Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: Itdepends

Although I understand your desire to clear your name, I would suggest waiting until game events make the revelation old news.

Most players have years invested in a game and some of us have observed the enjoyment people have in their games spoiled by unintentional opsec breaches. Even the perception of a breach throws things into doubt and can spoil a game. It's one of the reasons you don't see a lot of AAR's.

. A good rule of thumb is that if you want to talk strategy or speculate on intentions to restrict yourself to reading one AAR. If reading both then it's safer to restrict contributions to game mechanics or trash talk.

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ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

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ORIGINAL: Itdepends

Although I understand your desire to clear your name, I would suggest waiting until game events make the revelation old news.

Most players have years invested in a game and some of us have observed the enjoyment people have in their games spoiled by unintentional opsec breaches. Even the perception of a breach throws things into doubt and can spoil a game. It's one of the reasons you don't see a lot of AAR's.

. A good rule of thumb is that if you want to talk strategy or speculate on intentions to restrict yourself to reading one AAR. If reading both then it's safer to restrict contributions to game mechanics or trash talk.

Good points. I go one step further by limiting my reading to one AAR and limiting my contributions to largely trash talk and fart jokes. Its my way to help.

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ORIGINAL: Itdepends

Although I understand your desire to clear your name, I would suggest waiting until game events make the revelation old news.

Most players have years invested in a game and some of us have observed the enjoyment people have in their games spoiled by unintentional opsec breaches. Even the perception of a breach throws things into doubt and can spoil a game. It's one of the reasons you don't see a lot of AAR's.

. A good rule of thumb is that if you want to talk strategy or speculate on intentions to restrict yourself to reading one AAR. If reading both then it's safer to restrict contributions to game mechanics or trash talk.

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ORIGINAL: adarbrauner

Could I ask you what are your intentions in Southern China (Fowchon area)?
Where is the numerous Japanese heavy artillery?
any other Tank reserves left to move there? Antitank gun regiments?
are you more inclined to stayand contain, or to attack?
Now I'd consider night bombing of his stacks there, starting with airfields..
Do you plan fighter sweeps over Fowchon etc? Do you have redundant airbases and air support around Shangai?

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ORIGINAL: MakeeLearn



Roughly... what is your percentage of "fighter" to "bomber" to "other" production?

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ORIGINAL: John 3rd

August 18, 1944

CAP Trap. Over the skies of Batan Isle and the Isle to the south of there, a pair of George Daitai set their ambush up. A force of 27 SBD DB arrive over Batan--no fighters--they are slaughtered. Over the Isle 13 George encounter 12 A-20 flying bomb missions at low altitude. Half are shot down.

Not bad for a quick in-and-out mission.

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ORIGINAL: John 3rd

August 18, 1944

One of the LAST things a player in AE might expect to hear in August 1944 is that there has been a resurgence in the Japanese SUB ARM. As detailed many times earlier, I like to shift my packs of SS around looking for good hunting grounds that are not too dangerous. This has worked really well this month as Japanese I-Boats and smaller Ro-Boats have entered into waters near Karachi, the US West Coast, and Diego Garcia. At the cost of only one sub, these are the results for the month:

August 2nd
I-202 CL Biloxi possibly sunk near Siargao with a TT hit followed by a MAG Explosion
I-158 LST-471 SUNK near Kinak Isle

August 4th
I-5 AK Lanyard Knot SUNK by 2 TT near Channel Isles

August 7th
I-1 AP Kohistan hit by 1 TT near San Fran

Aug 8th
I-197 AK Clarence Darrow SUNK near Merauke in two attacks with 3 TTs

Aug 10th
I-5 AK Joe Harris hit by 1 TT near Los Angeles
I-200 AK Fultana hit by 1 TT near Rangoon

Aug 14th
I-26 AVP Orion SUNK by a TT at Karachi

Aug 15th
I-7 AK James Breasted SUNK by 1 TT (Fuel Explosions) near San Clemente

Aug 16th
I-30 AKL Sipora SUNK by 2 TT near Diego Garcia

August 17th
I-26 AK Barpata SUNK by 4 Sh and 2 TT AND AK Barjora SUNK by 3 Sh and 1 TT near Karachi

Mid-way thru the month and things look pretty good. The West Coast hunting has been excellent. Five more long-range I-Boats are currently on their way to bolster that attack.

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Totals
Fighters 1600
Bombers 868
Recon/NF 152
Float 127
Transports 82

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ORIGINAL: crsutton
But your chance at this stage of hitting a carrier is a hell of a lot less remote than your chances of getting pounded by a DE or PF if you are near a big action.

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ORIGINAL: John 3rd

Agreed. Think we can all agree, as JFB, that sinking ANY Allied ship by Japanese SS in 1944 is better then sinking NO Allied ship!

I like hits the softer areas at this point just because it forces a diversion of assets or allows the hunting to go on pleasantly. Either way works for me.