=VG= SemlerPDX

I don't understand the poll. You do know that we have an i7 2600 CPU with 8 cores and 32GB of RAM, right? It can run at the same time DayZ, MSO, ACE/ACRE Domi, and Insurgency + a dev server or two that remain off most the time, without running into performance issues. We can host several servers, and though the current focus of the VG Arma 2 devs is not on DayZ at the moment, I don't think it, or MSO, are on the chopping block or even the editing floor. We ran into complications with MSO, but liked many things about it. DayZ is no easy mission to modify, and as for the "somethings else", we try here and there to have some fun as we go - like ACE/ACRE Domi. That was really hard for me to find, the 2.60 ACE Domi - not gonna let that one go. Plus, I promised PITN that I would read through Insurgency (line by line!) and understand it, so we can overhaul it a bit. We do not run 1.5 Ins because of bugs I guess, but I am a true Armaholic and should be able to apply myself in a positive way to improve our Insurgency server that is currenly the Flag Ship of VETERANS-GAMING. I am just one man, though, coming out of a shitty flu I caught from ridDle somehow. My 2 cents, semi-off topic, meh: I've been seeing a lot of great polls lately, but as one of the VG Arma Dev team, I'd like to throw in my 2 cents on the entire concept of the workload involved and call out for more peeps. We have a team of only 3 people familiar with Arma 2 scripting, with Solar as a fourth dev on website/PHP end(which is where all those cool test leaderboards come from) and there is only so much we can do at any moment. Trust me, we are not lacking in focus - and our direction is one that has put a lot of new tools in our toolboxes. If it weren't for our experiments with MSO, we wouldn't know what we do now about SQL Database systems working with Arma, and if not for the DayZ - we would not know so much as we do now about HIVE Database (if we know anything about it). One thing that finally got me into Arma development was that I was always sitting around waiting for Savage or Poff to, for example, fix a bug we had identified, or an implement an improvement we had all agreed on. It was easier than I thought, and now we all can help any new scripters cuz we have the "knowledge". Back before I could script in Arma 2, I felt kinda selfish when I would be impatient with one of them(Savage/Poff), cuz I wanted to play so bad. I understand not everyone has the time to learn a complex thing like that, and not everyone is even capable (say, if they hate math and the lot). I started learning Arma 2 scripting exactly one year ago now, and only now do I have the skills to quickly read and write these things - knowing where to get info online, and have all the tools installed on my PC to do it. And I spent over 8 hours a day dedicated to learning these skills. Time for someone else to step up and join the dev team, your curve won't be as bad as mine, cuz we can help like I said. For now, know that we (Solar, Savage, Poffadder schedule permitting, and myself) have long discussions nearly daily about the direction we want to go in, and the servers that we could run. These discussions don't make it here to the forums, but rest assured, we are not sitting on our hands for lack of a whip being cracked on us. Believe me - we are plugging away at the VG dream, and we have a full plate most all the time. (no offense, but I did not vote - cannot, because I'd add the choice "None of the Above")

Wow! All I can say is, those looks amazing! BMS is beautiful! !2cool

CASTOR AND FASTJACK BOTH! GO TO YOUR CORNERS, THE BELL HAS RUNG! !beatdown I have or will talk to both of you, as I'm sure BLuDKLoT will as well. Let's stop the negativity, I DON'T CARE WHERE IT STARTED, and try to be constructive with our brainstorming. We're all a bunch of gun loving war jockey's here - it's only natural that we can clash from time to time. Lets get back ON TOPIC and OFF of each other right now. As to TvT vs COOP - YES, VETERANS-GAMING is the premier COOP Gaming Clan and we specialize and prefer to fight AI over our comrades. This in no way means we cannot or will not utilize a game in it's default PvP or TvT manner from time to time, and DayZ is a great example of that. My opinions were too difficult, but without even playing our DayZ, I can understand how without the element of PvP danger, the mission is almost boring and lacking depth. We should never give up on trying to get our version of a game populated at a discussion stage. Sure, we have no long term direction for what Arma server will be what because we (the button pushers behind the curtains of our servers) are still trying out and testing different things to see what is: Stable, Playable, Modify-able, "Could-Be-Popular", and sorting out the crap that doesn't work, or cannot be fixed. There is a shitload of content out there, and we've just scratched the surface. Great things are coming soon to all VG Arma servers, but keep the suggestions and CONSTRUCTIVE opinions coming!!! !cheers But if I had time, a lot of it, like months, I would fashion an AI DayZ faction other than Zombies, and they would have guns and choppers and boats. And they would collect shit (not literal 'shit', but you know, shit...) and collect zombies randomly, with they're awesome assets and tip top guns, and kill/capture the players if they didn't hide or defend themselves from these AI "Umbrella" like forces. Maybe someone else will do that for us.....could shit in one hand, and wish in the other, too. !lol (oh yea, and I voted for the bottom one, also with strictly enforced rules for bandits if we were to do it) (and, and, I want ACRE!!! Perhaps a custom "CB Radio" styled version? and "findable" linear amplified antenna?)

TortiaBoy =VG= LAN_WROTE ... my only question is..why would you film a ((seemingly)) high school, PE dodge ball game? if it were high school dodgeball, I would be asking the same question! haha! Was at Kean University, and you can hear the guy talking to the camera man before he heads out around the ring, and gets a ball - apparently so he could get his sick ass Funk KU on video !lol

Funniest part of the whole mission, Eclipse:

In todays Event at one point, Poffadder had manned a Stryker, with Iffn on the gun, and 2 Fire Teams in the back. Kinda cool to look down the rows and see everyone with their personal rifle - very Spec Ops! We investigated a reported IED outside the Green Zone, and met some contacts there. We then proceeded to the site of an ambushed friendly convoy, and were attacked by guerillas who had stolen 2 Strykers - a M2 and a Mk19 variant. Needless to say, chaos ensued when we came under fire from what sounded like BLUFOR weaponry. If those ex-farmers had any idea how to use them with any effectiveness, we might not have survived such a 'surprise'. My AT4 made short work of the Mk19 Stryker, once we had shaken off the fog of war, and Poff finished off the M2 one with an RPG he stole off a dead OPFOR - Now that's poetic justice! Views from inside the Stryker: The Team on the perimeter before we came under 'friendly' fire from the stolen Strykers: (check the wheels on the Stryker - apparently they came from "South Park's Canadian Wheels Mod" or something! haha) Poffadder lead us through hell, and came out looking like it: (dare I say, 'slashed up like medical malpractice') You know how when you're taking pictures, and there's always that one guy who pops into the photo yelling "WOOOOO!" ? Gotta love that lean in, and what looks like a smirk on the dudes face, as I photograph Poffadder's lacerated mug... Good games today! Can't wait till the next ACRE Event! Thanks to all who participated! OORAH! !2cool

(an amazing find by =VG= ridDle) ...because one day, in a KU Gym, those 20 years of intense Kung Fu training overseas will finally pay off.

Great songs, Outlanders! Since we're all "coming out" of the classical closet, here is my very favorite Violin piece. I used to play the CD for my daughter back in '02 when I'd drive her from Brown Deer all the way to Waukesha for daycare - she called the allegro part the "funny song" as if it were a different song altogether. Always asked me to play the "funny song" when we got into a car. Now she's 13 and is in middle school Orchestra, and plays Violin. I am the proud Dad. !medal

Yea, I'll be there - hopefully feeling better than I have today so far. Thanks for throwing this together - I need my weekend ACRE fix! !2cool (btw - love the sig, poff!)

Very awesome! Please, anyone who can take the few minutes to do so, there are already several pre-made postcards there for you to choose from, many by =VG= and fans of =VG=. Show them the VETERANS-GAMING love! Send a postcard to Ivan and Martin: http://postcard.helpivanmartin.org/

@Echo - we won't be able to do anything at all to the DayZ server until Solar gets back, and/or Poffadder has time to mess with it, as his college has started back up.

Ooh! I see they already have all of ours! Sweet!! Unfortunately, it has the Takistan copy that I changed to Fallujah as well. *sigh* !cheers

I have sent 5 of the postcards to the email address just now. They have been submitted. Thank you all and lets hope this puts a smile on some faces far away! !cheers

They have been dealt with. Thank you for the reports! /locked

LOL! ...it can be difficult to operate the compu-box thingy when you're sauced out of your gourd !alcoh

I gots another entry: !cheers

Wow! I love that one, Murderface!!! !2cool Since we've had a lack of submissions, I've gone ahead and made another one as well: If anyone else was working on one of these, you should wrap it up asap and get it posted here. Today is the final day... Awesome pics, everyone!

!2cool Great vid and pics! Was a fun mission, though it was difficult, too.

Awesome! I gots ta get me some DCS A-10C - that looks sweet! !cp

Here's the first pic (lol) from Warmup Area - Iffn launches Javelin Missile: (click photo for full size image) !2cool

Random LAN_WROTE ... Heya guyz, been playing on your insurgency server for several months and more recently playing ACE with Jager and LAMBS. Is this OP open to anyone that signs up or VG members only?? Yes, if you want to join us, we'd be happy to have you! Please install those mods now, ahead of time, and be sure your ACE and ACRE are updated. See top post for mod list, and as Outlanders stated, most of us use client side mods as well, most important, @sthud and @stmovement. @st_interact is good, to, it allows you to re-form a group in the field (say, the team lead gets killed, someone else can take command of group and it alters the st_hud accordingly) Again, for last minute joiners, install mods now! No last minute problems - that's what the warmup time is for! See you on the battlefield! !cheers

SavageCDN =VG= LAN_WROTE ... Sorry for the last minute event.. better than nothing, right?? When: Saturday September 29th 18:00 GMT - warmup and troubleshooting (1pm EDT) 19:00 GMT - Mission start (2pm EDT) Where: Veterans-Gaming Events Server 5.9.23.136 port 2312 Password: vg Server is now up and running please make sure you can join BEFORE tomorrow's start time. What: The Namalsk Campaign Mission One There is little to no intel on the situation on Namalsk. A Russian military company called the NAC is known to be conducting 'experiments' on the island but up until recently those activities were limited to small unit training exercises involving new firearms and ammunition types. The UN closely monitors the situation on Namalsk and has an officer on the island under an observational capacity. Last month a shipment arrived escorted by Russian naval vessels and construction began on a massive underground structure. Nothing was known about this structure, and when the UN asked for more information they promptly lost all radio contact with their officer. Last night a US escort carrier off the coast of Namalsk picked up a large... 'event' of sorts. Not quite an explosion but more of a huge power surge originating somewhere on the island. No further communication with the island has been possible. Command has tasked us with a recon mission to get a better handle on the situation. Mod List: (both ACE and ACRE have had recent updates!! Make sure you have teamspeak closed when updating ACRE!!) @ACE @ACEX @ACEX_RU @ACRE @CBA @CBA_A2 @CBA_OA @JayArma2Lib_new @namalsk @NC @st_interact Of course all client-side mods are allowed: Blastcore, JSRS, st_movement, st_hud, etc. Who: Roster so far: (scratch the 14 player version - I made the 20 player version work for any size group) SavageCDN Gaz Wooz Iffn Lupago Murderface Outlanders SemlerPDX Morrison Fastjack Sam Poffadder Random Eclipse Team Leader POFFADDER Corpsman WOOZ Sniper Spotter Fire Team Leader SEMLER Automatic Rifleman SAM Grenadier OUTLANDERS Saboteur ECLIPSE Fire Team Leader MURDERFACE Automatic Rifleman MORRISON Grenadier IFFN Saboteur SAVAGE Fire Team Leader GAZ Automatic Rifleman LUPAGO Grenadier RANDOM Saboteur FASTJACK Fire Team Leader Automatic Rifleman Grenadier Saboteur

Great videos! !2cool

I'm in, if there's a FT open, put me down as the lead. If not, throw Outlanders and I in with someone else...

Point well taken. Jerry did say "mods/addons etc." And we say "false advertising" not "fake publicity" here in the States. !lol Here (was) the title as Fallujah (2nd revision): Please use the next photo with ACRE/Blastcore And another with ACRE and Blastcore Mod Logos: And here the postcards in an .rar file: arma2postcardsvg.rar PITN LAN_WROTE ... And can we get the transparent PNG's of the logos and banner so we can play in GIMP? Here's an .rar of VG logos in png and various other formats (can be converted to PNG w/MSPaint): vg_logos_and_imgs.rar