Everyone at Hitech Creations. I’ve been playing since AOL Fighter Ops then Warbirbirds Fighter Ops and lastly renting space here in Aces High since January 2002. Guys, it’s been such a fun hobby you created. I’ve had a lot of laughs with team players and especially squadies. Enjoyed just about every aspect of the game and none more so than the strategic side but I must really be moving on now. Thanks for the game, the fun and the friendships. I hope I haven’t made too much of an “avocado” of myself. I wish you every success with expansion and further plane and game developments in the future. It’s been a blast …thank you all.
With the fighter perkies I would like the 650-watt microwave in electric blue (black if those are out of stock). With the bomber perkies I would like the “Genuine” Stainless Steal 24 piece cutlery set in the simulated walnut veneer, velvet lined case. With the Vehicle perkies I know I’ll forfeit the remaining 2,000 vehicles perks but for old time sake I’d like a 2002 Aces High logo’ed T-shirt and matching baseball cap.
Friends
After 10 years of sim games, mostly here in AH, there’s just to many to mention individually. The guys from the League of Gentlemen, The 367th Dynamite Gang, The S.O.B’s (Sons of Bishes), The Blind Bats and lastly many rooks and other assorted players. Without you guys this game wouldn’t have been anywhere near the fun I’ve I had. I thank you for your kindred spirits, your team play and the bloody goods cracks we’ve pulled off. A big <S> to each and every one especially Lobo3.
Foes
There are two types of foes all of which have generously contributed to my perk bank above. Without the guys that learn this game. The ones that get into a fight without Ho’ing on the merge. The ones that stay in the fight until the bitter end. The ones that didn’t scweem on 200. Without these guys this game would have got old years ago. Win or loose these tenacious battles have kept me coming back for more. . I salute you and thank you for the fun.
Then there’s, to use a horse racing term, the “also ran”. You know the types. The victims on 200. The paranoid. The accusers. The gamers. The phrase “how did he do that” is lost on these fellows. Take my advice and bank those perks. You might get a toaster from their scalps.
The reason
I’ve contemplated leaving for the last three months. I was going to leave at the end of tour 114 as number 1 over all. That’s why I went for it but HTC, the crafty so an so’s, released the updates just before the end of that tour. I suckered myself into staying a month longer than I should have.
I’m not leaving because my computer can’t take the upgrade. It’s not because there’s a small fault somewhere that screws around with my stick sensitivity from plane to plane or Gv to plane. It boils down to a combination of things. As the world draws ever closer to a new paradigm I find myself moving into another 15 year phase of my life. Don’t ask me why there’s a 15-year phase. There just is, This is hard to explain other than to say in my best hippy voice “you gotta be mellow with this stuff man”. Then there’s my illness. It’s dogged me for over three years now. It nearly made my wife, who I love so preciously, a widow back in January. It was heart braking watching her tears and it’s been very humbling to see her working steadfastly as the sole breadwinner. Our savings and all state benefits expired 2 years ago. Our financial state is dire. Talk about “above and beyond the call of duty”. Some other wives would have been long gone by now. Thankfully, Sunday 6th September I go into hospital to have and, this will tickle you, a Hartmann reversal. It’s an operation I need to resume a normal life. It’s going to be a bit of a tough one because of all the adhesions I have. Then there’s a 3 to 6 month recuperation period before I can do any manual work. Read that as start looking for a job.
As this new phase of my life begins I feel very positive. I have no clue to where it will lead but I know from within it’s going to be “groovy”. I want to concentrate on bringing my lovely wife some pleasantries.
I maybe back in the future but never again through the schools vacation. I’ll be hanging around these boards for a time when I get home in a couple of weeks.
As I’ve gotten older I’ve become more melancholy. I found these some time ago and thought them apt for my parting, especially the last 30 seconds of the last one. Please don’t read into this anymore than it is. Just some music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk8l8-bbSEw&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSSVOEZDL74
