Author Topic: If We Weren't Supposed to Shoot Chutes... (Read 1012 times)

agosling · « **Reply #30 on:** September 05, 2002, 12:39:28 PM »

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Originally posted by krazyhorse
generally i wont shoot chutes, yeh say that 3 times fast:)

How many chutes should a chute-shooter shoot if chute shooter should shoot chutes?

Gloves · « **Reply #31 on:** September 05, 2002, 12:44:24 PM »

He'd shoot all the chutes a chute-shooter should if chute shooter should shoot chutes.

poopster · « **Reply #32 on:** September 05, 2002, 01:06:46 PM »

Not to be confused with:

Seven sassy seamstresses sitting sipping scotch.

Alpo · « **Reply #33 on:** September 05, 2002, 04:53:36 PM »

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Originally posted by Saintaw
I still miss a "splat" like sound

Oh yeah!! Think about it... a damage model for chutes!! No more wimpy explosions... target the silk and watch the bailer fall faster and faster to the ground. If he should happen to survive the impact he remains motionless for a few seconds (sort of a long pilot wound)... this should give you plenty of time shoot the pilot laying unconscious on the ground!

Puck · « **Reply #34 on:** September 05, 2002, 05:02:41 PM »

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Originally posted by funkedup

Wrong.

I do it to be historical. In order to avenge the atrocities committed by the Luftwaffe over Poland in 1939, Polish fighter units developed disciplined methods of dispatching Nazi parachutists.

Heck with Poland, I'm avenging atrocities committed against poor, defenseless ungulates by the BishRook axis of evil. I was just another transport pilot sickened by the things I saw being done to these poor creatures until one day a voice told me to eradicate the infestation of BishRooks.

Besides, if they open high enough for me to hit them they deserve to die. My other hobby is seeing how low I can open my chute without dying

Wlfgng · « **Reply #35 on:** September 05, 2002, 05:27:16 PM »

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how low I can open my chute without dying

I thik Elfie can give a bit of related adivce

sutpid · « **Reply #36 on:** September 05, 2002, 07:01:12 PM »

i only shoot when there back is turned

SOB · « **Reply #37 on:** September 05, 2002, 07:08:03 PM »

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Originally posted by 715
The only reason to do it is specifically to piss off the other player. So when you are shot in your chute (and in AH that happens 99.9% of the time) it means that the other player actually despises you as a person, and wishes to inflict upon you as much discomfort as is possible via a remote connection. There is no other explanation.
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Well, actually, I would shoot chutes even if no one cared about getting shot in their chute. I guess you're wrong, not a suprise.

And for the rest of you fun-loving fools, here's my chute killing sight. And yes, it is centered on the head

http://www.matthoffman.us/bb/p51d.bmp

SOB

vorticon · « **Reply #38 on:** September 05, 2002, 08:02:09 PM »

chute shooting is stupid you just doing them a favor. they up faster aftere there dead. ejecting isnt for dweebs its for people to remain alive aftger there plane is dead. just fly at high speeds really close to em

weaselsan · « **Reply #39 on:** September 05, 2002, 08:33:42 PM »

I would rather just chop them up with the prop.

Griego · « **Reply #40 on:** September 05, 2002, 09:52:53 PM »

It just goes to show how much the character of people has changed since WWII.

I believe that no self respecting WWII pilot would shoot down a chute. It was the plane they were after. This belief comes from some of the books I have read and what they thought of pilots that did it. They thought it showed lack of character.

On the other hand Ace's High is just a game with a Quake like mentality. Here it's different. Warbirds and Airwarriors it was looked down at . Still is in Warbirds as far as i can tell.

It shows the morals of the Ace's High community.

I hope it's only a few that really seem to get a kick out of it. Most of them are probably the youngsters that grew up on Mortal combat and all the violent films.

Seriously though get over it it just a game remember. The moral decline of our youth is unimportant.

For you older guys that shoot chutes. Well... theres no excuse.

LOL It's just a game don't take it to seriously.

akak · « **Reply #41 on:** September 05, 2002, 10:00:05 PM »

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Originally posted by Alpo

Oh yeah!! Think about it... a damage model for chutes!! No more wimpy explosions... target the silk and watch the bailer fall faster and faster to the ground. If he should happen to survive the impact he remains motionless for a few seconds (sort of a long pilot wound)... this should give you plenty of time shoot the pilot laying unconscious on the ground!

I want collision modeling added to the chutes. I want to be able to snag the shroud lines with my tail boom and then land while dragging the guy in the chute behind me. I also want to be able to ram them with my wing and then have the blood splatter and guts dripping of the leading edge. And I want to be able to use my props as a blender and chop the guy in the chute to little bits and have his blood and guts splatter all over the nose and canopy. Whew...I need a cigarette now.

Ack-Ack

akak · « **Reply #42 on:** September 05, 2002, 10:10:02 PM »

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Originally posted by Griego
It just goes to show how much the character of people has changed since WWII.

I believe that no self respecting WWII pilot would shoot down a chute. It was the plane they were after. This belief comes from some of the books I have read and what they thought of pilots that did it. They thought it showed lack of character.

Wrong. Shooting up pilots that bailed out was common on all sides during the war. While it wasn't an official practice, it wasn't actively discouraged either. There are many stories of British and German pilots shooting up each others chutes and of strafing up downed pilots in life rafts as they floated in the Channel. There are also many stories of British fighters shooting down German sea rescue planes as they tried to pick up downed German pilots in the channel. I think it was more widespread in the Pacific though, and both American and Japanese did it quite frequently. Remember the controversy during Bush Sr.'s presidency when it came out that he had a part in strafing survivors of a Japanese vessel in life rafts? The common thought was that "they can't come back and kill me later on if they are dead now." War is hell.

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On the other hand Ace's High is just a game with a Quake like mentality. Here it's different. Warbirds and Airwarriors it was looked down at . Still is in Warbirds as far as i can tell.

It shows the morals of the Ace's High community.

I played AW for 8 yrs and WB for about 3 yrs and the chute shooting in both was just as common as it was in Aces High.

Ack-Ack

SOB · « **Reply #43 on:** September 06, 2002, 12:08:32 AM »

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Originally posted by Griego
It shows the morals of the Ace's High community.

LOL!

SOB

Mino · « **Reply #44 on:** September 06, 2002, 02:33:41 AM »

I just love whining after some one shoots my chute.

But....

It can get better, way better! Check your stats. How many kills do you have from a chute?