Author Topic: On History Channel Now... (Read 972 times)

Softail · « **on:** December 12, 2006, 10:03:07 PM »

For all y'all that say "HO's" never happened in WWII....turn the tube on now. You will see a few cases where HO's shots were taken when it was Hellcat vs Zero. ;-)

They got 3 aces they are talking too.

Softail

nirvana · « **Reply #1 on:** December 12, 2006, 10:05:24 PM »

Aye, what some people will tell you though is that it was used but it wasn't preferred. HO on!!!

Softail · « **Reply #2 on:** December 12, 2006, 10:08:41 PM »

Oh I agree, its a desperate shot...but to hear some "purist" in here talk...they act like a "Real" pilot would never take one.

Desperate times sometimes calls for desperate measures.

Softail

SkyRock · « **Reply #3 on:** December 12, 2006, 10:10:10 PM »

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Originally posted by Softail
Oh I agree, its a desperate shot...but to hear some "purist" in here talk...they act like a "Real" pilot would never take one.

Desperate times sometimes calls for desperate measures.

Softail [/QUOTE
HO in a game! Dweebery! Lamerness!

Softail · « **Reply #4 on:** December 12, 2006, 10:11:24 PM »

We have a hit!

EagleEyes · « **Reply #5 on:** December 12, 2006, 10:14:45 PM »

Ive yet to miss an episode. Great series. Too bad Hitech doesnt have a commercail that runs during this. I can only imagine the player number increase we would get. And all the newbs id be able to shoot down! lol

JB88 · « **Reply #6 on:** December 12, 2006, 10:14:51 PM »

man i want THOSE graphics.

Softail · « **Reply #7 on:** December 12, 2006, 10:23:25 PM »

Gotta love them Silicon Graphics machines! Imagine runnin AH on one of them? ;-)

Platano · « **Reply #8 on:** December 12, 2006, 11:22:31 PM »

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Originally posted by JB88
man i want THOSE graphics.

mee 2

JB88 · « **Reply #9 on:** December 12, 2006, 11:43:34 PM »

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Originally posted by Softail
Gotta love them Silicon Graphics machines! Imagine runnin AH on one of them? ;-)

would ah have that kind of quality or is it also the modelling that makes it look so fine.

Big Mickey · « **Reply #10 on:** December 13, 2006, 01:01:54 AM »

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Originally posted by Softail
Gotta love them Silicon Graphics machines! Imagine runnin AH on one of them? ;-)

Hey Softtail,

I doubt it was SGI machines doing the CGI for this show. Probably done on PC's with Maya, Softimage, 3d Max or even Lightwave. The days of SGI ruling the CGI market have passed. If you look at them box to box the SGI machine, in most cases, is superior. But if you look at the cost difference you can fill a closet with PC's and network render for the same price. Why have one machine rendering 1 frame at a time when I can have multiple systems rendering multiple frames

As for getting the same quality in a game.... the technology ain't there yet. With a game all of this stuff has to be rendered in real time, and at a frame rate that is pleasing to the player. In addition, the more players you have the more pixels to render. When doing CGI you can spend much more time rendering the images. Doesn't matter if it takes hours to do one frame, your not going to play it back in real time until all the frames are complete and assembled into a video clip.

Big Mickey

fuzeman · « **Reply #11 on:** December 13, 2006, 01:38:37 AM »

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Originally posted by EagleEyes
Ive yet to miss an episode. Great series. Too bad Hitech doesnt have a commercail that runs during this. I can only imagine the player number increase we would get. And all the newbs id be able to shoot down! lol

I could have sworn I saw a HTC commercial during one of them, possibly the first or second episode.
Than again, the brain isn't cogitating to good lately and those memory synapses fire irregularly.

Masherbrum · « **Reply #12 on:** December 13, 2006, 01:52:08 AM »

I wonder if some have a missing "Search Button" on their screens?

Saxman · « **Reply #13 on:** December 13, 2006, 10:27:22 AM »

That episode pissed me off. They said the F6F was the first American fighter to out-class the Zero. Yeah, well, what about the P-38 and F4U? BOTH of which were in service already (1942 for the 38, Feb 43 for the Corsair)? The tactic of diving out against the Zero was also developed in 1942, by the F4Fs (which this program suggested couldn't dive out on the A6M).

Also, wasn't the current model of Zeke the A6M5 at the time?

I swear, it seems lately like the History Channel has done most of its research on Wikipedia.

Quah! · « **Reply #14 on:** December 13, 2006, 10:28:20 AM »

So when you ho and die walk outside and shoot yourself in the head then you will realize in your last few split seconds the difference between reality and a game.

Hoing when outnumbering your opponent or 1 v 1 is lame in this game I don't care how many real vets that were trying to stay alive in WWII you come up with. Lose the crutch learn to fight.