“Commando, I resign. I would rather attack ACP than kiss their f***ing [censored] asses.”
~Emperer [Josh]
Jedi: Sorry I missed the battle. I was at science olympiad from 8 to 4. I came 3rd out of 21 schools :). Anyways, sorry about missing it again, and I need to talk to you Boomah on chat.
Boomer: Uhh, no comment…
Rapidy: Boomer Commando needs to talk to you.
Sorry if my summary seems insufficient, it took me until more than halfway through the battle to get into the server. Many of our nonmembers never got in at all. In addition to that, there was a fair amount who were on the wrong server (read the posts please 😐 ). Despite that, we managed to persevere through the first 35 minutes of the battle with no definitive leader (Jojo led until his internet crashed, after that we had no one leading…). All in all, I think the battle was far from what I was looking for, but we did okay.
ACP started with maybe 50 soldiers, but because of constant moving without a real leader, we lost a lot of soldiers along the way. Picture a kid on Halloween with a pillow case full of candy. He drags it along the ground, which rips the pillow case, leaving a trail of candy behind. That’s pretty much what happened with us. By the time I got on, we were somewhere around 40, but they were split between 3 rooms. I regrouped us at the Dock, and we were back up around 40-50. By the end of the battle, we had moved to the Beach, where we appeared to have in the area of 60. This is a good example of how the larger army doesn’t always win. Staying together is crucial for an army’s success.
As for the other armies, IW looked impressive, wielding 20-30 soldiers at one point. UMA had in the area of 15-20, and the Nachos were up around 50 for most of the battle. RPF may have showed for a brief period, but without their leader, they only had maybe 10-15 tops. WW decided not to participate.
Based on the fact that we fought pretty much single-handedly, I’d say we did pretty well, but I’ll give the win to Bat’s team since it was his battle.
This is a good learning experience. There were a lot of things we need to work on based on what I saw, so I’ll run through them:
Follow the leader – It sounds funny, but it’s very important. The fact that we didn’t really have one hurt us quite a bit in the beginning.
Only the leader gives orders – Once again, not having a leader made this an issue, but if you aren’t a high rank, you shouldn’t be giving orders. This was part of the reason we had soldiers all over the server, because everyone was giving orders. The midset was still there even when I arrived, but I think we can get past this one.
Pay attention – By the end of the battle, many of you stopped paying attention to commands and were basically running around and spamming, making it really hard for me to get you grouped together. When I give commands, I need everyone to carry them out, especially when we make room changes, because there were soldiers who were unresponsive on CP, and remained in one place even after we changed rooms.
Stay quiet – I understand you want to be loud and there’s a time and place for that. Charging is about the only time I want to see you shouting. After that, I need you to be quiet so we can regroup. Same goes for room changes, you need to be quiet so you can see my commands. I was being drowned out by the constant spamming most of the battle.
Spread out – It was tough this time because of the party and all the random objects, but make sure you’re not standing on top of each other.
Here are the pics I took:
ACP executes a successful charge against IW at the Dock.
All the armies attempt to take over the Town.
ACP circles and charges, forcing the other armies out.
ACP makes a beastly clover line (I wanted to spread it out over a couple rooms, but everyone was content with this cluster line…). This was probably the biggest we were at any time during the battle (60-70).
Not a bad effort, but I know we’ll do better next time.
Comment if you made it.
~Boomer
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