War Thunder gets coverage by Glenn Beck, stand up for Aces High

[Arlo]

[morfiend]

 May I ask who is Glenn Beck and why should I care?

     I went to the link,saw some comments and have to wonder what the fuss is.


 IMHO some guy who doesnt know any better setup  a computer so some vets could fly!    If no one listened to Glenn Beck,I bet he'd disappear.....



   

[Arlo]

Just a ditty about promoting WT by setting it up for free in retirement homes.

[Brooke]

May I ask who is Glenn Beck and why should I care?

He's a media person on the right.  Thus, some were compelled to let us know of their disapproval, and others (I'm not naming names here lest I incriminate myself) had to poke a little fun at that.  Of course, this means that the jokers felt compelled to post about others' compulsion!  Drat -- I am now stuck in an infinite loop, like the computers in Star Trek episodes.  Help me, Norman!

There is no reason that you should care, and you are completely right that the only thing done was a nice nonpolitical, non-offensive story with some folks here posting to spread the word on the awesomeness of Aces High -- which is all good.

[Arlo]

When I'm put away in an old folks home, I anticipate some really cool flight sims by then. (Aces High will definitely do).

[morfiend]

He's a media person on the right.  Thus, some were compelled to let us know of their disapproval, and others (I'm not naming names here lest I incriminate myself) had to poke a little fun at that.  Of course, this means that the jokers felt compelled to post about others' compulsion!  Drat -- I am now stuck in an infinite loop, like the computers in Star Trek episodes.  Help me, Norman!

There is no reason that you should care, and you are completely right that the only thing done was a nice nonpolitical, non-offensive story with some folks here posting to spread the word on the awesomeness of Aces High -- which is all good.

  Thx Brooke but I knew who Beck was,even in the Great White North we get TV!

   I got the point and I guess my sarcasism didnt translate well.  However the whole thing seemed to devolve into an Epeen contest. Yes I guess it's good to get AH out there and Becks site might just draw the curious but a few of the comments would make me think twice!



   

[The Fugitive]

  Thx Brooke but I knew who Beck was,even in the Great White North we get TV!

   I got the point and I guess my sarcasism didnt translate well.  However the whole thing seemed to devolve into an Epeen contest. Yes I guess it's good to get AH out there and Becks site might just draw the curious but a few of the comments would make me think twice!



   

nawww you Canadians just don't have the knack for sarcasm 


see what I did there? 

[b4o2s9s]

Normally I don't like to speak about these kinds of things, but I'm feeling a little compelled right now.

Did any of you that posted on that site actually read what the story was about? Guy going around with the Rift and a game modified for NON-COMBAT and letting the vets play it. Instead of posting, "Hey that's cool, thanks for doing this for vets. You're a good person" we had a bunch of our playerbase go and let everyone know how dumb War Thunder is. Frankly, I'm ashamed right now that so many AH players would do that. Always held this community in high regard compared to other online games, but I guess I was wrong. You're just the same, bunch of trolls. I'm disgusted and really not keen on restoring my account as I'm really not sure I want to be associated with this type of crap. And yes, I think WT sucks and AH is the best of the WWII aircraft sims.

Secondly, how many of you talking trash on Glenn Beck have listened to a word he says? Thought so. Not here to say he's awesome and always right, but he's a hell of a lot better than 99% of our government, that's for darn sure!

Apologize for the rant, but damn I'm pissed that we would do this. Stop acting like little children comparing E-Peens.

Edit: After reading through all the comments, there were like 2 that said anything about the guy going around doing this in a positive way, and one was my own. Straighten up guys and girls.

[FLS]

If you visit nursing homes with 90 year old vets you may understand that the least important part of that story was the choice of flight sim. I think Aces High would be a better choice but the guy did good setting up systems so they are ready to fly and giving vets an alternative to watching TV.

Edit: Lane don't sweat it we have good people here they just don't read carefully.  

[b4o2s9s]

Edit: Lane don't sweat it we have good people here they just don't read carefully.  

Ah I know it. I almost feel bad for my rant, I just got so damned angry that nobody could give the guy doing this for vets a pat on the back. Had to get their AH plug in and then were done. As a Navy sub vet (although not a very old one at 29) I have a serious soft-spot in my heart for people that do things for vets, and really any kindness for our military. And I've always loved the AH community, can't let a few bad apples and a few bad decisions spoil things for me.   Beers all around! And go leave a nice comment damn it!

[bj229r]

Hmmm....4 pages bashing a political figure....odd

[Arlo]

Secondly, how many of you talking trash on Glenn Beck have listened to a word he says?

(Raises hand) He's a clown but,honestly, I really don't care since it's not a revelation. Having said that, I don't really think it's about Beck (in spite of two of his iconic images I used in this thread). There are Beck fans and they will be offended, it seems. But meh.

I do think this is, in part, about a cool thing to do for WWII vets in retirement homes and assisted living. I also think it's cheap advertisement for WT (compared to prime time spots or even web sponsoring). I'd love to volunteer to be a target for them in any game (though I would prefer it to be AH). Face it, I think they would enjoy flaming something.

And there's a reason I didn't leave a comment there.

[Chilli]

Taking the good with the bad, the choice of War Thunder did fit in well with the title, something like putting real Aces back in the cockpit.  The video showed a life like animation of the pilots movements, corresponding to the virtual pilots control and head movements.  I thought that part was very slick.

I agree with the majority of the AH faithful, that the online aspect and flight modeling of AH way out weigh the cool pilot effects. 

But no way am I going to tell a WW2 vet, flying in a virtual game, they are doing anything wrong.  I shall leave that to other WW2 vets.

[Vortex]

Normally I don't like to speak about these kinds of things, but I'm feeling a little compelled right now.

Did any of you that posted on that site actually read what the story was about? Guy going around with the Rift and a game modified for NON-COMBAT and letting the vets play it. Instead of posting, "Hey that's cool, thanks for doing this for vets. You're a good person" we had a bunch of our playerbase go and let everyone know how dumb War Thunder is. Frankly, I'm ashamed right now that so many AH players would do that. Always held this community in high regard compared to other online games, but I guess I was wrong. You're just the same, bunch of trolls. I'm disgusted and really not keen on restoring my account as I'm really not sure I want to be associated with this type of crap. And yes, I think WT sucks and AH is the best of the WWII aircraft sims.

Oodles of truth in the above comments. Not a very good showing of the AH player base in that thread.

[Skuzzy]

Locked for multiple violations of forum posting rule #14.