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    I intend this to be both a discussion thread on what we'll post publicly before the war, and as a preview of specific posts before it is approved. I've got some ideas on how this should work, please comment where necessary

    Let's put some rules together:
    1. A thread "Battle reports" is opened, in which we declare war to Lego, and show the results of our battles. In case it doesn't harm us from an intelligence PoV, we can post screenshots to make it more interesting for others to read, or to gloat a bit on how well we did

    2. Only one person posts publicly on this war! This to avoid any leaks of intelligence, any bashing of the other party and of us, and any angry comments. No name calling or juvenile behaviour, ignoring all ill comments we might receive. Only the cold truth.
    I volunteer to take this job, as it flows very naturally from being the player: I've got to write the battle reports anyway, so it won't be too much trouble to make them publishable.

    3. All posts are previewed in this thread. The moment a post is made, 24 hours are left for comments (so effectively we've got a communication stop of 24 hours. In that period of time, Lego won't receive the save, so that's okay). After those 24 hours, adaptations are made where needed, and the post is published in the corresponding thread. These include possible screenshots

    4. No other comments are made apart from the battle reports (normally one post per turn). No questions asked or answered. We want to avoid any interaction on the public forum, only those battle reports speak for us. That doesn't mean we can't include a little comment / smiley here or there, but nothing fancy, and no gloating

    Others free to add. I might come up with more myself later

    DeepO

  • #2
    example of our first post:
    Please don't post in this thread unless you are submitting an official battle report. Keep discussion out of this thread, to keep it clean.

    As we are required (and don't like) to submit battle reports to our enemies, we thought it would be neat to publish them here. Not only will battle reports be shared amongst allies anyways, but we think it would be fun for the outside public to see what's going on.

    While we are required to give battle reports, it might not always be easily recognisable what's happening... Whereever it doesn't compromises our security or give too much intelligence, we will provide screenshots so it's easier to follow. These are never doctored, but might be cropped, and blacked out in certain regions.

    To be able to assure we don't post wrong things, we want to have a 24h-36h communication stop. This should normally leave enough time for the team being attacked, so it can plan ahead before needing to play its turn.

    Unless otherwise noted, all units are considered veteran. Also, in case a unit is not full health, it will be mentioned. Further, let's use the following abbreviations, as otherwise we'll type ourselves silly:
    C: Cavalry
    I: infantry
    T: Tank
    M: Marine
    A: Artillery
    MI: Mechanized infantry
    E: explorer
    S: settler
    W: worker
    F: fighter
    B: bomber
    IR: ironclad
    DD: destroyer
    BB: battleship
    TR: transport
    Sub: submarine

    Others defined where needed.

    Separate units are named (in case they have a name), pointed out on a screenshot, or indicated where they are compared to a city (e.g. 1111111113 from Hurricane). Stacks are done in one line, named if you want, screenshotted or situated if possible.
    Attackers don't need to be named, as that won't be visible in SP either.

    So... let's start with our first battle report.

    turn 243: 1270 AD
    We no longer want to be 4th in this world, and will try to get to 3rd place... therefore we declare war on Lego. Sorry guys, you're just in our way

    [insert pic of our first victory]
    DD attacks IR [insert Lego name]. DD 2/4. (IR dead.)
    DD attacks Sub [insert Lego name]. DD promotes 3/5.
    sub attacks sub [insert Lego name]. sub dies. Lego sub 1/4.
    2 DD attack stack of 2 transport [insert 2 Lego names]. DD 1/4. DD promotes 5/5.
    ....
    Something like that. Very dry, so no-one will take offense... and with the minimum of effort those damn battle reports require.

    DeepO

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    • #3
      1. yes, perfect. I agree 100% with this.
      2. OK, that limits the trash talking a bit...but I suppose, after the last two wars, that it does have it's good points. from me.
      3. A definate yes, if we are going to follow post number 2.
      4. yeesss, I can understand that. Maybe congratulations to the other teams if they played it well. To show our "good, human side" that the other sides seem to think GS lack...
      5. All this goes out the window if GoW or ND backstab us. If that happens, this game is over for us, so we might as well go down in a blaze of glory at the least...
      6. This carries on to the attack in GoW (if we get that far...)
      You just wasted six ... no, seven ... seconds of your life reading this sentence.

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      • #4
        And you have to rename the first tank in action "Grog on Tracks" or something similar.


        RE: The Post:

        Perfect, except that I would name each SoD, just to make it easier to foolow, even if it was something like "Legopolis Assualt Stack"
        You just wasted six ... no, seven ... seconds of your life reading this sentence.

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        • #5
          Krill:

          5. I wouldn't say this goes out the window. The same thing applies: we need to give the battle reports to our enemy anyway, and we can be sure they are distributed amongst all our enemies... it doesn't matter to us whether we do it publicly or private. We can gain one thing: and that is that we get to see the official battle report of GoW, so we know what they're doing, instead of sending us a dummy file, and preparing to back stab us.

          However, we'll be able to follow that on the Lego troops anyway.

          6. Of course


          And naming SoDs: yes, but we need to do that every turn, as they can change. If we can put a screenshot up without problems, we can simply name them with numbers, and say:
          2 DD attack stack #1. DD(1/4), DD(3/5)
          3 DD bombard stack #4. 2 hits, one fail.
          etc.

          DeepO

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          • #6
            Sorry, RE: (5) I meant that the "No posting trash talk" goes out the window. I understand and accept posting the battle reports, even though several people don't like it...I know for a fact that Bongo hates playing with them. in Iron civer B, he went so far as to construct a whole strategy around it, and when he realised that he could not do that almost quit the competition.
            You just wasted six ... no, seven ... seconds of your life reading this sentence.

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            • #7
              No, I don't agree, Krill. No trashtalking whatsoever, please. We saw that last time, this team nearly collectively left because of it.... There is only one option, which is to ignore it. The moment you fuell the discussion by answering, it can't be stopped, and will escalate to the point where this game is not fun anymore.

              The moment it gets personal, back off. And this can best be avoided by simply asking all our members to keep quiet on the public forum. I'm not saying I've got to be the voice of GS as I'm sure others can keep their emotions better in hand as I can, but I know that I want to be as dry as possible, ignoring every comment that might go awry, and do all I can to keep this from becoming a bashing contest. I'm sure many of our 'old' members / lurkers will agree on this.

              DeepO

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              • #8
                OK, OK, point taken...
                You just wasted six ... no, seven ... seconds of your life reading this sentence.

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                • #9
                  Spot on, Deepo No trash-talk, no responding to provocations. Just news.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by DeepO
                    No, I don't agree, Krill. No trashtalking whatsoever, please. We saw that last time, this team nearly collectively left because of it.... There is only one option, which is to ignore it. The moment you fuell the discussion by answering, it can't be stopped, and will escalate to the point where this game is not fun anymore.

                    The moment it gets personal, back off. And this can best be avoided by simply asking all our members to keep quiet on the public forum. I'm not saying I've got to be the voice of GS as I'm sure others can keep their emotions better in hand as I can, but I know that I want to be as dry as possible, ignoring every comment that might go awry, and do all I can to keep this from becoming a bashing contest. I'm sure many of our 'old' members / lurkers will agree on this.
                    Yes.

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                    • #11

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                      • #12
                        Very much agreed.
                        The greatest delight for man is to inflict defeat on his enemies, to drive them before him, to see those dear to them with their faces bathed in tears, to bestride their horses, to crush in his arms their daughters and wives.

                        Duas uncias in puncta mortalis est.

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                        • #13
                          Okay. This is what I would like to post in public. In case nobody complaints within the next 24h (and please, all comments are welcome!), I'll post it on forum 164.
                          example of our first post:

                          Please don't post in this thread unless you are submitting an official battle report. Keep discussion out of this thread, to keep it clean.

                          As we are required (and don't like) to submit battle reports to our enemies, we thought it would be neat to publish them here. Not only will battle reports be shared amongst friends anyway, but we think it would be fun for the outside public to see what's going on. Some kind of news flash, if you like.

                          While we are required to give battle reports, it might not always be easily recognisable what's happening... Whereever it doesn't compromises our security or give too much intelligence, we will provide screenshots so it's easier to follow. These are never doctored, but might be cropped, and blacked out in certain regions.

                          To be able to assure we don't post wrong things, we want to have a 24h-36h communication stop. This should normally leave enough time for the team being attacked, so it can plan ahead before needing to play its turn. Those 24-36 hours will be used to review the report in our team, and see we don't leak vital information.

                          Unless otherwise noted, all units are considered veteran. Also, in case a unit is not full health, it will be mentioned. Further, let's use the following abbreviations, as otherwise we'll type ourselves silly:
                          C: Cavalry
                          I: infantry
                          T: Tank
                          M: Marine
                          A: Artillery
                          MI: Mechanized infantry
                          E: explorer
                          S: settler
                          W: worker
                          F: fighter
                          B: bomber
                          IR: ironclad
                          DD: destroyer
                          BB: battleship
                          TR: transport
                          Sub: submarine

                          Others defined where needed.

                          Separate units are named (in case they have a name), pointed out on a screenshot, or indicated where they are compared to a city (e.g. 1111111113 from Hurricane). Stacks are done in one line, named if you want, screenshotted or situated if possible.
                          Attackers don't need to be named, as that won't be visible in SP either.
                          After the action, the result is displayed. E.g.
                          DD attacks Ir Southfork. DD1/4.

                          means that a destroyer attacked the Ironclad Southfork, destroyed it, and was left with 1 out of 4 hp remaining. All special things are also mentioned here (e.g. the DD could lose, promote, generate a leader)

                          We're hoping more teams will follow our lead, and publish their battle reports. I'm sure this will not be the last fight we will encounter...

                          So... let's start with our first battle report.

                          turn 240: 1250 AD

                          Gathering Storm declares war on Legoland.



                          DD attacks IR ... . DD 4/4. (forgot its name. Was on Hurricane 66699)
                          DD attacks IR Southfork. DD 1/4.
                          DD attacks DD Achilles. DD 2/4.
                          Sub attacks DD Poseidon . Sub 2/4.
                          DD attacks DD Argonout. DD 2/4.
                          Sub attacks Sub U-Q2. Sub 1/4.
                          DD attacks DD Athena. DD 2/4.
                          DD attacks IR Dagger. DD 2/4.
                          DD attacks IR Sledgehammer. DD 3/4.
                          DD attacks IR Maul. DD destroyed. IR Maul 3/4.
                          DD attacks IR Maul(3/4). DD promotes to elite 4/5.
                          DD attacks IR Iron. DD 3/4.

                          No final screenshot, as it would give too much away apart from the battles fought here. Sorry

                          Total: 12 attacks, 11 won, 1 lost, 1 promotion.
                          We lost 1 DD.
                          Lego lost 7 Ir, 2 Sub, 4 DD.

                          DeepO

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                          • #14
                            I am ok with it, giving I do not see any need to give reports anyway.

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                            • #15
                              The small talk already starts in public. It's hard to keep responses minimal and unprovocative...

                              Vondrack does have a point, though... Once upon a time we talked about having 1-turn cancellation notices on lux when declaring war. I'm not certain if we promised that, or not, even if I was ambassador to Lego at the time. It's just too long ago.

                              At any rate, it shouldn't be a problem. I hope Lego doesn't want to create one.

                              DeepO

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