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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: BaldEagl on December 30, 2006, 10:54:41 AM
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We've done your dweebiest moment and your favorite kill. I thought maybe we could do a what's the strangest thing that's ever happened to you in the game thread.
This can include anything from game glitches to unusual circumstances that will likely never repeat.
Here's mine.
I was up one night and eny was in effect. I was jumping back and forth between a Seafire, Spit V and FM2 depending on where eny was at the time.
I had just been up flying over a Rook base in an FM2 and had been having some luck there so I decided to give it another go, this time in a Spit V. I flew out and promtly got my a** handed to me by Axer.
OK, I thought, that was a fluke. I'm taking a Seafire back. I'll show him!
I fly out and there's a mountain range between our bases. As I approach I spot a NIK at about 7K. OK, I'll go get the NIK first then I'll go get Axer. This is going to be great! I'm chasing the NIK around the mountains, close enough to get a few pings on him but never close enough to bring him down. Suddeny: Ping Ping Ping and my left wing is gone.
My plane rolls over inverted and I know it's going to go down fast. I want every opportunity for the pings I landed on the NIK to become a kill for me and I can see friendly dots approaching so I shut off the engine.
Here's the strange part:
My plane floats gently toward the ground inverted at about the same speed as a chute. As I float there I watch the friendlies come in, engage the enemys, planes are flying all around me until the battle ends and everyone flys off and I'm just floating there upside down taking it all in.
Finally as the ground got close I bailed. Who gets the kill? Axer! Not sure if he was the one who poped my wing or if it was a proxie after the fact but I went and flew somewhere else after that.
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Other than attempting to catch cons that turn out to be dust on the monitor, the other night I thought I saw a GV heading inot one of our bases, dove down, trying to catch it, then thinking maybe good 'cause it was going pretty quick, getting closer and not seeing a con, then I got close enough to realize it was a rouge truck from the convoy, going it a straight line while all the rest of the convoy followed the road. It then merged with the convoy again, and I left, laughing quite a bit.
Then there's the convoys that fly about 20' off the ground, but I think most have seen those by now. I hope.....:confused:
1bob
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i once had my tail shot off in an FM2, and much like you describe, floated down from about 2000 ft above the water. Still had ailerons, flaps and motor working and at about 50ft above the water i gunned the engine with wep and tried to do something with ailerons and flaps, the result being nothing more than an increased or decreased gyration on the inetable plumbet to death. at about 10ft off the ground i shut the engine off, dropped the flaps, and expected to go splat.....but....as i switched the engine off the plane went into a very shallow nose dive and then smoothly flared up, skimming the waves, finally coming to rest gently on the surface with no more damaged taken.
i ditched it. fell 2000ft and survived with only half a plane. lol.
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Was driving in a panzer, and suddenly stopped moving forward. The tank tilted like it does with a track out. The engine sound picked up, faster and faster, until it hit "Alvin and the Chipmunks" pitch...but it kept going higher, into the "my dog is whining and covering his ears" zone. The darn thing wouldnt respond to any controls, so I started a film to send about the strange new bug I'd encountered.
When I viewed the film, I found the reason for the strangeness...my tank's altitude was zipping downward, and its speed was registered at almost 600 mph.
I think I hit a seam in the terrain tiles, and slipped through!
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Any time I get a kill.
Any time someone actually performs a different sort of attack than B&Z.
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Mine was invisable plane of death in a bomber formation just killed guy. I see no dar bar or cons. As i'm reaching my base i hear pings. I looked out couldn't see anyone (had film on) i lost all 3 bombers to pilot that didn't ebven show up on the film. I told him in private wrong person to use that on i film every sortie. He just smiled, to my surprise from Skuzzy it was a bug that no one knew of. and they fix it. Needless to say i had to go apologize to pilot for think he was using some kind of code. ( PS CLOAK came into ah1 and could cloak his gv on demand) took skuzzy 1 minute to remove him from game)
alot think someone is cheat when in fact 99.9% its FE's or server farts. I learned hard way was sure i caught my 2nd cheater. Made myself look bad not the invisable pilot.
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I killed someone and sever said: You have shot down xxxx#0
You have Shot down xxxx#0
Btw i got no kill for that perosn....wat a waste of ammo :mad:
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Originally posted by BaldEagl
I was jumping back and forth between a Seafire, Spit V and FM2 depending on where eny was at the time.
the strangest thing that's happened to you is that you are a lamer???
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Originally posted by volvo744
Other than attempting to catch cons that turn out to be dust on the monitor
I had that during Battle of Britain 2006. Flying on a sortie with 266 squadron, at 23k I spotted about 10 cons 11.00 high. I called them out. They approached but out of Icon range, no one else could see them! I was called drunk and hallucinajenic, but their there on my film of it as well. However as soon as I looked away and looked back, gone! Never did find out what they were! Not dust, and I hadnt sneezed!
Another one that is worth a laugh simply due to the clipboard. Observe :(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/1024_1166214237_ahss1.jpg)
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One time I was this in the text buffer:
System:Hub landed 7 kills in an La7
Oddest thing I have evar seen by far.
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Originally posted by storch
the strangest thing that's happened to you is that you are a lamer???
And this comes from a guy who flys*:
Plane Kills Deaths K/D
Bf 109F-4 3051 2712 1.1246
Bf 109G-2 2036 1853 1.0982
Bf 109K-4 8586 6050 1.4189
Bf 110G-2 11901 14734 0.8077
C.202 718 1057 0.6786
F4U-1C 9220 3226 2.8571
Fw 190D-9 12760 8324 1.5327
Average k/d 1.3597
To one who flys*:
Plane Kills Deaths K/D
F6F-5 13554 15501 0.8743
Spitfire Mk XVI 30371 27954 1.0864
Average k/d 0.9804
And was trying out:
Plane Kills Deaths K/D
FM2 3090 2771 1.1147
SeaFire 12854 14837 0.8663
Spitfire Mk V 4826 6677 0.7227
Average k/d 0.9012
*Includes planes with only 10 or more kills or deaths this camp.
Now that's lame.
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Probably what most are not expecting but...........
Over the last decade plus ... meeting a lot of great folks who share the passion of WWII planes. This 'silly' game has enabled me to make friendships to last a lifetime. Yes, great furballs....great one on one dogfights......well executed missions are an absolute blast, but.... having a beer with great friends I've made such as Max, NB, SB, HT, Skuzz, Pyro, Sudz, Natedog, Rex, Waffle, Edbert, Slapshot and too many more to mention is not only strange to how it all came about, but I believe what matters most. Not to mention friendships made online but never personally met.
Thanks again to all who have made a 'silly' game most enjoyable
and Happy New Year!
Coach
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strangest thing ever...
is talking about my strangest thing on a games forum post
but really i found a NOE la7 and i was in a 190d9 so i dove on him and ended up being HOed....so the reason thats my strangest thing is because it was strange that i really thougt i could get low and slow with a La7 LOL
weazely
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I was in H2H and my P38 started going warp speed, while everyone else was still going game speed, wierdest thing ever. I hear some other people expirienced the same thing in some H2H maps. The machine gun bullets even fired like lazers! No kidding!
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Is it quite common to see silent, phantom bombers flickering in mid-air? Sometimes, especially when I am flying low, I catch a glimpse of silent, phantom bombers flashing past the front of my aircraft. They are translucent and ephemeral, and they vanish almost as quickly as they appear. They look distorted, as if I am seeing them in a fairground mirror. They haunt me. I assume they're a graphic bug or a property of the network - Aces High isn't complicated enough to have ghosts in it, surely?
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Originally posted by volvo744
I got close enough to realize it was a rouge truck from the convoy, going it a straight line while all the rest of the convoy followed the road. It then merged with the convoy again, and I left, laughing quite a bit.
Ah, the ol' rouge truck ... Bringing cosmetics to the enemy base, eh? Um ... something they aren't telling us?
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Must've been a Nit base.
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Originally posted by BaldEagl
And this comes from a guy who flys*:
Plane Kills Deaths K/D
Bf 109F-4 3051 2712 1.1246
Bf 109G-2 2036 1853 1.0982
Bf 109K-4 8586 6050 1.4189
Bf 110G-2 11901 14734 0.8077
C.202 718 1057 0.6786
F4U-1C 9220 3226 2.8571
Fw 190D-9 12760 8324 1.5327
Average k/d 1.3597
To one who flys*:
Plane Kills Deaths K/D
F6F-5 13554 15501 0.8743
Spitfire Mk XVI 30371 27954 1.0864
Average k/d 0.9804
And was trying out:
Plane Kills Deaths K/D
FM2 3090 2771 1.1147
SeaFire 12854 14837 0.8663
Spitfire Mk V 4826 6677 0.7227
Average k/d 0.9012
*Includes planes with only 10 or more kills or deaths this camp.
Now that's lame.
there is no way I have 12,000 plus sorties in a spitfire. I think you have made an error. out of curiosity how many sorties do you have in woobie fires and woobiecanes?
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My Favorite "against all odds tale"
I was heading home after a successful 190-D sortie (back in AH1 when no one flew the 190D)...
I was around 18k and sailing looked good, I was over flying some of my squadmates lower who were concerned about cons up high near my altitude coming down to harrass them.
I found the two mustangs around 20k. I have never been sure if they saw my squaddies. But I know they saw me.
I botched my approach and they were good pilots. It wasn't long before I was missing the wingtips on both wings.. No Ailerons.
I was spiraling down, but I know that the 190 handles ok on rudder. Looking back and passing 10k I see them break off figuring I'm a lawn-dart. But I start a gentle recovery and using rudder returned to the nearest friendly base (about 50 miles flying).
The 190 in AH can land with two half wings (as long as both of the missing halves aren't on the same side of the plane). Fast approach at about 200 mph, gear up... Hold the flair till stall about 1 foot about the runway... I was able to touch down slow enough to survive... And stayed on Concrete landing my kills from earlier in the sortie.
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Originally posted by storch
there is no way I have 12,000 plus sorties in a spitfire. I think you have made an error. out of curiosity how many sorties do you have in woobie fires and woobiecanes?
Those are the overall plane stats for this camp (all pilots).
The first group are the overall rankings of the planes you've either gotten 10 or more kills in or 10 or more deaths in.
The second group are the overall rankings of the planes planes I've either gotten 10 or more kills in or 10 or more deaths in.
The third group are the planes I was using in my story at the top of this post.
My point was that you seem to pick planes from the top of the kills per death rankings I and I seem to pick planes from the middle to lower section of the rankings and you're calling me lame?
Now, enough of that. Back to the stories.
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I saw a house fly.
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I saw a horse fly....
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I hope you don't see an elephant fly
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The weirdest thing for me was in Battle of Britain 2004. I was flying back to France in my Bf 109E, all clear over the Channel. I checked around me several times (and afterwards on film) -- no one was within dot range of me, and no ships were around me. Then, all within about one second, with the sound compressed as if the events were happing in fast motion, I heard lots of pings, my engine oil blew all over my windshield, I received a pilot wound (with red splattering the windshield), and my plane exploded.
It was as if an unseen opponent had put a lot of hits into my plane, but the damage and effects were saved up and played in rapid motion all in one instant.
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Setting on the runway in M16 and noticed two jet engins floating just above the runway.
(http://tampapi.com/engins.jpg)
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I saw a nit other than damage ch or stompers deacking....That ranks up there with a loch ness sighting.
90prf
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Now thats wierd arosaber :huh
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The weirdest thing for me was, one night I was flying b24's and I finished up my run then shot 2 planes down that were following me back to my base. They ended up just killing my outboard 1 and 2 and my right and left alirons. I lined her up on the runway and put my gear down. My drones went stright into the ground. So I decided to put my gear back up and belly land theres no way I could make another pass. I hit the runway and exploded then I was thrown to my lost drones. It put me right on the runway with engines off. I kinda just bounced just a bit and I was fine landed my kills and all. Never happend again. The weird thing was I saw my drones hit the ground and blow up.
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I was in a fully ord P47D40 all shot up after sinking an appraoching cv.
I come in to land at friendly cv missing half my left wing,left gear,oil-fuel leaking & pilot all shot up.
I of coarse botch the landing and roll off the end of the flat-top,stall out and splashed into the sea.I look back and see the cv about to steam over me.
Instead of running me over,the cv hitched to and started to tow me along otw the nme fleet(minus its cv).I turned the cv a bit left so i would be on the blind side of our cv as the nme PT boats started steamin in.
So in tow I started blacking out..Then the prox kills started coming.(this was the old days where each kill would show in text buffer)A whole bunch of pt's kept comin and dieing and the whole ch1 was filled with my prox kills.(i think i got 27 in the span of 5 minutes.)
Everyone on ch1 going "U in a ship gun SirLoin?"..When i said i was still in my P47 it caused quite a stir!.."I saw u go down!..Cheat!!..etc"
The nme cv disappeared but a few PT's remained and sunk our cv with torps.Instead of it towing me down with it,i became a detached and floating P47 fuselage in plain view of several pt boats...Then they finally saw me and i saw them.....get chewed up by escort ship ack.
I think my final total was 30 kills in about 10 minutes...The fallout on Ch1 was priceless.
:t
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ok I think it was on ndisles map or something like that and I was at a port defending against invasion and was in a tiger. I was on our side of the seawall and an lvt was on the opposite side of the seawall and I could not kill him but he killed me. It was an lvt2 firing his machine guns and I was far enough away to fire rounds but nothing and I fired my pintel gun and still nothing but every round he fired hit me. I couldn't believe it and still don't believe it happed to this day and it's been at least a year since it happend.
All the Best...
Jay
awDoc1
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Originally posted by Apeking
Is it quite common to see silent, phantom bombers flickering in mid-air? Sometimes, especially when I am flying low, I catch a glimpse of silent, phantom bombers flashing past the front of my aircraft. They are translucent and ephemeral, and they vanish almost as quickly as they appear. They look distorted, as if I am seeing them in a fairground mirror. They haunt me. I assume they're a graphic bug or a property of the network - Aces High isn't complicated enough to have ghosts in it, surely?
I see those also when close to the ground - they're like shadows running out in front of you .
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Originally posted by Apeking
Is it quite common to see silent, phantom bombers flickering in mid-air? Sometimes, especially when I am flying low, I catch a glimpse of silent, phantom bombers flashing past the front of my aircraft. They are translucent and ephemeral, and they vanish almost as quickly as they appear. They look distorted, as if I am seeing them in a fairground mirror. They haunt me. I assume they're a graphic bug or a property of the network - Aces High isn't complicated enough to have ghosts in it, surely?
I see these all the time as well. Distracting. Also my dog's feet smell like Fritos. But that's another story, for another time.
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Kreacher made a map that we were trying in H2H, just drive down hills in GVs and go super fast. Took an LVT, hit the water at about 200MPH and just kept on going, faster and faster, deeper and deeper. I can't remember how deep or fast I went until I'd had enough. Also had a similar situation the first time but I went straight down.