Mr Greezy
Jan-18-2012, 21:55
Hey guys. I just posted on the 1C forums suggesting such a thing but Dutch thought it might be best to try it out here.
What I'm trying to do is have a set time and place where any given mission or scenario can play out. The objectives don't need to be elaborate, and in fact shouldn't be. It can be pretty much what you have already or based on what you have already -- as long as it can be completed in two to three hours (or under).
The goal is to try and create a set weekly time where people could get online, pick a side, pick a role, and engage in an online scenario with various objectives. I drew up the analogy on the 1C forums as I'm trying to create a "game night" whereas the rest of the week is practice. My Flight Night isn't ultra hardcore, you don't need to be part of a squadron or anything, but it's slightly more organized than just logging on and hoping there are enough people on the server to fly with.
I'd basically like to get ATAG's blessings (and from them perhaps a scenario or two that can be completed in two-to-three hours as I can't build missions myself -- maybe the existing one can be completed in a reasonable time if there's enough people?), and to gauge everyone's interest.
As stated on the 1C forums, the game plan would be simple: make a little e-flyer, make some posts around the community, get people to spread the word, have a start time as well as an earlier "show up" time so that people can get organized and briefed, have at it, see how it goes, adjust, repeat, try and build a "scene". Of course, anyone can log onto the ATAG servers anytime during the week, but ideally everyone would know that server 2, at Time X on Day Y, every week, there's this organized-as-best-we-can engagement that hopefully a bunch of people show up to. Similar to what SimHQ does on Military Monday/Tactical Thursday for their ARMA2 players.
Due to my ineptness as any type of scripting, the best I can offer is to help design, organize, and promote this event, but I'd be happy to do so.
I used to be in a UK-based ARMA2 clan that met every Sunday at 7PM GMT for their "Sunday Ops". That model was great and it's something I'd like to take a page from. 7PM GMT also allowed for anyone in The States to play (it's 11AM PST -- I'm in California) although it kind of shot my day up -- but let's face it, what else would I be doing on a Sunday? If it was, say, every Sunday at 7PM GMT (with a "show up" time at 6:30 PM GMT) then that would include a large swath of players, excluding those poor Aussies and Kiwis. Sorry boys.
I'm out of town on business until early February so in theory we could have until Feb 12th to script, organize, and promote this event. If it turns out to be a success, more things can come (online campaigns, persistent fronts, at the very least a larger CloD community)...if not, hey -- we tried.
Let's show World Of Planes what for! Ok. Pitch complete.
What I'm trying to do is have a set time and place where any given mission or scenario can play out. The objectives don't need to be elaborate, and in fact shouldn't be. It can be pretty much what you have already or based on what you have already -- as long as it can be completed in two to three hours (or under).
The goal is to try and create a set weekly time where people could get online, pick a side, pick a role, and engage in an online scenario with various objectives. I drew up the analogy on the 1C forums as I'm trying to create a "game night" whereas the rest of the week is practice. My Flight Night isn't ultra hardcore, you don't need to be part of a squadron or anything, but it's slightly more organized than just logging on and hoping there are enough people on the server to fly with.
I'd basically like to get ATAG's blessings (and from them perhaps a scenario or two that can be completed in two-to-three hours as I can't build missions myself -- maybe the existing one can be completed in a reasonable time if there's enough people?), and to gauge everyone's interest.
As stated on the 1C forums, the game plan would be simple: make a little e-flyer, make some posts around the community, get people to spread the word, have a start time as well as an earlier "show up" time so that people can get organized and briefed, have at it, see how it goes, adjust, repeat, try and build a "scene". Of course, anyone can log onto the ATAG servers anytime during the week, but ideally everyone would know that server 2, at Time X on Day Y, every week, there's this organized-as-best-we-can engagement that hopefully a bunch of people show up to. Similar to what SimHQ does on Military Monday/Tactical Thursday for their ARMA2 players.
Due to my ineptness as any type of scripting, the best I can offer is to help design, organize, and promote this event, but I'd be happy to do so.
I used to be in a UK-based ARMA2 clan that met every Sunday at 7PM GMT for their "Sunday Ops". That model was great and it's something I'd like to take a page from. 7PM GMT also allowed for anyone in The States to play (it's 11AM PST -- I'm in California) although it kind of shot my day up -- but let's face it, what else would I be doing on a Sunday? If it was, say, every Sunday at 7PM GMT (with a "show up" time at 6:30 PM GMT) then that would include a large swath of players, excluding those poor Aussies and Kiwis. Sorry boys.
I'm out of town on business until early February so in theory we could have until Feb 12th to script, organize, and promote this event. If it turns out to be a success, more things can come (online campaigns, persistent fronts, at the very least a larger CloD community)...if not, hey -- we tried.
Let's show World Of Planes what for! Ok. Pitch complete.