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The Matrix AARs are almost unreadable because of the near complete and total lack of screenshots to give you any sort of perspective on what's happening.
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gradenko_2000 posted:The Matrix AARs are almost unreadable because of the near complete and total lack of screenshots to give you any sort of perspective on what's happening. It's a mixed bag, some of them are worthless, some are great. Raver Dave vs Luskan back in the beta testing days was wonderful, both for the content and the smack talk surrounding it.
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Dec 22, 2015 02:20
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I'm betting the surprise is that either Grey gets a carrier kill or he sinks a whole bunch of Japanese battleships.
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Dec 22, 2015 03:41
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ZekeNY posted:It's a mixed bag, some of them are worthless, some are great. Raver Dave vs Luskan back in the beta testing days was wonderful, both for the content and the smack talk surrounding it. I went through most of the AAR where the Japanese player takes over from someone else who totally mismanaged the campaign in mid 1942 and totally changes the momentum for a couple of months the other day. It's pretty readable because it's all screenshots and not text-dumps. This one, to be precise: http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=3549450
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Dec 22, 2015 06:16
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Generation Internet posted:I went through most of the AAR where the Japanese player takes over from someone else who totally mismanaged the campaign in mid 1942 and totally changes the momentum for a couple of months the other day. It's pretty readable because it's all screenshots and not text-dumps. This one, to be precise: http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=3549450 Thanks for linking that, I remember reading that ages ago and now he's in '44! Gotta catch up.
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Dec 22, 2015 06:18
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Velius posted:http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=2560960 Real cool. Tks for posting.
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Dec 22, 2015 09:07
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Grey Hunter posted:
I'm looking forward to Wainwright's counter-offensive.... Grey Hunter posted:If this report is to believed, the Tennessee has sunk just before entering port. I suppose you don't have a sub in the area that has an aircraft that can carry an 800 kg. bomb so it must be damage from Pearl. Bad damage control?
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Dec 22, 2015 09:14
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Zeroisanumber posted:Anyone else laughing at the Betelgeuse getting hit three times? Yup.
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Dec 22, 2015 09:53
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my dad posted:Yup. I thought about making that joke, then I decided to leave it as a sleeper one.
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Dec 22, 2015 10:06
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If he's still alive at this early point, could I grab a lucky ace instead of a lucky ship? That dashing Wrigglesworth - if, of course, that wasn't a randomly generated name.
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Dec 22, 2015 13:21
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Is there any sort of global map? I'm following what's going on on each front but I'm having trouble trying to put it together.
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Dec 22, 2015 16:53
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Yorkshire Tea posted:Is there any sort of global map? I'm following what's going on on each front but I'm having trouble trying to put it together. There's a strategic view in game, yeah. This LP could certainly benefit from the occasional doodles scribbled on a map in addition to the action shots, like where's the KB and what's the plan for the invasion bonus happy time?
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Dec 22, 2015 17:03
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   We being the sinking of transports early.  A sweep of Johore Baru does not go well as most of the attacking planes end up damaged.  Singapore is attacked again – this time on the AI's orders rather than my own – at least we do some damage today!  Georgetown is the other main target.  We get attacked by wave after wave of plane.  This is the value of Kautan – it dawns in all the allied bombers – that's three less annoyances to deal with!   The defences at Hong Kong begin to crumble.   This was one of those odd days where all the action is focused on Malaya.
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Dec 22, 2015 21:49
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I see Kavieng is in the box. Rabaul next? Well, well - 1 Buffalo damage 14 Nates. That must be a record. Probably some of it damaged by AA? And no Blenheims touched by 14 Nates. OK, they did have an escort. fredleander fucked around with this message at 23:22 on Dec 22, 2015 |
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Dec 22, 2015 23:19
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Grey Hunter posted:
That's because you're sweeping at 1,000 feet - well in range of AA, and allowing the AI's CAP to dive on your sweeping fighters. Try sweeping next turn at 15k or higher. Also, Nates aren't the ideal sweeping plane. If you don't have any Zeroes that can sweep, use your Oscars IIbs.
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Dec 23, 2015 05:16
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paradigmblue posted:That's because you're sweeping at 1,000 feet - well in range of AA, and allowing the AI's CAP to dive on your sweeping fighters. Try sweeping next turn at 15k or higher. Also, Nates aren't the ideal sweeping plane. If you don't have any Zeroes that can sweep, use your Oscars IIbs. Dammit! There seems to be a bug or something that keeps resetting the air unit heights to 100 feet!
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Dec 23, 2015 08:43
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paradigmblue posted:That's because you're sweeping at 1,000 feet - well in range of AA, and allowing the AI's CAP to dive on your sweeping fighters. Try sweeping next turn at 15k or higher. Also, Nates aren't the ideal sweeping plane. If you don't have any Zeroes that can sweep, use your Oscars IIbs. That explained that! Thank you.
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Dec 23, 2015 10:27
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Grey, you are a thoroughly wicked creature, for the second time you made me buy a grognard-game, may you spend eternity hosting a goon-LP of Campaign for North Africa!
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Dec 23, 2015 16:16
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I'll take USS Arizona, she'll be repaired and go all the way to the Tokyo Bay Surrender of all Allied forces to The Fortress
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Dec 23, 2015 16:39
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You should show off some of your highly valuable SIGINT at some point.
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Dec 23, 2015 17:37
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   The Dutch are back!   We pick off an enemy transport.  Who thought this was a good use of time, fuel and ordnance?  Hong Kong falls to our forces! Thousands of prisoners are taken and the main British city in the Far East is ours!  We then lose a lot of men as a large Chinese force takes Ichang.  This disaster is compounded when the commander, rather than falling back east to friendly positions, orders his men to retreat south west into the arms of another massive Chinese force!  The enemy go after our battleships – thankfully, we have planes there to protect them.  The afternoon strike never even sees the ships.   The Ryujo goes hunting again.  Good and bad in China – the Ichang debacle can be swept under the rug of the capture of Hong Kong! Yay Hong Kong! We may have over doubled our army losses in one turn, but we gained 800 points in real terms today!
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Dec 23, 2015 18:11
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Grey Hunter posted:
They weren't retreating. The were advancing in a different direction, just as honor demands. 
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Dec 24, 2015 01:58
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Grey Hunter posted:Hong Kong falls to our forces! Thousands of prisoners are taken and the main British city in the Far East is ours! the pastiest of all the white men still rule in Fortress Singapore
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Dec 24, 2015 07:03
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oystertoadfish posted:the pastiest of all the white men still rule in Fortress Singapore A Trifle! Inconsequential!
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Dec 24, 2015 07:35
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  We continue to suffer high plane losses. Our fighters never seem to want to follow their escort orders.  Shoot them all down!  Hmm, maybe I should reduce my CAP to increase my escorts. I should check this.  Not at Kuantan anyway.  Our forces on the ground are advancing again.  Some of our Zero's finally prove how good they are.   We pick off a ship full of Auzzie reinforcements. Either Rabaul or Port Moresby is now slightly less well defended.  A nice quiet Xmas Eve. quote:Dear Santa, Also all my fighters in Singora we set to an altitude of 100 feet. I have fixed this.
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Dec 24, 2015 17:38
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Grey Hunter posted:Also all my fighters in Singora we set to an altitude of 100 feet. I have fixed this. "Fly me lower! I want hit them with my katana!"
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Dec 24, 2015 21:15
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Neophyte posted:"Fly me lower! I want hit them with my katana!" Grey's fighter pilots were clearly replaced with War Thunder pubbies.
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Dec 24, 2015 21:53
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Night10194 posted:Grey's fighter pilots were clearly replaced with War Thunder pubbies. No, they're all the fixed-wing version of this guy right here
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Dec 24, 2015 23:34
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Dec 24, 2015 23:50
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Ah yes, Imperial Japan's most effective tactic for getting rid of those meddlesome B29s: boarding them.
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Dec 25, 2015 00:42
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Fly me closer so that I can hit them with my sword!!
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Dec 25, 2015 01:57
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YeOldeButchere posted:Ah yes, Imperial Japan's most effective tactic for getting rid of those meddlesome B29s: boarding them. Considering Japan's options and actual strategies for dealing with B-29s, you're more correct than you might think.
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Dec 25, 2015 03:33
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gradenko_2000 posted:Considering Japan's options and actual strategies for dealing with B-29s, you're more correct than you might think. The late war planes can do it, it just requires planning for it. Like the Randy(https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawasaki_Ki-102.). Really, if a Japanese player can get to the later war with good research, especially if PDU is on (allows for more freedom upgrading squadrons, otherwise the Japanese have tons of squads for just historical planes) they can keep the allies to just night bombing. And even that can be countered. Basically the Japanese can, if they focus on it, have crazy rates of plane production which might be limited by pilots more than anything. Velius fucked around with this message at 04:33 on Dec 25, 2015 |
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Dec 25, 2015 04:24
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Grey Hunter posted:You guys are going to laugh so hard in a few days time...... Still looking forward to this. Part of me hopes Grey experiences a Midway in the first month of the war.
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Dec 25, 2015 07:36
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Hmm.....his backpack looks very much like a B-4...
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Dec 25, 2015 10:51
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Happy Christmas to Grey, and to grognards good night!
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Dec 25, 2015 15:48
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Merry Christmas! Hope you unwrap a fleet carrier.
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Dec 25, 2015 16:55
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  We arrive at Rabaul – let us hope we can take the base with a small force!  We see lots of small raids today.  Hate! Hate! Hate!  We obliterate a British base force.  We take another city.  The rest of our Ichang force is obliterated. This has been a major disaster.  I could have done without losing 6,000 men in China, but not really much going on today – go eat some Turkey. (Or whatever it is you weird Americans eat today, having used up your turkey on an inconsequential holiday a few weeks ago. ) Merry Xmas!
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Dec 25, 2015 17:54
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The better question, Grey, is what don't we eat.
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Losing most of a division is a pretty nice Christmas present for the allies...
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