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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: nopoop on July 21, 2004, 10:18:35 PM
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How many handles do you recognize ???
Use the number 2 pencil provided and make sure you fill the square completely.
Do not open the book until told to do so.
History quiz (http://www.gonzoville.com/DoK/WB/scenarios/kiel/kiel_roster.html)
Twenty three here.
Twenty four, overlooked Kobra
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If yah really wanna play that way....I can scan some old AW score board stuff that I printed out from '90 or '91. :)
(and yah...I recognize more than 20 of them too :))
BTW, we might try to get in touch with Airmigan. He used to have all of the scores from AW starting from tour 5 (in '88 or '89) and going up until about '94. He was a hog for numbers :D.
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I came along 9 1/2 months later. :)
-- Todd/Leviathn
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saw Dale on the LW side... LOL, that shoudl shake up the whole anti-LW conspiracy a bit LMAO!
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30 or so here, lost count (now where did that No.2 go?). ;)
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Can remember most of them , still have the Kiel badge in a drawer somewhere. Kiel was the first scenario in WB.
That list of names probably is a big chunk of the guys that went thru CK beta and into WB
Few of the old names are starting to return - saw Snak in the arena the other night, had been a long time.
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Originally posted by NoBaddy
If yah really wanna play that way....I can scan some old AW score board stuff that I printed out from '90 or '91. :)
(and yah...I recognize more than 20 of them too :))
BTW, we might try to get in touch with Airmigan. He used to have all of the scores from AW starting from tour 5 (in '88 or '89) and going up until about '94. He was a hog for numbers :D.
I might be in there, post it. :D
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I remember most of them, but then again I was there. :)
Aside from my personal near meltdown between frames, it was a great time. We didn't get the B-17's until a couple of weeks before the event, so we practiced formation flying in heavy P-39's. Hehe. I also learned that the stress of command is not for me...
My fondest memory of Kiel follows (note I was the 303rd BG(H) CO) -
Shortly after hitting the IP the call came out that LW fighters were in the area. Our formation tightened as much as we could, and our close escort engaged.
Target in sight. Call "Bomb bay doors open"
Oh hell, not now...
Number 4 is out. Rudder gone, tail gunner dead. Full power to the other three engines but with bombs still on board I have no chance of staying with the formation.
"Jinx, you have the lead" I pass command to my XO.
It's a sad slow parade as the rest of the group passes by me. I count - one - two - etc - up to 15, good, I am the only one hit.
Coming up on target, and I'm heads down as I see the rest of the groups bombs hit. The subpens disappear in a blaze! Good run!
Now lighter, the group pulls away even faster from me. They are running from home with the escorts once again engaging the bad guys.
Bombs away - looks like I managed to put my bombs on target as well. Doors closed.
Crap. Here they come.
Ball turret gunner dead, lots of holes in my bird. The pair of FW's on me turn for the killing pass.
Until one of them explodes.
Kat- to the rescue! A four ship of P-51's form up on me. The remaining FW runs for home.
For the first time since being hit, I think I might make it.
"You're all clear smut" calls Kat-
It's a long flight back to England (half scale maps!) but we hit the coast together. The little friends break for their base.
I am the last allied plane in the air. Molesworth come into sight.
Gear down, flaps - whoops, no flaps ok this is going to be hot.
Somehow I manage to get down safely. My group is cheering me on.
It was a good day to fly.
Edit: UPDATE - yes, Snak (Pig # 3) is back, as are several other "oldtimer" Pigs. Jinx (my XO in Kiel) is also back.
-Smut
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Pretty sure I was flying with Jinx in some of the kiel frames. Great pilot and nice guy.
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Oh wow... Remember quite a few.
Other WICKED good pilots that stick out in my mind...
dkid
coy-
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mjgo
kooc
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Originally posted by NoBaddy
BTW, we might try to get in touch with Airmigan. He used to have all of the scores from AW starting from tour 5 (in '88 or '89) and going up until about '94. He was a hog for numbers :D.
These?
http://www.tamcon.com/awscores/
I was in camps 2-5 then took a looooooong break.
h
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hey, about 2 years ago a guy flew AH under the handle 0tt0
"Zero" tt "zero".
he was an old pro, part of the whole "big week" thing (dont know what it is, but i heard they have a bulletin board or something still). awsome stick, and a great guy.
he joined our squad for a few months as JB74. taught me a lot, then quit the game. said the gameplay got old, and he usualyl came around every few years to fly for maybe a year.
he talked about Dale, Pyro and a bunch of other vets of the flight sim culture he knew, all good comments. Fester seemed to know who he was, at least talking on text (AH didnt have native VOX back then).
he used to have a website, wiht some graphics of ACM's on them too.
i been trying to figure out who it was forever and give a huge <<>> and TY for teaching me all he did. wish he was still flying.
anyone have a clue who it might be? i'd bet 5-1 he's someone on that list posted.
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Whew. I'm relieved to see how this thread worked out. When I first saw the title I wasn't sure what the suggestion was. :lol
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Originally posted by Horn
These?
http://www.tamcon.com/awscores/
I was in camps 2-5 then took a looooooong break.
h
Yah Horn, BH is missing about 2 years from his scores. Air started recording them at camp 5 and stopped when AW started on AOHELL. I just love looking at the old handles from back then..."Richard Crainium" and "Falcon Icehole" were 2 of my favorites :).
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Wow... it's been a while. I'm glad I could remember my password for this account.
I missed that scenario, but I recognize a significant chunk of the names listed.
Oinks!
-Funky
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Originally posted by NoBaddy
Yah Horn, BH is missing about 2 years from his scores. Air started recording them at camp 5 and stopped when AW started on AOHELL. I just love looking at the old handles from back then..."Richard Crainium" and "Falcon Icehole" were 2 of my favorites :).
BH is seeing a lady NB that's why he's missing ;)
Falcon
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I "Date" myself all the time.
Thats how I found out your right hand doesnt get jealous of the left.:aok
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Originally posted by JB73
hey, about 2 years ago a guy flew AH under the handle 0tt0
"Zero" tt "zero".
Assuming your 0tt0 = Otto on bigweek his Pilot of the week profile (http://potw.airwarrior.furballcentral.com/) dates him to 1997. Havnt seen him in BW the last couple months.
Originally posted by Dead Man Flying
I came along 9 1/2 months later. :)
-- Todd/Leviathn
about 11 1/2 months later here.
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LOL
Good to see furball central still around. Im not a big fan of most the people on the boards over there, but still good see them up and running. VMPR ever recover from the lightning that hit his trailor?
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Originally posted by Misfit
LOL
Good to see furball central still around. Im not a big fan of most the people on the boards over there, but still good see them up and running. VMPR ever recover from the lightning that hit his trailor?
Yea, I think he was out for like 2 months, but he was back in time for the last 5 months of AW. He moved to some town in the middle of nowhere near the end of AW, and never could get a connection to the AH server that would last more than a few minutes from the only ISP availible. Havnt heard from him since '02
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Good to know.
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Anyone remember the 500+ mph B17 s IN AW.
How bout the 17s that would zoom in and hover over a base? :D
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Originally posted by Murdr
Assuming your 0tt0 = Otto on bigweek his Pilot of the week profile (http://potw.airwarrior.furballcentral.com/) dates him to 1997. Havnt seen him in BW the last couple months.
about 11 1/2 months later here.
nope, that seems to be the "real" otto. TY for trying though.
i was hoping someone from big week might know who it was.
whoever it was said he used all sorts of handles, and 0tt0 was not his normal name... when pushed about odl names, he would change the subject... did voss have an affinity for LW planes?? LOL
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Originally posted by JB73
nope, that seems to be the "real" otto. TY for trying though.
Lol, if I remember correctly that otto found that his name was alreday taken and he used awotto. The guy that was already here with that name started to really get annoyed when everyone kept asking him if he was the "real" otto.
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yep .. and the guy i am thinking of willingly changed his name to JB74.
wasn't to cared about his "handle"
he flew as JB74 for only tour 28 and 29
as 0tt0 for only 26 27 and part of 28
then he dissapeared.
his "stats" werent great in alot of respects, but 110% of the time he would in on 5 cons on your 6 to help. he'd die so you could get out. the true defination of a wingman/squaddie.
MAN i just remembered how hard it was to fly without VOX, and a single twisty stick LMAO. i dont think i could do it now to save my life LMAO.
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I have a 2 week shelf life.
NUTTZ
OR "Dating yourself" would be the FDB's expertise!
NUTTZ
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Thanks for the old AW stats Horn. Found myself in #86, #87 and and some previous ones. :-)
I am now motivated to unpack the old Amiga 3000 to see what stats I saved from back then.
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I remember AW, as my first week drew to an end the 54SQ finally showed me how to start my engine and take off. Once in the air my second week some prettythangwipe named 'Fidel" would spank me over and over and over and over, I vowed I would hunt him until he cried uncle. When AW finally came to an end I was a seasoned killer, eyeing all the "pelts" I have collected threw the years. Unfortunately "Fidels" pelt was never to be obtained. I'll check e-bay and see if theres one for sale;)
Having outgrown the "nana" stage in RR, I moved onto PAC FR, where a widdle girl in her widdle p-38, would SPANK ME ! Over and over and over and over again. I vowed again I would Hunt down this girl called "Subby" again my wall is peltless.
NUTTZ
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Originally posted by NUTTZ
I remember AW, as my first week drew to an end the 54SQ finally showed me how to start my engine and take off. Once in the air my second week some prettythangwipe named 'Fidel" would spank me over and over and over and over, I vowed I would hunt him until he cried uncle. When AW finally came to an end I was a seasoned killer, eyeing all the "pelts" I have collected threw the years. Unfortunately "Fidels" pelt was never to be obtained. I'll check e-bay and see if theres one for sale;)
Having outgrown the "nana" stage in RR, I moved onto PAC FR, where a widdle girl in her widdle p-38, would SPANK ME ! Over and over and over and over again. I vowed again I would Hunt down this girl called "Subby" again my wall is peltless.
NUTTZ
I have plenty....want one? :D
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>>These?
http://www.tamcon.com/awscores/
I was in camps 2-5 then took a looooooong break.
h
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Man, I found my fist camp!
WW II Fighter Scores as of 13:43EDT 05/26/92
212 284 B 6870 Tweety bird S.LAUGHLIN
Well, my aim improved some...
Fighter Scores as of 13:14EDT 08/14/92
Rank Score Country Ship Handle
39 31636 B 6870 Tweety Bird -=*TH*=- S.LAUGHLIN
Snort :)
I quit for a few years and started again as 1911 on cris.com in 1995 - wish I could find those scores - I forget how I did. It was at the exact time RR (i.e., real time relaxed realism) first started.