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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: daddog on October 27, 2001, 10:51:00 PM
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Not that I would beg, borrow, or steal, but I am all ears. :) We have a good weekly events team and just recruited several new CM's a few weeks ago. If you have any suggestions post them here.
Much of our TOD was patterned after the S3's in Warbirds with help from the crew over there answering some of my questions. I would like to hear what your favorite event was in Air Warrior and why.
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CM CO daddog
332nd Flying Mongrels (http://www.ropescourse.org/flying.htm)
TOD & Snapshots (http://events.hitechcreations.com/)
Noses in the wind since 1997.
(http://www.ropescourse.org/cdaddog.jpg)
Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives.
John Adams, 1808
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Warnight was good (basically a "single frame event") KOTH wasn't bad (King of the Hill - no not the cartoon).
Then there was Saturday night at the Spanish Bordello! :D
Originally posted by daddog:
Not that I would beg, borrow, or steal, but I am all ears. :) We have a good weekly events team and just recruited several new CM's a few weeks ago. If you have any suggestions post them here.
Much of our TOD was patterned after the S3's in Warbirds with help from the crew over there answering some of my questions. I would like to hear what your favorite event was in Air Warrior and why.
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CM CO daddog
332nd Flying Mongrels (http://www.ropescourse.org/flying.htm)
TOD & Snapshots (http://events.hitechcreations.com/)
Noses in the wind since 1997.
(http://www.ropescourse.org/cdaddog.jpg)
Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives.
John Adams, 1808
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KOTH is monthly; not weekly....
Warnights are pretty much covered by Snapshots, when, if and depending on how well they're run (YMMV)
There's a kind of Squad KOTH called TOD that seems popular, and it seems that that may be offered in Euro friendly timings, but it's hard to tell, as the events team don't seem to know what Euro timings are (they call it "Eastern"; but we don't actually have that one..)
They've tried a scenario this year, and screwed the pooch. Despite custom terrains and the allure of playing with genuinely militarily trained people and being part of a living research work in combat communication dynamics, it was so shoddily /unfriendly/unhelpfully ran they ended up short on players even in the current event starved climate.
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*Chuckle* Well! There ya go! The experienced AW players have absolutely nothing to offer! ;)
Thanks, Seeker. The pressure's off. :D
Originally posted by Seeker:
KOTH is monthly; not weekly....
Warnights are pretty much covered by Snapshots, when, if and depending on how well they're run (YMMV)
There's a kind of Squad KOTH called TOD that seems popular, and it seems that that may be offered in Euro friendly timings, but it's hard to tell, as the events team don't seem to know what Euro timings are (they call it "Eastern"; but we don't actually have that one..)
They've tried a scenario this year, and screwed the pooch. Despite custom terrains and the allure of playing with genuinely militarily trained people and being part of a living research work in combat communication dynamics, it was so shoddily /unfriendly/unhelpfully ran they ended up short on players even in the current event starved climate.
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There weren't really any weekly events in AW, except for sunday afternoon Warnights. With all the scenarios, I don't think people were concerned too much with weekly events.
Warnights were run by LW, and were most similar to the CheckSix events. Most of the time, they had a historical theme, with goals/objectives, and a winning side. There was no registration, you could just show up and fly. There were usually limited lives controlled by the host--most often 3 lives with a 30 minute regen. One of my most memorable, most immersive online experiences ever--including all the scenarios I've ever flown--was during a Malta warnight (designed by Fidd, I think).
There was also a very popular monthly event that started with a bunch of guys messing around in the fightertown arena, called King of the Hill (KOTH). KOTHs were a series each-man-for-himself battles, where the last man standing was the winner, and the first to win three times was King of the Hill for that month. Many of the very good sticks *loved* KOTH--but anyone could win. The more well-known you are as a good stick, the bigger target you become.
In addition, for a while there was a nightly type event called an auto-scenario. Auto-scenarios were an attempt by Kesmai to create an automated arena that would run pre-designed missions two times a night. The arena would open 30 minutes before the mission, and you would show up and pick from the many flights available (much like the mission planner in AH). Everyone would be launched at the same time (much like the mission planner in AH), and the battle would start. Usually, one side would have a major objective, and the other side would have to try to stop them--although there were also minor objectives. Auto-scenarios were a big hit at first, but died because there were major programming bugs that were never fixed. I was even a member in a 'auto-scenario squad' that formed around a bunch of us auto-scenario junkies (a few who have now been in AH for awhile, and a few who are just now showing up) TODs 'feel' very much to me like auto-scenarios did in their heyday.
And occasionally (rarely) Mage would set up an arena to be sorta like a 'weekend warnight' More or less an AvA arena (or Combat Theater, or Historical Arena) setup, just for the weekend.
But for me, all that really mattered was the scenarios. When I would fly in Big Pac (ie. the MA), it would always be to practice my ride for the upcoming scenario. If there was a period between scenarios that I didn't at least have a vague idea what I would be flying in (or against) my whole AW existance would be purposeless (much the way I feel in AH most of the time)
Enjoy the book!
anRky OGCG
UBB SUCKS PURPLE MONKEY BALLS!
[ 10-28-2001: Message edited by: AN ]
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Originally posted by Seeker:
KOTH is monthly; not weekly....
Warnights are pretty much covered by Snapshots, when, if and depending on how well they're run (YMMV)
There's a kind of Squad KOTH called TOD that seems popular, and it seems that that may be offered in Euro friendly timings, but it's hard to tell, as the events team don't seem to know what Euro timings are (they call it "Eastern"; but we don't actually have that one..)
They've tried a scenario this year, and screwed the pooch. Despite custom terrains and the allure of playing with genuinely militarily trained people and being part of a living research work in combat communication dynamics, it was so shoddily /unfriendly/unhelpfully ran they ended up short on players even in the current event starved climate.
ouch.
I don't think that answers Daddogs original question. You're coming off pretty harsh towards the CM team which is comprised of a group of people working a helluva lot harder then any of us players do.
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"I would like to hear what your favorite event was in Air Warrior and why."
;)
Originally posted by moose:
ouch.
I don't think that answers Daddogs original question. You're coming off pretty harsh towards the CM team which is comprised of a group of people working a helluva lot harder then any of us players do.
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Originally posted by Seeker:
There's a kind of Squad KOTH called TOD that seems popular, and it seems that that may be offered in Euro friendly timings, but it's hard to tell, as the events team don't seem to know what Euro timings are (they call it "Eastern"; but we don't actually have that one..)
US Eastern standard time is GMT-5. The plan for "Euro-friendly" TOD mentioned here (http://www.hitechcreations.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=54&t=000180) states 3 PM EST Saturday. This translates to 2000 GMT Saturday.
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arlo,
that response of mine was directed at seeker.
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And a good response it was. You're right, he probably has a better response to your response than I did.
Damn these public forums that give the impression that anyone can respond to anyone over anything, right or wrong! :D
Originally posted by moose:
arlo,
that response of mine was directed at seeker.
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Back to the REAL topic.
There are alot of AW pilots headed this way. I personally have NO experience with AW and have no idea what was done there.
I am interested to know what you folks think ...
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KOTH, though not weekly, was definately an awesome event.
Plus there was no shortage of historical scenarios, the vast majority of which were great (at least the ones I took part in always were, and from what I understand I missed most of the REALLY good ones).
NOTE: You don't HAVE to have specific planes to have a great scenario--substitutions CAN and DO work just fine. "We don't have the planeset" is a horrible, lousy, terrible, pathetic, wicked, miserable, sad, worthless, crappy, and downright wrong excuse not to have an event.
Plus there was a variety of various other "fun" events and warnights, some historical, some not. Granted, AW had the variety of WW1 and Korea timeframes to use as well as WW2 (MIGs vs Sabres rocks!) , but AH has no shortage of options available to it.
You just have to open your mind, and not fear "failure", and not always be limited to strict "historical accuracy". This is an internet game, not a historical society, so don't be afraid to have some fun and try new things--the worst that can happen to an event is nobody show up. If it seems interesting, give it a try--THAT was the attitude that AW's event leaders had. Some events worked, some didn't--but the memories of the great ones more than pays for the failures.
J_A_B
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<golf clap>
Originally posted by J_A_B:
KOTH, though not weekly, was definately an awesome event.
Plus there was no shortage of historical scenarios, the vast majority of which were great (at least the ones I took part in always were, and from what I understand I missed most of the REALLY good ones).
NOTE: You don't HAVE to have specific planes to have a great scenario--substitutions CAN and DO work just fine. "We don't have the planeset" is a horrible, lousy, terrible, pathetic, wicked, miserable, sad, worthless, crappy, and downright wrong excuse not to have an event.
Plus there was a variety of various other "fun" events and warnights, some historical, some not. Granted, AW had the variety of WW1 and Korea timeframes to use as well as WW2 (MIGs vs Sabres rocks!) , but AH has no shortage of options available to it.
You just have to open your mind, and not fear "failure", and not always be limited to strict "historical accuracy". This is an internet game, not a historical society, so don't be afraid to have some fun and try new things--the worst that can happen to an event is nobody show up. If it seems interesting, give it a try--THAT was the attitude that AW's event leaders had. Some events worked, some didn't--but the memories of the great ones more than pays for the failures.
J_A_B
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You say that now JAB, but when and if we do make substitutions someone, somewhere will find a reason to complain about it. Its a "damned if you do, damned if you dont" thing.
Go dig up some of the old threads from the Afrika Korps scenario if you want. We had all kinds of squeakin' and moanin' going on in that one over the substitution of just one plane.
Oh...and Moose...dont waste your time on Arlo there. He doesn't seem to understand the concept that every reply in a thread, while public, doesn't always apply to him or need a remark from him.
[ 10-28-2001: Message edited by: sling322 ]
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I see no reason why the following scenarios couldn't be made to work at this point:
BoB: hurris, spit1's 109f's and ju88 in for he111's. only thing missing would be the 110's (which cooullllllddddd, ugh, sorta, maybe, have mossie's standing in)
some mid/late war Pac scenario f6's and f4u's vs zekes, tony's and the george standing in for the ki-84 with americans taking offensive with 25's and tbm's)
this game is really crying for some earlier war models tho' to make the most of scenarios, such as the p-40, F4F, Oscars, vals, kates, betties, SBD would be great... but.. i disgress this is more a wishlist for planes.
some eastern front scenarios are workable, as well, afrika is iffy with the late war planeset we have...
italy operations would also be doable with early jugs and stangs vs lw and italians...
lot of current potential that would only be made more awesome when HTC gets around to adding the earlier planes...
i've been here a few months, now, and have yet to see or hear of any scenarios, TOD isn't quite accessible to the at large player-base, being limited to squads and those who suck up to squads to get an invite. I get confused between the Check 6' and Snapshots, but they don;t have quite the same feel as a scenario being more of an ad hoc nature, and while fun, attendance seems spotty at times and there's very little in the way of making them US vs Them in the sense that actual scenarios develope.
just my .02
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Originally posted by daddog:
Not that I would beg, borrow, or steal, but I am all ears.
As others have said, I always used to enjoy the Warnights. They were seen as a sort of stepping-stone to scenarios, where players could get a taste of something with a bit of an objective rather than the usual arena play. It got them used to playing as a team in what was always a two-sided event. In an attempt to get players to be a bit more careful and used to the idea of a single-life event, lives were usually limited to 3-5; however, there was a regeneration period which meant that, providing you did not die too often, you could still in play throughout the two-hour event. If you did have a run of bad luck and use up your lives, dead pilots were allowed to go as gunners while their next life was regenerating, so still had an active part t play.
Warnights also gave an opportunity for trying different effects which could be used in a scenario, but coulnd't really be tried in a normal 'melee' arena. Conditions like 'simulated' poor visibility, where icons only showed up when they were within about 1 or 2K made some warnights quite an unusual experience! An enemy suddenly appearing on your 6 out of the simulated 'fog' made for some exciting moments. Of course, we had to ignore the fact that AW always had a clear blue sky, and the sun always shone brightly (strangely high in the North East sky! <g> )
I particularly enjoyed the Staff v Players Warnights we occasionally held, especially during the time I was staff. I remember one occasion, LW bumped up the buff tuff and gunner leathality and the object was for the players to find and kill him in his bomber - which he had me gunning... :) That was hilarious!
Of course, I also enjoyed the full-blown scenarios! I hooked on those from the very first time I ventured into an Events arena as a walk-on, and ended up as a gunner in Greas's 'Kate o Doom' :) Not sure I did any good, and have a feeling that a kill I thought I had got hadn't registered as one because it was a 'friendly' Ooops! (I noticed later that the person I thought I had got was on our side and was reported on the AAR as 'shot down in a friendly fire incident! :o ) Anyway, that event got me hooked on scenarios and I participated in every one I could after that (time-zones permitting!)
The whole scenario experience was like nothing else, from arriving into the arena, changing country if necessary, finding our way to the Briefing rooms, starting a briefing if doing GL or joining one if not, sitting in the Briefing room, looking at the map, studying the waypoints, zooming in on the targets (as a Bomber pilot, I always went for the buff rides <g> ), and agreeing on who should hit what, making back-up arrangements, explaining to the newbie that we can't go just yet, getting people to change their handles - without leaving the Briefing Room to change it in OC! - explaining what the plan was, taking notes, assigning a TAC channel, repeating to newbie that we have to wait for the GO, making sure everyone was included in the group and could see the waypoints, finally getting dismissed to the airfield, telling newbie not to change his fuel from 100% to 15% in the B17, launching to the runway, being buzzed by another newbie who decides a runway full of friendly B17s are juicy targets for him, hearing a restless gunner 'testing his guns', and taking out the plane behind, seeing requests for unauthorised players to auger or be ejected, finally getting into the air (well, maybe after a mass arena-wide dump! LOL) and proceeding to target, being attacked, surviving, bombing target, rtbing, being attacked again, sometimes fatally, or making it back home and landing, debriefing.... all these made scenario-playing such memorable experiences for me, which I hope will continue in here... :)
LOL, this has ended up a bit long - but you did ask! :D
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sling322:
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You say that now JAB, but when and if we do make substitutions someone, somewhere will find a reason to complain about it. Its a "damned if you do, damned if you dont" thing.
Go dig up some of the old threads from the Afrika Korps scenario if you want. We had all kinds of squeakin' and moanin' going on in that one over the substitution of just one plane.
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Sling, squeakin' and moanin' (and whinin') is just another part of the scenario experience.
It's even an unescapable part of the online flight sim experience. If HTC decided they weren't going to do something because there would be squeakin' and moanin' about it, we'd never have gotten the F4u-1C, or the N1K. Hell, we'd have never even gotten a game in the first place.
anRky
<who lost all illusions of having one big happy scenario family back in the second scenario I ever attended--when the betties died.>
(damn, I almost forgot...)
UBB SUCKS PURPLE MONKEY BALLS!
[ 10-28-2001: Message edited by: AN ]
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But .. but ... aren't you the guy who attributes remarks made by one person to the entire group? So what does it matter who answers for who then, slingblade? :)
Originally posted by sling322:
You say that now JAB, but when and if we do make substitutions someone, somewhere will find a reason to complain about it. Its a "damned if you do, damned if you dont" thing.
Go dig up some of the old threads from the Afrika Korps scenario if you want. We had all kinds of squeakin' and moanin' going on in that one over the substitution of just one plane.
Oh...and Moose...dont waste your time on Arlo there. He doesn't seem to understand the concept that every reply in a thread, while public, doesn't always apply to him or need a remark from him.
[ 10-28-2001: Message edited by: sling322 ]
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I recall the complaints about the Africa scenario. Unlike some of these guys, I've been with AH since the Beta. Not always a subscriber, but I've been here.
You're right, there was a lot of unnecessary whining and moaning. But, as pointed out, that's just part of internet life. Don't let the naysayers get in the way of having a good time. If ALL events HAD to be 100% accurate, I don't think there would have ever been a scenario, anywhere, ever. IMO the designers did a good job with the tools they had; I wish I could have afforded to take part.
I know how whinners and complainers can destroy your enjoyment in an event. It can be difficult to carry on if you only seem to be rewarded with complaints.
You called it "Damned if you do, damned if you don't". Wouldn't you rather do it and be damned, and at least have some good memories in addition to the bad??
It is a fract of life that you will carry the good memories with you longer than the bad.
In AW we had plenty of constant whiners and moaners. "Grief players" as some of us called them. Eventually we learned to just tune them out--they'd never be happy no matter what so their (invariably negative) opinions didn't matter anyway. Eventually they just faded into the background.
J_A_B
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The weekly Fighter Town night was a big hit.
It helped the new guys get a feel for acm and allowed the old timers to hone their skills. The FT gig saved you the time of looking for a fight. The fight was lower than the main arena and the land grab was turned off.
Krush
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K.O.T.H!!!...It definitley seperated the score dweebs from skilled pilots...One of the most fun online experiences I've ever had...And the films are hillarious to watch afterwards!
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Originally posted by Arlo:
"I would like to hear what your favorite event was in Air Warrior and why."
I believe moose was asking a rhetorical question. That is why sling felt the need to comment on your eagerness to post... Ponder this, it may have meaning.
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Actualy, my favourite events in order of preference in AW were:
K.O.T.H. It sometimes took forever, but it was always worth the wait; a shining example of a quality event tailered for one market segment.
Scenaros, both historical recreations and "what if" events, at every level, from being a simple pilot, flight leader, group leader and CM. The only thing I never felt the need to try was CO, an arena general I'm not.
Warnights were fun, if properly organised.
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Well, My FAVORITE would have had to been
"Axis vs Allies Night in Full Realism"
Why?? Because I was the Event host for it? :D
We had a Historical Arena Setup that folks just didnt use much. Much like the one AH just got. There was always talk on the Message boards asking for folks to come fly in it, but few did.
Myself and my Squadron, Working with the GroveRats Started holding a monthly squadnight in that arena and would Duke it out.
That evolved quickly, We had an objective set, an open invitation for folks to come fly and basicly no rules. It was a come as you are, fly historical planes against historical enemies and have some fast action.
It was a once a month deal, and it was a nice change from the daily grind of the MA. In fact on that night the AW MA would be nearly empty for those fews hours.
Im Sure the same thing could be done here. Also I bet there are plenty of folks that would enjoy it.
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I was the host of Full Realism Warnight over at Air Warrior for about 3 months, after LW left.
Warnight was basically a small, one-frame event with an objective, like kill this base, or take over this field, or kill more of thier guys.
Mine were almost ALWAYS historical, ranging from Okinawa to Italy to Midway. Sometimes they were semi-historical, like a carrier battle in the Mediteranean by a Luftwaffe Carrier and by a British carrier. If you don't know, the Germans were building a couple carriers, but, never finished :)
daddog, I'd be glad to help out any way I can, just email me at alieneagle69@hotmail.com
Aub
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Originally posted by Aub:
I was the host of Full Realism Warnight over at Air Warrior for about 3 months, after LW left.
Aub
No, Aub's Idea is Dumb :D Do Mine!!! ;)
Yeah, Aubs Dumb and he Smells and is a rotten no-good Vulcher! heheheehehehe
Seriously Thou,
Warnights, KOTH, AvA Night were all great diversions from the normal Grind. I dont think AH could go wrong with any of them.
Now then, where did I put that can of AUB repelant. ;D
(Aubs a great guy, but dont let him know I said that)
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Someone wanna explain how KOTH works cos Im interested now.
(http://www.swoop.com/images/logo_small.jpg)
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Now then, where did I put that can of AUB repelant
SSSSSHHHH, I'm getting on thier good side! AvA would work here too, just, I'm not starting it up, its your friggen event!
And, you know you love me. What would you do without my quirky behavior and odd drinking habits?
I LUB YOU MAN! (smooch then carps him then steals his beer)
(runs off laughing drinking his beer)
So, how was OshKosh this year?
Aub
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Ok,this is how K.O.T.H was set up...Friday evening,cooler of frosty beers...Everyone meeting in seperate arena and waiting in lobby...Tension builds as KOTH organizers are deliberately late.Speculation builds as to who will be this month's KOTH champ and qualifier to the year-end KOTH round robin tourny(Prizes..etc)...Now to the important stuff.. :)..The KOTH winner of the previous month selects a plane for round 1(first to win 3 rounds is months KOTH Champ)...Everyone takes off from same airbase and spreads out.When "GO" is announced,it's an "Every man for himself" scenario...Max cruise alt is 5K and manouver alt 8K.You run outta gas or ammo you bail.Last person with a plane still turning a prop is the round winner.Of course if someone jumps out to win 2 rounds and threaten to end the fun,he is usually subjected to the worst online gang-rape imaginable.. :)...It can last from one hour to well into the next morning...And if I remember correctly,the month's winner gets his MA player name in special font.<S!>
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What is a link to the official KOTH rules?
Rules aside, essentially KOTH was as follows: Everyone (sometimes 30-40 people) takes off from 1 base and climbs out and moves into position. Once the fight starts, it is a free-for-all furball and winging is strictly forbidden. Once there's only 1 person left flying, he is the winner and the next round begins. First pilot to win 3 rounds is the night's KOTH.
Some of the rules included: ALT limit--stay below 5 K when cruising, under 7 or 8K (forget which) during combat. Once battle is done, you must go back doen to 5K if you're over it.
Anyone out of ammo must auger unless you are one of the last 2 planes left. NOTE: Ammo loads were always NORMAL, so ammo management was definately important.
You must stay within X distance of the airfield (In AH this would translate as staying in 1 sector, if the base was the center of that sector. It was a rather small area so the fights were constant)
Everyone flies the same plane; the winner of the previous round chooses the plane to use. Once that round ends, then a different plane is selected by that round's winner. You CAN select the same plane more than 1 time, but people seldom would.
Fuel load was up to the pilot, but if you ran out of gas you had to auger (unless you were one of last 2 planes up).
ICONS were such that you could see the NAME of everyone. This tended to cause people to gang up on previous round winners and always made things interesting.
Anyone deemed to be breaking a rule by the event host would be disqualified. People rarely broke the rules as this was frowned upon by the participants--and KOTH participants tended to be the "bigshots" of the AW community!
J_A_B
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Are you just being rhetorical or do you expect a response? :)
Originally posted by Blue Mako:
I believe moose was asking a rhetorical question. That is why sling felt the need to comment on your eagerness to post... Ponder this, it may have meaning.
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Originally posted by Arlo:
Are you just being rhetorical or do you expect a response?
I'll let you decide... ;)
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I agree with both of you AN and JAB. I am all for substitutions just so that we can run more scenarios...hell that is why I wanted to join the CM team in the first place. I live for the scenarios and anything I can do to get more of them is great.
It just seems that the majority of guys that fly in the events get all bent out of shape about substitutions.
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I've decided. (This was a rhetorical response.) :D
Originally posted by Blue Mako:
I'll let you decide... ;)
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There's been more than one successful scenario in AW that featured substitutions. That, of course, is what a truly creative team is forced to do when the models don't exist (you obviously agree).
The only other option is to actively campaign for models specific to a particular scenario (imo). For this to be effective, I suppose all of the pro-scenario players need to unite behind one scenario (requiring substitution) and to campaign for that one planset to be completed.
ShruG - just thinkin' outloud here.
Originally posted by sling322:
I agree with both of you AN and JAB. I am all for substitutions just so that we can run more scenarios...hell that is why I wanted to join the CM team in the first place. I live for the scenarios and anything I can do to get more of them is great.
It just seems that the majority of guys that fly in the events get all bent out of shape about substitutions.
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Originally posted by Shane:
i've been here a few months, now, and have yet to see or hear of any scenarios, TOD isn't quite accessible to the at large player-base, being limited to squads and those who suck up to squads to get an invite.
I meant to address this in my earlier post but forgot. You are not entirely correct here Shane. While the major focus of the TOD is on squad participation and squad vs squad stuff, there is still an opportunity for those without a squad to fly. All you have to do is be a guest with a normal registered squad. Any squad you join in the special events arena does not carry over to the main arena.
If you really want to fly in the TOD let me know, you can be a guest of the FDB's. This will at least give you a chance to fly in it without having to be in a squad.
Gotta warn you in advance though...dont let Animal get behind you at any time no matter what and dont ask mrfish about his frog. :D
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Originally posted by Aub:
I was the host of Full Realism Warnight over at Air Warrior for about 3 months, after LW left.
Warnight was basically a small, one-frame event with an objective, like kill this base, or take over this field, or kill more of thier guys.
Mine were almost ALWAYS historical, ranging from Okinawa to Italy to Midway. Sometimes they were semi-historical, like a carrier battle in the Mediteranean by a Luftwaffe Carrier and by a British carrier. If you don't know, the Germans were building a couple carriers, but, never finished :)
daddog, I'd be glad to help out any way I can, just email me at alieneagle69@hotmail.com
Aub
This sounds exactly like our Snapshots. We run those every Saturday ... or at least we're supposed to. :rolleyes:
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"What was your favorite weekly event in AW?"
Pasha saying he quit.
;)
Westy
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Originally posted by Westy MOL:
"What was your favorite weekly event in AW?"
Pasha saying he quit.
;)
Westy
As opposed to you saying you were done with Bigweek?
:p
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I really did. And he finally did too.
<triple "neeners">
:D
-westy
* although this am I feel like I am back in BigWeek. Whodathunkit. ;)
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Originally posted by AN:
anRky OGCG
That brought a smile to my face! :)
Soggy
OGCG
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Originally posted by Aub:
I was the host of Full Realism Warnight over at Air Warrior for about 3 months, after LW left.
Warnight was basically a small, one-frame event with an objective, like kill this base, or take over this field, or kill more of thier guys.
Mine were almost ALWAYS historical, ranging from Okinawa to Italy to Midway. Sometimes they were semi-historical, like a carrier battle in the Mediteranean by a Luftwaffe Carrier and by a British carrier. If you don't know, the Germans were building a couple carriers, but, never finished :)
daddog, I'd be glad to help out any way I can, just email me at alieneagle69@hotmail.com
Aub
Yes, warnight were always a blast, this and Krushers fightertown night were well worth the time and a welcome change from arena play.
afool
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Originally posted by Aub:
(runs off laughing drinking his beer)
So, how was OshKosh this year?
Aub
Oshkosh was amazing as always. I suggest that anyone that enjoys AH would be in heaven at oshkosh. Where else do you find several hundred warbirds, thousands of various A/C along a flight line that stretchs 5.3 miles long.
The Vickers Vimmy was a Highlight this year. a replica WW1 Bomber. Howard Pardue is also an anual favorite of mine, he always does some great ACM in a F4F, F8F, Seafury or one of his other warbirds.
One must always catch Bud Anderson and Chuck Yeager swapping stories or Flying around in their Mustangs.
This Year we camped with a new Friend, It was Amelia Earharts Great Nephew, He was there as a family repersentative for a Amelia Tribute. He came with his teenage Son and was camped next to us. Our Group included 4 teenage girls. Do the math, 4 girls, 1 boy, They were bound to get to know each other. ;)
I personaly had a pretty quite week in comparision to past years. I talked with pilots and some old friends, but nothing unbeliveable. (like a B-17 flight or being introduced to Yeager)
You should consider join us next summer. The Convention is held the last week/weekend of July.
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BTW Aub...
Get Back here with that Beer. Everyone knows we cheeseheads cant live without beer.
Scanning back thru the posts, This TOD sounds like it would be fun.
The 2 Best Scenarios I flew in (Niemen and Cartwheel) the CAF flew as a squadron. We filled the slots and found replacments as needed. Flying with your squadies in a scenario is probably the best fun in any sim.
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Grimm, shoot me an e-mail about your event. Thanks!
Thanks Aub, I sent you an e-mail. :)
Thanks for all the feed back guys. We will try the Aces High version of KOTH every Wednesday for a while. Hopefully it will be a hit.
We are still talking about a Tuesday night event and you all gave me several ideas. :)
<S>
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Originally posted by Grimm:
He came with his teenage Son and was camped next to us. Our Group included 4 teenage girls. Do the math, 4 girls, 1 boy, They were bound to get to know each other. ;)
Hell, I woulda came up ther just for that. Teenage girls do like older men, you know...
{Feels a big boot comming by some of Grimm's friends)
Well ole Grimmy, I've got many goals on my list in which to meet AWers, and your CAFcon is one of them...
Oh, and tell Brew! I said hi < G >
Geez, I still remember that letter, classic!
Aub
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Originally posted by Flossy:
[a long post about AW events]
How could I forget one of my favourite events? Well, like KOTH, it was monthly rather than weekly, and was always a lot of fun. Aimed mainly at bomber pilots, the event was called "Rolling Thunder" and was a one-life only event - no regens, no second lives (usually - a 'Kamikaze' one was a memorable exception! <g> ). Of course, it was a two-sided event, with one side consisting of bombers and escorts, and the other side the attackers. Often there was no radar, but sector markers were usually on with it being a relatively short event.
It started out as a sort of sign-up event, run much like a scenario, but as time went in became more like a warnight - always a lot of fun! :)
[ 10-31-2001: Message edited by: Flossy ]
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Originally posted by Flossy:
How could I forget one of my favourite events? called "Rolling Thunder"
Flos,
I Agree Filth did a Great Job with Rolling Thunder. It was also something very differnt.
Perhaps this is what some former AWers are seeing here. Not as many, different, but well organised events. I can see AH is working on that now. Also what a great time for this. The New Faces are dependable and are likely to help support this stuff.
Koth, WarNight, AvA Night, Rolling Thunder, All were great events and all differnt from Scenarios. From what Iv read of Tour of Duty it also has its own flavor and virtues, I might even have to try to walk on.
To the AWers, From what I can see, this has been the strength of HiTech, Pyro, and all of AH, The willingness to provide for the costumers. Since Day 1 Iv always felt the Players are treated number one. When there is a problem, if possible its corrected quickly. They simply have awsome support. I think the attempt here to find out what AW was doing is an attempt to provide to the players.
::SALUTE::
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Squad Night, in AW classic back in the AOL AW days, our mission was to destroy the bases in the VOD (valley of death). (Never could figure out why everyone hung out there)
What were the numbers of those airfields??
->ATC
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Valley of DWEEBS!!!!!!!
It's DWEEBS!!!
(I should know because I flew there sooooooo much :) )
J_A_B