Since I took over the head CM job for Verm last January, I've had my head down doing mostly CM adminstrative stuff, and haven't had much time to fly AH. I've been flying the TOD's, but haven't been in the MA for a long, long time.
Last night, I put the finishing touches on my new AMD 1.4Ghz system, and got it all setup to run AH. So, I log into the MA last night for the first time in months, and I am astounded at how much fun I had.
The sheer beauty of the game, running on a GF3 card at 1280x1024x32, is simply amazing. With my fps' maxed out at my monitor refresh rate of 85, the game is fluid and gorgeous.
I had a very successful sortie in my beloved C.205, and even brought my kills home and landed them. I saw some old faces that I haven't seen in awhile, and saw a lot of people I don't know yet.
After reading the threads on the BBS lately about what it wrong with AH, I thought I'd give you the perspective of someone who doesn't get to spend two hours each night in the MA. I find that there's a whole lot more that's right with AH, than what's wrong with it.
As a CM, I get to talk to Pyro and the folks at HTC every couple of weeks, and I've gotten to know them fairly well(looking forward to meeting them in person at the Con!). The sheer dedication and amount of work these people do is amazing.
I'm not trying to pick a fight here, but maybe some of you guys that are always finding fault with AH need to stop and take a step back and really take a good look at what HTC has accomplished. Is it perfect? Nope, and it'll always be a work in progress. But I think HTC is very responsive to it's players, as long as we use logic and facts in our arguments, instead of hyberbole and invective.
Sorry for rambling, but what I guess I'm trying to say is that after a long time away from the MA, I rediscovered last night just how good Aces High really is.
Thanks HTC, see you all at the con. <S>
