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Thanks to Centauris for the following writeup:

"With DA giving us a chance to blow things up on No Fly Zone Day 2, we had no coice but to pull out the joysticks and our big supply of lube. The skys were about to get bloody...

*AUS* started a little shaky as Coalition, we had lost a player through connection problems and were swamped by DA bombers at our base. Lucky for us our AA personal along with our fighter pilots were able to steel back our air space quickly. Our bombers met very stiff resistance at the enemy base with there AA guns and fighter pilots hitting our guys very hard, making it difficult for us to complete our objective. It was tight with both teams losing their hangers in round 1 and 2 making it hard for either team to finish the job. But with an attitude of (we will not die) *AUS* was able to break down DA’s defenses and win the first 2 rounds.

With the comfort of knowing that we were 2 rounds up *AUS* started to relax a bit and played a very fast and pharoses final 2 rounds. We were hitting everything right on the money in our bombers & our fighters were closing in getting a piece of the action too. DA did the best they could at holding us back in these final 2 rounds but our determination was overpowering as we could see victory just ahead.

It was a great match DA and we look forward to playing you guys again in the future. Best of luck with the rest of the season."

Round Scores:
AUS 288 - 0 DA
AUS 272 - 0 DA
AUS 280 - 0 DA
AUS 284 - 0 DA

Final Result:
AUS 1113 - 0 DA

Our challenge for 4th position was unsuccessful tonight against the strong air power of LAB on Desert Shield.

Scores:

38-0 *AUS* as opposition
0-81 |LAB| as opposition
0-41 |LAB| as coalition
0-70 |LAB| as opposition
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202-38 |LAB| def. *AUS*

Well done to LAB, we had an enjoyable match and look forward to a future rendezvous.

FrogG was kind enough to write a match report:

Well well well, what can i say?

For *AUS*, this was the match of the season so far - playing our friendly rivals [LAB], on one of the more "epic" Desert Combat maps, Desert Shield. Coming in as the underdogs, we actually liked our chances, but found that battling in the top 4 is indeed a tough battle

Round 1 *AUS* (opposition) 38 vs [LAB] (coalition) 0
All started well for *AUS* taking the east and west outpost, and taking up defensive positions. A bit of trouble getting our aircraft off the runway hindered our advance a bit (thanks to the mighty [LAB] airforce), but we kept pushing on. Half way into the round, the [LAB] tank rushes proved to much for our poor eastpost defenders, and the flag was lost, starting the tickets draining.
Re-grouping at the main base, we re-claimed eastpost, with our own steady stream of tanks, and aircraft that finally got off the ground. Managing to salvage the round, 38-0, im sure we got a few [LAB]'ers worried, and the next 3 rounds was the result of that

Round 2 *AUS* (coalition) 0 vs [LAB] (opposition) 91
*AUS* knew that we needed to hit hard to keep our chances alive. We started out well again, with Deathmonger taking out a LAB Hind, with 3 passengers on its way to eastpost, which allowed us to snatch eastpost, and start the opposition ticket drain. Unfortunately, we couldnt hold it, again pushed out by a steady stream of [LAB] tanks (which allways seemd to outnumber us). We persistantly tried to re-capture it, but to no avail, resulting in the biggest loss of the game

Round 3 *AUS* (opposition) 0 vs [LAB] (coalition) 41
With a similar start to round 1 (but with the aircraft), *AUS* grabbed the first two flags rather quickly, and set up the-hopefully-un-breakable-defence. To take the ticket's off [LAB] we knew we needed to win, we needed to hold these 2 flags for the whole round. Unfortunately the defences didnt hold, and [LAB] broke through again, securing eastpost, and moving on to our main base. We fought them back, (well, back from our base) but not in time, with [LAB] ending the round with both eastpost, and coalition outpost.

Round 4 *AUS* (coalition) 0 vs [LAB] (opposition) 70
Once again, we managed to take out the chopper heading to easpost, but this time the iraqi tanks where there as backup, shutting our men down as we tried valiantly to cap it. We knew that to win the match (and the world cup) we needed to take home a flawless win as allies, which against a good team, should be next to impossible. Well, [LAB] sure showed us that they are a great team, despite several suprise flag caps, they still beat us back to the american outpost, and held us there for most of the round.

Well done [LAB] it was a great game, and a tough one at that. Both teams showed good knowledge of tactics, artillary, tank rushes, and runway strafing. There was no ugly mass spawn camping, only what was necessary to achieve victory for each team.
Our whole team was amped so much for this match, coming in as underdogs, and knowing the rivalry between the teams, it was certainly the most tense match of the year.

Once again, thanx [LAB], everyone was very friendly, and we had a corker of a match

Best of luck in the future, you guys are gonna be tough to get out of that top 4 posy ;)

P.S. And despite booths bragging, he is one hell of a pilot. it just took a match against him for me to believe it ;) I think in the first round he got 8 or 9 kills before dying, in the f-16. and anyone who has played on DS against a good team, knows that's a pretty solid perfomance.
well done boothy boy

Thursday 19th of March 2004 saw the start of a new era for the Battlefield community with the release of BF Vietnam, the sequel to BF 1942. Battlefield fans have been waiting for this game for almost 2 years now and for the majority, it doesn't fail to disappoint.

One of our new guys, Silencer, was kind enough to write a brief review of the game:

First thing you notice are the graphics. They look better and work very nicely. While they aren't revolutionary, they ARE a huge improvement that look smoother, more realistic, the water looks 100% better and other little things like the dust kicked up by a hovering helo and chunks of dirt being blown up by nades and tanks etc.

Flags. The more soldiers rushing the flag, the quicker that it can be capped. This is a MAJOR FACTOR in the game. I've seen how quick it goes with 4 people near the flag, it is one of the great features which encourages teamplay to a huge extent.

Music is good and bad. You could be rockin away to your favourite song then completely forget where you are and get blown away :P Either way, you don't have to listen to it but the option to have it there, and to add your own songs is a great feature.

Weaponry/Traps. You now have the option of 4 different classes, which also have 2 different loadouts you can carry which is a great change from BF42 where there was always just the one loadout. Now people can experiment a lot and find a good niche for their favourite guns in their favourite class - and don't forget those booby traps - they're as useful as they're cool. That's saying a lot ;)

Helicopters are a great addition, they're easier to fly than in DC and also feel more realistic, pretty much anyone can use one without crashing but the really good pilots can dominate the map with a good gunner at their side. Also, the ability to airlift vehicles speaks for itself - it makes BF:V even more unique in its gameplay.

Content. Landscapes are so much more interesting and greater than in BF42 it leaves you wondering if the same people really made the games or not. Although some people complain about not enough trees, it doesn't look like Vietnam etc. How would they really know? As far as I can tell, the game is set up around semi-urban and forest areas which are blended well together without having an extreme contrast that would seem out of place.

Sound. Again, did the same people make this game??? The sound in BF42 was so crap it hurt. The sound in BF:V is sooo good it makes you applaud it. The detail of trudging through the forest, in mud, in buildings and in rice fields is so realistic - the bits and pieces of your gun flap around a bit too, and each reloading action has a sound to go with it too. The gunshots, the bullets slamming into the wall nearby your head, the tank shells whizzing over you head, the choppers airlifting you to safety, the sizzle of Napalm ;) it's all there and it's all 100% superb.


To put any speculation to rest, the *AUS* Battlefield Clan will be playing Battlefield Vietnam. So if you're interested in playing BFV, feel free to fill in an application form, just click http://bf.aus-squad.com/join.php and the rest is easy.

We haven't forgotten about Battlefield 1942 or Desert Combat for that matter, our teams are stronger than ever, placed 16th and 8th on the GA ladders respectively.

Last night saw the *AUS* BF team take on TOG Viper Squad in a challenge for our 16th position on the GA ladder.

The map was El Alamein and we were too strong for the senior citizens.

They made us work hard for that win, so kudos to TOG, one of our favourite teams to play due to their professionalism.

Scores: 164-104. That's 3 wins in a row for the BF team.

(AEF) suffered a defeat at our hands on the DC ladder, ranked 16th, they were looking to sneak back in the top 10 with some palsy map offerings, we chose Oil Fields as the best of the worst.

After a shaky first round thrashing at the hands of AEF, AUS came back to win the next 3 rounds convincingly. Oil Fields is a very difficult map to play on but provides constant excitement due to the plethora of spawn points and the long distances in between them.

Final scores:

AUS-AEF
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0-118, opposition win
108-0, opposition win
99-0, coalition win
124-0, opposition win
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331-118, AUS win

The highlight of the match was DSL's attempted base raping, involving a humvee and a ram-raid on AEF's leader Heretic.

This is going by all of our recorded matches and doesn't include scrims/practise matches.

Battlefield 1942

First match: 29/10/02

Matches played: 36
Matches won: 17
Matches lost: 18
No result: 1

Total points scored by *AUS*: 4889
Total points scored by opponents: 4714

Average score: *AUS* 136, opponent 131

Desert Combat

First match: 7/9/03

Matches played: 17
Matches won: 7
Matchs lost: 10

Total points scored by *AUS*: 3431
Total points scored by opponents: 2982

Average score: *AUS* 202, opponent 175

Totals

Matches played: 53
Matches won: 24
Matches lost: 28
No result: 1

Total points scored by *AUS*: 8320
Total points scored against *AUS*: 7696

Average score: *AUS* 157, opponent 145

The *AUS* Battlefield 1942 team claimed 15th position on the GA ladder tonight with a win against long time top 15 clan NmE on El Alamein.

Break down of the szcores:

Side AUS-NmE
Axis 106-0
Allies 0-19
Axis 94-0
Allies 0-85
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Total 200-104

We have now won five out of our last six matches including 2 in a row for the BF42 team and 3 in a row for the DC team. Well done guys.

AUS scored the first victory of the series on the sandy plains of 73 Eastings, then AA came back on Desert Shield to take a win and make it 1-1. And tonight two of the hardest working & sexiest DC squads returned to DS for the decider of the century/week.

An extra pre game round gave AUS a chance to work on their TK’ing while AA mustered their troops. A few team swapping/kick jokes later that made the AUS match commander laugh, cry and twitch repeatably (send booze care of Mr Plow plz) and we were ready to war. We knew that even with AA being a couple of players short at kick off, they would not be going down with out one hell of a Chuck Norris style fight.

Early on we saw AUS fumble with their a-rab bra straps a bit as they stopped checking out each others moustaches and looked for the keys to the T-72’s. AA’s varied attacks reversed the ticket drain a couple of times but AUS eventually found our rhythm and took the round 76-0.

As AUS tightened the nipple clamps in rounds 3 & 4 with solid wins, AA’s fighting spirit still held strong and we witnessed some ballsy moves and intense Eastpoint battles. After the 4rth round one AUS armor veteran was quoted “Shit I don’t think we went 5 seconds that whole round with out getting some action”. Get action they did with a non-stop torrent of cheeky uninvited hairy Arabs dropping in. When the dust settled in the 4rth it marked an end to a fun match and a great 3 game series.

Thanks AA for the game.

Round 1:76 -0 *AUS*
Round 2:117 - 0 *AUS*
Round 3:122 - 0 *AUS*
Round 4:48 - 0* AUS*

Final Score 363-0 *AUS*