Author Topic: Picking on the little guys (Read 1793 times)

Bosco123 · « **Reply #30 on:** July 11, 2007, 12:42:56 PM »

here is why we pick on the squeakers because yes they do have loud mouths. also the use stupid words and get mad at any if the joke around with them.

I saw two kids playing and someone very well known come back from the rook side and they went to attack mode oh we don't need you leave now! and things like that they were degrading him compleaty over him joining on diffrent sides me and a buddy of mine had to break this one up.

I also had to breaking up one yesterday, they were realy dgrading eachother like your gay and things like that.

they are pick on for thir cazy attitude and need an attitude adjustment or stoped being spoiled by their parents.

im 15 and my parents don't pay for this as I have to pay for everything else that I want not what I need

Tilt · « **Reply #31 on:** July 11, 2007, 12:44:26 PM »

Maybe my point was missed.............

I visit the US occasionally, my companies US office is in Atlanta I am familiar with certain accents..........

Ok we may take some michael out of each others accents but I swear that AH Vox accentuates some accents more than others...........

Mid Euro accents (German, Polish, Hungarian............any one listened to Ghi)sound like they eat gravel............ as do some Texan accents (anyone listened to HiTech or Coach) and they do not sound like that in RL........well maybe Coach.

US accents particularly the more "musical" are more pronounced with exagerated inflection..............

Hence I cannot believe that these "squeakers" actually sqeak this way in RL.......not 24 hours a day

vox sound quality must be doing something IMO

Connery · « **Reply #32 on:** July 11, 2007, 12:54:07 PM »

Vox is a feature of the game, We pay the $14.99 every month. Just cos someone likes to talk more or has a squeeky voice they shouldn't be presecuted because of it.

For those of you who don't like the "Squeekers" just turn down the ingame voice volume.

Edit: The only reason I am getting involved in this debate is I myself have been told to shut up on vox because I am calling out 6's and nme conns.

When I asked said player(s) why, they said they didnt like the sound of my scottish accent. I on the other hand am old enough and wise enough to know, if folks dont like my accent - I aint gonna apologise for it they will just have to put up with it

DaddyAck · « **Reply #33 on:** July 11, 2007, 01:17:45 PM »

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Originally posted by swoose
Yeah, so I'll admit it I am American by birth but SOUTHERN by the grace of God an' proud of it

Well said Daddyack. It's funny but you go out of the south and people hear you talk they assume you are "slow" or if you tell them you are from North Carolina they want to know if you have ever been to Mayberry. We are just folks like everyone else with different levels of education.

For Tilt I enjoy hearing the British accent very much. If you would like to visit the South maybe we can help you learn to talk right. LOL.
BTW I have a picture my Dad sent to my Mother during WWII. He was a b-26 pilot and the picture was a flight of 26's dropping bombs. On the back was the expression "give it to em yanks". Seems like out countries share a lot of history during the war.

Swoose

~~Yeah, From one Carolinian to another, well put. I am tired of being assumed to be a gomer just because I am southern.~~

DaddyAck · « **Reply #34 on:** July 11, 2007, 01:22:10 PM »

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Originally posted by Connery
Vox is a feature of the game, We pay the $14.99 every month. Just cos someone likes to talk more or has a squeeky voice they shouldn't be presecuted because of it.

For those of you who don't like the "Squeekers" just turn down the ingame voice volume.

Edit: The only reason I am getting involved in this debate is I myself have been told to shut up on vox because I am calling out 6's and nme conns.

When I asked said player(s) why, they said they didnt like the sound of my scottish accent. I on the other hand am old enough and wise enough to know, if folks dont like my accent - I aint gonna apologise for it they will just have to put up with it

I don't know whoom told you to hush, but it was not me bro. I do not mind accents at all. Granted sometimes I may ask to repeat what was said but accents do not bother me, it is the ultra high frequency of the squeak that gets me.

Xargos · « **Reply #35 on:** July 11, 2007, 01:26:22 PM »

Connery cracks me up on vox.

DieAz · « **Reply #36 on:** July 11, 2007, 03:29:21 PM »

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Originally posted by swoose
you tell them you are from North Carolina they want to know if you have ever been to Mayberry.

lol just say yes and Snappy Lunch is a good place to eat too.
them porkchop sammiches are good.
now got me a hankering to go back to Mt. Airy to spend the day on Main Street.

http://www.thesnappylunch.com

a music (edit: instruments, name it they got it or can get it.) store beside Snappy Lunch.
across the street (one way 2 lane) a nice cozy 2 story movie theater.
some Saturdays around noon, people get together and play music on stage and up stairs.
nearby they tore a building down and built nice public restrooms and rest area.
all kinds of stores to browse through both sides of the street.
there is a hardware store that ain't open on weekends, I'd like to go in and have a looksee. they got a nice, huge, $249 pressure cooker in the window, just the right size to make you a quart of shine errrrrr nevermind..... oh yeah it'll make do for one heck of a fish fry , yeah thats it.

oh this a picking thread ummm just .squelch them or use the .report function.

LTARsqrl · « **Reply #37 on:** July 11, 2007, 03:45:11 PM »

I think most of this stems from the youngsters of this game playing as if it were some form of X-Box game. I have in the past few weeks been told on many occasions how I should run my sortie, who I should shoot at, how and what armor to take and use and how and where to place my armor. All valuable information, but unfortunately all wrong for what my assigned objective was.

I have had kids ask for information on range channel and had other kids pipe up and give wrong answers. No biggy, but when I gave the right answer, I was told I was wrong and didn't know what I was talking about.

And my favorite. Kids that just don't shut up. I go to a base under attack and have to spend half my time squelching kids that feel the need to call out every move they make, where they are, where every enemy is and then REPEAT IT OVER AND OVER. "There is an M4 on the ridge. I am right over him. Roger, I am in an Ostwind and VHs are down. He is still there. M4 on the ridge is moving to the base. There is an M4 on the way to the base. Hey guys there is an M4 here." For crying out loud. The VHs are all down and I am in an Ostwind and you have two 1000-pound bombs on your plane. DEAL WITH IT ! ! ! Mind you this is the same squeaker you explained all this too calmly just the day before. .squelch

Yes, it is their $14.95. But it is also MINE. They subject me to constant heckling too.

BUT, there are those out there that actually listen and learn. To those few, I am sorry.

All I can say is 53 more days.

LTARsqrl <>

mensa180 · « **Reply #38 on:** July 11, 2007, 04:07:32 PM »

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Originally posted by Tilt
Why do "they"......... "squeak"?

I cannot believe that these kids lead their lives sounding like that when not talking over vox.

This may sound "nationalistic" but do all young US adolescents sound like this?

I dont know any young Brits who play now but can say when my son played aged 14 to 16 he did not sound like the oft refered to "squeaker" when heard over vox. (But then he didnt have a deep baratone drawl either)

Refering to adults on my system many US adult accents sound accentuated over vox particularly those accents originating from "the ol South"

Could vox be changed to more realistically represent vocal tones?

Re young players in general........... they are revenue. They keep HTC in the black and this game alive.

They may be less considerate and certainly less mature than the average populace and as there are more of them the average level of maturity will get lower. This is a fact the rest of us will have to learn to live with IMO.

we can all point to some pretty immature acts seen demonstrated by many an "adult" here I am sure.

I am reminded of a certain trainer who used to assist SM (snowman) back in the mid 90's training on AW. He was one of the best of a very good group of trainers (I think his name was iceman {icmn?}not to be confused with another iceman of the time), well respected and well attended during his tutorials..............he was 13/14. However without the benefit of vox no one knew this.

Once this "got out" there was some ribbing.

However as SM said at the time...............

"we are all the same age here" he was right IMO

age is not the issue here

maturity is.

Well said.

I'm 14, I don't squeak, none of my classmates do, nor have for at least two years. Most the squeakers are 11-12 year olds, and even then I don't know of many who squeak. I believe that either the squeakers we encounter via VOX are abnormal, or VOX doesn't realistically portray their voices.

Carwash · « **Reply #39 on:** July 11, 2007, 04:12:58 PM »

Squeakers can use squelch just like the older guys.

moneyguy · « **Reply #40 on:** July 11, 2007, 04:19:05 PM »

Alt F4 is for perma-squelch

Kami · « **Reply #41 on:** July 11, 2007, 06:37:06 PM »

Off topic, but Vox could really use some improvement. The sound quality pales in comparison to teamspeak or vent. I'm surprised they can't use better codecs or bandwidth.

xbrit · « **Reply #42 on:** July 11, 2007, 06:50:22 PM »

I think we should have a ".drop" command, if the squeaker reaches a certain octave we use that command to make relavent parts drop therefore making squeaker to baritone.
If this will not be feasable how about electrodes to the nads of squeakers ?

2bighorn · « **Reply #43 on:** July 11, 2007, 07:00:55 PM »

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Originally posted by Connery
Just cos someone likes to talk more or has a squeeky voice they shouldn't be presecuted because of it.

Why not?

Latrobe · « **Reply #44 on:** July 11, 2007, 07:17:11 PM »

I agree with HotHand its always fun to pick on one another once in a while we all do it to each others. I think its ok to joke around (like we always do) a say a few unkindly things the younger members but make sure you don't go over board and continue with it until you're just saying nasty things to them. Everyone can take a joke and you have to be able to laugh at yourself but let them know your just messin around and mean no harm. I try to help some of the younger members so they know how to play the game and yes sometimes i say a little joke to them such as "Alt f4 is to drop bombs" but we all laugh about it and afterwards I tell them how to drop bombs. I am highly against hackling anyone. No matter how old you are you're always a n00b once and we need to help those people learn the game so they can teach others how are new.