Things (events) like this are a FANTASTIC boost to AvA!
Idea (Redeux): Have weekly events on battle accurate maps, Europe. Both fronts. Battle accurate plansets, ONLY. Battle of Britain, Battle of the Buldge, Operation Barbarossa, Minsk, Leningrad, D-Day, etc. TWO sides only. Chess pieces make no difference. Make it like FSO but only earler. FSO is a tad late for our East Coast friends after a long work week. Have it on a Tuesday evening at say 7 or 8PM Central at the latest. Moderators for each side and an over moderator as well. Mods get map/planeset and overall control over weather, wind, sky color, etc. Post event aftermath on the "events" web site. Each side gets orders from a CiC at least 2 days in advance with objectives that are distinctly defined. Squads would be rotated Axis or Allies to keep it fresh like FSO. Keeping the sides even will be the job of the top moderator. No contact on 200 and no cross-country text or vox. Re-live history or re-write it based on each sides skills. Encourage new players and 2-weekers to participate and wing with experienced players (this would be a great MA squad recruitment tool as well).
TURN AvA INTO A NEW FUN ASPECT THAT IT SHOULD BE AND NOT A GHOST-TOWN.
It's there, we're lucky to have it. I knew WWI would be a ghost town after a couple of months. As much as the folks on the board who are hard-core furballers kept asking for it, it was a toy they unwrapped on Christmas Morning that was at the bottom of the toybox by Valentine's Day. No wonder HTC is so hesitant to put so much work and R&D into something that just gets ignored after 2 months. Want HTC to make the effort on NEW things? Appreciate what you already have and USE IT.
Sincerely,
ROX
