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Offline mattdamon420

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Question About an Old User
« on: December 24, 2025, 01:49:21 PM »
Hey there, I recently have been going through some old hard drives and photos and it reminded me that my dad used to play a metric ton of aces high before 2007. I was curious if anyone knew him and had any interesting stories to share about him in-game, like his favorite plane or fun matches, anything like that. I'm having a hard time finding his username but I think it was something along the lines of either Skanky or Skankster.
Thank you!

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Re: Question About an Old User
« Reply #1 on: December 24, 2025, 07:29:01 PM »
I found a "Skanky" that flew from July 02 to Jan 06 In the chart below you can see he got most of his kills in an F6F. From the stanrds of many players he didnt a "metric ton" of Aces high. Id say he was a bit below average as many of these guys have logged 2,3, 10 times more time in the game  :D

I did fly back then but dont remember his name. We may have been on different time schedules so are paths may not have crossed much. I did look back to see if he had killed me in a few tours, but he hadnt. I was fun seeing a bunch of the old players names though.


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Re: Question About an Old User
« Reply #2 on: December 24, 2025, 11:48:58 PM »
Thank you for the reply and finding his stats! Odd that it was a hellcat, he always seemed to be obsessed with the p38. I guess me being so young at the time, the main thing I remember from him before he passed was he always had his Logitech hotas out with his cheap headset yelling callouts in-game. Strange how the mind perceives time as a kid. Thank you again!

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Re: Question About an Old User
« Reply #3 on: December 25, 2025, 05:31:42 AM »
We are all obsessed with the P38...either trying to fly it or shoot it down  :rofl Very cool to have found some thing new about your dad. Come play with us and see what he was hollering about  :cheers: :salute
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Re: Question About an Old User
« Reply #4 on: December 26, 2025, 08:40:16 AM »
Did someone say P 38.   :devil
I do not recall that name. Maybe he was on a different time zone.
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Re: Question About an Old User
« Reply #5 on: December 30, 2025, 08:45:26 AM »
Matt, From the stats I would say your dad had a whole bunch of fun!

Fugitive, that was very thoughtful of you.

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Re: Question About an Old User
« Reply #6 on: December 30, 2025, 09:40:23 AM »
...he always seemed to be obsessed with the p38.

I think many like the P38, however, I think that in most sims that it is a challenging bird to fight if you get caught in a tough spot, resulting in people flying "less challenging" birds.

AKAK was one of the better P38 drivers but he would usually pick his engagements carefully and his SA was pretty good.




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Re: Question About an Old User
« Reply #7 on: December 30, 2025, 10:31:37 AM »
I think many like the P38, however, I think that in most sims that it is a challenging bird to fight if you get caught in a tough spot, resulting in people flying "less challenging" birds.

AKAK was one of the better P38 drivers but he would usually pick his engagements carefully and his SA was pretty good.

I miss winging with AKAK. That was a great loss to our community.
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