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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: DoKGonZo on May 23, 2006, 11:59:29 PM
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Some Yak was chasing me over the Western isles tonight around 15K. I got hit by savage phone ack from a client right as I got into range of things. Tried to string things out as long as I could as I kept running North-East (since I spent 15 minutes getting that d-hawg up there already) hoping he'd STFU but no dice. He just had to have a template mod done this instant.
Had to disco from AH so I could fire up Zend.
Dunno who it was but: sorry.
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It was me. It's ok though, I was on the phone too. I was talking to this guy who I had doing a template mod for me. I could tell by the way he acted he just wanted me to STFU so I just kept talking. I doubt I'm going to go to him again:furious
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:lol
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Y'know, I didn't have to apologize.
I am getting very sick of this community.
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Dude, lighten up. He's just having a laugh witcha.
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DG, relax mate, super was born to be a thread jacking uber troll junky.
there is not much wrong with this community, just our expectations of what it should be.
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Originally posted by DoKGonZo
Y'know, I didn't have to apologize.
I am getting very sick of this community.
Cheer up, Sleepy Jean.
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:(
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see what you did tinkerbell? i hope you are happy with yourself.
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I'd like to apologize for the actions and posts of my squadmates. We all know how seriously flight sim games should be taken, and such frivolity only cheapens the experience for all involved.
ps. Lighten up, Francis. Be that serious about work, not your cartoon fight.
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Originally posted by hubsonfire
Be that serious about work
are you deranged?
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"see what you did tinkerbell? i hope you are happy with yourself."
Furball
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You guys should be more like us and make meaningful and helpful post instead of this skullduggery. :aok
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I didn't mean it:cry
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Originally posted by DoKGonZo
Y'know, I didn't have to apologize.
I am getting very sick of this community.
Sorry, Doc, I don't get it.
Tink here cracked a postively clever, good natured joke. (OK, it was out of character... probably the neighbor sneaking onto Dud's computer, but nevermind).
It was cute but irrelelvant. Deep breath and all that, eh?
By the way, it IS class to apologize....having chased a con for a sector to see it disco myself, I know that can be Waaayyy frustrating.
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Originally posted by BBQ_Bob
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"see what you did tinkerbell? i hope you are happy with yourself."
Furball
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You guys should be more like us and make meaningful and helpful post instead of this skullduggery. :aok
yeah lets break out the old kettle...
hmm i believe its black too..
ha ha ha :aok :aok
edit: super.. that was a good post ..... nothing better then to start out a morning with a good laugh..
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Hmm. But where's the *HATE*?
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thing is, the initial joke was not only hugely amusing, but totaly kind and playfull, like any fairy lover would be, but it was also not an attack on anything to do with Doc's life or business.
If the client maybe did detect a hint of impatience, and you knew it, doc, then the joke may have hit a soft spot without intent.
now the thread has all the potential to make a few pages (least i speak too soon, and avert the path with this pointless analysis.)
one of the possitives is everyone was laughing at a good joke, and not one of us was laughing at you. Another one being that your original statement to the unkown yak will now stay bumped for a few days and maybe the pilot will see it. Better that than no body trolled it and we see the best attempt the thread can do of what we might call base jumping down the page.
another pro developement from these words is that superdud has gone to cry from guilt in the magic glade under the dumper bins out the back of a burger bar. he has relapsed into bad fairy groupee, joined with some pixies who do nothing but drink fermented honey and smash the watermelon out of any small rodents they can find on the street. possibly fully he wont make it through a third night in the rain.
so far all good.
the one negative being that you may have been offended by a motive that didnt exist, or just by the continuing impossibility for humans to take anything seriously even for a minute unless they will profit, or be killed.
either way, laugh at it if you can, and then send me a PM about how how i'm an outspoken little bastage who should just shut up and mind my own business. which would be true.
:noid
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Hey Dok,
If you were in the P51, it may have been me. I was running low on go juice so I had to turn back for home. No problems anyway.:aok
Oops, just re-read your post and you mentioned d-hog, so it definately wasn't me. sorry!
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Well lets see how my week had gone so far.
Monday I could barely get work done because since ATT "merged" with SBC I've had more DSL outages than in the six months prior. Every twenty minutes the service would drop. The ATThole in tech supt had some accent I couldn't place, but this person (either a woman ,or a man with his nads locked in a pair of Craftsman Vice-Grips) must be a fan of the TV show "Monk" because every other sentence started with "Here's the thing."
I tried to explain that the problem was on their end because the SSH to my ded-server's IP stayed up 30 seconds after their DNS croaked and wouldn't access URL's. But still they directed me to the people who troubleshoot line problems. Brilliant.
In the mail I got a notice for jury duty. Great. Last time I was on jury duty it ended up an 8-week long murder trial back in Boston. If you have a normal 9-5 jury duty is an inconvenience, when you're self-employed it's a serious financial threat.
Tuesday the "line problem" was somehow gone without any wires ever being touched so I could get work done in more than 20 minute segments. I decide to go for an after-dinner flight and up a D-Hog from one of the few places that isn't getting totally over-run.
Drag it up to 15K and the phone rings. They should never let marketing weasels get their hands on Photoshop and design web site layouts. Their fixation with showing banner ads and how it affects their "design" is something to behold. So I'm trying to explain current trends in web design to this guy.
While this is going on a Yak comes at me. I can only fly with one hand since I'm holding the phone with the other, and you need 2 to work the flaps and throttle, so I can't do much but avoid the HO and extend. And the Yak extends too. And extends. And extends. Out of vis range. Damn, a D-Hog would eat him up if that's how he's using a Yak.
So a minute or so later I check back and there he is at 5K off my 6, OK, I know this game. Phone call's still going on but I push over a little to buy some time. Yammer yammer yammer on the phone trying to reach a compromise which makes the client happy but which also won't result in a horrific mess of a site. The Yak keeps closing, I start diving more so hopefully the Yak sees I'm heading for a friendly base, and the Weasel keeps talking.
Finally we come to an aggreement but the change needs to go in now so he can see it before he goes offline for the night. I take a last look back and the Yak's now 1200 off but there's no choice. Alt-F4.
After the work is done I try to do the right thing and come in here and post an apology. And get crap for it.
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Short version: you're pissed because you're having a bad week.
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i think we need a public apology from the BK official PR officer for the behaviour of my squaddies in this thread.
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Originally posted by hubsonfire
Short version: you're pissed because you're having a bad week.
You weren't reading carefully:
After the work is done I try to do the right thing and come in here and post an apology. And get crap for it.
That's why I'm getting "sick of this community."
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you didnt exactly get crap. it is not like you are getting slated for apologising.
all super did was do a bit of friendly rib tickling, with no malice intended at all.
it is you that has taken it the wrong way and gotten all pissy about it.
i am getting so sick of this community being unable to take a joke. :mad:
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One small group doesn't make a whole community. There really is a huge player base of great people :D
Ren <---sits back, grabs a beer and some popcorn :LOL
The Damned
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Originally posted by Furball
i am getting so sick of this community being unable to take a joke. :mad:
we've taken you for the past 4 or so years, havent we?
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Originally posted by vorticon
we've taken you for the past 4 or so years, havent we?
:rofl :aok
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Like the saying goes: "No good deed goes unpunished."
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Quit playing the victim Dok, your sense of humor will thank you :aok
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What if the YAK WAS the client.... Hey, it could happen.
should we take the blue pill or take the red pill and see how deep the rabbit hole goes??
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Originally posted by vorticon
we've taken you for the past 4 or so years, havent we?
ZIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING!
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Dok, while I can sympathize with your situation (I really can), and applaud your effort to apologize, I also have to laugh at what the Dud did.
All too many threads on this BB are full of vile and venom. It is refreshing to see some humor (and not at the expense of anyone) along with a classy apology.
Heck, I would be just a quick to have made that type of reponse. I do have a warped sense of humor. And it would have caugh me off gaurd to have it taken personally by someone. Especially in light of the classy thing being done.
For what its worth Dok. I think you are being a bit harsh. And this coming from someone who gets accused of being harsh all the time (thought I would say it before someone else did).
Now, maybe having humor tossed in like this is not your cup of tea. That's ok too. Now that I know, I will certainly be more mindful of it. Maybe the Dud will too.
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Originally posted by DoKGonZo
Y'know, I didn't have to apologize.
I am getting very sick of this community.
Dok, we don't see until we see and we don't hear until we hear. By in large I'm with you. Nonetheless, the consequence of getting the know the good eggs still out weighs any attendant vexations.
hap
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SuperDud's remark just didn't come across as a joke to me. Not last night, and not this morning. If that was how it was meant, I accept that.
I felt bad enough about having to disco on someone that I offered an apology.
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I think that is fair Dok.
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Alright, who want's to play badmitten ?
(http://www.chem.tamu.edu/rgroup/schaak/images/badmitten.jpg)
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Originally posted by MOIL
Alright, who want's to play badmitten ?
(http://www.chem.tamu.edu/rgroup/schaak/images/badmitten.jpg)
Is that LTAR training before you are issued an Osti?:D
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Why YES, yes it is :D
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i actually thought duds response was very funny, had me chuckling a while.
Dok u have completely misconstrued the response as a personal attack when in fact it was a good attempt at some light hearted banter.
I applaud your apology to the Yak and i think 99% of the "community" will too.
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So MOIL, are you the Gomer in the red hat or the Hair Club for Men rep? :)
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I GOT IT !!!!!!!! I GOT IT!!!!
red cap :rofl
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We are misplacing the blame here. Its really all the ****ing Marketing Weasles fault, not DoK's or Supa's or the Yaks.
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This thread has officially achieved Comedy Gold status. We can lock it now and use it forever as an exemplar of teh funnay.
-- Todd/Leviathn
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Originally posted by Skuzzy
..............All too many threads on this BB are full of vile and venom....
When did they join the BK's ? :aok
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Originally posted by Slash27
Is that LTAR training before you are issued an Osti?:D
Actually, they cleaned up the photo for public relations reasons.
Hacking around on their training server revealed the original image:
(http://www.gonzoville.com/share/files/1/Files/badmitten.jpg)
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:lol
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Thats the spirit :)
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Obviously I need to tighten security on our server :O
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Originally posted by MOIL
Obviously I need to tighten security on our server :O
And lose the tutus, unless the LTARs are being assimilated into the 479th SpaceMonkey MoonUnit.
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See Rule #7
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"All too many threads on this BB are full of vile and venom...."
Ahhhh The good ole days.
Now we're forced to sift through topics started by lamers revealing thier lame ingame ID's and such. It's like we've been secured in Ward C and given the little paper cup of green jello by the keepers so things stay tranquil.
I miss Whine of the Week and pigpiling players who talked about backward firing Typhoons.
(j/k Skuzzy. Well, kinda.... I honestly wish people could talk about the game and it's development like they used to. Gotta have something to talk about though.)
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Dok,
I know exactly what you are saying. I don't post alot but I,ve been reading everything in here since I started this game. Conclusion.... About 20 guys in here post just to post. It's not that they are being ugly or rude they just POST on everybodys threads no matter what. This world is full of people who love to hear themselves talk and think they are so funny.
On the bright side, after 4 months I've learned how to "skip" certian names when reading threads because they are HIJACKERS. And just because several people do it and think its great doesn't mean its now acceptable. please see rule #2.
Technically I am hijacking your post too- watch them flame me;)
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I use an answering machine to foil the phone ack, a service on the cell for same. Now if only there were an equivalent device or service for the wife-ack, kind of like the pause button on the Tivo or mute button on the TV!
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Edbert it's callled a back massage. give her a 25 minute back rub and then DONT pester her for nookie afterwards. Inform her quietly when she asks why you are doing this that; " i love you, and you deserve it for free every day "
the shock of these actions will force her to let you do anything you like for a few hours. tried and tested.
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Originally posted by Cr0ssEye
Dok,
I know exactly what you are saying. I don't post alot but I,ve been reading everything in here since I started this game. Conclusion.... About 20 guys in here post just to post. It's not that they are being ugly or rude they just POST on everybodys threads no matter what. This world is full of people who love to hear themselves talk and think they are so funny.
On the bright side, after 4 months I've learned how to "skip" certian names when reading threads because they are HIJACKERS. And just because several people do it and think its great doesn't mean its now acceptable. please see rule #2.
Technically I am hijacking your post too- watch them flame me;)
Excuse me while I whip this out! :aok
(http://www.triviatribute.com/images4/cleavonlittle2.jpg)
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Originally posted by BBQ_Bob
Excuse me while I whip this out! :aok
(http://www.triviatribute.com/images4/cleavonlittle2.jpg)
I dont see anything.
Not that Im surprised.:D
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Originally posted by Cr0ssEye
Dok,
I know exactly what you are saying. I don't post alot but I,ve been reading everything in here since I started this game. Conclusion.... About 20 guys in here post just to post. It's not that they are being ugly or rude they just POST on everybodys threads no matter what. This world is full of people who love to hear themselves talk and think they are so funny.
On the bright side, after 4 months I've learned how to "skip" certian names when reading threads because they are HIJACKERS. And just because several people do it and think its great doesn't mean its now acceptable. please see rule #2.
Technically I am hijacking your post too- watch them flame me;)
If you think posting for not so serious reasons if a bit sad, what are you doing yourself reading 'everything in here since [you] started the game'?? :eek:
most of the hijackers only spend 3 mins a day here, and make 10 posts. they usually cant even read.
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Man this thread really escalated quickly. I mean, it really went up a notch!
The only response I'll give to DoK is this:
Why you would feel what I wrote is a personnal attack is beyond me? I really don't know you to well but from the post I've seen(such as when you made all those pics up and put funny comments under them) you seemed to have had a good sense of humor. You seemed pretty POed about the guy nagging you so I thought I'd throw in humor to try to get a laugh from you. Bad call on my part I guess.
I will add that what I wrote is about as far from what you would "normally" get on here. The norm would be for me to call you a cheater or a noob and that you did it on purpose etc etc...:aok
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See Rule #4
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Originally posted by SuperDud
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I will add that what I wrote is about as far from what you would "normally" get on here. The norm would be for me to call you a cheater or a noob and that you did it on purpose etc etc...:aok
That's more or less what I thought you were saying. There was no smiley, only a "furious" emoticon, so that's how I read it. (shrug)
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Originally posted by DoKGonZo
Actually, they cleaned up the photo for public relations reasons.
Hacking around on their training server revealed the original image:
(http://www.gonzoville.com/share/files/1/Files/badmitten.jpg)
freaking classic.. !!!!
lets see the LTAR'z vs Dok..
kinda like the old.. JB88 vs Waffle..
:aok :aok :aok