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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Yeager on November 27, 2007, 01:27:31 PM
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Just thinking out loud. There is little real connection between the unsinkable luxury liner Titanic and AH? I mean lets face it. Although Titanic means something grand, and large, majestic even......I think most people recognise Titanic as the ship, and thats the disconnect for me.
I would have thought calling this new limited use arena idea something like...."Operation Overload" might have been a more fitting name for the weekly event. Maybe something sarcastic would have worked...."Tuesdays Max ClusterFlub"...
If HTC had asked ther community to help with the name, what would you have suggested?
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When I saw it I thought huge. As huge numbers and map. Name is good as is.
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yeager --
They could keep the name, but maybe it would help if they wrote it differently. For example, imagine this: Title in bold, mega font for all letters, EXCEPT the "anic" would be really really small and in light grey.
Now, would that have a different feel for ya?
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"Let's go back to the way it was -Tuesday"
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Horde Tuesday
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Edmund Fitzgerald
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Maybe it's a little too early to see the connection??
After all, there was a lot of excitement and anticipation of grand times to be had far into the future surrounding the ship too. Bigger, better, more modern... Everyone thought it was guaranteed to be "unsinkable" too, hehe.
Maybe the connection between the names will be more clear in the future!
MtnMan
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I'm sure thats why HT called it that. He's sure this "one large arena" idea is going to sink and kill hundreds !! :D
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Well, I would guess it's a guarantee that hundreds (at a minimum) will die as a result.
Maybe another interesting similarity-
They say that with the water temperature as low as it was, people in the water had only about a max of 15 minutes to survive. I wonder what the average survival time is in the MA?
MtnMan
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:lol
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Originally posted by mtnman
Well, I would guess it's a guarantee that hundreds (at a minimum) will die as a result.
Maybe another interesting similarity-
They say that with the water temperature as low as it was, people in the water had only about a max of 15 minutes to survive. I wonder what the average survival time is in the MA?
MtnMan
15 minutes is probably a typical sortie. Mine average around 19 minutes (yes, I keep track of this among other data) across all catagories.
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Originally posted by Yeager
If HTC had asked ther community to help with the name, what would you have suggested?
Getting a lot of aircraft in the air at once during WWII, "BigWeek" springs to mind, so I would have gone for... BigTuesday.
Badboy
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OK BaldEagl- now you went and made me check, lol. My average sortie length is 30 minutes. (If I divide my total time by sorties.) But if I only count the times I die (since we're looking at average lifespan) I divide 1747 minutes by 30 deaths, for a lifespan average of 58 minutes.
That might imply that my body type is extra insulated, and is better able to withstand the cold water?? Extra blubber??
MtnMan
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BigTuesday
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Good one!
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Hindentuesday?
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Just logged for the night, I must say that was the most fun I've hand in a while.
, Kazaa :aok
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Originally posted by hubsonfire
Hindentuesday?
I think references to the Hindenburg would only work on Frydays.
asw
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Originally posted by detch01
I think references to the Hindenburg would only work on Frydays.
asw
:lol
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Originally posted by detch01
I think references to the Hindenburg would only work on Frydays.
asw
Not if we call it "Oh The HumaniTuesday".......
Sorry, I got nothing.
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Oh wait, in WWII that'd only be appropriate for Zeros and tanks.
Nevermind!
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Originally posted by RATTFINK
Edmund Fitzgerald
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they called 'Gitche Gumee'
The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead
When the skies of November turn gloomy
With a load of iron ore twenty-six thousand tons more
Than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty.
That good ship and crew was a bone to be chewed
When the gales of November came early.
The ship was the pride of the American side
Coming back from some mill in Wisconsin
As the big freighters go, it was bigger than most
With a crew and good captain well seasoned
Concluding some terms with a couple of steel firms
When they left fully loaded for Cleveland
And later that night when the ship's bell rang
Could it be the north wind they'd been feelin'?
The wind in the wires made a tattle-tale sound
And a wave broke over the railing
And every man knew, as the captain did too,
T'was the witch of November come stealin'.
The dawn came late and the breakfast had to wait
When the Gales of November came slashin'.
When afternoon came it was freezin' rain
In the face of a hurricane west wind.
When suppertime came, the old cook came on deck sayin'.
Fellas, it's too rough to feed ya.
At Seven P.M. a main hatchway caved in, he said
Fellas, it's been good t'know ya
The captain wired in he had water comin' in
And the good ship and crew was in peril.
And later that night when his lights went outta sight
Came the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
Does any one know where the love of God goes
When the waves turn the minutes to hours?
The searchers all say they'd have made Whitefish Bay
If they'd put fifteen more miles behind her.
They might have split up or they might have capsized;
May have broke deep and took water.
And all that remains is the faces and the names
Of the wives and the sons and the daughters.
Lake Huron rolls, Superior sings
In the rooms of her ice-water mansion.
Old Michigan steams like a young man's dreams;
The islands and bays are for sportsmen.
And farther below Lake Ontario
Takes in what Lake Erie can send her,
And the iron boats go as the mariners all know
With the Gales of November remembered.
In a musty old hall in Detroit they prayed,
In the Maritime Sailors' Cathedral.
The church bell chimed till it rang twenty-nine times
For each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald.
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they call 'Gitche Gumee'.
Superior, they said, never gives up her dead
When the gales of November come early!
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H.M.S. Bounty.
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How about Manic Monday so it's not on the same night as the races.. :D
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Killer Tuesday because it's ideal for honing ones fighter skills rather than base taking. No one would be able to reset in 24 hours so why not use this day for fighter practise.:aok
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Warp Factor 2zday
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Tuesdays "ho down"?:D
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OK,...OK, I GOT IT, "tuesdays ho down"??
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ho down tuesday? btw, i ho, therefore i am./:huh
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Fat (player roster) Tuesday?
Mardi Gras :D
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Originally posted by Kazaa
Just logged for the night, I must say that was the most fun I've hand in a while.
, Kazaa :aok
Most fun was deffinatly the DGS over this tho.
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Originally posted by RATTFINK
Edmund Fitzgerald
LEROY JENKINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Originally posted by Spazzter
LEROY JENKINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Do you still play Everquest? Once I found AHII I bailed on Everquest and Wow FOREVER. Anybody want to buy a lvl 55 Paladin and lvl 60 ranger?
Oh wait, nevermind, tossed both game CDs in the trash.
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Originally posted by Spazzter
LEROY JENKINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
For anyone who hasn't a clue about Leroy Jenkins:
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/12654/