Author Topic: The very first AH BETA fliers, check in (Read 3262 times)

Toad · « **Reply #60 on:** January 11, 2004, 02:17:08 AM »

Yep. Still remember it as the most fun time in AH so far.

Those were the days my friends, we thought they'd never end.....

but they did.

and now we're sliding into a WW2OL type game.

Makes me kinda sad.

Soulyss · « **Reply #61 on:** January 11, 2004, 02:26:20 AM »

Beta Tour 1

I still remember telling Mathman that he needed to check out this new online flight sim I'd found.

DmdBT · « **Reply #62 on:** January 11, 2004, 09:21:36 AM »

Beta flyer here, and ever since. Not a month has gone by where I didn't have an account (main or shades) with HTC. Played AW on GEnie and AOL, went through several WB's versions, then found my home in AH.

Big T

Swager · « **Reply #63 on:** January 11, 2004, 06:34:22 PM »

October 1999, open beta 1.

Call name Swager.

tshred · « **Reply #64 on:** January 11, 2004, 07:41:14 PM »

Day 1 open beta. Was a knit back then because the rooks had the numbers and ruled the skies. Now I'm a rook. Ahh, the irony.

ts

PropNut · « **Reply #65 on:** January 12, 2004, 10:42:13 PM »

Yeah Been here since 2nd or 3rd day beta I remember the B17 getting its guns enabled as Caveman mentioned lots of fun times seeing changes about every week or so

Jeeezzz im still a junior member...ive been busy 23 posts lol

DoctorYO · « **Reply #66 on:** January 14, 2004, 12:29:44 PM »

Best part of beta and early AH was that map ogre produced was a real winner and should be brought back..

bases near mt ranges that made running away futile.. you had to fight your way back to base and vice versa..

I remember first kill, think it was moss (not too shure) pulling a immelman in a furball (i was g10 ) After that i knew this sim was a winner.. (compared to wild jill and brand W)

I remember when there was real hatred of the other countries and Bish Knit rivalry was rampant.. Torque and gang in the dreaded chogs(unperked back then) vs us JG27....... luftwaffermobiles..(post beta of course)

ah the simple life back then...

dedicated pilots unlike todays suicide carrier lancasters..

2 cents

DoctorYo

sourkraut · « **Reply #67 on:** January 14, 2004, 06:41:24 PM »

I checked score page to see if it was beta 1 tour or 2 - the pages don't seem to work. Flew as sourkrau back then. I have version 0.38 on a CD....

Started flying with Swager and Weazel - somehow they convinced me that I should learn to fly with the 190(A5?). lol - think it took a day or two to get off the runway.

~~Sour~~

Bullethead · « **Reply #68 on:** January 14, 2004, 08:06:30 PM »

I was there

Mox · « **Reply #69 on:** January 14, 2004, 08:57:12 PM »

Day 1 Open beta.

Mox

Halo · « **Reply #70 on:** January 14, 2004, 11:39:18 PM »

Musta been beta ... nothing but a strange F-4U with CANNON and a strange Russian fighter and eventually a strange Italian fighter ... nothing to shoot at, don't think the guns even worked ....

Packrat · « **Reply #71 on:** January 14, 2004, 11:52:10 PM »

I was here day one as Packrat,still Packrat

Toad · « **Reply #72 on:** January 15, 2004, 12:21:32 AM »

http://www.hitechcreations.com/cgi-bin/105score/105stats.pl

The kill stats in expanded format worked for me for the Beta tours. Fun looking back; it was the best of times.

BD · « **Reply #73 on:** January 15, 2004, 09:28:57 AM »

Thanks Toad! Didn't realize I had 4 kills & 8 deaths in Beta Tour 1.

Ahhhh, the memories.

I loved flying against the kitchen utensil squad (or whatever their name was)

Feenyx · « **Reply #74 on:** January 15, 2004, 12:23:21 PM »

Been here on and off since Beta 1.

My strongest memory is how on that tiny little beta map, it used to be essentially a war between Bish and Rooks. Knitland was almost completely empty; squads would sometimes go knit for a short time when they decided they wanted to take on the whole world.