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Offline Brooke

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December 7, Pearl Harbor-- join me for the anniversary battle
« on: November 20, 2013, 06:10:59 PM »
December 7th is coming soon.

Please join me for the most-popular "This Day in WWII" event of them all:  Pearl Harbor



Welcome to This Day in WWII: Pearl Harbor!
 All are welcome to play.
 Runs on December 7th in Special Events II Arena at:
-- 3 pm Eastern Time.

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Objective: Kill enemies, sink enemy ships, and destroy enemy objects.

Event duration: 2 hours, but play as much or as little as you want of that.

Unlimited lives.

Allies (Bishops):
-- At land bases a50, a51, and a52: 
-- P-40C, F4F-4.
-- M16 (as AA defenses).

Axis (Knights):
-- Two TG's (C1 and C2) start in 17.9.
-- A6M2, D3A1, B5N2.
-- PT boats (as extra AA defenses).

Ships stay down once sunk.
No dot radar is available -- only sector counters.
5", 8", and 40 mm guns are disabled.
Ammo Bunkers, Fighter Hangars, and Vehicle Hangars stay down 1 minute.
CM will periodically jump IJN TG's to keep them at least a sector away from Pearl Harbor.
3 TG's worth of US ships initially positioned near Pearl Harbor.
Auto ack lethality turned way down.

Points:
 -- 1 point per kill of enemy.
-- 0.1 point per object destroyed.
-- 10 points per enemy ship sunk.

Side split 2:1 axis to allies.

Arena Settings:
 Terrain = okinawa
 ArenaFlags = 13358
 ChangeCountryTime = 0
 ExitWhileMoving = 508
 FlightModeFlags = 5248
 FuelBurnRateMult = 1.0
 GroundAutoLethality[Armored] = 0.02
 GroundAutoLethality[Hard] = 0.02
 GroundAutoLethality[Soft] = 0.02
 RadarMode = 0
 StratFlags = 1
 TaskGroupCommandCnt = 10
 TaskGroupRespawnTime = 360

Object Settings:
Bunk Ammo, Down Time = 1
Ftr Hangar, Down Time = 1
Ship, Down Time = 360
Gun Bat, Down Time = 360
Gun Bat Armor, Down Time = 360
Gun Bat Soft, Down Time = 360
Hard Gun Bat, Down Time = 360

Disable weapons:
No bombs on P-40C, F4F-4, A6M2.
F4F-4 gets 4-gun option only.
PT boats get no torpedoes or rockets.

Setup tips:
Do ".det f01baa 1" and ".det f01bat 1" to get rid of 5", 8", and 40 mm,
and so on for all TG's.

Map of the battle area:


Offline BuckShot

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Re: December 7, Pearl Harbor-- join me for the anniversary battle
« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2013, 06:24:52 AM »
This was a blast last year. see you there
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Re: December 7, Pearl Harbor-- join me for the anniversary battle
« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2013, 08:11:39 AM »
This is fun every year, see you all there!
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Re: December 7, Pearl Harbor-- join me for the anniversary battle
« Reply #3 on: November 21, 2013, 10:36:47 AM »
How does one register for this?! Looks like an epic battle!
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Re: December 7, Pearl Harbor-- join me for the anniversary battle
« Reply #4 on: November 21, 2013, 12:10:08 PM »
How does one register for this?! Looks like an epic battle!

It's open to everyone -- no registration or preparation needed.  Just show up and fly.  :aok

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Re: December 7, Pearl Harbor-- join me for the anniversary battle
« Reply #5 on: November 21, 2013, 02:34:14 PM »
Sounds great Brooke.  Maybe I can join y'all.

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Re: December 7, Pearl Harbor-- join me for the anniversary battle
« Reply #6 on: November 21, 2013, 02:47:57 PM »
Count Me in
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Re: December 7, Pearl Harbor-- join me for the anniversary battle
« Reply #7 on: November 21, 2013, 03:21:49 PM »
Woot! Gonna be a blast.
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Re: December 7, Pearl Harbor-- join me for the anniversary battle
« Reply #8 on: November 21, 2013, 06:38:52 PM »
Also, I just have to add:

HAMMER DOWN!


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Re: December 7, Pearl Harbor-- join me for the anniversary battle
« Reply #9 on: November 21, 2013, 06:41:17 PM »
OK, we need some volunteers for Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett.

Let's see some hands, folks!


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Re: December 7, Pearl Harbor-- join me for the anniversary battle
« Reply #10 on: November 21, 2013, 06:42:31 PM »

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Re: December 7, Pearl Harbor-- join me for the anniversary battle
« Reply #11 on: November 22, 2013, 05:04:12 PM »
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"Such is the nature of war.  By protecting others, you save yourself."

"Those who are skilled in combat do not become angered.  Those who are skilled at winning do not become afraid.  Thus, the wise win before the fight, while the ignorant fight to win." - Morihei Ueshiba

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Re: December 7, Pearl Harbor-- join me for the anniversary battle
« Reply #12 on: November 22, 2013, 05:15:42 PM »
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Changeup is the stuttering red head  :aok

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Re: December 7, Pearl Harbor-- join me for the anniversary battle
« Reply #13 on: November 22, 2013, 05:27:11 PM »
Had a lot of fun last time. Very much worth doing.

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Re: December 7, Pearl Harbor-- join me for the anniversary battle
« Reply #14 on: November 23, 2013, 01:39:18 AM »
Changeup is the stuttering red head  :aok

Bear is the grabastic cheeseball
"Such is the nature of war.  By protecting others, you save yourself."

"Those who are skilled in combat do not become angered.  Those who are skilled at winning do not become afraid.  Thus, the wise win before the fight, while the ignorant fight to win." - Morihei Ueshiba