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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: DREDIOCK on July 04, 2006, 11:40:39 AM
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Anyone else notice. Personal things going on outside of the game effecting their flying?
I dont mean time playing the game but how well they fly.
Last month or so has been kinda rough on me in my personal life and I have noticed I am having WAY more bad days flying then good in that time.
I am finding fights I normally win I am loosing And fights I normally would at least fly well enough in to be competitive I am getting thrashed like a newb
I am finding I have moments I do well. or do well in short spurts but am having problems being consistant.
I am attributing alot of this to things that are weighing heavy on my mind outside of the game.
Anyone else find the same things happen to them?
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its probably not that your doing bad...most likely your in a bad mood and not paying as much attention to the game as you normally would. i use this game sometimes to take out agression. when i get kilt, i do stupid things like go back to the fight with planes like spit 1 or p40b ect...then there's always the pink spit. i would be pissed if i got shot down by one. you could also try drinkin while you play. works for me. if your not a happy drunk i dont suggest this though. replacing computer smashed computer parts gets pricey.
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are you getting frustrated quicker? i find i get frustrated with myself if i make mistakes much quicker if i am in a bad mood, then it is very much a downward spiral from there.
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I don't think its much connected to my outside life, but I definitely do have on days and off days... I would figure everyone does.
I did notice that since I started my squad, my performance personally has improved a lot.. .I think it is because I feel as the leader I need to set an especially good example to my guys. Since I recruit newbs almost exclusively and train them up, I spend a lot of time dueling with them and really thinking about who is doing what. That translates well into the main arena.
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Dred,
It's hard to imagine that you have bad days, but I guess we all do. Personal life can affect my flying but not as much as dumb mistakes. Couple that with Vox200 trash talking and the let the steaming begin.
We've had our share of VOX200 "duels" and I know it's all in fun, I hope anyway lol. Whatever is going on on your personal life hopefully will take care of itself and I hope it gets better for you. We all sincerily hope to see you back in top form in your 109-F4. You do some amazing stuff in that plane and I strive to fly it like you do.
On another note, I see your from NJ, which is where I grew up too.
Jackson NJ, Exit 7A on the Turnpike lol.
See you in the skies, hope things get in order soon.
Wayne "JB22"
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I blame the Frog.
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I don't know.... I have good days and bad days flying but when I have a bad day in real life (Usually relating to some idiotic thing the wife has done) I go get some wine put the headphones on and just lose myself in the game, let her worry about dinner and the kids for the night. I simply put all concentration on the game and don't think about anything external. I don't know if I fly any better or worse at these times but it is usually relaxing to fly and not think about real life.....
This is also how I quit a 2 year smoking habit in 2 weeks just fly continuously all day and keep some of those real nasty tasting saw dust filled cheap things by the comp.. When you do laps back into reality and think you want a smoke Light one of those up, manage to choke it down and you won't want another for a while. Then go back to flying. Eventually the urge to light one up just went away..... Although one of those big fat swisher sweet kings sounds good from time to time, Haven't broke down yet though. :) Haven't smoked anything since starting AH what 2.5 to 3 years ago :)
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For me it comes down to the amount of focus i have while i'm playing. If i'm totally emerged in the game, calling con's out on vox, keeping my SA up, and watching not just the con i'm fighting, but the 3 above and behind him, i usually have a good session.
If i'm even semi distracted, by the phone, two-way on nextel, dog jumping around, friends creating drama for no reason, i find that i'll lose most fights. I'll get suckered into a postion that puts me at the mercy of the enemy, not the other way around. At that time i just log, until i'm in a better mood.
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I do have bad gamedays due to real life difficulties. If I am in a bad mood, its pointless to try AH................unless that first engagement is a good one (very, very rare).
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Definatly.
Flying is very mentaly demanding. You need to keep track of alot of things and you need to be patient. If your angry, tired and/or frustrated you have a harder time focusing and hence your more distracted and can keep track of less things at the same time. Hence you fly worse.
Basicly you fly best when your mentaly well rested and alert.
Tex
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Yes, RL does influence my gameplay a great deal.
On good days time flies literally... mostly im having "good days" skill wise as well.
Bad days I get frustrated with MA pretty fast usually. Then Im either off to the TA, taking it out on poor, unsuspecting noobs or i find a poor soul that goes to DA with me.
On real bad days its either fooling around with good friends (having sent a warning first) in the DA (or maybe MA). Thanks and >>S<<, you know who you are :). Or i simply dont bother logging on.
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That is what is so funnay about these guys that strive to be the best of all pilots etc etc lolh blah blah blah guys.
This game is a lot like Football (American as if there were any other LOLHROTFF) in the sense that no matter how good one team is over another, On any Given Sunday anything can happen.
Most fights are much the same way. Both Football and AtoA combat are attibutable to so many different factors, that no matter how good you are, situations will arise that are totally out of your control which will cost you the fight.
The one thing you want to be able to rule out is you as the pilot, so you at least have that going for you. And this all comes down to concentration, as flayed mentioned above. No doubt about it, when I have worked all day and had a late evening practice run, then try to log on with my hip pockets draggin my concentration is going to be affected, reaction time etc, etc, etc. Sometimes you can throw the switch and your a killin Lev Bot and other times your a drone for all the fodder in the MA.
I find when I am having trouble tracking more than 3 or 4 cons I'm running out of steam and its time to go bomb crap mindlessly or log.
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(http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/C2FB0FC2-670B-4CFD-B6C9-F22402F35E6C/0/personal_problems_695x984.jpg)
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Nice, is that authentic circa 1940s, I see the RAF fine print on the bottom.
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Don't fly mad.
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Originally posted by mars01
Nice, is that authentic circa 1940s, I see the RAF fine print on the bottom.
How many authentic circa 1940's posters feature jet airliners on them with satellite type views of weather?
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Originally posted by Golfer
How many authentic circa 1940's posters feature jet airliners on them with satellite type views of weather?
:lol exactly what i was thinking, plus the modern RAF helmet :)
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Very bad SA today mars.. don't fly.. :D
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Originally posted by mars01
Nice, is that authentic circa 1940s, I see the RAF fine print on the bottom.
Its current. There's one in my Squadron building and a quick search of the MOD site found the appropriate one.
Linky (http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/AboutDefence/Organisation/AgenciesOrganisations/DASC/DascSafetyPostersCatalogues17.htm)
Gatso
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Originally posted by gatso
(http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/C2FB0FC2-670B-4CFD-B6C9-F22402F35E6C/0/personal_problems_695x984.jpg)
yea but whats "The BAT Signal" doing ??? see upper left
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:noid
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Originally posted by moneyguy
its probably not that your doing bad...most likely your in a bad mood and not paying as much attention to the game as you normally would. i use this game sometimes to take out agression. when i get kilt, i do stupid things like go back to the fight with planes like spit 1 or p40b ect...then there's always the pink spit. i would be pissed if i got shot down by one. you could also try drinkin while you play. works for me. if your not a happy drunk i dont suggest this though. replacing computer smashed computer parts gets pricey.
Actually when Im in a bad mood. Or I should say pissed off I often fly better and take it out on people in the MA.
Kinda weird too is I often fly real well when Im in a real good mood too. One extreme to another
But Im noticing that when things are weighing on my mind Im not flying nearly as well And I cant seem to do anything right on a consistant basis.
Normally I like to play as it takes my mind off of things that may be bothering me. And if something is. I get to take it out on someone else
I go through hot and cold streaks like most other people. but this seems to be beyond that.
Just weird
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Originally posted by moneyguy
its probably not that your doing bad...most likely your in a bad mood and not paying as much attention to the game as you normally would. i use this game sometimes to take out agression. when i get kilt, i do stupid things like go back to the fight with planes like spit 1 or p40b ect...then there's always the pink spit. i would be pissed if i got shot down by one. you could also try drinkin while you play. works for me. if your not a happy drunk i dont suggest this though. replacing computer smashed computer parts gets pricey.
LOL I hate spits. but evryone here knows that already.
Naaa I dont drink when I play. Other then maybe a glass of wine or a beer.
Most of my intake is coffee.
I rarely ever get drunk anyway Cept on rare occasion.
clouds the judgement and I dont like the feeling of sobering up LOL
Im not a nasty drunk unless I drink Scotch, At which point I'd probably pick a fight with a group of pissed off Green Berets.
Fortunately for everyone I dont drink scotch
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Originally posted by DREDIOCK
LOL I hate spits. but evryone here knows that already.
<--Puts the swedish bikini team to waxing my spit :D
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Originally posted by JB22
Dred,
It's hard to imagine that you have bad days, but I guess we all do. Personal life can affect my flying but not as much as dumb mistakes. Couple that with Vox200 trash talking and the let the steaming begin.
We've had our share of VOX200 "duels" and I know it's all in fun, I hope anyway lol. Whatever is going on on your personal life hopefully will take care of itself and I hope it gets better for you. We all sincerily hope to see you back in top form in your 109-F4. You do some amazing stuff in that plane and I strive to fly it like you do.
On another note, I see your from NJ, which is where I grew up too.
Jackson NJ, Exit 7A on the Turnpike lol.
See you in the skies, hope things get in order soon.
Wayne "JB22"
I most certainly do have bad days.
You killed me last night didnt you? ;)
V200 chatter doesnt bother me. Never has since my days in AW.
There was one guy there who just knew how to get my goat.
After gettig in trouble with the MODs after a loss of temper I learned not to let that stuff bother me.
Dont take me too seriously when I rant. Some may be just heat of the moment. But mostly its just to bust chops
Just ask your "master" LMAO
TY for the fine compliment. I do try. Actually alot of what I learned of how to fly the 109F I learned by fighting against 42.
But my overall strategy is pretty simple.
When at a disadvantage
Try to use my opponents strength against him
Figure out where it is they want to go and then try to get my nose pointed in that direction first
Another fellow Joiseyan.
Im in South Brunswick. Exit 8-a on the Turnpike and about 20 min in.
But it takes 20 min to get just about anywhere in So Brunswick.
Unless your going local. There is no "easy" way to get there from here LOL
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When I'm angry in real life, usually about a bad day at work I fight more vigorously, I really, really want to kill watermelon and get more aggressive, the killer instinct comes out, although I also die alot more in the process.
When I'm sad or depressed, usually because of family probs, I fly worse because I just don't care that much and am not putting forth my usual effort, flying only to distract myself from some issue that has me bummed out.
When I'm happy or in a good mood I fight in a smooth analytical way, putting forth the effort to keep my SA up, fighting aggressively but situationally, that's my normal mode and usually the most fun for me.
Zazen
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Originally posted by Speed55
At that time i just log, until i'm in a better mood.
unless things are going really really really bad I always try to end the night on a positive note.
Even if its just getting one kill on a GV.
If I dont I find I feel frustrated and thinking about the last few fights along with everything elsetill I fall asleeep