GROUP EVENT [Aug 1, 2020] Monthly Meeting (Discord)

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Monthly Meeting
Discord
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Posted By: MagnusEffect
Start Date: Aug 1, 2020 18:00
End Date: Aug 1, 2020 19:00
Time Zone: America/New_York -04:00 EDT
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  1. MagnusEffect

    MagnusEffect Administrator Staff Member Jarl SC Huscarl

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    Summer is almost over, but not quite yet! It's been about a month since we discussed the Steam Summer Sale. July was a particularly slow month for us. Perhaps we can reach a concession going forward from here?
    • Recommended Games
    • Major Restructuring for Weekly Schedule?
      • Mechwarrior Monday changes or hiatus?
      • RPG Tuesdays - rename to Total Warhammer Tuesdays?
      • Strategy Night Wednesdays - continue, change, or hiatus?
      • Run & Gun Saturdays? - War Thunder, Renegade X, RWR, etc?
      • Group Play Sunday - No Man's Sky or hiatus?
    • Starborne as free alternative to Stellaris?
    • Star Citizen PTU major update
    • Post Scriptum or Hell Let Loose?
    • Megamek update
     
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    August 2020 Meeting Minutes
    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_yLAPAa6y5xWsFcI3Q8RDPqGHi_tD8XeAmZXt8YcH0c/edit?usp=sharing

    Recommended Games
    1. No new additions since July meetings
    2. Organized Community Events remain the same:
      1. Company of Heroes 2
      2. Mechwarrior Living Legends (link)
      3. Warhammer 40K Inquisitor: Martyr
    3. Starbourne
      1. “Stellaris-like MMO” played over several weeks
      2. HIGH PRIORITY - New Community Goal - will begin recruiting
      3. Free to play alternative
      4. Can be played with low system and time requirements
      5. Up to 20 players in single alliance
      6. Suggest that Skjaldborg start in a server together at the same start time
      7. http://www.theskjaldborg.com/index.php?threads/starborne-sovereign-space.12787/
    4. No Man Sky
      1. Being moved up to recommended game list
      2. Refined over two years
      3. Best alternative "internet spaceships" game that we are looking for until Elite: Dangerous and/or Star Citizen get more updates.
    5. Hardspace Shipbreaker
      1. Put on Watchlist; waiting for MP support
    6. Tabletop Simulator
      1. Always an option for the weekends, we just need someone to organize it.
    7. Avorion
      1. Placed back on "Watchlist" due to MP instability
    8. Deep Rock Galactic
      1. Moved to recommended list
    9. Post Scriptum or Hell Let Loose
      1. Adunadain suggests Post Scriptum (more polished experience currently)
      2. Hell Let Loose is still in development
      3. Could be place for active recruiting pool
      4. Current interest - Rav, Aspius and Magnus
    • New Star Wars - Squadron
      1. Staying off "watchlist" until we have more info.
    Major Restructuring for Weekly Schedule
    1. Mechwarrior Monday
      1. Confirmed - Solomance still available
      2. Switching to MechWarrior 5 Merc’s when released on Steam
      3. Unsure if cross platform will be possible yet
    2. Total Warhammer Tuesdays
      1. Confirmed - Moro will still lead
      2. All Warhammer genre games
    3. Strategy Night Wednesdays - continue, change, or hiatus?
      1. Company of Heroes 2 is traditional game of Strategy Night
      2. Lower attendance the usual
      3. Other suggested games: Warhammer/Three Kingdoms TW, Planetary Annihilation, Supreme Commander, Age of Empires 2
    4. Run & Gun Saturdays
      1. Running with Rifles and other more casual shooter games
      2. Warthunder Saturday’s
        1. MagnusEffect has control of squadron now - will begin recruiting
        2. Tzeentch is organizing potential group plays around WT community events
        3. Enduring Confrontations (large scale simulation mode)
          1. much lower chance of hostile player encounters
          2. totally different experience; ironically more casual to play.
          3. allows unlimited number to play
    5. Group Play Sunday
      1. Open for suggestions
      2. Warframe? - after next big update
      3. No Man Sky? - pending more community support
    Megamek
    1. Magnus needs a helper before starting this up again.
    ADMIN NOTE: Updated with relevant info.
     
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    MagnusEffect Administrator Staff Member Jarl SC Huscarl

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    Thank you everyone who was able to join us. It was a great turn out!

    Here is our plan going forward until the next major seasonal sale:
    1. Weekly Schedule
      • Mechwarrior Monday - continuing on while we wait for a MW5 Steam release (estimated to be some time in late fall/early winter).
      • Total Warhammer Tuesdays - primarily WH40K: Inquisitor, but any WH40K game is up for grabs.
      • Strategy Night (Weds) - there is still interest, but we need to discuss further on which games people want to focus on (needs follow up)
      • Run & Gun (Sat) - Will focus on War Thunder since it "fits the bill" and is free to play, but other "action-oriented" games are on the table:
        • War Thunder - any mode is fine, but we need to keep it FUN!
        • Running With Rifles - easy to organize and fun
        • Unfortunate Spaceman - free game and something different
      • Sunday Group Play - on hiatus for now (maybe No Man Sky later)
    2. Continuing to monitor progress on Post Scriptum vs. Hell Let Loose
      • most leaning towards Post Scriptum; may change afterl Hell Let Loose gets more updates.
      • waiting for next big sale before making any decisions.
    3. Expanding community effort for activity and recruitment in both War Thunder & Starborne (F2P MMO Stellaris-like game).
      • will begin regular War Thunder activity next Saturday.
      • beginning Starborne after the next normal server launch.
     
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