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Special Events Forums => Friday Squad Operations => Topic started by: daddog on September 25, 2010, 09:35:55 AM
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Gents,
Use this for reference. Admin CM's gave me a general idea of what they wanted. This is not written in stone and is subject to change.
Plan ahead as you see fit.
I left in the Setup CM who is the guy that sets up the event and runs it and the Bouncer who assists him prior to the start and checks uniforms before we roll. It is a good thing to know who they are. :)
Welcome AKBmzawy to the FSO team. :aok
I will be training him specifically how to turn off the icons. :D
October FSO – Italy 1943
Oct. 1 Frame 1 (Admin Nefarious) (Setup TracerX) (Bouncer 68Lurch)
Oct. 8 Frame 2 (Admin Nefarious) (Setup TracerX) (Bouncer 68Lurch)
Oct. 15 Frame 3 (Admin Nefarious) (Setup TracerX) (Bouncer 68Lurch)
Oct. 22 off night
Oct. 29 off night
November FSO - Pacific 1945
Nov. 5 Frame 1 (Admin Squire) (Setup Plisskin) (Bouncer Mystic)
Nov. 12 Frame 2 (Admin Squire) (Setup Plisskin) (Bouncer Mystic)
Nov. 19 Frame 3 (Admin Squire) (Setup Plisskin) (Bouncer Mystic)
Nov. 26 off night (Thanksgiving November 25th)
December FSO - Pacific 1943
Dec. 3 Frame 1 (Admin Ghostdancer) (Setup 68Lurch) (Bouncer AKBmzawy)
Dec. 10 Frame 2 (Admin Ghostdancer) (Setup 68Lurch) (Bouncer AKBmzawy)
Dec. 17 Frame 3 (Admin Ghostdancer) (Setup 68Lurch) (Bouncer AKBmzawy)
Dec. 24 off night (Christmas eve)
Dec. 31 off night (day before new years)
January FSO – North Africa 1942
Jan. 7 Frame 1 (Admin Nefarious ) (Setup Mystic) (Bouncer TracerX)
Jan. 14 Frame 2 (Admin Nefarious ) (Setup Mystic) (Bouncer TracerX)
Jan. 21 Frame 3 (Admin Nefarious ) (Setup Mystic) (Bouncer TracerX)
Jan. 28 off night
February FSO – Eastern Front 1943
Feb. 4 Frame 1 (Admin Squire) (Setup AKBmzawy) (Bouncer Plisskin)
Feb. 11 Frame 2 (Admin Squire) (Setup AKBmzawy) (Bouncer Plisskin)
Feb. 18 Frame 3 (Admin Squire) (Setup AKBmzawy) (Bouncer Plisskin)
Feb. 25 off night
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WTG, AKBmzawy. Thanks for stepping up. :salute
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Welcome to the crew AKBmzawy!
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Turning icons off??????????????????????? Geezzzzzzzzzeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeee! Hot water before I start.
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I called Bmbz and told him congrats and now he can read here too. :salute
Will the schedule posted for the next 5 months also reflect the set-ups also (Europe, Med, Pacific and time frames)? Thanks.
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Not sure I understand your question AKKuya. The FSO month is listed along with the general theater and time frame in bold above.
Is there something else your were looking for?
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Not sure I understand your question AKKuya. The FSO month is listed along with the general theater and time frame in bold above.
Is there something else your were looking for?
Somehow I didn't see the boldface with the info about theater and year. The way I read was just who was in charge and who was the bouncer. That info kinda stood out more than the rest. My eyes were :old:
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Be sure to announce 2 months ahead of time any FSOs designed to use "no icon" settings, so that it gives us all time to withdraw from that FSO, and sign up again afterward.
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LOL So we go 13 months without an Easter Front Setup. That is pathetic.
Last one was January 2010, next one is February 2011. Come on CM's we can do better than that can't we? Instead we get a ton of Pacific's.
perdweeb
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LOL So we go 13 months without an Easter Front Setup. That is pathetic.
Last one was January 2010, next one is February 2011. Come on CM's we can do better than that can't we? Instead we get a ton of Pacific's.
perdweeb
What you expect? Hitech always wants america to win. Every image you see on the website is always an allied aircraft shooting down an axis plane. Examples include an I-16 shooting down 109 in the events page, the spit flopping onto a 109 when you log into the game, and oh yeah the 190 getting shot down in the frekin commercial.
I think axis has won a majority of the FSO's since the last eastern front campaign, despite the allies advantages in some, but not all recent FSO's in the past year. Like the last one with the spawns and no fly zones and in June(the normandy one) with the spit 16s traded for spit 9's I believe. This is just my opinion, not saying axis should have a month of advantage, I actually welcome the disadvantage(if you believe there is one) because it makes things interesting. I'm just saying I dont see why it would be a big deal to break the pattern for once. Theres an obvious bias here and its getting boring flying the same battle of britain map half the time.
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What you expect? Hitech always wants america to win. Every image you see on the website is always an allied aircraft shooting down an axis plane. Examples include an I-16 shooting down 109 in the events page, the spit flopping onto a 109 when you log into the game, and oh yeah the 190 getting shot down in the frekin commercial.
I think axis has won a majority of the FSO's since the last eastern front campaign, despite the allies advantages in some, but not all recent FSO's in the past year. Like the last one with the spawns and no fly zones and in June(the normandy one) with the spit 16s traded for spit 9's I believe. This is just my opinion, not saying axis should have a month of advantage, I actually welcome the disadvantage(if you believe there is one) because it makes things interesting. I'm just saying I dont see why it would be a big deal to break the pattern for once. Theres an obvious bias here and its getting boring flying the same battle of britain map half the time.
Ahhhh....
What? :headscratch:
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What you expect? Hitech always wants america to win. Every image you see on the website is always an allied aircraft shooting down an axis plane. Examples include an I-16 shooting down 109 in the events page, the spit flopping onto a 109 when you log into the game, and oh yeah the 190 getting shot down in the frekin commercial.
I think axis has won a majority of the FSO's since the last eastern front campaign, despite the allies advantages in some, but not all recent FSO's in the past year. Like the last one with the spawns and no fly zones and in June(the normandy one) with the spit 16s traded for spit 9's I believe. This is just my opinion, not saying axis should have a month of advantage, I actually welcome the disadvantage(if you believe there is one) because it makes things interesting. I'm just saying I dont see why it would be a big deal to break the pattern for once. Theres an obvious bias here and its getting boring flying the same battle of britain map half the time.
Let's see....
#1 Neither HiTech, nor HTC has anything really to do with the Special Events. They do not set them up, they do not run them, etc. Those are all done by your friendly volunteer CM's who put their hard work and own time into putting the events on.
#2 If you are referring to the ahevents.org website, guess what, it's the same as #1, it's ran by the CM Team as well.
#3 I can't really comment on the Spit v. 109 when you log into the game but as far as the commercial goes, I haven't seen a 190 being shot down as you put it. I have seen numerous planes being shot at to include a P-51, B-24, etc.
The whole preference of Allied vs. Axis plane sets has been brought up I don't know how many times. I can tell you from working with some of the CM's in the past that they do try to find an equal balance between both sides by instituting many different variables that they have at their disposal. If one frame does not look like it was that balanced, they try to take corrective action to ensure both sides have just as much fun as the other. The only thing I can really tell you though is that you have 3 options. You can step up and try to become a CM whenever they are looking for new members, you can not take part in what you consider to be biased events, or take part in the events being happy that someone has dedicated a good bit of their time planning and hosting the event for you with them expecting nothing in return.
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Very well said and thank you lowZX14
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Well one thing we can count on is a pacific campaign FSO.
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LOL So we go 13 months without an Easter Front Setup. That is pathetic.
Last one was January 2010, next one is February 2011. Come on CM's we can do better than that can't we? Instead we get a ton of Pacific's.
We? Are you part of the FSO team? ;)
The only thing I can really tell you though is that you have 3 options. You can step up and try to become a CM whenever they are looking for new members, you can not take part in what you consider to be biased events, or take part in the events being happy that someone has dedicated a good bit of their time planning and hosting the event for you with them expecting nothing in return.
:aok
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Well one thing we can count on is a pacific campaign FSO.
well then forget what i said, kilo pretty much summed it up. think whatever but point is not enought eastern front fights.
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ya'll i suppose would ork better.
Just saying, that the last Estern ront campaign was January 2010 and we won't have another until February 2011. just think that is a little too long if "ya'll" are trying to keep variety. Don't get me wrong, i appreciate everything the CM's do, just would like to see a little more Eastern Front.
perdweeb
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I don't think there's any grand conspiracy against eastern front setups... I just think the options are limited and the planeset full of giant holes. I mean, heck! We had the one setup way back where I-16s were attacking Ju-88s! How's that for crazy! Just sheer luck they could even catch the things, but they must have had alt or position (they nailed a few).
Sometimes they're fun, for sure.... But sometimes there's no making up for a lack of Pe-2, or Tu-2, or Yak-1, or LAG-3... Sometimes the immersion just isn't there, IMO.
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I like Eastern Front setups and endevour to do them when I can. As for the plane set im never going to gripe if HTC adds more...of course it would be nice to see more Russian a/c in the set.
As far as Russian bombers, there are Lend-Lease possibilities with the B-25 and A-20, both of which were used in quantitiy by the VVS (more than 3500). Foreign a/c regiments and pilots were deliberately "toned down" if not outright ignored by the Soviets in much of their own historical writings. I wont get into all the reasons why but you can make your own conclusions. In any case it can give a somewhat skewered view of the role Lend-Lease a/c had especially in 1942-3 when Soviet industry was stretched to the breaking point. The USA alone supplied some 10,000 fighters to Russia in WW2, not counting bombers, and not counting types supplied by G.B and Canada; in all almost 1 in 5 was of foreign make.
Given that I would welcome the Pe-2 and others like the Yak-1 as much as anybody else. The more the better.
I-16? hmm, I recall they surprised us all by how well they did in that setup. Damn manueverable devils and accounted for a lot of kills. I think the high ROF of the 7.7s can really cause a lot of damage at short range.
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I agree with Squire 100%, we have the planes available just avoiding Eastern Front for some reason.
Can a CM answer this simple question please, keep in mind I'm not bein a pain just want an answer, why is it that we went a whole year without an Eastern Front setup?
perdweeb
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As an FSO Admin CM, my personal opinion is the lack of terrains. The only terrains currently listed are FinRus and Hungary which are both just a drop in the bucket when it comes to the vastness of the Russian Front.
We are also hampered by the plane set. The German/Axis Plane set is nearly filled in while the Russlan/Allied Plane set is severely lacking pre-1943. Lend Lease Aircraft help fill the void, but IMO it is not enough.
That will change in the coming months and into 2011, and as soon as we get some I will start writing them.
My 2 cents...
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what lack of terrains?
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Ummm, FinRus...
I-16, P-40B, P-39D, Bostons
Brew, 109E, 110C, Ju 87
Invasion of Finland.
perdweeb
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If by the invasion of Finland your referring to the Winter War 1939-1940... Lend Lease Aircraft did not exist yet.
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There is many battles and areas finrus map could be used for (if it is the one i am thinking of).
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One issue that bugs me for FinRus is the lack of 109E-7, the lack of Ju-87Bs, the lack of He-111s, and the lack of Ju52s.
While the LW planeset is definitely more flushed out than the VVS planeset, it still has some glaring holes, especially for late 1941 and early 1942 setups.
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Sadly we haven't gotten the He-111 in how many years? We'll never get it.
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Well, not only that but we've lost 90% of the jabo force (no bombs on E-4, bombs removed on F-4!) so you HAVE to put the 110C in there or put in 190A5 as a sub for 190F3 or something....
That puts more emphasis on level bombing --- which brings us back to having only the Ju-88A-4. Don't get me wrong, it's the right time frame for this plane, it's just over-saddled with jobs and tasks and some variety would be nice.
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I prefer Pacific over all others. Both early and late designs are usually alot of fun.
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Can a CM answer this simple question please, keep in mind I'm not bein a pain just want an answer, why is it that we went a whole year without an Eastern Front setup?
Back in early Aug when I had an Admin CM depart unexpectedly and I saddled myself with having to do the Sept. FSO I asked specifically about Hungary and Funrus terrains. Skuzzy replied a day later on Aug. 10th that one was crashing when he tried to load it. Due to several issues I had to scrap my design and scramble for something else, twice.
Believe it or not we do try to rotate between theaters of operations. Sometimes it just does not work out.
Also, for what it is worth Perdue when you word things as you did here...
LOL So we go 13 months without an Easter Front Setup. That is pathetic.
You will not get much of an answer. This is a perfect example. Someone thinks the CM's are just screwing up and clueless, well maybe me sometimes. Yet behind the scenes (as I pointed out above) the CM's are actually trying to do just what the players want. Calling their efforts pathetic will get you no where fast, especially with me because I know how much time and effort my FSO team puts in.
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I feel that mixing up theaters is fine just sees like when we do ETO, Eastern Front is overlooked. If t a mp poblem, as you pointed out, that is understandable. But if the excuse is that we don't have the planeset I am not understanding. We don't have a very goo Japanese plane set either yet we do tem 6 times a year.
If my argument doesn't make sense I will stop complaining. If it does, my we add a litle more Eastern Front please?
prdweeb
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Coming late to this thread but one of the reason's we don't do Easter Front Setups more often is there aren't any specific terrains for it. When creating an event designers usually take a look at available terrains when planning.
For a true Eastern Front the closest we have is the old Hungary map.
Currently some newer Eastern Front terrains are in the works but creating a terrain is a time consuming and long process. When one becomes available I am sure one of the CM designers will swap out his design for an Eastern Front design since we like to get new terrains into rotation as soon as possible.
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well there was an eastern front campaign in January so that means there is at least one map we could use.
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well there was an eastern front campaign in January so that means there is at least one map we could use.
That was shoehorned into the old Hungary terrain, and required Stoney to do a lot of compromising.
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which means we should never use it again?
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Eastern Front is the only steup that Axis has an advantage....
Just throwing that out there.
perdweeb
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And I'll just throw it right back at you:
Early PTO is about evenly matched (SBD/F4F v Z6M/D3a/B5n), BOB is about evenly matched maybe the edge going to LW (fast Ju88s almost uncatchable, 110Cs ruling the skies), and anything over Britain, France, Germany up to early 1943 is usually tilted slightly in favor of the german hardware, including most North Africa setups.
It's not always ideal, no, but it's really not applicable to make that statement with such a wide scope.
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I agree, but dont you notice we dont do BoB? We do plenty of early PTO. And the BoB FSO gives the Luft an advantage because of the lack of an He 111. Not saying they're gonna give the Allies a victory or an advantage but the Luft advantage would not be as great with an He 111.
So in closing, Axis has an advantage in early PTO and BoB (due to a technicality). Hell, with the right squads the Axis will win every FSO advantage or disadvantage, which we are doing at the moment.
Not so much that I want an advantage or complaining about having a disadvantage, I like being the underdog. But my favorite theatre is Eastern Front and I hate seeing it get neglected.
perdweeb