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Offline 68BRAGG

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« Reply #150 on: July 01, 2007, 09:20:40 AM »
The first squad I flew with way back (many beers and years ago) was the Warthogs in AW when it was free on AOL. Later the Motley Aces then MAW and then KO and I started the 68th and the squad is still flying strong today!!
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« Reply #151 on: July 01, 2007, 10:14:25 AM »
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Is Big-T still around??


you can find him at news.bigweek.org/bigweek.general
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« Reply #152 on: July 01, 2007, 11:43:48 AM »
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Big-T, BigR, kitty, were the Mighty Fluff or something of the sort.......

flew FR arena, flew P38s, and some others I think from the Nomad's flew with them as well........

another squad that came along somewhere in that 95/96 time was the Skulls...um Whels, Pancake, runway, Bama, Egger ( some of the Damned members had helped join up and form this squad then split away ),  and formed another squd well Bama and Egger did......

have not seen or heard from Bama in a long time,

whels went  to the ACCS then he was in the MOL here, then finally joined us in the Damned......

Snowman had formed the Eagles squadrons  for FR & RR with CrazyHorse COing the RR division and  Snowman COing the FR squad ( was 3 squads total as one  )

remeber Lace,  have not seen or heard from her in years........ nor have seen our Damned Kanth around in a long time, or Sassie....or Sally.....used to be a good bit of women/female players....... anyone remeber Mutha or Dana ??? ( Mutha and Dana were not female players btw.just some very good flyers )

you all know we could talk about his subject for years and never get it all down on paper......


Don't forget Homer :)  He was with the Skulls.  That was my first squad in 96 prior to forming the Nomads.  Mav was the CO then.  Homer, Cakes, Trap, Shiva etc.  They kind of splintered when some went to FR and many of us newbie types weren't ready for it.

Can't forget Subbie either.

As for the AOL days, the boards were part of the fun.  Great fun for the Nomads to keep Fidel and Homer busy as moderators :)

There was another moderator I remember too.  DaLemming :)
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« Reply #153 on: July 01, 2007, 02:05:31 PM »
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remeber Lace,  have not seen or heard from her in years........ nor have seen our Damned Kanth around in a long time, or Sassie....or Sally.....used to be a good bit of women/female players.......


Sally is a guy.
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« Reply #154 on: July 01, 2007, 02:54:45 PM »
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Sally is a guy.


I wonder how many folks remember the infamous "Fuxie" the flygirl :)
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« Reply #155 on: July 01, 2007, 03:16:22 PM »
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Might want to double check or did you have one of those 400 dollar AOL bills from the pay for play? :)

I know it was 96 for me and I had to explain one of those bills to the Mrs.


By a raise of hands.... Who maxed out thier credit card(s)?
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« Reply #156 on: July 01, 2007, 03:45:15 PM »
You guys are making me jealous. Only been around 3-4 years, and find myself wishing I was in the loop for all that community and camaraderie.

On the other hand, seeing how many of you guys remember flying 13 years ago...I now have a NEW excuse for dying!
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« Reply #157 on: July 01, 2007, 04:05:43 PM »
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Can't forget Subbie either.

As for the AOL days, the boards were part of the fun.  Great fun for the Nomads to keep Fidel and Homer busy as moderators :)

 


Last I heard, Subbie sold her business and moved back to CA. She is livin' large. :)

I don't know about Homer, but Fidel didn't mod the boards. He did mod the arenas. For a long time, he was the only mod for AW.
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« Reply #158 on: July 01, 2007, 04:06:49 PM »
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By a raise of hands.... Who maxed out thier credit card(s)?


I never did. But, I do know folks that had 4 digit bills more than once.
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« Reply #159 on: July 01, 2007, 05:10:17 PM »
Almost got a divorce over the first credit card Bill.  Finally got a divorce over the second one though.

It was worth it.  Got rid of wife ack and had more free time :aok
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« Reply #160 on: July 01, 2007, 05:22:43 PM »
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By a raise of hands.... Who maxed out thier credit card(s)?


I melted more that one credit card in those days. The highest bill I had was somewhere in the $400 range, but I had to pay $13/hr because GEnie was $6/hr and I had to call LD which was $7/hr. I dont have much (any) sympathy for folks who whine about "I pay my $16 I want this or that". I used to pay each hour what we pay for a whole month for AH.
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« Reply #161 on: July 01, 2007, 07:34:16 PM »
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I remember the professionalism of the pilots back in AW days and early AH days. We used to have more mature and professional pilots back then.
From what I have been hearing, it seems AH2 is starting to be geared to a more younger crowd (15 to 18 years old).
I really hope this community can change back to what it used to be.


Being 18, but a bit odd by teenager standards, I agree 100%.
And I liked it better when I first started playing in Dec. '05 (admittedly not very long ago)
I keep wondering..."Where did the fun go?"
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« Reply #162 on: July 01, 2007, 08:37:30 PM »
This is the Good Old Days!  The fun is still there, just different.

Back in the days of pay by the hour, I limited my flying to an hour for squad night, and an hour on the weekend.  This ended up being around $30 a month.  But back then, I filmed every flight, reviewed each flight and kept a log of every flight.  Since I couldn't afford flying all the time, I spent the time reviewing what I did, and discussing it on the message boards.

Today you can just keep playing untill your eyes bug out :)  I think my old habbits are one of the reasons I still fly.  I limit my time on-line, and review films.  But I do it so I will not get burnt out and I can enjoy the game for a long time to come.

I found my old log files, man it was fun reading these again :)

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« Reply #163 on: July 01, 2007, 11:22:26 PM »
Gunner...

I know what you mean. I was limited to $75 per month. So, I did plane art and a hardcopy newsletter (Inspired by the Fubar newsletter). Heck, for me, the downfall of AW started when they dropped the fee from $6 per to $3. Flat rate made it even worse. There in lies the real problem with the 'community'. Back in the day, it was expense (there in exclusive) and because of the expense...people found other game related things to do. Many of those things enhanced the game for everyone.

Today, its pay your $15 per and spend your spare time pissing 'n' moaning about things like maps. Oh well, I guess that is progress. :D
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« Reply #164 on: July 02, 2007, 12:20:41 AM »
Wow!!.....So many great squads to remember from AW.

RTC
USMC
RAF
555th <-----Rivals
444th Mafia <----- Rivals
Regulators
Kraits Squadron
Black Widows
1st Nasty
Widow Makers
38 Specials
Motley Aces
De Old Onz

I know there are many I left off, sorry guys.

I was CO of MAW.  We held our own in AW.

Some of you might get a kick out of this.  Below is a link to our old AW website.  Check the roster.  You may see some names you recognize here in AH.

http://www.datamedics.com/2ndmaw/
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