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Offline Fulcrum

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Re: how did you pick your name tag, here is why I changed mine
« Reply #165 on: July 23, 2013, 07:58:37 AM »

Started as Hoplite in 2008, primarily because I have been studing ancient warfare since I fell in love with the subject while researching a report for 8th grade social studies.

Around 2010 I started flying in the DA almost excusively...my job's work/life balance was kinda slanted towards work/no life. I decided the quick and mindless fight atmosphere of the DA better suited me as my free time was limited.  During my DA days, I started to get tired of Hoplite because most people either called me "Hoppy" on vox or would mispronounce it as "Hope-light".   Didn't mind Hoppy so much, but I always envisioned some kid on a pogo-stick whenever it came up.   :D

I changed jobs in 2011 and found I had more free time to devote to Aces High.  As such I decided to return to the MAs and felt a change was needed....so I went with Fulcrum as I have always loved the look of the MIG-29.  I changed my name to AKFulcrm when I joined the Arabian Knights.

I recently changed my name to AKBandit as part of a squadron inside joke....my squadron forum avatar is the picture of Burt Renyolds from "Smokey and the Bandit" below:



:lol 

FYI - I'll likely go back to the Fulcrum/AKFulcrm tag eventially....  ;)
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Re: how did you pick your name tag, here is why I changed mine
« Reply #166 on: July 23, 2013, 11:04:32 AM »
Drinking a bottle of Molson Ice and loved the Molson Beer so Much my friend's started calling me Molsman so that is how my name was born in the Aw days
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Re: how did you pick your name tag, here is why I changed mine
« Reply #167 on: July 23, 2013, 01:27:36 PM »
Quote from: -27th- on July 23, 2013, 12:28:31 AM
Being a huge drum corps fan

My wife would give you a big <S>!  She's an ex-band person who is a fan of drum and bugle.  When we watch college football, she gets mad when they cut away from the band for more talking heads.  :)
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Re: how did you pick your name tag, here is why I changed mine
« Reply #168 on: July 23, 2013, 01:38:10 PM »
I had never played online games before AH, still havent played any others...  but I logged in and found that I had somehow named myself  031598....  my daughters birthday...  I played as  03 for a long time then I decided I wanted a real name, so my daughter was sitting next to me and she said, well daddy, planes fly in the sky, and you play rock music, so why not SkyRock!!!   I told her is was a great choice....  So I changed my name to SkyRock and teh owning commenced soon afterwards!!!!!!!!    :rock
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Re: how did you pick your name tag, here is why I changed mine
« Reply #169 on: July 23, 2013, 01:38:38 PM »
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Same, my wifee was a Freelancer in Sacramento, tossed rifles before they got all flaggy and dancy  :cheers:
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Re: how did you pick your name tag, here is why I changed mine
« Reply #170 on: July 23, 2013, 03:30:42 PM »
Quote from: SkyRock on July 23, 2013, 01:38:10 PM
I had never played online games before AH, still havent played any others...  but I logged in and found that I had somehow named myself  031598....  my daughters birthday...  I played as  03 for a long time then I decided I wanted a real name, so my daughter was sitting next to me and she said, well daddy, planes fly in the sky, and you play rock music, so why not SkyRock!!!   I told her is was a great choice....  So I changed my name to SkyRock and teh owning commenced soon afterwards!!!!!!!!    :rock

Ah yes, I remember the highly inebriated 031 on our squad channel. That was a hoot  :lol
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Re: how did you pick your name tag, here is why I changed mine
« Reply #171 on: July 23, 2013, 08:23:50 PM »
Quote from: Fulcrum on July 23, 2013, 07:58:37 AM
Started as Hoplite in 2008, primarily because I have been studing ancient warfare since I fell in love with the subject while researching a report for 8th grade social studies.

Around 2010 I started flying in the DA almost excusively...my job's work/life balance was kinda slanted towards work/no life. I decided the quick and mindless fight atmosphere of the DA better suited me as my free time was limited.  During my DA days, I started to get tired of Hoplite because most people either called me "Hoppy" on vox or would mispronounce it as "Hope-light".   Didn't mind Hoppy so much, but I always envisioned some kid on a pogo-stick whenever it came up.   :D

I changed jobs in 2011 and found I had more free time to devote to Aces High.  As such I decided to return to the MAs and felt a change was needed....so I went with Fulcrum as I have always loved the look of the MIG-29.  I changed my name to AKFulcrm when I joined the Arabian Knights.

I recently changed my name to AKBandit as part of a squadron inside joke....my squadron forum avatar is the picture of Burt Renyolds from "Smokey and the Bandit" below:

(Image removed from quote.)

:lol 

FYI - I'll likely go back to the Fulcrum/AKFulcrm tag eventially....  ;)

You were Hoplite?? Oh my.  The good ole days of Adog31st, BrkArow and Spacy.  Remember Wilbur?  The DA Tempest base vulched?
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Offline Golden Dragon

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Re: how did you pick your name tag, here is why I changed mine
« Reply #172 on: July 23, 2013, 10:07:12 PM »
How does one change their name in game?
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Re: how did you pick your name tag, here is why I changed mine
« Reply #173 on: July 24, 2013, 01:11:00 AM »
Hmmm.  Well, being highly original I chose my first CPID based on my initials - MWL.  Of course no one in the squad I eventually joined could pronounce a 'word' with no vowels.  Eventually the Squad Leader, K gave up and said, "I'm just gonna call you Mole."  As I was fairly new at the time, it sounded right - as I couldn't see or shoot straight (and still can't BTW!).  I have kept it since.

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Re: how did you pick your name tag, here is why I changed mine
« Reply #174 on: July 24, 2013, 01:15:49 AM »
Quote from: Golden Dragon on July 23, 2013, 10:07:12 PM
How does one change their name in game?
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Re: how did you pick your name tag, here is why I changed mine
« Reply #175 on: July 24, 2013, 01:22:31 AM »
Quote from: BaldEagl on July 16, 2013, 11:31:01 PM
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Offline Fulcrum

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Re: how did you pick your name tag, here is why I changed mine
« Reply #176 on: July 24, 2013, 08:31:43 AM »
Quote from: Changeup on July 23, 2013, 08:23:50 PM
You were Hoplite?? Oh my.  The good ole days of Adog31st, BrkArow and Spacy.  Remember Wilbur?  The DA Tempest base vulched?

Yup....I thought you knew I was once Hoplite.  A great tag....even if the majority of players would say something like:

"um....check 6...uh....Hope-lite, is it??"

   :frown:

I do indeed remember Adog, BrkArow, Spacy and Wilbur....as well as Zero7, Rowdy1, TA57x and Tachyon.  Most of 'em are still in the DA to this day....how they avoid getting bored with the mindlessness of the fights is beyond me.  That being said, I still go to the DA to practice ideas I have or new planes.  

I was in the DA last night flying low in the middle of Furball Lake practicing many on 1 avoidance.   I always find it amusing to film and watch the usual assortment of DAers miss me in their Spit16s, LA7s and (now) Yak3s while flying in a P39 on the edge of a stall.   :joystick:  :rofl



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Re: how did you pick your name tag, here is why I changed mine
« Reply #177 on: July 24, 2013, 08:35:18 AM »
Quote from: Fulcrum on July 24, 2013, 08:31:43 AM
Yup....I thought you knew I was once Hoplite.  A great tag....even if the majority of players would say something like:

"um....check 6...uh....Hope-lite, is it??"

   :frown:

I do indeed remember Adog, BrkArow, Spacy and Wilbur....as well as Zero7, Rowdy1, TA57x and Tachyon.  Most of 'em are still in the DA to this day....how they avoid getting bored with the mindlessness of the fights is beyond me.  That being said, I still go to the DA to practice ideas I have or new planes.  

I was in the DA last night flying low in the middle of Furball Lake practicing many on 1 avoidance.   I always find it amusing to film and watch the usual assortment of DAers miss me in their Spit16s, LA7s and (now) Yak3s while flying in a P39 on the edge of a stall.   :joystick:  :rofl





Oh yes.  They haven't figured out how to slow down in there.

Arrow left when we all did....he's been with the Pigs forever and I haven't seen Wilbur but I catch a glimpse of the others every now and then. 
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Re: how did you pick your name tag, here is why I changed mine
« Reply #178 on: July 24, 2013, 08:54:55 AM »
Quote from: Changeup on July 24, 2013, 08:35:18 AM
Oh yes.  They haven't figured out how to slow down in there.

Oh...some have but most (sadly) have not.  Tachyon, for example, gave up flying Tempests all the time.....he now flies Ar234s over from the bomber ranges to furball lake and gets kills with the tailgun.   :rolleyes: 

*shrug* To each their own, I guess...
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Re: how did you pick your name tag, here is why I changed mine
« Reply #179 on: July 24, 2013, 09:48:09 PM »
Joachim was taken which is my last name.... So I made it better with JOACH1M :ahand
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