Author Topic: Weekly Furball update: (Read 1498 times)

poopster · « **on:** August 26, 2002, 12:29:00 PM »

In an effort to keep the strategists and land takers abreast of whats happening down on the deck contributing absolutely NOTHING to war effort ya missed it once again

Sunday night in the Baltic in the bay between 45 and 47 we had two carrier groups plus an ongoing attempt to take 47 from 45.

We're talkin blue planes, shore batteries, ships guns, PT's, Spits and torps in the water....

Catagory 5 furball

And while contributing nothing, nada, zilch to the war effort I must say it was a good time.

Catagory 5's are rare..

Your reporter signing off..

nopoop

Flossy · « **Reply #1 on:** August 26, 2002, 01:25:41 PM »

Shortly before I logged off for bed last night at 2 am my time (9 pm Eastern) the numbers were the most even I have ever seen them, with approximately the same number in each country! I think that did a lot for the constant taking and re-taking of some bases and the great mix in playing styles, as no one country had the upper hand..... it was great fun.

Wlfgng · « **Reply #2 on:** August 26, 2002, 01:41:50 PM »

some good furballing for sure

Apache · « **Reply #3 on:** August 26, 2002, 01:49:53 PM »

Yep, was a hoot.

Even ol' Drexy was there. Saw a hellcat on his 6, close. I'm on the way to help...just in time to see the patented Drex reversal and the hellcat get greased. Oh well, it's the thought that counts.

Glasses · « **Reply #4 on:** August 26, 2002, 01:56:14 PM »

Yes good furballs indeed, that's how I accomplished the 14 kill and 11 kill sorties in 190A8 last night very nice indeed

lazs2 · « **Reply #5 on:** August 26, 2002, 02:13:53 PM »

Yep... great furball action indeed. I was drawn like a moth to the flame.
lazs

poopster · « **Reply #6 on:** August 26, 2002, 02:16:05 PM »

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Saw a hellcat on his 6, close

LOL I was right above you guys and figured, naw he don't need help, there's only one of um..

beet1e · « **Reply #7 on:** August 27, 2002, 06:21:25 AM »

ROFL

lazs2 · « **Reply #8 on:** August 27, 2002, 08:07:58 AM »

beetle... that is opposed to the thrilling, action packed, skilled and intelectualy satisfying "realistic" and immersive strat of....... milkrunning?
lazs

beet1e · « **Reply #9 on:** August 27, 2002, 09:55:56 AM »

LOL Lazs! Glad to see you’ve risen to the bait, and that I’m not losing my touch at the old BBS rope-a-dope.

I remember scenarios like the above about four years ago flying Purple in WB. And lazs – you were there too. We kept fighting the cons, but every now and then, *Poof!* Our airfield was gone, and we had to move back to another field to take off. Finally, we couldn’t take off at all.

You seem to have recognised the Pong™ picture, so I guess you’re a little older than I thought. The point of that pic is to remind ourselves that there was a time, c1971, when Pong was a hot new game that people would pay to play, and even came pre-installed on some TV sets. Nowadays, that seems laughable with all the modern day computer games we have. Can you imagine rushing home to play Pong in 2002?

Yes, I remember the days when I would furball, furball, furball... until I realised that there were better things to do with a flight sim. That’s not to say I don’t get any kills. I’ve probably got 200 this ToD, and I didn’t get back from holiday until the 12th.

The difference is, Lazs, that for you, killing is your raison d’être, whereas for me it’s incidental to winning the battle/war.

There are many different types of people who play AH – Doctors, Accountants, car mechanics, engineers, Lazs... the list goes on and on. Nothing wrong with doing what you do.

But, just as I lost interest in Pong, so I moved on from FFF - furball. (FFF is as interesting to me as Pong is to both of us)

midnight Target · « **Reply #10 on:** August 27, 2002, 10:07:31 AM »

You moved on from FFF, doesn't necessarily mean you've move up. Do what you like, just don't make value judgements about what other people enjoy and pay for.

Like comparing Furballing to Pong. I'd say it's more like Asteriods.

Apache · « **Reply #11 on:** August 27, 2002, 10:18:24 AM »

I'm just the opposite of you beet1e. When I first started WB way back when, I sucked. Oh, I was an ace at SWOTL and the like, but when it came to fighting real folks behind those icons, I was easily and quite quickly frustrated.

I naturally gravitated to the easiest thing to do, fly bombers. I next moved up to JABO and got quite good at it. Taking fields was my goal.

However, I always envied the likes of Drex, Daddy, Scop, Yt, etc., etc. Man, I thought, one day I'd like to progress in this little hobby and be able to dogfight with those guys. I'll never get there to be sure, but I'm at a level now that bombing, strat and the like is boring to me and would be going backwards in my progression.

I'm competitive by nature. I enjoy dogfighting. Notice I don't use the catch all phrase furball. I fly to get as many kills as possible, then land 'em. Mindless furballin' doesn't meet that criteria IMHO.

BTW, I hated pong.

Wlfgng · « **Reply #12 on:** August 27, 2002, 10:20:51 AM »

pong sucked but 'stroids was a blast.

beet1e · « **Reply #13 on:** August 27, 2002, 11:41:54 AM »

Apache -

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However, I always envied the likes of Drex, Daddy, Scop, Yt, etc., etc.

Oh well, I can't be too bad. I've killed all those, except scop - and that's probably because I don't believe in God - LOL!

lazs2 · « **Reply #14 on:** August 27, 2002, 02:08:41 PM »

as apache says... it's just the oppossite... When you aren't very good you should stick with the "missun" and a bunch of friendlies.. You will never get good tho if you don't get down and dirty in a SA stretching furball. It's just that simple. The more you fur the better you get and the easier that the strat stuff seems... It doesn't work in the reverse tho. least not in any online sim I've been involved in yet.

Drex will be first to admit that anyone can kill him... same with me or apache or anyone. We get overwhelmed. we put ourselves at risk to be overwhelmed. I don't think that you would like to go against drex tho in a one on one or even two on one no matter what the e states or planes involved.
lazs