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Offline NHawk

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« Reply #105 on: September 05, 2007, 11:45:18 AM »
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Most of the people you meet in life are like slinkies. Pretty much useless, but still bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs.
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« Reply #106 on: September 05, 2007, 11:48:26 AM »
The Best:  Being FBBone and getting to play the game with the relatively small, yet close-knit group of friends that I have made over the years, and adding to that group every time I log in.:aok

The worst: Being FBBone and dieing, regularly, to an extremely large, rather loose-knit and ever expanding group of friends that I have made over the years.:mad:

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« Reply #107 on: September 05, 2007, 01:03:08 PM »
Laugh?  Sigh?  Scratch your head?  

Just observations of stupidity...

The other night after scanning the map, I decide on a launch and target field.  On the way there I watch a friendly mission on dar change heading toward the field I'm going to.  They are going to arrive there before me.  There goes the idea of finding a few secluded fight, but oh well.  When I get to the enemy field, I see ack, VH, & FH is down, and percent of town reports are being given on range channel.  Good mission I think.  Then as I orbit and survey the situation, I watch with zero enemy resistance, these guys continue to flatten the field until no destroyable object was left standing.  All the while, range chatter inticates the map room will be taken in short order.  Wtf?  Are these guys that retarded?  Or just afraid to actually have to fight a live person?

That was the extent of the land grab in that area the 3+ hours I was on.  The reason being that the 'mishun' guys that have so much fun landgrabbing, shot themselves and their local countrymen in the foot by an unwarrented porking of our front line field that otherwise could have supported future land grab/fights.  Yes, I critiqued at the time.  Yes, I complained (whined if you prefer) for the next hour everytime I was inconvienienced to another field with the resources I wanted because I knew who porked the field.  Yes, I know I could resupply the field, but I'm not the retard who porked our own resources needlessly!

Edit:  I know the reply to this one..."Too many times that lone La7 has gotten up and killed the goon".  Re-read it, no FH, no VH, no resistance.  If 20 guys can't keep something from getting from the field to the town, you don't deserve to get the capture.

Here's another one.  Late night, low numbers, two fields furballing back and forth.  Eventually, inevitably, one side gets a numbers advantage.  I know from experience, when it's a limited number of enemies at off-peak times you have to extend a small bit of curtousy if you don't want to be left playing with yourselves.  It's nice when everyone else around knows that also, but it is becomming rare.
"There's only a couple guys willing to up, at least let them get out of ack"
BOOM

"Comon guys at least take turns or they'll leave"

BOOM
"Guess they all logged, I'm logging too"
"Have fun playing with yourselves idiots"
On the other hand, I've continued to have hours more fun in the same situation, when the guys with the numbers have the sense enough to allow the few willing opposers at least a chance of fighting for a bit.

I also love the off-peak furball killer.  There will be a CV off shore, just at the edge of visible range from the field.  30+ players are just having fun going at it, and nobody is making a serious effort to capture the field, or sink the CV.  Along comes the crack bomber pilot from 4 sectors away to deal with this threat to their national security.  Thank you.  Thank you so much for sinking that CV.  Your other 18 countrymen that have been enjoying the game defending that area thank you.  Even the 15 enemy players thank you for removing the uncomfortable experience of competing with actual live players from that situation.  You're my hero.

So from a previous reply, I agree with:
The best- The community
and I'll add The worst-  The people :)
« Last Edit: September 05, 2007, 01:09:20 PM by Murdr »

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« Reply #108 on: September 05, 2007, 01:09:39 PM »
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There's only a couple guys willing to up, at least let them get out of ack"  Guess they all logged, I'm logging too"
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Switch sides dude.  I  got tired of rook hordes so I log on and immediately switch to the side w/ the fewest people.. unless that's bish*, of course.


*luckily, they are never lowest.

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« Reply #109 on: September 05, 2007, 01:18:59 PM »
The best for me: like so many have said before, is a good fight win or lose.

Also coming out victorious when fighting a 2v1, or 3v1, or more v1, me being the one. Unfortunately it doesn't happen near enuff.  ;)
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The worst are the dweebs who run the second they lose their advantage. especially when they are in a supposedly superior ride.  And I do mean run, three sectors is not extending. The no skill smack talkers on 200.
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« Reply #110 on: September 05, 2007, 01:20:04 PM »
Don't matter, Ive been on every angle of that situation.  The other night, I was on the low side, and the fight carried for quite awhile until the other guys could no longer contain their stupidity and decided to pigpile on the 7-8 of us who had been willing to fight.  All 5-6 of us on channel logged within 10 mins of each other, and the couple off channel people at least left the area.  What did that get the number guys (knights in this instance)?  No more people to fight.  Maybe that's what they wanted in the first place?

Just another instance of screwing yourself out of resources (in this case oppoents).
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« Reply #111 on: September 05, 2007, 01:36:10 PM »
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The dweebs who run the second they lose their advantage. especially when they are in a supposedly superior ride.


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« Reply #112 on: September 05, 2007, 02:59:28 PM »
The best : The dogfights ... a well executed capture ... a tenacious field defense ... squaddies.

The worst : The verbal diarreha that constantly stinks up CH 200.

Quoted by Humble ...

When I "grew up" in the game the major squads were the backbone of "proper game play". They set the standard and challenged everyone to live up to it.

That was so very true ... where did that mindset go ? I would give my eye teeth to have that "community" back again.
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« Reply #113 on: September 05, 2007, 03:19:43 PM »
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The best : The dogfights ... a well executed capture ... a tenacious field defense ... squaddies.

The worst : The verbal diarreha that constantly stinks up CH 200.

Quoted by Humble ...

When I "grew up" in the game the major squads were the backbone of "proper game play". They set the standard and challenged everyone to live up to it.

That was so very true ... where did that mindset go ? I would give my eye teeth to have that "community" back again.
That mindset disappeared with new squad leaders entering the game thinking they knew it all. They refused to listen to the experience of the old rule. Some new leaders even cursed the old leaders for not listening to them and the game changed from there.

With that the major horde tactic was born and fighting true battles became less important. Battles still happen, but not in the same tactical or situational way they use to.

That's not a bash on furballs, they've always existed even in the "old days". It's a general overall observation.
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« Reply #114 on: September 05, 2007, 03:27:15 PM »
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That mindset disappeared with new squad leaders entering the game thinking they knew it all. They refused to listen to the experience of the old rule. Some new leaders even cursed the old leaders for not listening to them and the game changed from there.

With that the major horde tactic was born and fighting true battles became less important. Battles still happen, but not in the same tactical or situational way they use to.


The question was somewhat rhetorical ... cause I knew the answer ... but I am glad that someone else sees it too and put it down in black and white.
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« Reply #115 on: September 05, 2007, 03:38:12 PM »
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The question was somewhat rhetorical ... cause I knew the answer ... but I am glad that someone else sees it too and put it down in black and white.
I had to say it because it still bothers me to this day. And it bothers me even more when the end result is a respected squad leader telling me "Our place is in the history of air combat sims, not the present or the future." and that he won't return.
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« Reply #116 on: September 05, 2007, 03:44:09 PM »
The best aspect for me is a huge mission. But not just to take the base, to blow a sector apart. I enjoy it. I think most of my squad does too. Thats why we do it. Problem is getting em all on line. Which hopefully one day that will happen. Then we can actually blow the living ch!t out of a quadrant.

The worst. My lost sleep.
Forgot who said this while trying to take a base, but the quote goes like this. "I cant help you with ack, Im not in attack mode" This is with only 2 ack up in the town while troops were there, waiting. The rest of the town was down.

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« Reply #117 on: September 05, 2007, 06:02:35 PM »
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Read Vudaks post, dweeblet!


I did...the irony is that I thought he was referring to certain l33t fiter sqwads 262s, 109s, tempests missunz:D   i guess perspective is everything...
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« Reply #118 on: September 05, 2007, 06:15:52 PM »
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Quoted by Humble ...

When I "grew up" in the game the major squads were the backbone of "proper game play". They set the standard and challenged everyone to live up to it.

That was so very true ... where did that mindset go ? I would give my eye teeth to have that "community" back again. [/B]


Man, I wish I could have been there then.

You and NHawk have made me nostalgic for I time I never saw.
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« Reply #119 on: September 06, 2007, 09:40:55 AM »
so the past is best and the present worst?