Anybody ever get shot down where it really burned you up? I don't mean really mad, just totally humiliated. I've been with AH for almost three years now, I think, and there was one humiliating defeat that I'll probably always remember.
This happened last year I think and was one of the first times I bumped into Allison. She'd shot me down something like eight times in a row just a few days earlier:
I log on and the map looks quiet. I decide to up at what looks like a quiet field and make a raid on an enemy field. I up and start climbing, not bothering to look around much since the radar shows everything all clear. I'm cruising along for a minute or two and then, BAM, BAM, BAM...."Allison Shot You Down".
She caught me completely unawares. "Ok", says I, "I'll see if I can't get even". I up in a p51b and head back to where she got me. As I bailed I noticed she also had another bad guy with her.
I go back and find them. I shoot down her wingman fairly quickly, surprising myself, then mix it up with Allison for a while. Finally I manage to get her, but just barely. Still, a kill's a kill, and I'm stoked, after she whooped me eight times in a row earlier on. I got revenge. Now, to add insult to injury, I want to land those two kills and really humiliate her.
I put the pedal to the metal knowing Allison will likely be back up to extract her revenge. I don't want to push my luck with her so I even go to WEP for a short while heading back to my base.
It's not too long after that a Spit shows up a ways back on my six. I'm thinking to myself it must be Allison but she switched planes for some reason. She was in a Nikki before, I think.
But the plane just seems to follow me at about 5.5k. Didn't seem like she was trying too hard to catch me.
Finally, my airfield comes in view. I know I've made it. Even if she hurries up and tries to catch me landing I can just drag her through the ack. I've got it made!
Suddenly the Spit turns around and heads back the other direction. I'm thinking she must not have wanted to take chances with the ack and feel I've pretty much made it.
I make my approach and land. Just as I get ready to roll to a stop I look to my left in the direction the Spit had headed and realize I've been had: "Allison, you *****!", I'm thinking to myself.
About 1500 meters out, right on the deck, is a Nikki heading straight for me. No way I could stop and end the flight. No way I could get in the air again. I was stuck.
All I can hope for is luck enough for the ack to get her. Nope. "Allison Shot You Down" comes as I'm thinking that. All I could do at that point was IM her saying, "That was SO RUDE!".
I fell for one of the oldest tricks in the book. She distracted me with her wingman in the Spit while she snuck along underneath me where I couldn't see her.
She got me good. I was totally humiliated with her turning the tables on me.
Well done, Allison.
Anyone else have any humiliations they'd like to share?
