Talk:Flight Sim Merger

just a few comments:

Names: Don't like either of the suggested ones, personally; I'm not much of a names person, but I like to start by thinking of abbreviations that might be good (CF? - hell, Crusader Fleet used to exist; WF? maybe too much like WWF)

Merits: Twin suns? All the rest of these are things you can be, but I'm not sure what being a twin suns means. Also, legend rebel? That just sounds tacky, and I think we're the NR, not the Rebel Alliance. Super ace? The word "super" should be avoided. I suggest more gradations in the early times, much like PBF. I'm not sure that "Rebel" is a cooler thing than "Knight", or that we should have rebel at all.

Other thoughts/Scoring: Himm likes message boards for reports; I recommend NOT yahoogroups, as it does not store pilot files anymore - it used to, which was really nice. Alternatives include Topica and Google Groups

Fleet structure: you have 18 squadrons here? I highly recommend a system with 9-10 people per squadron, so try to figure out how many people you have. I recall out of the depths of my mind that I wrote a script to figure this out once, and it looks like this page is it - 128 people means 12-13 squadrons, and I'll bet you that many of those people are actually gone, but the COs haven't been doing their duty. So I'd recommend 12 squadrons at the most. I know that this means disbanding more squadrons, but that may happen anyways.... When this last came up, I was in 4 squadrons, and they were all, except one, disbanded within the next year, so the decision became moot.

Storyline: Just wait till Vender comes back or something. Or get an AFer to do it. There are tons of possible storylines, I'm sure I could create a good one in an hour or so...

Overall: So there can be 4 squadrons who win in any given month? What if one squadron wins all 4 things? I don't know, I prefer a clear standings system like in Common ITOD, but maybe that's just me.

-Licah Fox 10:00, 15 Feb 2006 (EST)