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Offline eskimo2

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« Reply #45 on: December 01, 2004, 06:17:27 PM »
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Get real, Eskimo. The only times I have seen those in the MA is when flown by some newbi that isn't aware they are about to get their arse shot off.

You obviously miss the point of the request. You can't see other plane icons on the clip-board map, or if dar is down, or they are out of range, whatever. This feature (if turned on by the player) would show an icon for him on the clipboard map at all times and in all places, regardless of radar status or whatever.

Basically, If some channel 200 or BBS bigmouth wanted to put something behind their words, they could turn this icon on. Then, if some other BBS big mouth like me wanted to find them so I could go shoot them down, all I would have to do is turn on the icon for myself and, bingo! I would know exactly where that other bigmouth was. Of course then, all those other big mouths would then know exactly where I was too, so it works out just fine.

Keep the icon off, AH radar looks and works exactly as it does now. Turn it on, and the clipboard now becomes your own personal hit list and tells you where to go shopping.


The point is, if you’ve got something to prove, try a different plane.  Fly the 109E, A6M2, Spit I, Hurri I or 202 if you want more of a challenge or want to humiliate someone.

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« Reply #46 on: December 01, 2004, 07:13:06 PM »
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It makes a better tough guy avatar ...

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« Reply #47 on: December 01, 2004, 07:27:10 PM »
How about a little rainbow icon instead for the timid, limp wrists pilots?




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« Reply #48 on: December 01, 2004, 07:41:31 PM »
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I kinda like the idea, but this feature would take ganging to an extreme.  The 7 or more plane horde would all jump on you, then the guy who got the lucky joust would be like, "Haha! Got ya! You suck!"

And this differs from the normal sortie how? :)

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« Reply #49 on: December 01, 2004, 08:01:35 PM »
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Originally posted by ygsmilo

I only engage when I have:  numbers, alt, and speed?
 


Am I the only old AW guy laughing at the irony of this being posted by someone from 13th TAS?

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« Reply #50 on: December 01, 2004, 08:01:57 PM »
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Umm, I engage when i'm at a disadvantage, often diving into a pack of 10 or more enemies.  Can I have a tough guy icon?


Yes
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« Reply #51 on: December 01, 2004, 08:28:46 PM »
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Am I the only old AW guy laughing at the irony of this being posted by someone from 13th TAS?



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« Reply #52 on: December 01, 2004, 09:02:21 PM »
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Originally posted by Ack-Ack
How about a little rainbow icon instead for the timid, limp wrists pilots?
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no, instead of a big throbbing purple icon, they'd get small blue ones.

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« Reply #53 on: December 01, 2004, 10:18:16 PM »
I like this idea.

I'll turn mine on. You want to be the best you got to beat the best...

Plus, finding a fight on some of those big maps is downright impossible some days and this will fix that.

Reminds me of when Val Kilmer said "I'm yer huckleberry".

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« Reply #54 on: December 02, 2004, 05:41:55 AM »
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I would also ove to see a "jackazz" icon to the same effect except that it would kick on once 20 or more people in the arena type ".jackazz "trashtalkingbigmouthsname here".  Essentially, if you want to anounce to all on chan 1 or 200 what a complete jackazz you are they all get the chance to let you share your location as well as your potty mouth.


I think this is a great idea. There are SO many times when two ch200 yappers are teh only ones in the arena who dont realize what jerks they're being, and to be able to slap 'em down with that jackazz icon would be both community justice in action and GREAT fun.

And who knows, just getting the message that they've received the jackazz icon might shut them up.....














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« Reply #55 on: December 02, 2004, 08:20:43 AM »
face it midnight... the pee 51 icon just screams out "sissie" to most people in the arena....  

the best it can achive is..... "anal computer geek pretending to be a fighter pilot so that he can have the safety in speed and numbers that being in an anal squad and flying a timid plane gives him"  

or.... "I am a new guy that read that the pee 51 was the bestest fighter plane of all time and now I will go down into that fight and get on someones butt until I kill them"

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« Reply #56 on: December 02, 2004, 08:26:24 AM »
I say we have an icon we can enable that always shows where the heck lazs is...in 4 years in AH  I've seen him once.
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« Reply #57 on: December 02, 2004, 08:27:12 AM »
Just have all Channel 200 tuned show up in an icon color that radar always shows.  Easy for Hitech to implement.

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« Reply #58 on: December 02, 2004, 08:54:13 AM »
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Just have all Channel 200 tuned show up in an icon color that radar always shows.  Easy for Hitech to implement.


EXCELLANT IDEA !!! That would be too much fun.

Your too high Sirloin, come to think of it, I don't remember seeing you on line either.

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« Reply #59 on: December 02, 2004, 08:55:47 AM »
sirloin... that would tend to indicate that we don't fly the same way or in the same fights or at the same altitude.

I don't recall seeing you either.   but.... I have just lately started again after about 5 months off...  

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