SOG Charity Jungle Run 24-25 September

eggbeast

SOG Charity Jungle Run - 24-25 September

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You are invited to a 24 hour charity fundraising event promoted by Savage Game Design, the studio that created Arma 3 Creator DLC S.O.G. Prairie Fire, working closely with US MACV SOG Special Forces veterans and some awesome Arma 3 community content creators.

It will feature a full Prairie Fire campaign run-through as well as playing Mike Force on the all-new Khe Sanh terrain before it’s official release.
Get ready to watch 24 hours of SOG jungle carnage, and all in a good cause!

We are asking you to help us raise funds to support the outreach work of Military and Veteran Gamers (MVG),
an amazing charity which works to bring together veterans and serving military of all ages through online gaming to share peer-to-peer support.
MVG has a mental health team and funds gaming computers for members so they can join in.

Col. Dick Thompson (MACV SOG and SOCOM legend) has designed a stress resilience tool (called ARSENAL) at High Performing Systems (HPS) which can really help veterans improve their wellbeing. Our goal is to fund veterans access to this excellent tool and support through supporting MVG’s online outreach program.

During the Jungle Run event, content creators and players will undergo up to 24 hours of intense online combat, to emulate some of the more routine stresses our veterans endure.
You can take part in 4 live discussions with US veterans who served with MACV SOG in Vietnam, members of MVG and HPS, and the S.O.G. Prairie Fire development team.
This is a unique opportunity for players to ask questions and hear the experiences of some of the most legendary Special Forces soldiers alive today, and maybe improve your own stress resilience at the same time!

Any veterans who are interested to take Dick’s unique ARSENAL survey are welcome to contact MVG directly on their discord site at discord.gg/military

You can donate now via this QR code, or by visiting sogpf.tiny.us/give:

Thank you for your support!

Content Creators facing the stress challenge!

Live discussions

Links to supporting groups:

Author sites for SOG veterans:

eggbeast

Please post your questions below for the live discussions with:

### MACVSOG veterans
### MVG Charity directors
### Content creators
### S.O.G. Prairie Fire developers

(sorry we cannot answer anything about future plans!)

eggbeast

Links for Streamers

Event details = [URL]https://sogpf.tiny.us/run[/URL]
Last Donations = https://live.justgiving.com/streamer/w/recent-donor?streamerId=148977c4-5659-4848-876a-b76de8692b2a
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Donation QR code = https://live.justgiving.com/streamer/w/donation-link-qr-code?streamerId=148977c4-5659-4848-876a-b76de8692b2a
Donation Link = https://live.justgiving.com/pages/donate/148977c4-5659-4848-876a-b76de8692b2a
Short donation URL = [URL]https://sogpf.tiny.us/give[/URL]

Sharpe

Couple of questions for the SOG veterans:

1: could you guys shed some light on how you would solve some of the missions as they are presented to the players in the Prairie Fire campaign?
2: How do you guys feel when you hear that gamers copy your tactics ingame? For example; in an interview Wild Carot mentioned something about never firing full auto. For myself, I find this works well ingame.

Hoot

Some questions for the MACV SOG veterans aswell:

What was your most preferred aspect of your life in MACV SOG? Mission planning? training? hanging out with teammates and other Recon and SOG fellows? Running missions across the fence?

According to you, what are some of the lesser known books about SOG that you think are underrated and a must read for anyone interested in learning more about SOG?

The montagnards, nungs, vietnamese and indigs running recon have been widely praised for their skills in the jungle, tracking, scouting, stealth, bushcraft, etc... Can you give us some specific exemples of techniques that they have taught you and that were used in the field.

What is one of your most treasured/cherished memories of your time in SOG that you could share?

Soapbox0331

Some additional questions for the MACV SOG veterans:

I am amazed at SOG abilities to evade and break contact. The NVA used trackers, dogs, specialized anti-recon units, and other measures to pursue and engage your teams. Can you expand on those situations?
I have read and heard in the SOG podcasts an occasional reference to the opinion the NVA knew you were coming to a target ahead of time. Was this ever confirmed? Any opinions on that? [/SIZE]

Soapbox0331

@eggbeast: Greetings and thanks so much for this event! Will any of the sessions be available post-event, for those that may miss some of it live?

Sharpe

one question for the developers:

Did the feedback (reviews, videos and other comments and such) surprise you?

NightIntruder

I always wonder how people from within the SOF community would answer these questions so the questions for the MACV SOG veterans are:

What has been driving you to risk your lives in this dangerous endeavor at the end of the world back then? You hadn't defended your own country, right? What kept you motivated?
Did you have any screening system for indigenous team members to avoid the possibility of being betrayed? Did anything like that happened?

atsugi

Since this weekend is all about stress and dealing with it, I was wondering how did you guys deal with the stress of the mission directly afterwards when back your base of operations, and the adrenaline and "excitement" of the mission had worn off?

Tool

Question for Nick Brokhausen

Why did you not include the Montagnard water Buffalo sacrifice story in your books?

Question for all the veterans

Did you stay in contact with any of the indigenous? Did any make it out?

Were there any unique tactics you guys wanted to try but weren't able to?

Question for developers

Are you going to modify the A.I. suppression mechanics in the next update?

EdM240B

eggbeast wrote:
### Please post your questions below for the live discussions with:

### MACVSOG veterans

### MVG Charity directors

### Content creators

### S.O.G. Prairie Fire developers

(sorry we cannot answer anything about future plans!)

I’m a big firearms guy, what kind of weird and obscure firearms did you guys use or come across? Did you guys use older WWII guns like the Thompson, BAR, .30cal?

Tool

Can someone please record the live Q&A so those of us working can view it later?

EdM240B

Question for the MACV SOG vets:

Did you guys at any point use any older WWII firearms like the Thompson, BAR, Grease Gun, or M1/M2 Carbine? I’ve seen pictures of guys with them and some of them even modified.