re-organizing your arena.  Waste of my time, and I won't go back.

ok, now its my turn.

1. this was a week that was supposed to be someone else's setup and i thought i'd be a good guy and try something different. i wanted to try an experiment, and i was given the blessing by the staff and i went with it.

2. the idea was to promote a tank war, which i have been doing but, also not discouraging aerial battles either because there are those of us that like dogfights and those of us who like tanks, etc, etc.

so bearing that in mind, i set up the arena so if people wanted to dogfight, the planes were fairly well matched and if not, the bases were close enough for some serious tank battles.

i also chose planes that could only drop 1 500lb'er so as not to over-whelm someone trying to take a base with GV's if they so desired. this covered all aspects of the setup.

3. monday night the place was lousy with tank battles. Nothing heavy but it was a great night. was 4V4 and everyone had a good time.

4. the entire setup was an experiment and not a historical match-up, but rather a match-up in fairness. the sides are pretty even, the vehicles used are matched up pretty well and so far other then you, no one has really had a problem with it.

now in response to your comment, Abraham Lincoln comes to mind. "You can't please all of the people, all of the time". that being said most of the people, that have been in the AVA this week, have had a good time in there. I'm very sorry it was not what you expected. I strive to do better, but i cannot control what people want to do.

I never at anytime said it was just a tank battle, if so there would be no planes in there at all. I am just trying to encourage participation while at the same time, appealing to the different playing styles.

Again i apologize for not meeting your expectations, but fortunately, most everyone else has had fun in there, and that's all that counts.

thanks and have a great day!
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Re: Tank Wars !!
« Reply #9 on: March 04, 2010, 08:37:50 AM »
one more day left, get in there and try it out and have fun.

minimal planes available. planes are for tank busting but can dogfight   :airplane:.

kill red guys and have a good time with it!

Tank Wars Rule!!

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« Reply #10 on: March 04, 2010, 01:28:48 PM »
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