I am going to start to hold some more formal and regularly scheduled practices. My goal is to reeducate us all in teamwork, and along the way we may just learn the skills we need to compete. I will committ myself to the following times: (all EST of course)

Tuesday, August 17th at 7PM
Thursday, August 19th at 9PM
Tuesday, August 24th at 7PM
Thursday, August 26th at 9PM

I would also like to run something this Saturday at a convenient time for all so try to stop in if you can.

Practice Schedule:
1.Start on time
2. CO discusses focus topic (ie. proper communication)
3. Entire group walks map to name landmarks
4. CO breaks up teams and lays out practice scenerio
5. Break into sides, 15 min max strat time to come up with offense and defensive strats.
6. Play entire map, both sides
7. Debrief


Scenario for Tuesday:
A small, underequiped allied special forces team is tasked with the capture of a seemingly meaningless jungle village name Valparaiso. Luckily for this group the natives defending the village only have a few Ak's and a couple of hand grenades laying around. The rest of the details are on a need to know basis and you will need to know them if you are around on Tuesday.

Focus Topic: Communications

ROE (Attackers)
Very limited respawns-12 total
Weapons limited to SCAR and M249 (medic), plus pistols
Longer respawns 20 secs

ROE (Defenders)
Weapon limited to AEK971 ironsights only, no tubing, no pistol, grenades ok


Scenario for Thursday:
Its time to retake Panama. After only a decade the Panamanians lost control of the canal zone to a band of well organized pirateers. In a surprise move the US sends in a quick reaction force to retake control of the zone.

Focus Topic: Smoke and Movement

ROE (Attackers)
1 Sniper (M24 only) permitted
1 Medic (M246 or M60 only) permitted
unlimited assaults (M416 or M16 only)
all accessories permitted
24 respawn tickets
avg respawn times

ROE (Defenders)
1 Medic permitted (Non US weapons only)
unlimited assaults (Non US weapons only)
no ammo boxes for tube or grenade reloads


***Before anyone opens the debate***
I am setting up these scenarios to help create the environment where the focus topic can be used or demonstrated. I know its not fair, its not meant to be. I also think that by limiting the weapons available for use it may put some of us outside our comfort zone and force us to focus on the task at hand and accomplish it through teamwork instead of strictly being a better shot, because we all know as good as anyone is,there is always someone better. Other than changing respawn rates and respawn tickets the weapon use is not server limited but only limited by us making those choices. So lets give this a try, if it works and is fun we can continue, if not, we can go back to free for all method.

Well our Battlefield: Bad Company 2 server is now online, have fun and let me know if any issues crop up.

32 Players Conquest/Rush Server
IP: 208.167.251.43:19567
Name: [4ID] Hardcore - CONQ/RUSH

16 Player Squad Deathmatch Server
IP: 68.232.177.221:19567
Name: [4ID] Hardcore - SQDM


For Recruiting Information CLICK HERE

The territories have been initially divided up, so you can go to oss.4thironhorse.com tournament tab and look at the maps to see where everyone currently stands. The site is fully functional, please take some time to explore it, even if you are not a captain you have full access to your teams standings under the tournament tab. You will find a lot of useful information under the Sit Rep section.

Please post up your questions or concerns at the forums on the OSS site.

Thank You

OSS registration will be closing Feb 24th at 10pm EST, unfortunately a few of the teams initially interested have not been able to sign up so instead of waiting any longer we will be getting the ball rolling. Any teams still lurking out there that may have any interest I ask that you sign up now and drop out later if necessary, its easy to drop out, difficult to restart the tournament.

We have prepared a whole new element for the mod with new sounds for all the weapons that based on our testing will be enjoyed by all, our goal is to get that merged into the existing mod before this weekend when matches are set to begin.

The 4ID will be immediately challenging for territories so look for matches to begin immediately.

Should anyone have questions, please contact me immediately!

The OSS team registration is now open. Please go to oss.4thironhorse.com for all information regarding the Operation: Silver Storm tournament. If you are the lead of your team, be sure to register through the link in the menu. Captains are designated by their team leads and can then log in to the site and have access to their teams information via the administration menu bar. Members of teams can view all important information through the tournament menu bar, you will not be required to register or log in to view this information.

The sooner the teams register, the sooner the territories will be divided up and the sooner the competition will begin.

Questions or concerns specific to the tournament can be raised at the OSS forums though the website. Should you require additional help, please contact me via xfire:pigeonholed.

Thank you!