it was much like it would have been the first time, though this round saw the assistance of many of the forum members from somethingawful.com (thanks to all the new goons who joined us this round).
team two came out strong, starting with onikun, who later became nearly missing in action, and relinquished the torch to lljk_bardock, tom, fr00g, aneeka (formerly known as p3gasus) and demonizer, who brutally tore through the tech tree and finished off with a rather obsessive amount of plastic houses (what was it guys, 7? 9? i lost count). an honorable mention goes to crunchyfish, who seemed to be havin some fun with his time there.
team one started slow, as the legendary newbie curse plagued them yet again. puggy was the first to start really pulling some weight over that way. soon to be joined by destroyer, murhamies, tenbux_mcgee, scrag soviet toaster, and towards the end there, some huge help by jinx with transfers. there was also a lil hedgehog to be found over that way for a few :]
since team one had about six power players (and if i've left out anyone from either team, feel free to flog a mention my way), in the event of team one's win today, i'll put it to a vote who gets the prize. (there'll be an unannounced prize for the top five team leaders (mentioned above) if they're on the team that wins the battle. it's a good one too.)
so, now we're at the final battle stage. if you haven't already been made aware, it'll be noon est, 5pm gmt, and will run until one team has a maximum of three supply houses destroyed. i'll be filming and gathering eyewitness reports of the event, and a few days post-party i'll have screenies and a new end-of-island video for everyone to download.
official rules, which may or may not change as i see fit:
a] no building defenses on the enemy's spawnzone. violators will be banned for the remainder of the battle
b] constructing or purchasing buildings elsewhere on enemy territory on the other hand, is allowed.
c] unless impossible to do so, please come in with the latest client available to you to allow all features to break as properly as possible :]
d] um...so far thassit
today's schedule (all times GMT)
5pm - 6pm: decisive battle
6 - 6:30: intermission: teams discuss strategies and experiences with each other, and i'll be taking some final feedback before getting rb4 ready.
6:30 - 7:30pm: bonus "lava round" - buildings will all be repaired, and all land will have damage tiles other than the tarmac. players will be forced to fight entirely in boats offshore or in planes.
7:30 - 8pm: spaceship stunt contest (all players will be set to v10 and the winner will recieve a to-be-announced bonus in rb4)
after the stunt contenst, the remaining land will be bulldozed other than the tarmac, and reine will convert to open vehicles mode with an infinite weapons bunker. players can then return to the island for a day or so to conduct leisurely boat and air battles, chat each other up, or check out vehicles they missed.
in the event of overtime on any of these events, some may be shortened or dropped to accomodate. more than likely we'll go undertime, so it's probably best to get there early
anyway, hope to see everyone later today!