Game against 1st GG - TUESDAY 8PM

[Njoroge]

I've not heard back from them yet but I challenged 1st GG (http://www.1stgg.co.uk/) to a game tomorrow - Tuesday - at 8pm.

Only reason for the short notice is cause I want to play and I can't make it any other day this week :)

If they/we can't play then then we'll organise it for another night.

Register interest here.

Nj.

[Big Giant Head]

Only day I can make this week too :)

I'm in

[Catachan]

I'm in... As long as it ain't Market Garden.

[afty]

I'm a maybe. Car going for dent repairs - hopefully tuesday night, so depends how long it takes.

[WildThing]

Maybe available.

[Njoroge]

Please vote for a map.

I quite fancy Kharkov cause it's a real nasty bastard, but only if ppl know it (practise tonight?)

We'll decide between clans what map to play so vote here plz.

nj

[bvark]

I'm available.

[Njoroge]

ok

8v8 unless we both have more players.
Conquest
Kharkov
We play as Axis 1st

Game starts at 8pm

Tactics at 7pm in the channel

http://nj.atdot.at/kharkov.jpg

If you've not played it - fõòking learn it!

Nj

[andyf]

I'm available

[lyn]

I'll be around if needed

[WildThing]

This map requires serious skills...
I think engineers are a huge must to go with AT's and assualt

[Njoroge]

Njoroge
BGH
Catachan
bvark
AndyF
Lyn
AcidUK
Defcon

Maybe:
Afty
Wildthing

We need at least 8 so I'll be pimping the channel for more players - would be good if our two foppy maybes could be in.

Nj

[andyf]

Sorry guys, I doubt I'll be able to make it :(
I'm having to rebuild the PC after it failed to accept the raid setup properly, dunno when it'll be ready now

[AcidUK]

Ill be around if im needed

[afty]

Looks like I *will* be there. SMS me if Im not in chan....

[andyf]

I can make it as soon as I find the 1.1 patch on disk! :)

[Catachan]

FFS! I don't believe this! Sorry guys, but I've got to go somewhere tonight. I can't say where, suffice to say it's a family crisis.

Sorry to let you all down, someone else will have to pilot tonight.

[WildThing]

I will play and my m8 is here too if need be
He exceptionally good player just didnt buy full game...but tonight he can play. Too long to explain so dont ask. And yes it is totally legal.

WOOHOO!

[bvark]

After action report.

http://www.atdot.at/images/axisgg.jpg
http://www.atdot.at/images/alliedgg.jpg
(thanks for the screenies Acid)

Squad (thank you for turning out!).
AcidUK
BGH
Wildthing
Afty
TheGuyver
Andyf
Lyn
Bvark

(they only fielded 7)
A special thanks to Nj for organising and then going out with hardware problems. Also thanks to Defcon for getting original tactics off the ground.

As allies: 174/240 (win)
As axis: 185/240 (win)

Awards:
Italian war hero (with Parmesan clusters and Rocket Salad leaves): Lyn for her sterling -1/-4 performance
Order of Lenin (2nd class): AcidUK
Iron Cross: BGH
Golden Jack-of-all-trades: Afty

Not a real hard match, Kharkov is a good level for tanking and arty, and MPUK has plenty of good players in both.
Only 8 people made it hard to man AA, tank and defend at the same time, so the battle went back and forth somewhat.

Good recon by everyone, rogerwilco isn't great quality but seems to work for more people than teamspeak.
Again, we had no first-string pilots, but afty and theguyver did an admirable job as pick up pilots.

One thing - we need to organise people bringing tanks up when they die.

We will have a regular game against these guys (who should be able to field 12 players in future), and a game next Tuesday.

[Njoroge]

thx for the mention bvark :)

[Catachan]

Again, sorry I couldn't make it.

This was an emergency, but it shouldn't happen again.

[Defcon]

Originally posted by bvark
Also thanks to Defcon for getting original tactics off the ground.


see... i'm not so evil ;p


Originally posted by bvark
Awards:
Italian war hero (with Parmesan clusters and Rocket Salad leaves): Lyn for her sterling -1/-4 performance


Women :o

[WildThing]

Originally posted by DeFCoN
see... i'm not so evil ;p


Sorry to say i wasnt overly happy having an ex-clan member organise tactics before the match. OK they may have been well thought tactics but if u wanted to help in the clan, u shudnt have been so stubborn and got chucked out/quit. No offence ofc:D

[afty]

Thanks to everyone on the second leg who managed to run over my mines at the enemy bridge despite repeated Roger Wilco warnings :)


Oh, and thank god you can't demo BF1942 games, or someone might have seen me drop a Stuka into a tree when my joystick slipped, and also splat myself against a building when trying to LALO the middle, missing my parachute key.

[AcidUK]

gg gg :p:
Sorry I had to shoot off so quick after the match, had work to do and wasnt feeling well, twas a good game, played well by all.

[Defcon]

Originally posted by WildThing
Sorry to say i wasnt overly happy having an ex-clan member organise tactics before the match. OK they may have been well thought tactics but if u wanted to help in the clan, u shudnt have been so stubborn and got chucked out/quit. No offence ofc:D

Well you need serious players, for any clan to work...
I'm just a little too serious :p

[Catachan]

No, you don't need 'serious' players, you need people who enjoy themselves.

We're not playing to win trophies here, and the sooner you understand that, the better.

[Defcon]

Originally posted by Catachan
No, you don't need 'serious' players, you need people who enjoy themselves.

We're not playing to win trophies here, and the sooner you understand that, the better.

No, you do need serious players, for example I didn't think bvark was in a fun mood with you guys when you lost on wake vs. lem

bvark, amongst most clan leaders are serious players
you really have to be, to organise tactics and so on

no tactics = rapage one way or the other, thats similar to a public, games last literally 5 minutes (wheres the fun?)

and tactics are never a quick thing, you should realise mpuk has 24 or so members, each with different qualitities and skills, tactics are usually based around them

TACTICS ARE NOT FUN
Especially when a clan full of guys that just want 'fun' don't listen :-)

[Njoroge]

Few things..

Guys, Defcon and I talked about the tactics because I thought it would be nice to discuss tactics with someone else.

Defcon gave the tactics dicussion after I asked him to because I cba doing that at the same time as apologising to 1stGG for the server not being up.

But Defcon, tactics are fun. The game is fun. The reason we are playing in a clan is fun. Also, don't speak for bvark - being in a mood for losing doesn't mean you aren't playing for fun. If it wasn't fun, frankly, we wouldn't play.

But please don't start bitching at each other about "fun", "serious" etc. Events of last night's match were my fault and not a cause for moaning at each other.

I decided that Defcon could play because we aren't getting enough players interested in the matches.

I decided to talk to Defcon about strat

I decided that he would give the talk, and I'm sorry about that - it was bad judgement. Indeed only clan members should give the strat talks. It won't happen again.

But moan at the person that made the decisions (well not about this occasion, I think I've heard em all by now ;) )

If we are members short of a game because our squad are busy or are just generally slacking then fill-ins may be asked for (although given feedback, the team will be consulted 1st).


I'm looking forward to next game - teething probs are working themselves out now.

Nj.