How have we lost so many people to this wonderful game?

[Ramesis]

Puma....yeah, I still "feel the need, the need for....furball!"

Agreed! I still play though having a couple of strokes and (I'm told) a heart attack... but I
continue to plug away
Not near as good as I was (wasn't very good anyway) but AH provides me with the idea that
I will get better 

[DaddyAce]

P....

The new place is rural...not too sure of the 'gaming quality' internet available. I think about the only choice is going to be one of those "fixed wireless" companies. Not sure if it will be good enough. I don't want laggy gameplay; not worth it. We will see.

.....

Verizon wireless normally works well enough for me in rural Montana mountains.  Hope you return to give it a try!       

[Shuffler]

I seem to be the target on Monday Night Madness. It is a blast. Lots of laughs and great fun.

[Vraciu]

I seem to be the target on Monday Night Madness. It is a blast. Lots of laughs and great fun.

When you fly an airplane with a bumper sticker on it that says, "Poke me here!" well.........   

[Puma44]

This is sorta what I imagined with a full time fighter bowl on a map similar to the AvA. I love MNM, but it is so hard for me to play on Monday. Wish there was an arena similar to it that was packed like that all of the time.

That’s what the AvA has the immediate potential of being, if players would go in and use it vs the typical whining of the maps are two big, there are three sides, the sides are lopsided, etc, etc, etc.  It’s great nonstop action, there for the taking. 

[CptTrips]

It’s great nonstop action, there for the taking.

You mean MNM, I assume?  I've never seen anyone in there any other time.

I'm not really sure how much MNM fits into the historical map/historical plane-set Historical AO, AvA was intended for, but whatever works for you. 
If people are having fun, roll with it. 

It's sorta like running Pawn Stars on the History Channel. 

I know what the problem is, the AvA is only two sides.  Have they considered changing it to AvAvA?   

 

[Vraciu]

That’s what the AvA has the immediate potential of being, if players would go in and use it vs the typical whining of the maps are two big, there are three sides, the sides are lopsided, etc, etc, etc.  It’s great nonstop action, there for the taking.

People don’t want an AvA.   They want a Melee.   Many want a two-sided Melee.  AvA is neither.

[Vraciu]

You mean MNM, I assume?  I've never seen anyone in there any other time.

I'm not really sure how much MNM fits into the historical map/historical plane-set Historical AO, AvA was intended for, but whatever works for you. 
If people are having fun, roll with it. 

It's sorta like running Pawn Stars on the History Channel. 

I know what the problem is, the AvA is only two sides.  Have they considered changing it to AvAvA?   

One of these days I need to buy you a beer.     You crack me up.   

[Puma44]

You mean MNM, I assume?  I've never seen anyone in there any other time.

I'm not really sure how much MNM fits into the historical map/historical plane-set Historical AO, AvA was intended for, but whatever works for you. 
If people are having fun, roll with it. 

It's sorta like running Pawn Stars on the History Channel. 

I know what the problem is, the AvA is only two sides.  Have they considered changing it to AvAvA?   

 

Have you tried MNM?

[CptTrips]

Have you tried MNM?

I have nothing against the MNM.  I'm glad you guys enjoy it.  With the declining numbers, I support anything people have fun with.

I was just always confused how it fit into the AvA mission, as opposed to simply running it in an SEA.  Isn't it really just an Event?


When I was trying to come up with a list of interesting AvA matchups for the 4x4 missions I basically went  through a bunch of the past posts of AvA setups to steal their pairing.
In the process I got sucked in to reading the whole saga of the CT/AvA evolution over a decade.  All the drama, all the spectacle.   It was an interesting story arc.  Like a Shakespearean tragedy.

[DaddyAce]

FWIW I sometimes stop in on MNM, and give Shuffler a break on being the main fall guy, but I always enjoy it when I make it.     Of course I also miss the old Mid War arena when it had enough players, and of course miss the days when we had 2 MA's, and sometimes you couldn't even neccessarily jump in to join your squaddies at the moment because one of the MA's would be completely full.

[CptTrips]

and of course miss the days when we had 2 MA's, and sometimes you couldn't even neccessarily jump in to join your squaddies at the moment because one of the MA's would be completely full.

LoL.  I hated it at the time, but I'd love to have enough players to have that problem again. 

[ccvi]

...when we had 2 MA's, and sometimes you couldn't even neccessarily jump in to join your squaddies at the moment because one of the MA's would be completely full.

They never were completely full, but limited only artificially to force a distribution of players.

[Bixby]

 If you love a good dogfight, try MNM ie Monday Night Madness in the ava.  If you are a dogfighter...that is where you will find the dogs!

[Vraciu]

They never were completely full, but limited only artificially to force a distribution of players.