Author Topic: Knits read: 6 Call function (Read 925 times)

Hangtime · « **Reply #30 on:** January 21, 2002, 11:09:21 PM »

I wish we had a 'check brain' key.

Scenario.. yer workin on pickin off the few remaining buildings at the city, yer goons only 2 min out. defenders, denied reup from the field due to hangers down or runways vulched begin streaming in from a nearby field, they are commin into yer SA zone mighty fast, carrying a big sack of e as they scream in and with most of your attention focused on the targeting runs in the dirt, a bad guy saddles you up. You miss his arrival on yer six, yer 2 seconds from hosing down the last buildings..

J.A.B. Manxer, Doberman and thier ilk , happily vulching the field you deacked for them not 4 min before see the baddie settin up on yer six but are too far off to affect the outcome, and don't believe in 6 calls.

You get tagged by the baddie.. the farm stays up, the goon gets whacked next by the same baddie, the field don't fold. Those vulchers, hey; ain't THEY the happy campers tho.. more seals to club for even more perkies, my, but ain't that fun.

Yep.. need a 'check brain' key for even thinking that teamwork is possible around guys like this.

Hangtime · « **Reply #31 on:** January 21, 2002, 11:14:59 PM »

whups.. was trying to macro a check brain key string and wound up with a double post. Sorry.

J_A_B · « **Reply #32 on:** January 22, 2002, 12:07:18 AM »

ALL HEAR THIS--IT'S NOW THE JOB OF EVERY AH PLAYER TO WATCH HANG'S 6 FOR HIM!

Hah!

You know Hangtime...if you're stupid enough to fly Mossies low and slow right next to an enemy base without pre-arranged escort, you DESERVE to be shot down. Nothing attracts NME like a fat, easy target.

Rather than pitifully whining about how its everybody's fault but your own that your flawed plan fails, you should make a GOOD plan next time. Have some dedicated fighter escort. You're in a squad mister--that's what they're there for!

Your massive ego astounds me. How you can possibly EXPECT everyone to drop what their doing and run to your aid whenever you need it.....dude, you need a break. You might be a popular AH player, but you ain't God although you seem to think you are. I know this might be tough for you and your over-inflated ego to cope with, but all those other Knights (or rooks or whatever) you see there.....they're on their own flight and have their own goals....you and your helpless Mossie don't mean jack crap to them.

If you are taking off and call out on CH2 "Hey I'm in a mossie can I get an escort to base X".....if I'm not busy with other things I'll like up with ya and do the best job I can covering you. However, once you're AT base X in the process of being shot down....well that's a little too late mister. If you were a TRUE team player (as opposed to just another fighter jock with a bruised ego), you would ward AWAY your teammates with "don't get killed saving me, I'm dead anyway" and you'd try to bleed off as much E as possible from the NME before they get you.

J_A_B

Tumor · « **Reply #33 on:** January 22, 2002, 12:28:59 AM »

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Originally posted by J_A_B
I'm one of the people who don't give out 6 calls. I find most of them annoying, especially considering how 90% of the ones I recieve are when the enemy is 4-5K away on my 12. I do of course thank the people who send me the occasional good 6 call....but such are few and far between. I don't give them out because I can't be bothered to; I've got other things to worry about than watching somebody else's tail for him. Should a friendly not seem to notice an enemy I might call out 666 on the text buffer....or I might not.

Then there's the people who complain about not getting 6 calls and blame everybody for their getting shot down except themselves. Sorry, but if you get shot down it's your fault and nobody else's. If you get a useful 6 call you should treat it as a "lucky break", not EXPECT your countrymates to watch your tail.

J_A_B

real team player here

Staga · « **Reply #34 on:** January 22, 2002, 12:30:01 AM »

For me it looks like jab is the one with ego-problems ?

Tumor · « **Reply #35 on:** January 22, 2002, 12:33:38 AM »

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Originally posted by J_A_B
ALL HEAR THIS--IT'S NOW THE JOB OF EVERY AH PLAYER TO WATCH HANG'S 6 FOR HIM!

Hah!

You know Hangtime...if you're stupid enough to fly Mossies low and slow right next to an enemy base without pre-arranged escort, you DESERVE to be shot down. Nothing attracts NME like a fat, easy target.

Rather than pitifully whining about how its everybody's fault but your own that your flawed plan fails, you should make a GOOD plan next time. Have some dedicated fighter escort. You're in a squad mister--that's what they're there for!

Your massive ego astounds me. How you can possibly EXPECT everyone to drop what their doing and run to your aid whenever you need it.....dude, you need a break. You might be a popular AH player, but you ain't God although you seem to think you are. I know this might be tough for you and your over-inflated ego to cope with, but all those other Knights (or rooks or whatever) you see there.....they're on their own flight and have their own goals....you and your helpless Mossie don't mean jack crap to them.

If you are taking off and call out on CH2 "Hey I'm in a mossie can I get an escort to base X".....if I'm not busy with other things I'll like up with ya and do the best job I can covering you. However, once you're AT base X in the process of being shot down....well that's a little too late mister. If you were a TRUE team player (as opposed to just another fighter jock with a bruised ego), you would ward AWAY your teammates with "don't get killed saving me, I'm dead anyway" and you'd try to bleed off as much E as possible from the NME before they get you.

J_A_B

jeez loueez....why don't ya just change your ID to Mr.Poopypants

Tumor · « **Reply #36 on:** January 22, 2002, 12:35:12 AM »

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Originally posted by LePaul
I would've gottten Whine of Week had I posted this

LePaul....please man, don't give the "king of ego" a reason. It will only further his childish need for attention.

Hangtime · « **Reply #37 on:** January 22, 2002, 01:17:16 AM »

Look J.A.B... you don't wanna be bothered callin a six.. don't consider yer countrymates worth a single keystroke?? Thats kewl. Hey, it's yer choice.

I shoot chutes. I guess we all have our deviant sides.

J_A_B · « **Reply #38 on:** January 22, 2002, 01:30:40 AM »

Thanks for re-posting my messages Tumor, it might do some good for certain individuals to have to re-read it.

Fact is, until you pay my 15 bucks/month for me, I'm under no obligation to follow the orders of a "little Napoleon". You're right about one thing--I'm NOT a team player. Except, of course, when I am in a mission or flying with squaddies. Otherwise I'm only interested in watching out for myself.

The little Napoleon and Patton wannabe's can go on throwing temper tantrums about how nobody helps them--by all means continue. I take great delight in their gnashing of teeth

If you want to be playing a game with mindless drones who follow your every command, there's a lot of boxed sims to choose from. Most of them even have more strat and structured missions

J_A_B

Saintaw · « **Reply #39 on:** January 22, 2002, 01:57:23 AM »

J_A_B, am not asking anyone to fly this or that way, those buggers should have done the job they were hollering about (---> C.A.P.P.E.D), if they don't give me a 6call, they should at least do their f***ing job right: shoot the red buggers.

Of course, I don't have that problem when I fly with Squaddies, but we ain't online alltogether all the time. ('xept for Furious who accepts staying up till odd hours

).

Pepe · « **Reply #40 on:** January 22, 2002, 03:54:17 AM »

I think 6 calls are basic tools of survival, if you are not playing the "smart" pilot.

That's a general statement.

In Rookland (at least at the times I'm usually logged) we have to deal with two aspects that forces us to give regularly 6 calls: numbers (out) and radar (out as well

)

Nothing better than having Radar disabled for a while to understand what good a 6 call can do.

And I agree that too many is better than too few.

Cheers (and check 6

)

Pepe

Hangtime · « **Reply #41 on:** January 22, 2002, 08:43:37 AM »

Well J.A.C.K.A.S.S, I have no intention of paying yer 50 cents a day, never asked you to do jack, never squeaked at you or anybody else for not calling my six, don't blame you or anybody else fer my demise in a furball and couldn't care less how a low skill score potato such as you seem to be goes about flying his game. I just happen to appreciate the six calls I have recieved in the past, consider 'em to be a simple to accomplish common courtesy and it's not like anybody here asked you to give up a kidney.

I do find your game attitude, and the pissant small minded teeenny weenie little dicked 'all i care about is myself' score dweeb players like you to be precisely why this game has started to go down the tubes, and wouldn't give a rats bellybutton if you stepped off the virtual curb tomorrow and caught a virtual bus in the side of the virtual head. If yah know what I virtually mean.

One good thing comes outta threads like this tho... when peckwoods like you step outta the trees and identify themselves I can reduce my SA and six call load and increase my enjoyment factor when I see yer tulips get shot outta the sky.

Have a nice day

Revvin · « **Reply #42 on:** January 22, 2002, 10:49:58 AM »

^Well I think that just about covers it

sourkraut · « **Reply #43 on:** January 22, 2002, 10:53:26 AM »

I don't know I seem to get plenty of 6 calls....

popeye · « **Reply #44 on:** January 22, 2002, 11:07:15 AM »

I think the six call thingy is one of the best additions to the game. I find it is most useful when I am chasing a B&Z bad guy through a furball, and I can see him setting up on a friendly far enough in advance that the six call gets there in time. I often get a "TY" for a timely six call, so I assume that most players appreciate the effort.