OP: Sundown Part 1

[Rocksteady]

That game was fun! And the maturity level and honesty between players was awesome. Sundown was probably the best game this year.

Got some pictures up. More are coming.
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set= ... 8697786077

[Mcluvin]

If anybody has more pictures, please post them up so I can see. Thanks.

[icebullet]

Awesome game guys. Can't wait for part 2. Those photos are great!

[Blue]

Great game game guys from what i could see everyone was being honorable and having a great time it was fun being an admin. see you guys on the next one

[Chesty_01]

Thanks to everyone who made it out to the game. Without you guys "mil-sim wouldn't be possible. I saw very honorable game play and aggressive tactics on both parts. The next one will be much better for sure.

Thanks for all the great reviews as well. That's what keeps me going. We strive to out do ourselves every game, and so far that has happened.

On to part 2....

[Chachi]

Just curious, and hate to be the a$$ asking for pictures, but there was a very nice lady out on the field taking pictures, and I was curious if her pictures were some of what has been linked to in this thread? I just ask, because it looked like she was getting some really great pictures of that event, and I was hoping to see them. No hurry, I just wanted a clarification if they had already been posted. Thanks!

[CommieHunter]

I had a great time at the event. My personal favorite was actually the firefight to the North of the Rebel Camp across Field II and Field III. The way Brown was moving and communicating was awesome. We had a base of fire, flankers on both sides, and we rolled across that with speed that I've never seen in an airsoft game for a maneuver like that. It was impressive teamwork.

Overall game pros:
Good number of admins per players. There was always an admin present at objectives being completed, and at major firefights. It's easier to confirm objective completion when I don't have to go find an admin and have him go trek across the field to double check.

Excellent player to field size ratio. Having fewer players in a larger area gave it more of a military feel. When it's crowded it feels like a video game. With more open areas, it allowed scouts to be used effectively, and made every trip down a trail or across a field more interesting. A player never knew where or when he might encounter the enemy (instead of 'everywhere').

Commanders were briefed beforehand. When they know exactly what's going on and what they need to do, it's easier to take orders and complete objectives. If commanders are always asking admins what to do, it takes away from gameplay.

Nice touch on all the props. Working alarm boxes was cool.

I liked the lack of a break. I grabbed a bite in game, and I like that better than sending everyone back to their cars, since it's SO hard to get them back on the field.

I liked playing into dusk. It got hard to see people and gave a different feel to the defensive side.


Improve:

More objectives would be nice. After the first few things happened, there wasn't a lot to drive game dynamics other than green trying to catch up by attacking our base. If you have Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary objectives, it gives people something to do once their original objective is either complete or impossible.

On that line, you could integrate 'live updating' objectives that change based on gameplay, but those require a lot more forethought for different possible outcomes, and require more administrative overhead.

With as many no-shows as we had, I'd look for a way to reduce that number. You can do pre-pay with a %50 refund if they can't come game day. It's not too harsh for people who have last minute things they can't control, but it doesn't leave you in the lurch. Also, people signing up without even checking to see if they'll be in town is asinine. Prepay would at least make sure people look at their calendars.

[Rocksteady]

Just curious, and hate to be the a$$ asking for pictures, but there was a very nice lady out on the field taking pictures, and I was curious if her pictures were some of what has been linked to in this thread? I just ask, because it looked like she was getting some really great pictures of that event, and I was hoping to see them. No hurry, I just wanted a clarification if they had already been posted. Thanks!

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set= ... 8697786077

[Chachi]

Just curious, and hate to be the a$$ asking for pictures, but there was a very nice lady out on the field taking pictures, and I was curious if her pictures were some of what has been linked to in this thread? I just ask, because it looked like she was getting some really great pictures of that event, and I was hoping to see them. No hurry, I just wanted a clarification if they had already been posted. Thanks!

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set= ... 8697786077

Thank you so much! Those are them, and I hadn't seen those yet. Thank you for the pics, and again, thank you for the great Op!

[Ivan Daylovich™]

Wait, Adam went to a game? Madness!

[Rocksteady]

Wait, Adam went to a game? Madness!

He kinda All-Starred it, hehe

[Chachi]

Wait, Adam went to a game? Madness!

He is a bad-man! This guy is so fast, and so stealthy! No joke, had he not been on our team, the outcome potentially could have been different. Talking out the Khe-San base five minutes into the game, and then taking down the green team's CO later on.....Yeah, I'd go with "all-star" too.

[Ivan Daylovich™]

I haven't seen him play since 2007 I think.

[ogrejager]

Well, he "rocked the Casbah", that's for sure.

Don't get the Casbah reference? Then you were too young to be on the Brown team.

That was one of my favorites about the game. We're at the pre-game briefing and I look around--Green has a ton of kids, while Brown had probably two players under 21. I looked an McLuvin and said, "you're too young to be on our team, I guess." Not only were we outnumbered, but we had an assload of OGREs. And kicked a$$. I guess that "age and experience" thing?

Oh, and we had Adam. That helped. A lot.

[CommieHunter]

I haven't seen him play since 2007 I think.

I thought you were at Santa's Secret War, which was earlier this year.

Before that, however, yeah. Not much outdoors for a few years.