GRRR Squad Forum

Good prac last night guys!!

I really felt that this was one prem team that we could beat or atleast take 1 or 2 rounds off them. Next up is SSG PL.

What I learnt from last night is that it is all about prep. We know Sienne backwards and we know Bazaar so that is why we did well. There is a chance we could play B2k maps at rAge so I think we need to practise this against SSG PL. I think Karkand is the simplier of the two so if we could at least get a game of that in.

Don't get dispondent chaps. Yes we got stomped, but there are good reasons for that and they are things we can fix. This is not a talent issue, it's a time and attendance issue. We have had this same situation at the end of Leg 2 and we half pulled our act together and now look, we qualified for rAge. All we need to do get everyone back and focused and rAge will be the event you are looking forward to.

K good points.

I think we need to go over everyones roll, and their specific roll on a map and the flag they at.

Like for instance on Sharqui, the call goes out defend Tv station.
Everyone in the squad, should know ok. I go here, i watch this direction, that direction is covered by "this guys"
Notice i say direction, not specific place, as this is where we each need to take individual responsibility. Watching and reacting to what they are doing from the direction and location you are watching. Also it is absolutely key to know what the other guys roles are.
So "Paul's" job is to watch stairs, mine is to watch the left ladder. Paul only needs to say he is down, and i must know, they will be behind me now.
Its these kind things guys, that we lack big time, and part of the reason I personally get so frustrated, as i call guys there, guys there, and we as a team still get surprised... by the guys coming from there!

At the moment, we all run around like headless chickens.
1. Because we are unclear of our own roles
2. We unclear what the other guys in our squad, let alone team are doing.
3. Because we don't trust each other, and put trust in each other to watch our backs.


For tonight lets work, purely on your squad play. I say we forget about complicated starting strats, and just focus, on moving to a flag, taking our picks, and moving in bit by bit as a Squad. Making sure, this guy has this side covered, this guy has that side covered, and so on.

Litmus test is do you know what the strats are on each map? If you don't or only know part, then how can you know what your role is or expect to take up another role and execute effectively? Use that as an exercise to test your knowledge and troubleshoot the gaps. Think about the flow of the game, think about where others will be and what gaps exist. It'll do wonders for awareness

Based on this thread http://dogamingforum.co.za/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=189&start=10


This is it, chances are the next leg will only start next year, so after rage there will be a ton of time to do your own thing (although I think we should have prac matches etc just to keep it together).

For the next 9 days please make BF3 your priority where you can.

Hubris is right though, we might be logging into a BF3 server but our heads are not there.

Well yes it was scrappy, but we know why that's the case - none of us is in the zone. I have been trying to figure out what we did wrong and it goes back to the same old story. One or two guys is/are able to harass and wipe out an entire squad. They had one guy sniping on the roof of a building, one guy waiting for our tank spawn and 8 of us couldn't deal with the other 6.

This happenes because we are all running around trying to make an impact and with no real idea about what we are doing. By the time we come to a crucial piece of ground, we die because we're running to a place beyond that or in the open whilst they're waiting patienty in ambush. If we don't each don't take ownership of our roles all the strats in the world are just hot air. The overall level of preparedness last nigt was shocking, we have lost a lot of progress in this break which was abused.

We all need to have a precise understanding of where we need to be when and where the threats will be coming from. There's no way we can chop and change our plans in game without that foundation. That's where the frustration and negativity sets in because we start blaming each other for not doing what we think are their jobs; but the plans are fluid and it is a mess. Anyways, it was a good game experience albeit learnt the hard way.

Guys please, just think about Battlefield a bit each day and your role/positioning on each map. If you dont know what to do, that is a serios problem - please post now so we can get this train steaming again. I know real life is a bitch and whatever else but if we want to even have a shot at beating a team in this tourni we need to galvanise. Now. We play BFC again tonight on more familiar maps and we have a chance to stop lookig for excuses outside outselves and redeem our professionalism.

I'm aiming for Bazaar and Seine, but let's see what we end up with. Please, apply some forethought to what you may be doing and make sure you are aware fully of what is expected of you and which areas you will hold etc. I think we have the strategic plans and tools we need to get this right, we've done it before, but it's all about how we internalise this and get back on track in every sense. The casual gamer approach just doesn't work in competition.

If you guys short I'l be there tonight!

OK last night was a bit scrappy but I think Phatso had a point, we need to have a bit more fun but still take it a bit serious.

So things we have learnt in the last couple of matches

* C flag on Karkand and Sharqi are premo and need to be defended
* Tank steals are easy so we need to mine the take spawn even with just 1 mine to avoid this happening


Things we need to work on
* Sticking together as squads
* Reacting quicker to what is infront of us. If the plan fails then what?


Tonight we will split into different Channels to see if comms work better, Hubris will shout across channels if he wants the infantry squad to do something specific

k, should make it by then.

BFC, have given us a bit of time 8:20