Greetings:
this is bad dog or AKA Chitownflyer.
Reason why I am writing is to announce my retirement from aces high.
The reason why I am retiring are many and cumulative.
Last Sunday was the straw that convinced me that the frustration exceeded the fun of flying in aces high.
A little history:
I have flown in flight combat simulators i.e. Air Warrior, Warbirds, Freebeeds, Targetware, and last but not least AceHigh.
All told, I have flown these combat flight simulators since late 1994. I have flown, my best recollection, in aces high for the last 3 1/2 years.
What set me off and push me over the line is the issue of tank town. The events leading up to my realization that I've had enough was the fact that the Knights had been locked out of tank town for approximately 4 days running. But with this level of frustration I will admit I got a little rowdy on Channel 200. But the Monitor who decided that rather than just muting me for 10 or 15 minutes in which I would have gotten the message this monitor which was on that Sunday night January 21, 2007 at approximately 5 p.m. Central Time decided that she or he was going to totally revoke my chat privileges indefinitely, as I understood it, without warning or even first muting me.
Now I'm a big boy I can take care myself and also can take punishment when I'm in the wrong and to a certain extent I was in the wrong due to my language but I was very frustrated because of my frustration due to the situation that was present in that arena that night, as well is totally unsportsmanlike behavior of many of the rocks I feel that the monitor should have also disciplined if not muted these other participants because of any kind of exchange there are two or more players.
I felt I was treated very shabbily and I guess I have enough - life is too short and AcesHigh, at this moment in time is more frustrating to me than fun so I must walk away from it.
To Nomde... I have a good run great deal of respect for you and your squad and your were kind enough to allow me to participate and I appreciate that. So again, thank you for your efforts in keeping the squad together and bringing people within the squad
To my friends scattered throughout aces high community I bid you farewell it was good times sometimes bad times we had some good fights good runs and allowed good times. Those good times I will miss and may be we will meet up somewhere someplace in the future things change but the flight combat community at large premed stays the same.
To the handful of those people (which I used loosely and more accurately describe as snotty punks) whose only goal is rank and grief at any cost, as well as a growing problem of those who gain take advantages due to weaknesses of the game code - it's you that is making aces high less fun, poisoning the fun out of it game.
To Mr. Hightower & Co. the concept and the game itself is a wonderful thing, as well what appears to be a labor of love. I admit that it was a source of many hours of excitement good times and interacting with some very nice people. I think, this is just my own personal opinion and take it for whatever it's worth, you need to be more sensitive and attentive to some of the problems that creates this aggravation and general frustation- particularly those with whom you have set with monitoring privileges that you should have closer and better oversight of these people.
Admittedly, this is your thing and God bless you it's your private property and you can do as you see fit... God bless you for that, but as the old saying says, the customer is what drives things and the customer as they say, always right and in the end he will vote with his feet news is pocketbook.
I may return in some nearer or far future if things change and I see it be fun again.
I bid you all goodbye
Chitownflyer. AKA BADDOG.
