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Offline Ardy123

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Re: To the old sticks...
« Reply #30 on: November 22, 2011, 03:52:15 PM »
For those of us who have only been around two years or so, what about compiling a fight'n list of the top-20 sticks all-time. Once we get a list of names we could do a weekend bender, maybe over Christmas and have them all show up.

All I know is what I've seen over the past two years. Everything else is Grassy Knoll stuff out of Dallas.

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no point, they are usually popularity contests anyway. Who knows how good drex/levi or anyone else of the 'old' was? Could they beat Grizz or Kazaa at their peak, who knows... their peaks will never coincide, so the top 20 is almost impossible.
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Re: To the old sticks...
« Reply #31 on: November 22, 2011, 03:55:02 PM »
I noticed :D

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Re: To the old sticks...
« Reply #32 on: November 22, 2011, 03:55:24 PM »
over a decade of playing anything will burn a person out. 

Bah.  A mere decade.  Only lightweights get tired after a decade.  :aok

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Re: To the old sticks...
« Reply #33 on: November 22, 2011, 03:59:15 PM »
A related question, maybe to these ubber sticks. How long did it take you to really reach that ability level? I can sense for most sticks the learning curve never gets out of the shallow end of the pool. For those names mentioned, and our current ubbers...

And any suggestions on getting to the next level?

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Re: To the old sticks...
« Reply #34 on: November 22, 2011, 04:08:39 PM »
no point, they are usually popularity contests anyway. Who knows how good drex/levi or anyone else of the 'old' was? Could they beat Grizz or Kazaa at their peak, who knows... their peaks will never coincide, so the top 20 is almost impossible.

Top sticks are pushing to the limits and are capable of riding those limits longer and better than the next best guy. Whether you'd put new generation back then, or old guys back here, they'd still be top sticks given about same amount of flying time.

The only difference is that old guard, for most part, has no proper motivation to do it all over again. They've been there and done that, most of them several times.

So, yeah, comparison is possible, but why?


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Re: To the old sticks...
« Reply #35 on: November 22, 2011, 04:09:56 PM »
A related question, maybe to these ubber sticks. How long did it take you to really reach that ability level? I can sense for most sticks the learning curve never gets out of the shallow end of the pool. For those names mentioned, and our current ubbers...

And any suggestions on getting to the next level?

Boo

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Re: To the old sticks...
« Reply #36 on: November 22, 2011, 04:20:12 PM »
Bah.  A mere decade.  Only lightweights get tired after a decade.  :aok

Hehe...feeling kind of old now that I'm pushing close to 20 years playing these online flying games.

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Re: To the old sticks...
« Reply #37 on: November 22, 2011, 04:27:38 PM »
Hey I flew last night... Ask Midway...

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Re: To the old sticks...
« Reply #38 on: November 22, 2011, 04:48:33 PM »
Hehe...feeling kind of old now that I'm pushing close to 20 years playing these online flying games.
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Re: To the old sticks...
« Reply #39 on: November 22, 2011, 04:50:51 PM »
For those of us who have only been around two years or so, what about compiling a fight'n list of the top-20 sticks all-time. Once we get a list of names we could do a weekend bender, maybe over Christmas and have them all show up.

All I know is what I've seen over the past two years. Everything else is Grassy Knoll stuff out of Dallas.

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Re: To the old sticks...
« Reply #40 on: November 22, 2011, 04:57:49 PM »
Actually, I never quit because I lost the post-it with my password and I'm too afraid of not beeing able to come back... I forgot how to subscribe...  :bolt:

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Re: To the old sticks...
« Reply #41 on: November 22, 2011, 05:46:25 PM »
and then there is that thing called "real life" I'm currently trying...  :uhoh

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Re: To the old sticks...
« Reply #42 on: November 22, 2011, 06:37:46 PM »
Bah.  A mere decade.  Only lightweights get tired after a decade.  :aok

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Re: To the old sticks...
« Reply #43 on: November 22, 2011, 07:03:48 PM »
For those of us who have only been around two years or so, what about compiling a fight'n list of the top-20 sticks all-time. Once we get a list of names we could do a weekend bender, maybe over Christmas and have them all show up.

All I know is what I've seen over the past two years. Everything else is Grassy Knoll stuff out of Dallas.

Boo

Top twenty is too much its 1 in the morning here  :D heres my top ten of all time ;) this is just an opinion based on my experiences at least 7 of them still appear back in game of them at some stage as well.

1.Kazaa
2.Bruv
3.Badboy
4.lengro
5.BatfinkV
6.bighorn
7.AKAK
8.Grizz
9.Delados
10.Creton


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Re: To the old sticks...
« Reply #44 on: November 22, 2011, 07:33:44 PM »
Out with the old in with the new!  :joystick: :airplane:
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