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Offline Shifty

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« Reply #15 on: March 29, 2006, 11:25:14 AM »
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I don't HO if I see the guy is trying to turn, but if I see tracers I open up.


I wish I had your reflexes. By the time I see the tracers it's too late , and I'm riding the funeral pyre. If it happens once or twice , I'm usually okay. After that I get a case of the *** , and end up HOing some poor bastage that had nothing to do with it.
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« Reply #16 on: March 29, 2006, 12:36:31 PM »
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Well ... this one got you to 25. :D


Didn't mean to be quippy myself, it's just frustrating sometimes on the forums when people post simply to make people look silly...or at least it seems like that sometimes.  I also probably shouldn't post after being irritated by people at work...  :)

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I don't mind HO's as a tactic in a twisty turny fight.  But when a guy flies straight at you from the edge of vis range, runs until you give up, and then repeats....it does get a little old.  To me that wouldn't be a satisfying kill.
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« Reply #17 on: March 29, 2006, 01:23:39 PM »
So did that ack range get turned down or...  wait...  what were we talking about again? :p
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« Reply #18 on: March 29, 2006, 01:50:59 PM »
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« Reply #19 on: March 29, 2006, 02:54:17 PM »
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So did that ack range get turned down or...  wait...  what were we talking about again? :p

Ack is fine at .25.  My guess is that it was either a lucky hit, or a manned gun on one of the boats.

Ack on this map has always been an issue, because there are so many carriers and bases and, hence, so much ack.  Random hits are bound to happen, but the bigger problem seems to be people capping bases and/or fleets.  Further reducing the ack will make this bad situation worse.

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« Reply #20 on: March 29, 2006, 03:48:30 PM »
Yeah, once we got more guys in the air last night, it seemed to cut down on that.

Instead the CV gunners were shooting at the fighters that were escorting the bombers that were trying to sink the CVs. :confused:
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« Reply #21 on: March 29, 2006, 03:54:52 PM »
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I've been working on my Elvis.  :cool:


I hope its Viva Los Vegas ...my fav rockabilly tune...been practicing backup....



As to being a Ho`er...i`m in the 12 step program now..sometimes i can`t help myself...i get the temors,the hair stands up on the back of my neck and need a fix, fast....

So if i`m ever caught redhanded, please have a little compassion for me and the disease that  spreads throught out AH land like wildfire on a dry summer nite..!

My opologies to those i have offended or will offend...!

"Salute" to all involved in the AvA....


Tongue firmly planted in cheek...
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« Reply #22 on: March 29, 2006, 05:25:47 PM »
Just to add to the number of Grupuls posting --

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I still think Husk as some wierd get out of death free card when I shoot at him.

For the record, Husk is a freak of nature.  Shoot at him, he catches the bullets in his teeth and spits them back, knocking off your rudder.

The one you really have to watch for is 0nt0smk1.  He's just mean.

Yes, I avoid the HO when possible.  On the other hand, in the Pac theatre, I expect the Allieds to try to HO.  US planes take more punishment and generally can't turn with the Jap planes.

So please, HO away.  It's your best move.

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« Reply #23 on: March 29, 2006, 06:19:45 PM »
ha!!  I wish that was the case................

Maybe thats why i have no teeth left in my head.........  

AAAHH yeah ,the big O is a meany...makes me cry all the time:cry
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« Reply #24 on: March 30, 2006, 11:50:40 AM »
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For the record, Husk is a freak of nature.  Shoot at him, he catches the bullets in his teeth and spits them back, knocking off your rudder.  


:rofl

as for the whole HO situation...

most people know how i HATE when i get HO'd. If you get a kill on me with a HO and I'm not saying anything back it's because I'm seriously cussing out the computer:furious
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« Reply #25 on: March 30, 2006, 12:05:18 PM »
I'd HO P47s if I had to fly against them after last night. I had one of those nights where you just can't get in the groove. I had no kills , I got one asst on you Plat.  I was flying a P-47 , and kept managing to get alone , and slow with ethier a Zeke , or a Tony, as my only company. That damn TBolt was nothing but splinters on three sorties. It was just soaking up punishment, and staying airborne. Too bad I couldn't get it properly into the fight.
I did however almost feel sorry for the IJ guys on three occasions , they'd completely whipped my butt , but I was able to limp away and land.

My luck ran out on sortie #4 when JG54 payed a visit to A18 right after I took off. I was going to try and run east, but figured what the hell, they flew all this way might as well be nieghborly and play with em. As usuall that was a mistake Wildesau blew me away I'm pretty sure the other planes with him got in some licks as well.

I don't think the TBolt would have taken all that punishment in HO shots, but from a dead 6 oclock it was one tough customer.

Hmm you always gave me the impression you loved to be HO'd
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« Reply #26 on: March 30, 2006, 01:26:31 PM »
Give a guy the chance to use his guns, and they whine "why didn't you show me your tail?"  .............are the same ones who cry when you slip a new rope around their necks............

The ack must have been the proverbial "Golden BB", that is all.......

Now return to Duty Stations, all of you, that is an Order..........

FYI: 0nt0s is a cuddly teddybear, I am the really mean one of the group, no confusion or moral compunctions whatsoever concerning the head-on.........one man's trash is anothers treasure....MUHAHAHAHHHAA:t
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« Reply #27 on: March 30, 2006, 01:44:56 PM »
I HO any chance I get. Consider yourselves warned.
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« Reply #28 on: March 30, 2006, 03:15:07 PM »
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I HO any chance I get. Consider yourselves warned.


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Note to self:  HO the white dot.
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« Reply #29 on: March 30, 2006, 03:34:54 PM »
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Didn't mean to be quippy myself, it's just frustrating sometimes on the forums when people post simply to make people look silly...or at least it seems like that sometimes.

Ahh... that's a BK tactic, they need to get their kills in the forums too!!  :D :cool: :lol
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