Author Topic: Are you skilled - or just gaming the game? (Read 2172 times)

Swager · « **Reply #105 on:** October 18, 2002, 08:52:10 PM »

Without a doubt gaming, I have no skill

Samm · « **Reply #106 on:** October 18, 2002, 09:03:01 PM »

When you use words and phrases like skill and gaming the game when discussing your time spent playing this GAME then I think you have lost perspective . If you play this game you are a gamer .

Skill ? AH is not a vocation. Welding is a skill, phlebotomy is a skill, video game proficiency is not a skill . Take a few steps back and gain a clearer perspective .

Yeager · « **Reply #107 on:** October 18, 2002, 09:55:56 PM »

If you play this game you are a gamer
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Problem Samm is theres a simulation packaged within the game.
Sim heads are in constant motion rubbing up against the game heads. A Clash of Cultures so to speak. Problem is this past year has seen the ratio of simmers to gamers drop to about 1-9.

Before about November of last year I would have put it at 6-4 in favour of the sim heads. Its been a hard year, trust me.

sax · « **Reply #108 on:** October 18, 2002, 10:01:00 PM »

Well it is after all a game, I think, maybe.

Salute to all the players who aren't carefull what they post on the BBS, this has been entertaining reading lately.

Bigger Salute to the players who jump all over it, without you guys there wouldn't be any reason to check the board:)

Also it's great to know why Wldthing hasn't been able to keep up.
Ya have ta restart your engine little buddy:)

Samm · « **Reply #109 on:** October 18, 2002, 10:34:51 PM »

A simulation is a category of video game, one which I enjoy, but I have no pretense that AH is more than just a game . Some seem to have a losened grip on this basic fact, even to the point of emotional agitation . My advise to them is as I stated above, disjoin themselves from the game, take a few paces back and adjust their perspective, or they can wait untill misfortune imposes a reality check .

SirLoin · « **Reply #110 on:** October 19, 2002, 12:28:44 AM »

If I'm in a really tight scissors fite,your damn right I'm going to kill my engine.I'm also pounding on the flaps key,the landing gear key,applying full rudder to opposite aileron..all at the same time.

If you think it's gamey,that's because I shot you down.

The "dweeb tactics" accusations make me laugh...Example..

The Spit 1a...A negative G roll,the engine sputters to cuttoff,he overshoots...You are then called an "engine cuttoff dweeb"...

Vulcan · « **Reply #111 on:** October 19, 2002, 01:54:47 AM »

Technical term is blipping, from WWI, when aircraft had no throttle.

In reality, what is the performance difference between blipping and throttling back, does someone have some hard and fast stats? Are we talking 10%, 20%, 50%?

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Originally posted by Midnight
Now that KOTH has been setup to dis-allow 'engine goosing'(TM)

senna · « **Reply #112 on:** October 19, 2002, 02:13:40 AM »

I've never heard of engine bliping. Is that when someone starts and stops the engine. There is some performance in terms of handeling and etc... when the engine is off though I never have used this technic. I only resort to it if my own engine is dead. As far as scissors. I feel that its sort of initially like rock paper scissors when you enter it. If I feel the other guy is cutting curves better I'll take him into the verticle (I never shut my motor off) to whatever degree is required. This wont matter if a spit or a zero is on your near tail then again shouldnt sciccor with those planes anyhow. IMHO, in that situation, youve already lost (vs spit or zero) really in terms of planning, luck is next tactic.

Voss · « **Reply #113 on:** October 19, 2002, 02:22:31 AM »

In WW1 a lot of the rotary engines used blip switches in place of a throttle mechanism. The blip switch grounded the magneto and prevented ignition. However, the fuel contrinued to flow and if this practice was repeated for any length of time the plane was in severe danger of catching fire once the engine was started again.

Rotaries were not the only types with this, but blip switches were the norm for them.

Throttle blipping is a modern day practice of down-shifting in motorcycles and should not be confused with a blip switch.

Pongo · « **Reply #114 on:** October 19, 2002, 11:28:38 AM »

Anything that can so radically alter your E state and is not possible in a ww2 fighter should not be possible here.
Especially as it would be so easy to fix in the program.
I do shut off me engine. but only to dump E to land, or to save cooling on a damaged engine or to save fuel in a glide. Never occured to me to try it in combat.

hblair · « **Reply #115 on:** October 19, 2002, 11:31:39 AM »

Don't believe Pongo. He's been an engine toggler since day one.

Zigrat · « **Reply #116 on:** October 19, 2002, 12:19:23 PM »

i just pull throttle to idle, i never switched off my engine, whats the difference? If you guys wanna complain really we should have engine flame outs for the mustang.

Urchin · « **Reply #117 on:** October 19, 2002, 01:19:43 PM »

Zigrat, the difference is that turning the engine off slows you down faster than throwing the throttle to idle.

Regurge · « **Reply #118 on:** October 19, 2002, 03:14:03 PM »

I don't think theres difference Zig, but it looks like I'm alone in that. Even Hitech says its so.

All i know is that theres no difference in glide whether the engine is idling or off. To me that says drag is the same.

Swager · « **Reply #119 on:** October 19, 2002, 03:23:26 PM »

Samm!

I suggest you keep that thought to yourself!

You are making entirely too much sense for this board!!

Nice try though, I'll give you an "A" for effort!