Brevity Code Discussion

[Bucky73]

HA's have one vox code that pretty much describes all tactics....

It goes: Hey dumbazz....look out

Now this term can be used in a number of situations. It clears up our channel from chatter leaving us more time to talk about Angry's "turtle head" and things of that sort.

[SteveBailey]

I once managed a spectacular, max-energy climb over a base with a smoking engine...chatting happily about the wonderful 'roping' I was executing

No offense.... but if the plane under you "splodes" you,  that wasn't a rope, and certainly not a wonderful one. 

[MjTalon]

Lordie, this thread is becoming quite humorous  .

[mtnman]

My squad has a woman in their midst.  Brevity?  LOL. Good one.    

Hehe, brevity is kind of pointless if only one of you is yappin' anyhow...

[Ghosth]

Brevity? Not in our dogpack.

I don't mind the shopping lists, comparing cars, tools, etc.
But when Optiker starts singing it all goes downhill from there.
If you can imagine 14 332nd Flying Mongrels that can't carry a tune all trying to sing 3 different songs at the same time, badly.
Well you might get the picture.

Then someone spots an enemy and we knock it down to a slightly more normal level. 

I will admit I'm as bad or worse than any of them, except I don't try to sing, well, mostly.

[ghi]

my  transylvanian count Chocula accent mixed with few Heinekens doesn't need code to fool the spies,most players  don't understand me anyway

[Anodizer]

Nah I don't. I just say "Hey check 6!" when their wing is off. I ALWAYS wait until their wing is off before calling a check 6.

 

[Anodizer]

my  transylvanian count Chocula accent mixed with few Heinekens doesn't need code to fool the spies,most players  don't understand me anyway

Are you Romanian?  Vorbesti Romanesti?

[DDogs98]

No offense.... but if the plane under you "splodes" you,  that wasn't a rope, and certainly not a wonderful one. 

No offense taken.  Wonderful is a matter of perspective.  The guy who 'sploded me certainly thought is was wonderful and was also mystified, probably, about the reasons he lived long enough to do it.  In any event I was shot up and defensive and in no shape to maneuver out of trouble.  I've used the term rope on many occasions in the game and got the desired result (teammate blasts the bandit while he is struggling to climb).

It taught me a valuable lesson about common terminology, however.  Some of us learned that 'roping' is a vertical scoring opportunity for a teammate. 'Dragging' would be the horizontal equivalent.  These terms are probably just a 'puffed up' way to say..."HEY I SCREWED UP AND I NEED HELP!!!".  Some folks seem to understand that and some don't.

I've done some flying lately that leads me to believe that check 6 calls are selective based on some strange and entirely mysterious pecking order.  Not surprising was that the sector I was flying in was having it's bases rolled up like a sod farm.

Ol' MJTalon is looking for justification for brevity codes. As long as he knows he will have to be bilingual it's a great idea.

[Agent360]

Very interesting link. Seems kinda cool talking combat lingo. If we used it eventually everyone would learn it. Probably take a week or two and they would know every radio code used.

Better than ahhh ahhh ahhh hey dude i mean oh i cant read ur name uhh theres a uhhh think a spit on ur tail.     

It would be cool to develop a specific aces high glossary. Would be a good topic for the aces high wiki.

[Kazaa]

I picked up simple brevity when I started flying with my main man Bruv119 and The Few Squadron, something like:

<name>,<aircraft>, <position of aircraft in relation to the person who I‘m talking too on the clock face>, height.

<Bruv>, <La7>,<6 o’clock>, <High>

My brevity has improved ten fold after playing LOMAC for a short while, which is a modern day fighter jet simulator for those who are not familiar with the game. LOMAC doesn’t display enemy’s icons or even show them as dots on the map like in Aces High 2, so a simple “I SEE A DOT” doesn’t cut the mustard or you will 99/100 end up getting shot down or shooting a friendly down.

So yes, brevity is used on The Few’s Vent server quite often, when I’m around at least

[RTSigma]

Brevity Codes work excellently in bars to inconspicuously check out women.

"Check skirt at 5 behind the fourtop"

[ColKLink]

WE GOT RADIOS??????

[MjTalon]

Brevity Codes work excellently in bars to inconspicuously check out women.

"Check skirt at 5 behind the fourtop"