The community's response to this operation was amazing, thank you, we really appreciate it.
The operation's results are posted below.
Since this has been well received, the SPECTRE group has decided to keep this thing going - Operation Lodestar: Pt.II becomes the Lodestar Initiative:
Spectres from all platforms will post here whenever they're looking for players to fill their Gold and Platinum lobbies, so simply go ahead and post your GT/ID and platform to coordinate some games. Or simply send them messages/requests on the respective platform when they're online.
If you're not sure which platform they're on, simply check the Spectre lists below.
Just as it was during the operation, we want to play with everyone who's interested, both veterans and Gold/Platinum newbies. Feel free to ask them about strategies, game mechanics, builds and make your first steps into higher difficulties - or simply to have fun and a couple of games.
Most games are usually regular U/U/P, but we also do theme based games (all Drell, Salarian, Krogan, biotic boom squad, melee only etc.) and duos.
If you want to join the SPECTRE group or want to know more about it, feel free to take a look at it and/or send the group's leader a message on BSN.
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The two-week-operation is over, it was a blast and the response was an overwhelming surprise, thank you all.
The participating Spectres have tried to make screenshots of as many games as possible - but we're aware that not all games have been documented, not every Spectre had the means to make screenshots or simply forgot, since this is about playing and not about stats.
But after going through all the screenshots I've gotten until yesterday's deadline, these were the results:
RESULTS
Total extractions
- [213] Xbox (30 participating Spectres)
- [128] PC (11 participating Spectres)
- [63] PS3 (9 participating Spectres)
A total of 404 extractions, all of them sub-30, 381 of them sub-25, 44 sub-20!
Most active Spectres
- [74 extractions] - Max Dmian - Xbox
- [57 extractions] - LeIand Gaunt - Xbox
- [50 extractions] - CrashUrStox - Xbox
- [49 extractions] - Mighty_M-Dub - PS3
- [40 extractions] - Haxn14 - PC
- [34 extractions] - krjn09/krjn_09 - Xbox (29)/PS3 (5)
- [33 extractions] - Alquinn (Heldarion) - PC
- [27 extractions] - kaxas92 - Xbox
- [23 extractions] - Kocka007 - Xbox
- [22 extractions] - Hendrix137 - PC
- [22 extractions] - kouzrah - PC
Fastest Lodestar games
- [15:31] - ☣Firebase Glacier☣/Cerberus - PS3 - goldenslayer, Mighty_M-Dub, real_destroyer_2, Voyageur79
- [16:30] - ☣Firebase Ghost☣/Cerberus - PC - Alquinn, Deerber, inox_geko, Lord_Lobster_III
- [16:57] - Firebase Glacier/Cerberus - Xbox - Argent Xero, David Diablo, krjn09, Max Dmian
Two players we played with have been invited to the group, welcome F3rocious Panda and Mikael_Sebastia!
These are the Spectres who have participated
PC
Abramsrunner (M1A2 Abrams Tank)
Alquinn (Heldarion)
cricketer15
d_nought
Deerber
Haxn14
Hendrix137
kouzrah
MaxShine
Mikael_Sebastia
Payn3zz
TheAutumn
PS3
cato_84
didacuscarr (N7didacus)
FinnClan (TheJimMan)
krjn_09
Mighty_M-Dub
TMB903
TwinWolf954
xasmoothcrmnlx
zvhew96
Xbox
b00g13man
CrashUrStox
Disciple888
Dough Nought (d_nought)
F3rocious Panda
GEEKFEST
HoochieHamiltoe
IxMerc 04
kaxas92
Kocka007
krjn09
Kwijybo008
LeIand Gaunt
Max Dmian
ManBearPig654 (Notorious P I G)
me0120
megabeast37215
Mobius Y (MofuggerX)
Moongjee (Arctican)
N117 GriM AoD (GriM_AoD)
NuclearTech76
rcolol
Saints944
shards7 (jamesbrown3)
SilentStep79
skinsatchel
TchOktChoky
TheMightyG00sh (LuckyBullet95)
tivesz
Uh Cold
Zyzimorph
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The people who we have played with - THANK YOU
PC
acebulletman (1badmage)
aceyx (AGCeyx)
anddill
Aros65
dafyddr
gringodane (Gr1ng0)
inox_gecko (Jack989)
JohnBorrows
JohnnyGunman
LordGanius (gnsmsk)
Lord_Lobster_III (David_Lobster)
Malanek999
Mikael_Sebastia
Mirenko
numbon_valium (valium)
FJVP
Philip7086 (Jaun Shepard)
prajish83
Ravynhawke (fussycat)
robarcool
rotorax
rspanther
Shinobu211 (Shinobu)
Sybreal
tonton_guitou (guigui_daddy_92)
Vormav (Kuulvo)
Woozooliko
PS3
badass47
bevross
d15-149
Evil Often Wins
goldenbody
Gulf War Veteran (wnieves)
Lobo_420 (jokerlobo)
MaxCrushmore
prostheticlimbs
rowdyinc
Simba501
Stinja
Tom_Mckay (Indio Piojoso)
victoriakm
wngmv
xKittenPuncher
Zso_Zso
Xbox
Akir388 (Akire)
ALTBOULI
ajscott819 (Andrew819)
ArenthianSniper
Ares87GoW (Ares_GoW)
Argent Xero (ArgentN7)
AtomicRobotic (N7NJA982)
axles of fate (axlesoffate)
blackfist72
CapToenail24 (VaultingFrog)
ClydeInTheShell
crosscut1337
Darkened Lynx (Baby Quarian)
Das Rouse
David Diablo
Daxamite (PhoenixUK)
EagleScoutDJB (dbollendorf)
EZisu
Eve of the war (LePetitRobo)
EvocativeTjv76
Gornok75 (Gornok)
Homie Simpson
Icebaker (Evil Justicar)
Illadels Grasp (Alter the Real)
IMaster757
lxOmenxl (Hendrix4tw)
KUJO0116 (Kujo0116)
LanceCucumber
LeCorsoBreton (Cohen le Barbare)
Magniflyer
Merc Mama
N7 Spectre MD (Prestacious)
NickSTA Gold
OrkaOfStone (ToaOrka)
Ox of the sun (KroGan_eRRanT)
P Rod Xtreme
Gao Qiu
RaptorofPerth
RoyalENIGMA (QU33N_ANG3L)
rubberduckie666
Rustybuckets02 (rusty221)
RZIBARA
Slojack
spallboy N7 (Spallboy)
TantumDicVerbo
TheLostSkeleton
victoriakm
X Rod Xtreme
xyzmkrysvr
ll rowdy ll (rowdyinc)
I know it's been way more, but these are the people I could find in the thread.
Please post here if I should've forgotten you!
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The original operation, August 19th 2013:
Hey guys,
In our group we try to keep the game interesting by posting challenges on a regular basis.
Those include team challenges both on Gold and Platinum, and also Gold/Plat duos and solos.
Similar to Prestacious' weekly themed Gold solo challenge or the challenges Alliance Hazard Force has done.
After talking to quite a few people about the old N7 weekend challenges, it became pretty clear that basically all of us really liked Operation Lodestar the most.
Which is why we, as a group, want to do something like that again - as a challenge, with the community, just to have fun and play with people we haven't played with. Especially since more and more people are losing their interest in this game, it would be great if the people who are still playing keep playing together. This is what the operation is for.
We're gonna use this thread to post whenever some of us are online and want to play -
so feel free to post in here when you are online and playing and I'll add you to the OP.
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Operation Lodestar: Pt.II
- Platinum difficulty
- Games will be set to Unknown/Unknown (though PS3 will probably rotate through enemies)
- Each game will have 2 Spectres and 2 non-Spectres or 1 Spectre and 3 non-Spectres
- Mission successful and sub 25/20 minutes is our goal
- Each extraction will count towards your respective platform, in the end we will see which platform has done the most Platinum extractions
- Deadline: September 1st, 23:59pm PDT (UTC-7)
So, if you want to play Platinum with some of our group members, feel free to post here.
It doesn't matter if you are a veteran and would just like to play with a few of those people (they're really great) - or if you have never played Platinum. Just like the original N7 weekend challenge this is just to play, have fun, extract and make a few credits.
Community members playing with other community members, feel free to play whatever you like, ask questions and have a great time. You also don't need a mic if you don't want to.
We are going to rotate a lot if interest is high enough, but we want to play at least 3 games with everyone who's interested.
Some of us are gonna record a few of those games (if you're okay with that), I'm probably gonna livestream some of them, too, to let the rest of the community take part.
Modifié par Max Dmian, 06 novembre 2013 - 02:42 .
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and thanks for the thread mention. 
We have 2 spots. Extraction not guaranteed. Send me a msg on XBL if you want in (can't keep track of this thread).
