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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: rv6 on June 16, 2005, 06:06:11 AM
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Hi all..
Yesterday, after a long sweat filled afternoon in the MA, I was about to log off and noticed that there were about 40? 50? people in the DA! Wow..
I figured there must've been a whole lot of insultory "gauntlets" thrown down in the MA. The DA (in my mind) has always been this scary, insidious place, where personal "scores" are settled, prides & egos are vented, etc. In 1v1 rage matches.
But NO! Not any more!
There were planes buzzing around a "friendly" field like flies on dung! There was a string of green planes lifting off,, ONE ON TOP OF EACH OTHER! Some were simply blasting away at the one in front of it whil'st taking off! hahaaha!
One vox voice sounded like a 4 year old who'd inhaled helium! LMAO!! He squeeked and sqwauked, and people hosed him down.. Someone said;
"Attention! You must first chk6, then receive a chk6 before showing a hostile intent"
The guy that said it was then gang blasted by about 20 planes converging shot streams!! (FUNNY!)
After the past hours in the MA, this was (is?) GREAT COMIC RELIEF! Like the old MSN/online CFS.
I suppose anyone who wants a private 1v1 grudge match could've gone to any of the other 50 fields to do their bidding.. But this? Simply a RIOT!
I thought that the TA was for this type of stuff? Guess not. (I hate to admit that it was actually somewhat? um? "Fun"? to be a kid again? Like vandals throwing eggs at the neighbors house.. laughing like hell, and running away.
On the other hand, I can see why some of us would get MEGA PO'd at the sight of what I saw yesterday in the DA. Oh well..
RV6
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lol, this is whats so funny about it, u get lil kids vulching, so 10 peeps fly from another field and kill him over and over, till he gets the message. i think actually the da is far better than the da for learning, fun, arguments, its wicked. whatever happens, things in da must never be changed!!!:lol
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Oh yeah, common courtesy should never even enter into the equation.:rolleyes:
DA is degenerating into a poorly run daycare, where the toddlers are holding the reigns. This type of attitude and behaviour enforces it.
I fail to see the humour.
RTR
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RV, what time was it man? I spent like 4 hours in there last night and it looked a little different. Different field maybe?
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Originally posted by dedalos
RV, what time was it man? I spent like 4 hours in there last night and it looked a little different. Different field maybe?
Probably because you were too busy running from fights to see the vuchin!! :)
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I think you should leave the DA alone as well. Hell nothing more fun than trying to up a plane to get shot on the runway. Or getting of the ground to be picked off by several people at once. screw coutesy. Let the DA be another place for people to do what they want at others expense. Moderate the thing and letthe real DA come back. It is missed.
Peace
Pillur
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I wish u could lock out the feilds when doing a duel.
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Originally posted by Grits
Probably because you were too busy running from fights to see the vuchin!! :)
P40 got legs baby!
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A couple of days ago, a LANC rade came in from the enemy field and dropped on the FHs.
Same day, moved to a different field to avoid what RV is talking about. Withing 5 mins, idiot shows up asking us to get togeter and raid the enmy field. No one was at the enemy field :lol
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Originally posted by Grits
Probably because you were too busy running from fights to see the vuchin!! :)
I doubt D would be running from a fight!
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I don't understand the DA anymore. The last few times I went in there, everyone was on the same team! How do you fight like that?
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Originally posted by BTW
I don't understand the DA anymore. The last few times I went in there, everyone was on the same team! How do you fight like that?
We don't, we have tea, have a nice conversation, and practice run tactics
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Originally posted by SkyRock
I doubt D would be running from a fight!
I know, another guy accused Dedalos of doing nothing but running from fights, which I know is not true. I've only seen Dedalos in the middle of a pile of Spits in a P-40 all by himself, so I kid him about being a runner whenever I see him. :)
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Lancs have been disabled for months, as have B17s, B24s
I'll assume the second part of your story is bs too, lol
No MOTD, no moderators in there either, Im sure if HTC had a problem with what goes on in there, they'd take care of it, lol
Bunch of kids havin a good time shootin each other down
at one field in a free for all, so what,,,let em have thier fun
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Originally posted by Cooley
Lancs have been disabled for months, as have B17s, B24s
I'll assume the second part of story is bs too, lol
Check again before you ASSUme. Unless you were that idiot.
edit: they could have been B24s
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Originally posted by Grits
I know, another guy accused Dedalos of doing nothing but running from fights, which I know is not true. I've only seen Dedalos in the middle of a pile of Spits in a P-40 all by himself, so I kid him about being a runner whenever I see him. :)
I know.
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Heh me and my squadmates recently declared 36 a ffa zone. Sometimes we play no vulch but its usually do whatever it takes to get the kill. Anything goes. You guys should visit us sometimes. And remember.....Free for All at 36
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I don't have a problem with kid's having fun, or a field being used as a FFA.
What I have a problem with is it spilling out to other area's of the DA ,where people are trying to set up duels with a set of rules attached.
If you want to FFA, have at it. Just don't interfere with others who are not there to engage in a FFA.
RTR
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yep, I agree
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i dont mind the a1 free for all..i let my buds fly there. pick another base to duel at. most times u will be left alone
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Originally posted by Grits
I know, another guy accused Dedalos of doing nothing but running from fights, which I know is not true. I've only seen Dedalos in the middle of a pile of Spits in a P-40 all by himself, so I kid him about being a runner whenever I see him. :)
He is nothing but a lousy kill stealer! :D
Big D
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Originally posted by TracerX
He is nothing but a lousy kill stealer! :D
Big D
I only steal Sled's kills and then let him die. Not my fault he could not make the bad guy explode :D
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Originally posted by TheThang
Heh me and my squadmates recently declared 36 a ffa zone. Sometimes we play no vulch but its usually do whatever it takes to get the kill. Anything goes. You guys should visit us sometimes. And remember.....Free for All at 36
far as I know nobody has the right to declare anything.
The DA is just that, a dueling areana. Not a FFA.
Its things like this that has turned the DA into a total joke.
If it keeps going the way it is it will also die.
And just FYI... Bombers are NOT disabled in the DA.
Once again WE NEED A MODERATOR OR SOMETHING in the DA!!
HTC are you listening?
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There is an area in the DA thats designated FFA - in fact its written on the map. There's a little pond in the middle of it. Wonder why there is never anyone there?
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Because the DA "rules" (if there are any anymore) are not adequately posted and enforced. No problem with FFA in designated area, but it should be designated and enforced.
I still go to the DA, but am forced to accept that any individual can change the rules to his liking at any time. I do not believe that this is optimal, and hopefully HTC will have some time to devote to this issue soon.
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FFA in the DA is like halfassed MA furballing. And in my opinion a waste of time in the DA. Far be it for me to tell them what to do with their time. I just dont see what anyone can or will learn from being vulched by a 10 year old in the DA screaming eat my watermelon ahole over vox.
Though, if I go to the DA its going to be to work on ACM in a 1v1 or 2v2 manner. Something that is organized and something that will help hone my fighting skills for the MA. The DA for me, like the TA for a new player, is there to learn and or practice. I often go in there with a squadmate, and fly a different plane just to try and learn something new about a certain plane I never fly in the MA. And 9 times out of 10, I will come away knowing something I didnt when I went in.
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I just think its a shame because there is a designated FFA (Fighter town if you wiil) in the DA and few use it. If the FFA in the DA was used more, I think I'd visit the MA less. I've seen many posts in the past asking for a fighter town, and there is one - its in the DA and no one uses it.
This is written after dropping a drop tank and chasing a typhie who would rather commit suicide than be shot down.
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i used to use it but it sucks when you get a check 6 from someone 200 off your 6. or when your about to merge with somone and get picked. when you go to different fields they follow. It isn't really a fighter town, it is a bunch of noobs who belong and the TA but choose DA because they like to see the boom! if teams left from 2 different fields and met in the middle with no alt and no speed advantage then that would be good furballing.
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if teams left from 2 different fields and met in the middle with no alt and no speed advantage then that would be good furballing.
we ran something exactly like this every sunday. alot of great fights were had.
there is talk at furballunderground.com forums that it might start up again.
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I'd go for that. I'm no good but I like furballing and anyone who has done it knows how addictive it is.
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It doesnt matter how good anyone is. That was the great part about our little group we would assemble on sundays and saturdays durring the early afternoons. Everyone was there for one thing... FUN.
With very few rules, and a good group of players who wanted to fight. There was never a shortage of just plain good ol fun.
The only things we asked is that you remain at the designated alt cap, never went above max alt, flew that planes chosen for each match... Those among with a few other very simple, straight forward rules, things went very well.
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Originally posted by Morpheus
That was the great part about our little group we would assemble on sundays and saturdays durring the early afternoons. Everyone was there for one thing... FUN.
Yeah Morph, what happend to it? I took part once, it was blast, then next one never materialized.
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I think you came in on the tail end of it.
We had quite a few of them. I wasnt always able to attend them. My sundays can be very hectic. Sundays is when most of them were held.
It would be fun to do it again though.
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there are people (johnyra's kid) that hold grudges. If anyone shoots him down he starts vulching everyone. Its people like him that need to be delt with.
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another problem, as i see it anyway, is the language. don't get me wrong, i have as foul a mouth as anyone, but i usually don't direct my profanities directly at someone. the other night i hear over vox people not only insulting others, but felt the need to add a more descriptive adjectives. ribbing is one thing, telling someone the are squealing gay.....blah blah blah, continue attack.....blah blah blah, is really annoying, offensive, and imho has no place in a gaming community. (not that i am pc) personally i don't care if 2 people have some kind of history which makes this behavior occur, but it really brings down my gaming fun, so quit it. unfortunate don't have film, which seems to be the only recourse, otherwise guess have to live with it.
i don't really mind the free for all, its just the behavior imho which is completely out of control. im sure many who might fly in the DA would choose not to now, and i have seen people come in, hear this behavior (not directed at them) and then just log out because of it.
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Originally posted by 2bighorn
Yeah Morph, what happend to it? I took part once, it was blast, then next one never materialized.
Perhaps it wasn't quite as much fun as we're being led to believe?
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unfortunate don't have film, which seems to be the only recourse, otherwise guess have to live with it.
If you have a film like that, do not post it here. Email it to Hitech Creations. Posting a film like that does nothing. It helps no one.
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Originally posted by Schaden
Perhaps it wasn't quite as much fun as we're being led to believe?
Being led to beleive? Who's leading anyone?
There was a call for it. Those that wanted to got together on their own accord.
They did it because they wanted to. Not because they were sold on the idea.
The very statement you quoted answers your question.
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Originally posted by pluck
unfortunate don't have film, which seems to be the only recourse, otherwise guess have to live with it.
I think I have that one. My favorite though is the guy that can't fight so instead of trying to learn, he goes in the oposite field, gets a 262, and picks off people dueling.