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Offline pimpjoe

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« on: March 07, 2002, 11:03:56 PM »
i was in the CT for a while and i engaged a p47, p38, and about 20 spitfires...is there anything that can be done about this?

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« Reply #1 on: March 08, 2002, 01:20:19 AM »
BLAME FUNKED :D

He's training his offspring :eek:
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« Reply #2 on: March 08, 2002, 05:36:15 AM »
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i was in the CT for a while and i engaged a p47, p38, and about 20 spitfires...is there anything that can be done about this?


Obviously we need to perk the P47 and the P38.

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« Reply #3 on: March 08, 2002, 07:54:50 AM »
lol Hortland :)

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(been too busy to be online the past week but last time it was P-51, 51, 51, 51 and more P-51's. So Spits, Spits, Spits actually surprises people?)

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« Reply #4 on: March 08, 2002, 08:47:12 AM »
Peace, guys.  Tomorrow is another day (and another CT set up).  The LW dominated the first half of this CT tour, sweeping the Allies from Sicily, Malta, and Linosa in just a couple of days.  After the reset, I enabled Spit's and as a result all the folks suffering from Spit-deprivation went on a Spit-binge.  That didn't stop the Axis from taking Malta again, and holding on to a good chunk of Sicily as well.  And that was against 2:1 odds much of the time.

I guess the question I have is, does the higher Allied attendance since the reset relect a wide-scale desire to fly Spits?  And if so, where were they and what were they flying before the reset Tuesday night?  Or is it simply a case of "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em"?  Do the people so hate flying against Spits that they're switching to Allies so they don't have to?

The bottom line is, we can't please everyone all the time.  That's one of the reasons we rotate the planeset and terrain every week in the CT.

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« Reply #5 on: March 08, 2002, 09:26:47 AM »
"Do the people so hate flying against Spits that they're switching to Allies so they don't have to?"

??? :mad:  Damn NANCY boys.

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« Reply #6 on: March 08, 2002, 10:01:29 AM »
S:mad:P :mad: I:mad: T:mad:S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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« Reply #7 on: March 08, 2002, 11:07:53 AM »
Sabre dont use the capture of malta as a guage for LW being vastly superior!!!

that is rediculous.

I was online for the capture and it was with 10 people online.

I arrived after half of it was milkrun then a few showed up and a fight insued. hurricanes(maybe 3 or 4 players) vs 109s and ju88s and il2s(maybe 6 players) constantly throwing ourselves at the base less than a mile apart.It in no way shows LW as superior.

Linosa was almost a milkrun after the allied players left and just me and drunky tried to level it.A fight (and a good one) insued when furzy and a friend tried to stop us (by this time 4 or so axis) but finally we overpowered it when the hangers were leveled by a 8 man squad (4 stormo) flew too many ju88s for furzy and co to handle.

I suggest next time the allied fleet is off the coast of A10 you fly LW and try to sink it with just 2 or 3 spits and f6f around.
Then you will see just how 'dominating' the LW are!! lol
you wont be able to torpedo it without dieing loads of times,you cant climb out of the base becuse flak slaughters you.you cant stay low and turnfight spits, you cant sink the ship by divebombing unless you are extremely lucky or the defenders leave you to it(unlikely).All the while the allied players can launch from a pretty safe platform,climb above into flak zone and dive on the defendrs and all the while shell the crap out of A10.
real fun to be LW in that mess i can tell you!(and that was sarcasm)

sabre my guess is you havent flown as LW much, correct me if im wrong?
« Last Edit: March 08, 2002, 11:13:30 AM by hazed- »

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« Reply #8 on: March 08, 2002, 01:34:38 PM »
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sabre my guess is you havent flown as LW much, correct me if im wrong?


try 0  as LW...  unless he went 0-0 and merely landed a lw ride without anything happening.  :rolleyes:

then again he has only a few sorties in CT under this map, must be busy doing other things.   ;)
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« Reply #9 on: March 08, 2002, 03:15:14 PM »
Simmer down, Hazed.  What I said was:

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That didn't stop the Axis from taking Malta again, and holding on to a good chunk of Sicily as well.  And that was against 2:1 odds much of the time.


I don't see the use of terms such as "vastly superior" or "dominating" anywhere in there, do you?:).  I merely meant to infer that availability of the Spit may have made the Luftwaffe's job harder, not impossible.  The comment was also an offhanded compliment to those who have been flying LW inspite of the Spitfires.  In any event, it sounds like you've had some pretty fun fights in the CT, along with the frustrating times (good and bad in everything, I guess).

Any you're right, I haven't flown Luftwaffe in this set up.  I flown very little at all, as Shane points out.  I have spent a lot of time in Luftwaffe planes, however.  I love the 109, and fly it often.  The few times I've been in the CT this tour I've flown Allied because that's were my squadies were flying.  Other tours I've flown exclusively Axis.

Right now, in addition to keeping an eye on the CT (which I check several times a day to see that everything's running smooth), I'm working a special terrain project with Sundog, working 40 hours a week, tending to the needs of a new house, my wife, my four kids (three teenagers:eek: ! what was I thinking), and trying to finish a novel.  Anyone who's been an active member of the CM corp can probably appreciate the negative impact it has on your flying time.  That doesn't mean I'm not paying attention to the situation on-line.  Brady, Hblair, and I are doing our best to give people the AH experience they're looking for, and take all suggestions, gripes, and complaints seriously.  So you'll forgive me if the sarcasm is lost on me.

No hard feelings here, Hazed, and I'm not angry.  I'm just a little frustrated.  Guess my skin's been worn a little thin lately.  Not enough beer, I think:cool: .

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« Reply #10 on: March 08, 2002, 03:18:58 PM »
who cares ... it's all in fun :)

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« Reply #11 on: March 08, 2002, 04:13:08 PM »
This just in:  Spitfires one of most popular WWII aircraft among natives of planet earth.

Extra News Update:  Spitfires primary RAF fighter in World War 1939-1945.

News Flash:  RAF significant combatant in all theaters of World War 1939-1945.

Spits are a historical part of this setup.  If you guys want to legislate Spits out places where they were historically significant, have fun, because a lot of us won't fly there.
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« Reply #12 on: March 08, 2002, 04:43:11 PM »
we call 'em toejamfires and you call us spitcriers.    :D

weeeeeeeee


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« Reply #13 on: March 08, 2002, 06:28:13 PM »
I love flying against Spitfires in my 205 in the CT.  I'm glad they're there.

What I don't love is flying against between five and eight Spitfires at once, consistently, all night long in my 205 in the CT.  That gets old.  It's not so much a plane thing as it is a numbers thing IMO.  The Allies have enjoyed substantial numbers advantages every time I've logged into the CT for the last week, which strikes me as kind of silly when there are only 30 to 40 people flying.  Ah, well.

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« Reply #14 on: March 08, 2002, 08:27:28 PM »
see...even the master spitdweeb:p  himself doesnt like seeing the hordes of em!:)