April 27, 2009
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ASL — the2halfsquads @ 10:25 pm
Welcome to Tanks University. Here’s our university level course on tanks. We’re happy to welcome visiting Professor of Tankology (PhT) Bob Holmstrom for a lesson on Vehicle Overrun. Strap on your thinking helmets and be prepared to take copious notes as Dr. Bob leads us through this oft-avoided — but oh, so fascinating — territory. We also discuss Platoon Movement of tanks, discuss the ASL Open, and lots more.
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Schwerpunkt: http://mysite.verizon.net/resvy9ue
The Texas ASL club celebrates publication of their 50th issue of Banzai! http://texas-asl.com/
April 20, 2009
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ASL — the2halfsquads @ 3:39 pm
Newbie-Do is a mini-series designed specifically for the new ASL player. In this first installment, Jeff and Joe play through two turns of Starter Kit 1’s first scenario, “Retaking Verville”. We cover victory conditions and setup, and then walk step-by-step through each phase — explaining in each event in detail as we progress. If you never played ASL before or are confused by the phases and such, grab out your Starter Kit and follow along.
We have fixed the problem with this episode and re-posted it. The missing final minutes have been added back in. Sorry about the error. Thanks for listening, everyone!
April 11, 2009
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ASL — the2halfsquads @ 11:13 am
Last week at the ASL Open near Chicago (a great job done by Dave Goldman) we tried out some new technology with a live audio/video feed. That’s right, we were actually broadcasting LIVE over the internet from the ASL Open. There was quite a bit of tinkering required and with all the features to control we goofed-up a bit and were not able to save a lot of the content. Plus we were working with a six-year old, $40 video camera on a laptop running on a wireless internet upload. Still, it was very cool to do — certainly a first in ASL tournaments — and remember, the video from the first moon walk wasn’t so great either, and the ASL Open is only half as important as Apollo 11.
Still, we thought you’d get a kick out of what were able to save. You can be sure we’ll be doing a lot more of this in the future. Guess we’ll have to start wearing pants!
There’s nothing to download in this episode. Just click on the video player’s “View Movie” control to watch some interviews.
April 1, 2009
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ASL — the2halfsquads @ 12:14 am
It’s business as usual in the broadcast foxhole, which means our carefully laid plans to talk in-depth about Phases in ASL quickly fall apart amidst a lot of other monkey business. Still, we do finally get down to a good discussion of the pre-game sequence. We’ll be covering the rest of the phases (hopefully) next time. We hope you enjoy this one. Thanks for listening!
Show Guide:
- Listener feedback — We get a LOT of email. Sorry if you don’t get to yours on this show. We’re doing our best. Please keep writing!
- What’s in the Box — Another splendid offering from Schwerpunkt
- Scenario Report — What we’ve played recently
- Box Art — Egad! What can one say about it?
- ASOP: Pre-game Sequence — an in-depth look at what needs to happen before the first dice roll.
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