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Title: an old Ghosth and 2 new AH Trainers have arrived
Post by: TequilaChaser on January 21, 2007, 11:09:12 PM: like to welcome back Ghosth to the AH Training Staff and announce that Mace & Rolex have also joined the AH Training Staff to boot.........

we are gearing up for the new year.............and the new things to come
Title: an old Ghosth and 2 new AH Trainers have arrived
Post by: Kermit de frog on January 22, 2007, 02:05:12 AM: Congrats to the two new Trainers!

Now get to work!
Title: an old Ghosth and 2 new AH Trainers have arrived
Post by: fuzeman on January 22, 2007, 07:53:41 AM: and congratulations Mace and Rolex. Welcome back Ghosth.

Let us know who you eject first.
Title: an old Ghosth and 2 new AH Trainers have arrived
Post by: Major Biggles on January 22, 2007, 09:37:37 AM: cool! congrats guys

~~i will have to stop by the TA more often :)~~
Title: an old Ghosth and 2 new AH Trainers have arrived
Post by: Dichotomy on January 22, 2007, 11:39:19 AM: congrats guys :aok
Title: an old Ghosth and 2 new AH Trainers have arrived
Post by: SlapShot on January 22, 2007, 01:16:05 PM: WTG on the new trainers :aok

Welcome back Ghosth !!!
Title: an old Ghosth and 2 new AH Trainers have arrived
Post by: GooseAW on January 22, 2007, 01:51:03 PM: Welcome back Ghosth!

WTG Mace and Rolex!

Just gettin back ingame myself! May have to stop in and spend some time with ya!
Title: an old Ghosth and 2 new AH Trainers have arrived
Post by: Optiker on January 22, 2007, 02:28:00 PM: Welcome to the training corps guys. Congrats!
Title: an old Ghosth and 2 new AH Trainers have arrived
Post by: moneyguy on January 22, 2007, 05:05:28 PM: wtg mace and rolex, welcome back gosth
Title: Re: an old Ghosth and 2 new AH Trainers have arrived
Post by: Oldman731 on January 22, 2007, 08:31:02 PM: Quote
Originally posted by TequilaChaser
like to welcome back Ghosth to the AH Training Staff

Thank you, Ghosth. I'll try to stop by to let you teach me some of your many tricks. What are your office hours?

- oldman
Title: an old Ghosth and 2 new AH Trainers have arrived
Post by: Ghosth on January 23, 2007, 06:34:46 AM: Oldman, I'm most likely to be found in the TA mid morning or afternoon during the week. Weekends are usually spent with family as much as possible, as is Prime time 5 - 9 weeknights. However in the past you could often find me back in the TA around 9:30 - 11:00.

Also I must add the disclaimer that I am not and never have been what you would consider an advanced ACM trainer. But by all means stop by oldman, maybe we can get in a couple of good val battles :)
Title: an old Ghosth and 2 new AH Trainers have arrived
Post by: Max on January 23, 2007, 07:46:13 AM: Ghosth you be carefull out there amongst them teenagers :rofl
Title: an old Ghosth and 2 new AH Trainers have arrived
Post by: Ghosth on January 24, 2007, 08:34:37 PM: I'll try to avoid em sir, but if that doesn't work I have some of silats teenager repellent handy. :)

Paid too much for it but what the heck.

If all else fails a bit of Lawrence Welk over the vox channel will chase em off.
Title: an old Ghosth and 2 new AH Trainers have arrived
Post by: TW9 on January 24, 2007, 08:46:46 PM: < would like to join training staff
Title: an old Ghosth and 2 new AH Trainers have arrived
Post by: Gianlupo on January 25, 2007, 06:36:55 AM: Welcome back, Ghosth! And welcome to Mace and Rolex, it's nice to have two like you as trainers! :aok
Title: an old Ghosth and 2 new AH Trainers have arrived
Post by: Ghosth on January 25, 2007, 07:22:19 AM: TW9 in all respect sir, many are called but few are chosen.

Its kind of a catch 22 thing. People who WANT to be a trainer seldom make good ones. Once your old & wise enough to no longer want it, they grab you and don't let you go.
Title: an old Ghosth and 2 new AH Trainers have arrived
Post by: Simaril on January 25, 2007, 08:08:17 AM: to a great bunch of guys...can't say enough about the good you guys do! Must have undending reserves of patience and dedication for that job.

Congrats to Ghosth, Rolex, and Mace!

Now, how do you start the engine?
Thought the new guys ought to get used to hearing it...
Title: an old Ghosth and 2 new AH Trainers have arrived
Post by: Major Biggles on January 25, 2007, 08:12:53 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Ghosth
TW9 in all respect sir, many are called but few are chosen.

Its kind of a catch 22 thing. People who WANT to be a trainer seldom make good ones. Once your old & wise enough to no longer want it, they grab you and don't let you go.

:lol

about sums it up :)

teedub, it isn't so much the excellent fighter pilots that the trainer corps wants, but the experienced, patient and wise type. you need to be very calm and patient helping out in kindergarten :D

BUT, that doesn't stop you from doing something along the lines of what i do in there (stopping by the TA often to help out and train reasonable pilots in advanced ACM)

unfortunately for them, the trainers usually get stuck answering questions on how to program sticks and basic key commands :lol. if you'd like to help in the TA, do so! pop in and give peeps a hand, perhaps some duelling tips, etc.
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Post by: TW9 on January 25, 2007, 11:34:01 AM: Hehe its cool.. though i train IRL too :) and lead aswell..
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Post by: Mace2004 on January 25, 2007, 12:00:58 PM: Thanks guys, appreciate all the nice comments. I've been doing this about a week now and it's as others have mentioned, there are lots of folks needing help with everything from a barrel-roll defense to how to switch weapons. All the new "studs" have been great to work with although I'm sure that I'll run against someone with an attitude sooner or later.

I was working with a nice, hardworking fellow last night who had been flying for 18months and we couldn't figure out why he kept taking the roll out of his rolling scissors. Turned out he had never mapped his "up" view so couldn't see the guy he was fighting. A small thing but I can't imagine how frustrating this must have been for him so being able to help him figure this out was great as has been my expereience with everyone else I've helped.

If there's something you guys can help with it's to direct new or frustrated players to the trainer's page to look over some of the info there if only to get a picture of what a maneuver is supposed to look like.

Thanks again for the words.

Mace
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Post by: Dux on January 29, 2007, 04:01:13 PM: Welcome back, Ghost... and to the new trainers, welcome also! :)
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Post by: Rolex on January 29, 2007, 05:05:19 PM: Thanks all and ditto what Mace said. It's satisfying to help new people find their bearings in this big, old AH world or add a little riff to a players's repertoire that they can use later when the opportunity presents itself.

It also renews your appreciation of how much work and thought has gone into making this game.
Title: an old Ghosth and 2 new AH Trainers have arrived
Post by: RTR on January 29, 2007, 09:25:49 PM: hehe..Mace and Rolex....my condolences sirs! (J/K):D A great addition to the Training Cadre I think.

Ghosth! Welcome back sir! Good to see you back in the saddle:)

cheers,
RTR