Monday Night's Password Games

[MileHighAko]

Man it was fun tonight. With the password brought some very serious tactical play. It was almost like learning how to play the game all over again. Lots of fun. The next few months are really going to rock with more nights like tonight.

Thanks for the fun everyone. It is great to play where EVERYONE was working together as a team. I remember one round where my squad and another squad spent almost the entire round opposing eachother accross a couple of hills. It was incredible.

Sorry to you guys that had to put up with me as commander for the last few rounds before we took the password off. As we lost more and more players to the late night, commanding MEC became more and more challenging. It was still a blast.

[Halligan]

Originally Posted by MileHighAko

Thanks for the fun everyone. It is great to play where EVERYONE was working together as a team. I remember one round where my squad and another squad spent almost the entire round opposing eachother accross a couple of hills. It was incredible.

The whole night was great fun but these kind of moments were the best. Full on firefights between South and Middle beach, attack, counter-attack, flanking maneuvers and then artillery raining down in no-man's land all gave the feeling of epic battle.

There was also one battle in particular where a squad of MEC captured the USMC artillery, destroyed it and dug in. We tried to retake it from West beach for about 5 minutes, but they wouldn't let us advance. Suddenly, out of the blue, one of their choppers nosedived on their position, wiping out their entire squad. Talk about help from an unexpected source

I can't wait till this kind of night becomes common on the server!!

[Rincewind]

Even though I was only able to play for a round and a half last night, it completely rocked! I saw fantastic teamwork and memorable skirmishes--very much different than the pub play I saw sunday evening on the same server. This game is something else entirely when you get on a server that has dedicated tactical members playing. I just wish my maps loaded faster than in five minutes .

I've generally been a CS:S player here at TG but with BF2 coming out today I don't think I'll be loading it up for a while.

[TG_Rizzo]

Yeah, was good times. The password definitely raised the level of play! My favorite part: no more 1-man squads.

[Tempus]

It was wonderful. EVERYONE was on a squad, EVERYONE was following orders, and consequently, we had those great battles.

While I was comm on MEC, I witnessed some fantastic assaults by the USMC on the contruction site. Wave after wave, while I kept two squads in for defense. I can only imagine how much fun it was on the ground.

[Jusb]

I had a great time. It's amazing how much more effective everyone is without several random people running around. I know i lived a lot longer as a sniper with everyone in a squad thats for sure.

[Trill]

I enjoyed last night, real team atmosphere and not as rushed as usual. but, i have an idea for next time, instead of every one joining and just picking any random squad, we could do a squad roster here at the forums and maybe rotate the commander position if it gets old for the current commander, set squads would improve gameplay, because i still had my squad members comming and going, which got quite anoying. Hope its a regular thing we do.

[TG_PolishBoogieman]

Indeed, it was a great time! I played last night as "PolishBoogieman." At one point, our squad was defending the hotel against two squads of MEC. We were taking a beating...down to two men, one of whom was the SL. I feared we would lose him and have to spawn away...but then from the clouds came both the Apache and the Blackhawk ...they descended in unison and hovered 20 ft. over our heads, providing cover and dropping off a reinforcement squad. We held that bloody flag. It was one of those gaming moments that I'll always remember.

I used to play here a while back, before the name changed to TG. Used to play a lot of Day of Defeat. Those were the days, I thought...gaming won't be like that for me every again. I was wrong. BF2 rocks, and the people at TG know how the game is supposed to played. The diff between TG and the pubbies is immense. Kudos...I plan on visiting you quite often!

[Tac-D]

Originally Posted by Halligan

There was also one battle in particular where a squad of MEC captured the USMC artillery, destroyed it and dug in. We tried to retake it from West beach for about 5 minutes, but they wouldn't let us advance. Suddenly, out of the blue, one of their choppers nosedived on their position, wiping out their entire squad. Talk about help from an unexpected source

Man, I was on that squad. Talk about exhilarating! Such a great time. We had just decided to hunker down instead of trying to cap River, when BOOM! Too funny.

I'd like to echo everyone else's thoughts. This is the PREMIER server for tactical play. There are some real pro's here. Despite nVidia's claims, THIS is how it's meant to be played.

[Pokerface]

Originally Posted by Clip

... the people at TG know how the game is supposed to played. The diff between TG and the pubbies is immense. Kudos...I plan on visiting you quite often!

Does anyone else's chest kind of puff up when reading something like that?

Welcome to the show, Clip and Tac-D! Be sure to check out the SOPs and Annoucements, and please, don't feed the Wyzcraks.

[Turbo]

Last night was really good. I guess I got on too late because their was only about 28 people on when I first signed on. Good teamwork was still going on though so it made it very enjoyable.

[Tempus]

Yeah, we have over 50 on for a good two hours when we first started.

[Jusb]

Originally Posted by Trill

I enjoyed last night, real team atmosphere and not as rushed as usual. but, i have an idea for next time, instead of every one joining and just picking any random squad, we could do a squad roster here at the forums and maybe rotate the commander position if it gets old for the current commander, set squads would improve gameplay, because i still had my squad members comming and going, which got quite anoying. Hope its a regular thing we do.

Auto balance makes that tough to do for now. I know I started out with you on MEC cause we've worked well together the last few nights with you as SL but the stupid server autobalanced me off the squad after 1-2 rounds once more people got on after they got the password.

I'd be all for setting up some organized squads the day before we do a passworded server. That could make for some interesting teams and even create some fun individual and squad rivalries.

[Tempus]

Originally Posted by Jusb

Auto balance makes that tough to do for now. I know I started out with you on MEC cause we've worked well together the last few nights with you as SL but the stupid server autobalanced me off the squad after 1-2 rounds once more people got on after they got the password.

I'd be all for setting up some organized squads the day before we do a passworded server. That could make for some interesting teams and even create some fun individual and squad rivalries.

As a close community, we have many options for future games. We can password the server as needed and certainly squad/team formation is welcomed.

Also, our own Pokerface is finishing up a solution to help with the auto-balance -- Commanders and Squad Leaders will be exempt from team switching! This will be tested today and hopefully put into production very soon.

[Aces&Eights]

Originally Posted by Halligan

There was also one battle in particular where a squad of MEC captured the USMC artillery, destroyed it and dug in. We tried to retake it from West beach for about 5 minutes, but they wouldn't let us advance. Suddenly, out of the blue, one of their choppers nosedived on their position, wiping out their entire squad. Talk about help from an unexpected source

I can't wait till this kind of night becomes common on the server!!

I was on that squad when that happened! I laughed for 5 minutes. Before the chopper hit us that was one of the most intense and enjoyable moments of the evening for me. We where there, on the beach, keeping the US from coming to repair the artillery. Most of the enemy was coming at us from the river base, then all of a sudden I hear "there is a boat behind us!". I whipped out my anti-tank rocket, spin around, and send a rocket right into that boat. The shouts of "good shot!" from my teammates were priceless. I really felt like I had done my job on the squad.

BTW, I just checked and my retail copy of BF2 is currently on a FedEx truck for deleivery. It should be there when I get home, Yay!.

Hope to see all you guys again tonight

-Aces&Eights