Sorry to all...

[Rich46yo]

Exactly.  In fact, if I tower a GV on concrete with a bomb coming at me I almost always raise my arms in victory and sceam Yes!  I do it just to piss the other guy off but if the hangers are down I'm in till the bitter end.

Oh? And the other 99.99999% of us thought you did it cause your a score 'hoe. Thanks for clarifying. As the bomb is coming at you do you do a quick hangar check first? 

You can always tell sombody who plays for score/rank. Theres exceptions but generally they fly/ride like they have a load in their pants. You'll see them at vulches but never upping to defend a base against a horde.

[BiPoLaR]

Well said furby...i think. Reminds me of Bearkats, another example of a guy who didnt run and took his beatings to emerge respected and liked by many of us.

The whole Bear thing isnt even close to the same.
He called skuzz and told him what he did.

this twit waited until he got busted doing it.

[kvuo75]

Another argument to your theory besides score is attempting to keep a GV from getting to the map room when an M3 is on the way as was the case here.

If you don't have enough ords to take out all 3 hangers, and you can keep the GV's busy while the M3 runs to the map room. In that case, bombing GVs instead of taking out hangers is a good tactic.  Agreed?

oh absolutely.. im more talking about the situation where a group of 10+ comes to take a stinkin Vbase from 3 or 4 defenders.. (which is usually the case with bishops vs. us knights it seems)

[BiPoLaR]

oh absolutely.. im more talking about the situation where a group of 10+ comes to take a stinkin Vbase from 3 or 4 defenders.. (which is usually the case with bishops vs. us knights it seems)

ive taken a Vbase by myself with 5 defenders on it. with a set of lancs before.

[BaldEagl]

You can always tell sombody who plays for score/rank. Theres exceptions but generally they fly/ride like they have a load in their pants. You'll see them at vulches but never upping to defend a base against a horde.

I'm usually out hunting one on ones; like the day I killed you otw to a vb to pork it in your B-38.  You weren't exactly upping from a capped field to fight off the hoard, more like going to a vb to vulch gv's I'd say.

[saantana]

I have my reserves to say too much here, as I don't exactly have the best and most shining past in Aces High. I'm just back from a long forced leave (lack of internet connection) aswell so, I don't really know the guy nor he has done any harm to me or my score (which is usually very low anyway).

 However, and because among my many mistakes in the past was never abusing AH's scoring/Gaming system, I'll drop my 0.02€ in here and say what I think.

Mistakes we all commit. Wrong things we all do. Maybe not in the game, but in life noone is a saint. Probably the guy is young, prolly only a kid, and when you are young you do very stupid things.
However that doesn't help the fact that Amsoil lied, which is bad, took advantage of cheating the scoring system, and (worse of all, at least for me) compromised his squadmates into defending him actively and in front of everyone of this community; so much that now they are under suspect by most of the witchhunters (I love the word  ). His actions are really shameful and I hope are not a reflection of what the guy would do in real life in order to achieve success.
 There are certain barriers you should never cross, and he has crossed over a very important one: faking success to achieve respect and letting his mates on the dust because they stepped up to defend him against well founded accusations. This kind of behavior is not unusual in real life, I'm sure we all know someone who has earned a position or a respect he doesn't deserve by stepping over the work of other people, not his own. And who still has good friends who will defend him against any critics.

Those people rank in my own eyes as one of the worse kind of scumbag you can find in day-to-day life. As I said I just hope what he has done here is not what he does/is willing to do in real life.

I dont think he needs any more flak than what he has received (it was a well earned flak anyway), so I won't go further. I won't question his motives as for coming here and offer a public apology; exposed or not the fact is that he has stepped up, admitted his fault, and apologized for it. That's at least a good reaction on his part. As long as he learns from the experience and doesn't do it again (and I doubt anyone would ever do it again given the new score page ), I'm fine with it. Even more if he comes back with his own nickname. If he really is sorry and he really wants to fix his past behavior he won't hide under another handle, but use his own, stand any well deserved criticism he has earned now, and work hard to make himself a good reputation working by the same rules we all the rest obey.

That's what I think at least. Excuse my poor english, btw, been months since I last used it for anything...

RAM,
Where the hell have you been? 
Get on the squad forums!!!

[Shuffler]

OK wait.... on this GV issue.... I thought having the bomb drop on me was the way to tower out. Maybe I'm in my 38 too much

[bmwgs]

Another argument to your theory besides score is attempting to keep a GV from getting to the map room when an M3 is on the way as was the case here.

If you don't have enough ords to take out all 3 hangers, and you can keep the GV's busy while the M3 runs to the map room. In that case, bombing GVs instead of taking out hangers is a good tactic.  Agreed?

You see, there are always many sides to the story, you need to accept that fact.  One look at my k/d and rank will tell you I am not a score monger.  I don't often run from a fight even when out numbered, and I am willing to risk an wirb attack for the "greater good". 

If you want to find the score mongers, look at a players K/D.  Gavagai is a good example of one who plays for rank.  He runs from 1v1 fights unless he has uber alt/E.  I had nothing better to do one night so I chased a con two sectors all the way back to his base, and a friend. It was gavagai.  To him, his cartoon life is precious, and he plays that way.  To me that's boring, but to each his/her own.

I totally agree, and there are even a few more scenarios that I could come up with, but I do believe we both know what I am talking about. 

My post was not in any way ment to state that you score hor.   I was mearly responding to a posted statement.   

Respectfully

Fred

[Anaxogoras]

I had nothing better to do one night so I chased a con two sectors all the way back to his base, and a friend. It was gavagai.

Maybe I was low on gas?   It's true though that I feel no shame in extending away if it will maximize my effectiveness, and even more so if it ticks the enemy off.

Btw, if I really wanted a good rank I'd have to do some field capture, but I haven't carried any troops all tour!

[Ack-Ack]

I dont up from a deacked field in a fighter when the hordlets are vulching either.  Does that mean I'm "preserving" my fighter/attack score?

There is a big difference from not taking off a base under attack and towering out of a GV when a bomb it about to hit you. 

ack-ack

[Ack-Ack]

Don't take it seriously.  Ackack has made it clear in the past that he doesn't care much for gv's in AH.

Yet, by his argument, towering out in an aircraft on the runway just before you are vulched is also gaming for score...reductio ad absurdum.

This has nothing to do with liking "GVs" or not and everything to do with being a limp wrist and gaming the game. 

For the record, it's not the GVs I don't like, I hop in them from time to time to mess around, it's the whiners like yourself that can't stop crying about how the big mean bullies in airplanes drop bombs on you.


ack-ack

[Ack-Ack]

Lets see if I got this right.  Dropping eggs on a GV while the hanger(s) are up, is not someone trying to pad their score? 

Fred 

No, because that GV that was bombed would have to respawn with would take a couple of minutes which may be enough time for that enemy M3 to make it close enough to the map room to drop troops or giving a C47 a chance to get in.

Like someone mentioned in their posts, it's your $15.  If you want to be a tool and game the game, so be it but don't expect accolades.


ack-ack

[Scca]

Maybe I was low on gas?   It's true though that I feel no shame in extending away if it will maximize my effectiveness, and even more so if it ticks the enemy off.

Btw, if I really wanted a good rank I'd have to do some field capture, but I haven't carried any troops all tour!

If you want to think you tick off the nme by running you are wrong.  Anyone who runs from a 1v1 two sectors to ack/friends has already lost.  It's just not part of the scored wins, it's far more precious.

In case you didn't notice, there are 5 different ranks (check the home page).  You don't get any boost in fighter rank for base captures. 

I would love to see a DA between you and SkatSr.  It would be a battle of fuel management as neither would engage..   An auger would define the winner. It would be hilarious...

:tool  < I can never get this emoticon to work...

[Anaxogoras]

nm

[hubsonfire]

I tower out only to deny kills to people who aren't sharp enough to take the VH down first. I do not tower out for my score.