Youtube strategy gamers "thehistoricalgamer" and "Baloogan" will go head to head in WITPAE starting December 7th, posting interactive maps, live stats of units and bases provided by Tracker to a site yet to be made accessible.
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I am excited for the series as I think it will bring a lot of new players into the game and war gaming in general. This can only be a good thing for all of us. I will also enjoy seeing someone else play this game and maybe I can learn a few things. Anyway, I hope that this is a success and that they get the attention they deserve. (I have not seen any video yet, but just taking on this game on camera is commendable!)
This is very true. I think this will the clincher for me to finally purchase WITP after all these years, along with the great price point with the sale. I can't wait to watch and learn from their AAR.
If you do choose to purchase, I would highly recommend the second edition; WitP Admiral's Edition. A quantum leap over the original (which I also own).
I don't know who these people are, but if "Historicalgamer" and "Baloogan" are pseudonyms for "Alfred" and "Nemo121," I'll sit up and take notice.
Can you imagine...
Maybe "excited" is too much but I'm loving the fact that someone is putting out content for this great great game at all. There are just not enough videos on YT and these two guys pull in a lot of views from "our kind of people". Baloogan for instance is well respected in the Command: Modern Air / Naval Operations community. So who knows, if things work out we might get an influx of new players. More work for Alfred!
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Anything that gives AE some needed spotlight is a good thing. And Baloogan is well known in other communities and have done a tremendously cool tool for AE. If this could draw in some new blood to AE and this forum it would be a very good thing. I see lots of regulars slowly fading away from the game and forum while there is few to step in and fill the void.
Historical gamer has some 6k YT viewers (me included). Hopefully this can spark an interest in a few of them.
I don't know who these people are, but if "Historicalgamer" and "Baloogan" are pseudonyms for "Alfred" and "Nemo121," I'll sit up and take notice.
I'm neither of them. I don't hide behind avatar names.
According to that provided link, "Historicalgamer" doesn't have experience playing as Japan. I rather suspect that our dedicated JFB players will squirm at some of the game decisions from "historicalgamer". But then, a mistake is not a mistake if the opponent does not exploit the error.
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I don't know who these people are, but if "Historicalgamer" and "Baloogan" are pseudonyms for "Alfred" and "Nemo121," I'll sit up and take notice.
I'm neither of them. I don't hide behind avatar names.
According to that provided link, "Historicalgamer" doesn't have experience playing as Japan. I rather suspect that our dedicated JFB players will squirm at some of the game decisions from "historicalgamer". But then, a mistake is not a mistake if the opponent does not exploit the error.
Alfred
I was paying you a compiment in replying lightheartedly (not seriously) to the original post.
I don't know who these people are, but if "Historicalgamer" and "Baloogan" are pseudonyms for "Alfred" and "Nemo121," I'll sit up and take notice.
I'm neither of them. I don't hide behind avatar names.
According to that provided link, "Historicalgamer" doesn't have experience playing as Japan. I rather suspect that our dedicated JFB players will squirm at some of the game decisions from "historicalgamer". But then, a mistake is not a mistake if the opponent does not exploit the error.
Alfred
Hopefully their videos will cover lessons learned during the turn so we can see how they progress from newbies to acolytes and beyond. The game's limited graphics of battles are not going to hold attention of casual visitors for long, but discussions of strategies and tactics might get some interest from those who are not all about arcade games.
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Baloogan is indeed well-known figure in Command: Modern Air and Naval Operations simulator/game (also available on Matrix), being in developer team. He also maintains CMANO chat room and database wiki.
I regularly chat with him and thehistoricalgamer about their ongoing game, it has been quite interesting, including carrier battle near Java.
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Neither is Witp-AE "pro" like lot of people on this forum, so it is refreshing to see how people new to game play it.
Addiction starts from first enjoyable experience in case of AE.
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"To meaningless French Idealism, Liberty, Fraternity and Equality...we answer with German Realism, Infantry, Cavalry and Artillery" -Prince von Bülov, 1870-
Baloogan is indeed well-known figure in Command: Modern Air and Naval Operations simulator/game (also available on Matrix), being in developer team. He also maintains CMANO chat room and database wiki.
I regularly chat with him and thehistoricalgamer about their ongoing game, it has been quite interesting, including carrier battle near Java.
I concur and agree wholeheartedly. Until I got sucked into another WITP-AE PBEM, I was quite active on the Command side even publishing a few scenarios. Baloogan is a stand-up guy, and if I had the bandwidth I'd love to play against him in WITP-AE PBEM.
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"To meaningless French Idealism, Liberty, Fraternity and Equality...we answer with German Realism, Infantry, Cavalry and Artillery" -Prince von Bülov, 1870-
It is December 7th now, I just bought WitP:AE and I am very much intrigued to see these two guys play. Where is the website? There currently are no videos up that I can see :(.
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Indeed. Is there anyway to see battle reports and or where battles have taken place in this interface? Would be nice to have the list of ships sunk as well. ;)
ORIGINAL: robinsa Is there anyway to see battle reports and or where battles have taken place in this interface? Would be nice to have the list of ships sunk as well. ;)
I think so, but I think it's still a bit bugged. Don't know how, but I did once use a map mode where you could click on all kinds of events. Battles, sigint, things of that nature. Right now I can't for the life of me find it again.
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I don't know who these people are, but if "Historicalgamer" and "Baloogan" are pseudonyms for "Alfred" and "Nemo121," I'll sit up and take notice.
I'm neither of them. I don't hide behind avatar names.
According to that provided link, "Historicalgamer" doesn't have experience playing as Japan. I rather suspect that our dedicated JFB players will squirm at some of the game decisions from "historicalgamer". But then, a mistake is not a mistake if the opponent does not exploit the error.
Alfred
I was paying you a compiment in replying lightheartedly (not seriously) to the original post.
I have it on good authority that it's not his real name. Maybe Alfred is his middle name. I'm told it's Detective Sergeant Joe Friday, you know, "Just the facts, Ma'am".
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