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Offline Noir

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Re: Banning use of Historical Squad names?
« Reply #15 on: February 19, 2012, 05:52:29 AM »
ok lets form a committee that will elect a committee to decide what squad name should be allowed ingame.  :bolt:
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Re: Banning use of Historical Squad names?
« Reply #16 on: February 19, 2012, 07:41:20 AM »
I find the use of historical squads/etc very weird and slightly awkward (To say the least). Does anyone feel the same or agree on this?

No.

Thanks for asking.

Carry on.

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Re: Banning use of Historical Squad names?
« Reply #17 on: February 19, 2012, 08:47:11 AM »
No issues with using historical squads but I do feel that it's a bit weird to give official sounding military rank within a squad.
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Re: Banning use of Historical Squad names?
« Reply #18 on: February 19, 2012, 08:50:00 AM »
I'd rather deal with 4 different variants of the Redtails in game, then try and pronouce the gyougyouickeickepangzooowampn eeeeeeewomp squad.
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Re: Banning use of Historical Squad names?
« Reply #19 on: February 19, 2012, 10:44:31 AM »
No issues with using historical squads but I do feel that it's a bit weird to give official sounding military rank within a squad.


Um, I can remember in the not too distant past when a certain squad known as the 1st SSF used a similar Rank system, had a guy named MajorTom commanding the Attack Wing, and his rank being CPT or something...maybe being a vTARD has coulded your judgement former Padawan.

On another note, I believe that we should as of this post to make the Author of this Post feel less wierd, nemk our squads after 80s and 90s cartoons. How about the "Care Bears" and "Thundercats?" Ahh, yes, I feel much less wierd, do you all?  :noid :bolt:
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Re: Banning use of Historical Squad names?
« Reply #20 on: February 19, 2012, 01:16:11 PM »
ok lets form a committee that will elect a committee to decide what squad name should be allowed ingame.  :bolt:

Not without a feasibility study, followed by the dynamic paradigm leveraging, with the customary Silo alignment.

We'll fly this baby under radar until the synergy stabilizes and we can right size our resource pool...   :confused:

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Re: Banning use of Historical Squad names?
« Reply #21 on: February 19, 2012, 01:38:00 PM »
I find the use of historical squads/etc very weird and slightly awkward (To say the least). Does anyone feel the same or agree on this?

Well, its a simulator; not a forced recreation.

I've never got the feeling that we were trying to re-live WW2; just take the airplanes out of it and throw them together: Right?

More like swing dancing instead of creating a time machine.

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Re: Banning use of Historical Squad names?
« Reply #22 on: February 19, 2012, 05:54:21 PM »
We have a pink spit9, so we're getting there. :devil

A completely accurate skin too :)  More then one as a matter of fact.
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Re: Banning use of Historical Squad names?
« Reply #23 on: February 19, 2012, 06:52:27 PM »
Just the opposite in my case.  Use of historical squad names have led my children ( great grandchildren of a Wwii p-47 pilot) to search through books that we have. Bring attention to things worth remembering.
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Re: Banning use of Historical Squad names?
« Reply #24 on: February 19, 2012, 07:32:39 PM »
I would rather they banned the more rediculous squad names...  Like things from Star Trek or Star Wars...   :rolleyes:

And Alchemists...  WTF does alchemy have to do with WW2, go back to WoW and horde there...
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Re: Banning use of Historical Squad names?
« Reply #25 on: February 19, 2012, 09:21:00 PM »
A completely accurate skin too :)  More then one as a matter of fact.

Wasn't that the British Night Cammo?  The SAS had pink jeeps or landrovers too didn't they?
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Re: Banning use of Historical Squad names?
« Reply #26 on: February 19, 2012, 09:25:58 PM »
Wasn't that the British Night Cammo?  The SAS had pink jeeps or landrovers too didn't they?

My wife claims that even she wouldn't sport one.

Me?  I vomited in my mouth a little just by thinking about using those words together in the same breath...
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Re: Banning use of Historical Squad names?
« Reply #27 on: February 19, 2012, 09:26:19 PM »
Those pink colors blend well with the desert.

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Re: Banning use of Historical Squad names?
« Reply #28 on: February 19, 2012, 09:29:16 PM »
It's a stupid wish.  For a game to simulate historical aircraft, skins, and combat, wishing to end the idea of historical squadrons is pure silliness.

On top of that there is no point anyways.  Some people fly for historical relevance, some fly to furball, and others fly for whatever other reason they want.  You want to limit that???  That is a terrible idea.

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Re: Banning use of Historical Squad names?
« Reply #29 on: February 19, 2012, 09:49:20 PM »
I would rather they banned the more rediculous squad names...  Like things from Star Trek or Star Wars...   :rolleyes:

And Alchemists...  WTF does alchemy have to do with WW2, go back to WoW and horde there...

This made me  :lol

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