Bogus 6 calls.

[FlyingDuckSittingSwan]

Originally posted by O'Westy:
Funny how there's no team play, nobody gives a damn about anyone else....

Come to think of it. Judging from the recent display of your sparkling personality here on the boards did it ever occur that perhaps the  folks online didn't want to play with you (let you join in or watch out for you) for good reasons? Pretty hard to say why you seem to have been ignored and shunned when you won't give your online handle that you used. Maybe there is a reason behind that on your part. Me thinks there is.

 I think a a handle to change to "Rudolph" would be apropo in light of the holiday season and how you weren't invited to play in the reindeer games with the rest. ;

  Westy

LOL...I understood about 5 per cent of this post.   I already said what my handle was in a previous post. It was Tempest 9, if you want to know. And I did get to play with all the other reindeers. Some unicorns too...as a matter of fact.    

[Grimm]

I get them at good times and bad.  I take them for what they are worth.  Mostly they come from good intentions.  I need to change the Wav. from the standard Check Six to a car horn going "beep beep"

My Problem is, I dont know how to select the guy I should send one too.  Thus, I never give them.  There are time I would like too.

What I dont like, is guys whining over the radio. "Thanks for the 6 call NOT!".  Like its mine or anyone elses fault someone got shotdown.  I think SA is your responsiblity.  If your fixated on a target and someone drop in kills you, you need to remember too look around.  

"And thats all I have to say about that" (stone cold)

[Apache]

<S> all. lol, most of you fall into the category of "someone I've been flying with for the past 2 or more years", with a few exceptions.

No, I'm speaking of 3 rooks (newbies) in this particular case. Heck, 1 of seemed to be everywhere I was and hit me 6 times in a 2 hour span, same scenario. I began setting him up & watching for it   Either its intentional or he needs to RTFM.

[ 11-26-2001: Message edited by: Apache ]

[milnko]

I mapped the target cycle to my JS, and left the "check 6" as is (tile key)... what I've noticed is that your head has to remain turned in direction of who's 6 your callin' and the lockon seems to sometimes jump to the friendly con nearest the center of the view, so I sometimes end up callin the wrong 6.

I kinda liked the WB 6 call where ya used the mouse to select the friendly con, but then again, I didn't like releasing my JS to grab the mouse in a furball.

Guess it make yet another strong arguement for joining a squad and using voice comms as my squaddies always hear me yell for help and are pretty quick to tell me I have a con on my tail.

[214thCavalier]

This last week i have had several calls to check 6 when all there is behind me is a conga line trying to get the con in my sights.
There is no doubt in my mind that we have been joined by some players who will stop at nothing to get you outa there way.
I guess they have probably learnt about killshooter now and consider these false check 6 calls the next best thing.
And no its not the normal background mistaken 6 calls that you sometimes get, these are deliberate get outa my way amazinhunk i wanna kill him calls.

[Don]

This last week i have had several calls to check 6 when all there is behind me is a conga line trying to get the con in my sights.
 

LOL! This is a very good way of referring to the often seen line chase of 5 or 6 guys chasing 1 poor low and out of E nme desperately trying to live a little while longer. Thanks for the descriptor  

[Apache]

Originally posted by 214thCavalier:
This last week i have had several calls to check 6 when all there is behind me is a conga line trying to get the con in my sights.
There is no doubt in my mind that we have been joined by some players who will stop at nothing to get you outa there way.
I guess they have probably learnt about killshooter now and consider these false check 6 calls the next best thing.
And no its not the normal background mistaken 6 calls that you sometimes get, these are deliberate get outa my way amazinhunk i wanna kill him calls.

Bingo, You got it. You got to the point better than I did.  

[midnight Target]

Sheesh. OK, so you are 600yds behind an nme, and you are pingin away with 50 cal. lasers, maybe even getting hits, when a countryman with more E and bigger guns pulls in 200 yds behind the nme and blows him away.

What can we learn from this?

A. The enemy is dead.
B. See A
C. Its time to thank your COUNTRYMAN for the help and move on.
D. See A again

That is all (go team)

[Apache]

600 yards? You actually fire that fire away?

Anyway. Agreed, the enemy is dead. Why shouldn't the person giving the bogus 6 call think the same?

[pbirmingham]

Originally posted by Apache:
Come on. Using the check 6 call to pull me off a con so you can get in?

   I believe I've read somewhere that this actually happened a lot late in the war in the 8th Air Force, as targets became scarce.

[Biggles]

As I think about it this, I now remember that a couple of sure kills have escaped me as a result of my maneuvering to visually check 6 after someone on my side has sent me a bogus check 6. This usually happened as I was close enough to take a relatively easy shot, and was about to do so. Looking back to check 6, I remember seeing nothing but green icons. Looking forward again, the con is gleefully pulling away from me and everyone else. Thanks for that 6-call, buddy.
 

[Vulcan]

Hmm, I think its rare. First, the check-6 call has a habit of sticking to the wrong guy. Second, some people hit it accidentally, 50% of the time they apologise. Third I have had it called when I've been right up a guys 6, the guy calling it was d3-4 away, obviously the close proximity looked like the bandit was on me (ie there was no way the caller was trying to get me out of the way).

I think its the exception - not the rule, besides, some of these newbies who try this will get a nasty suprise if they pull someone off somelike hb, drex, kb, ziggy, and so on. Doesn't take long for an experienced pile-it to turn the tables - and there are plenty in the MA.

My suggestion is if they do pull you off, leave em to be slaughtered.

[jpeg]

This has happened to me a few times (this tour, didn't happen before this tour), the good thing with p51 is I have decent view of my 6'o clock and thus haven't been fooled by this.

But on the matter I am very carefull in giving out 6 calls and don't do it as much as I would like to because I don't want to give a wrong call.

So my question is if there are several friendly ACs in my 12 view whats the best way to give a check 6 to the one i want to? Point the crosshair then do a check 6?

[jarbo]

I'd rather have a few false 6 calls than none.  Also, sometimes you see a friend and enemy at a distance too far to size up who is on who.  Often I pump out a 6 just to make sure the friendly is aware the threat is near.  Again....err on the side of caution.

Jarbo

[GunnerCAF]

I have turned down the volume on my Check 6 call.  There is a slider for this in your sound settings.  This way I don't jump out of my skin when someone gives me a check 6 call.  False 6 calls are less anoying this way.  I also have a bad habbit of doing it to squad mates when they go AFK for a drink for to the bathroom.  Brings them back fast with a wet leg  

I agree with Grimm, SA is your responsibility.  I appreciate check 6 calls when I am flying to the fight and may not be expecting company.  But when I am engaged, in a furball, they are not needed.

Gunner <CAF>