When I was in the air, and we got into combat I do not think I ever saw a combat has started. And I thought that it was like Bodenplate from 2 months back.
As the CM last night, I will speak to this.
I was informed of some wind settings that were absolutely nuts which I have no idea how they ended up set that way so I was chasing that to start the night along with a radar setting. I thought everything was set properly after doing a quick recheck of what I could. So no, you didn't see a combat has started because our group was quickly in the middle of it after that and before getting the chance to acknowledge that first blood had been drawn (plane damage). Once the fighting started, it didn't let up for quite some time. Once I got a second to breathe, bases were closed and I decided it was a little late to announce combat had begun.
So... between all the other craziness that happened with settings, that was an annoucement and a flip of a switch that was neglected/delayed because of me.
While I'm up here... I would like to ask others in the FSO community to step up to the plate and apply for the CM team. Everyone wants to fly, BS, and have fun with your friends. Help keep that alive by helping out.