11-17-2011, 10:24 PM
Comrades of CiA,
Very glad that some of you will be able to join us again on Sunday 27th November at 19:30 UK (20:30 CET)! The details are the same as at our first joint session, but I'll re-quote them here:
Very glad that some of you will be able to join us again on Sunday 27th November at 19:30 UK (20:30 CET)! The details are the same as at our first joint session, but I'll re-quote them here:
Quote:Comrades of CiA,
Your comrades at Folk and ARPS invite you to join us in the struggle for socialist agrarian utopia (and some ArmA2: Combined Operations too). Here's what you need to know:
The session begins at Sunday at 19:30 UK Time (20:30 CET), but we ask that you join TS3 around 19:25 UK so we can slot quickly for the first mission. Sessions last 2 hours and usually feature 3-4 missions (a mixture of coop and adversarial). Missions almost never use respawn or revive.
Teamspeak 3
Address: server.herosquad.org:9988
Password: freedom
Arma 2: Combined Operations
Address: server.herosquad.org
Port: 2402
Password: freedom
Addons
Folk plays vanilla and the server does not require any addons. You can install and use clientside addons as you wish (exluding ACE2 and ACRE). Folk sessions often have at least one adversarial mission, so please be sensible with mods that could unfairly enhance your performance.
About the Folk sessions
Folk is not a group - it's just a regular session - so we don't have members (everyone is a guest), ranks or rules. However, there are some aspects of the sessions that you may want to know about in advance:
[*]At the slotting screen please de-slot and then wait for instructions from the session host before re-slotting; everyone gets a chance to lead or take special roles, but we don't slot in a free-for-all.
[*]At the briefing screen please clear voice comms for the commander to think/outline her/his plan - for banter and jokes please use sideChat. The commander will allow questions, but we don't plan by committee.
[*]During the briefing and mission please respect the chain of command; you never have to call anyone 'sir', salute or do anything MilSim, but for that mission we ask that you follow orders. You can always be a leader in the next mission!
[*]Teamspeak is for command level or emergency communication; within your element (fireteam) please try to use in-game VON.
[*]When you die, please don't announce it. You can stay (silently) in the active Teamspeak channel, or move to the 'dead' channel and talk to other dead people. Well, they're not actually dead, just ... well, you know what we mean.
Above all, the Folk sessions are (we hope) about tactical play that is never too serious or MilSim. We enjoy playing in an organised way, but only in so far as required to make an ArmA2 mission enjoyable - we're not pretend soldiers, and we're not striving to be elite. Actually, we are frequently quite far from elite. Some might even say incompetent. But know that if you accidentally drop a handgrenade in the middle of your fireteam, the only thing we'll worry about is whether someone managed to FRAPS it. Actually, you can see some of our videos on YouTube here:
www.youtube.com/user/thisisfolk
If you're brave enough to point a rusty AK at a materially superior enemy, that's all we ask. Although we can't guarantee to have enough AKs to go around, so you may be asked to share.
We're really looking forward to seeing you on Sunday.
- Fer