Author Topic: Former RB's from TSN/INN - Speak out! (Read 172 times)

SkyVon · « **on:** July 07, 2002, 12:26:57 PM »

I am curious who here hails from the very early flight-sim days of Red Baron on TSN/INN.

Give your old and new name so we can have an online reunion.

SkyVon (RB ID: SkyVonWM)
++Blue Knights++

Raly · « **Reply #1 on:** July 07, 2002, 12:37:57 PM »

Old name on INN was Jaguar.. I think! That's the handle I used on Air Warrior, anyway. I can hardly remember the days of Red Baron online. But, whoever I was, I definitely played it. My name on AH, as is my BBS name, is Raly.

hawk220 · « **Reply #2 on:** July 07, 2002, 01:12:35 PM »

(cranking up the 'way-back' machine)

oh my god.. I'd forgotten about TSN and Red Baron.. I remember you could pick your face profile..different moustaches and hair styles and colors! all in what? 16 colors? but it certainly was a kick in the butt for its time...and this was before online billing.. they would send you a bill in snailmail.. wow, I can't even remember what handle I used in Baron! yikes.. I'm getting old.. and then... came AW 1.0 with its little grey boxy planes...on the mighty GEnie.

Moose1 · « **Reply #3 on:** July 07, 2002, 01:17:18 PM »

Yo.

Started flying RB with the Compuserve FSFORUM ("FS") squad in 1993 as FSMoose. We never were one of the most badass squads in RB but we held our own. I remember how hard it was to get other people to fly "full realism" matches, all the dweebs wanted easy mode with unlimited bullets.

Squads like the AKs, BKs, WMs, NCTs...ah, those were the days. Sky Wars, those were great! And the boards were pretty fun too, watching, oh, jeez, what was her name...NCTCupcake? getting everybody riled up.

The lag got so utterly bad on RB that some of us started looking into GEnie Air Warrior, and by the end of 1993 we'd started flying over there as the Flying Squirrels.

~~to Fokker D.VIIs with 7000 fpm climb rates!~~

SkyVon · « **Reply #4 on:** July 07, 2002, 01:52:05 PM »

And don't forget that the faster your machine, the better you did. At the end I upgraded to a 386/40 and was kicking some serious butt.

Yes, it was Cupcake...think she had a screw loose.

One of the best features of the game was the chat before a match.

Great times!

Falcon · « **Reply #5 on:** July 07, 2002, 06:00:38 PM »

Heh, INN/TSN RB. I was in a squad called Hawk's Talons. HTFalcon

. I mostly flew D7. I was very good and got respect from Skywalkers and that female squad and do you all remember Ladyace?

Any of you still keep in touch with her?

Falcon