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Offline akak

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When we forget this is just a game...
« on: January 17, 2003, 01:51:51 PM »
There a few of us (myself included) that sometimes forget this is just a game.  Whenever that happens, I read The Scavenger's articles that puts things in perspective as well as a smile on my face.

For some of you that don't know/remember The Scavenger, he was an old Air Warrior flyer that passed away but left us some truely funny and enjoyable articles on his experiences in the 'flight sim world' of combat.

The Scavenger





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Part I of The Scavenger files - "Birth of a Legend"
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2003, 01:56:01 PM »
Here's the first part of his articles, the rest can be found at the link left on the previous post.


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Fri. Sep. 03, 1993

T.NAUGHTON [SCAVENGER] at 23:36 EDT

     I GO DIVING DOWN 1

     I think my handle is very far out. That's cool or hot or bad depending on your generation bias. It comes with a vision of myself in AW. I saw myself cruising around like the Red Baron watching for victims. Since I am new I would cruise the skies of Europe looking for wounded warriors trying to get home. Engine smoking, control cables half shot away, aileron hanging flipping back and forth like Heston in Battle of Midway.

     Then down would come the SCAVENGER preying on the helpless getting some easy kills building up his score, becoming a DWEEB to be reckoned with.

     Now the name is great. The problem is OLE SCAVENGER is getting his butt shot off roaming the skies of Europe. The only smoke I am see un is coming out the back view of my aircraft. The only control cables half shot away, ailerons flipping seemed to be on MY airplane. Something is wrong with my plan. I was thinking about changing my handle but DEAD DUCK is already taken and then someone might take SCAVENGER and I would never earn it back.

     I know I'll change it to SC-avenger (Southern California Avenger). Maybe I could avenge other DWEEBS from the Southern California area. I could stay up really late when you EDT guys are very tired and then I can come diving down. hee hee hee hee

     There has to be some way to make this handle work!! Surely I can figure some way where I get to come diving down. This sure isn't like SWOTL where I used to just come diving down alot. But you just wait, one of these days I am going figure out how to come diving down again and then just watch out!!!




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Offline MWHUN

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« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2003, 02:21:06 PM »
Written for a dead game by a deceased pilot.  

R.I.P
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Offline Kanth

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« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2003, 02:24:15 PM »
HUN I don't think that's what you are supposed to get out of Scav's writings lol.
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Offline T0J0

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« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2003, 02:37:07 PM »
Hun... What is the point of reminding us of that fact?

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Written for a dead game by a deceased pilot.  

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Offline MWHUN

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« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2003, 02:46:07 PM »
Umm it's the 1st thing that pops into my mind when I see that article...
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Offline popeye

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« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2003, 03:05:10 PM »
I know I've forgotten it's just a game, when I duck while avoiding a collision.
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Offline X2Lee

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« Reply #7 on: January 17, 2003, 03:17:00 PM »
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Written for a dead game by a deceased pilot.  

R.I.P
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Um humm  
wtg slam and sound pious at the same time.

:rolleyes:
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Offline X2Lee

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Re: When we forget this is just a game...
« Reply #8 on: January 17, 2003, 03:18:31 PM »
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For some of you that don't know/remember The Scavenger, he was an old Air Warrior flyer that passed away but left us some truely funny and enjoyable articles on his experiences in the 'flight sim world' of combat.

The Scavenger





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479th FG - Riddle's Raiders


Thnx Josio I had lost that link...
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Offline Puck

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« Reply #9 on: January 17, 2003, 03:26:18 PM »
Um...

...what do you mean, "Just a game"?
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« Reply #10 on: January 17, 2003, 03:26:23 PM »
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Written for a dead game by a deceased pilot.  

R.I.P
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Think the meaning went right over your head.



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« Reply #11 on: January 17, 2003, 03:36:01 PM »
sessh... I'm sorry I expressed remorse for the death of a great game and a person that loved to tell great stories about it...:rolleyes:
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« Reply #12 on: January 17, 2003, 04:39:45 PM »
How many of yas knew Scav's brother trained in PT-19's?

Got his picture around her somewhere's that Scav sent me. Going to put it in our local CAF museum display soon as the display cases are done.
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« Reply #13 on: January 17, 2003, 08:18:10 PM »
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I know I've forgotten it's just a game, when I duck while avoiding a collision.
do you move your head closer to the screen when in gun zoom and lean right and left when evading?






















i do.
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« Reply #14 on: January 17, 2003, 09:07:13 PM »
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sessh... I'm sorry I expressed remorse for the death of a great game and a person that loved to tell great stories about it...:rolleyes:


No you didnt. You slammed on the Aw community.
Believe it or not, its still a community even if its displaced.

Backpeddle all you want, we can read and understand.

Yeah the game is gone and so is Scav
Thanks for the reminder.
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