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Joined: 1/11/2008 From: Brussels, Belgium Status: offline
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So, I made a quick check of the current situation. If there'd be only one reason for me being Crown prosecutor in the real life, it'd be my hate of cheaters and liars... and bigbaba is both. So, I took a look at the number of planes in bases. At Yunan, there remain 63 aircrafts - after the loss of 118 planes, so there would have been 181 planes at a size 2 base - max 110. This is not "a few too many", but a big overstack, especially as there are other Chinese bases nearby that could have received the surplus airplanes. At Karachi, I've found 491 planes, on a size 6 - max 330. Again a 50% breaking of the rule, and excess planes could have been evacuated to Colombo or China. At Irkutsk, there're 1426 airplanes. Granted, they can't be transferred, but although all the bombers are currently stood down, all 800 fighters are set at 40% CAP and the rest escort - and we've seen those bombers sent on strikes previously. Dutch Harbor (size 4) has 261 a/c, that's 41 too many, with room in other Alaskan bases for the surplus. Cooktown (size6) is slightly overcrowed at 336, but with room in other nearby bases. Perth (size 8) is at 476 planes, and Adelaïde (size 5) gets 472 planes. Perth is isolated, but the planes could be transferred to South Australia bases, around Adelaïde. Noumea is a big culprit, with 412 planes for a size 5 airfield. Nukufetau has a size 4 but 234 a/c. In both cases, other nearby bases have some allowance left. Lahaina (size 6) has 491 planes - again, too many, and with place left in other bases around (or WC). So, that's no less than 10 bases where there are too many planes in regard to the house rules. In all but one case (Irkutsk), the planes could have been set on other bases. And in that one exception of Irkutsk, you did not even have the decency and fairness to let all excess planes stood down (as we've seen in all those bombing raids by Pe-2). We've also seen in the course of the game some ASW TFs with more than 6 DDs, one-ship TFs after the ambush in the Indian Ocean quite recently, more than 450 carrier-base planes in one hex some time ago, etc. It's not just one instance of "accidental violation" of the agreed house rules, that you agreed upon at the very start of the game - before being caught bloody-handed at peeking at this AAR (seriously, who would believe free intel is not forbidden ?). So, I stand aside Chris in calling you a cheater and a liar. If anyone has reasons to doubt my word, I keep the savegame and the password at the disposal of them.
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