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Title: im bored
Post by: Flyboy on February 08, 2005, 11:24:05 AM
i feel "burned out"
what do you do when you find yourself more and more in the tower then in the plane?
when the need to take off is just gone...
Title: im bored
Post by: 68DevilM on February 08, 2005, 11:29:58 AM
mix it up some i guess,

gv,bombers..whatever, or just take a couple days off..and come back refreshed..
Title: Re: im bored
Post by: megadud on February 08, 2005, 11:39:49 AM
Quote
Originally posted by Flyboy
i feel "burned out"
what do you do when you find yourself more and more in the tower then in the plane?
when the need to take off is just gone...


you fight megadud and let him humble you...

err maybe not megadud but other players better then you..there are players better then you flyboy :p

megadud
Title: im bored
Post by: Wolf14 on February 08, 2005, 11:41:26 AM
do the things you used to do a long time ago in game but you dont do any more. So in short....mix it up.
Title: im bored
Post by: SuperDud on February 08, 2005, 11:42:44 AM
Come to the DA/TA and give me some trainin!
Title: Re: im bored
Post by: JB73 on February 08, 2005, 11:50:23 AM
Quote
Originally posted by Flyboy
i feel "burned out"
what do you do when you find yourself more and more in the tower then in the plane?
when the need to take off is just gone...
make a "shades" (i PAY for mine like ALL should)

with the shades, fly anything weird. take up a b5n and try to land 5 kills in it.

take an la7 and chase every pony you see ignoring all other planes.

take a spit V and never climb above 2K AGL, head into a base an attack is comming from, and see how many you can sucker into a twisty fight. funny you will actually help relieve the pressure alot if you kill a few. the range vox goes out "kill that spit" i have watched it from both sides LOL

ignore every stat and land 15 kills in a hurri 1, keep trying until you make it.

on a night you have a LONG time to fly, take a pony up to 22k and kill everything you can instilling a "hard deck" of 19K dont go below unless to refuel, or die.... see how long you can fly. i made it for 3 hours and 27 kills in the same plane, 5 reloads.
Title: im bored
Post by: dedalos on February 08, 2005, 12:00:52 PM
Load up a 202 and fly at 500ft
Title: im bored
Post by: Heretik on February 08, 2005, 12:04:49 PM
Take a break. You'd be amazed what a month or so off will do for you.
Title: Re: im bored
Post by: StarOfAfrica2 on February 08, 2005, 12:15:23 PM
Quote
Originally posted by Flyboy
i feel "burned out"
what do you do when you find yourself more and more in the tower then in the plane?
when the need to take off is just gone...


Best thing for me when I start to get burnt is to go hang out in the training arena.  Just sit and answer questions, show off some maneuvers, whatever.  You'd be surprised how fast the time passes in there answering simple questions, and it helps the new guys alot.  The regular trainers are all good people and do great work, but they cant be there all the time.  After a few days of that, you'd be surprised how much it restores your sense of fun in the game.
Title: im bored
Post by: FiLtH on February 08, 2005, 12:23:26 PM
Form a mission. Get as many guys into it as you can. Dont bother with the base grab, just get alot of fighters and mess up a base, or go on a long range bomb run and see if you can get home.

  Or go outside and split wood. I know sometimes I come on, and I look at the map..look thru the plane list...look out the tower window, seeing flames and hearing the siren...then I go "Blah" and go watch tv or something. It cant be fun all the time.
Title: im bored
Post by: mechanic on February 08, 2005, 01:04:20 PM
its horrible right now.

the cherry picking horde monkey attitude is in full swing.

spend most my time in DA
Title: Re: im bored
Post by: humble on February 08, 2005, 01:25:04 PM
Quote
Originally posted by Flyboy
i feel "burned out"
what do you do when you find yourself more and more in the tower then in the plane?
when the need to take off is just gone...


Fly a Ki-61:aok
Title: Re: im bored
Post by: 2bighorn on February 08, 2005, 01:33:30 PM
Quote
Originally posted by Bored
i feel "burned out"

No chicks in your country? :D
Title: Re: Re: im bored
Post by: dedalos on February 08, 2005, 01:52:16 PM
Quote
Originally posted by humble
Fly a Ki-61:aok



shhhhhhhhh
Title: im bored
Post by: mars01 on February 08, 2005, 01:55:34 PM
Log out and wait for one of fester's maps to come back.:aok :D
Title: im bored
Post by: Howitzer on February 08, 2005, 02:07:16 PM
Quote
Originally posted by Heretik
Take a break. You'd be amazed what a month or so off will do for you.


Heretik is right... I had this problem almost a year ago, and I didn't play but maybe 4 hours in that next month.  I find that I cannot put down the game completely, but this just enhances my fun factor when I make the comeback  :D
Title: im bored
Post by: lasersailor184 on February 08, 2005, 03:00:34 PM
One thing I've been trying for a while is to hit another fighter mid air with a rocket.
Title: Re: Re: im bored
Post by: megadud on February 08, 2005, 03:04:04 PM
Quote
Originally posted by JB73

take a spit V and never climb above 2K AGL, head into a base an attack is comming from, and see how many you can sucker into a twisty fight. funny you will actually help relieve the pressure alot if you kill a few.


that is how i always fight...I think i found my problem JB73 YOUR MY HERO!!!!

megadud
Title: im bored
Post by: 2stony on February 08, 2005, 03:13:09 PM
I try flying planes I don't normally fly, especially the ones that die quicker than most others like the P-40B, Dauntless, Boston, etc. If I can land kills or just survive then it can be fun.

;)
Title: Re: Re: Re: im bored
Post by: JB73 on February 08, 2005, 03:21:41 PM
Quote
Originally posted by megadud
that is how i always fight...I think i found my problem JB73 YOUR MY HERO!!!!

megadud
JB73 never does that. read my whole post LOL
Title: im bored
Post by: mars01 on February 08, 2005, 03:27:00 PM
I find that it is not so much changing planes as much as the types of fights.

I get really bored when maps like Baltic are up and all the fights are a sector flight or more away.  This means climb out and basically hope to meet another guy co alt or be forced to cherry pick whomever you run into.  This is fun for about an hour, but after that I'm ready for something different.

The flip side is stay low and fly under 10+ cons dropping in on you.  Do this for a few hours and I am ready for a change.

Now log in night after night and the above is all you get and I am ready to cancel my account and move on.  But then I get the few good nights where many guys from the squad are online and there are good fights to be had and that gets me through another month.

But no doubt about it this game has it's ups and downs.
Title: Re: Re: im bored
Post by: Flyboy on February 08, 2005, 04:59:40 PM
Quote
Originally posted by JB73
make a "shades" (i PAY for mine like ALL should)

with the shades, fly anything weird. take up a b5n and try to land 5 kills in it.

take an la7 and chase every pony you see ignoring all other planes.

take a spit V and never climb above 2K AGL, head into a base an attack is comming from, and see how many you can sucker into a twisty fight. funny you will actually help relieve the pressure alot if you kill a few. the range vox goes out "kill that spit" i have watched it from both sides LOL

ignore every stat and land 15 kills in a hurri 1, keep trying until you make it.

on a night you have a LONG time to fly, take a pony up to 22k and kill everything you can instilling a "hard deck" of 19K dont go below unless to refuel, or die.... see how long you can fly. i made it for 3 hours and 27 kills in the same plane, 5 reloads.


ive done that allready. and sisnce i have no reputation to worry about ;) nor extra money to spend, i did it on my very own account
Title: Re: im bored
Post by: Redd on February 08, 2005, 05:05:27 PM
Quote
Originally posted by Flyboy
i feel "burned out"
what do you do when you find yourself more and more in the tower then in the plane?
when the need to take off is just gone...



Take  12 months off , play golf . Golf is such a mentally soothing game.
Title: Re: Re: im bored
Post by: Redd on February 08, 2005, 05:07:00 PM
Quote
Originally posted by JB73
make a "shades" (i PAY for mine like ALL should)

with the shades, fly anything weird. take up a b5n and try to land 5 kills in it.

take an la7 and chase every pony you see ignoring all other planes.

take a spit V and never climb above 2K AGL, head into a base an attack is comming from, and see how many you can sucker into a twisty fight. funny you will actually help relieve the pressure alot if you kill a few. the range vox goes out "kill that spit" i have watched it from both sides LOL

ignore every stat and land 15 kills in a hurri 1, keep trying until you make it.




Why do you need a "shades" account to do all that ?


Although I can imagine the need for a shades account to do this  ;)



Quote
Originally posted by JB73
on a night you have a LONG time to fly, take a pony up to 22k and kill everything you can instilling a "hard deck" of 19K dont go below unless to refuel, or die.... see how long you can fly. i made it for 3 hours and 27 kills in the same plane, 5 reloads


Title: Re: Re: Re: im bored
Post by: JB73 on February 08, 2005, 05:11:54 PM
Quote
Originally posted by Flyboy
ive done that allready. and sisnce i have no reputation to worry about ;) nor extra money to spend, i did it on my very own account
has NOTHING to do with reputation, more with respect to squad.

Quote
Originally posted by Redd
Why do you need a "shades" account to do all that ?
i am in by choice a squad that flies only LW planes, and i enjoy it very much.

every now and then there are no squad members on, and i feel in the mood for something "different".

believe me it has kept me from quitting the game out fo frustration or boredom a bunch of times. my shades almost never talks on vox, never fights my squad, is not in a squad, it's just for "goofing off" and i do it 1 or 2 times a month.
Title: im bored
Post by: Urchin on February 08, 2005, 05:11:58 PM
Well... I quit.  

That option might not be best for you though.
Title: Re: Re: im bored
Post by: RedTop on February 08, 2005, 05:13:18 PM
Quote
Originally posted by Redd
Take  12 months off , play golf . Golf is such a mentally soothing game.


EXACTLY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have more personal things than being bored with the game...But my RELIEF is golf. Believe it or not.

Redd is right whether he knows it or not:lol
Title: Re: Re: im bored
Post by: JB73 on February 08, 2005, 05:14:59 PM
Quote
Originally posted by Redd
Take  12 months off , play golf . Golf is such a mentally soothing game.
i completely disagree with this statement.

the M%$^#&%#$ ball wont go in the M$%%$^#$#$ hole the little piece of S%^%$ ball!

the little bastage likes woods, and shade alot little son of a B$&$%! he takes baths too!

i HATE that M#$#$^%$@@^ ball!!!!!11
Title: im bored
Post by: mars01 on February 08, 2005, 05:16:10 PM
LOL,

I find golf to be very close to AH.  400 crappy shots then one great shot that keeps you holding on.
Title: Re: Re: Re: im bored
Post by: Redd on February 08, 2005, 05:16:59 PM
Quote
Originally posted by RedTop
EXACTLY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have more personal things than being bored with the game...But my RELIEF is golf. Believe it or not.

Redd is right whether he knows it or not:lol



Yes but you are good at it, that's the difference  ;)


I always wanted to get to single figures , but now I'm there,  I wish I hadn't been in such a hurry ;)
Title: im bored
Post by: Waffle on February 08, 2005, 05:34:47 PM
Theres an object editor out now - go build a toolshed to bomb....


By the time you've attempted to do it - you'll have pulled your hair out - and will look forward to flying ASAP :)
Title: im bored
Post by: RedTop on February 08, 2005, 05:36:42 PM
I know what ya mean Redd.

But now that I am  there as you , I find that I relax more. I enjoy it more.

After being off from golf for a few years , I find that now that I am playing more and more , that I have lost my Temper that I had. I am relaxed. I don't get mad. I laugh more than I used to. I enojy everything around me more. The feel of that shot hit just right means more than it used to. Everything ion golf has become BETTER since I have started coming back to the game.

I really did miss it more than I thought I did. I'm glad to be back.

AND...I find that some of my bad habits have gone away.

I'm now , after being back all of 5 months now and alot of playing , and practicing , my HCP is now 4. As of last weekend anyway.:aok
Title: Re: Re: Re: Re: im bored
Post by: Sp4de on February 08, 2005, 05:42:42 PM
Quote
Originally posted by JB73
JB73 never does that. read my whole post LOL


JB73 also talks to himself in 3rd person :rolleyes:

The spade doesnt like this. it does what it is told. it makes the spade a sandwhich!:D :eek: :p
Title: im bored
Post by: Glasses on February 08, 2005, 05:43:55 PM
I find a dirty magazine and some hand lotion to help in such situations.

It all makes the world better :D
Title: Re: Re: Re: im bored
Post by: JB88 on February 08, 2005, 06:54:58 PM
Quote
Originally posted by JB73
i completely disagree with this statement.

the M%$^#&%#$ ball wont go in the M$%%$^#$#$ hole the little piece of S%^%$ ball!

the little bastage likes woods, and shade alot little son of a B$&$%! he takes baths too!

i HATE that M#$#$^%$@@^ ball!!!!!11


cant wait to hit the links with you 73.



:)
Title: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: im bored
Post by: JB88 on February 08, 2005, 06:56:06 PM
Quote
Originally posted by Sp4de
JB73 also talks to himself in 3rd person :rolleyes:

The spade doesnt like this. it does what it is told. it makes the spade a sandwhich!:D :eek: :p


:rofl
Title: im bored
Post by: streetstang on February 08, 2005, 07:01:35 PM
Take some time off. Simple as that. If your in the tower is because you just dont have "get up and go" to do anything in the game.

If you really wanted to you'd fly something different/wierd/not used often... But you dont... Because you would have... And this thread would have never been.

The absolute best thing to do when you feel like that is to just log off for a week, two weeks, month two months... Whatever... When you come back the game will seem alot more "freash". Things' that botherd you before, you will laugh at upon your return. You'll care less about the things' you cared more about before. Basicly you'll just have more fun.

Sitting around trying to find something to do, something different, will just add to your frustrations.
Title: Re: Re: Re: Re: im bored
Post by: RedTop on February 08, 2005, 07:01:45 PM
Quote
Originally posted by JB88
cant wait to hit the links with you 73.



:)


It's an expierance you wont soon forget.:D
Title: im bored
Post by: sax on February 08, 2005, 07:14:16 PM
Log on for shorter periods. I go thru the same blahs every year--usually Jan-Feb but there is nothing to take it's place.
Try upping from bases that are being vultched--gets old after a bit but entertaining for awhile.

Hunt LA7 dweebs--theres a few of em that are interesting
Title: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: im bored
Post by: JB73 on February 08, 2005, 08:29:40 PM
Quote
Originally posted by RedTop
It's an expierance you wont soon forget.:D
like that 18th hole huh? hehehhee

MAN if i could have back that 1 shot!!!!!! LOL
Title: im bored
Post by: RedTop on February 08, 2005, 08:33:26 PM
That 18th hole was well played by you...even if that 1 shot wasnt so good. I was impressed.

Or that LONG par 5? 3? can you say 3?  :lol

I really did enjoy that day of golf...even if I was so frikin tired I couldnt see straight. You guys were a great group to play with.
We playing this year right?

Word of advice tho.......When we play this year? I wont be quite so tired and only back playing about a month or so.

You and 42 BRING CASHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: im bored
Post by: JB73 on February 08, 2005, 09:04:45 PM
LOL


he!! yeah we'll play, but NONE of this BS 7AM tee off bulls$%&*

9 or nothing, have to recover from gunns mead, or whatever evil concotion he decides to bring

did i tell you i went down to the lobby bathroom to puke my guts out friday night / saturday morning about 3 AM? LOL didn't want to wake 42 and 11, as i am a loud puker

you know i am still amazed we managed to drink the bar our of miller AND micholobe light those 2 days LMFAO
Title: im bored
Post by: lasersailor184 on February 08, 2005, 09:10:14 PM
Golf?  Soothing?  You gotta be ****ing kidding me.
Title: im bored
Post by: Redd on February 08, 2005, 09:32:15 PM
Quote
Originally posted by lasersailor184
Golf?  Soothing?  You gotta be ****ing kidding me.



yes I was
Title: im bored
Post by: PropNut on February 08, 2005, 09:41:17 PM
Getting bored is a luxury .    I never get enough time to even get bored with AH.   Find more real life excitement ..a little goes a long way.  take a few weeks or months off (you'll be amazed how it clears your head if all the trivial stuff.).  And the most important thing ...when you shut the game down and you find you still want more...... you have done it just right :)
Title: im bored
Post by: TexMurphy on February 09, 2005, 02:07:02 AM
Beeing boored with ones favorite game(s) is usually a reflection of real life.

I only get boored with my favorite game(s) when Im boored with RL. When RL is booring one really aint in the mood for having fun so one plays the game to have some fun but when the mood set is boored then there is no escaping boordom in game.

Always make sure to unboore RL before attempting to unboore game.

Games are always fun if one has had a good day and is in a good mood.

Tex
Title: im bored
Post by: megadud on February 09, 2005, 03:42:35 AM
Quote
Originally posted by streetstang
Take some time off. Simple as that. If your in the tower is because you just dont have "get up and go" to do anything in the game.

If you really wanted to you'd fly something different/wierd/not used often... But you dont... Because you would have... And this thread would have never been.

The absolute best thing to do when you feel like that is to just log off for a week, two weeks, month two months... Whatever... When you come back the game will seem alot more "freash". Things' that botherd you before, you will laugh at upon your return. You'll care less about the things' you cared more about before. Basicly you'll just have more fun.

Sitting around trying to find something to do, something different, will just add to your frustrations.


morph are you a shrink? hypnotist? Guru?

megadud
Title: Re: im bored
Post by: beet1e on February 23, 2005, 09:43:08 AM
Quote
Originally posted by Flyboy
i feel "burned out"
what do you do when you find yourself more and more in the tower then in the plane?
when the need to take off is just gone...
Let's talk it over tomorrow at the Eurocon! See you there.
Title: im bored
Post by: GuyNoir on February 23, 2005, 09:58:31 AM
I just bought this: http://store.intelspy.com/susomirareco.html

It's only 25 bucks and it's a barrel of crazy.  In fact, I just got done flying it around the field outside.  :)
Title: im bored
Post by: Meatwad on February 23, 2005, 10:18:27 AM
Wow that looks really neat, how much flight do you get from it before batteries get too low?
Title: im bored
Post by: BUG_EAF322 on February 23, 2005, 10:44:53 AM
I like to fly a me 262 low on the deck at times.


(not like canaris at 15K)
Title: im bored
Post by: Happy1 on February 23, 2005, 10:56:54 AM
To get rid of boredom, in High School I dated cheerleaders, same at the university, when I graduated, I went out with strippers &
young actresses wannabees, for a chg of pace I also dated ballet
dancers.  That should get rid of your boredom replaced by total happiness.   Try it .... you'll love it & even forget about AH.
:)

Happy1   :D  <..... hence the name
Title: im bored
Post by: DREDIOCK on February 23, 2005, 05:12:14 PM
Do the GV thing. or hang outin the O club.

Few days there and your usually about ready to kill somebody LOL

If that doesnt work. Hang out with the wife.

Works about the same as hanging in the O club just a bit more surefire.
Title: im bored
Post by: GuyNoir on February 23, 2005, 07:49:10 PM
Quote
Originally posted by Meatwad
Wow that looks really neat, how much flight do you get from it before batteries get too low?


I'd say about 10 to 15 minutes, but it only takes 3-5 to charge up.  Now that I've flown it more, I love it.  It's only a 2-channel so it practically keeps itself in the air, and it's so small that you don't need a huge space to fly around in.
Title: im bored
Post by: FuBaR on February 23, 2005, 11:33:13 PM
What about getting a girl friend?.....depending on how that works tell me if she has a sister.:D
Title: im bored
Post by: BUG_EAF322 on February 23, 2005, 11:36:44 PM
Got a girlfriend and two kids this is my escape .
:D
Title: im bored
Post by: FuBaR on February 23, 2005, 11:37:21 PM
:rofl