Author Topic: On Chute-Shooting... (Read 1726 times)

Fatty · « **Reply #15 on:** April 09, 2001, 12:35:00 AM »

Now that you mention it, I have been eating a bit much lately.

Hrm, wish I had a father.

Oh well, I'll just have another beer and worry about it later.

SOB · « **Reply #16 on:** April 09, 2001, 12:42:00 AM »

Actually Liz, it's just "Fat Drunk Bastards"...no "the".

Truth in advertising? Well, I'll admit it, I am a fatty (not to be confused with Fatty, who is the CO of the FDBs), and I do occasionally get drunk, tho' rarely when I fly AH, but my parents were married when I was born...heck, even when I was concieved. Dammit, maybe I didn't read the squad charter closely enough. I hope I don't get the boot!

Any room over there in the Assassins for me if I do? Will you be my sponsor Liz? If ya do, I'll teach you the trick to killing these new hardened chutes without expending so much ammo!

SOB

john9001 · « **Reply #17 on:** April 09, 2001, 01:54:00 AM »

i would never waste ammo or alt to shoot a chute

First Lord of the Admiralty
Baron Pepe De Pewe

sling322 · « **Reply #18 on:** April 09, 2001, 02:23:00 AM »

Geez...now I feel really bad. You mean all this time when I make a chute go "pop" I have been participating in immoral behavior? I had no idea. I feel so terrible now....I dont think I can handle the guilt. Is there anything I can do to redeem myself in the eyes of my fellow AH pilots?

Yeah right...piss off ya whiners!! I shoot them because its fun and a challenge. You ever see how small those chutes really are compared to another plane?

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Fat Drunk "Chute Shooting" Bastards

brady · « **Reply #19 on:** April 09, 2001, 02:27:00 AM »

I don't chute shoots because, all u are doing is wasting ammo it does u no good rank/point wise and it hurts the poor guy in the chute rank/point wise and their is nothing he can do about it, kick him while he is down kind of mentality. Never done it never will.

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sling322 · « **Reply #20 on:** April 09, 2001, 02:28:00 AM »

dammit....double post!!!

but you can still piss off ya whiners!!!

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Goner · « **Reply #21 on:** April 09, 2001, 03:36:00 AM »

> Their morals, their intent, how they look at other humans.

so you also got problems with pile-its bombing cities in AH ???

Goner - doesn't even know how to bail ... lawn-decoration specialist.

Effdub · « **Reply #22 on:** April 09, 2001, 04:40:00 AM »

AH is a game... sure it is... but it would be a bad game if you'd constantly be aware of it.
I've often caught myself ducking my head when a plane zooms overhead in a close merge.
Same goes for bailing. You're still immersed in your virtual role as a pilot. Your plane is too damaged to garantee your survival so you take the last option - draw the white flag and bail, then along comes a guy and kills you. In that moment your either pissed off at the guy, or forced to think "right, this is only a game haha".

Well, I don't WANT to be reminded that this is a game! I want to exit RL where they call me Robert Sander and enter a virtual life as Effdub. The people you meet there are also virtual, sure, but still you can express your respect (or disrespect) for other virtual biengs through your actions.

I feel that killing someone who's trying to ditch, after you've fought him 1v1 in an even fight, is disrespectful, sames goes for chute killing.

Well, you may not think so, or care less, but the problem is that the other guy may actually care about it. But he can't do anything about it because he's defenceless.

So you are forcing your "hey it's only a game, you don't like chute-killing but I do" dweeberie on someone who can't fight back - thank you so very much.

Yeah sure, AH is just a game....

Why do we chute-kill? Because we can
Why do we fly off the map? Because we can
Why do we vulch? Because we can
Why do we gang-bang? Because I just found 5 others who also can

You Chute-killers are so cool, man, you've figured out AH is only a game - wow! So you don't mind anything that's possible in AH right? sure you don't! heck it's only a game!

So if any of you guys EVER whine about ANY game-the-game aspect I'll first laugh at you whiners and then kill YOUR chute... fair enough? Sure it is folks... remember, this is ONLY a game

Effdub

AKDejaVu · « **Reply #23 on:** April 09, 2001, 07:34:00 AM »

It seems there are two camps.. those that need a game to define their sense of honor and those that don't.

A game defining moral behavior. That's classic. Its like saying Bill Lambier must be a complete amazinhunk in real life because he was on the court. Or O.J. Simpson is a real class act because he always was on the field.

I've always felt that how you live your life defines you, no how you play a game. It still seems that others have trouble differentiating between the two.

Some people like not to be reminded its a game, though they will still type messages after they've been killed. They claim they are defenseless in a chute, though I question what the hell it is that they have to lose by being shot. Some people question killing a defenseless target, but will pop a respawner the second he appears OTR.

Me... I fight you until one of us dies. If I lose, I don't get on the comms and start hurling insults at the pilot that just fought me. If I win, I don't get on the coms and start hurling insults at the person that just fought me. That, is what I feel, defines your character in the game.

BTW.. for those that don't like to be reminded that its just a game: Have you ever been on someone's 6 and firing away knowing full well there is a bandit behind you doing the same... but you stick with the bogey hoping you get killed before the guy behind you gets you? Its just a game. If it were anything near real, you'd be flying entirely different. You'd be changing your pants after every engagement. You'd be looking at things entirely different. THERE IS NO DEATH/KILLING IN THIS GAME... only fresh planes.

AKDejaVu

Pongo · « **Reply #24 on:** April 09, 2001, 08:49:00 AM »

Erich Rudendorff shot down over 200 planes. But was shot down 16 times himself. I bet the first guy that shot him down would have finished the job if he could consider it in hindsight.

I dont really see a morality issue with it.
Does everyone stop shooting so a bailing crew from a tank can walk off the field? What the hell is the difference.
I got caught in the trap of complaining about it once(maybe twice).
What are the alternatives. Make pilots invulnerable? Have the pilot disapear with the plane?
In the war pilots really had to deal with the possibility that the other guys would get him in the chute...Why remove that? So there are no hard feelings?

The FDBs really are the dredges of the game. And dishonest!Most of the ones I met where not even fat, although in all fairness most were drunk.

Creamo...Hblair finds us by going CTRL-S.

Fatty · « **Reply #25 on:** April 09, 2001, 09:47:00 AM »

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Yeah sure, AH is just a game....

Why do we chute-kill? Because we can
Why do we fly off the map? Because we can
Why do we vulch? Because we can
Why do we gang-bang? Because I just found 5 others who also can

Is this an aptitude test, which of these does not belong?

3 of the 4 listed were possible and did happen in World War II. 1 did not. If you want an accurate WWII sim it would include those 3.

sling322 · « **Reply #26 on:** April 09, 2001, 10:46:00 AM »

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Originally posted by Effdub:
AH is a game... sure it is...

You Chute-killers are so cool, man, you've figured out AH is only a game - wow! So you don't mind anything that's possible in AH right? sure you don't! heck it's only a game!

So if any of you guys EVER whine about ANY game-the-game aspect I'll first laugh at you whiners and then kill YOUR chute... fair enough? Sure it is folks... remember, this is ONLY a game

Effdub

Wow...it seems that some of the folks are starting to catch on here.

Twist · « **Reply #27 on:** April 09, 2001, 04:53:00 PM »

ROTF!! I love these threads!!! DAMN MY SIDES HURT!! LIZ..quit..please...your killin me

Seriously though, those that do it are part of the "who gives a damn,so what, no big deal, I'll do what I like cuz I can and if you don't like it you can kiss my ass" crowd. Most of which can be found at your local X-game tryouts or the local punk dive.
Why do people Kamakze into a CV? Why do they Kamakaze into a bomber or fighter hanger at a field? Why do people HO? Why do people alt-f4?(whatever the hell that is, it just moves me back to the desktop with AH still running) Why do people camp at spawn points? Why would someone up in a bomber, wait for a plane to get close and pickle all their eggs?
Why do people shoot chutes? Because they can, plain and simple. There are no penalties for the aforementioned actions. Its not going to cost them any points. Its the way they have chosen to play. The rest of us have taken the high road and chosen not to. One day when things slow down at HTC and they have time maybe they will add a few preventive measures because some of the things I mentioned affect the gameplay of of others. As far as the rest go, have at it fellas, shoot all the chutes you want, but don't expect a 6 call or assistance from the rest of us.

One more thing, somone mentioned a handheld Hispano...would be funny wouldn't it? I mean picture it...pilot bails because he can't fly his a/c back to the airfield. Seeing this paint swoops in for the kill on this juicy chute...suddenly..PING PING PING CRASH he has no wings! When he realizes where the rounds came from he fills the buffer on CH 1
with you know what

Go ahead..tell me I'm wrong..now whos having fun *grin*

Twisty out

Kirin · « **Reply #28 on:** April 09, 2001, 05:14:00 PM »

Shit - I came too late...

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brady · « **Reply #29 on:** April 09, 2001, 05:27:00 PM »

I always say u can tell a lot about somebody by how they play a game....

Brady