Shatner 2 recap

[slasherdan]

Didn't state something here ...

Hey Burphel,
I never claimed I didn't have a good time. I guess all my ranting kind of gave that impression. Sorry about that.

I was just really tired of getting shot out by your group. To be honest my goal of the day wasn't winning, it was getting Mancow. And everytime I got close to him I was shot out by someone on your team. So I guess that's all the whining I'll do.

Other than that I did have a fun time. The day was pretty much stacked against us from the beginning though. Pacman and Blue selected Shatner's base and picked the one that was the hardest to assault.

Well I do have one issue with the judges though. I low crawled to a position to set up an ambush, and I had three blue's walking into it and didn't see me. The next thing I know I have a judge walk up behind me and declare I was clear. Next thing I know I have three blue's looking right at me and diving for cover because they practically were in my dead zone. I demanded the ref to walk me out of there and let me get set up somewhere else and he said he couldn't. I was the only one there. There was no one else around. He watched me low crawl the entire was and knew that no one shot at me and even whispered a word about how good my progress was.....

So I got back to the wall by the speedball field and took command of the 5 or so guys there. The tank rolled up and I had everyone retreat to the woods. The Tank rolled by and I had everyone charge back to the wall. We caught a bunch of their guys with their pants down. :-)

[Trips]

I was not there this year. But I was at the first one last year in Joliet, Ill.

I have to say from what I have read and heard it went better than last year. With a game of this size, How many players BTW, you can expect to have some issues. CPX was not prepared, Blue runs mega games several times a year. The ref issue can be addressed, just as this year the paint fiasco, from last year, was resolved.

Everyone should also remember one thing....it was for charity. A lot of kids will benefit from the money raised.
Regardless of the outcome you got to play on one of the top fields in the world.

Please E mail JJ as he will want to know what went right and what went wrong. I believe the event got better from what I have read, but as with any thing there is room for improvement.

[Bugmuncher]

Originally posted by Trips
Everyone should also remember one thing....it was for charity. A lot of kids will benefit from the money raised.
Regardless of the outcome you got to play on one of the top fields in the world.

Please E mail JJ as he will want to know what went right and what went wrong. I believe the event got better from what I have read, but as with any thing there is room for improvement.

Amen, bro. Despite feeling bummed for being sent off the field early, I don't regret that the $100 (minus a few for Blue's expenses) went to the charities.

I e-mailed SPPLAT using the form on their website. I made a point of letting them know I was disappointed, but I did it in a very polite manner. I have not heard back from them yet, though. I don't know whether they are in the habit of writing people back.

As for attendance, the AP reported 2000, and the Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin reported 1200. I think the 1200 figure is more accurate, personally, since the reporter from the P&S-B had a reason to stay all day and ask more questions. Heck, he actually played.

[Jeffy-CanCon]

When I spoke with Blue on Friday afternoon, there were less than 1000 pre-registered. He usually gets a hundred or more last-minute people at his events, so 1200 is not unreasonable.

The EMR ref staff is pretty good, but they are not perfect. They are pretty active on the safety rules, but some things (overshooting) they can't do much about. It's not really practical for them to shield a player with their own body, or run across the field to pull someone for overshooting. Remember that they are on the field all day, and are going to take a few shortcuts, and do/say a few dumb things as they get tired. A little compassion would be nice, but think of how many people they watch get eliminated.

Overall, I think it was a pretty good game. Tom did some fine generalship, and he seemed to have a respectable staff. AO provided a fairly agressive core for the Raiders, too.

It was really nice to be able to put some faces to these names. :)

[Darkstorm]

Good Game.....

I was at Spplat-II game like I was at Spplat-I. In general it was a VERY good game. And the PUB CRAWLERS did an excellent job of ref'ing. This was a game that everyone should have been proud of.

One thing that everyone must understand is that there was a more paint flying than I have ever even heard of at one time, especially in the final battle. In those cases, when you get hit, you need to move, QUICKLY. Sometimes people did not know they got hit. That is what the ref's are for, they help you out.

I will tell everyone that was not there it was this was a great game. Evil, Inc did a good job. We lost, but it was not because of cheating or the game was rigged. The other team was VERY good. Could we have been better, yes we cold have? Sure.

But remember, last year, Shatner was winning the whole time. This year, we were winning for the first half.

After talking to JJ and seeing the great things he and Shatner are starting, I expect that Spplat-III "The Search for a Beer" will be even better.

I'll be there and my recommendation is that the TEXAS ARMY join with AO and give Shatner the chance to demonstrate grace in the face of defeat.

[AutomagRT1483]

I was right on the tapline, behind one of them gaint tires. I couldn't get up because I was getting shot so much from one player. Those weren't raining shots, they were direct and deliberate shots. Im just pissed that the ref that was 3 feet from me didnt come over by me like he did for automagfreek that got shot out a minute prior to me. He just sat and watched me get pummelled.(sp?)

[Jeffy-CanCon]

Re: Good Game.....

Originally posted by Darkstorm

After talking to JJ and seeing the great things he and Shatner are starting, I expect that Spplat-III "The Search for a Beer" will be even better.

How about "SPPLAT III : A Search for Stock"

They could hide one of those gold-plated laser-autographed Illusion stock-guns on the field. Let the finder keep it, and give points to his team.

[Bugmuncher]

Re: Re: Good Game.....

Originally posted by Jeffy-CanCon


How about "SPPLAT III : A Search for Stock"

They could hide one of those gold-plated laser-autographed Illusion stock-guns on the field. Let the finder keep it, and give points to his team.

Yeah, then they could eject the player that picks it up, beacuse the temperature went up since the marker was hidden, and now it's shooting 320.

[LaW]

Wow, lots of reading on this one!

I didn't have any paint left at the end of the day to play in the final battle but I prowdly supported wang force by running with our team in a few charges in the middle of the battle. I recieved lots of hits from behind and from the opposition. I was glad just to participate in the end someway... The rest of the day went well. My first time out I was shot about 3 times by a player on my team and all hit my marker. I also shot a player of my team in the back later on but it was a miscued pball that went crazy since I had a break in the barrel... luckily it only hit and didn't break on him.


This was A LOT better then the first shatnerball... much more organized... I was a volunteer ref at last years and I ddn't know what was going on all day, what the points were, etc etc... From what I heard, there were only 400 preregistered this year and I dont think it made it over 1000 players, but I could be wrong. The refs in my opinion did a GREAT job, compared to the group of refs I was working with at CPX last year. Every time I was out on the field sunday I made it a point to just thank the nearest ref for being there and doing a great job.

All day our team was just doing great! Unfortunately early afternoon, about halfway through we were overrun hard when our numbers thinned... it didn't help that their tank was opperational most of the day as well.... But when we made our insertion we did manage to push back the blue shirts pretty good near the end. There was a lot stacked against our team and I thought for the situation we did GREAT! If you think about it, its really hard to actually rig something like this and not make it obvious... there were just a few things that seemed weird here and there but I think the whole event was a complete success.

I would just like to thank Evil Inc. for doing a great job, AGD, my fellow AO'ers, Shatner, Mancow, Glenn Palmer for coming out despite his late week back injury, and of course Tom Kaye. This is an event that I love being a part of 2 years in a row and will be for as long as its held! This is a must attend event for me every year now no matter what!

[cabldawg]

SlasherDan,
I am Cable of Evil Inc. I was the one who shot you during final battle. I apologized then and will do it again, right here. I apologize. I thought you were an opposing player so I shot. I put 2 rounds on you. I will not make any other statements about the rest of your comments on this board. If you wish to discuss them with me you may contact me at [email protected]

[LaW]

come on guys, these things happen in games as big as these... your there to have fun, not go home and complain later!! :)

[Esh]

[Meph]

To all the players who wiped or overshot. Honestly, they were in the Minority. In all the traveling and running around, I only encountered 3 people who wiped, and I think 1 overshooting incident. Well, and 1 person who just played on, didn't wipe (that was beginning of final battle, I got into the large building first, shot 2 of their guys yet they didn't walk out. I thought the ref pulled 'em, my bad). I saw more just blind firing than I did people who wiped.
It's not that people wipe. It's that people ASSUME they wiped. I mean, everybody's longballing from 300 feet away so when they finally get one that's even close to the player it must've hit. And not only hit, but actually broke on them from that distance! So the real problem isn't that people actually wipe, it's that the person who isn't even close enough to see the paint break just goes ahead and thinks to himself that he shot the guy. Then when he's not walking off the field from that 250ft. miricle shot "Oh my GOD these damn Wipers are Everywhere!"

Judster.
1) You jumping out of a bush not even less than 10 feet in front of them when they know Blue players are there? Sorry, but despite your little shout I'd shoot too! Next time don't try to be sneaky.

2) Final Battle. Honestly, not many people have much of a gripe (besides of course previous story of kid knocked out and players still shooting him) that I'd even listen to. Those hundreds of players on what, an entire 2 acres? Come on. Do you expect people to actually DELAY their instinct in such close encounters? Delays get you eleminated in those situations. You simply don't have time to look and smell the roses in that spot, it's a shoot first ask questions later. And when you DO shoot the wrong guy, then the standup players do apologize about it.

I don't see much of what you're complaining about. Sounds more like you've never played a Scenarios/Big Games before and have much to learn about what to do in more situations, and what to actually expect.

So before you go criticizing a great group of stand up, respectable and honourable players for not having enough brain cells, I suggest you get a clue yourself. Grab a tissue too, you need it.

[Star_Base_CGI]

I chronoed at 250 but was told on the field that I was shooting 285.

I played for the Calvary.

When I rechronoed though I had actually jumped up about 10 FPS. It could have been the temperature change.

Alot of people here are made at me but if you told me that you guys dont deserve to win. I wouldnt belive it.

I offered to play for next year and was told on the forum that I am not welcome.

If you had eliminations on your own team than obviosuly those guys were cheating and they shouldnt be welcome next year.

Next year think smart. Take advantage of situations and play fair. Whiping is a joke. Whipers cant win.

[AutomagRT1483]

All in all, I had a blast this weekend. Just that one incident was the only time I got the slightest bit frustrated. But dear god, did anyone else play the blood war game in the castle on Saturday night???? That game was over in under a minute. I got to play with Capo on numerous occasions, and Doobie's wife Trina. Very nice players those two are. Great to work with out there too. I even got to play with Havoc_Online during the final battle. If your reading this Havoc, I was the one the cleaned your pak off in the final 2 minutes of the game. Then I got to work with an idol of mine, AGDJon, in one of the huts near the airball field and one of the guys from Evil Inc(he gave me bout 20 rounds when I ran out, thanks man). That Jon is crazy, hope your ankle heals quickly. Thanks for showing me a good time out there everyone. Cavalry and Raiders alike.