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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: FiLtH on August 18, 2005, 07:54:55 AM
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A new guy started playing tonight. He used to play AW, and decided to try AH. First night out of the box, just got him setup to go, about the 3rd flight, he apparantly flew into a fight that another player was in, and exited. The other player was very upset, and started in on my bud. My bud was like "WTF? Who is that guy?" Just remember that new guys have no clue to ediquette in here, most old guys dont for that matter. But dont go chasing them out the door on their first night, because your panties got all run up yer butt.
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Was this in the MA? He flew into a fight and exited? What do you mean exactly?
But I have to agree.... Instead of shouting and yelling at someone, try explaining what you feel was wrong. Most likely the indivdual dosent realize he did something against the norm.
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Wait a minute, someone got mad because some other friendly flew into thier fight? You mean your allowed to get PO'd when someone does this? Well watermelon ferr and call me Rufus!
Seeing as how my gunnery ain't all that great I will usually try and get the bad guy into the best guns solution prior to shooting. I can't tell you how many times I get him right where I want him and another Bish comes screaming in and kills my now low and slow bad guy before I get the chance. Dead bad guy is a good thing is it not? Well, that's the way I look at it. If you were awarded assists without firing a shot I'd have thousands. I know my squadies just love flying with me as they get lots of kills at my expense.
My advice regarding bringing new players into the game is:
1. Tune them off of 200. Explain that it's the Romper Room channel and they can tune to it later if they like once they've gotten integrated into the game community. (I do not nor ever will tune to 200)
2. Explain that there are a lot of great players in this game but there are those who are, well, buttheads! You take them for what they are and realise that they are best left ignored.
3. Show them the .squelch command. That way if someone does get under their skin they can just .squelch them.
Gotta agree with Filth there, lighten up for crisesake! It is, just game, you know. Killstealing, killshooter, HOs and colliders, they are all just part of the game we love.
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Originally posted by Clifra Jones
I know my squadies just love flying with me as they get lots of kills at my expense.
I always knew Vegas was a cherry picker :D
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:rofl :rofl
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Originally posted by Alpo
I always knew Vegas was a cherry picker :D
Thats "kill stealin' cherry picker" to you there fella!
But hey, we all do it. Don't deny it 'cause you know it true.
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Nomde says since I joined the squad the absolut best way to get kills is to just follow me around. I can find, set em up and chase em around, but I'll be derned if I can bring home the bacon. So Nomde just shoots over my shoulder and lands 5 or 6 kills.
If your freind flies Rooks just tell him to look for me. Everyone gets kills around me.............:D
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The very first thing my bud asks me after it happened..."How do I turn off range?" :P
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LOL...as another OLD AWer that just started here, tell yer bud this is nothing he shouldn't have seen dozens of times in AW :)
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Thinking back in AW I dont remember alot of guys who acted that way. Yes there was only half the total number of players in the game, but very few stand out. Even some of the guys in here now, that seem to have gotten a little more brazen, werent like that back then.
I think a few things contribute to it in here. AW seemed like an older crowd for one. Probably more young ones have a pc and interent than back then. In here the headon shots allow easier cherry jobs, and those not only PO the enemy who dies, but the friendly who was about to get a 6 shot. And the way friendly fire works in here. If I recall, the friendly fire was applied to the the guy you shot.If you killed a friend twice within so many hours you were PNG. And unable to fly armed planes. Theres something about shooting a guy and yourself dying that seems more like its the guy who got in the ways fault. As opposed to if you shoot and he dies, the shooter feels like he screwed up.
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I think Filth another thing might be we were younger ourselves during AW so it seemed a lot milder. I know I was a teen when I started AW and can see a lot of simularities in what the teens of AH do and say. It's just now that I'm older it's not as funny and I find it more immature.
I do agree that a lot of younger kids have internet now which contributes also to the problem.
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Yikes you may be onto something there...&*^% Im old!
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i agree filth S!
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i agree filth S!
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I AM BUCK NEKKID!
culero :)
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And of course some never grow up. lol
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Originally posted by SuperDud
I think Filth another thing might be we were younger ourselves during AW so it seemed a lot milder. I know I was a teen when I started AW and can see a lot of simularities in what the teens of AH do and say. It's just now that I'm older it's not as funny and I find it more immature.
I do agree that a lot of younger kids have internet now which contributes also to the problem.
Yep. I was 14 when I started AW3 back in August '98 (man, WISH I'd kept flying all these years :D ) and was pretty much your whiney score-potato, running, woulda-been-hoing-if-could brat. Don't have many memories of the period that I can be especially proud of, whether they be of my flying style or my actions.
But, like you said, SuperDud, now I'm older and it's not as funny and I do find it more immature. I figured out that generally if you're a nice fellow and don't rant and rave all the time and try to be encouraging or at the very least only swear to yourself at home, you won't have to be ashamed later on. Not an angel, by any means, but certainly older and calmer :)
The problem is, there are a number of full grown adults who should know better than me who haven't learned these things yet. Those are the sort of people who Filth's friend met - I can almost guarantee it.
Squeaky 14 yo voice swearing at you over game = :rolleyes:
Mature, 30+ yo voice swearing at you over game = :confused:
Tell him not to give up Filth, maybe direct him to these threads and this board. This game has too many great people playing to be cast off for the actions of a few.
S!
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Originally posted by FiLtH
he apparantly flew into a fight that another player was in, and exited. The other player was very upset,
In AW FR it was "ettiquette" to ask (your country man)before breaking into an ongoing fight........... was pretty standard. I barely ever see this in AH.
In AH your friend could have been chastised for..........
Interrupting combat (flew into)
Not helping his country man (exiting)
It seems to often come down to who (and how) one player wants to blame another for what ever the final outcome was.
Shaky is right too...........
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How DO you turn off range?!? It's annoying as heck most of the time.
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You can turn off all vox, but not separate channels. If you want to use only text, go to setup/pref/voice, uncheck range beep, tunable beep, set playback volume to 0, and effects volume to 100. No vox whatsoever.
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Originally posted by hubsonfire
You can turn off all vox, but not separate channels. If you want to use only text, go to setup/pref/voice, uncheck range beep, tunable beep, set playback volume to 0, and effects volume to 100. No vox whatsoever.
Then launch an MP3 player, I'd rather listen to Slipknot / 40 Below Summer angrly scream sh** than pay attention to the prepubecient yammering dork drama.
Quintessential Player works, no performance hit for moi...
http://quinnware.com/
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I am cool.
Regards,
Malta
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One topic you all magically missed on this discussion... well, maybe not, the booze is starting to take hold...
But I digress
Before you fly off the handle and lay a bunch of attitude on someone - Keep in mind that they probably came in from above you and you were somewhere down in their dash board. They probably didn't even realize you were there and weren't intentionally stealing your shot.
I can't tell you how many times I've come in on a kill and then seen tracers passing me, looked back and it was a GREEN plane that I had jumped in on... I break an apologize...
But, I'm not always going to know I did it. And just as many times I've seen wings coming down into my cockpit.. I'm sure that guy never realized I was on this bogey.
In the end try to remember - Its about fun you stoopid pud! Fun never involves chewing people out. Just get the kills you can and thank the accidental kill stealers for the 'assist' and then calmly explain that you'd rather they ask if you need help before they shot your bogey.
I have actually used that line and it works "Gee PilotX, thanks for the assist, but I had it well under control, I'd really prefer if you ask me before you do that next time."
I get one of two responses... "Oh dude, I didn't know you were there! Sorry!"
OR
"Eat #$%^@ you #$@!smoking loser"
Either way, I'm having fun and they know they jumped in.