Aces High records

[PuppetZ]

I hold the record for most augers without a kill.

Then I must be runner up in that category!

 

[Midway]

my alt record,
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  117k 

[MickDono]

Actually that movie's ending is not what actually happened in the sortie.  There was a film viewer bug and it showed the hurri destroying my entire plane in the film, even though he just oil leaked me.  As result the rest of the sortie I was just a flying fuselage so obviously the movie could not proceed past that point so we compromised a fitting ending.  What really happened was that I rammed a zero with my wingtip on my 100th kill.  I was already down to one engine (as result of the hurri oil leak) and now I had half a wing tip.  I was also extremely low on fuel since i was trying to get to 100 and I knew I could not rearm with only one engine.  So I got the 100th kill, and ended up ditching bingo fuel about 10 miles from base.  I saved the screenshot of the #100 kill, but the SYSTEM: You have landed 100 kills was what I was really after.  

That deadstick landing onto the rearm pad is awesome 

[grizz441]

Absolutely, most records are the product of the age they were set in.  Will anyone ever win the triple crown in baseball again? Or will another player ever have a 56 game hitting streak?  Getting 354 kills w/out losing an aircraft is a significant milestone regardless of when it was done.  It was also accomplished in an aircraft that was not exceedingly dominant in a single category like the 262 is now, if memory serves he flew the 190A8 primarily.  

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I'd be impressed if someone got that many kills now in a 262 or otherwise, I just used the 262 because it is so much faster than just about anything else in the planeset and thus can do more to stay out of trouble with good SA.

From what I've heard, a "death" was a little more arbitrary than it is now.  If you ditched or bailed without credit being given to another player that wouldn't count as a "Death".  I'm not sure if this is true but that is what I heard.

As far as streaking an individual sortie, that 100 kill sortie was the most physically painful aces high session I have ever done.  Sitting there for 4+ hours straight in concentration was really taxing on me.  And I was also averaging 13-15 kills per trip.  Some people egg me on to try and do it again but not only do I not feel that I have the sharpened skill to get 100 in a sortie currently, I also do not have the heart to even attempt it.

[Guppy35]

A good sign Grizz.  A sure sign of the 'nothing left to prove, but I'm gonna have fun" phase of cartoon flying

[grizz441]

I have a weak heart for a good challenge, but this one is very taxing.

[Midway]

I have a weak heart for a good challenge, but this one is very taxing.

Which is why (because they are difficult to achieve) these records should be posted in an organized page somewhere (with appropriate film attached, of course).  See my original post.

   Gives others a chance to better them.

Would add to the fun, I believe.

[icepac]

The high altitude stuff really has no practical application because the effort of attaining the super heights leaves nothing left of strategic importance.........and no fuel.

I guess it should be a bug report but they are very difficult to do and perform no useful task.

[Guppy35]

Which is why (because they are difficult to achieve) these records should be posted in an organized page somewhere (with appropriate film attached, of course).  See my original post.

   Gives others a chance to better them.

Would add to the fun, I believe.

I don't agree.  If anything it would be more motivation not to fight unless you know you can win every time.  Boring!

[grizz441]

I don't agree.  If anything it would be more motivation not to fight unless you know you can win every time.  Boring!

Do you really think that having visible records would profoundly change the way a noticeable number of people play the game or is this just more of an idealistic stance?  I am guessing the latter.

[Guppy35]

Do you really think that having visible records would profoundly change the way a noticeable number of people play the game or is this just more of an idealistic stance?  I am guessing the latter.

Not the latter.  Obviously I'm an air combat fan.  You said it yourself.  Pushing yourself for that kill streak was 'physically painful and taxing' on  you.  I don't know that any cartoon game should produce that kind of response.  Any thing that reinforces that kind of play, or as JUGgler so recently called it, 'timid' flying, can't be good.

There's been a thread on Levi recently.  I don't know that Levi ever flew to set a record.  Having been a squaddie of his in Airwarrior, I know he didn't there.  He built his cartoon pilot rep on being able to go into any fight and come out the other end, and by the type of player he was.  That goes for any number of the big 'name' players.

Grizz you've been recognized as one of the best sticks in the game.  I'll agree with that, not because of kill streaks, landed kills, or being a jet jockey.  I agree with it because we've tangled many a time in cartoon airplanes and that's where you proved it to me.

For me that's the only gauge needed to prove anything in AH

Artificial records don't encourage the fight, and that's bad.

[Soulyss]

From what I've heard, a "death" was a little more arbitrary than it is now.  If you ditched or bailed without credit being given to another player that wouldn't count as a "Death".  I'm not sure if this is true but that is what I heard.

As far as streaking an individual sortie, that 100 kill sortie was the most physically painful aces high session I have ever done.  Sitting there for 4+ hours straight in concentration was really taxing on me.  And I was also averaging 13-15 kills per trip.  Some people egg me on to try and do it again but not only do I not feel that I have the sharpened skill to get 100 in a sortie currently, I also do not have the heart to even attempt it.

To the best of my knowledge/memory the scoring system was the same back then, Fishu's record as I remember it was that no one claimed a victory against him, it could have included a ditch in friendly territory w/out a proxy being awarded.  My memory of the events from 10+ years ago is a little fuzzy.    I can only imagine what going for that streak in the 262 (or any other plane) would be like, I have a hard time playing for more than an hour or two tops before my brain gets tired and my flying suffers accordingly.

[grizz441]

Thanks Corky, but records do create challenges, and challenges are fun for many players, including AH God's such as Fester.

And when I say it was taxing to go for 100 kills, yes it was, but it was quite fun to set out to accomplish, it was especially fun to see batfinkv make a movie about it, and is also fun that it is still being discussed, a year after I tried to do it. 

[grizz441]

To the best of my knowledge/memory the scoring system was the same back then, Fishu's record as I remember it was that no one claimed a victory against him, it could have included a ditch in friendly territory w/out a proxy being awarded.  My memory of the events from 10+ years ago is a little fuzzy.    I can only imagine what going for that streak in the 262 (or any other plane) would be like, I have a hard time playing for more than an hour or two tops before my brain gets tired and my flying suffers accordingly.

Yes that's how I perceived it.  So if he rammed somebody and they died instantly but his carcass crashed and hit the ground afterwards, no one "claimed" a kill on him.  Not saying that happened but it could have easily, or a milder derivative of it.

[Soulyss]

Yes that's how I perceived it.  So if he rammed somebody and they died instantly but his carcass crashed and hit the ground afterwards, no one "claimed" a kill on him.  Not saying that happened but it could have easily, or a milder derivative of it.

Yeah that's about it, his kill stats were 354 - 0 at the end of the tour, but I'm not sure what his K/D+1 score was.  At least that's how I remember it.