Funny thing happened on the way to Base capture......

[yanksfan]

Ya know,, i thought i'd been away about 4-5 years,, turns out has been about 9.. Time flys. I look at these boards that i enjoy as much as the game itself, and i thought i'd share my very first base capture (attempt) with you all.

It happened one sunday morning in the MA, there was only one for everyone, it must have been in, idk,, 2006 or so,, when i was a noob. i wasn't very good and i just longed to do something right. Anyways i had met LYNX on a prior occasion ,he had saved my sorry butt from getting killed yet again. And didn't seem to mind me hanging around, although it was prolly cause i was pretty good bait.

Well he was working on a base capture, and out of the blue he asks me to bring the troops in... I was just happy he remembered who i was.... so of course i ditched my plane and ran to bring the troops for the final victory. i waited circling the town with LYNX himself watching my back until he told me to go and drop them.....i was so excited just to be there!!!!! and horrified to watch the the supplies i accidently loaded rather then troops, drift down to the enemy GV'ers gratefully waiting on the ground.

now there was a moment of silence,,, then LYNX said,,," interesting plan,,, i would have tried troops,, but lets see what happens....."

im like,,, OMG I'm so sorry..idk how i did that...

but he just laffed,, and said no worries,, be plenty more captures to come.

And to me,, That's what AH is all about, having a good time and getting away from the real world for a while. Good laf's with great people.

I know all of you have a great story to tell , i'd love to hear one or two...or ten.....lol

 

Don

[JimmyC]

I ve been round the block a bit..so last night I was ribbing lefty a bit on country as he delivered sups instead of troops for a base grab..all good humourd..he rectified his mistake.
Well not 30 mins later after a surgical strike on another base I was bringing in the grunts for a Stella take only to drop sups myself...there was deadly silence...folks thought I was joking when I said..sheet I bought sups...had to reassure everyone I had actually been that dumb..there was a lot laughing on squad channel range and country...thankfully my team mates held supiriority long enough for me to hurry back with troops..tail between my legs... base was captured..more importantly we all had a good laugh.

[Bruv119]

shambles!   

the game was better with LYNX about!   Wonder what he is doing these days. 

[SPKmes]

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[SPKmes]

"hear hear"

damn...this means I've been playing for more than the few years I've been telling myself...

[Mister Fork]

Ya know,, i thought i'd been away about 4-5 years,, turns out has been about 9.. Time flys. I look at these boards that i enjoy as much as the game itself, and i thought i'd share my very first base capture (attempt) with you all.

It happened one sunday morning in the MA, there was only one for everyone, it must have been in, idk,, 2006 or so,, when i was a noob. i wasn't very good and i just longed to do something right. Anyways i had met LYNX on a prior occasion ,he had saved my sorry butt from getting killed yet again. And didn't seem to mind me hanging around, although it was prolly cause i was pretty good bait.

Well he was working on a base capture, and out of the blue he asks me to bring the troops in... I was just happy he remembered who i was.... so of course i ditched my plane and ran to bring the troops for the final victory. i waited circling the town with LYNX himself watching my back until he told me to go and drop them.....i was so excited just to be there!!!!! and horrified to watch the the supplies i accidently loaded rather then troops, drift down to the enemy GV'ers gratefully waiting on the ground.

now there was a moment of silence,,, then LYNX said,,," interesting plan,,, i would have tried troops,, but lets see what happens....."

im like,,, OMG I'm so sorry..idk how i did that...

but he just laffed,, and said no worries,, be plenty more captures to come.

And to me,, That's what AH is all about, having a good time and getting away from the real world for a while. Good laf's with great people.

I know all of you have a great story to tell , i'd love to hear one or two...or ten.....lol

 

Don

Best story of 2017. By far. 

[Mister Fork]

This is from 2008 (I think) I wrote about me in the AvA doing a bombing run on a CV and my wife's interpretation of what I was doing (quoted word for word)

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Last night while I was flying, my wife came over to see what the commotion was about - the screen was looking like I was flying in a Ki-67 through a black fog bank with loud sounds of flak impacts and the odd crash of something breaking.  It peaked her interest and she came over and hovered behind me for a bit.

We had an interesting conversation that sounded like a Gilmore Girls episode.

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"What's all those black little clouds?" she asked

"Black death - flak"

"You know, that plane was probably flown by 19-20 year olds who were scared out of their wits."

"These were Japanese boys"

"Fine, Japanese boys. Is the terror any different?"

"It's all about immersion"

I hopped into the bomb site to re-calibrate before my drop.

"What's this?"

"the bombsite" (calibrating)

"are those the ships?"

"Yep"   At this point, my lead bomber explodes (it must of been on fire) and I'm suddenly in the next plane.  You can see my former lead plane exploding with wing parts and other debris raining on the other planes in formation with loud bangs from the impacts.

"Did you just blow up?"

"My lead bomber did"  - back into the bombsight again..  Background sound is just crazy as the plane is being shaken like a toddler with a bug in a jar.  I'm trying to calibrate but I just can't get a view because of the flak.  I decide to change tactics and hop back into the pilot seat.

"What are you doing now?

"I'm diving"

"Why are you diving?"

"Change of plans."

"Are you commiewazine..um... what do you call it?"

"Kamikaze - maybe. I can't get a clear shot to calibrate my bombsite. So we're now dive bombing."

Now all the ships in the CV group have opened up their lazer cannons on me, suddently, my right bomber explodes, in the message bar, states 1Duke1 shot me down for the 'second' time.  Ruh roh - dukie's in the 5 inch and I missed that in my first death.  The first was no flak death.  I should of been paying closer attention to the message bar.

"Crap"

"What?"

"Dukes in the 5 inch."

"Who?"

"Duke" - I hear a loud smack from another 5" impact and switch to external view with the typical parts flying off sound - I switch to a F3 view

"your plane is missing part of your tail"

"I know" another smack and I switch back to cockpit and bring up the damage list

"a lof of your systems are red. Is that bad?"

"Yes"

"Is this a now a Kamakzie dive?"

"Yes"

"Are those young boys in your plane going to die?"

"What?" - now I'm in a full fledged non-stop dive.  I can hear the wings creaking. I switch back to F3 view.

"You know, the japanese boys flying your bomber?  Oh, there goes a wing"

"I know"

"You're plane is falling apart"

"I know" - another smack from the 5".

"your plane is on fire"

"I know" - I'm off target and I know that I'm never going to hit with around 1500 feet left. I decide to eject

"Did you get thrown out of your plane?"

"No, I ejected"

"Like that?"

"Like that."

"Wow, that ship is big."

"Its an aircraft carrier."

"The one you were trying to bomb?"

"The one"

"So what do you do now?"

"Swim for home?" - I land in the water

"You're funny.  This game is boring.  Oh look, is the aircraft carrier going to run you over?"

"Yep"

"I'm off to read a book.  Enjoy the carrier being imprinted on your forehead"

Isn't this game AWESOME when our better half's nag us while we play?   
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[mike8318]

Someone years ago posted pics of a mission they flew trying to capture a base way behind enemy lines. Got all the buildings down only to have the goon show up and drop supplys. It was hysterical!

[TequilaChaser]

This is from 2008 (I think) I wrote about me in the AvA doing a bombing run on a CV and my wife's interpretation of what I was doing (quoted word for word)

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Last night while I was flying, my wife came over to see what the commotion was about - the screen was looking like I was flying in a Ki-67 through a black fog bank with loud sounds of flak impacts and the odd crash of something breaking.  It peaked her interest and she came over and hovered behind me for a bit.

We had an interesting conversation that sounded like a Gilmore Girls episode.

----
"What's all those black little clouds?" she asked

"Black death - flak"

"You know, that plane was probably flown by 19-20 year olds who were scared out of their wits."

"These were Japanese boys"

"Fine, Japanese boys. Is the terror any different?"

"It's all about immersion"

I hopped into the bomb site to re-calibrate before my drop.

"What's this?"

"the bombsite" (calibrating)

"are those the ships?"

"Yep"   At this point, my lead bomber explodes (it must of been on fire) and I'm suddenly in the next plane.  You can see my former lead plane exploding with wing parts and other debris raining on the other planes in formation with loud bangs from the impacts.

"Did you just blow up?"

"My lead bomber did"  - back into the bombsight again..  Background sound is just crazy as the plane is being shaken like a toddler with a bug in a jar.  I'm trying to calibrate but I just can't get a view because of the flak.  I decide to change tactics and hop back into the pilot seat.

"What are you doing now?

"I'm diving"

"Why are you diving?"

"Change of plans."

"Are you commiewazine..um... what do you call it?"

"Kamikaze - maybe. I can't get a clear shot to calibrate my bombsite. So we're now dive bombing."

Now all the ships in the CV group have opened up their lazer cannons on me, suddently, my right bomber explodes, in the message bar, states 1Duke1 shot me down for the 'second' time.  Ruh roh - dukie's in the 5 inch and I missed that in my first death.  The first was no flak death.  I should of been paying closer attention to the message bar.

"Crap"

"What?"

"Dukes in the 5 inch."

"Who?"

"Duke" - I hear a loud smack from another 5" impact and switch to external view with the typical parts flying off sound - I switch to a F3 view

"your plane is missing part of your tail"

"I know" another smack and I switch back to cockpit and bring up the damage list

"a lof of your systems are red. Is that bad?"

"Yes"

"Is this a now a Kamakzie dive?"

"Yes"

"Are those young boys in your plane going to die?"

"What?" - now I'm in a full fledged non-stop dive.  I can hear the wings creaking. I switch back to F3 view.

"You know, the japanese boys flying your bomber?  Oh, there goes a wing"

"I know"

"You're plane is falling apart"

"I know" - another smack from the 5".

"your plane is on fire"

"I know" - I'm off target and I know that I'm never going to hit with around 1500 feet left. I decide to eject

"Did you get thrown out of your plane?"

"No, I ejected"

"Like that?"

"Like that."

"Wow, that ship is big."

"Its an aircraft carrier."

"The one you were trying to bomb?"

"The one"

"So what do you do now?"

"Swim for home?" - I land in the water

"You're funny.  This game is boring.  Oh look, is the aircraft carrier going to run you over?"

"Yep"

"I'm off to read a book.  Enjoy the carrier being imprinted on your forehead"

Isn't this game AWESOME when our better half's nag us while we play?   
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Hahaha, I remember back when you told us that "episode with the wife",   back when it  happened

"Crap"

"What?"

"Dukes in the 5 inch."

"Who?"

"Duke"

Still cracks me up

 

TC

[1stpar3]

   AND at that moment...you wished you could borrow "Your pilots" .45...for some DE-ACKING  This story made my day..thank you!     Still married Hey, some guys are that fanatical you know?

[Becinhu]

I’ve done the same thing many times.  My best though is an old squaddie requesting vehicle supplies so he could land a bunch of kills before someone found his tracked tank. I did the good squad mate thing and bailed and grabbed a jeep. Rushed to where he was and dropped...3 troops. We both got popped a few seconds later. Tragic but in hindsight quite funny.


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[Banshee7]

Someone years ago posted pics of a mission they flew trying to capture a base way behind enemy lines. Got all the buildings down only to have the goon show up and drop supplys. It was hysterical!

Or the time Betty started a bomber mission where everyone crashed into a mountainside at the end of the runway 

Ya know,, i thought i'd been away about 4-5 years,, turns out has been about 9.. Time flys. I look at these boards that i enjoy as much as the game itself, and i thought i'd share my very first base capture (attempt) with you all.

It happened one sunday morning in the MA, there was only one for everyone, it must have been in, idk,, 2006 or so,, when i was a noob. i wasn't very good and i just longed to do something right. Anyways i had met LYNX on a prior occasion ,he had saved my sorry butt from getting killed yet again. And didn't seem to mind me hanging around, although it was prolly cause i was pretty good bait.

Well he was working on a base capture, and out of the blue he asks me to bring the troops in... I was just happy he remembered who i was.... so of course i ditched my plane and ran to bring the troops for the final victory. i waited circling the town with LYNX himself watching my back until he told me to go and drop them.....i was so excited just to be there!!!!! and horrified to watch the the supplies i accidently loaded rather then troops, drift down to the enemy GV'ers gratefully waiting on the ground.

now there was a moment of silence,,, then LYNX said,,," interesting plan,,, i would have tried troops,, but lets see what happens....."

im like,,, OMG I'm so sorry..idk how i did that...

but he just laffed,, and said no worries,, be plenty more captures to come.

And to me,, That's what AH is all about, having a good time and getting away from the real world for a while. Good laf's with great people.

I know all of you have a great story to tell , i'd love to hear one or two...or ten.....lol

 

Don

Holy cow!  It has been about 8 years since I've been on (consistently).  I rarely even check the boards anymore. 

I would love for the game to rewind back to when I played on a regular basis.  I would almost move to the "city" just to get reliable internet to play once again.

I have a lot of fond memories from this game, including many friendships that have actually carried over into real life.  I pretty much grew up playing.  I didn't have very many real friends in high school, and got picked on from the time I was in like 4th grade.  So, this game gave me something I was lacking in real life.

Some of my fondest memories:

Landing my first kills (3 kills in a 190A8, all HO I'm sure)
NDISLES
TANK TOWN
SAPP nights
Nights in the TA with Morfiend and others
Unsuccessfully attacking 999000's B17s

I could go on and on.  I started playing the game in March of 2007 and played consistently through high school.  Played a little bit during the summers while I was in college.  Now, I'm happily married (almost 2 years), and in my 4th year of teaching US History to high school juniors.

Glad to see some familiar names on here.  I'll be sure to check back in occasionally!

<S>



Josh

[morfiend]

Hey Josh!

  You need to log in to the TA,yanks and I will be there....




   

[Max]

Or the time Betty started a bomber mission where everyone crashed into a mountainside at the end of the runway 

I was thereee for that...one of the funniest moments in my 16 year tenure here. 

[1stpar3]

I was thereee for that...one of the funniest moments in my 16 year tenure here. 

I just got off the phone,with Betty! I am going to have to tell her about ANOTHER mention of that EPIC mission! You can almost HEAR her blush...TOO FUNNY