AAR: Black Hawk Down III (8/19)

[shadow20]

Well let me start off buy saying this ws one of if not the best game I have ever been to. It ws planned great I think most people played fairly and even though there was some friendly at the end it was perfectly communicated. I think that for the OC's and professor to do this and make those sweet RPG's was so cool and thanks guys I meen planned very well.If there will be a BHD4 then you can put me on the list right now

[Vigilante]

Who were u?


I did have a blast tho.

[kyledk]

that was so fun :D i think the rain was fun.........but i also had my gortec on

[A-Ron]

Let us know how it was here....

[Agent_p90]

It was pretty good, but I would have like less tower G and more of the bunker/hotel field.
The bunker/hotel field IMO is the best part of the land.

I liked the idea of the rocket launchers and stuff, but I think designated areas to shoot for the buildings to go down would be good like a bell.

[Dover]

the game went smoothly. I think everyone had fun. thanks go out to gary for the use of the field, and thanks go out to professor and the OC's for putting on another good, safe game. I esspecially liked the rpg and law launchers.

[Sweinster]

Well, despite the rain, alot of people showed up, I'd say around 70 or so. I had an awesome time, the rain didn't effect me much. I didn't shoot much, which is what I liked. The game did have a MILSIM effect to it, but wasn't extremely strict, but wasn't spraying and praying either. The OC's were careful not to get in the way. I noticed no safety issues that weren't dealt with. The only complain I have was the amount of friendly fire. Some people just saw tango's approaching, and yelled "HEY, people" and unloaded, only to hear "Hey, watch your fire, we're friendly." Best part of the game was the last scenario, when Professor yelled at least 3 times about going to 5, so after about 20 minutes of hearing it, Delta Detachment just walked over to 5. Sure enough, after yelling "identify" and 8 seconds later, we just shot. Then all we hear is "civilian" as we went to restrain them. Dover, who was still alive, said "well, your all dead" we all looked at each other, as he unzipped his vest, and C-4 appeared and we all went BOOM! We had a good laugh with Gary, Dover, RIOT, and Professor after that. Anyways, another great game hosted by Gary and his wife, and an awesome scenario by Professor. Thanks for the use of the field too. Wolfram made some sweet RPG's too, that added a cool element to the game, thanks! Thanks OC's. Had a good time at Greg's after the game too.

[kyledk]

i had fun:D

[Cereal Killer]

It was a great game. I didn't see any instances of people arguing over cheating, etc.... I didn't mind the rain that much either, and I REALLY liked the RPGs, good work on those!

Well, that's all I really got to say for now, what everyone else said pretty much sums it up....


Thanks Gary and Professor!

[Professor]

Thank you all for coming. I hurt so much I should have been playing...geeze, it's not eay running a game.

I sincerely hope everyone enjoyed it. A lot went into putting it together - I wanna thank Wolfram for the terrific launchers and putting a tsecond pair of eyes on the player Mission Statements and OC sheets, Zekko for working up the scenarios with me...oh, and walking all the way out to G all the time for placing the US, and Maus and Sigpro for also helping out OC. BTW, all your OCs were Echo Squadron members.

Thank you Gary for the use of your field again. I had a blast and think the game was a great success!

Thanks again to all who showed and outlasted the rain. If you weren't there...you definitely missed it if I say so myself. I'll post the final tally either tonight or tomorrow. Oh, and Sweinster...glad you liked the setup civilian masacre and suicide bomber ;)

[Cereal Killer]

It was a really great game. I didn't see any instances of people arguing over cheating, etc, which was really nice. I didn't mind the rain that much either, and I REALLY liked the RPGs, good work on those!

Well, that's all I really got to say for now, what everyone else said pretty much sums it up....


Thanks Gary and Professor!

[Yoroiden]

I so wish I could've been there. Unfortunately 2 of my guys, and myself, came down with food poisoning last night, and our 4th guy didn't want to go without us.

Glad you guys all had fun and I hope to make the next one.

[Agent J]

Lotsa walking, my feet still hurt!

I dunno about cheating per se, but I did spend about three minutes emptying a hicap at a guy hiding behind a bunker who was popping out and trying to pistol me. I only mention it because an OC came up to me after I ran out of ammo and told me that I had hit him multiple times, and I never heard a word from the player or saw a kill rag, he just ran away after a bit . . .

Oh yeah, sorry about the whole "You're wearing black so I got confused" thing, that was one of the reasons I posted



Yeah, odds are that a good part of N.A. will be wearing dark shirts (It just seems to work out that way . . . ), so try and make the distinctions as clear as possible.

several days ago. My only rain-resistant torso cover is black.


And, from the BHDIII website:


Taliban - These players should wear a combination of civilan clothing and combat gear. They are not to wear complete combat uniforms (i.e. one may wear a BDU top but not pants or BDU pants and not a uniform top. Also, all Taliban fighters will wear black watch caps or balaclavas.

Al Qeada - Al Qaeda players are to wear complete black outfits, both shirt and pants.

Northern Alliance - Norther alliance will dress similarly as the Taliban but not wear black caps.



As I was not wearing a "complete black outfits," and had my full head of hair quite visible, I'd like to say that, though I can understand how you might be confused, I made no error whatsoever.

Though I was with my team on N.A. for the whole game, I'd also like to add that it was an additional pleasure to spend a few minutes rolling with whoever the 3rd SF guys were.

[Ben]

Rats off to ya!

[Rattler]

Outstanding game, I loved the pace and the scenarios. Not too fast but not too slow. Thank you to all who donated to the raffle and congratulations on those who won! Everyone did a great job on all sides, it was never easy but I was never left alone nor saw many people who were. Thank you very much to the OC's, good safe clean game.

I had a blast even despite the water. Thanks Gary for the field.




Thanks
Rattler

[shadow20]

Vigilante if you were talking to me I was one of the 3 kids on Delta and had the G36C. Also I dont believe I forgot Gary I meen that was about as safe as it gets and not to strict like some said all over well done all of you guys

[Ameoba Grande]

I had a good time. Reminds me of the last BHD i went to lots of rain and clouds. But, i still had a good time. Except for the friend fire but other than that I had a good time. Thanks to Gary and Professor for such a good game and all the OC's.

[Ben]

I did have a blast tho.


I bet you did, sitting in the rear smoking and joking all day long you wuss :D ;)

[garyb]

Great game everyone.
Thanks to Professor and his crew for running the game you all did a great job.
The official total was 74 people.
Thanks to all of the players, the weather wasn't as bad as I thought it might have been and no one melted, at least no one got over heated.
The new toys (LAWS, and RPG's) worked well, thanks wolfram for the work put into them, and thanks for the donation of one of the launhcers to the field, it will be used in the future.
I want to espically thank those that gave to the 82nd abn fund drive, I will be sending another check out to Ft Bragg this week.
I also want to Thank Depot 53, and Fidragon for the raffle prizes.

[Rattler]

Anybody got any pictures?? I am anxious to see them

[Green Ghost]

First off I would like to send out Kudos to the professor and his crew for a outstanding job and a Big Thank to Gary for the use of the field for this event .....so off to my AAR on the event

Back Breif of movement to WGF
0500hrs- First Call everyone up!
0600hrs- link up - Load Up
0630hrs - Move out
0930hrs- Arrived at Field


Weather- Misting rain with Very slight haze 70-75 Degree temp
Field- main Village Over grown with Bushhog trail cut to make streets
Village in woodline to the west -grass cut and buildings in good condtion
Swamp- its a swamp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

* Note all buildings now have 12x12 inch yellow plackards with black letters for build reconztion

Pros-
-Professor and company did a outsiding job putting this togther
- No one was complaning of Cheating ( Everyone played with Honor) and the OC's handled issues on the spot
- It was wet, damp and way cool!!!!!!!!!!!! (if it aint raining ,it aint training)
- there were 3 senerios each one was a hour long with real objective to complete and you were awarded points. In between each senerio there was a 30 minute Break and they stuck to the time
- Props by Wolfram

Cons
- Freezing after the game till the heater kicked on
- RPG lost its charge couldnt would not fire (Murphys Law)
- My AK Died.. got to get it fixed before the game on 9 sept.. Parts were orders

Overall- Had a great time and would do it again .in a rating of 1-10 I give it a 8

DOVER
GHOST RAVEN
FEINT
and everyone else we know and saw at the game great seeing you again and see ya on 9 Sept

Green Ghost-Out

[Beest]

- It was wet, damp and way cool!!!!!!!!!!!! (if it aint raining ,it aint training)
Green Ghost-Out
Some of my most memorable/favorite games were played under horrid conditions. One of which stands out now. The (I think) first overnight game at apoc.....years ago. I believe it was march. about 45-50degrees for the duration......and once again......misting-drisleing rain. Made for very real conditions.......

[shadow20]

that is so true I meen for my two most memorable games endurance this year and BHD 3 were because of the rain it made for perfect cover while my stealth squad at endurance was sneaking and me and my friend killed so many guys due to the rain as cover. the rain was so together it was hard to see ahead of you and it was actually just mostly mist it made me and assault invisible in tall grass someone even stepped 2 feet from me and never even saw me (we shot him while he was heading back to his base)

[Shifty]

Well I just have to say that I had a super time playing out there despite the rain. For some odd reason I only went threw 200 bbs at most when most of the time I go threw 2000-scrachin The best part was when I got to be a civ. We were just standing around and then look and see some US forces. We waved and then RAT-tat-tat-tat-tat bbs come flying in. Then they realized that we did not have guns and came up (they had killed one of us already) and there like what now? and Dover goes well your all dead. He had some C4 in his vest.

All in all it was a great game.

I was the NA guy in the Turban and had the FAMAS if any one wanted to know.

[Ben]

I was the NA guy in the Turban and had the FAMAS if any one wanted to know.


POINT MAN!

[Rattler]

Who was the team that was taking video and pictures? they are not on WAA but if anybody knows them please let me know who they are so I can see the pics. I am really anxious to see them.

[shadow20]

Yah who was that and Rattler do check WGR because some of the people there were from WGR only

[Professor]

Okay gang - sorry for the delay...got home from the game late flew out early and had to work last night.

Here's the results -

BHD3 Results

Each objective had the possibility of each team gaining 50 points. Some scenarios had objectives that would end in the result of loosing points, some had none.

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Scenario 1 – Insertion gone bad / the Infidels are coming
The US forces objectives –
1) Delta to hold out until rescue team was to reach them and exfil them to FOB – successful for 50 points.
2) Reconnoiter enemy base – no coordinated communicated.

AQ and Taliban objectives –
1) Locate and capture or kill all downed forces – unsuccessful as team was rescued.
2) Setup ambush of rescue party - unsuccessful as team was rescued.

However, after the US rescued the downed Delta team the AQ and Taliban successfully located and executed a successful attack on the US FOB. They even pulled it off with the Bang rule.

Results – US Forces successful rescue – 50 points.
AQ and Taliban successful attack – 50 points.
================================================== =============

Scenario 2 – Continue the mission / Infidels continue the attack
The US forces objectives –
1) US to locate and recover a downed UAV – unsuccessful.
2) Reconnoiter enemy base – unsuccessful.
3) Locate enemy weapons cache – unsuccessful as AQ/Taliban destroyed their own cache.

AQ and Taliban objectives –
1) Do not allow the US to locate base – successful – 50 points.
2) Locate the US FOB - unsuccessful.
3) Locate and recover downed UAV – successful – 50 points.

Results – US Forces unsuccessful completion of objectives – 0 points.
AQ and Taliban successful completion of objectives – 100 points.
================================================== =============

Scenario 3 – Continue the mission / Infidels continue the attack
The US forces objectives –
1) Secure FOB – no points were assigned for this objective.
2) Locate enemy base of operations – unsuccessful.
3) Successfully deliver a re-supply – successful 50 points

AQ and Taliban objectives –
1) Locate US base – unsuccessful.
2) Execute suicide attack - unsuccessful.
3) Attack re-supply mission – unsuccessful.

Results – US Forces successful completion of objectives – 50 points.
AQ / Taliban successful completion of objectives – 0 points.

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Scenario 4 – Continue the mission / Infidels continue the attack
The US forces objectives –
1) Assault both enemy positions – unsuccessful attack on enemy base and killing of innocent civilian – minus 50 points for civilian death.
2) Secure own base – successful – 50 points.
3) Humanitarian effort – no points assigned to this objective.

AQ and Taliban objectives –
1) Secure base of operations – successful – 50 points.
2) Execute suicide attack – successful at civilian location – 50 points.
3) Attack US FOB – unsuccessful.
4) Humanitarian effort – no points assigned to this objective.

Results –
US Forces successful completion of objectives – 0 points (plus 50 and minus 50).
AQ and Taliban successful completion of objectives – 100 points.

================================================== =============

Final results –

US forces – 150 points
AQ/Taliban – 250 points – winner.
================================================== =============


BTW, I missed thanking Gary for taking one for the civilians and Dover for the perfectly executed suicide attack.

Thanks again for all the folks who attended. I hope everyone enjoyed the game.

[kyledk]

now if only this game was set in a jungle it would be even better, but it is set in the desert and i rained;) .

one more thing next game we shoot do more fort and bunker/town fighting seeming the BH went down in the middle of town.

[seppuku]

Reconnoiter (http://www.bartleby.net/61/86/R0088600.html)
Definitely the Word of the Day. :)

[ckosacranoid]

wow, i did lead the foces of evil to victory!!!!!

YES, THIS IS THE LEADER OS ALCADA WE KICKED BUTTS OF THOSE SLIMY US TROOPS AND WE KICKED YOU BUTT EVERYWHERE!!!!!!

hey prof....game two alcada did find the fob os the us..i called it in and made the comment that no one was home....it was tower g back in the counrer and i hated walking there and back to have nothing to do...sigh...

great game though despit the weather. the only thing that i have to say sucked, getting there a little late and haveing to scamble to get a game working since both my rifles broke, had to use pistols, and then did not once shoot anyone...sigh....that sucked.....
but i did kill everyone at tower 2 in the third game with a fe bang kills and then just blowing everyone up with all 3 suside charges....

by the way, those things where bloody heavy!!!!!!! i ened up carring all three in the third game and after a bit i was in no real mood for much...i sorry about yelling at the one guy in tower 2 in the third game though.
wet, tired, and very sore. i had very much had my tmeper cut short by then.
sorry about that who ever the us dude was.

the rpgs and laws where cool, never did get the chance to play with one though....

hightlights of the day....
game 2 getting a call about a weapons stash on the radio, asked to ask about it to oc... no one said anything about it, so i told the group put a rpg into it, and then calling it in and told it was one of ore things..opps...
same game running over the uav totaly by accitdent. then getting told where the us fob was and going to tower two and killing all the wounded us troops....evilgrin...we dont need prisonners...
getting some troops and walking forever to tower g and calling it and and finding no one home of us troops...
there was no base that i used this game i just made for getting the most firepower to get the things done that where needed.

game one....
i pretty much didnt see much at tower 2 since that was where we had stacked a base for the time being and not getting much done for other things that game. i sent teams out and only had one come back with no luck in thier mission. team 2 i never seen or heard back from....

game 3...
told what needed to do and told where the base was and watched everyone run off with out getting an idea of what was going on....so much for the sudice bomber thing though....i have a couple of guys that stuck with me but even that was not worried about that part of the game.
i think at one point one of the ocs brought up the tree bags for suidce charges and i lost everyone else and ended up at tower two and killed a couple of guys with bang kills and blew my self up...

game 4...we left, too sore tired and wett to stick around. also had to drive 2 hours south to get home to ILL.

gary, thanks for letting me bring my olds into the parking are by the tree, it was very easy to base there with 4 of us then walking things in from the road.

by the way, to everyone that played the bad guys, your cookies are in the mail for a job well done.....and pat yourself on the back...

i am not sure if i did the greatest job running alcidea but it was fun trying to at least. note to self..next time, kill everyone and get new army....

[Dover]

Not sure what the double post is about...

Anyways, thanks to everyone that braved the rain. Also, thanks go out to Professor for another job well done and gary B for the use of the field. I also want to thank the various companies that donated to raffle. I had a great time and look forward to next years. Maybe we can come up with a more original name for this operation next year.

thanks to all the americans that paid my way to the land of 10,000 virgins.

:D

[Agent J]

thanks to all the americans that paid my way to the land of 10,000 virgins.

:D

. . .
9,999
. . .
9,998
. . .
9,997
. . .
9,996
. . .

:P

[Professor]

Hey Guys, guess what I found on youtube? Search for "wgf (black hawk down 3)" and you will find three different videos of the event. Looks good!

[Ben]

Daaaang nice find. I was wondering where those videos were.:D

[Ameoba Grande]

hey theres me in my ghillie suit at the end

[Agent J]

Very nice! Love it in Mission 2 when the camera man gets hit ("Ow.").

I even snuck into one of them. Next time Northern Alliance gets a cameraman!

[ckosacranoid]

shooting the camraman or having him film you?

my vote is to kill the news crews myself that way they cant get the evil word when you kill prisonsers....

[Agent J]

Both, if necessary. I hear there's good meat on those bones (I bet some of those starving nomads would like a piece of Michael Moore)!

[shadow20]

After that game with all that rain I think we should have named it anaconda. Ya next year it should be op. anaconda right near the river and in the buildings

[seppuku]

Hey Guys, guess what I found on youtube? Search for "wgf (black hawk down 3)" and you will find three different videos of the event. Looks good!
Making me search...How dare you! ;)

wgf (black hawk down 3) (http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=wgf+%28black+hawk+down+3%29&search=Search)

P.S. That search brought me in close proximity to THIS VIDEO (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi0phQ_UZL0&mode=related&search=), also from the game.

[shadow20]

Nice work that is like golden globe stuff

[wraithchild]

i still want to know who it was that banged the sf na and delta in mission 1.
cause that was a nice pice of field work.

[Section 8]

Pretty sure it was Ubergeist. He was telling me a similar story where he got the jump on a few Delta and a referee was standing right there to ligitimize it.

[Agent J]

Yeah, pity I wasn't there to shoot him :(

[Ubergeist]

My original response was much longer than this but something went wrong when I tried to post it and I am far to lazy to write it again. To summarize, although it was me that managed to sneak behind the enemy position, I would not have been able to do that without the rest of the taliban team attacking from the front. I didnt want to bang that many people but I didnt know what else to do. Delta didnt even know what the hell I was doing. Most just kind of sat there and looked at me like WTF! I was lucky enough to have a ref there to witness the whole thing and he agreed that it was the best thing to do. I cannot lie though, despite the fact that it was a result of teamwork, it felt damn good to take the credit for sooooo many bang kills all by myself. I'd like to think that it had something to do with my top secret ninja training.

[Section 8]

That has to be it. Now aren't you glad you bought that "Ultimate Power" book after all? Again, nice work.

[wraithchild]

yes well done (and now i know i know who to hunt next game lol).