Obear1971
I tend to agree with your observations. People in the AH community can be rude, in both the active
and passive sense. In the passive sense, it’s things like not thanking someone after he just saved your life – that sort of thing.
The AH Voice facility has been a
great step forward for me. Those who don’t like it can turn it off. I will keep it on. Finally, I am able to deduce what’s happening, and to join in a campaign. Just yesterday, I was working with
skyman and a few of his buddies –
suave, manx, witch & gremlin are some of the names I recall. Also winged with
maneTMP after his official wingman
spatula had left. For the first time, I felt as if I was working towards a goal. No more wandering around alone, waiting to be jumped by a N1K, YAK, or LA7. The results were immediately apparent in my scoreline. Until yesterday, I had 60 kills, 40 deaths. I am surprised I didn’t die more and that my ratio was not much worse, what with the lack of 6-calls and total disinterest shown by some of the game’s participants. Yesterday, I accrued another 32 kills for only 6 deaths, and two of those were as a result of being vulched on the runway.
That’s the difference that is made by working as a team. I wasn’t flying any differently.
Later, I was flying a F4U off a CV and attacking a nearby field. No-one was talking on AH Voice. I was clearing sixes and giving 6-calls. Then BOOM! No 6-call for me
I realised that I was amongst a bunch of Quakeheads, so I left an moved to another part of the map, where I managed to find my old WB CO,
Ramjet. And things were good again.
I have been condemnatory of parts of the AH community in the past. With AH Voice now so easily available, it’s easy to find the right guys to work with, and to leave the Quakeheads to their idea of fun. It’s their $14.95 a month, and they can spend it how they like.
