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Offline Fujita

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Re: 9 Years Later
« Reply #15 on: July 21, 2011, 09:03:53 PM »
Quote from: Spikes on July 21, 2011, 08:58:56 PM
No matter what you do, people will whine.

Now that is the best avatar I've ever seen  :aok
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Offline Gman

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Re: 9 Years Later
« Reply #16 on: July 21, 2011, 11:11:37 PM »
Hey I remember you BT guys from back then.  I flew with 13th TAS and Assassins that year you quit I think.  

2 things.

1.  Get yourself a bike, it's summer man!

2.  Dust off that stick like you said and give AH a go now if you have the means, and ignore the community stuff.  Best thing you can do coming back IMO is detune 200 for the first few months you're back, then you won't need to worry very much about the viper-like qualities some of said "community" has adopted.  I can completely relate to a lot of the things you said in your OP, and this game is still fantastic and still without peer.  I've found that FSO has been what's kept me going this year when I can make it, and if you want to give that a whirl friday nights PM me or anybody in the FSO forums and you'll be able to get hooked up with a squad that will help you get back on the scenario horse.  Friday nights here are a complete blast, and a lot of players but in a LOT of hard work to make squad ops a good time, and it shows. 

Congrats on how life has turned out for you 10 years later, take some of that success and spend the 15$, which is still a crazy value, and you are from a time when the game cost 30$ (it was 55$ here in Canada after the dollar converted out back then), so I bet you appreciate the price more,  as I do.   Come fly the sort of friendly skies, I doubt you'll regret it.
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Offline Zoney

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Re: 9 Years Later
« Reply #17 on: July 21, 2011, 11:12:30 PM »
Quote from: Fujita on July 21, 2011, 09:03:53 PM
Now that is the best avatar I've ever seen  :aok

Aint that the truth.  Never ceases to amaze me how the laws of physics apply.
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Re: 9 Years Later
« Reply #18 on: July 21, 2011, 11:47:35 PM »
 Welcome back Hayze.



And in case I forget to say it a few weeks from now...Nice HO dweeb! :P
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Re: 9 Years Later
« Reply #19 on: July 22, 2011, 01:48:16 AM »
You can shoot them from their 6 and kill them...it's STILL a HO.  :aok
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Re: 9 Years Later
« Reply #20 on: July 22, 2011, 04:19:06 AM »
Quote from: Zoney on July 21, 2011, 05:01:08 PM
Only the extremes of the game are discussed here.  This is NOT the majority of what goes on in the game sir.  Nothing has changed, if you had fun before, I'm sure you will again.  If things people did made you miserable before, I sure they will again.  If you made friends before, you will again. 


Come play, it's alot of fun.

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100%  :aok

i second that, there is nothing more fun than having a good time with your squadmates on Teamspeak while going into the next fight together

Its great fun!
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Offline kilz

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Re: 9 Years Later
« Reply #21 on: July 22, 2011, 05:50:54 AM »
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Offline 1ybuzz

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Re: 9 Years Later
« Reply #22 on: July 22, 2011, 09:02:51 AM »
I have been flyin and diein in here for 6 or seven yrs now, 5 yrs runnin now I have been Hoed and will give one in a minute but no one has ever PMed me and called me anything. I never have ch 200 on so I don't think the in game whiners are as bad as the BB makes it seem. And yes still have a ton of good sqds on all sides. So get you stick dusted off and get your butt in the air. :airplane:
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Offline BTHayze

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Re: 9 Years Later
« Reply #23 on: July 22, 2011, 09:38:32 AM »
Quote from: Gman on July 21, 2011, 11:11:37 PM
Hey I remember you BT guys from back then.  I flew with 13th TAS and Assassins that year you quit I think.  

2 things.

1.  Get yourself a bike, it's summer man!

2.  Dust off that stick like you said and give AH a go now if you have the means, and ignore the community stuff.  Best thing you can do coming back IMO is detune 200 for the first few months you're back, then you won't need to worry very much about the viper-like qualities some of said "community" has adopted.  I can completely relate to a lot of the things you said in your OP, and this game is still fantastic and still without peer.  I've found that FSO has been what's kept me going this year when I can make it, and if you want to give that a whirl friday nights PM me or anybody in the FSO forums and you'll be able to get hooked up with a squad that will help you get back on the scenario horse.  Friday nights here are a complete blast, and a lot of players but in a LOT of hard work to make squad ops a good time, and it shows.  

1. I agree!

2. I would tonight, but I will admit- I'm a bit nervous. It has been years. I think as far as ACM goes... I remember a Split-S. And that is about it ha. Going to be a rough road  :joystick:

Quote from: FiLtH on July 21, 2011, 11:47:35 PM
Welcome back Hayze.



And in case I forget to say it a few weeks from now...Nice HO dweeb! :P

<S> Thank you sir.. I try my best  :lol

Quote from: 1ybuzz on July 22, 2011, 09:02:51 AM
I don't think the in game whiners are as bad as the BB makes it seem. And yes still have a ton of good sqds on all sides. So get you stick dusted off and get your butt in the air. :airplane:

<S> Yes sir!   :aok and true, I would say the vocal minority come to the forums.. most are having fun tearing it up in the skies  :airplane:



Hope to see some familiar names in the skies tonight.. and hopefully make some new ones! Depending on balance, I should be flying Rook tonight unless #s are skewed. Some of the best times I had were flying in the RJO (Rook Joint Ops) missions! Not sure if that still goes on! Hope to see some guys on tonight and maybe a couple invites tossed my way for some winging up! I am a bit dusty though..  :old:

Looking forward to climbing back in the cockpit of the F4U, F6F, and P51. My try my hand at some German iron this go around however. I always admired the 109 drivers for some reason. And one thing I miss is the thrill of attacking bomber formations for some reason. The joy I had from seeing a wing rip off of a B17 was unlike any other I had.... until I brought my first girl home to NOT meet my mother.  :devil

 :cheers:
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Offline ACE

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Re: 9 Years Later
« Reply #24 on: July 22, 2011, 09:58:53 AM »
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Offline Qrsu

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Re: 9 Years Later
« Reply #25 on: July 22, 2011, 10:08:28 AM »
Welcome back. If you want a primer to get you going:

http://trainers.hitechcreations.com/

Good luck and most importantly, have fun. :)
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Offline Zoney

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Re: 9 Years Later
« Reply #26 on: July 22, 2011, 10:51:26 AM »
While playing tonight I predict you will:

grab your :joystick:, take off in your  :airplane:, get  :x when you see your first bandit, :rofl at yourself when you screw up your approach, :confused: when the unseen bandit  :ahand, think  :rock that was fun,  :salute you apponent, :bolt: back to the hanger to grab another  :airplane: and think  :aok sure am glad I'm back.
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Offline BTHayze

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Re: 9 Years Later
« Reply #27 on: July 22, 2011, 12:24:55 PM »
Quote from: Zoney on July 22, 2011, 10:51:26 AM
While playing tonight I predict you will:

grab your :joystick:, take off in your  :airplane:, get  :x when you see your first bandit, :rofl at yourself when you screw up your approach, :confused: when the unseen bandit  :ahand, think  :rock that was fun,  :salute you apponent, :bolt: back to the hanger to grab another  :airplane: and think  :aok sure am glad I'm back.

Epic use of emotes!  :aok
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Re: 9 Years Later
« Reply #28 on: July 22, 2011, 03:39:18 PM »
Fly FSO. trust me.
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Offline Tigger29

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Re: 9 Years Later
« Reply #29 on: July 22, 2011, 05:09:09 PM »
Quote from: BTHayze on July 21, 2011, 04:36:28 PM
So question 1) .. based on today's standards in this new decade.. would I be considered a HO dweeb because I would take deflected shots? It seems now.. unless you are dead on someone's 6.. you are going to be raged against and called a HO noob/dweeb etc in 200. Nice. Oh, and of course.. I would have NO HONOR in real life because I would take a deflecting shot at someone and not being "honorable" by waiting until one of us was on the other's 6?
It's your $15/month.. play how you want.  Even though I try not to I still take a HO from time to time just for the thrill of it (I win about 80% of the time now).  Don't let the whiners bring you down they're gonna whine no matter what.  It's really not that bad it's still a really good time!  For the record I hardly ever bother to tune to 200.  It just gets me riled up and ruins my evening.  I have much more fun not tuning it in.

Quote from: BTHayze on July 21, 2011, 04:36:28 PM
Question 2) Do people still fly in squads? That is one thing I miss severely about AH. The camaraderie experienced on Squad Nights. The squad I was in, Blue Thunder, flew together all the time. We had wingmen we were always paired up with. BTDiver, BTPage(aka Hanzo), BTEmilio, BTFrog, etc. We would emulate historical type of missions such as bomber escorts, base capping (which seems to be frowned on now), etc. Is this still going on at all.. or is it pretty much a "give me 1v1 fight, or I am going to cry on 200/forums"? Serious question. I enjoyed playing because of the community. But now if I am expected to up and 1v1 everything and not participate in group interactions.. Pass. No, I am not looking for random furballs, ganging, vulching, etc. Just seeing if people still practice squad combat.   

There are many, MANY squads to choose from.  PM me if you're interested I belong to a great group of guys who are committed to having fun regardless of skill or ability.  We'd love to have you!  We also have some VERY SKILLED pilots that can teach you a thing or two (or three) but if you suck all that matters is you're having fun.  Heck I've played over 5 years now and I still suck as far as I'm concerned!  We also have a history buff on board that makes FSO very interesting and a lot of fun!  It's a good time!
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