Summer is here with a vengeance, and it's dang hot!

Some CRS staff don't deal well with this heat, apparently, and go right off their rockers.

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1.29 NOW IN CLOSED BETA!

1.29 has entered closed Beta...Yay! Here are some nuggets to tantalize you:

* Crew members who die while firing their weapon will now release their triggers when they pass on to the after life
* Added new terrain
* Added new buildings
* Added 8 new bridges
* Added new capture tables and radios

If you'd like more information on 1.29, log into Rat Chat #7 with Gophur.

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RAT CHAT #7 TUESDAY AUG 5th
Rat Chat #7 of 2008 will be held on Tuesday, August 5th at 2pm-3pmCDT (GMT-5).

With 1.29 now in Beta, Gophur will be available to answer your questions for about an hour.

Please log into TeamSpeak early to reserve your spot. Have a list of questions ready!

What: RAT CHAT #7
When: Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 at 2pmCDT
Where: Teamspeak server 216.6.226.108:9652

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HIGH SCORE WINNERS REVEALED!

During our 7th anniversary week, 2 high score contests were held. JCD04 and LOONIE were declared the victors and winners of a unique prize: Their likeness digitized and added to the BE catalog of faces. Keep an eye out for these intimidating new faces in-game in the near future!

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SQUAD PROFILE

Looking for a squad to play with? Check out this weeks "Squad Profile" to see if they're right for you!

www.505thpanzer.com
CO: Neri
XO: Gunner44
Number of active players: 60
Base of Operations: US Prime Time
Mission Statement:
To provide a friendly and fun gaming atmosphere and to be a driving force on the Axis side.
Gaming Philosophy:
The 505th is a combined arms squad performing all operations necessary in a complete battle. We use the mission system in game to coordinate air, infantry, artillery, and armor into a single operation. If you're a team player with patience and looking for planned, coordinated operations, give us a try.

Attrition is the name of the game. Destroy the enemy and push them out of the way!

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REALISM EVENT


When: August 9th, 2008 2pm UTC-5
Where: Training Server
Event Type: Realism: One Death
Objective:
The race is on to get to and own Martelange.

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MAILBAG WITH DOC

Any chance the kill message will go live, I rather enjoyed that!

Player Firefox asked this question in the Barracks forum earlier this week. There was a lively discussion but basically it boils down to how much information is too much and what it takes away from the game rather than what it adds to the game.

Say you're stalking an enemy infantryman and he is stalking you. A battle of wits and skill is going down between the two of you. You find yourself a great position to avoid giving away your presence, but somebody sees you just as you disappear into your concealment. They call on an LMG buddy to come up and spray down the bushline while they wait for you to run.
Using your head, and working around behind them, 2 possibilities transpire:

1.They spray and spray, but they don't get you because you've moved out while concealed and are no longer where they're hosing down the bushline. With live kill messages they know they haven't got you, and you're still alive (and lurking) because the kill message hasn't popped up to mark your death.

2.They spray and spray, and they get you even though you're concealed and they can't see you. They know they got you because the kill message tells them you died. Without a kill message, they can't be sure if they can't see you. We call this the "fog of war" and the game is better for it, tactically speaking.

Imagine you have a squad of guys getting ready to stage an attack, defense or ambush on an enemy force. They don't know you're there. If they kill just one of you by sheer luck or guesswork, they can hose down your position (the kill message having given away the presence of at least one of your group) and see how many more "hiding" enemy they can score. When the kill messages stop coming, they can figure they probably got all of you, and your threat to them is now non-existent.

So no, we don't want to take away from your game all the combat skills and tactical things that live kill messages would destroy. We will probably still use kill messages during intermissions as they're a good training tool to use. This is a big part of why we have intermissions in the first place. They are kind of like practice for the real thing.

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DON'T FORGET TO ORDER
A LIMITED EDITION ANNIVERSARY T-SHIRT!

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