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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: xtyger on September 06, 2007, 01:14:32 PM
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Anybody ever get shot down where it really burned you up? I don't mean really mad, just totally humiliated. I've been with AH for almost three years now, I think, and there was one humiliating defeat that I'll probably always remember.
This happened last year I think and was one of the first times I bumped into Allison. She'd shot me down something like eight times in a row just a few days earlier:
I log on and the map looks quiet. I decide to up at what looks like a quiet field and make a raid on an enemy field. I up and start climbing, not bothering to look around much since the radar shows everything all clear. I'm cruising along for a minute or two and then, BAM, BAM, BAM...."Allison Shot You Down".
She caught me completely unawares. "Ok", says I, "I'll see if I can't get even". I up in a p51b and head back to where she got me. As I bailed I noticed she also had another bad guy with her.
I go back and find them. I shoot down her wingman fairly quickly, surprising myself, then mix it up with Allison for a while. Finally I manage to get her, but just barely. Still, a kill's a kill, and I'm stoked, after she whooped me eight times in a row earlier on. I got revenge. Now, to add insult to injury, I want to land those two kills and really humiliate her.
I put the pedal to the metal knowing Allison will likely be back up to extract her revenge. I don't want to push my luck with her so I even go to WEP for a short while heading back to my base.
It's not too long after that a Spit shows up a ways back on my six. I'm thinking to myself it must be Allison but she switched planes for some reason. She was in a Nikki before, I think.
But the plane just seems to follow me at about 5.5k. Didn't seem like she was trying too hard to catch me.
Finally, my airfield comes in view. I know I've made it. Even if she hurries up and tries to catch me landing I can just drag her through the ack. I've got it made!
Suddenly the Spit turns around and heads back the other direction. I'm thinking she must not have wanted to take chances with the ack and feel I've pretty much made it.
I make my approach and land. Just as I get ready to roll to a stop I look to my left in the direction the Spit had headed and realize I've been had: "Allison, you *****!", I'm thinking to myself.
About 1500 meters out, right on the deck, is a Nikki heading straight for me. No way I could stop and end the flight. No way I could get in the air again. I was stuck.
All I can hope for is luck enough for the ack to get her. Nope. "Allison Shot You Down" comes as I'm thinking that. All I could do at that point was IM her saying, "That was SO RUDE!".
I fell for one of the oldest tricks in the book. She distracted me with her wingman in the Spit while she snuck along underneath me where I couldn't see her.
She got me good. I was totally humiliated with her turning the tables on me.
Well done, Allison.
Anyone else have any humiliations they'd like to share?
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Yeah, just the other day I wrote in the "how good are you?" thread that I felt comfortable enough to say that I don't completely embarrass myself against the good sticks in this game. A few minutes later, I log into the DA, find Dedalos, and am shot down within a whole 3 seconds after the first merge :D
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I chuckled loud enough for my cubicle neighbor to ask what was so funny.
Thanx :aok
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Originally posted by Vudak
Yeah, just the other day I wrote in the "how good are you?" thread that I felt comfortable enough to say that I don't completely embarrass myself against the good sticks in this game. A few minutes later, I log into the DA, find Dedalos, and am shot down within a whole 3 seconds after the first merge :D
Don't confuse luck with skill V. You know how it goes at the merge. You try to guess where the other guy is going. You guess right and you are 733t. :rofl
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In aceshigh 1 the rookie batfink all pumped up on the whole fighter game thing and feeling pretty good in a spitfire, decided to accept a challenge from a vet and headed to DA. we met and flew past each other, myself in a spitfire and my opponent flying a p47 D40, and i turn back to chase the enemy.
"want to turn and merge then?" i ask on channel 1
"nope im ready now lets go" says the vet.
"but im already on your tail" i say with a grin of inevitable victory
"thats ok, just come attack me" comes the reply.
batfink attacks from 6 oclock, vet drags half round a turn then rolls back and cuts the power. batfink flies right past and turns hard as realises whats happening, all too late....... 8X 50cals spray out for a second and batfink dies.
SYSTEM: ManeTMP has shot you down.
batfink learns ACM.
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Originally posted by B@tfinkV
batfink learns ACM.
When????? :p
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learnt it earlier on, learning it right now, and learning more in the future no doubt :)
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After 5 years i just started playing again in June 07. I found a good squad to fly with and quickly found its not like riding a bike. Anyway, we were trying to take a base for about 2 hours without success. We had lots of help but just could not get a goon or M3 in. I musta ran 15 m3's in either supplying or troopin it not to mention countless osti failures. Finally Just as time was running out I somehow make it farther than anyone else had in with my m3.
I get on squad and tell them I'm close. I get on range and tell them I'm real close and gonna make it. Range and squad all start yelling "drop the troops there and get off the field!! I tell them NO I'm almost to edge of town.....Then I'm in Town! I"m ALMOST TO THE MAP ROOM!!!!!!!!! Everyones yelling LET THEM OUT!!
I open the doors and go to my gun and push the button and start looking around. Not one bad guy within 2.5k I start pushing the button some more just to make sure and say on Range They're going to make it!!!
I Look around some more and here comes a bad guy. Then I look for my troops to see how close to the map room they were and........I DOn't see any!
I say "Troops aren't going out!" Everyone starts Yellin ARE THE DOORS OPEN? WHERE Are YOU! "YES AND I'm in the gun position, I Don't See Them" I reply. Just as they kill the incoming bad guy they say GO BACK TO THE DRIVERS SEAT AND LET THEM OUT you cant let them out from from there!!!
So thats what I do as quick as i can.
Mistakes I won't make again in an M3
#1 You can't drop troops from an M3 in the gun position
#2 MAKE SURE YOU HAVE TROOPS and not supplies.
When I realized i had supplies I pretended to get booted didn't say a word and pressed end sorti and quit.
At least range didn't find out about it.
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When I am in a low turn fight and I auger, giving the other guy a proxy. Grrrrrr I hate that! I'd much rather just get shot down.
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I always find out how "not" good I am after about 6 beers!
Timing is everything, and beer and timing do not go hand in hand!:D
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Originally posted by B@tfinkV
learnt it earlier on, learning it right now, and learning more in the future no doubt :)
ACM is no substitute for furious stick stirring.
Don't let 'em fool you!
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Originally posted by SkyRock
I always find out how "not" good I am after about 6 beers!
Timing is everything, and beer and timing do not go hand in hand!:D
That's how many beers it takes to log in anymore, and yeah It doesn't turn out well(and never did)
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Nothing says humiliation more than diving out of a furball to attack a helpless pilot under a parachute, and missing . . . and augering.
Happened more than once in AH1. Damn I'm good. ;)
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Being shot down by 110 and Ju87 rear gunners
Being killed by D3A while flying a latewar monster myself
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Well I don't know how humiliating this was, but I sure did feel dumb:
Few months ago someone on 200 was looking to DA. I can always use some ACM practice so we went to the DA. He picks the plane, P47-D40. Off we go, merge at 6K. I get shot down about 6 seconds after we merge wondering what the he11 is wrong here. Then the guy ask me why I was carrying rockets and bombs. Boy do I feel stupid. Guess next time someone wants to duel in my JABO plane, I check the loadout before takeoff.
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The other day I am just cruising the skies, on the way to a base to pork, I set the auto pilot, and at the same time I am liting a smoke, when BAM BAM the wings of my 51D are gone and I am falling to the ground. I can't remember who it was but I was fairly embarassed for my lack of SA. I guess its true that smoking does kill.
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When me and my roomate were climbing out and talking to each other we failed to notice someone coming for the pick. Our nice formation made for 2 kills on one pass. UGH!
:mad:
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lol i get humiliated everytime i go in the DA
most recently skyrock bullied me pretty bad :) i dont think i made it more than a few secounds after the merge in every round
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Originally posted by indy007
ACM is no substitute for furious stick stirring.
Don't let 'em fool you!
(: dont forget cable pulling!
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i get embarresed when i get killed by ded cause he sux:D
jk
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Was auto-climbing and tracers started flying by me. Instead of turning I kept straight and thought "WTH is shooting me??!" :lol Pretty obvious it was an enemy, but I just had to look back to see what it was. An enemy La-7 tore my wing off and the whole way down I'm laughing yelling 'HAHA! Come shoot me again I'll shoot you haha! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! and shooting the whole way down. It was both humiliating and fun. :D :lol
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Well, you know when you have someone beat and you are filling a little too good about your self and instead of killing the guy, you start removing parts with your BBs. Left wing tip, then try for the right, get that and aim for the rudder and the elevators being very careful no to kill the guy so the torture continues. Oups, I missed and got the engine. next thing you know I am D50 in front of his 4 20mms.
Welcome to the tower. Idiots have a sit to the left. Stupid people to right. Ded we have a special room for you. please enjoy your stay
:furious
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Went head on with an A6M5 with my 262 in AH1. Started blaling away 400 hundred with out landing a hit, he removed my vertical stab with a single 20mm hit. I was about 12k so I had a little time to think about that one on the way down.
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don't think i've ever been humiliated in AH, though I have had my share of things that happend that I wish hadn't.
The other day, just an example, I was saw a low 38, dived in. due to my all that speed, an obvious overshoot. oh well, make another pass, and my pull out drawer at the desk falls off, dropping my stick and throttle otw down. I enter a spin and crash, murdr shot you down. I would be lying if I didn't say I was a little embarrassed, but there is no way to explain that without it seem like making excuse, so I just let it go. I also would be lying if I said I never lawn darted chasing a chute, or crashed into a tree, or done a million other things that really were not to smart....but hey, if you can't have fun doing stupid stuff in game, then the game would not be as much fun:)
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Anytime I get sliced and diced in my bombers by one fighter its pretty humiliating. It doesnt happen often anymore, hardly at all actually, but theres a few airplanes and a few pilots I have a lot of trouble with. Most of all the 163, tho I did at least hit one yesterday and chased another off.
Funny but I know right away when Im in trouble by how the bogey sets up his attack. Now if they do somthing stupid I will make them pay, but, the really good sticks dont often do anything stupid. They must fly bombers too cause they know exactly how to set up for the specific bomber.
Im getting pretty good at dropping and gunning but there are some sticks that will make a fool of you.
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Are you kidding?Try keeping five guys downed for about eight min's of vulching fun.
Dont get humiliated, i do it to others.
Com'on now son.
Get it together, its your fault for watching ONE plane 24/7 and not noticing the niki who APARENTLY made it back to your base just a little* under the time it took you.
Now niki's are NOT fast planes, maby in a dive, but her on the deck you shoulda had ALOT more time to get your gear down and your arse to the field.Now im guessin' you p|_|$sy footed it all the way back to your field, and even more so when you tryed to land.
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If you cant use your num lock keys and look around and KNOW your situation and the enemy's location, thats your dang fault.
You died because you did not see her, you did not see her because you did not look. :huh
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I don't think I've ever been made angry at or felt humiliated by a player who has killed me since I've flown Aces High. In Aces High, the few times I've been made angry it's been when I've killed someone who has an ego they can't control.
in fact, other than the special case of BOBN, I don't recall ever feeling humiliated by being killed in any of the sims I've flown. (I however remember more than than once as my plane comes apart flying in WarBirds praying over and over ... Please, please let that have been anyone but BOBN!) On the flipside, nothing was sweeter than killing Bobn, especially the time I got him after a 5+ minute on the deck duel - unless it was the time I whacked him unawares just after he finished typing a brag about how untouchable he was in a Dora. (Nopoop, we miss you!)
There have however been many instances where some stooopid attribute of whatever sim I was flying has contributed to my demise, which has cheesed me off to no end ... but typically not at the other player involved. I'd be hard pressed to say whether that happened more over the performance issues of Hotseat's WBIII Corsair modeling, or the screen freezes and stutters that were the norm for me whenever I engaged in WWIIOL.
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Attacking a lone Lanc in a Me262. Clipped his wing and went down. Geezus. ;)
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There I was, RTB for fuel at about 5k in a Niki. Checked my six and see a low dot following. A look at the map showed no friends or enemy dots back there. Figured he is staying low to keep off the map and will jump me when I set up to land. Put my Niki into a 500 foot per minuet climb. This slows me down which allows him to close the horizontal separation but the climb will increase the vertical separation. Once he got under my tail, I level and make a 180 to rapidly close the horizontal separation. I now see he is in a P-47. I start a dive to force him to go vertical in defense. Once I see he is committed, I pull up into a climb and make a slow left turn to keep him in sight at my low 7. I knew the 47 had good zoom capabilities so I wanted to give him a few extra seconds. But I didn’t want to wait too long because he would out accelerate me in the dive if he had a chance to get his nose down. The timing had to be close. At what I though was the right time, I stomp full left boot to rudder roll to the left. My Niki rolls to about 135 degrees left and stops with the nose about 7 degrees below the horizon. And to my horror, it is stuck there. Left aileron does nothing. Adverse yaw (right aileron left rudder)? Nothing. Engine torque? No affect. Pulling back on the stick pulls the nose down to about 10 degrees below the horizon but turns on the stall horn. Pushing the stick forward pushes the nose up to about 5 degrees above the horizon but still stuck. Can I pitch rock the bird? No. Is there a Pitch Override Switch I need to use? No time for that now. I’m sitting on my left ear falling straight down. I check my six and I see he is zooming above me on his second loop. All I can do is rudder roll back to the right to level the wings. Stall horn is now full on. Stick forward to break the stall and head straight for the ground. The P-47 is saddled up nicely now but maybe I can mush him into the ground or a tree. Maybe turn this into a contest to see which plane flies the slowest with flaps. But a few turns and I’m dead. Felt like a complete noob. Scarred me a little too when I thought about what these cartoon airplanes might be doing with my instincts.
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i got one.It was the FT map the knights were 2 bases from wining the map.So myself and WildDog1 uping at kill town.Took about 20min after dieing ALOT,we got it down he roled an M3 in but got spoted.Meanwhile i had a goon coming in from the West of town.I land in town squadit takes out last building.Then shawk says "what are you doing manscrew" i say what?Then shawk says "taking FT" as that was going on,I had to get troops out.A 109 comes hallin *** in kills me.While killing me he thinks it's cool i killed the troops.But he did not get any.With a M16 siting ON the maproom,my troops just walk on it.About 20sce after i died i get a maproom destroyed message.Every one was LMAO on range me and wildDog1 were amazed that we took it.Long story short WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOT. Rooks got pwned in FT...
We went on to win that mak 15min after taking rook FT and i must say it was great watching the rooks cry on 200 saying "damn knight took FT" in reality,we were just paying the rooks back for taking FT and TT all time.
That was the most humilliating defeat for the rooks i think.Even with shawk saying somthing on 200 about me in town,Ad some on killing me AND a GV on the Maproom.
PWNED.
:noid :noid :noid
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Originally posted by VansCrew1
i got one.It was the FT map the knights were 2 bases from wining the map.So myself and WildDog1 uping at kill town.Took about 20min after dieing ALOT,we got it down he roled an M3 in but got spoted.Meanwhile i had a goon coming in from the West of town.I land in town squadit takes out last building.Then shawk says "what are you doing manscrew" i say what?Then shawk says "taking FT" as that was going on,I had to get troops out.A 109 comes hallin *** in kills me.While killing me he thinks it's cool i killed the troops.But he did not get any.With a M16 siting ON the maproom,my troops just walk on it.About 20sce after i died i get a maproom destroyed message.Every one was LMAO on range me and wildDog1 were amazed that we took it.Long story short WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOT. Rooks got pwned in FT...
We went on to win that mak 15min after taking rook FT and i must say it was great watching the rooks cry on 200 saying "damn knight took FT" in reality,we were just paying the rooks back for taking FT and TT all time.
That was the most humilliating defeat for the rooks i think.Even with shawk saying somthing on 200 about me in town,Ad some on killing me AND a GV on the Maproom.
PWNED.
:noid :noid :noid
Your post is essentially unintelligible.
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Originally posted by VansCrew1
i got one.It was the FT map the knights were 2 bases from wining the map.So myself and WildDog1 uping at kill town.Took about 20min after dieing ALOT,we got it down he roled an M3 in but got spoted.Meanwhile i had a goon coming in from the West of town.I land in town squadit takes out last building.Then shawk says "what are you doing manscrew" i say what?Then shawk says "taking FT" as that was going on,I had to get troops out.A 109 comes hallin *** in kills me.While killing me he thinks it's cool i killed the troops.But he did not get any.With a M16 siting ON the maproom,my troops just walk on it.About 20sce after i died i get a maproom destroyed message.Every one was LMAO on range me and wildDog1 were amazed that we took it.Long story short WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOT.
:rolleyes: what a complete griefer idiot dweeb! Had I known you were one of these types, you would have never lasted one day with us!
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:rolleyes:
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Originally posted by evenhaim
:rolleyes:
Without quoting, it's not easy detecting what you are rolling your eyes about.
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If you have ever been shot down by me . . . you should feel humiliated.
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Originally posted by E25280
If you have ever been shot down by me . . . you should feel humiliated.
:rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl it's true.LTAR's cant fly:rofl :rofl :rofl :O
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This reminds me of my very 1st kill in a/h (not sure 2001 or so) I'm a newb of about 2 months, flyn a p-47 d loaded at 30k. 30k sounded about right, i been on a airliner before........so to make a long story short i didnt get a kill for 2 months, ...then i spotted a bogie when i was decending to land. This is my prey i thought to myself, i was in the 47-d he was in a ju87, Im a ww2 enthusiasts and all , but i wasnt sure of what a ju 87 was, but i knew i's gonna kill it. I did kill it, and was on cloud 9 thinking I just shot down "PAWZ"!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was thrilled until i flew a ju87, then i began to TRY and listen to some of the vets. OH, and I just knew my .50 cals should reach out 2k or better, done it all the time in the crotch (usmc) I had to look pretty silly , started my hosin at 2.5....when i see that now, i just wonder how long will this cat be like i was. Now I pick a big cannon, a fast plane .. and I will ho ya. Have I ever mentioned "pawz" was my first kill?? lmao.....we still joke about it. :t
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Originally posted by SkyRock
:rolleyes: what a complete griefer idiot dweeb! Had I known you were one of these types, you would have never lasted one day with us!
You're joking right? Please tell me you are being sarcastic. Why do you think "some people" were scratching their heads when this tool was a Muppet?
In addendum, my statement above should tell you what evenhaim's smilie was trying to say.
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Originally posted by VansCrew1
i got one.It was the FT map the knights were 2 bases from wining the map.So myself and WildDog1 uping at kill town.Took about 20min after dieing ALOT,we got it down he roled an M3 in but got spoted.Meanwhile i had a goon coming in from the West of town.I land in town squadit takes out last building.Then shawk says "what are you doing manscrew" i say what?Then shawk says "taking FT" as that was going on,I had to get troops out.A 109 comes hallin *** in kills me.While killing me he thinks it's cool i killed the troops.But he did not get any.With a M16 siting ON the maproom,my troops just walk on it.About 20sce after i died i get a maproom destroyed message.Every one was LMAO on range me and wildDog1 were amazed that we took it.Long story short WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOT. Rooks got pwned in FT...
We went on to win that mak 15min after taking rook FT and i must say it was great watching the rooks cry on 200 saying "damn knight took FT" in reality,we were just paying the rooks back for taking FT and TT all time.
That was the most humilliating defeat for the rooks i think.Even with shawk saying somthing on 200 about me in town,Ad some on killing me AND a GV on the Maproom.
PWNED.
:noid :noid :noid
A shame I wasn't on. I'd have taken you both and watched the SILENCE on 200. Your ego is superseding you prematurely Squad hopper.
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ManScrew, you really should quit AH today and go back to school full time.
Also, I would refrain from posting here ever again because you make yourself look like a complete idiot. Enough said.