2022 Ultimate Tank Crew Challenge - Interest Check

[Mirzayev]

2022 Ultimate Tank Crew Challenge

 

You might be pretty good, but are you the best?

 

The 2022 Ultimate Tank Crew Challenge is meant to answer that question. Teams of three (3x) (Tank Commander, Gunner, and Driver) will compete in five (5x) events designed to push both crews and tanks to the limit.

 

Since we, as a community, haven't run one of these for a while, I wanted to gauge if there is sufficient interest. To continue forward, I would like at least three (3x) teams to express interest. If you want to know more, read on!

 

Basic Concept 

 

Note: as this is an initial concept, events are subject to changes based on feedback from participants and in the interest of fun and competition. 

 

I. Team Rules.

 

a. All teams will be comprised of three (3x) players who will be identified as occupying the Tank Commander, Gunner, or Driver position. Players will remain in the position they have signed up for during the duration of the event. One (1x) additional player may be designated as a reserve crew member and may fill in if a member of the primary crew cannot attend an event. The reserve crew member will not compete unless a primary crew player cannot participate in the event.

 

Example: Team TankSim enters with Apocalypse (TC), ben (Gunner), Revenant (driver), and Assassin (reserve). During event #1, Revenant is unable to attend. Team TankSim can use Assassin to take his place as the driver. If during event #2, Apocalypse is unable to participate, Assassin can take his place during that event.

 

IF A TEAM IS UNABLE TO FIELD THREE CREW MEMBERS FOR AN EVENT, THEY WILL FORFEIT THAT EVENT.

 

b. Each team will choose a playable tank with a thermal imager and the ability for the TC to engage targets in the event of gunner incapacitation. More than one team may choose to operate the same model of tank. A list of tanks fitting this description is below:

 

Challenger 2

Leopard 1A5 series

Leopard 2A4+ series

M1 Series

M60A3 TTS

T-72B3

 

c. Each team will choose a camouflage scheme available in the mission editor. More than one team may choose the same camouflage scheme. A reference of available schemes is available here.

 

II. Team Entry.

 

a. TEAMS WILL SIGNUP FOR THE EVENT USING THE FORMAT BELOW:

 

Team Name:

Tank:

Camouflage Scheme:

Tank Commander:

Gunner:

Driver:

Reserve (optional):

 

b. Example: 

 

Team Name: Team TankSim

Tank: M1A2 (SEP)

Camouflage Scheme: US 2010

Tank Commander: Apocalypse

Gunner: ben

Driver: Revenant

Reserve (optional): Assassin

 

III. Events.

 

a. Teams will compete in five (5x) events. Events 1 through 4 will have known tasks and standards on which the team can train. Events 1 thru 4 will each be conducted by a single team during a defined one-week window. The 5th Event's tasks and standards will be revealed upon the event’s start. Event 5 will use some of the tasks conducted during Events 1 thru 4; no additional tasks not present during Events 1 thru 4 will be added.

 

b. Each event will conclude upon one of the following conditions:

 

i. The Team completes all assigned tasks. The score attained at the end of the event will be used for ranking.

 

ii. The Team elects to end the event. The score attained at the time of termination will be used for ranking. 

 

iii. The Team's tank can no longer continue the event (i.e., destroying the engine or main gun, the driver is incapacitated, etc.) Conditions that preclude the Team's tank from continuing will be briefed before the execution of the event. Meeting these conditions will terminate the event. The score attained at the time of termination will be used for ranking. 

 

iv. The Team reaches the time limit for the event. The event will auto-terminate at this time. The score attained at the end of the event will be used for ranking.

 

c. The five (5x) planned events are listed below with a brief description.

 

1. Mounted Land Navigation. Teams will be given a list of points via 10 digit grid. Crews must plot all points on the map using checkpoints before initiating movement from their assembly area. Teams will have up to five minutes to plot points and build a plan. Upon expiration of the five minutes, Teams will have a set time limit to find as many points as possible. The ranking is determined by the number of points found, with time used as a tie-breaker.

 

2. Gunnery. Teams will conduct offensive and defensive engagements against Warsaw Pact-style targets, including trucks, tanks, PCs, and choppers. Offensive engagements will begin on the move. Defensive engagements will involve both hasty and deliberate fighting positions. There will be at least two Tank Commander engagements. Friendly Western-style targets will be included during engagements; shooting them will result in a penalty for the Team.

 

3. Degraded Gunnery. Conditions as listed above will apply. The event will automatically apply degradation to systems during engagements. Teams must train to conduct gunnery in emergency and manual modes to be successful during this event. 

 

4. Situational Training Exercise. Teams will conduct offensive maneuver to reach a designated end point while facing a Warsaw Pact-style threat. 

 

5. Secret Event. Teams will compete against each other to accomplish assigned tasks. Tasks will be selected from the four (4x) previous events; no new tasks will be introduced. This event's score will count twice (2x) for scoring purposes. 

 

IV. Scoring.

 

a. Specific scoring per event will be posted during the event's execution window. 

 

b. Overall scoring will be a cumulative number of each Team's ranking for each event. A lower score is better. 1st place in an event will yield a score of 1, 2nd place a score of 2, 3rd place a score of 3, etc. The Secret Event's score will be doubled. 1st place will yield a score of 2, 2nd place a score of 4, etc. 

 

c. The Team with the lowest cumulative score at the conclusion of the 2022 Ultimate Tank Crew Challenge event will be declared the 2022 Ultimate Tank Crew.

 

Interested?

 

If so, let me know by filling out a Team Application. I plan to run this if we can assemble three (3x) or more Teams. 

 

I am open to questions.

 

Team Name:

Tank:

Camouflage Scheme:

Tank Commander:

Gunner:

Driver:

Reserve (optional):

Edited September 18, 2022 by Mirzayev
Edited for clarity.

[RooksAndKings]

Team Name: The Doohan Detachment

Tank: M1A2

Camouflage Scheme: US

Tank Commander: TBD

Gunner: TBD

Driver: TBD

Reserve (optional):

I'm looking for poor souls but I am interested. 

Edited September 18, 2022 by RooksAndKings

[Grenny]

Interessted...

[Higgs]

I'm interested, however it depends on the time frame of these mission. The new semester just started and I won't have unlimited spare time to sink into Steel Beasts.

Edited September 20, 2022 by Higgs

[Gibsonm]

33 minutes ago, Higgs said:

I'm interested, however it depends on the time frame of these mission. The new semester just started and I won't have unlimited spare time to sink into Steal Beasts.

 

Or even Steel Beasts?

 

[Lumituisku]

Me and @Commissar_Martin are up!  Tentatively open to be recruited (good at pretty much any position).

Trying to recruid 2 more friends to get our own team but feel free to ask us.  We are hard core multicrewers! 

Edited September 19, 2022 by Lumituisku

[Mirzayev]

9 hours ago, Higgs said:

I'm interested, however it depends on the time frame of these mission. The new semester just started and I won't have unlimited spare time to sink into Steal Beasts.

My plan is to make a time window of about a week to complete each event. I want to add flexibility to people's schedules so I'm not having to coordinate 9+ people to get together at the same time for each event. 

[Lumituisku]

@Mirzayev  Any rought idea what month this competition would be?   

[Mirzayev]

Thinking October/November timeframe. I'm not firm on dates yet. Depends on how available the teams are.

 

If we get enough. 

[mpow66m]

Ill give it a shot

[Higgs]

On 9/19/2022 at 10:34 AM, Gibsonm said:

 

Or even Steel Beasts?

 

I completely missed the spelling. Thanks.

[Lumituisku]

 

On 9/19/2022 at 8:40 PM, Mirzayev said:

My plan is to make a time window of about a week to complete each event. I want to add flexibility to people's schedules so I'm not having to coordinate 9+ people to get together at the same time for each event. 

 

@Mirzayev I have been trying to recruit a crew / crews.   But there is one question that seems to cause troubles to many.  They could easily arrange to be available on 1 day. 

 But they aren't available for whole week.    So would the event be on 1 day say over 2 hours of period?  Or over many days?   

[Mirzayev]

9 hours ago, Lumituisku said:

 

 

@Mirzayev I have been trying to recruit a crew / crews.   But there is one question that seems to cause troubles to many.  They could easily arrange to be available on 1 day. 

 But they aren't available for whole week.    So would the event be on 1 day say over 2 hours of period?  Or over many days?   

 

It is only for one session per event.

 

You've got a week per event to do it.

[Lumituisku]

Question. Just to make sure...  Could i play in two teams (different role) 

 

I could form two teams if i participate on both. Otherwise just one team. So i am bit of between rock and hard place here. 

 

Team saber and a Fully Finnish team as another. 

 

 Problem is that while as i read those hastily; rules don't exactly deny playing in more than one team. But special task 5 where teams competitive against each other would be... Impossible  (unless one of my possible teams uses spare person as driver on that)  

[Mirzayev]

5 hours ago, Lumituisku said:

Question. Just to make sure...  Could i play in two teams (different role) 

 

No.

[Lumituisku]

Team Name: Team Saber

Tank: Leopard 2...  will decide on version over the next week hopefully.

Camouflage Scheme:  Finnish 

Tank Commander: TBD   

Gunner: Either  @Maic  or @Commissar_Martin

Driver: @Lumituisku

Reserve (optional):   @Higgs

[Mirzayev]

Got one team that signed up. 

 

Based on that I'm gonna say this ain't happening. 

 

Maybe next year.

[mpow66m]

we should do a battle...... forum members vs SBPPE employees.

[Gibsonm]

2 hours ago, Mirzayev said:

Got one team that signed up. 

 

Based on that I'm gonna say this ain't happening. 

 

Maybe next year.

 

Appreciate the effort to propose new activities.

 

Edited October 12, 2022 by Gibsonm

[Mirzayev]

1 hour ago, mpow66m said:

we should do a battle...... forum members vs SBPPE employees.

 

So... TGIF.

[Apocalypse 31]

2 minutes ago, Mirzayev said:

 

So... TGIF.

I don't even understand why he would post that in here. It has absolutely nothing to do with the subject of the thread. 

Edited October 13, 2022 by Apocalypse 31

[mpow66m]

6 hours ago, Mirzayev said:

 

So... TGIF.

Does SSnake and the crew play TGIF?The tank crew chall. isnt gonna happen.So maybe a 1 off type affair.

Edited October 13, 2022 by mpow66m

[Mirzayev]

5 hours ago, mpow66m said:

Does SSnake and the crew play TGIF?

Volcano and Sean have run this every single week since I first bought the game 10+ years ago, and likely ran it before then. eSim's Staff definitely plays TGIF. 

Edited October 13, 2022 by Mirzayev

[mpow66m]

Cool I haven't played AMP in about 15 years I know Volcano was involved and I didn't know Sean and the rest of the staff were too I'll have to check it out

[Mirzayev]

You should go do that.