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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Oddball-CAF on June 25, 2016, 04:42:54 PM
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To break things up a bit from the usual "Squad Night" fare, we engaged in a game I call "PINGO".
It's somewhat like "BINGO" with the exception that instead of numbers on a "card", we put
various tasks.
As has been the case with past contests like this, we had a lot of fun with it. :aok
(http://i.imgur.com/yIl7LYb.gif)
Regards, Odd
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To break things up a bit from the usual "Squad Night" fare, we engaged in a game I call "PINGO".
It's somewhat like "BINGO" with the exception that instead of numbers on a "card", we put
various tasks.
As has been the case with past contests like this, we had a lot of fun with it. :aok
Regards, Odd
Good idea!
From time to time we, the BWs, venture into our randomizer to pick random planes for us. Its still a work in progress when I get free time. Feel free to use it! http://blackwidows.co/ahrandomizer/ (http://blackwidows.co/ahrandomizer/)
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Is there a Canadian version of this game available? :joystick: :D
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Pipz,
At the moment, no. This is due to the fact that I don't have any sober Canadians
in my squad who might be able to convert the manual from English to Canadian.
If/when their stupor subsides, I'll have them give it a whirl. I can mail it to you.
Are you still living in Bamff ? <gggg>
Bowhunter, I just scoped out your "randomizer". That's pretty neat.
Is it running a program of some sort or is it HTML magic?
I remain,
Odd
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Pipz,
At the moment, no. This is due to the fact that I don't have any sober Canadians
in my squad who might be able to convert the manual from English to Canadian.
If/when their stupor subsides, I'll have them give it a whirl. I can mail it to you.
Are you still living in Bamff ? <gggg>
Bowhunter, I just scoped out your "randomizer". That's pretty neat.
Is it running a program of some sort or is it HTML magic?
I remain,
Odd
It uses HTML with Javascript. You punch in the the planes (or loadouts, or really anything) you want it to pick from and then it will randomly pick things from the list.
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To break things up a bit from the usual "Squad Night" fare, we engaged in a game I call "PINGO".
It's somewhat like "BINGO" with the exception that instead of numbers on a "card", we put
various tasks.
As has been the case with past contests like this, we had a lot of fun with it. :aok
(http://i.imgur.com/yIl7LYb.gif)
Regards, Odd
Got to make it harder, replaced the P47 for P38.
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Made it more realistic:
(http://i343.photobucket.com/albums/o460/caldera_08/pingo1.jpg~original) (http://s343.photobucket.com/user/caldera_08/media/pingo1.jpg.html)
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:rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl
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That should be RUNGO
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:rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl
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Made it more realistic:
Caldera, that's absolutely hilarious!!!
I've got to save that and share it with the boys; once I stop cacklin', that is! :aok
Regards, Odd
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Though PINGO was unbelievably fun and exciting, Caldara's version could be used as the Canadian version Pipz is requesting lol!
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haha excellent
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Made it more realistic:
(http://i343.photobucket.com/albums/o460/caldera_08/pingo1.jpg~original) (http://s343.photobucket.com/user/caldera_08/media/pingo1.jpg.html)
:rofl :aok
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Made it more realistic:
(http://i343.photobucket.com/albums/o460/caldera_08/pingo1.jpg~original) (http://s343.photobucket.com/user/caldera_08/media/pingo1.jpg.html)
:rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl
I think the center square should be "accuse enemy player of spying" :devil
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Or "create a second account and spy on a different country"
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WTG Caldera! :rofl:
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LOL, as the kids say.
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To break things up a bit from the usual "Squad Night" fare, we engaged in a game I call "PINGO".
Ok, do you have to do these things all by yourself, or would it count if you do it as a team? For example, I can de-ack a town using rockets all by myself. But to kill a VH with rockets by myself would require three trips in my P-38.
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It was a team effort: Gold Flight v Red Flight.
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Ok, do you have to do these things all by yourself, or would it count if you do it as a team? For example, I can de-ack a town using rockets all by myself. But to kill a VH with rockets by myself would require three trips in my P-38.
As Popeye, who flies as "Kong" in The 47 Ronin noted, it was/is a "flight vs flight" competition.
While the main theme is simply to "have fun", it is also a good tool for squadron commanders to use
to help aid in developing comraderie and basic leadership principles within a squad.
Many of the items on the card can be accomplished by a single pilot; others require a team effort.
As well, a good number can be accomplished on the same sortie. For example, on the first sortie,
"Gold Flight" racked up -7- of the objectives, which I personally thought guaranteed that
flight victory. That however, was not the case.
With about 15 minutes remaining "Red Flight" was declared the winner, with a final "score" of 25-14.
When the first one was run 6 months ago, both flights used our standard vox channel. Brevity
went out the window, and laughter, hooting, howling, taunting, and lots of purposeful "disinformation"
played out. This time, we had each flight on a separate vox channel. This made it less distracting,
but a bit less fun than having everyone on the same vox channel. So, in future, we'll revert back
to the original "everybody on squad vox" system.
"PINGO" is just one of the things I'm using to try and keep things interesting and fun within
the 47 Ronin. Another is "The Emperor's Challenge".
http://www.the-47-ronin.org/The-Emperors-Challenge/Emperors-Challenge-May2016.htm (http://www.the-47-ronin.org/The-Emperors-Challenge/Emperors-Challenge-May2016.htm)
The First Emperor's Challenge was "get one kill in -every- fighter in Aces High over the course
of a two month period.
Why two months? Because everybody in the squad doesn't spend countless hours in Aces High
and I wanted it achieveable by the vast majority of my pile-its. It was a rousing success
and the guys had a lot of fun with it. As well, it got a lot of 'em out of their "comfort
zone" and they developed a decent "feel" for various fighters in the game beyond
what they perhaps usually fly.
The Second Emperor's Challenge was to get -50- kills while piloting Japanese fighters.
The kills had to be "air to air". ie: bombing/strafing GVs did not count. That also
was a lot of fun. That particular challenge was initially to be accomplished over the course
of a single tour. However, one of my guys got tied up with some "real world" issues,
and asked for a one-week extension. So, I extended it to a five week period for the
entire squad as that seemed only fair.
Given the dynamics of the Late War Arena, there are basically very few "options"
a squadron CO has to engage in group themed "missions". At its core it is
comprised of "furballing" and "capturing a field/base/port". (In general, I stay
away from "strat runs" as I find them too lengthy, often requiring a length of
6-8 sectors to get to the target, which pretty much places it squarely in the "boring"
category.) This being the case, it's good to break things up with "something different";
which is where "PINGO" and "The Emperor's Challenge come into play.
We also utilize "campaign ribbons" within the squadron.
http://www.the-47-ronin.org/Ribbons-page/UntitledFrameset-10.htm (http://www.the-47-ronin.org/Ribbons-page/UntitledFrameset-10.htm)
These were extant long before the Aces High "achievements", but work similarly in that "goals"
are provided and pilots are free to try and "achieve" them or not. Some are
easy, others are not. The standards for each are such that all pilots within
the squadron are capable of earning a number of them.
Some are based on "tour" stats:
http://www.the-47-ronin.org/tours-of-duty/UntitledFrameset-5.htm (http://www.the-47-ronin.org/tours-of-duty/UntitledFrameset-5.htm)
while others are based on sorties flown over the course of the previous week:
http://www.the-47-ronin.org/weekly-divine-winds/weekly-divine-winds-main.htm (http://www.the-47-ronin.org/weekly-divine-winds/weekly-divine-winds-main.htm)
The "bottom line" is to have fun and to try and keep things interesting for each and
every pilot who is actively flying. I don't always succeed in that goal, but as CO,
I give it my best shot.
Regards, Odd
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Gotta say, the stuff that Odd comes up with adds a LOT of fun and interest to the game.
Just the graphics in "the Emperor's" reports are worth the price of admission.
(Is there a ribbon for talking up the CO?)
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I could draw one up for ya Kong, a big brown nose on a field of gold. :P
Yankees Odd works hard at making it fun. The sign of a good squad leader in a game. This game needs more squad leaders like him <S>
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The two of ya are the biggest rumpswabs I've ever seen. Having said that, I think I'll
come up with "The Royal Order Of The Rumpswab". You two clowns will be grandfathered in. :aok
Regards, His Most Heinous Protuberance
(http://www.the-47-ronin.org/website-graphics/emperor-family.jpg)
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damn! I had to google rumpswab!
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damn! I had to google rumpswab!
It's one of those samurai terms that he uses. It means something like, "most honorable comrade". :D
<S>
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Odd made me test my Otter Box on my Galaxy Note. Laughed and dropped my phone.