In a recent thread I made what I still think was a decent leap of extrapolation to smoke out a particularly nasty weevil which has been griefing AH players for at least three years. Most especially during weekends at the furbal lake by flying a Tempest, with a second account used to dot wingman his victims and with that second account in God Mode so he could determine your altitude and which exact plane you are flying etcetera.
I identified ACM which was unmistakable connecting this player to a set of instructional films presented in Badboy's "Don't Get In a Flap" thread:
http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,271266.msg3390715.html#msg3390715Ironically enough a gap in my reasoning was suggested by Midway's insistance that I was wrong, he made me think of one possibility I had not considered: That the pilot in Badboy's thread might not actually be Badboy himself. I thank Midway for his well constructed post, and standing by his conviction.
It has now been explained to me that this is the case, the pilot in Badboy's thread, and THEREFORE the DA lake Tempest griefer is this other pilot and not Badboy.
I have been informed via PM by numerous long-time players that the pilot in those films is actually TequilaChaser, apparently a friend and former squadmate? (<-not sure about that part, a squadron called The Damned? Before my time), and also an official Aces High Trainer.
Therefore, I apologize to Badboy for incorrectly accusing him of being said griefing pilot. I do not know if Badboy is aware of this person's activities or if he approves or not, nor the extent to which he would go to to protect his friend, it is irrelevant.
I have met Badboy in game and he was always civil to me and has of course contributed a great deal of resources to this game's community.
I am sorry Badboy, I apologize.
<Salute> nrshida