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Title: Hi and good bye
Post by: AKEagle+ on November 11, 2007, 11:02:24 PM
Some of you may remember me as AKfoder

I just flew for a week as Kerthunk.

Well, Ijust suck at the game, couldn't get my fighter K/D past 2. (only 1.9 after a week)

My attack was only 1.8 to 1.

And all of the game play issues that lead me to quit and go to World of Warcraft are still in place.   I find the game boring and frustrating.

But what frustrates me the most is that AH is the best of the genre. Which means the genre is pretty much being ignored by the gaming industry.

Anyways, I tried, I failed, and I will probably come back in a year or so, and try it again.  I doubt if much will change, but you never know :)

Until then, check 6 and enjoy yourself.

And if you ever log in to the Vindication level 19 battle grounds as alliance, and you see a night elf hunter named Dewkiss.  Well say hi, and we will kill some Horde scum together :)

Later dudes!
Title: Hi and good bye
Post by: Gixer on November 12, 2007, 12:45:18 AM
World of Warcraft??  :rofl

LVL 19 Night Elf? Enjoy the leveling up with the rest of the kids.


...-Gixer
Title: Hi and good bye
Post by: Gixer on November 12, 2007, 12:54:06 AM
By the way what does it matter about K/D or any other stats/scores it's all about enjoying the game. Maybe the time you've been away and playing Warcraft has made you too focused on whats not important especially to other players.

This is my first tour been back after a break of nearly 3 years, and I'm enjoying myself much more then I did in WW2OL or Warcraft for one reason the community and old buddies.

Then there is the Yak. :-)


...-Gixer
Title: Hi and good bye
Post by: Obie303 on November 12, 2007, 01:12:15 AM
Who cares about k/d ratio.  I've seen mine up over 1 + just recently and thats with over a year of playing.  There are always going to be good days and bad days when you log on.  The key is to have fun.

Maybe after a break you'll feel better.  See you in two weeks!:D

Best of luck.  

Obie:aok
Title: Re: Hi and good bye
Post by: BaldEagl on November 12, 2007, 01:27:35 AM
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Originally posted by AKEagle+
Well, Ijust suck at the game, couldn't get my fighter K/D past 2. (only 1.9 after a week)

My attack was only 1.8 to 1.


Wow.  Now there's some determination.  It only took me like 10 years.
Title: Hi and good bye
Post by: ded on November 12, 2007, 03:39:39 AM
I wouldn't even consider myself to be 'good' and I typically have a 1.2-1.5 k/d ratio.  It's all about knowing when to extend and when to say the hell with it and have a fun suicide run.
Title: Hi and good bye
Post by: Rich46yo on November 12, 2007, 06:07:12 AM
You have to let go this thing about stats, ranks, and kill ratios. When I came into the game to learn bombers I told myself I wont care one iota about such things cause if you play the game to preserve your kill ratios, or rank, then you arent going to learn it and grow.

                           For instance it would be easy for me to attack lightly defended targets at alts of 15,000' to 20,000' in my bombers. Any defense I would come up against would probably be one fighter at a time and there is only a small pool of fighter sticks that would give me pause coming at me one at a time.

                       Instead Im going after frontline bases at 10,000' to 12,000' with heavy dars up. Sometimes Im even going out of my way to fly into furballs. Last night I hadnt lost but one bomber when on the last flight of the night I turned into a major furball and before I knew it I was surrounded by 6 or 7 cons. Where'as when I first started, and would have died quickly, last night I danced for 3 or 4 minutes downing some fighters, crippling more, and had not a rear gunner died I would have made my way thru it. Overall it was a far more "growth orientated" encounter then meeting a single at 20,000' cause I had to stretch my situation awareness and move from gun to gun, bomber to bomber, quickly.

                See my point?? Stats, kill ratios, and ranks, tell a very one sided story. Some of the toughest sticks Ive gone up against had lousy ranks. The best Pony stick I ever saw, "he chewed me up and spit me out", had a lousy rank.

                Some guys with high ranks fly fairly cowardly too. I see them run away when pinged a few times when not up against a helpless enemy. "Course a lot of guys with high ranks dont".

               So if that's the reason you are leaving the game then I think your making a mistake. Its easy to be dejected after hitting the chutes but instead you should dissect the encounter, analyze it, and turn it into a learning experience.

             Dont leave the game for these reasons. Not for some kiddie monster game most certainly.
Title: Hi and good bye
Post by: gpwurzel on November 12, 2007, 06:16:36 AM
^^^^^^ What Rich said.....my "score" (such as it is) is lousy......but I have fun every single time I up - more importantly I learn something every time I up (whether in a gv, fighter, buff or whatever). Keep at it, this game has a major learning curve, but its worth it.


Wurzel
Title: Hi and good bye
Post by: Yknurd on November 12, 2007, 06:23:02 AM
troll
Title: Hi and good bye
Post by: ColKLink on November 12, 2007, 06:26:52 AM
I thought that was just south park kids????:lol
Title: Hi and good bye
Post by: FBplmmr on November 12, 2007, 06:44:19 AM
LEROOOOOOOOOOOOOOY JENKINS!!!!!!!!!!


enjoy the treadmill:lol
Title: Hi and good bye
Post by: DamnedRen on November 12, 2007, 08:45:59 AM
Pity you never learned to fly.

Good luck in you new game.

Ren
Title: Hi and good bye
Post by: acfireguy26 on November 12, 2007, 09:01:08 AM
Wow I really suck by your standards then. But I dont care I have a blast playing this game.
Title: Re: Hi and good bye
Post by: WaRLoCkL on November 12, 2007, 09:56:55 AM
Quote
Originally posted by AKEagle+
Some of you may remember me as AKfoder

I just flew for a week as Kerthunk.

Well, Ijust suck at the game, couldn't get my fighter K/D past 2. (only 1.9 after a week)

My attack was only 1.8 to 1.

And all of the game play issues that lead me to quit and go to World of Warcraft are still in place.   I find the game boring and frustrating.

But what frustrates me the most is that AH is the best of the genre. Which means the genre is pretty much being ignored by the gaming industry.

Anyways, I tried, I failed, and I will probably come back in a year or so, and try it again.  I doubt if much will change, but you never know :)

Until then, check 6 and enjoy yourself.

And if you ever log in to the Vindication level 19 battle grounds as alliance, and you see a night elf hunter named Dewkiss.  Well say hi, and we will kill some Horde scum together :)

Later dudes!

1.8 in the first week huh, u probly just blew everyone here out of the water on their beginning experience. shame if u could have stuck to it u might woulda been on your way to being one of the best sticks in the game.

This isnt WOW though, u cant just point and click to get good, u there is a learning and educaton curve u have to have.
Title: Hi and good bye
Post by: DamnedRen on November 12, 2007, 11:40:46 AM
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Originally posted by acfireguy26
Wow I really suck by your standards then. But I dont care I have a blast playing this game.


The statement is don't blame the game if you don't get any better. The opporturnities are there to get as good as you want to be. You make the choice and enjoy the game at any level you wish.  

I've never seen AKFoder in the TA. Frustrating means he reached a plateau then he needs help to get over. Boring means he'd decided he'd rather go do something else for a change. IMHO, if he'd get some help the bordeom would go away. The frustration would go away (for a while until he reached the next plateau) and he would have fun again.

He's made a choice. I wished him well. He mentioned he may come back. When he does we wish him a warm welcome back.

As far as my standards, they are for me and how I enjoy the game. I don't presume to tell you how to play as you make that choice. Whatever level you are happy with has no effect on my game nor should mine have any effect on your game as long as you enjoy yourself.

Ren
Title: Hi and good bye
Post by: REP0MAN on November 12, 2007, 11:58:06 AM
I've been here little more than 3 years and my k/d has never been much over 1. Usually not over 1. Thats mostly due to my complete disregard for scoring and finding pure enjoyment in the immersion and realism that this fine game lends itself too. Plus, I stink. :)

:aok
Title: Hi and good bye
Post by: RATTFINK on November 12, 2007, 12:13:13 PM
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Originally posted by Yknurd
troll


Noooooooooooooowwa', he's a "night elf" :rofl :rofl :rofl
Title: Hi and good bye
Post by: Shuffler on November 12, 2007, 12:40:46 PM
Funny kid.... he needs one of those quarter machines.....
Title: Hi and good bye
Post by: JimBear on November 12, 2007, 12:54:24 PM
reading is fundamental. He mentioned his k/d simply as a measure of how bad he felt his fighting was. The issues that frustrate a person with AH are not always the measured. Getting ranked on by what passes for a community in game or out could be a factor also I would think.
Title: Hi and good bye
Post by: cleve on November 12, 2007, 04:19:07 PM
Really I have been playing for a year now and am cannon fodder still today, but what can I say, I love to fly and spend 15 bucks a month doing it LOL
Title: Hi and good bye
Post by: AKDogg on November 12, 2007, 04:57:34 PM
First off, Foder is no kid.  He one of the orignal AK's.  He use to avg about 4-5 kills per death.  Most I believe he had was about 12 k/d.  He mainly flew fighters, very rarely would see him in a bomber.  I remember killing him and him killing me when I was with the Most Wanted.  U guys can say all u want about foder but he a good guy and cares for what he plays and he not afraid to give his opinion wheter it be good or not.  Everyone is intitled to it.  No need for calling him a troll and such.
Title: Hi and good bye
Post by: Gixer on November 12, 2007, 07:17:48 PM
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Originally posted by AKDogg
No need for calling him a troll and such.


Absolutely agree, overall though I think people are making the comment that (stats don't matter) and if they do it doesn't take long to get K/D back. I'm at 5 after just a little over a month, doesn't take long.

But whatever stat you do or don't follow, there is plenty to do and enjoy either way. And I also remember Foder well along with most AK's and old hands.

Though I will never forgive you guys for pizza but that's another thread. :)


...-Gixer
Title: Hi and good bye
Post by: 68Boomer on November 12, 2007, 07:29:53 PM
Sad to say though, this is todays generation...Immediate Gratification. No patience in working towards a goal and really enjoying it when it is reached.

As for the K/D thing............

Well, I still have that dadburned bullseye painted on my tail. If I were to start a thread...Who has zapped 68Boomer....That would be the longest thread in AH history.

Sure, I get frustrated at times over many things, but thats when you turn the game off for a bit, then come back on with a fresh outlook.

And still the bullseye is there, but hey...they are missing it sometimes. I was actually very jazzed when I got my first clean kill in a fight.....2 months after I went gear up for the first time.

Point is....have fun...this is only a game and if you take it too seriously....well....3 words...........

Get a Life.
Title: Hi and good bye
Post by: 68ROX on November 12, 2007, 07:46:27 PM
YIKES...

This isn't WoW....

The learning curve is steep and long.  If you give up on this after a bleeping WEEK....your gonna give up on things in life after a YEAR that COULD have been the best thing in your life...and made you MILLIONS.

TRUST ME.....I work with AFLAC, company #151 on the Fortune 500 List.

If your 12, I can understand.  Suck it up, stick with it, HAVE FUN and learn  to succeed over TIME, not a TIME limitation.  A WEEK in this game as far as a learing curve is a bleeping joke.  I've flown flight sims for 14 years and learn something new every day, and I am FAR from being a great stick in this game.  

BTW: this is supposed to be for.........er.......FUN.

I can mention 150 other sticks who leave me in the dust.

I was an Olympic Trials qualifying Greco-Roman wrestler...got a National Bronze Medal.....State Champion.....I paid for mistakes in broken bones, concussions, and spinal injuries.

And your gonna quit because you weren't top dog in a bleeping WEEK?  

You are paying for mistakes in a no injuries cartoon game here.

LEARN from your mistakes.

If you're 25 or older...I worry you might live under a bridge abuttment when you are 40.


68ROX
Title: Hi and good bye
Post by: Chalenge on November 12, 2007, 08:16:28 PM
This is obviously the result of public (Government) education. No spine no back bone no stick-to-it-ness! :huh
Title: Hi and good bye
Post by: hubsonfire on November 12, 2007, 08:59:27 PM
Fodder was around before most of you even heard of Aces High. Calling him a stupid spineless kid because he enjoys WoW more than AH (not that uncommon, I can think of several former AHers that left for WoW about the time we got inundated with you clueless dolts) says more about you, than about him.
Title: Hi and good bye
Post by: Yknurd on November 12, 2007, 09:25:55 PM
Quote
Originally posted by AKDogg
First off, Foder is no kid.  He one of the orignal AK's.  He use to avg about 4-5 kills per death.  Most I believe he had was about 12 k/d.  He mainly flew fighters, very rarely would see him in a bomber.  I remember killing him and him killing me when I was with the Most Wanted.  U guys can say all u want about foder but he a good guy and cares for what he plays and he not afraid to give his opinion wheter it be good or not.  Everyone is intitled to it.  No need for calling him a troll and such.


shades
Title: Hi and good bye
Post by: Yknurd on November 12, 2007, 09:26:42 PM
Quote
Originally posted by hubsonfire
Fodder was around before most of you even heard of Aces High. Calling him a stupid spineless kid because he enjoys WoW more than AH (not that uncommon, I can think of several former AHers that left for WoW about the time we got inundated with you clueless dolts) says more about you, than about him.


hypocrite
Title: Hi and good bye
Post by: hubsonfire on November 12, 2007, 09:31:04 PM
troll.
Title: Hi and good bye
Post by: sgt203 on November 12, 2007, 10:30:26 PM
Dont know Foder but wish him well.

I think many who have chimed in missed the point.

I took this as he is not playing up to his own expectations of himself and as such this is just not any fun for him right now.

 In anything you do, frustration sometimes gets the better of us all, especially when you know you are capable of doing much better than you currently are.

I dont think he is wraped up in what his score is, or his rank, he was merely using his K/D ratio as a measuring stick of how he is playing.

<> Fodder I wish you well, but I do think if you maybe gave it a little more time the rust would wear off and you would be back to performing at the level you expect of yourself.

Good Luck.
Title: Hi and good bye
Post by: AKH on November 13, 2007, 12:50:54 AM
Noobs can't even work out the significance of a BBS registration date.
Title: Hi and good bye
Post by: parin on November 13, 2007, 02:28:13 AM
fOr ThE hOrDE!!
Title: Hi and good bye
Post by: sgt203 on November 13, 2007, 04:17:12 AM
Quote
Originally posted by AKH
Noobs can't even work out the significance of a BBS registration date.


I understood it just fine Thank You.
Title: Hi and good bye
Post by: WxMan on November 13, 2007, 05:09:07 AM
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Originally posted by sgt203
Dont know Foder but wish him well.

I think many who have chimed in missed the point.

I took this as he is not playing up to his own expectations of himself and as such this is just not any fun for him right now.

 In anything you do, frustration sometimes gets the better of us all, especially when you know you are capable of doing much better than you currently are.

I dont think he is wraped up in what his score is, or his rank, he was merely using his K/D ratio as a measuring stick of how he is playing.

<> Fodder I wish you well, but I do think if you maybe gave it a little more time the rust would wear off and you would be back to performing at the level you expect of yourself.

Good Luck.


^^^^^^ This guy gets it.
Title: Re: Hi and good bye
Post by: blkmgc on November 13, 2007, 05:15:28 AM
Quote
Originally posted by AKEagle+
Some of you may remember me as AKfoder

I just flew for a week as Kerthunk.

Well, Ijust suck at the game, couldn't get my fighter K/D past 2. (only 1.9 after a week)

My attack was only 1.8 to 1.

And all of the game play issues that lead me to quit and go to World of Warcraft are still in place.  


I stopped reading right about there. If you think this game has issues, you should try the other MP flight sims out there bud. If you can tear yourself away from world of warcrack, hehe.

Title: Hi and good bye
Post by: AKH on November 13, 2007, 05:49:54 AM
Quote
Originally posted by sgt203
I understood it just fine Thank You.

I wasn't referring to you sgt. You may be relatively new, but you understood.
Title: Hi and good bye
Post by: Yknurd on November 13, 2007, 08:01:16 AM
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Originally posted by AKH
Noobs can't even work out the significance of a BBS registration date.


And vets can't determine it's relative unimportance considering many don't register on the BBS until they've played the game for years.  Or the fact that people have to re-register because they've been bad, bad boys.



This is one of they weakest, lamest, gayest "I quit" posts.  Let's call it like it is.  Hanging his hat on a K/D ratio then saying that WoW holds more allure to him.  It's pathetic...and therefore you are pathetic by association.

I didn't hear the cheering crowds or see the banners hung by the multitudes when he came back...with a different name no less.

Well he certainly could have left with the same lack of fanfare.  But no, he choose to punctuate his departure by a general declaration in the form of "I quit" post.

While it doesn't rank with the greats, I would nonetheless append it to Ramm's Gay "I Quit" Triangle for it's grandiose stupidity and apparent self-importance.
Title: Hi and good bye
Post by: Chalenge on November 13, 2007, 08:24:41 AM
It doesnt matter how long he has been playing. He gave up. Never cry uncle and never say quit! If that can satisfy you than your teachers and parents have failed you miserably.
Title: Hi and good bye
Post by: cleve on November 13, 2007, 10:19:23 AM
Quote
Originally posted by Chalenge
It doesnt matter how long he has been playing. He gave up. Never cry uncle and never say quit! If that can satisfy you than your teachers and parents have failed you miserably.


Well said :)
Title: Hi and good bye
Post by: WxMan on November 13, 2007, 10:27:09 AM
Quote
Originally posted by Chalenge
It doesnt matter how long he has been playing. He gave up. Never cry uncle and never say quit! If that can satisfy you than your teachers and parents have failed you miserably.


How can you compare not playing a game you don't enjoy to a life lesson.:huh

You either take this game or your self to seriously, perhaps both.
Title: Hi and good bye
Post by: AKKaz on November 13, 2007, 11:00:43 AM
I would tend to say both.............Parents must be gleaming with pride for the AH'er.  Topic of parent group meetings and of course teacher conferences.

He was one of the best in the 109F.  "Game" play has just changed for him.
Title: Hi and good bye
Post by: JimBear on November 13, 2007, 12:10:08 PM
and this is the most amount of posts in a thread by WxMan that I think I have ever seen.


JimBear

x
AKCasca
Title: Hi and good bye
Post by: AKH on November 13, 2007, 03:15:35 PM
Quote
Originally posted by Yknurd
And vets can't determine it's relative unimportance considering many don't register on the BBS until they've played the game for years.  Or the fact that people have to re-register because they've been bad, bad boys.

So those would explain a December 2001 registration? Well... duh.
Title: My appologies :(
Post by: AKEagle+ on November 13, 2007, 05:20:30 PM
My applogies

I really meant to just come in here and say Hi! It was fun, and Goodbye for a while, I don’t seem to fit in AH at this time, and maybe I will be back in a year to try again.

I really used to enjoy AH, I found the gameplay fast, immersive, and fun.

There were massive furballs, intense quick fights, and glory of glories, the only thing perked was the Tempest and the Jets.  C hogs were the King of the arena.

Over the years game play kept changing and I tried to change with it.  The C hog was perked and about 700 lbs added to the weight, the awesome C Hog was turned (by comparison) into a mediocre dog.

So I adapted, and went to the Pony D, pretty nice ride, and there were no eny values to worry about at that time.  The D has a decent ordinance package for the few times I wanted to attack ground targets.  The 50s sucked, but you just had to really know how to attack other aircraft.  Over all, a really-really sweet ride.  No C hog (old model) but just a dream to fly.

In comes the Eny, game play changes, can’t fly the Pony half the time, so I adapt, I went to the 190A8, not that I like German Iron, it is just what works best in the game.  I really started to rack up the kills and K/D in the A8.  I was like 300/15 for a while.  Those who didn’t know plane types thought I was a Dora, those who had a clue usually figured it was an A5.  Pure synchronicity between man and machine, almost better than me and the C Hog.

Then HiTech changes the game again, he put the letters at the end of the name once you are under like 600 yds (or something like that)  The cat was out of the bag, I was in a A8,  not a Dora, people then knew they could run you down quickly in a Laa Laa, and the slavering Spits that followed would eat you alive once you had bled off speed to fight the overmodeled Lavochkin.

So now how to adapt?  I believe in the philosophy that it is better to fly a poorer plane with excellence, than to fly a variety of great and poorer planes with mediocrity.  The C Hog is perked and porked, Eny has you screwed for the Ponys, and the range now lets everyone know that you are in an A8 and duck soup.  And no one of any personal integrity would fly a LaLa or a Spit, or a Niki.  I nearly wanted to crash my airplane rather than have it broadcast that “AKfoder lands 4 Kills with a LA-7.”  Or AKfoder lands 3 kills with a NIK2”  How freaking embarrassing, I mean a man has to have some pride, right?

Then I discovered the 109F4.  What a killing machine! Eny value guaranteed that you could fly it almost all of the time.  Pack some guns out on the gondies, and you had awesome firepower, great maneuverability.  The views sucked, and the plane (like all German Iron in AH) was under modeled, but flown well, it was a killer.  Again, I have no preference for German Iron, in fact if I had my druthers I wouldn’t be caught in Luftwaffe machine, but real life politics has nothing to do with the game, or game play.

Then HiTech took the gondies away from the F4, and really porked the front views.

Back to the drawing board.  What to fly, what to fly?  Has to be either really fast, or really maneuverable, needs cannons, and a reasonably high Eny so you can fly it most of the time.  Out comes the Dora, pretty, fast, long legs, and with the cannon placement, really adequate firepower for BnZ.  She is a fast girl, who likes fast pilots, again, an under modeled ride, (other than speed), but just one awesome ride.

But the arena was changing, harder and harder to find furballs, more spread out fighting; ack was turning into 1990s technology-laser guide firestorms.  And worse of all, I was starting to have rubber bullet problems,  I could light up a bomber with the 30mms from the ME163 and it wouldn’t even smoke.  Hammer fighters at under 200 yards, and not even a wing part came off.  This went on for months, and months,  I changed and upgrade motherboards, video cards, Ethernet cards, power supplies, more RAM, all kinds of video and other configurations, ran all kinds of diagnostics software, no luck; rubber bullets.  

In short, it wasn’t fun anymore.  HiTech seemed to zero in on my plane of choice for over 4 years, and pork it in some way.  If I had stayed, he would probably have perked the Dora.

The AKcurly and a few others started to play World of Warcraft, what a dweeb game, but there were no rubber bullets.  And the game is very addictive, and very immersive, and worse of all I started to have fun.  So I went to Warcrack.  I discovered the Battle Grounds, where you can fight the hordes of Horde.  I eventually made a twink Hunter for the 19s.  Took months and months, but I am sure the Horde hate Dewkiss, the Night Elf Hunter from hell.

But I missed AH, so I thought I would come back and give it a try. I took the name Kerthunk because I wasn’t an official AK anymore, and AKfoder is a used name. I came back in I tried, and all in all I wasn’t having much fun.  I mostly took up the Dora, still a nice ride;  But I kept getting a nose full of ack anywhere near a CV, or a base.  I got frustrated with diving on scuds at our base, only to have the ack take him out before I could get a shot off. Sure you get a proxy kill, whoopee, but I have bled off the alt I had spent 10 minutes climbing to get.

And then flying over a group of 4 or 5 on your side, hammering a single low con, and after 4 minutes they kill him and then everyone is patting themselves about “great kill” on the vox.  In the old days we did that, but it was called a gang bang.

Furballs now seem to be over a base where the bogeys are circling like sharks in the laser guided ack at the field or the town.  Spit 16s seem to have replaced the LA7 as the ride of choice, but still lots of LAs around.

My last fights were pure desperation, it was either take a boring flight with a Dora, and spend the next 30 minutes looking for a fight, or up at a field that was being attacked and be one of the dweeb sharks circling in the laser ack. Pure desperation, I upped an L-Gay-5 (confession is good for the soul).   I got on the tail of a Pony D, and in short work, he ate me for lunch.  You have got to suck if you can’t kill a co-e Pony with an over modeled Lavochkin.  OK, well, give me another month or so, and I will eat the Pony and spit him out.  

Up again, get some alt, get on the six of a Hog 1A, he has a bit of e, but as I hammer his wing, he only loses right side flap and aileron, but not the wing, he dives down, (god my shooting sucks), I dive, and by now I have a Spit 16 on my six. I do some rolls, flaps out, rudder trim, he overshoots in the rolling scissors, I flame his engine. Got the hog on my six now, he wants paybacks, and so I am sure does the Spittie who is on fire at my 12.  So I out roll the poor hog who is missing wing parts, roll under his belly to finish him, and then I get a face full of cannons from a 110. End of story; no kills.  I am sure the Hog and Spit16 and 110 pilots were congratulating each other on the great kill. A good pilot would have killed the Hog before the Spit came near his six.  Then used the Spit 16, and the 110 for a chew toys.

The problem wasn’t that I got shot down, the problem wasn’t that I was out maneuvered, the problem isn’t that I can’t shoot, the problem isn’t that I suck, the problem isn’t the ack or the plane modeling.

The problem is that I have been playing over a week, and other than some time with the AK’s, I am not really having any fun. I keep waiting for the fun to start.

And fun is the reason that I play on-line games.
Title: Re: My appologies :(
Post by: Murdr on November 13, 2007, 05:30:06 PM
Quote
Originally posted by AKEagle+
 And no one of any personal integrity would fly a LaLa or a Spit, or a Niki.  I nearly wanted to crash my airplane rather than have it broadcast that “AKfoder lands 4 Kills with a LA-7.”  Or AKfoder lands 3 kills with a NIK2”  How freaking embarrassing, I mean a man has to have some pride, right?

Thanks for the laugh :)

You happened to stop by at another point of growing pains.  I am still having fun, but I understand what you're saying.  Actually my most frustrating times in the game are trying to "knock the rust off" after being away.
Title: Hi and good bye
Post by: AirFlyer on November 13, 2007, 05:46:42 PM
I lose more Zero's in one day then the Japanese lost at Midway, but I'm having a blast doing it. Forget the scores and just enjoy yourself. :aok
Title: Hi and good bye
Post by: FBplmmr on November 13, 2007, 06:32:59 PM
The F6F has a cupholder... and no one makes fun of you for flying it:aok
Title: Hi and good bye
Post by: mensa180 on November 13, 2007, 07:45:26 PM
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Originally posted by FBplmmr
The F6F has a cupholder... and no one makes fun of you for flying it:aok


I do.  F6F dweebs.

The 38 is where it's at.  We got the works, cupholders and a blender.

Did I mention the plane is sexy?
Title: Hi and good bye
Post by: Wes14 on November 13, 2007, 07:50:06 PM
Too bad the P-38 is a bomber. :noid
Title: Hi and good bye
Post by: sgt203 on November 13, 2007, 11:27:49 PM
WxMan,

84 Pa..... Small world.

Im living in North Strabane right now (Canonsburg)

<>
Title: Hi and good bye
Post by: FBplmmr on November 14, 2007, 12:06:34 AM
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Originally posted by mensa180
I do.  F6F dweebs.

The 38 is where it's at.  We got the works, cupholders and a blender.

Did I mention the plane is sexy?



Best thing about the 38 is the in-flight movie and that they hand out peanuts  in little packages whilst onboard:D
Title: Re: My appologies :(
Post by: SteveBailey on November 14, 2007, 12:23:57 AM
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Originally posted by AKEagle+
Furballs now seem to be over a base where the bogeys are circling like sharks in the laser guided ack at the field or the town.  Spit 16s seem to have replaced the LA7 as the ride of choice, but still lots of LAs around.



I have taken to horde busting. Give it a try.

Log in, switch sides to the team w/ lowest numbers(bye bye ENY), up a fast plane from the closest non-capped base to the horde. Grab a little alt, then blaze thru the horde a few times until they start coming in at rediculous alts.. bug.  The horde does not deserve the kill.    

Then listen with glee as these same people, flying in the horde as they wait for a vulch, call you a runner..... as if flying around in a horde and waiting for your turn to vulch is somehow the noblest of pursuits.

Heheheh, good for laughs.    :aok
Title: Re: My appologies :(
Post by: Auger on November 14, 2007, 11:05:08 AM
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Originally posted by AKEagle+
HiTech seemed to zero in on my plane of choice for over 4 years, and pork it in some way.

Could you please come back and choose the Spit XVI?
Title: Re: Re: My appologies :(
Post by: AKEagle+ on November 14, 2007, 01:28:08 PM
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Originally posted by AKEagle+
HiTech seemed to zero in on my plane of choice for over 4 years, and pork it in some way.
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Originally posted by Auger
Could you please come back and choose the Spit XVI?



If I were to choose and fly the Spit XV1, you can bet your boots that HiTech will perk it, or pork it, or both.

Certainly, my flying the Spit16 would force HiTech’s hand; he would have to perk or pork the Spit16, just to spite me. All in all, it would be a noble cause for humanity.

However, there are several issues I would have to resolve:

1>  Would I have to get a sex change in order to fly the Spit?
 
2>  Certainly I would have to at least shave my legs, and get a Lavender name like; “Bellbottoms” or “Twinkeltoes” or “Spitfairy”

3>  Shaving my legs would be an issue; I don’t know how, and how do I explain it to my wife?

4>  Then there is the issue of how will we make sure that HiTech knows it is me that is flying the Spit?  I mean we can’t do it openly, then he will figure out what is going on, and not pork the Spit16, just to spite me and my plans.  HiTech is a lot of things, but stupid is not one of them.

I think this would take a lot of planning, and may all fall apart if HiTech gets a whiff of whats really going on.  :(
Title: Hi and good bye
Post by: Gixer on November 14, 2007, 01:50:50 PM
What a whiner, if what other people flys and what perk/dweeb rides you want to fly or cant fly bothers you then maybe WoW is the best place for you if you can't cope with MA.

Or maybe you'd like a MA like WoW with a safe area, people have to duel you before they can attack? lol

I've looked at your previous stats, and haven't seen anything special, maybe your ego of how good you think you were/are is being dented by the odd dweeb16 and La7.

Hordes are nothing, there are plenty of fites away from or with the hordes that are survivable if you choose the right time and place.

If any of perk or dweeb rides bother you in the MA then you must of lost allot of skills while playing with those night elves.


...-Gixer
Title: Hi and good bye
Post by: TwentyFo on November 14, 2007, 02:29:05 PM
This says it all.....:aok

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO2oayC54dg
Title: Hi and good bye
Post by: AKEagle+ on November 14, 2007, 02:48:59 PM
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Originally posted by Gixer

I've looked at your previous stats, and haven't seen anything special, maybe your ego of how good you think you were/are is being dented by the odd dweeb16 and La7.

If any of perk or dweeb rides bother you in the MA then you must of lost allot of skills while playing with those night elves.
...-Gixer


First of all, this is getting as boring as the game.

You are right, I did suck when I used to fly, I never dominated the arena;

AKfoder:

Tour 72 figher K/D Quit the game for WoW
Tour 71 fighter K/D 2.75 : 1
Tour 70 fighter K/D 2.48 : 1
Tour 69 fighter K/D 3.77 : 1
Tour 68 fighter K/D 3.98 : 1
Tour 67 fighter K/D 3.56 : 1
Tour 66 fighter K/D 2.29 : 1
Tour 65 fighter K/D 6.42 : 1
Tour 64 fighter K/d 1.98 :1
Tour 63 no kills
Tour 62 fighter K/D 2.0:1
tour 61 fighter K/D  4.86 :1 most
tour 60 fighter K/D 9.0 :1
tour 59 fighter K/B 3.0 : 1 (only 3 kills that month)
tour 58 fighter K/D 11.5 :1
tour 57 fighter K/D 6.87 : 1
tour 56 fighter K/D 3.41 : 1
tour 55 fighter K/D didn’t fly


I was never a Fester or a Jaxxo, but I did all right.

The thread is getting as boring as some of the instances in WoW
Title: Hi and good bye
Post by: Fruda on November 14, 2007, 05:51:50 PM
Quote
Originally posted by Gixer
What a whiner, if what other people flys and what perk/dweeb rides you want to fly or cant fly bothers you then maybe WoW is the best place for you if you can't cope with MA.

Or maybe you'd like a MA like WoW with a safe area, people have to duel you before they can attack? lol

I've looked at your previous stats, and haven't seen anything special, maybe your ego of how good you think you were/are is being dented by the odd dweeb16 and La7.

Hordes are nothing, there are plenty of fites away from or with the hordes that are survivable if you choose the right time and place.

If any of perk or dweeb rides bother you in the MA then you must of lost allot of skills while playing with those night elves.


...-Gixer



He needs to let go of his emotional baggage and just fly the Yaks already.
Title: Hi and good bye
Post by: AKEagle+ on November 14, 2007, 08:07:56 PM
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Originally posted by Gixer


I've looked at your previous stats, and haven't seen anything special, maybe your ego of how good you think you were/are is being dented by the odd dweeb16 and La7.


...-Gixer


Just a note that I was 46 kills and 1 death in a 190A8 in tour 58.

Nothing special for sure, but I think that is a decent K/D ratio.  That was before HiTech put out the plane model number after your plane type.

Once they knew I was in an A8 and not a Dora, the LA7s would run me down, that would force me to get into evasive maneuvers, the Spits that were behind the LAs would then go into a feeding frenzy.
Title: Hi and good bye
Post by: DamnedRen on November 14, 2007, 08:10:58 PM
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Originally posted by AKEagle+
Just a note that I was 46 kills and 1 death in a 190A8 in tour 58.

Nothing special for sure, but I think that is a decent K/D ratio.  That was before HiTech put out the plane model number after your plane type.

Once they knew I was in an A8 and not a Dora, the LA7s would run me down, that would force me to get into evasive maneuvers, the Spits that were behind the LAs would then go into a feeding frenzy.


You honestly think the spit drivers know that the laffies can run you down? And they're actually talking about it?

Ren
Title: Hi and good bye
Post by: Pepprr on November 14, 2007, 09:09:48 PM
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However, there are several issues I would have to resolve:

1> Would I have to get a sex change in order to fly the Spit?

2> Certainly I would have to at least shave my legs, and get a Lavender name like; “Bellbottoms” or “Twinkeltoes” or “Spitfairy”

I shave my legs...:D
And I have a girly name:D

So I guess it's ok that I fly a pink spit IX
:aok


I do like "Spitfairy"  though:lol

Nice meeting you and come back any time to visit
Title: Hi and good bye
Post by: capera on November 15, 2007, 08:30:07 AM
Hey Foder...... Sorry I missed ya while you were here.

Say "hi" to all the other AKs in WOW for me.

Cheers
Title: Hi and good bye
Post by: toonces3 on November 15, 2007, 11:34:10 AM
All right, I checked with my wife last night.

I asked, "Honey, a guy on that game I play is quitting to go play World of Warcraft online instead.  That makes him a geek, right?"

She replied, "You're both geeks."

So apparently, contrary to my previous notion, playing WoW is not geekier that playing AH.

Have fun elf dude!

Toonces out.