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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Ack-Ack on March 25, 2004, 03:39:51 AM
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What is the policy on this? Is it OK to steal someone's BBS handle and then use it in the game as a call sign to impersonate another player?
I wonder because loitering over a Rookie field, I shot down this bf109 and to my surprise I see on the system message that I just shot down AckAck.
Those that have known me since I first started flying online combat sims, have known me by the handle Ack-Ack and call sign AKAK. From AW to WB to AH, I've been Ack-Ack/AKAK and now some twit comes along and steals my handle for his call sign. That's just really, really lame.
ack-ack
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Perhaps that's always been their call sign also.
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Originally posted by Ack-Ack
I wonder because loitering over a Rookie field, I shot down this bf109 and to my surprise I see on the system message that I just shot down AckAck.
Was it a shot to the foot? :lol That's just really, really lame.
Lame - so you DID shoot yourself in the foot!
:rofl (http://www.zen33071.zen.co.uk/jester.gif)
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Too bad none of the wit the British are known for was passed along to you. Otherwise, you'd be funny once in awhile.
ack-ack
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unless he was in a P38 at 35 K + then we will know it's not you :)
wipass
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thought this post was from the impersonator.. Typed about a paragraph of smack, re-evaluated the post and realized it was infact the real AKAK heh. Well it is pretty lame. Maybe we can vote him away or something, worked for night, why not handle stealing b1tches.
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Ack Ack is a pretty common term in the AirForce. Maybe this guy picked it up there.
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So the guy subscribes never ever played the game before, all excited about his first online Air combat game, picks a real cool callsign, then procedes to get villified on the BBS over his choice of call sign... Welcome to Aceshigh newb, this is how we treat new members of the community lol....
Wouldn't it be easier to just private message him and ask him to change his callsign rather than the conspiracy theory route...
I haven't seen a list during signup that showed existing used callsigns, its just a blank field that gives little directions on what you should type in the blank for a callsign...
IKON
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Then again, how do we know that the post here from Ack-Ack isn't someone pretending to be the real UBB Ack-Ack, complaining about a Main Arena Ack-Ack imposter?
DmdMax
Kidding aside, if it was plagarism, it's lame. Copyright the name and demand royalties :D
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Look at the stats. The guy's obviously a noob. This is his first tour, he's got 3.5 hours logged.
Those damn 2-weekers and their name-stealing conspiracies.
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Sounds like the same issue i had a month or so back, someone made W I dThing ( The "I" instead of the "L" ) and started pissin in the Main, was rather funny when i found out it was my own squaddy :rolleyes:
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...I picked mine at random ...heard some hip-hop and chose ADogg Little did i know there were many Dogg's in this hood.
ADoggs, Adogg21st, Deaddog, etc... but I'm glad I didn't pick my usual handle Nphorcer - there's already an EN4CER - I can't tell you how irritating it is getting shot down by that poser :D
Basically You are You and You know it. Unless the sign up system gets rid of similar call signs somehow that's just the way things gotta be.
Ack-Ack we know who you are and don't worry we'll still trash you with the same love and affection as always despite your irksome twin.
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I would think that if you are well known, those that know you
know the difference between AKAK and ACKACK, ACK_ACK,AK-AK
AK-47, and will not be confused or misled that this person is you.
those that don't know you, well who gives a *#%@ anyhow, its
not like there going to the bank to cash your checks.
In order to play the game you have to pick an ID. You don't see
all the other ID's until you play the game and everybody is not
online all the time so you might not realize that someone has a
similar ID for some time. I am sure many people pick a ID accidently that is similar (but not exact). I know I did when I started in Air Warrior years ago. I have seen so many variations
of the ID I chose I cannot count, but since I only have the exact
ID reserved and realize that many people are going to imagine
themselves up the same name, I quit worrying about it. When I
finally added my squad identifyer to the front of my ID recently,
I can know that nobody will mistake me for one of my counter-parts.
SKGunslngr
(Formerly Gunslngr, Gunslinger in AW.)
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Pull to the curb and let`s see some ID.
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Here's my big chance......
Ack Ack (the newb), meet me in the DA man!!! I'm gunna film it too! hehehe:D
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If he's a noob id suggest talking to him 1st about it and try to come to an agreement .
I had that same problem years ago when i went by just Rosco (there was just to many other Rosco's running around ) so i finally invented Roscoroo which ended up to be totally original . its Darn hard to get and make an original name for oneself .
AS long as its note someone trying to discredit you as in adding zero's or other similar type letters to the original name its not really offensive
But as in real life there hundreds of people that have the same name.
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I kept getting accused of being an imposter when I started a second account using FL0SSY (the O is a zero). Since joining The SkyKnights I've changed it to SKFlossy, which is a little less obvious on the roster, but still clearly me. :D
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Yeah some ahole has been impersonating me too. Worse even, it's affecting my stats. Man is he lousy.
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This is a funny thread. You need to suck it up AKAK. It would be like me complaining about the 4 or so variations of my name in the game.
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Originality: 3 (heard it before)
Tone: 8 (shrill)
Form: 10 (beating up on the noobs)
overall: 7
Not bad, with some more practice you can be a l33t whiner in no time, you have the natural ability.
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I can't believe I just wasted 1 minute of my life reading this thread.
Skuzzy, time to add a superfluous filter to this UBB.
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I’m not crazy about HUNHUNTER :eek: :D
Honestly AKAK no one would confuse the two of you:
ackack=noob
AKAK=hax0r
:aok
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Sorry AKAK,
I can't really agree with you there.
There are only so many 'cool' names that can be grabbed by someone for their call sign.
I've had to put up with "0uch" (zero) in WB and Ouch91st and a couple of others in WWIIOL.
As long as the person is not CLAIMING to be you, then its just the luck of the draw. Bad on you for choosing such a cool sounding name that other people may want just as badly. :)
In AW (where chaning names was relatively easy, and IIRC it was not controlled by Kesmai??), the dueling for a name thing kinda made sense. Here, if you really want to protect all possible spellings of your name, you gotta cough up the extra bucks for the accounts.
(Though, I *THINK* that once a name has been used, it's locked forever. So you COULD start a bunch of 2 week accounts with all variations, and until HTC cleans up the database, they would be locked.)
Anyway, give the guy a chance. Since his score is so lousy anyway, he obviously isn't someone from around here doing it just to piss you off. You can ask him to change it, but if he doesn't want too, that's his business.
Ouch out
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Is he answering your fan mail?
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If someone uses my name, you can bet it's just a cheap knock-off.
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luckily not only is my name completly original in that ive never met another person with even the semblence of vorticon (though i did meet a cmdrkeen once...that proved a bit odd...) but im completly non-famous so people arn't attracted to the name that way
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Luckily I picked a goofy name that nobody wants nor have few heard of apparently.....all hail Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.
"Don't Panic!"
Zaphod
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Originally posted by banana
I can't believe I just wasted 1 minute of my life reading this thread.
Skuzzy, time to add a superfluous filter to this UBB.
banana! The title is "Impersonating a player"! (LOL) I came in to laugh at Ack-Ack/AkAk (and I consider him a friend). :D
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I just finished killing specs and along comes this p38. I remember thinking, this smells like AKAK. He's way up there and he turns this p38 pretty good, but then he did a dumb bellybutton vertical move and I shot him.
"You shot down ACKACK" I didn't realize until just now it was not the real AKAK.
I feel ... empty.
This guy should not be allowed to ply the p38. Its just wrong.
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Doh - looks like I've upset AKAK.
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when i signed up i tried my aw handle bock but it was not available. so i went with the next best thing: bockk
never have seen a score for bock since in got in two years ago, perhaps i should ask htc to change me to bock...hmm
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Originally posted by Roscoroo
If he's a noob id suggest talking to him 1st about it and try to come to an agreement .
I tried talking to him but I think the two times I shot him down pretty much ended all negotiations.
ack-ack
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Originally posted by Ouch
As long as the person is not CLAIMING to be you...
That's the whole rub, he is.
ack-ack
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nice visual, ack-ack on ackack action :eek:
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AckAck (newb), to the DA buddy!!!I'll talk smack,...smack! Hey, while were at it, bring one of them Steve variants,(not the real one) with ya!! I gunna get ya, and film it too!!
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Well atleast you didnt go with Slash, there's like 3-4 of us.
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Imitation is the highest form of flattery and all that. Personally I thought the best one was when your aw id was AKAK! and some dude was flying around for a year as !KAKA. Just be glad its not a squad name. That was damn annoying and distracting when Murder Inc. macros kept flying around in the text buffer.
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I remember that guy but never found out who he was. I do remember him trying to hunt me down once and once that failed he pretty much left me alone.
ack-ack
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I know the feeling. I logged on one night and there was a player named "GoFast".
In Air Warrior I used the handle Pancake, then I found out over on Combat.Sim that there was a guy using "Pancake" to do the jet sims (EF2000 I think, and Su-27 Flanker, too). So when I came to AH I came up with something I thought would be unique.
I've thought about changing to "GFShill" or something like that but my squaddies convinced me that the guys that use "--Shill" in their name end up getting called "Shill check 6!" and everybody stalls trying to clear their baffles. :p
edit: Looks like "GoFast" is no longer in the game, or at least not under that handle. GoFast existed for the month of December, 2003, and has ceased to exist since.
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Ha! oh yeah,what a lameo, shows no class not comin over to the BB's and checkin all the names to make sure
Dont supose he was a noob thinkin he got a good name that's
NOT taken do ya? Get over yourself o' great one
lol, I wish i coulda seen your ranting whines to him on private.
Im sure he got a good laugh, especialy if you accused him of impersonating ya :rofl
Whine Spectator rating 2.3
I remember this German guy name Coolie, flew with the Krauts in WB,,,he's was awesome in the 109, I'd often get private message compliments regarding my 109 skills, I always responded with a smile and thank you ( always wanted to be a good 109 pilot):D
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Whats the problem AKAK? I've been impersonating a player since I started playing flightsims :)
Dan/Slack
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Time to open a second account!!!:D
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I may not remember this correctly, but AKAK, didn't the AK's give you a hard time about your handle? And didn't you tell them to step off. Wouldn't this be the same type of situation?
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Yes you've been imitated. Probably Chinese in origin.
Now AKAK kills are better than half price! :)
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Originally posted by Rolex
If someone uses my name, you can bet it's just a cheap knock-off.
That's classic.
"Pssst. Hey, buddy, wanna buy a Rolax?"
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Originally posted by JB66
I may not remember this correctly, but AKAK, didn't the AK's give you a hard time about your handle? And didn't you tell them to step off. Wouldn't this be the same type of situation?
One of the members did when he thought I was trying to impersonate someone in the AK's. Once it was explained to him that my name has nothing even remotely to do with their squad, all protests ended.
ack-ack
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I remember in a differente game someone there was this real idiot..was tking like (game was jedi knight III: jedi academy) he would change his name to impersonate different players and shout rude and inapproriate comments to make other players who were just playing look bad..including me.
That is a very rare instance, though ack I would just guess ack ack is not intentional impersonation.
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Funny that this thread should come up. I always thought my handle would be safe until last week when i saw "Aloser."
Didnt really think of it as some sort of identity theft though.
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Killed a guy named "DEEJ" yesterday...
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Originally posted by Adogg
- there's already an EN4CER - I can't tell you how irritating it is getting shot down by that poser :D
Basically You are You and You know it. Unless the sign up system gets rid of similar call signs somehow that's just the way things gotta be.
Sorry Old Chap - I was N4CER in Air Warrior and no one seemed to get my call sign in AH so I switched to EN4CER. I still get called ENHANCER at least once or twice a month. I can Enforce a no fly zone over HQ - don't know about Enhancing one - hehe. My apologies for being an irratating poser but I certainly do enjoy shooting down mincers like you. :D Just Teasing!
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I started flying AW RRE in 1996 as RHIN0 <---- last letter zero. Because RHIN0 had already been taken. Never did I ever see the other guy. Im sure he had quit long before I started playing. I did see lots of other spellings rino is a memorable one. But there was never any serious confusion. I stopped playing after AW went away and found AH about a year and a half ago. I use the same call sign now as i did then. From time to time someone will ask me something i know nothing about thinking im the other guy. But it has never bothered or caused me grief.
Ack-Ack you can rest assured that if I meet you in the sky I know you from the newb after the first pass. I doubt it will be a problem for you.
RHIN0
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The all new ACES HIGH Gone Wild!!! With new HOT AKAK on ACKACK action!!!
rated M for mature
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hmm - There was a waffle1 for awhile.....
Haven't seen many other breakfast foods though..
where's Bacon, Toast, Eggs, Jelly, Jam, Links, Pancake,
Bagel,.....
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funny thing is Waffle is I remember most of them pilots you just named from long ago ( er handles, call signs, game ids, cpids...did i cover it all?)
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That little maggot Dlamb stole my name when I was on a break too, I don't think its anything to get pissed about though. :D
I actually think its funny. He'll keep a name about as long as he'll stay in a squad.
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Great, now I can't get Tim Burton's Martians out of my head!
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Wait till it gets as bad as the Maddog variants, then complain.
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Originally posted by Zaphod
Luckily I picked a goofy name that nobody wants nor have few heard of apparently.....all hail Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.
"Don't Panic!"
Zaphod
Better get that second head looked at.
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That's a book I really enjoyed hehe. :)
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Ya know, in AW we used to duel to settle disputes :)
Loser Changes Handle and all that stuff.
Ahhh the good ol days
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Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeel boy! :rofl
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What the hell does ack ack mean anyway?
btw, akak, you better be flyin the typh right now, boy
:D
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Originally posted by Rolex
If someone uses my name, you can bet it's just a cheap knock-off.
Pun intended? :D
TW9, I just finished reading that thread, :rolleyes:, and then read this one right afterwards. Found it rather amusing.
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No Estes imposters yet. But who would want to be me? :)
I have seen some Soda(insert various numbers here) though. That was awhile back.
Agree with sunking, most abused name is maddog.
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So the complaint as I understand it is that a person chose a common military aviation handle that is the same as your bbs handle but different then your game handle. And you want HT to fix this in some way for you......
was ack-ack not available in the game when you started? Why have a diffenent handle. how do you expect this guy to know you like to reserve two handles for yourself.
I think the only fair way to do this is to force you to change your board handle..
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Umm this thread is from like March...
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I remember when I became old enough to realize my name was Mike, and there were other people out there who said their name was Mike and, even worse, claiming to be Mike, I immediately filed a lawsuit against the hospital, the city, the county, and the state where I was born.....
I didn't get any money, though. Is that fair?
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I never realised AKAK and ack-ack were at all related.
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Become a JB and never worry about people confusing you with someone else.
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Originally posted by Rolex
If someone uses my name, you can bet it's just a cheap knock-off.
im sure i shot down 'timex' and 'casio' and few times last tour :D
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1KON said it best. Why do we (as people) always asume the worst of others? This could very well have been, and probably was, an innocent event with no attempt at identity theft involved. Lighten up!
Muttman
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Thats a good one JB82. I thought about mentioning you guys in this thread. I get confused about youse people all the time.
Muttman
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AKAK I had a guy join AH a few months back as H0ND0 with zeros as the O's. Ofcourse in my instance his name looked identical to mine. I just privated him and politely asked him to change it. He was man enough to do so. He still plays the game and is a really good asset to AH.
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Become a JB and never worry about people confusing you with someone else.
LOL!
But you would not say that if someone had the call sign of JB-82-. :D
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Originally posted by JB82
Become a JB and never worry about people confusing you with someone else.
Actually that is even worse, I dont know one from the other of you at all.
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Just get a new release and upgrade in waffles sound pack and we get 2 pages of drivel on this topic wheeeew:rolleyes: :rolleyes:
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Yeah some ahole has been impersonating me too. Worse even, it's affecting my stats. Man is he lousy.
LOL, Now that is funny!
:)
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Originally posted by JB82
Become a JB and never worry about people confusing you with someone else.
No Thanks - I don't want to be assimilated :)
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Originally posted by EN4CER
Sorry Old Chap - I was N4CER in Air Warrior and no one seemed to get my call sign in AH so I switched to EN4CER. I still get called ENHANCER at least once or twice a month. I can Enforce a no fly zone over HQ - don't know about Enhancing one - hehe. My apologies for being an irratating poser but I certainly do enjoy shooting down mincers like you. :D Just Teasing!
BOY it sure took you a long time to come up with a response.
Either that or you were doing a search for your name because you wanted to see if anyone out there reallllly was talking about ya. No one cares.
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Originally posted by StreetStang
BOY it sure took you a long time to come up with a response.
Forgive me for not being able to live in the forums like some of you lifers. Now if you'll excuse me its time to go fight some crime -unfortunately sometimes it fights back. :)
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Lotsa Iron's in these sims. Why doncha put ya an AK in front like I did? Oh wait....
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To me the answer seems obvious… just pay for thirty to forty accounts and secure all of the gameIDs that are similar to the one that you want to use.
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Originally posted by Pongo
was ack-ack not available in the game when you started? Why have a diffenent handle. how do you expect this guy to know you like to reserve two handles for yourself.
The spelling of my name is a hold over from the days of AW when you could only have 5 characters for your in-game CPID. Obviously Ack-Ack wouldn't fit so it was shortened down to AKAK and that has remained my in-game call sign through out the 10+ years I've played online flight sims and Ack-Ack became my handle.
And why rehash this dead thread? The idiot that did this had changed his name after he got his bellybutton hunted down in the MA so it's no longer an issue. Let this thread die.
ack-ack
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Originally posted by Ack-Ack
Let this thread die.
ack-ack
Agreed. This was really a dumb thread RIP
Acetnt
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o.k. that got a chuckle.
Originally posted by Ack-Ack
I tried talking to him but I think the two times I shot him down pretty much ended all negotiations.
ack-ack
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wait.... you mean there's two of them?
;)
Originally posted by Zanth
Actually that is even worse, I dont know one from the other of you at all.