Anybody in the San Diego area?

[GaryOwen]

I saw a link at Simhq.com about a week ago regarding something called the Defense Combat Simulation Olympics. Apparently they are organizing lan-parties/tournaments for military sims and have service-members/veterans in attendance to help out. The group is in San Diego. They have recently opened a web-page; I posted, and there is some interest in SB (which seems to be right up their alley).
If anybody in the San Diego area is interested in checking it out here's the URL.

http://www.dcsolympics.org/index.php


Might be an opportunity to convert some young impressionable minds to the Monopatchistic flock.

[Sean]

Does anyone know this guy? I guess this was a flop.

[rump]

I guess this was a flop


The forum has 6 posted messages, the download section is empty and the gallery holds 3 pictures... :roll:

Rump

[mapman]

Does anyone know this guy? I guess this was a flop.

Well, the site is still up. It looks like a good idea, but there is no reports as to how it went.

Here is jist of the thread that was started by our friend Gary Owen.


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DCS Olympics (http://www.dcsolympics.org/forums/index.php)
- General Items (http://www.dcsolympics.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?forumid=15)
-- Just curious (http://www.dcsolympics.org/forums/showthread.php?threadid=6)


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Posted by GaryOwen on 04-17-2003 09:01 PM:
Just curious

Saw a link to this site over at Simhq. Seems like a great concept. Just curious about which sims that you are planning to work with, and especially whether you are planning on doing anything with ground combat sims.


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Posted by Flack Maguire on 04-17-2003 11:35 PM:

Yes we are. To some degree, we had ground combat in our competition this week in our competition that used Battlefield 1942. And, we are looking at likely using "SOCOM: Navy SEALs" in our next competition. We are talking with the local Navy SEAL headquarters asking them to support with having Navy SEALs come to our event.

As the Leagues take shape, I am sure that we will have a great deal of opinions people will voice on which games are best.


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Posted by GaryOwen on 04-18-2003 12:14 AM:

If you're interested in any combined manuever stuff, take a look at TacOps4, it's a battalion/brigade level command post exercise kinda game in actual use by the military. Pretty dry compared to the FPS games, but designed to be flexible as far as setting up and simulating command and control.

Another combined arms simulator is Steel Beasts. It's in use at West Point. Not much eye-candy yet (new graphics engine is being developed), but it's got incredibly faithful tank gunnery modeling. It's an excellent vehicle for training terrain analysis, unit co-ordination, and manuever. If you're interested in something like this, I could post your URL at the fansite to see if anybody near SD would be willing to help train.


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Posted by Flack Maguire on 04-24-2003 01:39 PM:

I would appreciate it if you could post a link to us at the Steel Beast fan web site. We will add a tank competition to one of our upcoming competitions. I have talked to people at Army National Guard before. We could see about having them bring a tank and the actual experts to talk at the competition.


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Posted by sanddancer on 05-01-2003 01:30 AM:
Steelbeast

I just found your site on steelbeast website. I think it would be a great add.
Thanks


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Posted by Flack Maguire on 05-05-2003 04:48 PM:

Given the strong interest, I will contact the guys over at SteelBeast and people at National Guard Recruiting to see about arranging. We just had another planning meeting today on our next event that will use "SOCOM: Navy SEALs". It looks highly probable that we will have live participation from the Navy SEAL community.

We are just starting to stand-up these events, so we are going to need a little grace as we ramp up over the next year.

Cheers,
Flack

[Sean]

I would appreciate it if you could post a link to us at the Steel Beast fan web site. We will add a tank competition to one of our upcoming competitions. I have talked to people at Army National Guard before. We could see about having them bring a tank and the actual experts to talk at the competition.


That says it all. Bringing a tank to the competition :-)

[mapman]

I would appreciate it if you could post a link to us at the Steel Beast fan web site. We will add a tank competition to one of our upcoming competitions. I have talked to people at Army National Guard before. We could see about having them bring a tank and the actual experts to talk at the competition.


That says it all. Bringing a tank to the competition :-)

The stated purpose of the "competition" is to get younger people (high school) interested in joining the armed services through military gaming competition.

To quote their home page:

View the announcement of our first monthly gaming competition held in partnership with eSports Arena at:

http://www.esportsarena.com/events/april16/index.html

Future announcements of coming on our monthly competitions with eSports Arena and LAN party events.



April 2003

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Defense Combat Sim Olympics (DCSO) conducts premier military simulation gaming events to expose teens and young adults to the challenges of combat operations and the benefits of military careers. Using high fidelity, multi-player combat simulation games, DCSO hosts gaming competitions and tournaments where competitors can interact directly with military officers and retired veterans to gain a fuller understanding of opportunities to serve in our technologically advanced armed forces.

DCSO works actively with military commands that provide representatives, equipment, and displays. DCSO uses the traditional model of sports leagues with divisions to organize events in such disciplines as aviation, submarines, Special Forces, and ship operations. DCSO competitions create a fuller appreciation for the professionalism and skills required of specialists in our modern armed forces. Defense Combat Sim Olympics began operation in November 2002 to operate competitions throughout the United States.


What do you think Ren? Will the US Army sponser Steel Beast LAN Fests all over the country as a reqruiting tool?

:cvcsalute:

[Cpl_Punishment]

The stated purpose of the "competition" is to get younger people (high school) interested in joining the armed services through military gaming competition.

What do you think Ren? Will the US Army sponser Steel Beast LAN Fests all over the country as a reqruiting tool?

:cvcsalute:

Perhaps if they hadn't spent my tax dollars on America's Army.