June 26 Squad Jeep Race

[AKKuya]

Ok, I'll post some rules.  I was trying to keep it simple for the race so I'll keep it simple for the rules.

1) Only a jeep can win the race
2) M3's are strictly for vehicle supplies
3) Race route is to be followed for jeeps only.  M3's can maneuver freely.
4) First player to reach finish line wins for the squad.  Second player from another squad at finish lines wins second place for squad and so on for third.
5) All racers will be in tower at start of race.  When CM texts GO!, then players will launch from hangar.
6) Most important rule is HAVE FUN!!!!


The route will be in the Italy map from the vehicle hangar at A40 north to the 2,15 sector.  At the top of the number 2 inside the curve will be a train station.  Racers will want to be on east side of station as they pass.  The they will follow the train tracks from the station to the HQ.  While following the tracks, they will weave in and out under the bridge trussels.  The train tracks will come toan end at the top of a plateau.  There the racers will race to the HQ building itself and make one complete circle around the building at its base.  After completeing the circle then the racers will head straight for the A46 town in sector 3,14.  The finish line will be the maproom.

This may seem complicated at first but it's an easy race.  The best thing to do is to fly the race first low level to find the train station.  Then follow the train tracks to the HQ.  Last, notice the rough terrain between the HQ and A46.  Then you'll see why M3's will be needed.

Then do the race route by jeep.

 

[akbmzawy]

Italy Map, A40 vehicle hanger, proceed in a North West North direction and bypass 40 town.

 On your map navigate to the number 2 in sector 2-15-1.
Imagine that the top part of the number 2 is a circle ( O ) instead of the 2 that it is. In the center of the imaginary circle in that number 2 is a supply train depot for the HQ.

All jeeps will find this depot and drive on the east side of this building. This is important that if they miss this building they will have to come back south along the track to get on the east side. They will find the railroad track running North from this building. The track has numerous bridge trestles on it's path to HQ. The jeeps will cross under the first bridge east to west, then looking for the next trestle bridge to cross back under that bridge west to east. We will be in essence weaving back and forth not missing any trestles until the end of the track.

At the end of the track is HQ. Circle the large building which is HQ in any direction as long as you at least circle it. After circling HQ proceed directly to A46 Town and drive head first at maximum speed into the map room allowing air bags to deploy.

M-3s can go wherever they are needed with no restrictions at all.

[HB555]

Of course the AK's are one big family.  This is the breakdown.  AKKaz is the second cousin on Dogg's stepsister's mother's side.  Wxman, Auger and Killz are all identical triplets with Tazz as a half brother and Hoopy in there as thier uncle.  JrDogg is actually Dogg's nextdoor neighbor's kid that hangs out with Dogg's family.  Raider and MopTop are father and son and are related to Ziff as third cousins.  Peppr is related to HiTech and we get special engine overhauls and longer distance ammo(that's a secret and don't tell anyone).

I would try to draw a family tree to further illustrate this but I don't have enough markers to keep up with the criss crossing lines.
 

 

I love southern folks.
No matter who you marry or get divorced from, your last name never changes.

[ImADot]

 

I love southern folks.
No matter who you marry or get divorced from, your last name never changes.

hehehehe
I'm My Own Grampa

[shegotya]

SEA 1 is set up for practice. MOTD had been tweaked and I have pm'd Kuya my cell number in case there are any changes that need to be made. Get the word out!!

See you guys tonight!
Michelle

[TUK]

Ran the course friday. Wow its long! Kuya, i have dispersed rules, location, and time for event tonight to my group.  13th is expecting 6-10. I will be there early to help you with the snack bar and tapping the Keg.. <S> TUK151

[AKKuya]

Thanks, SheGotYa

[AKKuya]

The race times are posted in the HMS logs under AKKuya's Jeep race.   The turnout was impressive at 26 racers with many different squads participating. 

Many racers dropped out of the race due to the long length of race route.  In future races I'll see that they are less than 45 minutes. 

Congratulations go out to AKDogg for winning the race.  If someone remembers the order of who finished the race, please post.  I know the 325th took the second place.

I'd like to thank everyone who participated and hope it was fun for all.  I'd also like to think the Heavy Metal Sunday crew of Shegotya and Marshal for officiating the race.

Next race in July will be a capture the flag where ammo will be used.  Details will follow closer to the next race.

 

[shegotya]

Yes, as Kuya said race times are posted at ahevents.org under HMS (Heavy Metal Sunday) listed as AKKuya's Jeep Race. WTG Dogg on the individual win and the first place Squad finish for the AKs!!

Your welcome, was our pleasure and as long as the SEA is open and I am free we can hook up for off FSO nights. The MOTD for your next event would be appreciated as soon as possible so I can request SEA and work on the settings you need.

Here is your breakdown ...

Individuals

1st. AKDogg
2nd. Viper61
3rd. Slipknt
4th. AKBmzaway
5th. BLKSHP88
6th. 1IH420
7th. duck21
8th. Kermit
9th. AKShrddr
10th. chaos

Squads

Arabian Knights
325th. Checkertails VFG
~~~The Killuminati~~~
13 MPG
~Air Raiders~

Thanks Marshal for co-hosting!
 

[Viper61]

325th VFG had a great time!!!

  <S> to Shegotya, Marshal and AKKuya for the set up and all of the back side support and control it takes to pull something off like this.

  325th had 10 starts and 6 finish's.  Comments ranged from:
           "WOW What a great time" if you finished. tooooo:
           "This is stupid"  if you wiped out 7 times before getting off of the starting field.   

  Overall 99% of our guys had a great time and would participate in such an event again.  The course was difficult and long and thanks to the resupply drops (unplanned) it allowed many personnel to finish the race that would not have.  I personally had a great time and will attend as many of these as I can and as you all plan and conduct.

  Concur with the above comments that a 45 min ish race would be about right.  60 min would be fine too.  The main issue was the distance more than the long time.  Only 2 of the 325th pilots had "pre-flown" the route or had read the route and knew it well enough to lead the rest which you had to have in order to finish this course.  As soon as some of our guys rolled and got separated they could no longer follow the leader and got lost and towered out.

  Recommendations for next time:

  Have a "easier" to understand race course that can be briefed over VOX for the guys that show up last minute.  Something more visually easy to see as well while your driving.  The train station although challenging to find was to much for many as an example.  Again separations formed.  Explaining the circle around the HQ building again caused separations.  And remember these directions are be called out over the VOX to others as I am racing for my life against AKDogg so there are delays there as well.

  There was a "lot" of talk about having a working M-2 on these jeeps.  Especially if you were behind.  Gun fire would have detracted from this type of race.  I'm glad it was turned off.

  A shorter course or Multiple shorter runs "Multi-Race" would also interest more personnel I think as well.  There are a few of us out there that are pretty good in jeeps, that said if your following these guys and you roll once your out of the race as you can't make up that time unless the leader rolls and that doesn't happen often.  So having rematch's every 15 minutes would allow less experienced jeep drivers to "reengage" again.  "Heat" Races maybe....  "Relay" races maybe....  The key is to get the less experienced drivers back into the game.

  Launching from the tower is the way to go.  Don't change that.  Having the game clock running to start helps and allows squads to conduct race briefs and get personnel ready prior to launch.

  Myself I would like to try a oval track of sorties or "Road Course".  Those jeeps are so easy to roll that corning would be pretty funny to watch.  Mogul fields and obstacles would also be very funny to watch.  I also think we would have a fair amount of guys that would just like to be able to watch and film the wipeouts!!  So having "corners" or key points at towers would be helpful as well as it would allow guys to watch from the tower.  I know you can't build terrain for this and have to find it.  From this "Screenies" will come and could be posted which will attract others I think.  Sorry I am a "Marketing" guy at heart.

  A series of country sides or channels is going to have to figured out.  Everyone on one channel was at the limit of fun last night.  Also in my case I have a "squad" channel and "Team Speak" channel running to better coordinate and control.  To much chatter on Range VOX about folks pet sheep and such which makes a difficult situation harder.  Not sure of a good solution here as this event will attract more "individuals" vs. squads thus "chatter" is very hard to control without sounding like a butt head to someone that doesn't understand.

  Guys again a great event!!!!  Big <S> to you all and I and others look forward to what you all come up with next time.

  WTG AKDogg for winning by a pretty wide margin.  His route selection was great last night and better than mine and that is how he won.  <S> buddy and I will be on you like white on rice next time!!!

Viper 61
Operations Officer
325th VFG   

[akbmzawy]

A little more of a breakdown;

The Jeep Race was won by AKDogg, Congratulations!
29 Jeeps started the race with numerous M-3s supporting their squads.

For those who came in without fellow squadmates with M-3 support vehicles now know that you have to be a little conservative for these races. The terrain can send you tumbling every which way very easily. Even taking a turn fast can have you rolling over several times. Popping over a hill can have you catching a lot of air before you hit, and who knows how you will land.

Out of 29 Jeeps that started, 10 made it all the way. Congratulations again to AKDogg, who is still undeafeated and the other nine who finished.



AKDogg------------------First-------------- 1 hour.15 min.57 sec.---------- Arabian Knights
Viper 61-----------------Second-------------1.18.25-----------------------325 Checkertails
Slpknt-------------------Third---------------1.21.47-----------------------325 Checkertails
AKBmzawy---------------Forth---------------1.23.54-----------------------Arabian Knights
Blkshp 88----------------Fifth----------------1.24.00-----------------------325 Checkertails
1Ih420------------------Sixth----------------1.26.17-----------------------325 Checkertails
Kermit-------------------Seventh-------------1.32.59----------------------The Killuminati
AKShrddr----------------Eighth---------------1.33.13-----------------------Arabian Knights
Duk 21-------------------Ninth---------------1.38.16-----------------------13 MPg
Chaos-------------------Tenth---------------1.43.21-----------------------Air Raiders

Hopefully my times are correct. If not please advise.  AKBmzawy
 
Shegotya and Viper 61 has some excellent ideas and we can incorporate them as well.

Presently AKKuya is working on the next event which will be even better yet.

[AKKuya]

I spent a couple of hours today working on the July race.  It will be 5 short races with 3 of them using live ammo on each other.  Each race will be a capture the flag using jeeps only.  No M3's.  each race will last from 10 to 25 minutes or so.

More details will follow in a couple of weeks when I start a new thread.

Alot of what you said Viper is true.  These races are being done on a trial and error basis.  Over time they will have the kinks ironed out.

I do want to state that these races are not designed to discourage anyone from participating in future races.  It is helpful to have some squad mates to help.  Also, to touch base in the forums for updated info.  Practice the races offline beforehand.  These suggestions will make the experience much better.

Myself and AKbmzawy will be keeping the forum post up to date as much as possible. 

If anyone has any questions please feel free to post them or PM me.  Same goes for any suggestions.  There will be a PT boat race in the future.  Details of this will be worked out over time.

[SlipKnt]

This was an amazing race. 

I have to admit that at times, I almost broke my joystick trying to keep from flipping & rolling...


I will definately attend the next event.  Probably not in the shooting part unless we go in 2 man teams so you have a shooter on board.  I definately can't drive a jeep and shoot at the same time. 

WTG to AKDogg!!!  You have some sort of "mojo" in the jeep Brother!!!

Thanks all for setting it up.  I will definately be back as long as I am not pulled away for work.

 
SlipKnt

[AKKuya]

This was an amazing race. 

I have to admit that at times, I almost broke my joystick trying to keep from flipping & rolling...


I will definately attend the next event.  Probably not in the shooting part unless we go in 2 man teams so you have a shooter on board.  I definately can't drive a jeep and shoot at the same time. 

WTG to AKDogg!!!  You have some sort of "mojo" in the jeep Brother!!!

Thanks all for setting it up.  I will definately be back as long as I am not pulled away for work.

 
SlipKnt

The tactics of the race is up to the squad.  If a squad wants to gun n run that's up to them.  If a squad has 6 members participating, it will take 4 jeeps with troops to capture.  Risk is what will make it fun.

[AKDogg]

TY all, was fun.  Wasn't sure if I was gonna win that one.  For awhile it was neck and neck between viper and I. The I rolled it and dropped back to 4th.  I then decided to take a different route then the rest and it payed off big time.  Shaved 5 mins off because I was about 2 mins behind the leader and then ended up 3 something ahead, hehehehe.