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Offline Krusty

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What was before BOB 2004?
« on: June 05, 2007, 03:07:27 PM »
From the ahevents.org page:

Battle of Britain 2006 (September, 2006)
Operation Downfall (July, 2006)
Stalin's Fourth (April, 2006)
Fire Over Malta (November, 2005)
Coral Sea (April, 2005)
Rangoon, '42 (October, 2004)
Battle of Britain 2004 (August, 2004)

Brooke's personal scenario page also lists BOB 2004 as the earliest AH scenario he participated in.


What was before BOB'04? It hasn't been until the past few years that I ever paid attention to anything SEA related. I've been around since AH1 came out, but never took notice until BOB'04 (as I recall, I wanted to participate, but couldn't). I vaguely seem to recall stuff went on before that, but what?

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« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2007, 03:37:38 PM »
Going back through the Special Events Announcements forum:

Hostile Shores (vs USAF Academy Cadets; my first, most fun I've had to this day)
Big Week
Invasion Sicily
BoB02
Clash at Midway
Battle for Niemen
Guadalcanal: Operation WATCHTOWER
Kadesh
Ruhr
Kurland
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« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2007, 04:09:45 PM »
Can you give a 1-line description for:

hostile shores
kurland
kardesh

?

The others are somewhat self explanatory (scenario wise, I mean, I can get an idea of what the story is by the name) but these are foreign to me.

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« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2007, 04:38:26 PM »
Hostile Shores
http://forums.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=40084

Was a 1944-based Pacific theater carrier battle.
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« Reply #4 on: June 05, 2007, 04:41:41 PM »
Kadesh was the 1948 Israel vs Egypt scenario, using reskinned Me262s and the like.
Scenario and terrain by Artik.
« Last Edit: June 05, 2007, 04:45:21 PM by Dux »
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« Reply #5 on: June 05, 2007, 04:44:47 PM »
Thanks!

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« Reply #6 on: June 05, 2007, 04:59:25 PM »
Kurland was a Russia vs Germany scenario, set in the winter of eraly 1945.
http://forums.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=111483&highlight=Kurland
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« Reply #7 on: June 05, 2007, 11:32:25 PM »
That is a very cool idea with AF cadets as the command staff and us as players.  It's like the ultimate wargame. :)

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« Reply #8 on: June 05, 2007, 11:54:33 PM »
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Kadesh was the 1948 Israel vs Egypt scenario, using reskinned Me262s and the like.
Scenario and terrain by Artik.


eeeeeek where was i can we do it again... i want an israely spit9 now!
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« Reply #9 on: June 06, 2007, 01:23:11 AM »
What was the one imagined scenario of late war allied invasion to Norway called? Was it the above mentioned "Hostile Shores"?


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« Reply #10 on: June 06, 2007, 11:09:19 PM »
I don't remember that one, BlauK... but it wasn't Hostile Shores.
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« Reply #11 on: June 08, 2007, 06:29:40 PM »
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eeeeeek where was i can we do it again... i want an israely spit9 now!


We didn't have Spit IXs in it If I remember correctly...(Scenario CM at that time)

It was 262s vs 262s mostly. Ar234s acted as Egyptian Bombers.

There were P51s and French Corsairs too. Was pretty interesting.

Also...

Wasnt Hostile Shores was the "Hypothetical Invasion of Norway"?

I was a fledgling Noob at that time and couldn't participate.
« Last Edit: June 08, 2007, 06:32:51 PM by Nefarious »
There must also be a flyable computer available for Nefarious to do FSO. So he doesn't keep talking about it for eight and a half hours on Friday night!

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« Reply #12 on: June 08, 2007, 06:34:30 PM »
i still woulda pwned ;)
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« Reply #13 on: June 08, 2007, 07:07:23 PM »
Ya know, Nef... it coulda been. All I remember is flying a Hellcat off a carrier, so I assumed it was a PAC setup.
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« Reply #14 on: June 15, 2007, 06:19:35 PM »
When I was a CM I designed and helped run 'Big Week' based on err... 'Big Week'. That was back in 2003 or maybe 2002.

The cadets ran the Allied side in that scenario and were very successful IIRC.
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