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Title: FH Game Night 18
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 21-08-2011, 11:08:47
Greetings fellow FH'ers!

Game Night 18 is here and by this hour next week its already long gone. I am a bit late with the announcement but lets not give that an opportunity to smash things down!

So without any more gum beating, here we go!

FH GAME NIGHT 18 - AUGUST 27th @ 1800 UTC

MAPS:
Vossenack
Siege of Tobruk 64
Sidi Rezegh 64
Hurtgen Forest
St-Lo Breakthrough 64
Bastogne 64
Aberdeen


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Server kindly provided for FHGN18 by Forgotten Honor (http://www.forgottenhonor.com) Tournament!
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: IrishReloaded on 21-08-2011, 11:08:19
haha so epic, the last 2 times when there was a gamenight I was at an airsoftevent the same day.
Play real first, play virtual then  ;D Looking forward to it :)
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: Raziel on 22-08-2011, 12:08:53
Wohoooo!  ;D Cold beer, Crisps and some fukin raw Fh2 entertainment! Great maplist!
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: hitm4k3r on 22-08-2011, 12:08:32
I will try to be there. The maplist looks really interesting. Mostly looking forward to Aberdeen now, though I haven't voted for it. I haven't simply played it, since 2.4 is out. And lets hope that Sidi gets epic. On the pubby servers it always works really good. The other maps will be fun as always with alot of tanking and inf fights. See you on the battlefield and thanks for organizing ;)
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: ajappat on 22-08-2011, 12:08:46
Flippy, in last (or before that) FHGN, you said I never like the maplist, but this is good maplist  ;). I will surely take part and hope I get new graphics card in time.
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: Kelmola on 22-08-2011, 13:08:48
Interesting to see if Vossenack la-la-la-la-la-lags in the beginning, for the whole round, or not at all, and whom it affects.

Interesting to see if there's teamplay this time on SoT on the German side. When SoT was last played on GN it was even worse than on a bad night on a public server.

Interesting to see whether Sidi Rezegh proceeds as it did this weekend on hslan - long, long periods of boredom when nobody moves or fires, and finally the time limiter kicks in when Axis is leading and tommies still have ~100 tickets left.

Interesting to see whether Hürtgenwald will be as epic as the glorious 7-0 match that should be the subject of over 9000 videos.

Interesting to see whether St. Lo will become a hueg meatgrinder around Hill 108 or will it be like it too often is - sporadic, haphazard probes against all three first-line flags.

Interesting to see how Bastogne plays this time - yesterday evening was yet another surprising round, higlight for me being able to single-handedly execute a four-man squad in the woods between Bizory and Mageret.

Interesting to see whether Flippy ragequits when Aberdeen rolls on. That said, the matches in 2.4 seem to have been surprisingly balanced.
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: Capten_C on 22-08-2011, 14:08:45
Best map line up ev... ABERDEEN?!  :o
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: IrishReloaded on 22-08-2011, 14:08:31
aberdeen plays quite ok the 3 times i played it the last times on hslan
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: IcratoX on 22-08-2011, 14:08:38
Gonna be there, maplist looks good  ;D
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: djinn on 22-08-2011, 14:08:41
Ow, shit. Arberdeen and Sidi Rezegh?. Its odd people like those 2 that much, but ce la vie, votes don't lie.

Will be there alright. Hope the community comes with its best and finest. I personally suggest it be a 128 server night, to get the numbers... But otherwise, it should be fun.
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: Slayer on 22-08-2011, 15:08:44
Ow, shit. Arberdeen and Sidi Rezegh?. Its odd people like those 2 that much, but ce la vie, votes don't lie.
How dare you compare Abershit to Sidi Rezegh the most beautiful map in the mod and now even better since 2.4 with working counterattack bleed and added weaponry???

Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: djinn on 22-08-2011, 16:08:09
Sidi IS beautiful. But it is always pain waiting for the Brits to finally break through. Especially with all the new shiny 88s. Not that it is not a wonderful epic map.. it is. But gameplay-wise.. meh.

I sure hope THIS British force presents a challenge for my 88 team. The last 2 were rubbish :)
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: Natty on 22-08-2011, 16:08:24
cant it haz battlerecorder on?? pretty please, with sugar on top?

If I can't attend, watching that recording would be priceless for potential future vossenack updates.

(http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRBB1W_QPTbxIu2mXN-BokPTHpxhS86z1YXGisA2lUZ2yvivCXJsQ)

Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: Kelmola on 22-08-2011, 16:08:47
I sure hope THIS British force presents a challenge for my 88 team. The last 2 were rubbish :)
Yeah... in the timed-out match, towards the end, nothing happened  on the southern flank for a good 15 minutes (even though the Britons were bleeding), prompting me to message "TOMMY. Y U NO ATTAK?"
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: djinn on 22-08-2011, 16:08:07
Yer, I think it might be the same game. I kept shouting at them 'Come on Tommy, are you hourly!' or 'It eint tea time, y'know!' or 'Come out and fight and I will give you a cookie' and such..

88s do instil some real fear in their troops. As does the scouts. But after the next to last, I made sure my men didn't get within range of their forward spawn.
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: NTH on 22-08-2011, 16:08:33
Nice mixture of maps.
And Aberdeen why not it's been a while, it can't have gotten any worse, can it?
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: djinn on 22-08-2011, 16:08:46
if it must be a tank battle, I'd rather have Alam Halfa any day... But ah well

Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 22-08-2011, 17:08:30
Yeah, but on Aberdeen, we can have a boxing match ;D
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: djinn on 22-08-2011, 17:08:22
nah, I love the fruitless charges of tanks against the british wall of steel and the air battles are epic! Not to mention the terror on ground infantry from overlapping AA fire.

Just hate the new bofers flak sound though... But that map IS North Africa
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 22-08-2011, 17:08:49
And I remember that I arranged some "escort the VIP" squad on Tobruk, where the VIP had bare hands xD
I'm looking forward to do the same on Aberdeen ^^
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: djinn on 22-08-2011, 17:08:50
Wait... what? Explain. I dont get you. VIP Squad? barehands?
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: Musti on 22-08-2011, 17:08:06
Nice mixture of maps.
And Aberdeen why not it's been a while, it can't have gotten any worse, can it?
Something must have been done to Aberdeen (new tanking system maybe)
'cause i played it 2 times already and it was actually fun!
(germans lost but not by usual rape, more like a fair fight) still hard to win, but not impossible (just like Hurtgen and Meuse for Amis)
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: Slayer on 22-08-2011, 18:08:17
Wait... what? Explain. I dont get you. VIP Squad? barehands?
Rremember CS, djinn? With the "protect the VIP" gamemode? The first versions had VIPs with bare hands (ie, they could not get any kills).

Nice mixture of maps.
And Aberdeen why not it's been a while, it can't have gotten any worse, can it?
Something must have been done to Aberdeen (new tanking system maybe)
'cause i played it 2 times already and it was actually fun!
(germans lost but not by usual rape, more like a fair fight) still hard to win, but not impossible (just like Hurtgen and Meuse for Amis)
Played it 4 times now, twice Germans won, twice British won. Looks like tank balance is better on this map now.
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: djinn on 22-08-2011, 19:08:31
Oh ok. Never did play counterstrike. Still had 56k then. hey, its West Africa
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: :| Hi on 23-08-2011, 00:08:36
Djinn you're such a card  ;D

And, Yeeeeee! Aberdeen made it! Awesome map!

Love the special airstrip, or the boxing  ;)
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: hankypanky on 23-08-2011, 01:08:07
What? Since when do people want to play aberdeen? Why is that map even still in FH2  ::)
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: djinn on 23-08-2011, 02:08:45
You stole the question RIGHT out of my head. Its fugly at best, total rubbish on any given day, and the gameplay is no better. You can literally fire from every base into the next... Its like the Operation Battleaxe of FH2..


Pure shit

PURE SHIT
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: Musti on 23-08-2011, 03:08:50
Have you played it with 2.4 patch? Its really nice map to play now. At least i had fun, blasting downhill with my jeep at the speed of sound.

Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: evhgear on 23-08-2011, 03:08:51
Does normal server have in theire maplist ?? I play mostly HsLan and I never play on it
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: :| Hi on 23-08-2011, 03:08:07
It's because only a few people liked Aberdeen pre- 2.4

I havn't played it 2.4
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 23-08-2011, 13:08:26
Aberdeen was always one of my favorites ;)
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: djinn on 23-08-2011, 14:08:58
Have you played it with 2.4 patch? Its really nice map to play now. At least i had fun, blasting downhill with my jeep at the speed of sound.

So what is new? It was exactly like that pre-2.4. Apart from the fact that the tanking will make things a tad slower than used to be, AT guns haven't changed.

And you can still shoot enemy tanks from almost any base. Apart from an overhaul, this map CAN"T get better. It looks, and will continue to look like a NA test map, rather than any real place.

Fine, if a good number of fans voted it in, but imo, its a terrible map game-play wise, and an ugly duck visually. I respect all the mappers, and I dont mean to retract from the devs' work, but you don't always get 100% great maps. And Arberdeen is that fail percentage
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: von.small on 23-08-2011, 14:08:01
PLISS MASTERS, PLISS
can we have at least one round recorded on Battlerecorder.  There's so much awesome in Fh2 right now, but no way of recording new movies :( I know the movie community is tiny in comparrison to everything else, but, well, please put battlerecorder on teh serv0rz and I will show you what my new 64bit Adobe After Effects CS5 can do.  Capten got a sniff-whiff of something I was working on a while ago, the guy shit his balls when he saw it.
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: LuckyOne on 23-08-2011, 15:08:39
Fine, if a good number of fans voted it in, but imo, its a terrible map game-play wise, and an ugly duck visually. I respect all the mappers, and I dont mean to retract from the devs' work, but you don't always get 100% great maps. And Arberdeen is that fail percentage

Cant agree with you there, the map is perfect for playing cat & mice with tanks in the maze of sanddunes and hills... It doesn't matter if it's not good looking, or realistic looking..
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: Priestdk on 23-08-2011, 16:08:28
Cant wait, missed out on the last one because of personal stuff, but not this one, looks like an interesting map list aswell.

Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 23-08-2011, 17:08:40
I didnt mention in the announcement, but battlerecorder is ON during the Game Night. I didnt mention it because in the past no one gave a damn about it, so I thought there was no demand for such. However, it is on by default unless theres a good reason for it to not be (such as the 100+ player GN we had).

So yes to clarify: Battlerecorder is ON during GN18.
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: djinn on 23-08-2011, 17:08:28
Woo-hoo! You will be on candid camera, people! Get your game faces on!
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: von.small on 23-08-2011, 18:08:25
So yes to clarify: Battlerecorder is ON during GN18.

who's awesome,... you're awesome!

I don't have any 2.4 BR recordings, and any previous BR recordings are now redundant as you can't replay them unless you have the previous (or correct) version of FH2 installed.  Recording movies in 'first person' is not my thing, I did try it, but imo the fov is too small to show FH2.4 off.
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: corsair89 on 23-08-2011, 21:08:10
Awesome map list !

Will try to be there this time :D

I somewhat always had some fun on Aberdeen, but it's been a while since I last played it...
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: Zulnex on 24-08-2011, 01:08:09
Splendid. Thank you very much. 8)
I will try to be there as well.
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: Watchtower1001 on 25-08-2011, 08:08:35

FH Team / Community Manager(s) ---

You should take advantage of the tools your Steam Group has to offer in regards to such things such as the Upcoming game night --

1.  Announcements with text, time & links

2.  Event Reminders can be set at any time.

3.  Other events/reminders/notifications about news, updates, downloads, etc.

The steam group here -  http://steamcommunity.com/groups/fhcommunity/members (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/fhcommunity/members) has 291 members that can be rounded up to join a game.

Just a thought.
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: djinn on 25-08-2011, 09:08:46
oh, then we need 2 Servers... or 128? otherwise I wont get a slot...

Fh2 life is not a spectator sport.
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 25-08-2011, 14:08:02

FH Team / Community Manager(s) ---

You should take advantage of the tools your Steam Group has to offer in regards to such things such as the Upcoming game night --

1.  Announcements with text, time & links

2.  Event Reminders can be set at any time.

3.  Other events/reminders/notifications about news, updates, downloads, etc.

The steam group here -  http://steamcommunity.com/groups/fhcommunity/members (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/fhcommunity/members) has 291 members that can be rounded up to join a game.

Just a thought.

I should know since founded that group. Thanks for the tip but I've never had problems filling a GN server. And I have never bothered doing scheduled events using it. Thanks anyways.
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: evhgear on 27-08-2011, 17:08:57
it starts in 2 hours :D
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 27-08-2011, 20:08:12
We are about to start in few minutes. But un/fortunately I have to let you guys know that I am possibly absent for the most of the event. I am currently busy with a lot of things and I cant promise you I will be able to play with you all even if I'd liked. However I hope you all have a wonderful and enjoyable Game Night tonight and I hope to pay you guys a visit.

Do me a favor, give me feedback how it all went. I need to know if you guys had fun or if it was totally balls.

Cheers guys!

EDIT: Oh btw, the ranks are enabled!
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: evhgear on 27-08-2011, 22:08:09
server crashed ?!? after sidi the player stats never gone up, got disconnected and server does not appears in server list ?!?!?

My game had crashed 3 times(2 in tobruk, 1 in sidi) and after the round the players stats never dissapear and the loading never started.
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: LuckyOne on 27-08-2011, 22:08:01
I'm stuck on Sidi!

*insert FOREVER ALONE meme here*
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: Kelmola on 27-08-2011, 22:08:49
Started loading now...

...after a five-minute wait. WAT
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: djinn on 27-08-2011, 22:08:37
@LuckyOne
You are not alone. You're just in some stupid dream...

Besides, Im there too... just disembodied. You must have pressed exit after being stuck on Stats...


@Kelmola
Same here

Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: LuckyOne on 28-08-2011, 00:08:17
Oh well, since I get DCs everytime I try to join Aberdeen it seems this GN is over for me... Too bad, I'd have liked to play it... It was fun, nonetheless (especially Irish singing on Hurtgen :P, and spotting on Siege of Tobruk - Irish got the accuracy medal, but he didn't return the favor by letting me get Spotter Silver  ::), although it was probably my fault as I didn't have 100 spot assists to get it).
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: Comrade Roe on 28-08-2011, 01:08:35
Good game. Only got to play till end of Hurtgen though.
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: M00SE on 28-08-2011, 02:08:30
I had some good fun tonight. Played in some good sqauds with good SL's and even had some voip action now and then.  :)


I wanted to carry on when Vossenack came back round but after 5 hours play I said to myself "enough is enough"

I put 3 hours in the this afternoon aswell. A full 8 hour shift today, if only FH2 was a payed job......

great fun all. thx  ;)

Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 28-08-2011, 02:08:56
I had some good fun tonight. Played in some good sqauds with good SL's and even had some voip action now and then.  :)


great fun all. thx  ;)
Came in way too late, but attacking and defending that flag with the 100000 enemy panzers with you was alot of fun!
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: M00SE on 28-08-2011, 02:08:55
We used to have a lot of fun attacking that flag and then trying to keep it for the rest of the round,  way back in the early days of release.

It's just a basturd to get to  ;D

cheers  ;)
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: ajappat on 28-08-2011, 07:08:54
Yes awesome games. My friends got bored at sidi, but then I got into irishforce  8). Vosssenack was maybe best map, even tough I was waiting something not that great from it. Afterall I never really learned to like vossencak for some reason.
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: IrishReloaded on 28-08-2011, 10:08:58
My last map was Hürtgen, I was too tired and I started to get a cold.

Was a nice gameplay, unfortunatly Flippy was not in my squad  :'(

Most funniest part was my arty sniping session on Siege of Tobruk earning the accuracy ribbon :P  ;D

Here some screens.

(http://www.abload.de/img/screen057cqgy.jpg)
pretty epic Rocketwilly tankhaunting :D

(http://www.abload.de/img/screen0583pnq.jpg)
sry Flippy  ;D

(http://www.abload.de/img/screen059erxl.jpg)
My squad rushing the Bunkers

Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: djinn on 28-08-2011, 11:08:01
Yer, was a great Game Night. Its always interesting playing with the regulars on the forum... Interesting change of pace. I think I stopped after Hurtgen.
Had my eyes closing after Sidi Rezegh - and was too tired after the final defeat at Hurtgen and some dwindling teamwork on St. Lo to go on... I think I actually flamed quite after my Squad leader kept this StuG moving in the open and prevented us from spawning at any safe spot to reclaim the hill, then finally got blown up himself.

Seemed I was always on the losing side though  :(

But great game, especially on Sidi and Vossnack. But sadly, I never seemed to give my squad interesting things to do.

Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: Eglaerinion on 28-08-2011, 11:08:05
Good games guys. Some close rounds and epic waits between rounds. ;)
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 28-08-2011, 15:08:58
I uploaded a little clip from the night on Youtube:P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHIlNQxA64c

Psykfallet managed to drive his PzII into our base and parked it by my SL's Grant. Hilarity ensues
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: Slayer on 28-08-2011, 16:08:06
Yeah, good gamenight! Some maps were totally balls in the department of teamplay (US on Hurtgen could not even cap Katzenhardt, Germans on Siege could not even cap first line of defense, US on St Lo capped Hill but lost it again and never passed the first line of flags, Aberdeen was messy, etc), but I had great fun! I left when Sidi finished for the second time, as there was nobody else left. So I played 10 maps, I had the best rounds on Siege of Tobruk (2nd time), Sidi the first time and Bastogne. Vossenack was turdish, as I lost it both times.
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: corsair89 on 28-08-2011, 18:08:12
Had my eyes closing after Sidi Rezegh - and was too tired after the final defeat at Hurtgen and some dwindling teamwork on St. Lo to go on... I think I actually flamed quite after my Squad leader kept this StuG moving in the open and prevented us from spawning at any safe spot to reclaim the hill, then finally got blown up himself.

Djinn I didn't understand why you did not open a new squad with you as SL, the one we got at Hill wasn't really worried about the flag and his squadmates :-\

Otherwise I had some fun, mainly by playing maps I had not seen since 2.3 (or even 2.15 with Aberdeen). However, my computer prevented me to enjoy Vossenack, crashing and disconnecting with the help of Punkbuster. That was not the most fun GN I experienced but a fun one nevertheless
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: von.small on 28-08-2011, 18:08:59
The scourge that was sniper Moose, this is a funny shot for me, because of the text, I was just about to order everyone down the hill to find sniper moose, and he shot me from afar.
(http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/790/fhgn182.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/823/fhgn182.jpg/)

This is a beautiful shot imo, showing just how things can get real in FH2, we're driving to the church, and the driver is shot in the head (muzzle flash came from the second floor of the church!), the gunner shits it as the APC grinds to a halt and I'm in the back waiting for the APC to get hit by a concealed panther we just passed.
(http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/226/fhgn18.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/23/fhgn18.jpg/)



Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 28-08-2011, 20:08:36
Rejoice: Battlerecordings -> Hier (http://hoststuff.forgottenhonor.com/hoststuff/fh2//BattleRecorder/public/fhgn18/FH_Game_Night_18_Battlerecorder.rar)
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: djinn on 28-08-2011, 23:08:01
This is a beautiful shot imo, showing just how things can get real in FH2, we're driving to the church, and the driver is shot in the head (muzzle flash came from the second floor of the church!), the gunner shits it as the APC grinds to a halt and I'm in the back waiting for the APC to get hit by a concealed panther we just passed.
(http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/226/fhgn18.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/23/fhgn18.jpg/)

Haha! I think I was that driver. I recall that. Forgot to close the blinds... I actually thought you were dead too. It was an mg I think. First to get into the town, and that was our reward.
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: von.small on 29-08-2011, 16:08:19
Rejoice: Battlerecordings -> Hier (http://hoststuff.forgottenhonor.com/hoststuff/fh2//BattleRecorder/public/fhgn18/FH_Game_Night_18_Battlerecorder.rar)

Thanks loads for organising this, really appreciate it Flippy, I will be back soon with a little something(s)... Mr Demille, I'm ready for my shot now.
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: djinn on 29-08-2011, 20:08:36
Had my eyes closing after Sidi Rezegh - and was too tired after the final defeat at Hurtgen and some dwindling teamwork on St. Lo to go on... I think I actually flamed quite after my Squad leader kept this StuG moving in the open and prevented us from spawning at any safe spot to reclaim the hill, then finally got blown up himself.

Djinn I didn't understand why you did not open a new squad with you as SL, the one we got at Hill wasn't really worried about the flag and his squadmates :-\

Otherwise I had some fun, mainly by playing maps I had not seen since 2.3 (or even 2.15 with Aberdeen). However, my computer prevented me to enjoy Vossenack, crashing and disconnecting with the help of Punkbuster. That was not the most fun GN I experienced but a fun one nevertheless

You know I considered that...

Problem with Game Nights is, the way its advertised, you get most of the regular Vets, who you know, and who know you too well... So beyond the insecurity to lead them, you also get prima donnas who don't ALWAYS listen to orders. Especially when you smell of green.

Then you also get random players... not from around here. And they dont even realize the texts flying across the screen are anything more than just that - Text.

Basically, I was kinda spent after the former battles, so that action on St Lo was the proverbial straw that broke the Camel's back for me.

But I regret I wasn't there sooner. Its always to play with the regulars... See who is who beyond the text :)

Sorry you couldn't be there for Vossenack. Still, I think I did such a lousy job, it wasn't much of a loss if you missed that. One less witness.
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 29-08-2011, 21:08:50
So how should I advertise it then?
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: djinn on 29-08-2011, 22:08:19
Not saying the advertising is a problem, Flippy. Just said, its the curse of that blessing. Its GREAT to play with the regulars on the forum. Its just impossible to be a squad leader to em.
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: NTH on 29-08-2011, 22:08:06
There is no problem with FHGN and advertising, Djinn is having leadership troubles. Just yell something in your Mic, Djinn, and lead by example.
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 29-08-2011, 22:08:14
Its just impossible to be a squad leader to em.

Im sure theres plenty of people here who totally disagree. :)
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: djinn on 29-08-2011, 23:08:40
Well, I guess its just my experience... Still, its fascinating seeing all the Vets have at it, and how each person plays...

I know for one, Moose is to be feared!

But I do have to give credit to Von.Small. You'd be pained to find a better teammate to be in your foxhole than this guy right here... Each and every time.

Thanks man!

Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: von.small on 30-08-2011, 00:08:22
a pleasure sir  Djinn :) I like squad leaders who are actively thinking about plans to attack or defend like yourself, sometimes you do get wrapped up in the battle trying to order the whole team, but that's not necessarily a bad thing, just you sometimes scare me how seriously you take the fight  :D

I got to say another lol moment was driving through tank fire to deliver moose a Kubelwagon we met up at the tree line in Oberdorf and I handed it over, neither of us shot at each other, quite a strange gaming moment, he then raced off and I walked back to my squad.  Friendship extends beyond the uniform you wear.
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: djinn on 30-08-2011, 01:08:06
a pleasure sir  Djinn :) I like squad leaders who are actively thinking about plans to attack or defend like yourself, sometimes you do get wrapped up in the battle trying to order the whole team, but that's not necessarily a bad thing, just you sometimes scare me how seriously you take the fight  :D

I got to say another lol moment was driving through tank fire to deliver moose a Kubelwagon we met up at the tree line in Oberdorf and I handed it over, neither of us shot at each other, quite a strange gaming moment, he then raced off and I walked back to my squad.  Friendship extends beyond the uniform you wear.

Traitor!!! *jk*

Well, its mostly coordination with arty. I hate the sneak, sneak gaming on some maps. I much prefer alot of good cover like in Villers Bocage, Luttich and Lebisey to maps like Seige of Tobruk and El Alamein, so I tend to speak directly to whoever is on artillery and try to get them to fire smoke and creeping barrage on enemy positions.

I mean, it shouldn't be just about raking in frags, but directing the shots and KIND of shots where they are most needed. Its amazing what smoke cover can get done or what can be done with large charges of tanks and/ or infantry when they decide to move in step.


Yer, I do tend to roleplay quite a bit when I am ingame. Haven't got the voice yet, but working on that too... Its all fodder for my FH2 Tactical manual. What works, what doesn't, the way people play. So i need to immerse myself into the process.

And I think its just fun...
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: M00SE on 30-08-2011, 01:08:26
The scourge that was sniper Moose, this is a funny shot for me, because of the text, I was just about to order everyone down the hill to find sniper moose, and he shot me from afar.
(http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/790/fhgn182.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/823/fhgn182.jpg/)


I've made this my desktop.... it's to bright for me really....but I will suffer it for a couple of days just so I can gloat a little. ;D

The Kubel was a funny moment, kinda like a Christmas 1914 truce, only small scale.  :)
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: Watchtower1001 on 30-08-2011, 09:08:45
Nice one Moose, +10xp for that.
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: M00SE on 31-08-2011, 22:08:06
Not saying the advertising is a problem, Flippy. Just said, its the curse of that blessing. Its GREAT to play with the regulars on the forum. Its just impossible to be a squad leader to em.

I love playing FH2 pure and simple and don't care about anyones skill as an SL. If they are actively making a go of it, giving commands and using voip etc, I'm more than happy to follow along and play as a team.

So if you ever make a sqaud and I'm sqaud less be sure to invite me  ;)

oh, and whoever it was that  thought they were FH2 Gods (was gonna use the 5 letter N word but don't want to get in any trouble)  and made you feel like you were doing a bad job obviously have some issues of their own.

I want all their names now. I'll round 'em up, line 'em up and go Bam Bam Bam  ;D
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: von.small on 05-09-2011, 13:09:42
Anyone remeber anything note worthy that they experienced during FH-GN-18?

Played through the Bastonge battlerecorder footage yesterday, like 3 times, fuck what a boring battle  >:(
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: Kelmola on 05-09-2011, 13:09:59
Yeah, Bastogne was pretty uneventful. What I remember is Vossenack, our fireteam defending the house on Unterdorf flag (the eastern village, isn't Oberdorf the western one?) was one intensive firefight lasting most of the round, with one or two SL's staying outside the yard wall and pumping troops into the house and our SL staying put in the upstairs. I think we were on the US side?
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: von.small on 05-09-2011, 14:09:56
I'll check it out,  :D I didn't really replay much of Vossenack yesterday, I wanted a snow map to start something errie and creepy I'm working with, but to hell with it, lets go back to basics,...

I want firefights and Micheal Bay explosions, explosions Micheal Bay, Micheal Bay... Explosions, Baysplosions! Micheal Bay, Ma Blah blah bloomsions!
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: Kelmola on 05-09-2011, 15:09:46
If you want explosions, check out Irish's kill spree with arty on Siege of Tobruk. That round had some pretty epic Bay-esque firestorms what with arty, commander arty and Stukas all hitting the same part of defensive line at the same time. Not that it helped the German team at all, because the infantry was not there, "leaning into the barrage" as they should have been.

For a total bloodbath, check our epic fail of trying to cap the Bunker flag on Hürtgen. Lookout fell suspiciously easily, after that most of the game was spent advancing to the bunker, getting killed, rinse and repeat. (Until people spawned in the north and took Lumbermill instead of bashing our collective heads to the same proverbial wall over and over again.)
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: Eglaerinion on 05-09-2011, 15:09:08
For a total bloodbath, check our epic fail of trying to cap the Bunker flag on Hürtgen. Lookout fell suspiciously easily, after that most of the game was spent advancing to the bunker, getting killed, rinse and repeat. (Until people spawned in the north and took Lumbermill instead of bashing our collective heads to the same proverbial wall over and over again.)
Attacked the northern route (Wehe ford and Lumbermill) from the start, pretty much kept it the entire round with my squad but yeah the bunker wouldn't fall. Someone even managed to get a sherman up there by driving up the hill or something. But it wasn't enough.
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: djinn on 05-09-2011, 16:09:29
Ah yes... the fruitless assault through the valley of death. I always marvel why most Teams put so much stock into that place.

I learnt the hard way on Gane Night 18, I think... or some night close to it. Followed all the rules, stayed in rear, threw smoke, moved from safe crater to safe crater.

But grenades and hidden mgs that kept displacing, mowed down my squad and myself each and everytime, even when we got only feets away from the bunker.

I always suggest strongly that my team split between the South and North, NEVER the center.


Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: von.small on 05-09-2011, 17:09:53
Valley of Death, interesting...  :)

I'll be having a look at some Tobruk when I get home, there's nothing more threatening than the Fh2 diving stukka noise, oh wait there is, 3 diving stukkas.
Title: Re: FH Game Night 18
Post by: djinn on 05-09-2011, 19:09:10
Well, I hate to say, I told em so... But I have... PLENTY



But really, that stretch on Hurtgen is just so easy to defend. At least with the cliffs of Point du Hoc, the Germans dont see you till you appear over the side of the cliff - On Hurtgen.. They see you a mile away, and simply need to wait to roll a grenade down on you. And with that stretch as narrow as it is, it takes little more than a good squad to defend it, and they have MGs...

Oh boy, do they HAVE mgs.



Its a matter of maths really, yet some people still think real world tactics don't apply and go on like Lambs to the slaughter... or more accurately, like lemmings.