Drex

[nrshida]

In an other thread (which I think has ran its course):

One word.  Drex
Flew with levi and drex.

Drex

Agreed

Drex didnt give a flip about landing his kills.

Imagine that: a skilled pilot not trying to force everyone to worship him, but doing the art for art's sake. Sounds like my kind of FPH but he was before my time. What did he fly and which style of Kung Fu did he use? Any film? I've seen a few Levi films but nothing about Drex.

[nopoop]

I have no films. Wish I did. Watched them all. He flew during the golden era of furballing. When on a good nite 10 per side would go at it.

The one I remember was him in a D25 flying into the fight low and slow at the bottom of the ball. Who can resist a Jug low and slow ? I think he came out the other side with 4 or 5 kills. One of his films was a 4 on 1. They died one at a time.

Shane uses that reverse. With Drex, he was always perfect position when the con popped through for a 100 yard shot..

I think Fugi has an artical by Drex on reversing. Someone also had a post about Drex at the con.

Love to see some films !!

[fudgums]

Drex fought against plumbers.

[Banshee7]

Drex fought against plumbers.

I had actually typed out the following response but deleted it because I figured I would get dogpiled by a few members on the boards even though I meant no harm:

"No discredit to anyone, but remember it was easier to look good when the arenas were overpopulated with noobs."

I think Drex was before my time, as I do not remember him at all.

[Shane]

I had actually typed out the following response but deleted it because I figured I would get dogpiled by a few members on the boards even though I meant no harm:

"No discredit to anyone, but remember it was easier to look good when the arenas were overpopulated with noobs."

I think Drex was before my time, as I do not remember him at all.

And you would indeed (and are going to get so.) You should have left it unsaid knowing how wrong it is.

I'll go out on a limb and totally discredit that opinion, focusing on the more realistic it's "easier to seem good when the talent pool has diminished." And by diminished, I mean aging and less motivated to wander outside their lanes.

There were literally 20+ top sticks in the air at any given time plus a bunch to very good second tier players, the maps were smaller so running was more difficult (and the real good sticks couldn't be bothered to chase players who did) but still a thing for certain player/skwad types.

See where this is going? I think you do. Something else to keep in mind is that many of the players showing up on "top/best/greatest" lists earned their reputations organically thru displays of confidence, not ego.

But for the sake of discussion, who would you list as the currently playing top 10 pilots?

[fd ski]

Drex was a godlike pilot. I flew with him back in WB, he could make any plane dance.

What made him godlike was a same skill that YKW has - perfect shooting. At one of the conventions, I think it was Washington DC, I watched Drex play. He would track the shoot at D8 (800 yards), (and shooting at range was harder in WB then it is in AH ), squeezed the trigger at D7, for just 2-3 seconds. 1 second later, all those rounds land into his enemy at D6. No corrections, nothing. Just perfectly placed shot. If you crossed his nose, you were dead.

[Banshee7]

I'll go out on a limb and totally discredit that opinion, focusing on the more realistic it's "easier to seem good when the talent pool has diminished." And by diminished, I mean aging and less motivated to wander outside their lanes.

According to the boards, all that's left in the game is the "best of the best." Not my quote, but it's been said several times. 

There were literally 20+ top sticks in the air at any given time plus a bunch to very good second tier players, the maps were smaller so running was more difficult (and the real good sticks couldn't be bothered to chase players who did) but still a thing for certain player/skwad types.

20 top sticks out of 600 players online (just saying 300 for each of the two LW Arenas) = 3%
20 top sticks out of 100 players online at one time these days = 20%.

I have yet to see any of these "n00bs" that skilled players are taking advantage of these days. There are no #s guys anymore.  I stand by my statement that the population density of new players was higher during those days. 

Also, those pilots were most likely spread between two fronts on all three countries, whereas today there is typically one fight on the map at a time.

See where this is going? I think you do. Something else to keep in mind is that many of the players showing up on "top/best/greatest" lists earned their reputations organically thru displays of confidence, not ego.

So we agree that most of this is subjective, and that everyone's "top/best/greatest" is going to be different.

But for the sake of discussion, who would you list as the currently playing top 10 pilots?

Never even thought about it, especially since most of the pilots flying these days have "diminished in skill" (your words, not mine).  And there's really no standout pilots anymore to even warrant the attention of creating a list.


As I stated (which you obviously overlooked in your attempt to sound like an expert just like another member on this board), I take no credit away from those guys and stand by my statement.

By the way, you complain a whole lot about anklehumpers, yet here you are...constantly on mine. 

[nopoop]

What was amazing to me in his reversals is while performing it, to track the con from behind to the front and align his a/c to the pop of the con. Then just pull the trigger. It was right there at D1 or D2

[nopoop]

I would add that back then noobies were AW and WB Veterans...

[popeye]

Drex flew in AH3 for a couple of hours in tour 210.  Haven't seen him since.

[Bear76]

Back in the day, so called noobs made the effort to improve. The training arena and dueling arena were always busy. The good sticks offered to take time to help new guys. Many players back then were extremely good and dweebish game play was called out. I don't see much of the same  standard of game play now.

[Shane]

According to the boards, all that's left in the game is the "best of the best." Not my quote, but it's been said several times. 

20 top sticks out of 600 players online (just saying 300 for each of the two LW Arenas) = 3%
20 top sticks out of 100 players online at one time these days = 20%.

I have yet to see any of these "n00bs" that skilled players are taking advantage of these days. There are no #s guys anymore.  I stand by my statement that the population density of new players was higher during those days. 

Also, those pilots were most likely spread between two fronts on all three countries, whereas today there is typically one fight on the map at a time.

So we agree that most of this is subjective, and that everyone's "top/best/greatest" is going to be different.

Never even thought about it, especially since most of the pilots flying these days have diminished in skill.  And there's really no standout pilots anymore to even warrant the attention of creating a list.


As I stated (which you obviously overlooked in your attempt to sound like an expert just like another member on this board), I take no credit away from those guys and stand by my statement.

By the way, you complain a whole lot about anklehumpers, yet here you are...constantly on mine.

Link to where it's been stated that today's remnants are the "best of the best"  ??   

I was generously underestimating the 20 in air, and as mentioned there were many more second tier players. The entire player base was 15-20 years younger with all that implies. Today's furball seems to consist of 3-7 players per side, while back then it was 30-40 going at it over bases all along the ingress/egress routes. 

Yes, there are vastly less new players, but that doesn't change the fact that many long-time players have settled into their lanes and have not felt the need (or are simply incapable for one reason or other) to get better in a fighter. The in-air density of dangerous players is way below where it used to be.

Lists are subjective, yes, but patterns emerge.

Of course you can opine on who you think is the best of today. You already have the list in your head.

You basically agreed with the statement; I merely corrected the phrasing.

If you had no experience with Drex, why are you even here, let alone inserting the above half-assed opinion?

I'm not so much humping your ankle as much as putting a stop to your misplaced hero worship. Your boi is gone. You've been whining about not finding fights yet seem incapable of starting one (except here on the forums, lol.)  Why are you expecting to be handed the gaming experience you want instead of participating in creating it for yourself? See, it's that one-dimensional outlook that's your barrier to finding the experience you seek. 

Are you about fun or about kills?  I think we've seen you skew towards the one that doesn't generate fun.

[Banshee7]

A lot of words

Again, you’re wrong. I never once had intentions of even mentioning the player you speak of. It was you who brought him up, and I have never once EVER stated he was the best ever. Was he the best currently? Yes, for sure.

You are nothing but drama, and probably just as much as a cancer to this game as what some of you claimed he was.

To answer your question, getting kills is fun to me. I know how to play all aspects of this game despite what you might think. I have spent countless hours creating fights, defending and taking bases etc.

[Shane]

Again, you’re wrong. I never once had intentions of even mentioning the player you speak of. It was you who brought him up, and I have never once EVER stated he was the best ever. Was he the best currently? Yes, for sure.

You are nothing but drama, and probably just as much as a cancer to this game as what some of you claimed he was.

To answer your question, getting kills is fun to me. I know how to play all aspects of this game despite what you might think. I have spent countless hours creating fights, defending and taking bases etc.

 

This passive/aggressive slobbering is amusing.  It was entirely your intention.

I never claimed he was a cancer to the game, lofl.  Put less lying in your lying, plis, k, thx. I had no problems with your boi other than his ego standing in his way of the legacy he craves (plus he wasn't all that.)

Thought you were leaving? And "peacefully" at that?

You ever take a look at what you've posted here, especially the past few weeks? 

I guess some are more willing to give you space to de-stockholm than I might be, but then, you're leaving, right?

Seriously why did you feel the need to jump in a "drex" thread?  Did who made the post trigger something?

I'm genuinely puzzled why you felt the need (after rightfully realizing you shouldn't) to post what you did?

[Shuffler]

None of you fly very well....if you were meant to fly, you would have been born with wings. Instead yall were all born with arms and spend all your time trying to keep that amount of distant away from everyone else.