M0ltar Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 (edited) MERGE FOR THE CURE - STARTING MAY 9, 2020 WITH SPECIAL GUEST COMMENTATOR FIGHTER PILOT PODCASTS VINCENT AIELLO, CALLSIGN "JELL-O" SIGN-UP STATUS: CLOSED (CLOSE MAY 6, 2020) WHAT IS MERGE FOR THE CURE DCS World Events and Fighter Pilot Podcast, in conjunction with our awesome sponsors, DSD Designs, Heatblur, Eagle Dynamics, Thrustmaster, Polychop, Wild Weasel Apparel, and Foxx Mount are proud to announce MERGE FOR THE CURE. MERGE FOR THE CURE is an event dedicated to the merge and BFM with a special dedication to taking it to COVID19. COVID19 has caused major strife around the world and I believe that we, the DCS World community, can help make a difference. If you would like to help make a difference, go donate to the charity of your choice and take to the skies to duke it out in the Merge for the Cure. SPECIAL GUEST COMMENTATOR - FIGHTER PILOT PODCASTS VINCENT AIELLO I will be joined at various times during Merge for the Cure by by the man behind Fighter Pilot Podcast, Vincent Aiello, callsign "Jell-O" and possibly other FPP hosts and guests. Vincent retired from the Navy in 2017 after serving the United States flying the F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet, F-16 Fighting Falcon, and the A-4 Skyhawk and will help in providing real world analysis to our virtual flying. SIGNUP AND DONATION INFO This event is open to anyone; lonewolves, noobs and pros. If you want to get in on the action, and simultaneously support kicking COVID19's ass, sign on up! In order to signup for this event you MUST make a one time donation to Doctors Without Borders or other similar charity, CDC, United Nations, etc, with a minimum of 10 USD along with making a new post following the template at the bottom of the OP (See my example at the bottom of this post). Donating more is of course allowed and strongly encouraged. A screenshot of your donation will be required to accompany your signup post. The reason to not have a dedicated charity is because DCS is a truly international simulator and a single charity may not benefit everyone. I want participants to donate directly to the charity or organization that they believe can make a difference. Donating directly also eliminates the need for a middile man and the complications that that can cause. So in short, pick a charity associated to COVID19 relief, research, etc and signup! More registration information can be found at the bottom of this post. SCHEDULE The schedule for matches, including times, will be finalized once signups have closed and can be found at Splash One Gaming website. Merge for the Cure is set to start May 9th, 2020 at 1700z and will be run for 2-3 consecutive weekends depending on player numbers. Therefore, please expect if you keep winning to fly a couple weekends in a row and as we get closer to finals time to also fly more matches per day of competition. To check what Zulu time is for you, see here. TIMETABLE AND INITIALS - APRIL 1, 2020 - MERGE FOR THE CURE signups open. - MAY 6, 2020 - MERGE FOR THE CURE signups close. - Brackets will depend on the number of individuals at signup. - MAY 9, 2020 @ 1700z - Opening day and match play. - MAY 16, 2020 @1700z - Play continues with numbers of needed rounds and matches dictated by number of signups. - MAY 23, 2020 @ 1700z - Finals day! Eighth , Quarters, Semis, and Finals will be flown on this day. - I will try to stream as many matches as I can. The number I stream will be greatly dependent on the number of signups and our guest commentators availability. All match results will be track-able on Splash One Gaming and ED forum thread. - Future DCS modules will be included in the tournament automatically. PRIZES 1st - Thrustmaster Hornet Grip, PointCTRL Kit, DSD FLT2 Button Box, Foxx Mount Stick Mount, Eagle Dynamics Module, Wild Weasel Apparel Shirt, and Polychop Kiowa Module 2nd - Eagle Dynamics Module, Wild Weasel Apparel Shirt, and Polychop Kiowa Module 3rd - Eagle Dynamics Module, Wild Weasel Apparel Shirt, and Polychop Kiowa Module Stream Viewers - Viewers will have the chance to win 1 of 4 Heatblur Modules that will be given away live during streams at random times throughout the event. RULES 1V1* - 1v1 matches consist of 1 pilot per team attempting to eliminate their opponent in a best of 3 setup or best of 5 for quarters on. - Starts will be air start. - Starting distance will be 50km from each other head-on at between 10000ft and 20000ft at any speed. - Combatants must fly towards each other before merge. Maximum nose deviation from the opponent must be kept within 70 degrees until the first pass/merge. Increasing or decreasing speed is allowed. Combatants must stay above 10k feet and below 20k feet before the merge. - Fuel dumping is allowed. - Weapons hold until after the first pass. Definition of merge: when EITHER fighter passes the other fighter's 3/9 line and the fighters are within 1 nm from each other (within weapons range). - Extending away from the fight for the purpose of resetting to a new merge, or to attempt to reacquire a lost tally, is allowed. However, extending purely to drag out the fight and play fuel games is highly discouraged and such passive tactics may up in disqualification, this will ultimately be decided by the referee and/or review from the Tacview file. - If there is significant damage to your jet, fully passive and defensive tactics are OK. - After eliminating your opponent, the combatant must land at the designated airfield inside the bubble. - There is a bubble that will simulate an arena. This bubble is 66km across. - If you come within 16km of bubble edge you will receive a warning that you are leaving the bubble. - If you exit the bubble completely you will self-destruct. - Any aircraft is allowed to compete in Merge for the Cure. - All aircraft will start with full internal gun and no other weapons. - Fuel for each aircraft has been calculated based on time maintaining max AoA sustained turns at low altitude. These fuel loads will allow all aircraft to stay gate for similar time frames. - In order to complete the round you must land at the airfield in the center of the bubble. This ensures that a clean victory is had. SERVER MISSION & WEATHER* - DCS World Events server will be used. - Map is Caucuses. - Ping limit of 300 will be strictly enforced. - Mission locations will be static. - Weather will be clear. - Mission can be downloaded here *Note: Tournament rules, weapons and missions are subject to change REGISTRATION In order to signup for this event you MUST make a one time donation to Doctors Without Borders or other similar charity, CDC, United Nations, etc, with a minimum of 10 USD along with making a new post following the template at the bottom of the OP (See my example at the bottom of this post). Donating more is of course allowed and strongly encouraged. A screenshot of your donation will be required to accompany your signup post as this is a charity event support COVID19 relief. ALL PARTICIPANTS MUST HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE AVAILABLE ON THE SPLASH ONE GAMING DISCORD IN ORDER TO COMPLETE REGISTRATION AS WELL AS POSTING YOUR SIGNUP WITH YOUR DONATION SCREENSHOT! AFTER POSTING YOUR SIGNUP, PLEASE HEAD OVER TO THE SPLASH ONE GAMING DISCORD AND MAKE A POST IN THE MERGE FOR THE CURE CHANNEL. PLEASE ALSO INCLUDE YOUR DISCORD NAME/ID THAT WILL BE USED ON THE SPLASH ONE GAMING DISCORD IN YOUR REGISTRATION POST. AN EXAMPLE THAT INCLUDES THIS CAN BE SEEN BELOW. ALL PARTICIPANTS MUST ALSO SHOW UP TO THE SPLASH ONE GAMING DISCORD DEDICATED MERGE FOR THE CURE VOICE CHANNELS AT LEAST 15 MIN BEFORE YOUR SCHEDULED MATCH TIME. Please use the template below as a guide and post in a new post in this thread to register. Please make sure you include the donation screenshot or link in your registration post. DO NOT FORGET TO INCLUDE A SCREENSHOT OF YOUR DONATION! Squadron Name: 64th Aggressors Teamspeak/Discord: 195.201.110.22 Contact person Discord ID: Moltar Aircraft Selection. F-16C Pilots: USA - Moltar Current Registrations: GrumpyFINN DefyGravity Firefly Kiakawa MorningMod Kula Stretch TaoHermit Krippz Hai Kortana Kieran_2012 Havko Lazyguy Catch PRAETORIAN Badger Extraterrestrial Edited May 21, 2020 by M0ltar [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] 64th Aggressors TS DCSWorldEvents Twitch Splash One Gaming Splash One Gaming Discord The Merge SATAL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finn1978 Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 (edited) Squadron Name: NA Teamspeak/Discord: NA Contact person Discord ID: GrumpyFINN#7019 Aircraft Selection. mirage Pilots: GrumpyFinn in Finland Edited April 26, 2020 by finn1978 added squadron [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]GrumpyFinn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
defygravity Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Squadron Name: N/A Discord: N/A Contact person Discord ID: DefyGravity750#6238 Aircraft Selection: Probably F-16 (not sure yet) Pilots: USA - Hippo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mblackham Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 (edited) Squadron Name: OR Teamspeak/Discord: https://discord.gg/Y52v7q Burning skies Contact person Discord ID: OR | Firefly#7697 Aircraft Selection. Spitfire Pilots: OR | Firefly OR | Kiakawa OR | MorningMode Edited April 3, 2020 by mblackham Adding picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M0ltar Posted April 1, 2020 Author Share Posted April 1, 2020 (edited) Merge for the Cure - A COVID19 Relief Charity Event Squadron Name: OR Teamspeak/Discord: https://discord.gg/Y52v7q Burning skies Contact person Discord ID: OR | Firefly#7697 Aircraft Selection. Spitfire Pilots: OR | Firefly OR | Kiakawa OR | MorningMode Did you guys make donations? Please see the signup example for clarification. Gotta fund those in the front lines against covid19. :) Edited April 1, 2020 by M0ltar [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] 64th Aggressors TS DCSWorldEvents Twitch Splash One Gaming Splash One Gaming Discord The Merge SATAL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kula66 Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Squadron Name: Lone kitten Teamspeak/Discord: Discord Contact person Discord ID: Kula#2989 Aircraft Selection. TBD (probably F-14) Pilots: England - Kula Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M0ltar Posted April 1, 2020 Author Share Posted April 1, 2020 Late entry to the prize pool! Welcome PointCTRL to Merge for the Cure. Miles has generously donated a PointCTRL kit that will be given to the winner! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] 64th Aggressors TS DCSWorldEvents Twitch Splash One Gaming Splash One Gaming Discord The Merge SATAL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stretch Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Squadron Name: N/A Teamspeak/Discord: N/A Contact person Discord ID: RISCfuture#8245 Aircraft Selection: F-16C Pilots: USA - Stretch Tim "Stretch" Morgan 72nd VFW, 617th VFS Other handles: Strikeout (72nd VFW, 15th MEU Realism Unit), RISCfuture (BMS forums) PC and Peripherals: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/RISCfuture/saved/#view=DMp6XL Win10 x64 — BMS — DCS — P3D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaoHermit Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 Squadron Name: 64th Aggressors Contact Discord ID: TaoHermit#9256 Aircraft Selection: F-16 Pilots: USA - TaoHermit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mblackham Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Did you guys make donations? Please see the signup example for clarification. Gotta fund those in the front lines against covid19. :) Yeah sorry. Attached to original post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krippz Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Squadron Name: 64th Aggressors Contact Discord ID: Krippz#6204 Aircraft Selection: F-18 Pilots: USA - <64>Krippz [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...
Lt. Hai Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Squadron Name: VNAO VF-11 Red Rippers Contact Discord ID: Hai VF-11#2504 Aircraft Selection: F-14 Pilot: Mexico - VF-11 Hai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kortana Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Squadron Name: Virtual Carrier Strike Group 8 Teamspeak/Discord: Discord Contact Discord ID: Kora47#1206 Aircraft Selection: F-14 Pilot: USA - Kortana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox2 Productions Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 (edited) Squadron Name: N/A Discord: Kieran_2012 #8657 Aircraft selection F18 Pilot : UK hKieran2012 Callsign : Guns Edited May 6, 2020 by hKieran2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arkasha_s_mishkoi Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Squadron Name: N/A Discord: havko#0847 Aircraft selection: F-18 Pilot : Rus - Havko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazyguy2879 Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 Squadron Name: N/A Teamspeak/Discord: N/A Contact Person Discord ID: Badguy3#3861 Aircraft Selection: Su-27 Pilots: USA - Lazyguy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyBoy18A Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 Squadron Name: N/A Contact person Discord ID: Catch#1270 Aircraft Selection: probably F/A-18C Pilots: Australia - Catch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRAETORIAN Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 Squadron name: 141st Contact person discord ID : _PRAETORIAN | Emu 3/1#2534 Aircraft selection : probably F18 Pilots: PRAETORIAN | Emu 3/1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speed-of-heat Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Squadron name: N/A Contact person discord ID: speedofheat#6634 Aircraft selection : probably F18 Pilots: Badger SYSTEM SPECS: Hardware Intel Corei7-12700KF @ 5.1/5.3p & 3.8e GHz, 64Gb RAM, 4090 FE, Dell S2716DG, Virpil T50CM3 Throttle, WinWIng Orion 2 & F-16EX + MFG Crosswinds V2, Varjo Aero SOFTWARE: Microsoft Windows 11, VoiceAttack & VAICOM PRO YOUTUBE CHANNEL: @speed-of-heat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbie1234 Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Merge for Cure Registration Squadron Name: None Contact person discord ID: bfmfan1 #6773 Aircraft selection: F-15C Pilot: USA: Extraterrestrial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vracan Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 helicopters too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D4n Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Would be nice to have a 25vs25 event like this in future 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...
M0ltar Posted April 10, 2020 Author Share Posted April 10, 2020 helicopters too? If you really want to fly a helicopter I will gladly add one for you. You'd have to start at 20k though and I don't know how a heli is going to deal with that. Probably not happily. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] 64th Aggressors TS DCSWorldEvents Twitch Splash One Gaming Splash One Gaming Discord The Merge SATAL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M0ltar Posted April 10, 2020 Author Share Posted April 10, 2020 Would be nice to have a 25vs25 event like this in future aswell :) Not a bad idea. Could be coming in the near future. ;) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] 64th Aggressors TS DCSWorldEvents Twitch Splash One Gaming Splash One Gaming Discord The Merge SATAL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raptr12 Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 RIO Can I have my brother as a RIO if I fly a F-14? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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