winning graciously

[Swoop]

I had a guy once I caught on climbout, him in a TA152 at 15,000ft doing about 150IAS, me in a Tempest at 18,000ft doing 420IAS on full burn.  His defensive manoeuvre was a near vertical dive down to around 10,000ft and pull up into a 45 degree climb.....at which point the Tempest caught him and his plane suddenly found itself full of 20mm holes.

Over ch200 came:  "How did you do that?"

Me:  "er.....do what?"

Him: "Shoot me down, how?"

Me (very confused at the question):  "Er, well you were on climbout and I had a 3,000ft alt advantage and was doing 420."

Him: "Even so, you shouldn't have been able to do that.  I was in a TA152."

Me:  "Yeah, I was in a Tempest."

Him: "Yes, I can READ you know.  I want to know what you've edited to allow you to do those kind of manoeuvre."


???? WTF?

Didnt reply but.....if you know I was in a tempest and now it's been explained I had a MASSIVE E advantage before we started.....how is it you don't realise why you got shot down and somehow think I'm cheating?

Divvy.  Just ignore the idiots who believe the Top Gun slam-on-the-brakes-and-he'll-fly-right-by manoeuvre actually works.

[Masherbrum]

  Swoop

[Hetzer7]

I need to get some ruddel pedals...

[Vinkman]

I had no idea you were Suggie in game.

I owe you a 110c 

[Pawz]

I had no idea you were Suggie in game.

I owe you a 110c 

Nether did I 

[caldera]

I need to get some ruddel pedals...

That is the only sure-fire way to be a leet #1 ace.  It was supposed to be a closely guarded secret, though.   

I owe you a 110c 

Yes, you do. 

You're not the only one.  Just about every 110C sortie of late has ended in absolute disaster.   

[Scca]

 

[Debrody]

no comment.

[PJ_Godzilla]

I'd rather have some Rudel pedals than rudder pedals. Otherwise, somewhere a village is missing an idiot. They come and go. The game goes on.

[pembquist]

Considering how much I die I'm surprised I never got any taunting. For winning maybe once in a blue moon. I have come across at least 2 players who I genuinely think are mentally ill and think someone is controlling their computer. I figure there are a few genuine bullies in the game who exhalt in the facelessness of it, or maybe its just where their bad side is allowed to come out, but I figure cryptic short messages aren't going to change that. And then, at one point there were the children, I remember getting pm three times about not returning a salute while I was in the middle of a furball, all I could think was of an eight year olds voice getting more and more strident "I want a pony I want a pony, wahhhhh, daddy doesn't love me" yeesh. All in all it makes the good pms and the good fights seem all the sweeter.

[PJ_Godzilla]

Those online bullies..? They might be compensating.



or maybe better...