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AoS Throwback Events | Next: ???

Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2021 9:06 am
by TheGrandmaster
Hello there!

I'm organising some AoS throwback events on various old beta versions of the game; streaming them on my Twitch channel and putting all details in this thread as we go.

Join the AoS classic Discord to get pinged when the server is up.
Next event: Urban Tank Fight by Buffet of Lies.
???, 5pm GMT (6pm BST) - (Countdown)

>> Download 0.54 <<

IP is:
-aos://3645767258

How to join:
  • Download zip file from this post
  • Open config.ini and change your name; resolution maxes out at 1280x960, most of us play 800x600
  • Edit 'JOIN_BATCH.bat' with notepad and replace the server IP with the one above
  • Double click to run 'JOIN_BATCH' and it'll load the IP into the client and you should be on your way!
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Past events:
  • 0.54 on Market Garden - July 24th 2022 - Summary
  • 0.54 on Bocage - June 12th 2022 - Summary
  • 0.54 on Mesa - May 15th 2022 - Summary
  • 0.54 on Flood Waters - April 24th 2022 - Summary
  • 0.54 on gen - March 20th 2022 - Summary
  • 0.54 on Alpine - February 20th 2022 - Summary
  • 0.54 on Hiesville - January 16th 2022 - Summary
  • 0.54 on Trenches - December 4th 2021 - Summary
  • 0.54 on Prauda - November 6th 2021 - Summary
  • 0.54 on Normandie w/Influx - October 9th 2021 - Summary
  • 0.54 on Mesa w/Triplefox - September 11th 2021 - Summary
  • 0.52 on gen - August 21st 2021 - Summary

Re: AoS Throwback - Saturday 21st @ 6pm BST

Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2021 10:28 am
by Deleted User
If someone want to check the day/time in your timezone:
https://time.is/en/1800_21_Aug_2021_in_ ... _Throwback

Re: AoS Throwback - Saturday 21st @ 6pm BST

Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2021 10:41 am
by TheGrandmaster
Thanks!
I should've known to do that myself but will add that to everywhere I've advertised it.

Re: AoS Throwback - Saturday 21st @ 6pm BST

Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2021 10:44 am
by Deleted User
Nice, im excited to play that >.<

Re: AoS Throwback - Saturday 21st @ 6pm BST

Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2021 8:17 pm
by TheGrandmaster
0.52 event - Saturday 21st August @ 6pm GMT
Thanks everyone who came!
Had a dozen at the peak, which could've been more if we'd advertised on /v/ but we'll do that for next time.

VOD: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1125411010 / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPLWCWdzY14

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0.52 instructions
  • Attached to this post is a zip file containing the modified 0.52 - download and extract.
  • Head into config.ini and update your name (if you want).
  • Execute the "JOIN - Grandy" batch file to launch the game pointed at my server.
For those that live far away from the UK, I have had reports that the connection can take a bunch of attempts to actually get through. We're using patched version of the original server software, so it's a bit flakier than the pysnip of modern AoS; apologies if you get a server timeout when trying to connect. Keep trying!

Re: AoS Throwback - Saturday 11th Sept @ 6pm BST

Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2021 9:43 am
by TheGrandmaster
Just to say I have updated the main post with the next event which is this coming Saturday, and will follow the same format for future events - updating main post, posting a summary post and doing one of these "hey next update is up" posts for coming events.

Re: AoS Throwback - Saturday 11th Sept @ 6pm BST

Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2021 12:50 pm
by ByteBit
I'll try to be there this time.

Re: AoS Throwback - Saturday 11th Sept @ 6pm BST

Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2021 8:57 pm
by TheGrandmaster
As a slight update, each event I run, I'll look to schedule the next one.
So, the event tomorrow we'll already have October 9th set aside, and I'll do map voting for that onstream tomorrow night after the games have petered out.

Join the Ace of Spades classic discord to get pinged when the next one begins. https://discord.gg/RBPbMPY

Either way, stay tuned to the original post in this thread, because if there's any changes/updates it'll all be put in there too.

Re: AoS Throwback - Saturday 11th Sept @ 6pm BST

Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2021 8:06 pm
by TheGrandmaster
0.54 Mesa event - Saturday 11th September 2021 @ 6pm BST
Amazing turnout this time; 24 players at the peak and still had 11 people for the final screenshot at the end.
Thanks also to Triplefox for coming in and sharing some of his history and the history behind the map which was awesome to hear about :)

Until next time! Green_Sunglasses1

VOD: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1145876488 / https://youtu.be/hNJJ-ZEYOAI

Re: AoS Throwback Events | Next: Saturday 9th Oct @ 6pm BST

Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2021 8:31 pm
by TheGrandmaster
I can now confirm that the special guest for this Saturday 9th October will be Influx, the maker of Normandie himself!

Submit a question for the Q&A here:
https://forms.gle/R8JFBi6L4XoWJKL89

Re: AoS Throwback Events | Next: Saturday 9th Oct @ 6pm BST

Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2021 11:31 pm
by danhezee
I plan on showing up.

I need to find a Y splitter for my headphones to use the mic.

Re: AoS Throwback Events | Next: Saturday 9th Oct @ 6pm BST

Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2021 8:31 pm
by TheGrandmaster
And that's a wrap on Saturday October 9th - 0.54 on Normandie w/Influx!

VOD: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1172224021 /


Huge thanks to Influx for answering all of our questions and thanks to those of you that sent them in, was great to hear his insights on how he went about making Normandie and his other maps. I'll look to condense it into an interview video sometime this week. Also thanks to danhezee and Tank for keeping us company in voice and to all of you who attended - huge amount of nostalgia from Normandie!

Screenshots from Influx of his maps that we mentioned and showed during the stream, I shall lump into the spoiler tag below.
Spoiler:












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Re: AoS Throwback Events | Next: Saturday 4th December @ 6pm GMT

Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2021 8:59 pm
by TheGrandmaster
6th November 2021 - Prauda by Onigiri!

VOD: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1198053697

Great to try a new map together - just over a dozen at the peak.
No special guest this time, just myself and Tank - back from a month-long time away so not time to organise anything!

Next event will be Trenches, as voted at the end of this stream.

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Re: AoS Throwback Events | Next: Saturday 4th December @ 6pm GMT

Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2021 8:26 pm
by TheGrandmaster
4th December 2021 - Trenches by Ki11aWi11

VOD 1 / VOD 2

Thanks to all attendees! Quite an open map but very much a classic. Some great intel towers coming out at both ends.
2-2 scoreline, about a dozen players at peak.

See you in the new year!

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Re: AoS Throwback Events | Next: Sunday 16th January @ 6pm GMT

Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2022 9:01 pm
by TheGrandmaster
16th January 2022

Great turnout for Hiesville! Back and forth; bunch of hiding in buildings, flanks, great intel towers etc. Posted on /v/ and got a few new players coming in too.

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1266000085

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