xcom Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 (edited) OFFICIAL TOUR - SEPTEMBER 2019 POWERED BY "BUDDY SPIKE" www.buddyspike.net Game Server Information: SERVER NAME : *░▒▓ BUDDYSPIKE™ PERSIAN GULF - Supported by PATREON ▓▒░* Simple Radio: srs1.flag.blue:5014 Official tours will be on the latest open beta version of DCS World. Websites & Comms: "BUDDY SPIKE" WEBSITE: www.buddyspike.net LIVE MAP & STATISTICS: http://gadget.buddyspike.net/map/persiangulf DISCORD: https://discord.gg/UhPn4fA BLUE HQ: blue-persian-hq channel on Buddyspike Discord RED HQ: red-persian-hq channel on Buddyspike Discord Tour Dates: OFFICIAL START : Sunday 1st of September at 16:00 ZULU OFFICIAL END : Monday 30th of September at 21:00 ZULU General Info: Blue Flag Tour is built out of several rounds during the tour period. This official tour will run for the full month of September and will allow participants to join only one coalition during that month. Each coalition will need to work together with great teamwork to be able to advance and win each round. Blue Flag statistics will indicate how many rounds were won by each coalition in this specific tour. Available modules: Blue: Su-25T, M-2000C, MiG-21Bis, MiG-29A, MiG-29S, F-5E-3, Su-27, AJS37, UH-1H, Ka-50, Mi-8MT, Su-33, L-39ZA, TF-51D, Yak-52, J-11A, MiG-19P, F-14B. Red: SA342M, UH-1H, SA342Mistral, SA342L, F-15C, FA-18C_hornet, A-10C, F-5E-3, AV8BNA, TF-51D, C-101CC. Weapon Restrictions: Blue: A-A - AIM_54A mk60x2 (A), AIM_54A mk47x2, R-77x4 A-G - Kh-58Ux2 (A), RN-24, RN-28 Red: A-A - 120Cx2 (A), Aim-9X (A), 120Bx4 A-G - AGM-88x2 (A), AGM-154Cx2 (A), BDU (A) - Advanced Airbases. Advanced Aerodromes: Blue: SHIRAZ, Kerman, Lar, Jiroft, Bandar Abbas, Kish. Red: Al Ain, Al Dhafra, Abu Dhabi, Al Maktoum, Al Minhad, Fujairah, Stennis Carrier. Prizes: For this official tour, we are pleased to announce sponsorship from Eagle Dynamics, Pimax VR & Heatblur. There will be prizes awarded to achievements in this tour according to overall success, votes & statistics. Best overall pilot of the winning coalition tour will win - Pimax 5K Plus - WINNER - ATRAF Best overall fighter / attacker / logistics pilots will win an ED module of their choice each (Excluding the F-16C Viper). WINNERS - BEST FIGHTER MAXIMUS, BEST ATTACKER COMBZ, BEST LOGISTICS SLIM. Lottery between the participants of more than 20 hours in the tour for 6 Heatblur modules WINNERS - LAGNAD, UX0, KRIPPZ, SKIPPER, ZSK, SZAKAL We encourage you to register on our website - https://www.buddyspike.net/login/do/register And join Our Discord for the best experience! Blue Flag Official Videos FAQ SRS/comms BF uses SRS as its main comms. You can always find the latest version of SRS here: https://github.com/ciribob/DCS-SimpleRadioStandalone/releases/latest This tour SRS is the same as the Persian Gulf SRS we normally use - srs1.flag.blue:5014 Alternatively, you can also just open your SRS client and connect to the DCS gameserver - the SRS autoconnect feature will make sure you're connected to the correct server. Please note that using SRS (or other comms, such as Discord) is not an enforced requirement, but highly encouraged. Check out SOP document for additional information such as standard radio procedures or frequencies. SOP The official Operation Blue Flag SOP (Standard Operating Procedures/BF manual) document can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/bf-sop-v2 This link will always hold the latest version of the SOP doc available and contain additional useful information such as coordinate lists or kneeboard images. TacView TacView files for the Persian Gulf server can be downloaded here: https://bit.ly/2T0AmiT The file with the last timestamp available cannot be opened since it is still being written to by the server - you'll have to wait until the server restarts and creates a new file. Unfortunately, a server crash causes the TacView file for this session to become corrupted. Discord Coalition HQ Channels If you change your Discord nickname (right-click -> change nickname) to match your in-game name exactly, join the server and pick a side, you will automatically (after ~5min) be assigned the corresponding coalition role for the server in this Discord. The coalition Discord roles provide you with access to your coalition's headquarter channels, which can be used for additional planning, coordination and discussion, as well as the respective voice channels in Discord. BuddySpike team/staff Our staff currently consists of three BuddySpike team members, @Xcom, @Ciribob and @MorpheusXAUT. All staff are responsible for game server, mission and community/Discord management. In addition to our admin team, we have a group of @Moderators - currently @=DFA=Cyri | Carbon 1-1 and @Hatefury - supporting us in managing this Discord server. Side Switching During the official tour in PG (September), we will accept side switch only by 2nd of September 18:00 Zulu. After that time, we will no longer be accepting side switching unless it's a new player that just joined and entered his desired side wrongfully. Notice - such cases will be checked and would require more time then usual. Forum signatures for the Operation "Blue Flag" created by 373vFS_Crash Enjoy! We appreciate your support - https://www.patreon.com/buddyspike Buddyspike Team: Xcom, Ciribob, MorpheusXAUT Edited October 7, 2019 by xcom [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] BuddySpike Website | Live Map & Statistics BuddySpike Twitch Channel Buddyspike Discord Buddyspike Facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcom Posted August 24, 2019 Author Share Posted August 24, 2019 (edited) WTG to the red coalition for winning the tour. I would like to thank all who participated in the tour, it was one hell of a month. We had around 2000 participants during the month, definitely hard work from anyone involved! Here are the winners for our prizes - From Pimax, a headset Pimax 5k Plus - REAPER41 | ATRAF Well deserved, after being 2nd best as overall fighter and attacker in the tour and having the top amount of votes by far for the red side coalition. Amazing sponsorship by Pimax who provide great prizes to our community! From Eagle Dynamics, 3 ED modules for the top total winners for Fighter, Attacker & Logistics pilots. Top overall fighter - Viper33 | Maximus, having an overall of 354 air to air kills during the tour, well done ace! Top overall attacker - <64>Combz, having an overall of 1123 ground kills during the tour, amazing dedication sir! Top overall logistics - SKUNK 1-2 | Slim, having an overall of 235 deployments during the tour, great job! Big applause to ED for their continues support in our events and for bringing us DCS World! From Heatblur, 6 modules in a lottery for participants of over 20 hours during the tour. The winners of the lottery are - Lagnad, AXE 1-2 Skipper, Squid 1-2 | zsk, Ux0, <64>Krippz, JACKAL | Szakal Thank you all for your participation and huge effort during the tour! A huge thanks to Heatblur for their quick response and devoted sponsorship to our event, really amazing modules and excellent people! Prize winners announcements - Edited October 7, 2019 by xcom [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] BuddySpike Website | Live Map & Statistics BuddySpike Twitch Channel Buddyspike Discord Buddyspike Facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Rage* Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Awesome! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] 64th "Scorpions" Aggressor Squadron Discord: 64th Aggressor Squadron TS: 195.201.110.22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D4n Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 (edited) how will the "winning coalition" of the tour be decided if both teams won an equal amount of rounds? Is the statistic counting "captured bases" for both teams? (That could be a way of determining) Edited August 25, 2019 by DanielNL DCS Wishlist: 2K11 Krug SA-4 Ganef SAM, VR-TrackIR icons next to player names in score-chart PvP: 100+ manual player-kills with Stingers on a well known dynamic campaign server - 100+ VTOL FARP landings & 125+ hours AV-8B, F-14 crew, royal dutch airforce F-16C - PvP campaigns since 2013 DCS server-admins: please adhere to a common sense gaming industry policy as most server admins throughout the industry do. (After all there's enough hostility on the internet already which really doesn't help anyone. Thanks.) Dell Visor VR headset, Ryzen 5 5600 (6C/12T), RTX 2060 - basic DCS-community rule-of-thumb: Don't believe bad things that a PvP pilot claims about another PvP pilot without having analyzed the existing evidence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpenwolf Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Good old Buddy Spike! You guys never fail to deliver the best stuff ever :thumbup: Cold War 1947 - 1991 Discord Helicopters Tournaments Combined Arms Tournaments You can help me with keeping up the server via PayPal donations: hokumyounis@yahoo.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D4n Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Good old Alpenwolf! :) Hope to see you join us during the tour aswell! :) DCS Wishlist: 2K11 Krug SA-4 Ganef SAM, VR-TrackIR icons next to player names in score-chart PvP: 100+ manual player-kills with Stingers on a well known dynamic campaign server - 100+ VTOL FARP landings & 125+ hours AV-8B, F-14 crew, royal dutch airforce F-16C - PvP campaigns since 2013 DCS server-admins: please adhere to a common sense gaming industry policy as most server admins throughout the industry do. (After all there's enough hostility on the internet already which really doesn't help anyone. Thanks.) Dell Visor VR headset, Ryzen 5 5600 (6C/12T), RTX 2060 - basic DCS-community rule-of-thumb: Don't believe bad things that a PvP pilot claims about another PvP pilot without having analyzed the existing evidence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D4n Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Just to clarify, for new players: "A-G - Kh-58Ux2 (A), RN-24, RN-28" means: - 2x Kh-58U per player are available (at advanced airbases) - the RN-24 and RN-28 are banned bombs on BlueFlag. DCS Wishlist: 2K11 Krug SA-4 Ganef SAM, VR-TrackIR icons next to player names in score-chart PvP: 100+ manual player-kills with Stingers on a well known dynamic campaign server - 100+ VTOL FARP landings & 125+ hours AV-8B, F-14 crew, royal dutch airforce F-16C - PvP campaigns since 2013 DCS server-admins: please adhere to a common sense gaming industry policy as most server admins throughout the industry do. (After all there's enough hostility on the internet already which really doesn't help anyone. Thanks.) Dell Visor VR headset, Ryzen 5 5600 (6C/12T), RTX 2060 - basic DCS-community rule-of-thumb: Don't believe bad things that a PvP pilot claims about another PvP pilot without having analyzed the existing evidence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skynet99 Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Count me in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUSTY Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 I'll be in my Persian Kitty! F-15E | AH-64 | F/A-18C | F-14B | A-10C | UH-1H | Mi-8MTV2 | Ka-50 | SA342 | Super Carrier | Nevada | Persian Gulf | Syria | Intel Core i7 11700K - 32GB 3200MHz CL16 DDR4 - MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming X 12GB - Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe SSD 1TB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StandingCow Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 Glad to finally see another blueflag round starting, been too long! :) 5900X - 32 GB 3600 RAM - 1080TI My Twitch Channel ~Moo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D4n Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 How many pilots will win an ED module? It only says "best ..... pilots", missing a number. "Best overall fighter / attacker / logistics pilots will win an ED module of their choice each (Excluding the F-16C Viper)." DCS Wishlist: 2K11 Krug SA-4 Ganef SAM, VR-TrackIR icons next to player names in score-chart PvP: 100+ manual player-kills with Stingers on a well known dynamic campaign server - 100+ VTOL FARP landings & 125+ hours AV-8B, F-14 crew, royal dutch airforce F-16C - PvP campaigns since 2013 DCS server-admins: please adhere to a common sense gaming industry policy as most server admins throughout the industry do. (After all there's enough hostility on the internet already which really doesn't help anyone. Thanks.) Dell Visor VR headset, Ryzen 5 5600 (6C/12T), RTX 2060 - basic DCS-community rule-of-thumb: Don't believe bad things that a PvP pilot claims about another PvP pilot without having analyzed the existing evidence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oceandar Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 This is so confusing to choose. I want to fly my Su-27/11/F-14 and also want F-18, A-10C and Harrier lol Thanks BF team and good luck all. Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power. - Lao Tze Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RvETito Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Is there a deadline and/or limit of signup? Are squads able to signup as a whole or should be on individual level? "See, to me that's a stupid instrument. It tells what your angle of attack is. If you don't know you shouldn't be flying." - Chuck Yeager, from the back seat of F-15D at age 89. =RvE= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coxy_99 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Is there a deadline and/or limit of signup? Are squads able to signup as a whole or should be on individual level? Forget joining as a squad once one side has 25 you need to join the other side, I know xcom is doing a squad one where you control a PAK something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RvETito Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 But then it doesn't make much sense to score if one (or a whole squad) changes side every day. I'd guess there should be some sort of a quota per side. Or whichever side you pick you stick to it till the end. Otherwise what happens if everyone joins one side only? "See, to me that's a stupid instrument. It tells what your angle of attack is. If you don't know you shouldn't be flying." - Chuck Yeager, from the back seat of F-15D at age 89. =RvE= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coxy_99 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 7 of us tried joining blue in PG 3 or 4 got kicked because to many blue the rest would have to join red. Or visa versa for balance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RvETito Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 For a casual day-to-day flying that could be an option but my understanding is that for competitive event (as this one appears to be) there must be some sort of rules on that matter based not only on numbers. "See, to me that's a stupid instrument. It tells what your angle of attack is. If you don't know you shouldn't be flying." - Chuck Yeager, from the back seat of F-15D at age 89. =RvE= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coxy_99 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Thats why Xcom is planning the squadron version where say for example RVE control and look after an area etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RvETito Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 [*]This official tour will run for the full month of September and will allow participants to join only one coalition during that month. Actually it's been there since the very first announcement, I must have been blind :) "See, to me that's a stupid instrument. It tells what your angle of attack is. If you don't know you shouldn't be flying." - Chuck Yeager, from the back seat of F-15D at age 89. =RvE= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max1mus Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 For a casual day-to-day flying that could be an option but my understanding is that for competitive event (as this one appears to be) there must be some sort of rules on that matter based not only on numbers. What coxy means is that the server wlll often be too full to play. You can NOT switch sides during a round (which can take weeks at times), it wasnt possible in previous official rounds and is not now. You pick a side as an individual player, and then youre stuck on it for the rest of the round. I am not entirely sure if its allowed if the round ends before the event ends and the frontline is reset. You may be able to switch then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RvETito Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 So I guess we don't have to signup in advance, we just join side of preference and stick to it till it's over? "See, to me that's a stupid instrument. It tells what your angle of attack is. If you don't know you shouldn't be flying." - Chuck Yeager, from the back seat of F-15D at age 89. =RvE= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D4n Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 exactly. DCS Wishlist: 2K11 Krug SA-4 Ganef SAM, VR-TrackIR icons next to player names in score-chart PvP: 100+ manual player-kills with Stingers on a well known dynamic campaign server - 100+ VTOL FARP landings & 125+ hours AV-8B, F-14 crew, royal dutch airforce F-16C - PvP campaigns since 2013 DCS server-admins: please adhere to a common sense gaming industry policy as most server admins throughout the industry do. (After all there's enough hostility on the internet already which really doesn't help anyone. Thanks.) Dell Visor VR headset, Ryzen 5 5600 (6C/12T), RTX 2060 - basic DCS-community rule-of-thumb: Don't believe bad things that a PvP pilot claims about another PvP pilot without having analyzed the existing evidence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D4n Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 To all Firefox users: Gadget won't auto-refresh on Firefox 68.0.2 (gadget implementation issue), I recommend using my greasemonkey-addon (free, MIT License) script (the "30" in the script equals 30 seconds, you can customize as you wish): // ==UserScript== // @name refresh BlueFlag gadget // // @version 1 // @grant none // // @include http://gadget.buddyspike.net/ // @include http://gadget.buddyspike.net/map/persiangulf // @include http://gadget.buddyspike.net/map/caucasus // ==/UserScript== setTimeout(function(){ location.reload(); }, 30*1000); Download greasemonkey Addon here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/greasemonkey/ And enjoy the tour! That the best communicating/teamplaying team may win! DCS Wishlist: 2K11 Krug SA-4 Ganef SAM, VR-TrackIR icons next to player names in score-chart PvP: 100+ manual player-kills with Stingers on a well known dynamic campaign server - 100+ VTOL FARP landings & 125+ hours AV-8B, F-14 crew, royal dutch airforce F-16C - PvP campaigns since 2013 DCS server-admins: please adhere to a common sense gaming industry policy as most server admins throughout the industry do. (After all there's enough hostility on the internet already which really doesn't help anyone. Thanks.) Dell Visor VR headset, Ryzen 5 5600 (6C/12T), RTX 2060 - basic DCS-community rule-of-thumb: Don't believe bad things that a PvP pilot claims about another PvP pilot without having analyzed the existing evidence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcom Posted September 1, 2019 Author Share Posted September 1, 2019 Reminder, the tour starts tonight at 16:00 Zulu. Good luck to everyone participating! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] BuddySpike Website | Live Map & Statistics BuddySpike Twitch Channel Buddyspike Discord Buddyspike Facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcom Posted September 1, 2019 Author Share Posted September 1, 2019 Update about side switching - During the official tour in PG (September), we will accept side switch only by 2nd of September 18:00 Zulu. After that time, we will no longer be accepting side switching unless it's a new player that just joined and entered his desired side wrongfully. Notice - such cases will be checked and would require more time then usual. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] BuddySpike Website | Live Map & Statistics BuddySpike Twitch Channel Buddyspike Discord Buddyspike Facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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