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SeanBeansShako
Nov 20, 2009

Now the Drums beat up again,
For all true Soldier Gentlemen.
That was a pretty fun siege event despite the second map, but that terrible Admin has forced me to do something in my own event to get my point across to some people.

And since I can't even express my own opinions without being told to put up or shove off it has forced my hand. You guys and of course the head honchos of the 38e will be 'in' on this thing. I will be curious to see how many people will get the point or simply leave. It is going to be a fun experiment! I hope somebody will record it!

Feel free to break out your lady alts to celebrate!

Also, EU line battle in a few hours from now and our usual SAdraGoons line battle later tonight.

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SeanBeansShako
Nov 20, 2009

Now the Drums beat up again,
For all true Soldier Gentlemen.

Party Plane Jones posted:

So wait, they nerfed cannons? Do they just hate fun?

Accuracy has dropped in the beta slighty, but yes the developers seem to have a horrible habit of listening to the fun hating rose tinted spectacle wearing mod fan boys.

Which is why we've had more balance and tweak patches than actual content.

SeanBeansShako
Nov 20, 2009

Now the Drums beat up again,
For all true Soldier Gentlemen.
On release I seem to recall all of us agreeing things were perfectly balanced and didn't need any major tweaking. I guess since we're ~casuals~ our opinions don't really matter to the king spergs who complain the loudest.

Anyways, enough silly talk. We got the EU line battle in less than an hour and our American one tonight around 8PM EST. Goons may be either Rifles or Artillery.

SeanBeansShako
Nov 20, 2009

Now the Drums beat up again,
For all true Soldier Gentlemen.
I'm calling off and stopping us from attending this event as we get sweet gently caress all people showing and the guys organizing it expect me to develop psychic powers to communicate with them as they have no TS address or STEAM group to get the details from.

See you guys in the American event later.

SeanBeansShako
Nov 20, 2009

Now the Drums beat up again,
For all true Soldier Gentlemen.
Alright gentlegoons, almost everything for tonights line battle is all set. I have the 38e in on the joke for a round, I hope somebody can record or screenshot our 'guest' in action.

Goons have rifles for this event too! Remember to get in ASAP and check my Mumble details for the info to beat the pubbie rush again!

SeanBeansShako
Nov 20, 2009

Now the Drums beat up again,
For all true Soldier Gentlemen.
I've posted an announcement right now and my Mumble profile already has the password and all the other junk. Get in the server ASAP goons.

You don't want to miss the round with our special 'guest' tonight!

SeanBeansShako
Nov 20, 2009

Now the Drums beat up again,
For all true Soldier Gentlemen.
God I'll miss those birds when the next patch removes them from the random maps :(.

Anyway we have two line battles tonight in both time zones, the EU one starting in around fifty minutes from this post and the American one at 8PM EST. Show to either if you can.

Also, after the LB always persuaded me and several other goons to get in on Guns Of Icarus and it is amazingly fun working together in a claptrap Airship shooting dudes out of the sky. Give it a try if you think you are up for it.

Props to Pants in buying that 4-Pack!

SeanBeansShako
Nov 20, 2009

Now the Drums beat up again,
For all true Soldier Gentlemen.
We're starting now, get in I got the password and junk already.

SeanBeansShako
Nov 20, 2009

Now the Drums beat up again,
For all true Soldier Gentlemen.
Those are some actually pretty good screenshots I have to say.

Anyway goons, our American monday night line battle is happening in less than an hour. Feel free to show up and hang around in Mumble.

Also, here is that crazy Russian movie about those whacky Lancers with subtitles. It is pretty over the top.

SeanBeansShako
Nov 20, 2009

Now the Drums beat up again,
For all true Soldier Gentlemen.
We had some good high moments in last nights line battle, and a pretty balling American turn out. My favourite bits were watching Blue Spy BLOCK THREE BAYONETS AT ONCE WITH A SWORD WHILST GETTING UP FROM A KNOCK DOWN, last stand in death gorge and holding ground in that canyon and just gunning down silly over confident Lancers then mauling their Infantry buddies a second later.

Anyways, EU siege event happening in around 50 minutes time. Feel free to drop on by and play!

SeanBeansShako
Nov 20, 2009

Now the Drums beat up again,
For all true Soldier Gentlemen.
Anyone else coming? only four of us in Mumble and we need at least five to actually play.

SeanBeansShako
Nov 20, 2009

Now the Drums beat up again,
For all true Soldier Gentlemen.

Rhandhali posted:

No line battle tonight?

No American events until Thursday with North And South.

SeanBeansShako
Nov 20, 2009

Now the Drums beat up again,
For all true Soldier Gentlemen.

sdasdas posted:

I don't see it in the SADraGoons spreadsheet, what time is it happening?

8PM EST. Usual time for American events.

SeanBeansShako
Nov 20, 2009

Now the Drums beat up again,
For all true Soldier Gentlemen.
Apparently we've been playing closed beta line battles with North And South, which is why getting a download link to .404 was incredibly hard and it isn't supported by whoever the hell is working on it now. Good news though, .404 is getting released this weekend. We might have to update again for next weeks one so watch this space.

It'll be nice to play a proper 200 man N&S line battle again. Also, the Franco-Prussian War mod is coming out towards the end of this month or early June. And then there is the patch for NW.

Also, we got two line battles tonight with possible Guns Of Icarus matches afterwards.

EU line battle in 40 minutes time and the American line battle is at 9PM EST. Both are Napoleonic Wars.

SeanBeansShako
Nov 20, 2009

Now the Drums beat up again,
For all true Soldier Gentlemen.
I got the server details already goons, start getting in the Mumble for the usual Friday Night Napoleonic antics!

SeanBeansShako
Nov 20, 2009

Now the Drums beat up again,
For all true Soldier Gentlemen.
Alright goons, N&S did a final update and released .404 to all the public instead of just those testing it with some line battles.

This means everyone for one last time with North And South must do the update dance! Here are two links to the patch for .404 just extract and yes all to the N&S module folder [b]DO NOT USE THE UPDATER AT ALL OR EVER AGAIN. Hurray you have North And South all updated!

.404 Update! Download me goons!

.404 back up in case pubbies overwhelm the first link.

There is also a new Installer with the recent .404 stuff for new players. Whoever is in charge of the dropbox can you remove the old version and put this and the .404 patch on it? thanks!

SeanBeansShako
Nov 20, 2009

Now the Drums beat up again,
For all true Soldier Gentlemen.
In around 30 minutes time we are doing Cops American Siege event! come on into the Mumble channel when you can!

Also, bonus battlefield spooning!

SeanBeansShako
Nov 20, 2009

Now the Drums beat up again,
For all true Soldier Gentlemen.
Bummer. Well when you have it all uploaded tell me so I can update all the links.

Our Sunday American line battle in in 30 minutes time, the details are already on me in Mumble please do get into the server ASAP. Goons are French Artillery tonight.

SeanBeansShako
Nov 20, 2009

Now the Drums beat up again,
For all true Soldier Gentlemen.
They are jerks and I am mildly annoyed at them.


We got two events tonight both time zones, our EU one in less than an hour now and the American evening one at 8PM EST. Come and join either party goons.

We'll be playing Steampunk Zeppelin battles after one of them too!

SeanBeansShako
Nov 20, 2009

Now the Drums beat up again,
For all true Soldier Gentlemen.
Heeeeeey it is starting in a few minutes. Start showing up in the Mumble please goons you aren't late.

SeanBeansShako
Nov 20, 2009

Now the Drums beat up again,
For all true Soldier Gentlemen.
Good news and bad news.

First the bad news. Both the EU line battle and Cops Monday Line Battle have been cancelled by the organizers.

The good news though for Americans, Is I have already set us up with a new Monday line battle at the same time more or less with the same rules. As for the Monday EU one, I might look for another EU event on another day perhaps?

Also, watch this neat North And South Line battle commentary video thing to ease the pain.

And then come into Mumble before this NW line battle begins!

SeanBeansShako
Nov 20, 2009

Now the Drums beat up again,
For all true Soldier Gentlemen.
Thanks man, you are a godsend. Hope you fix those PC issues soon! I'll update all the N&S stuff right away.

Also, Our EU siege event starts in half an hour so goons come on in the Mumble!

SeanBeansShako
Nov 20, 2009

Now the Drums beat up again,
For all true Soldier Gentlemen.
A reminder post that the event for tonight at 8PM EST is for North And South and yes it has updated. See the below post from myself to get what you need goons.

SeanBeansShako posted:

Alright goons, N&S did a final update and released .404 to all the public instead of just those testing it with some line battles.

This means everyone for one last time with North And South must do the update dance! Here are two links to the patch for .404 just extract and yes all to the N&S module folder [b]DO NOT USE THE UPDATER AT ALL OR EVER AGAIN. Hurray you have North And South all updated!

.404 Update! Download me goons!

.404 back up in case pubbies overwhelm the first link.

There is also a new Installer with the recent .404 stuff for new players. Whoever is in charge of the dropbox can you remove the old version and put this and the .404 patch on it? thanks!

Also, the Franco Prussian War mod is slated for release this weekend!

SeanBeansShako
Nov 20, 2009

Now the Drums beat up again,
For all true Soldier Gentlemen.
Gentlemen I present to you the Franco Prussian War:

quote:



"The great questions of the time will not be resolved by speeches and majority decisions—
that was the great mistake of 1848 and 1849—but by iron and blood".
- Otto Von Bismarck


Overview:

Blood and Iron is a modification for Napoleonic wars set in Franco-Prussian war of 1870-71. The aim is to accurately represent the Franco-Prussian war while creating a fun and balanced game.

History

The Franco-Prussian War was the largest and most important war in Europe since Waterloo, changing the face of the continent for the next fifty years. Having already defeated Austria in 1866 as part of his continuing plan for the unification of Germany, the Chancellor of Prussia Otto von Bismarck engineered this war against the French of the Second Empire under Napoleon III. The contrast between the efficient Prussian war-machine under Helmuth von Moltke with the shambolic performance of the French Army shocked all observers. Within a matter of weeks, the Prussians and their allies had won a series of spectacular victories, leading to Napoleon’s abdication and the establishment of the French Third Republic, followed by the Siege of Paris and the abortive revolution of the Paris Commune. In 1871 a unified Germany dominated by Prussia was proclaimed, eclipsing France as the leading power in Europe, and leaving a legacy of rivalry and hatred that was not finally resolved until the end of the Second World War.


The causes of the Franco–Prussian War are deeply rooted in the events surrounding the German unification. In the aftermath of the Austro–Prussian War (1866), Prussia had annexed numerous territories and formed the North German Confederation. This new power destabilized the European balance of power established by the Congress of Vienna (1815) after the Napoleonic Wars. Prussia then turned its attention towards the south of Germany, where it sought to expand its influence.


France was strongly opposed to the annexation of the Southern German States (Bavaria, Wurttemberg, Baden and Hesse-Darmstadt), which would have created too powerful a country next to its border. In Prussia, a war against France was deemed necessary to arouse German nationalism in those States that would allow the unification of a great German empire. This aim was epitomized by Prussian Chancellor Otto von Bismarck's quote: "I knew that a Franco–Prussian War must take place before a united Germany was formed." Bismarck also knew that France should be regarded as the aggressor in the conflict to bring the Southern German States to side with Prussia, hence giving Germans numerical superiority.


However, the immediate cause of the war resides in the candidacy of a Prussian prince to the throne of Spain. France feared encirclement by an alliance between Prussia and Spain. The Hohenzollern prince's candidacy was withdrawn under French diplomatic pressure, but Otto von Bismarck goaded the French into declaring war by altering a telegram sent by William I. Releasing the Ems Telegram to the public, Bismarck made it sound as if the king had treated the French envoy in a demeaning fashion. Six days later, France declared war on Prussia and Southern German States immediately sided with Prussia.



Features

New animations, Bolt Action rifle reload animation, new walk animation, new idle animation, firing animation.
New sounds for all firearms including individual sounds for the Dreyse and Chassepot.
Fixable bayonets.
Medics.
Lots of new textures, models
Lots more, it's a total conversion.


Download Links

Mediafire - http://www.mediafire.com/download/0f3n89238s4kbhm/Blood_and_Iron.exe
Moddb - http://www.moddb.com/mods/blood-and-iron/downloads/blood-and-iron/#3827056


Install it to your Warband module folder. I'll be taking screenshots too soon and sharing. Events may be happening in both time zones this weekend!

SeanBeansShako fucked around with this message at 13:10 on May 31, 2013

SeanBeansShako
Nov 20, 2009

Now the Drums beat up again,
For all true Soldier Gentlemen.
So I tooled around the mod casually TDMing some fellow pubbies and have come to the conclusion said mod is pretty drat polished for a first release of a one man mod based on a certain era.

Bayonets are fixable and bad rear end looking.
The ranges of the new rifles are pretty drat lethal, plus you can reload them on the move.
Pistols for Officers seem a lot less smokey compared to North And South.
Sappers now have Musketoons instead of axes.
You can play as a Priest.
The Krupp for the moment just loads and adjusts faster than the smooth bores. The long ranged explosions are pretty deadly.
Despite the limited colour palette of blue/grey/green/black the regiments of each side each has quite a distinguished and independent look.
The music is very patriotic for either sides now. A lot of the NW stuff is gone.
Quite a few maps are urban battlefields.

Sadly drummers have more or less been muscled out by Buglers but Standard bearers still exist in the specialist options. Also you can play as Napoleon III or Bismark. A first for any game really.

God help the idiots who attempt a NW style line battle because rounds will be over in two minutes.

SeanBeansShako
Nov 20, 2009

Now the Drums beat up again,
For all true Soldier Gentlemen.
In the next 15-20 minutes a EU line battle will be happening yes so please start getting into the Mumble soon!

SeanBeansShako
Nov 20, 2009

Now the Drums beat up again,
For all true Soldier Gentlemen.
Alright goons, we got us ourselves a American Siege event tonight and I have gotten us cannons. So please do show!

Also, applying us for a Blood And Iron EU event at the sane time of half past nine BST on Friday.

SeanBeansShako
Nov 20, 2009

Now the Drums beat up again,
For all true Soldier Gentlemen.
Yep, we got our line battle in 45 minutes!

Goons will be line if we get over 120 on each side or Rifles if we just have around 80 in total. Password and all the other junk needed like always is in my Mumble profile.

I'm looking into getting us an American Franco-Prussian War event for Wednesday night too. And Cop retired his siege event but I got us a replacement on the same day and time.

Still need to find a replacement EU event for this week though!

SeanBeansShako
Nov 20, 2009

Now the Drums beat up again,
For all true Soldier Gentlemen.

Endman posted:

Hey, everyone. My internet finally got un-oppressed, so here's a video!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIz0lJJAYzY

Digging that funky music, listed it with the other videos.

We got our EU Tuesday Siege event in less than an hour goons, so when you can drop on into the Mumble. Don't forget to download and install Blood And Iron for this weeks new events!

It is easy, It is pretty much comes with an Installer that creates the Blood And Iron folder from the get go so go ahead and do it when you can. I hope somebody is willing to record the EU event if they can that one is looking pretty full and bad rear end.

SeanBeansShako
Nov 20, 2009

Now the Drums beat up again,
For all true Soldier Gentlemen.
Waited almost 10 minutes, only three of us showed which isn't enough.

If this happens again next week I'm pulling us out of the EU siege event but keeping us to one NW and one Blood And Iron event a week.

Due to these numbers and general EU interest I'm not even sure if I should look for a new EU event for the week. Thoughts? any at all?

SeanBeansShako
Nov 20, 2009

Now the Drums beat up again,
For all true Soldier Gentlemen.

brocretin posted:

I've never fought with the draGoons before, but I'd love to - is there an NA Blood and Iron game scheduled?

Wednesday 8PM EST is our North American Blood and Iron event.

SeanBeansShako
Nov 20, 2009

Now the Drums beat up again,
For all true Soldier Gentlemen.

Endman posted:



The saga continues. :v:

Oh goody, I can't wait to get exploded OR cannon balled old school style across the field!

Anyway goons, tonight in a few hours we'll be rolling in our first American Blood and Iron event. First off, let me repost the download links for the mod.

Download Links

Download Links

Mediafire - http://www.mediafire.com/download/0f3n89238s4kbhm/Blood_and_Iron.exe
Moddb - http://www.moddb.com/mods/blood-and-iron/downloads/blood-and-iron/#3827056

For late comers I will have these links in my Mumble profile tonight. The file size is around 600 megabytes.

Make sure the installer file is ready to create a Blood And Iron directory. If it hasn't, you'll have to quit and make a Blood And Iron folder. A weird rear end bug but Warband modding.

Second, the official rules for tonight's event. Please read so I can cover my rear end when somebody messes up:

quote:

Infantry:
(Light Infantry/Skirms included)
6 Minimum to take place in each event.
A maximum of 2 Cavalry scouts
Each unit is required to have a force of at least 3 in order to be counted as an individual squad.
Each regiment may act as a squad or unit that is reasonably spaced.
Fire in charge is allowed.
Fire on scouts is allowed.
May have 2 sappers.
May have 1 officer (Per squad).
Francs-tireurs must use 1 specific weapon per unit.

Cavalry:
Only 1 cavalry unit per team. (no cav during sieges)
6 min - 16 max.
Fire in charge is allowed.
May not be in any actual formation but must stay within resonable proximity of the unit.
Scouting is allowed.
Scouts may shoot at the enemy, only if provoked by the enemy.
Must dismount horses and become part of another unit if the cavalry unit is diminished below 3 people.

Artillery:
Only 1 unit of Arty per team
Defending side during a siege are aloud to use all cannons on their side.
3 min - 12 max.
May have 2 sappers.
Artillery guards must remain within a reasonable proximity of the cannons.
2 cannons max per side.

Main Rules
Don't teamkill.
Don't team wound.
Don't disrespect other players/regiments.
Don't spam the chat.
Obey our admins

SeanBeansShako fucked around with this message at 00:35 on Jun 6, 2013

SeanBeansShako
Nov 20, 2009

Now the Drums beat up again,
For all true Soldier Gentlemen.
Bonus Mod Related Post, Blood And Iron stats of each regiment of either nation!:

quote:

FRANCE

Infantry

Partisani: 14 (Str), 14 (Agi), 50 (1H), 80 (2H), 80 (Pl), 105 (CrsBw)
Garde Mobile: 14 (Str), 14 (Agi), 60 (1H), 100 (2H), 100 (Pl), 95 (CrsBw)
67e: 14 (Str) ,14(Agi), 80 (1H), 125 (2H), 125 (Pl), 100 (CrsBw)
1er Grenadiers: 14 (Str), 14 (Agi), 100 (1H), 150 (2H), 150 (Pl), 105 (CrsBw)
1er Chasseurs: 14 (Str), 14 (Agi), 80 (1H), 105 (2H), 105 (Pl), 115 (CrsBw)
1er Zouaves: 14 (Str), 14 (Agi), 50 (1H), 200 (2H), 200 (Pl), 85 (CrsBw)
1er Marines: 14 (Str), 14 (Agi), 120 (1H), 140 (2H), 140 (Pl), 100 (CrsBw)
Naval Infantry: 14 (Str), 14 (Agi), 80 (1H), 125 (2H), 125 (Pl), 100 (CrsBw)

Cavalry

12e: 7 (Str), 5 (Agi), 150 (1H), 80 (2H), 80 (Pl), 90 (CrsBw)
3e: 7 (Str), 5 (Agi), 125 (1H), 80 (2H), 80 (Pl), 100 (CrsBw)
9e: 7 (Str), 5 (Agi), 175 (1H), 80 (2H), 80 (Pl), 70 (CrsBw)

PRUSSIA

Infantry

Rheinisches: 14 (Str), 14 (Agi), 80 (1H), 125 (2H), 125 (Pl), 100 (CrsBw)
Westphälisches: 14 (Str), 14 (Agi), 80 (1H), 125 (2H), 125 (Pl), 100 (CrsBw)
Landwehr: 14 (str), 14 (Agi), 60 (1H), 100 (2H), 100 (Pl), 95 (CrsBw)
Garde-Regiment: 14 (Str), 14 (Agi), 100 (1H), 150 (2H), 150 (Pl), 105 (CrsBw)
Jäger: 14 (Str), 14 (Agi), 80 (1H), 105 (2H), 105 (Pl), 115 (CrsBw)
Garde-Schützen: 14 (Str), 14 (Agi), 80 (1H), 120 (2H), 120 (Pl), 110 (CrsBw)
Marine-Soldaten: 14 (Str), 14 (Agi), 120 (1H), 140 (2H), 140 (Pl), 100 (CrsBw)

Cavalry

3. Brandenburgisches: 7 (Str), 5 (Agi), 150 (1H), 80 (2H), 80 (Pl), 90 (CrsBw)
12. Brandenburgische: 7 (Str), 5 (Agi), 125 (1H), 80 (2H), 80 (Pl), 100 (CrsBw)
7. Magdeburgisches: 7 (Str), 5 (Agi), 175 (1H), 80 (2H), 80 (Pl), 70 (CrsBw)

BOTH

Sapper: 14 (Str), 14 (Agi), 70 (1H), 100 (2H), 100 (Pl), 95 (CrsBw)
Medic: 7 (Str), 5 (Agi), 130 (1H), 5 (2H), 30 (Pl), 30 (CrsBw)
Priest: 7 (Str), 5 (Agi), 50 (1H, 50 (2H), 50 (Pl), 50 (CrsBw)

SeanBeansShako
Nov 20, 2009

Now the Drums beat up again,
For all true Soldier Gentlemen.
Turn out and in general the event was quite good fun despite the small numbers at the start. We had some pretty bad rear end moments with bayonet charges and moving fire fights. For the first time ever we ran out of ammunition!

Here are some bad rear end screenshots I took in 4th SAdraGoon related screenshot gallery.

That turn out was awesome tonight. Thanks for showing up and having fun :).

Tomorrow night is our North And South event.

SeanBeansShako
Nov 20, 2009

Now the Drums beat up again,
For all true Soldier Gentlemen.
8PM EST once more.

SeanBeansShako
Nov 20, 2009

Now the Drums beat up again,
For all true Soldier Gentlemen.
For some reason the GCG guys have decided to do Blood And Iron tonight instead of North And South. Not complaining or anything.

So yeah, said event in less than an hour feel free to start getting into the Mumble channel.

SeanBeansShako
Nov 20, 2009

Now the Drums beat up again,
For all true Soldier Gentlemen.

math sucks posted:

I keep missin these, does the steam group announce every event to its members?

I constantly post announcements and event stuff. Are you on STEAM sleep mode or whatever?

Three events tomorrow. Two EU, one NW and one Blood and Iron. Then we got an American one in the evening at 8PM EST.

SeanBeansShako
Nov 20, 2009

Now the Drums beat up again,
For all true Soldier Gentlemen.
In less than an hour we got our NW Friday EU event, then two and a half hours after that is the Blood And Iron EU event. Get in on the action if you can!

SeanBeansShako
Nov 20, 2009

Now the Drums beat up again,
For all true Soldier Gentlemen.
Less than half an hour to go before our Blood and Iron EU event. This one is a big one with almost 200 people so start showing up in the Mumble channel ASAP if you want in on this.

Also later tonight a NW event at 9PM EST.

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SeanBeansShako
Nov 20, 2009

Now the Drums beat up again,
For all true Soldier Gentlemen.
Our Friday American line battle is happening in less than half an hour, so goons start getting on our Mumble channel!

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