Jeez! I rememebr this post from several months ago! It is revived now and who do I see responding but, some very oooold AW types
Nice, very nice:) I started (as I posted way earlier) that I started online in 97 with AW 4w. Most of these guys were lore types, talked about by the squad members I joined up with (Cactus Airforce). In AW2 I fought over Shaky and fencer (fields) a lot, was a nice touch in the game to have fields named after prominent playwers who advanced the game. I also heard loads about HT and Airmigan, and flew against Fletcher one night in AW2, and managed to shoot him down in a 1v1. My older squaddies at the time made a big deal about it, I took it as business as usual but, since then I have realized the importance of the history of a thing; in this case of the air combat sim.
I feel priviledged to be a part of something unusual, requiring a level of skill unlike most other games. The air combat sim, IMO, transcends the usual notion of games, and gaming. It is competitive, intense, and requires a level of cooperation which is different than most games, kind of like sports. And then there is the community, which I have come to know, makes the entire experience.
Everybody has to be from somewhere, and many of us are from 1 or 2 of three places or communities; AW, WB, and AH. We all wound up here because of the vision of guys like HT who started out in AW, and fell in love (or addiction) with the aircombat sim.
This is for me, one oif the better threads in here. We get to reminicse about perhaps, how we all came to be here.
I propose a toast therefore, to all of us, and a toast to our addiction!!
