posted 11-16- 10:54 AM               

Seems like every time I get busy on this project, real life and especially work become too overwhelming. There just aren't enough hours in the day for me to make room for something like this. Maybe some other enterprising soul will take it on and run with it, but it won't be me for the forseeable future. As it is, I barely have time to fly!

Thanks to everyone who volunteered time to help and especially to PR for bringing this to us in the first place.

posted 11-16- 11:05 AM               

I hear ya man, life has a way of taking over.

This is why I originaly opposed the idea of a war so complicated, It needs too much management.

If anyone is interested I am thinking we could still do a historical flight night, like I proposed way back before the war.

One set night a week in which people play at the utmost realism.

Non countiuing, just a bunch of good missions.

The only work it takes is for people to show up and bring a couple new missions along with them.

here, was my original idea slapped down in text form.

posted 11-16- 11:13 AM               

Also, I should mention that we are in the middle of a squad war with the JG3. This has so far been a ton of fun and I dont think it was too much trouble to set up (of course Himdog and the JG3 are doing all the work LOL!)

My point is, that this this kind of competition keeps the online flying fresh and exciting with a minimum of set-up. I'd like to see some historical squad-based competition as well as straight dogfight tournaments. That 2 on 2 tournament was fun.

posted 11-16- 09:27 PM               

Esox, I would like to thank you and all the other people in the war department for all your time and hard work that you put into the SDoE war. It will definately be one of my happy memories of this game and this community. THANKS!

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Cheers!
Lt. Col. Jaguar
The FS Hangar

posted 11-16- 10:13 PM               

I remember many a Monday night staying up much later than I should have with Jag, sparky, and nealg. That I think was the best part of it for me. I have never laughed so hard in my life as those times we were mission planning

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posted 11-16- 10:45 PM               

I have an idea for an sdoewar-like project, but it requires more planes (standard ones like the He111, Ju52, Dakota, and especially italian ones) and tanks than we have currently. Oh, that and it's after AF construction, Nations v3.0 and Project W.A.M. on the to-do list. (sorry, couldn't help but leave a few tenterhooks in my wake)

To PR, Esox, and the whole =WD= crew - thank you for you time and effort over the last number of months. SDOEwar was, and likely will be some of the best times I ever had with this sim.

Werner

posted 11-16- 10:58 PM               

All it ever attempted to do was get more guys online to enjoy what (I think) this sim does the best. Multiplay! Better even than CFS2 or EAW. Multiplay in SDOE is the best of any current WWII boxed sim that I know about. Perfect.....NO WAY, but still a heck of alot of fun. Yeah, SDOE WAR was fun, to bad my real job got in the way.

Having said all of that, any idea that put's more guys online flying is a good thing. The Squad War between the JG3 and the =FC= is proving to be quite fun, and takes very little time. I just wish I could fly in it more often.

SDOE WARII dead....Nahhhh, let's just say it's on the back burner for awhile.

posted 11-17- 11:09 PM               

And also, thanks to Gecko for all the help in the WD.

This community is really unlike anything I've ever seen online. This type of open architecture with all of it's inherent frustration is a stroke of genius. The fact that it gets the community involved and keeps them involved is what I love about it. It's just growing and growing. I haven't been around much in the last few months and it's cool to see people who were new then have stuck around and are contributing big time.

Imagine the virtual skies in 10 years!!