Posting on this BBS = Enjoying the game LESS?

[Wanker]

For a little while now, I've been wondering if there's a correlation between the amount of time spent posting to this BBS, and the quality of fun while playing AH.

I've tried an experiment on myself in the past week. I have posted here much less than I normally do, yet I have played AH more than I normally do(it helped that the wife & child were visiting relatives).

What I'm finding is that the less I post here, the more I actually enjoy the game that is AH. I don't have the angry arguments about HO's and Dweeb rides swimming in my head while I play now.

Heck, I got killed by BigJim the other night during Vadr's Check Six event, and not only did I enjoy it, but I also saluted him on CH 1, too. That's something that I would definately not do on this BBS, considering our relationship of late.

Does anyone feel the same way? Does arguing and posting here on the AH BBS create more stress or acrimony than it's worth?

That begs the question----Are we using this BBS for the purpose intended, or are we just using it as a place to slam one another?

I've also wondered about what Pyro and HT and the rest of HTC thinks about the people who post here on a regular basis. I can't prove it, but I have a hunch that they take people who post here much less seriously than they do people who don't post here at all. Kind of like the way I tune my wife out when she talks about the same thing over and over again!  

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P/O banana
XO 308(Polish) Sqn "City of Cracow" RAF

Multi-Frame Events Team Lead, Aces High Scenario Corps.

"Look at me when I HO you!"

[miko2d]

 I think you are wrong, banana.

 Lots of people are so crazy about the AH that they can't keep away from it even when they can't play. So they hang around on this board from their offices, college computers, etc.
 Most people here post in addition to playing, not instead of it.

miko--

[This message has been edited by miko2d (edited 08-24-2000).]

[AKSeaWulfe]

Kill the BBS for a week, see what happens. Bet dollars to donuts it will become a lot more civilized. Ever noticed how threads start out as questions or comments that aren't negative then someone runs along "HO DWEEB SPITLOSER -1C HO DWEEB BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH" and well it just degenerates from there.
:-)
-SW

[AKDejaVu]

This BBS is also an outlet for some that can't fly all the time.  Afterall.. the firewall at work allows web brousing, but not much else

AKDejaVu

[AKSeaWulfe]

I have dual T3s at work DJ. Firewall don't let me play AH. I can browse the internet though and download games then burn them onto a CD! <sticks out tongue at everyone>

Oh oh, did I mention I have a PIII 500 with a Diamond Stealth ViperII at work? <sticks out tongue again> hehehe
-SW

[AKDejaVu]

<- Relishes the chance for a "who's is bigger" contest

I think we have you beat.  And just a measly 500 MHz?  Hell... my laptop is a 700 MHz P3 with a CDR:P

AKDejaVu

[AKSeaWulfe]

Oh yeah? well..... I have 1.5GB of pc100 RAM, and a DVD-RAM with a DXr-3 decorder. Oh oh! Bring it on tuff guy! :-P
-SW

[AKDejaVu]

1.5 GB of pc-100 ram?  Some day they may let you put that in something Wulfie.  I do know that the ammount of RAM located in this building puts that to shame

Hell.. the ammount of ram located within 20 feet of my office puts that to shame

So.. keep your "its not the speed of the computer... its the size of the RAM" arguments to yourself.  Speed does matter... any married guy can tell you that

AKDejaVu

[Mighty1]

Oh no it's an AK pissing contest.  

I don't think so banana.

There are alot of guys in here that I don't agree with and there are even some that I don't like at all but when it comes to flying in the arena I've found that no matter who you are if you are on my side and you need help I'll be there.

I try not to let opinions on the BBS ruin my game play.

Piss me off in the arena and I'll show you the films I take of me watching you die.  

Hell I may even send screen shots to your next of kin.  

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Mighty1
The New Baby Harp Seals
"Come try to club THIS Seal"

[AKSeaWulfe]

You work for that company though.. no fair! no fair! you dweeb! Kicking me when I'm down like that, what's next you gonna HO me with your computer? heheheh
:-)
-SW

[RAM]

 

Originally posted by AKDejaVu:
1.5 GB of pc-100 ram?  Some day they may let you put that in something Wulfie.  I do know that the ammount of RAM located in this building puts that to shame  

Hell.. the ammount of ram located within 20 feet of my office puts that to shame  

So.. keep your "its not the speed of the computer... its the size of the RAM" arguments to yourself.  Speed does matter... any married guy can tell you that  

AKDejaVu

Seems everybody needs me  

Someone wants more of ME!?  

[Snoopi]

banana:
You may have something there...
I spent 15 years in broadcasting, and found that the more I worked on newscasts, the more I thought society was full of sum. I lost sight of the fact that most people are not scum.
I now only get the saturday paper, and never watch the news.

As they say.. the squeaky wheel gets the grease.

BUT.. not all posts here are rant,whine,squeak... thank god !

Regards,
Snoopi

[AKDejaVu]

 

I spent 15 years in broadcasting, and found that the more I worked on newscasts, the more I thought society was full of scum.

LOL!  Its not full of scum, but it has more than its fair share.  Why'd it take so long ot realize that  Did you notice that as you gained experience, you were exposed to higher levels of management... and higher levels of scum?

AKDejaVu

[Sharky]

Hi all,

I think that reading the boards doesn't make flying less enjoyable.  But the types of posts can give you a bad feeling about the people sharing your airspace in the game.  
To often we see the board as a place to air grivences with the game or people in it.  Now that is not necessarily a bad thing.  It makes it easy for HTC to get a look at all the problems either real or percieved their customers are having.

But(You knew there was a "but" coming) does reading the latest rant about the F4u cannons or HO dweebs make you yearn to log into the arena for a couple of sorties?  No!  What we should all try to do is for every post we write about something that we think needs to be addressed by HTC, we write one about a good experiance we had in an event or just about a good sortie in the arena or an AAR for a squad nite.  Something that will fuel the fire both for the author and the others that read the boards.

The problem is not the boards, but the content that can get you down, so write an "up" thread every now and again.  I would but I suck so all my stories would just make ya wanna cry  

Sharky

[Jigster]

Other then knowing Luftwobble planes are the only plane I should fly, and only lowlife, scum-sucking dweebs like "Jig" fly anything other then Luftwobble planes...

naw the message board has had no impact on my enjoyment of the game...

- Jig