Just wanted to tell you a bit about last night where we played on TG as usual with mumble and couple of talkative, nice guys. After some rounds Beirut came up (I think it was somewhere between 5.30 and 6.30 am here in Germany) and the TG server crashed. So we were all hanging in there with the "Dead"-Screen waiting for disconnection and server restart. In the meantime one (i believe swerf1984) had some questions about mumble use ingame since it was the first time he used it. We all did our best explaining it to him, he got it, was happy about it and I am sure he will use mumble more often in the future too! Very glad we could help you mate!
So after a while (5-10 mins or so) we decided to invade another server. TAR came up and we hopped over there. I think 8 people of my channel went over there and all where on IDF, but idk how many of the other team joined TAR aswell.
Gaza Beach was on, so we formed up a Merkava/Namer and an INF squad using mumble (and SL-channel) to communicate. I would say it was a nice outcome since it was the last round for the most of us anyway and it was just funny to swap server and deploy elsewhere. Our squad had nice firefights in the tight city, an organised find of 2 unknown caches of which we could destroy one directly (of course we got called "Ghosts" and whatnot...you know the drill!
But here is how it went down: We were cruising carefully with the Merkava along the mainroad up to the waterplant? building and the small piece of land there. We found some marksmen on rooftops, random dudes in buildings and the Merkava-guys (TG TANK squad) threw some HEAT at them. There we go..."Hey my turret is kinda stuck!" "What do u mean?" ... "Oh, yeah guys we are tracked!"
So now the time was running...
"Infantry dismount, get in cover at the small houses near waterplant! Specialist get over on the peninsula take squad 3's logy and drop repairs at Merkava!"
Btw squad 3 had a good FOB with TOW and HMGs on the peninsula for ages...later in the game...intel showed a cache right next to them in one of the houses...
ops:Said, done...while the infantry is securing the houses right below waterplant we instantly get attacked by freshly reinforced troops. BAM BAM, nades of fully armed (cause newly spawned?) hamas-warriors were coming in on us! Although we had some guys on the ground we could achieve the upper-hand at some point, killed the attackers and revived our guys.
The second after:
"Cache on me!" (in the northeastern small house right below waterplant)
We got rid of it, and proceeded in our meanwhile repaired and rtb Merkava.
After an hour or so, we were about to search for another cache (must have been the 6th).
We had no intel but we fought on this map for like 1,75 hours or so. I read my map and we came to the conclusion that one of the few locations not cleared yet was the gas station area close to the hamas main. So we went up there, other squads followed and could destroy it finally! And again...
Around then it was about 8.00 am (around 2.00 am in America?) and we all got tired...many left and I cannot remember the outcome of the game...
ops: but what I know is:Seriously there was no ghosting, no disruptive gameplay or whatever
BUT
If you think just a second, talk to your squadmates, and read the map, and clear houses you and your squad are standing right next to, and get your nice MBT damaged, you can find many unknown caches on your way to a known one!
AND
Thanks to the guys who stayed around after the server crash and formed up that mercenary group of players on TAR server! I had fun, the others said they did and that is what counts...
So thanks aswell to TG and TAR for providing a sandbox to play our favorite game in!
Hope you enjoyed the read (atleast a bit).
Share your thoughts (if there are any on this
)Kind regards,
KiloJules --> Getting on a server NAAAOH!
p.s. I am not too sure about all the timecodes I mentioned because I was really tired but the story itself stays!
p.s.2. Unluckily I have no screens or anything...again: tired and SLing - so no time for media!
EDIT: found one screen of the scoreboard, but not all the players where there anymore.
Note 1: The IDF won and the game ended 7:53 am in Germany
Note 2: The top 2 are...TG Tank squad! Nice job guys!