Defense of Bar Kanday - ShackTac Arma 2

[@MrGenesisNow]

If I remember correctly, that was explained in a video long ago. Someone asked about using optics and marksman weapons. I think Shack avoids using them since it turns the matches into plink-fests where each side just stands off and picks each other off. That may be fun for getting kills and such, but you don't get the cool close combat and heavy weapons usage that makes these videos fun. Hope that answers your question :D

[@rhodrick959]

I do love the player vs player stuff. Nothing like human tactics and brutality.

[@arcinizationp1012]

25:50 fucking nailed him.

[@MariahSyn]

I've been a battlefield player since my boyfriend got me into it years ago and never really knew about Arma until I happened across your videos. I like how you guys have organized and intelligent play as opposed to what I tend to contend with most of the time lol. Makes me want to give Arma 2 a try!

[@kylekirk001]

Thank you for the quick response. I read your guide and have since improved dramatically. The only thing I would suggest to fellow newbs is not to get frustrated and give up. The learning curve is steep but well worth it.

[@Brazbrah]

I loved the intro and organising bit you did - really gave you a good overview of what the defenders were planning to do and how they positioned.

[@Talerize]

Really interesting to see the planning and deployment that goes on in these missions, I've been absolutely loving your recent videos Dslyecxi, the changes you've made have really upped their quality.

[@JimmyNunChuck]

Thats why Dsylecxi is so good with the map and directions, he was reading them and giving directions for 4 years in the marines. God damn.

[@Wolfsbane1100]

Bar Kanday Kanday Bar Kandy Bar Candy Bar They protect candy bars!

[@Camelwrestler]

allah akbahr

[@cryptagion]

rottenfinger It's spelled Allāhu Akbar, actually.

[@Camelwrestler]

I always thought it was kinda like Moslem/Muslem since we have to convert the words from another alphabet there could be various ways to express the sounds. Thanks for the lesson though.

[@cryptagion]

rottenfinger Not exactly. "Allahu" is how you say Allah in Arabic, so far as I can tell from the lyric of the anthem Allahu Ackbar. It's not a pronunciation thing, as it is an actual word. Of course, this is nothing more than a vaguely interesting fact for those of us who don't believe in Islam.

[@Shogojagamokototo]

This was pretty intense. Love the laughing towards the end. You seem genuinely nervous.

[@Luxegr]

Easily your best video yet. I find it funny how your kill-to-death ratio seems to be far greater than that of your peers on the opposing and also probably own team as well. Keep on producing, producing, producing!

[@Mentosmen96]

I really like your videos, one can cleary see that you love leading fireteams and you definately have a good sense of tactics. Great vid

[@rickyrazors]

I don't even play Arma2 that much, but this video makes me want to change that. Great stuff!

[@fcukyoutoob2]

Enjoyed the fast forward so as not to sit through the hiking simulator part. One thing I liked in previous vids is where you walk us a bit through your thinking. While some aspects are obvious to some folks, others may escape mere tactical mortals. Not asking for blow by blow, but just enjoy insights in to decision making (for right/wrong, 20/20 hindsight, etc). Thanks for the vids, beats TV any day.

[@Snoogen11]

Even though arma 3 has a much better game engine and physics. (most of the time anyways :P) I still prefer the vibe that arma 2 gave off. It feels more closer to reality than arma 3 does, arma 3 is a tiny bit futuristic.

[@Fortess503]

It does, thank you! I haven't seen all of his videos, so I missed that. =) Thanks again!

[@jamboman84]

That was amazing to watch, better than most battles i have seen in films, great entertainment.

[@Gregilla]

Great stuff , really liking the editing! ..as always keep them this long .

[@bewawolf19]

that sounds similar to my cousin, who was a translator for afghan and American soldiers. His favorite thing during the war was how the afghan soldiers would yell at the Taliban over who's radio channel it is. "This is our channel get off" "no you get off" and keep on yelling at each other over the possession of non-secure channels.

[@ElSpudman]

17:18 That guy has that door locked down. Brilliant.

[@LazyLufish]

Aww the I44 Mod does look really cool, i might try that. Thanks Mr Strange

[@NinjaWaffle14The1st]

A bit late but you definitely should! Its an amazing game, but is a huge step up in realism. I would give it a shot (if you haven't already) and maybe you`ll make the change.

[@Bullveyr]

That was some very intensive stuff, loved it.

[@KilroyTheStrange]

No problem, never hurts to have one more comrade in the glorious fight for Takistan. ARPS has now holds unofficial I44 Saturdays, if you want a WWII flavor of the same sort. (Invasion 1944 is a WWII modification in development for ArmA 2: Combined Operations) As said, United Operations is a pretty cool community too. Despite the illusion ArmA has a small niche community, it's pretty varied and there's definitely a flavor for you. The Bohemia Interactive forums are a good place to start.

[@LeBrucey]

Wow I really want to be a member of Shacktac now. this is my kinda thing!

[@BatZie]

8:19 Reference dip in mountain horizon 12 o'clock. Left of dip is large rock formation. Right of rocks is small group of trees. Footmobiles are silhouetted moving moving left to right from trees.

[@gamesta5646123]

it would be awesome to see you play with some of the guys from Devil's group

[@dslyecxi]

Playing with other communities is generally a recipe for drama, so there's no real interest on our side for such a thing currently.

[@gamesta5646123]

reasonable

[@TriFocalProductions]

Oh all right, I was curious because the last bit shows BluFor basically swarming the place and I was wondering if the attackers would take the extra time to have a team go around to the other sides, cool!

[@XiczIsOnPC]

Thanks alot man! keep doing what you do and good luck in the future :).

[@oWomenAreObjectso]

This is the best style of gaming IMO. Is ShackTac an open community? I'd love to joint it when I get my new computer build up!

[@snoo333]

wow bro now that was intense. you picked off a whole much of them. I am looking forward to seeing your team play on arma3. its cool that your team also play opfors against others.

[@ballsdweep]

Keep it up, love these videos!

[@JamesLee-gj8ri]

All these arma vids are really interesting. im from a big military family and soon expected to be joining the army soon so my dad teaches me alot about this kind of tactical stuff, weapon advantages, different kinds of explosives, etc. and the thing that really amuses me about this game is that its almost as similar as a real life battle zone. there are still a lot of things that are inaccurate but its really close to the real deal.

[@HiHello-pl4tj]

How old are you?

[@TheMartyMat]

hey Dslycxi i love the vids. there amazing to watch so keep them coming XD

[@rosenoel]

Well, thank you for your service.

[@xXMrAwesome560Xx]

great vid dude i support all of shacktac you CHkilroy and beagle idk if youre beagle but ya all of shacktac

[@KilroyTheStrange]

ARPS and FOLK are both wonderful public communities. Anyone may join, they hold sessions on Sundays and Tuesdays (about 7:20 GMT). You don't need mods, either. They do vanilla Combined Ops, good stuff. For information, see Arma forum section of Rock Paper Shotgun forums or the ARPS steam group.

[@WinchesterDelta1]

This was epic. Well done.

[@JumpinJoe]

I think he means something like "Ragtime Piano" by Scott Joplin.

[@mam795]

"Just give up!" "Never you fucktards!" Priceless.

[@soldierorsomething]

These vids are so good!

[@999bigbrian]

Great editing of video

[@Ehnonamemoose]

in games like this the more people in the game the better/more fun it generally is.

[@kylekirk001]

Your videos have inspired me to purchase and start playing ARMA. Do you have any advice for new players?

[@clevername516]

This may seem like a silly question but why do you not assign a grid over the location you are defending like one compound, building or 100 meter square has a specific name, from east to west A1-A2 etc than north to south A1,B1 etc. If everyone has maps than this should not be a problem and it would help keep everyone clear on which location to be in (building northeast corner of A1). If you used something like this instead of relative location there would be less confusion. Just a thought.

[@thunderwave777]

LOL "Don't worry about returning fire, alpha 1" "Copy, returning fire."

[@rocospi]

I was there and this was the basic plan: Delta and Machine gun team provides overwhelming fire from the North, while Bravo and Charlie assaults from the west. Alpha's job was to try to sneak from the east to support and distract during the assault.

[@Spyderist]

played this mission as a delta guy, pretty interesting to see what the defenders saw

[@GeoAzn756]

Some good ol' Arma 2 RPing

[@santasl]

Hey dsylecxi, i'm not sure this is the best place to ask you this question, but this mission seems to be right for my question. Wouldn't it be easier to defend a village or place with a few ( < 10 mines). Of course, the way the mines are hidden in arma2+ace makes the game kind of hard and that is probably the reason why I haven't seen any mines in a shacktac mission but your opinion on this topic. btw. most of the times the lower ~3cm are missing in the recording.

[@WisdomThumbs]

Holy shit, Dys, you kicked some serious ass. What'd you do, account for half of the Marine casualties all by yourself?

[@Redletter00nation]

i loved the video but are you guys recruiting anymore?

[@funnyrealmoments]

im in UO its hella fun. However if your stuck with the right or wrong pl/sl then you better know your formations and commands lol. Other than that theres alot of cool guys!

[@stylebo417]

like the yolololo song? We're all over that mate

[@thunderwave777]

ah! It sure looked like an incredible match. I'm jealous haha

[@TriFocalProductions]

What was the BluFor attack plan? It seemed like they just rushed from two directions.

[@Qardo]

Awww...I thought this was going to be a cool one. I read "Bar" and was thinking you guys were really defending a Bar. After all got to protect those booze!

[@bertster28]

I think it would be funny if they had Dyslecxi and Stewe (Dyslecxi's prodigy) as a sniper team vs the rest of shack tac on a VIP mission. Have the rest of shack tac try and defend a VIP from a sniper team while transporting them somewhere. It would be cool to watch from multi perspectives! Like if you think this is a good Idea. I am just putting it out their as an idea.

[@2015meyer]

Didn't know that there was a website about it or anything.

[@theguinnessban2]

Really enjoyed watching this video, however i have learnt 1 valuable lesson.... Never never try and drink coffee whilst watching these videos, at 31:29 i went to sip my coffee at 31:30 i spilt half the cup over my lap as unexpected grenade went off nearby which made me jump a mile :P

[@rougehawk]

"Fuck! Fuck fuck fuck fuck!" lol I thought your mental breakdown/laugh was pretty funny at the end there.

[@MrCollodi]

You damn near took out 23 by yourself so I guess it almost even, minus the serious disadvantage of having that damn mountain right above the town.

[@XiczIsOnPC]

Hey Dsylcexi nice video, i have a quick question. How do i place C4s or Mines down? Before I installed ACE i would just scroll up and select "Put C4" but after i installed ACE that option is no longer there? Thanks

[@elijahthomas3783]

How do you get accepted to the shacktac community to participate in these war games, they look really fun and im curious even though I don't have arma.

[@batboyx4]

16:54 I laughed when the guy just goes in the room and looks out

[@LazyLufish]

Dslyecxi, are there any other groups you can recommend for Arma 2? because when i looked on the internet most are formed into companies and stress a lot on ranking and such. i was looking for more social gameplay but you usually do shacktac stuff when i am going to bed.

[@xXMrAwesome560Xx]

So on these do you face just enemy AI or are there ppl on the opposing force as well?

[@Whisky_Four-Three]

25:51 smoked his ass with a UGL. When he sat down with his cup of tea or can of coke all excited at the start of the game he thought he would be sucking on the wrong end of a golden egg. Wrong place wrong time. Love your work.

[@skloritestudios]

Oh Dslyecxi, cold blooded at 31:00 hahhaha

[@LoganJustinCook]

can u take POWs with the flex-cuffs/zip tie cuffs or is it just to hard to do?

[@Fortess503]

Do you ever use snipers in Arma 2? It seems like they would be pretty useful.

[@pacmannl1234]

would love to join.. but my computer freezes when i try to install ACE with the six launcher ;(.. Sad cuz i love good teamwork

[@LazyLufish]

Thanks

[@TheFillyFill]

Was this vs AI or players online? Old video but still cool lol

[@Spritztechnik]

just out of curiosity, are there any possibilities of anyone using like sniperrifles/marksman rifles in ShackTac? From what i've seen most of the guys playing it are using assaultrifles.

[@chucktowne]

So good, I love Arma 2 but I hate how people clutter the mic or call out contacts and not giving grid reference and expect you to know where they are. It must be awesome to play with disciplined players who use professionalism and understand tactics.

[@sparks444]

The fast-forward parts need more yakety sax.

[@thanatos40]

Just curious what size monitors people are generally using for Arma. I am currently stuck with a 15".

[@2015meyer]

Exactly what is ShackTac? Like a clan thing with a bunch of your friends and stuff?

[@swetweeter]

I just have to ask, how do you set those markers?

[@brandonross5702]

you should of played old timey music durring the sped up parts

[@B1aKWoLf]

ah kool, u have ur own server or is it a clan?

[@hamyhalodraw]

It would have been awsome to see this from the attackers view aswell.

[@themightiestofbooshes9443]

I get recommended these old videos. Interesting watch. Looking at the map, the town itself is poorly planned. It is very disorganized, and if you compare it to Zargabad, you see a very organized building layout across the whole map. Bar Kanday should be reformatted. It's REALLY strange in terms of building layout.

[@Teriton]

While launching grenades out the window at around 23:10, aren't you afraid of misjudging the GL barrel and hitting the wall?

[@B1aKWoLf]

is this the project reality mod or wot is it? coz i havnt seen a coop so well organised like this on arma 2 lol

[@matsandersmalum2836]

This is great!

[@TempestasAurum]

You know when I saw the title I was thinking you were defending a bar from a bunch of drunks, but I seem to be mistaken.

[@Edifice85]

2:40 You jump over this wall like a Boss... Hwo do you do it? is it a mod?

[@Hotcheeehatos]

about what do you think i would need to have to start playing ARMA 2?

[@TheStateOfEarth]

What was that blue attack plan. They hammered your strong buildings, but how were they do effective what was their attack plan?

[@obeastness]

true because there are no civilians here, if there were civilians like in most every urban battle I've ever heard of, it can be quite difficult to get an airstrike approved.

[@HiImCabooseOhWait]

How long was the actual mission?

[@cbradley1391]

bar kanday? is it in the snickers region?

[@lleppala]

I cant help asking. What branch?

[@pwngo]

Was anyone recording the invasion?

[@B1aKWoLf]

also just wanted to ask are u playing againts ai or real players?

[@Chambers1094]

No, they do a lot of missions versus the AI as well.

[@TheTheofrei]

He does seem to know what he's doing doesn't he?

[@TheBigjake628]

is that true for all your videos?