In an effort to increase our bandwidth in communicating with you, we are now on Twitter, under the nom de twit of @omegaconcern.  So now you may have a chance to get the jump on being the first kid on your street with a light machine gun (with which to terrorize all the other kids on the street, natch.)

Presenting The Omega Concern's G36K, featuring a complete combat AO with 33 custom animations, including walking, running, crawling and rolling, plus all the standard animations for aiming, firing and reloading from standing, kneeling and prone shooting stances.  HUD, chat, or gesture control with 11 types of ammunition to go through anything and everyone with semi-auto, burst and auto firing modes with selectable bullet velocities.  Removable muzzle suppressor, folding stock and transluscent magazines for easy visual check of ammo levels, even without the HUD.  Fully compatible with the Omega Combat System, of course.  Free and automatic updates.

User manual online for the terminally curious

Model on display at The Omega Concern.

Meet your new best friend and sidekick in kicking Gluteus Maximus.  The next generation of firearm model and the definitive statement on the state of the art.

Featuring a complete combat AO with 41 custom animations, including walking, running, crawling and rolling, plus all the standard animations for aiming, firing and reloading from standing, kneeling and prone shooting stances.  Removable grenade launcher with optional automatic ranging and ballistics mode, taking all the guesswork out of dropping a 40mm right where you need it most. HUD, chat, or gesture control.  11 types of ammunition. Ability to call in close air support in the form of a GBU-10 or B-83 delivered by an X-47B like it was the postman.  Fully compatible with the Omega Combat System, of course. Free and automatic updates.

The user manual is over... here.

All this and good karma, yours for L$1750.

After careful consideration and in speaking with some interested parties, Fulda Gap is to remain open as an OCS sim for the forseeable future.  With the abrupt closure of Nova Kierman (thanks for the heads up, Lucci!) the closure of FG would have left no openly public dedicated OCS regions, which is something I don't think is good for the brand, nor for those who have invested their money and time into playing with OCS.

However,  I have come to the conclusion that role play and a combat system which can be as fast and deadly as OCS don't really mix.  I have been discussing several ideas with people as to what kind of activity would be both appealing to players and able to utilize the combat system and Fulda Gap itself.

Some ideas which have been bandied about include things like scheduled group events, ladder play, 2 vs. 2 and 4 vs. 4 exhibition play (get your season front-row tickets today!) and generally activity to gather and focus people to play and have fun.  Or in the event of exhibition play, maybe grab the popcorn and cheer on your friend's team as they get chewed up by a tank.

So this week I have a request.  Give us your ideas.  Yes, I'm being democratic for a change.  It's your big chance to get in your two cents and help morph the game play in Fulda into the kind you like playing.  As usual, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it is the email you want.  Also, the Fulda Gap RP group channel is there if you want to discuss ideas with me or other players, of course.

Oh, and if you drop into Fulda you may find you have unusual company that's curious about you - curious about hunting you down and killing you, that is.  But, more on that later. :)