Monday December 19th, Scrim Server IP: 70.86.115.98 Password: irene

Scrimmage at 9 pm EST
Standard minicamp session at 8 pm EST

Last week we had an introduction to TG and will be having one again for those who are interested. Also we successfully drilled most people to the point of proficiency in the two-man buddy rush. And we introduced the AFAR teamwork framework.

This week we will continue to build on those lessons with an emphasis on how you can take these abstract theoretical tactics and actually implement them with strangers on Server #1. To that end about halfway through the minicamp we will shift the practice to an open scrimmage and invite the TGers on Server #1 to join us.

You and your minicamp squad mates will be encouraged to adapt your minicamp lessons to the dynamic and chaotic conditions of an open server match. After that the squads will be integrated spreading minicamp participants to all squads where they will practice coordinating with their TG squad mates in the minicamp's tactics. This is the ultimate goal of this minicamp and is a lofty one since the minicamp tactics are often far beyond what we are accustomed to seeing on the open TG servers.

I really hope to see the Tactical Gamer community live up to its stated principles and strive beyond the running-and-gunning found elsewhere by helping these new tactical minicamp recruits see what TG gaming can be all about.

So anyone who still remembers what wearing the TG tag is about should come by for a good tactical match. As this scrimmage is being held to hone the infantry tactics already covered in the minicamp please restrict vehicle use only to transportation purposes without discharging vehicle armaments of any kind.

As always TG squads are welcome to demonstrate and run drills in their areas of expertise during Monday's minicamp or have the minicamp come to their squad practice. Also as always guest instructors are welcome to bring their own drills to lead as long as we arrange it beforehand.

Always looking for instructors and people to play the role of the enemy. If interested PM me.

Come prepared to log on to our Teamspeak server or at least have your voice-comm working.

Of the two it is better to have your in-game voice up. It really is almost a prerequisite to learning the kind of stuff we'll be teaching, although not as necessary when it comes to execution. There will be a squad named DEAF at all times for those without working Teamspeak(TS). In game voice will be used for the hearing-impaired in that squad. We had some bugs with this last week but they seem to be ironed out. TS users would do well to bind a hot key to "Volume +10%" and "Volume -10%" using the TS key-binding system so that they can easily make the necessary adjustments to hear either TS or voice-comms clearly.