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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: infowars on July 23, 2008, 05:39:23 PM
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I think we should shoot at bailed pilots. The reason is when I bail I try to shoot at the planes with my .45. I figured it was redundant but kind of fun. Well when I was looking my pathetic score I noticed I have two kills in my chute. I thought that was great. I am still a threat floating through the air... :rock
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i will hit a chute if it is over a town we are trying to take, or over my field and ack is down. otherwise i try not to waste my ammo.
NOT
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shooting chutes should count as kills.
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Why waste ammo, time and effort to killl a chute? No point whatsoever.
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Why waste ammo, time and effort to killl a chute? No point whatsoever.
piss people off. most valid reason there is.
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/71_1165600036_bail.jpg)
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bail over a town or my airfield and I'll kill your chute, a few other reasons but rare.
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It's not like the guy in the chute can't fight back
(http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s199/guppy35/driveby1.jpg)
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Why waste ammo, time and effort to killl a chute? No point whatsoever.
It's a great way to improve your gunnery skills and piss off the other guy. Win-Win in my book!
ack-ack
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Fair enough. Chute hunting time it is. :)
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It's not like the guy in the chute can't fight back
(http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s199/guppy35/driveby1.jpg)
:aok
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Depends on the arena and the situation
AVA... nope
MA.. if they're over my field MAYbe
Other than that I'm too busy trying to stay alive he's no threat to me
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there's a reason the little meatbombs explode... HT wants us to shoot them. :rock
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It's a great way to improve your gunnery skills and piss off the other guy. Win-Win in my book!
ack-ack
Just what we need , more angry/ignorant flaming on 200.
I dont shoot chutes. Nothing to be gained in pissing off people you dont know for no reason.
But a guy riding a chute past all reasonable time to hit tower, and to do so near a town with his little .45?? Different story.
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hmm I put shooting bailed pilots alongside executing POWs, wouldn't do it for real, dont do it in AH. as a bonus if they want to take a 5min ride to earth, thats 5mins that pilot isnt in a plane.
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dont shoot chutes
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Nothing to be gained in pissing off people you dont know for no reason.
except for self cangragulating job well done
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I only shoot 'em if they are close to a maproom or friendly GVs (spotting). ;)
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Nothing to be gained in pissing off people you dont know for no reason.
The whines and angry tirades over open channel make it so worth it. Honestly, if you're not pissing off the other guy you're not doing your job right.
ack-ack
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I dont shoot chutes. Nothing to be gained in pissing off people you dont know for no reason.
If they get pissed off by me killing their cartoon pilot, then they are precisely the people i know that i love to piss off. If they are not pissed off by me killing them, we can both see the funny side of it.
Killing chutes is a win win situation.
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Shoot, I shoot chutes and if you shoot my chute while I’m drifting down smoking my cheroot then give your horn a toot. I don’t give a hoot. :salute <---pronounce what that guy is doing for another oot... :D
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If they get pissed off by me killing their cartoon pilot, then they are precisely the people i know that i love to piss off. If they are not pissed off by me killing them, we can both see the funny side of it.
Killing chutes is a win win situation.
Or so says the little voice in your head.
The truth is you have no idea what the other guys is thinking so why sink to the silly infantile act of shooting him in his chute and rubbing in the fact you just shot him down? Why waste such an opportunity?
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so why sink to the silly infantile act of shooting him in his chute and rubbing in the fact you just shot him down?
The game was designed that way.
But you guys are free to start AH UN. Give peace a chance!
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The game was designed that way.
But you guys are free to start AH UN. Give peace a chance!
Really? You have a link to that in their webpage?
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Only time I ever shoot chutes is while trying to take base or shooting enemy troops is the only times I ever do.
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Really? You have a link to that in their webpage?
There's no link to sheep either, yet, they do exist.
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There's no link to sheep either, yet, they do exist.
:rofl
I shoot them because, well, how else would you find out that you could .ef? :rofl Not to mention that the chutes usually put up better fights than the people that are hanging from them :rofl
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Or so says the little voice in your head.
The truth is you have no idea what the other guys is thinking so why sink to the silly infantile act of shooting him in his chute and rubbing in the fact you just shot him down? Why waste such an opportunity?
I am an equal opportunities chute shooter. I shoot the chutes of anyone, not just people i have shot down. Maybe i am just a silly infant?
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Really? You have a link to that in their webpage?
If chutes were never intended to be shot then they wouldn't have such a spectacular explosion effects. The explosion is far larger and more colorful than a plane's. Why would they go through so much trouble adding such a glorious effect if they didn't intend it to be seen?
The truth is you have no idea what the other guys is thinking so why sink to the silly infantile act of shooting him in his chute and rubbing in the fact you just shot him down? Why waste such an opportunity?
What is silly and infantile are those that get so offended about shooting chutes in a game and post over the top, melodramatic posts crying about other people shooting chutes.
Yaknow Ack I know its only a cartoon game but for some reason I cant bring myself to shoot chutes for no reason. I guess Ive just seen to many people spitting out the last of their lives on dirty city sidewalks. Whatever it is I cant bring myself to do it. And I think anyone who would should part time as an "edited by me for lack of taste"
Not that I want to start another round here. :devil
I guess it's safe to say that you won't be bailing out around any P-38s in the near future.
ack-ack
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Why shoot the chute? Let him float down helplessly from 25k and let him get what he deserves to be an alt monkey... It's more fun watching him whine "Please! Some one shoot me" then hearing him say "Don't shoot me! I'm harmless up here!"
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piss people off. most valid reason there is.
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/71_1165600036_bail.jpg)
That was a great day. Poor Juntt.
:lol
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What is silly and infantile are those that get so offended about shooting chutes in a game and post over the top, melodramatic posts crying about other people shooting chutes.
Indeed! And anyway, how often does anyone ever even see someone riding a chute? 99% of the time, they auger or .ef
wtf is the problem, again?
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If I see a chute, it tells me the person is far too interested in their score.
I gun down chutes as a rule for that reason, but I'm nice about it; I only use the .50 cal and not my 20mm on my P38 to kill them.
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That was a great day. Poor Juntt.
:lol
Haha yeah, the film was great. The way he turned round just in time to see my 109 turn him into mush. Wonder if that film is lying around somewhere...
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It could be worse. Shuffler and I still haven't recovered from the night that 4XTCH ran us over with a Tiger tank. I was just trying to flag down a ride to the nearest pub. Shuff with the 45 might have caused some confusion however.
(http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s199/guppy35/Holdup.jpg)
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I shoot every chute i see. If you are in one then _you have an agenda_. Afterall you can just exit your chute unless you are floating down to.....
defend a maproom
call out cons to your friends (FAC)
ping enemy planes on the runway for a laugh
I dont need a chute floating around and giving check6 calls to my victims :)
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I don't think I've ever been shot in the chute. Must not be in the 15 year old section of the game. <shrugs>
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shooting chutes is a cowardly act. only 1 reason to kill a chute. prevent a base capture or trying to protect his map room. good sportsmanship is not to be a jerk and shoot a chute for the fun of it.
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I usually pull the chute and float to the ground, and then .ef. It's NOT because I have some ulterior motive for doing so - it's partly habit from a prior sim where you didn't have a choice but to do so, and partly because it just feels "right" to try to get down intact if I can.
As I can only recall once when I've been shot in the chute in AH out of many hundreds of bail-outs, it's hard for me to understand how this could be a very big problem. Maybe it's because people know who some of you are after they shoot you down, and can't resist? Or maybe it's because it's not a big deal to me and I don't remember other incidents, but I'm pretty sure that if it happened very regularly, I'd remember.
It doesn't bother me though when it happens, or when people try. Especially since unlike other sims where when you hit the ground you towered, here there are ways a downed pilot can interfere, at least in the war part of the game.
<S>
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ping enemy planes on the runway
2 kills per magazine in the .45
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2 kills per magazine in the .45
Actually, u can splode 'em with one or two well placed shots right in the cockpit. Talk about pissin' ppl off. Personally, I wait for the perk planes, I get the most irritation for the least amount of cartoon effort that way.
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A person in a chute can relay alot of info. Ground vehicle positions, chk sixes.... on the silk still a threat!
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shooting chutes is a cowardly act. only 1 reason to kill a chute. prevent a base capture or trying to protect his map room. good sportsmanship is not to be a jerk and shoot a chute for the fun of it.
Oh, please. You are the last person that should lecture anyone about 'good sportsmanship'. Do you even know the meaning of the word?
ack-ack
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Why shoot the chute? Let him float down helplessly from 25k and let him get what he deserves to be an alt monkey... It's more fun watching him whine "Please! Some one shoot me" then hearing him say "Don't shoot me! I'm harmless up here!"
All you have to do is "end sortie" while you float down, you're not helpless when in a chute. It still counts as a bail.
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Just for kicks ,and because of all the to shoot chutes or not talk on here i went on an offline mission and a few of the bot plane guys bailed.I was in a tempest and went at them i shot one of em (with canon) and he still lived a made another pass sprited his chute a bit (he was still ok) nicked his chute a bit with my bird,and my engine oil was taken out.(that's one tuff chute)And btw i did this offline because i dont shoot them in the game.Just a waste of good ammo for no good ression.
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I believe when you bail successfully your points are slightly higher than when it states "you have been killed". so killing an enemy is valuable to reduce his points.
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piss people off. most valid reason there is.
And its that mentality, that ruins not only this game.. but this planet... reminds me of "the world owes me everything, and everything in the world not interesting to me is CRAP" mentality of most of the sub 25 year olds that I run into.
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The Allies in WW 2 would take a few shots at a bailing pilot. Take Gunter Rall for example, lost his thumb when bailing out with P51s all over him.
Ill take shots at any shoot i can get at before he towers, i find it hilarious, because instead of a bail or capture it now says death. :devil
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In my book, most folks riding a chute down fall into two categories...
1) Somebody planning to cause mischief with his .45 once he reaches the ground. So, shooting him is fair game in my book.
or...
2) Somebody that is new to the game who doesn't yet realize that they can .ef and get airborne more quickly. I was in that position once upon a time. Shooting them gets them playing the game sooner, definitely a favor.
That said, not shooting the new guys' chutes might deprive the other countries vets of all those range vox requests for a "rescue mission" or a GV to "pick" them up. It also deprives those vets of the opportunity to tell the new guys to make a run for a friendly base on the ground and try to avoid the enemy. I've always wondered if there have been any new players who have run overland 25+ miles to "get back to base" safely. :lol
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I don't care why they are in the chute, how they got in the chute, or what they plan to do on the ground. I just enjoy shooting them, for the reasons stated by ack ack and furball.
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Take Gunter Rall for example, lost his thumb when bailing out with P51s all over him.
A P47 took this thumb, btw. From I remember, it happened prior to his bailing out of the aircraft he was in.
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The Allies in WW 2 would take a few shots at a bailing pilot.
bit too general there: RAF not allowed although happened very occasionally, USAAF not allowed but unofficially encouraged in some squadrons. For Axis: Luftwaffe same as USAAF, Russian standard practice and (un)official policy, Japanese standard practice and cultural obligation.
killing an enemy is valuable to reduce his points.
you get the victory (and points) either way, the only difference is what the downed pilot gets. pretty vindictive really, like kicking a guy who's already down. I guess the difference between a burst of 50s and a victory roll past the chute is honour, sportmanship and respect for other pilots...
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Cool,guys dont shoot me in my chute when I bail over a town we are trying to capture and you have GV's in it..I will do what I always do,run through town and shoot all your supplies..Love to do that...I will also help the friendlys to zone in on you with my icon right by you..Dont shoot me in the middle of a furball either, so I can call out check6's to my friends,and when I bail over your base at high altitude and use ZOOM and look down to call out the enemy Gv's.....
I will kill a chute everytime,unless we are in the middle of the ocean..I will just let the sharks have ya then... :rock
Falcon23
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I always shoot chutes which are high up cause I feel sorry for the newbs who don't realize you can just .ef and don't need to hang in your damn chute... also I don't like people watching me, undressing me in their minds.
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And its that mentality, that ruins not only this game.. but this planet... reminds me of "the world owes me everything, and everything in the world not interesting to me is CRAP" mentality of most of the sub 25 year olds that I run into.
Sad, but true. There are exceptions, but they are few and far between.
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And its that mentality, that ruins not only this game.. but this planet... reminds me of "the world owes me everything, and everything in the world not interesting to me is CRAP" mentality of most of the sub 25 year olds that I run into.
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Been accused of many things here over the years, but i think that my mentality is ruining the planet takes the biscuit.
Some of us know the differences between a game and real life, i treat this as a game only, i suggest some people in this thread do the same.
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And some of us know the difference between respect and self control, and getting jollies from disrespect and lack of the latter. Depends on your point of view doesn't it.
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Back in the Air Warrior days it was a sign of ultimate disrespect. Here it does have a purpose at times like when one is spotting gv's ect. otherwise it's just plain disrespect as stated.
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I never shoot chutes... it's a waste of ammo... aim for the meatbomb dangling under it...
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And some of us know the difference between respect and self control, and getting jollies from disrespect and lack of the latter. Depends on your point of view doesn't it.
...it does, and it also depends on your definition of 'disrespect' and 'self control' i guess? I don't find shooting cartoon pilots disrespectul or lacking in self control.
You don't really die you know.
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That said, not shooting the new guys' chutes might deprive the other countries vets of all those range vox requests for a "rescue mission" or a GV to "pick" them up. It also deprives those vets of the opportunity to tell the new guys to make a run for a friendly base on the ground and try to avoid the enemy. I've always wondered if there have been any new players who have run overland 25+ miles to "get back to base" safely. :lol
:rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl
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And its that mentality, that ruins not only this game.. but this planet... reminds me of "the world owes me everything, and everything in the world not interesting to me is CRAP" mentality of most of the sub 25 year olds that I run into.
you know, the only thing I would be weary of about posting issues of "morality" involved with a video game is that it is more than a 2 way street, it's a super highway. For every person who thinks that shooting a chute is ruining the fun of others, there is another who thinks vulching, taking certain bases (or groups of them), intentionally destroying an aircraft, dropping magic supply crates, jumping in front creating k/s, shooting those poor drunks trying to take the town (they don't fire back), or as it seems some days, HO's, even the act of aerial combat can all have morality issues attatched to it. Now if you want to talk about how these actions affect gameplay, then that is a different story.
I really don't think most people think about their actions in a fantasy created only with pixels, where the only consequences for anyone is that they get a new plane, a new pilot, and still get to log off at any point, and spend time with friends and family....really why would they need to? I don't think God is going to get angry with you for shooting chutes, and if he does, he's probably already mad at you for simulating the killing of others. I really don't think this game was created in an effort to comfront the moral and legal issues involving combat and pow's.
long live the meat bomb.....yes that is an oxymoron
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You don't really die you know.
I think everyone realizes that, although you come off as most don't. The only real reason to shoot a chute, despite whatever lame reason/excuse/ rationalization you see printed here ,is to piss off the other guy. I suppose if one must to make themselves feel superior , after all it is just cartoons using your words, then we must not chastise. We must offer sympathy.
Personally I feel sorry for some poor soul that has not the character to garner friends, and must resort to this kind of "leetness" then crow about it like some cartoon warrior (your words again) on a UBB for attention. I'm happy for them that they have found an outlet to get attention.
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Maybe if i start playing a bit more i might see you online, then maybe i can shoot your chute, 'share a moment' and bond a lil. Because at the moment, i really don't see this going anywhere, sorry. xxx
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I doubt you'd see me. Were usually above 1000 ft.
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I doubt you'd see me. Were usually above 1000 ft.
Cool, I would have no troubles looking down and seeing you hang helplessly in your parachute as I dive down and put a 20mm right through the meatball dangling under the silk. I can already envision it and hear the whines on 200.
ack-ack
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I can already envision it and hear the whines on 200.
ack-ack
I dont attention ho on 200 either, thats for the kiddies.
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I ran into a guy in a chute once. Chute got caught up on my engine and this leg and foot kept going whap, whap, whap, whap on the side of my plane... :O
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i don't shoot chutes i do a flyby and that is enough to piss them off becuase i am showing them hahahahahahah you are a loser :P :rolleyes:
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i don't shoot chutes i do a flyby and that is enough to piss them off becuase i am showing them hahahahahahah you are a loser :P :rolleyes:
Isnt Mommie calling?
Ack-Ack Dont you still live with Mommie too?
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I dont attention ho on 200 either, thats for the kiddies.
Not to be offensive, but were playing a cartoon game, doesn't that make us all kids at heart. :)
Just a thought.
Fred
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Looked at from the other side, I couldn't care less if somebody shoots my chute. When I go to the chute, I've already lost, so I don't care if I "die" or am "captured" at that point. If anything, it gets me back in a plane quicker. So why not shoot other chutes?
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Ack-Ack Dont you still live with Mommie too?
Wow, it seems like I've hit a sore spot! w00t!
The fact that I was able to piss you off is what I enjoy the most about tools like you and why I love shooting chutes. Just hope that if you ever bail, you don't see a Knight P-38J nearby as you dangle helplessly in your chute.
ack-ack
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Wow, it seems like I've hit a sore spot! w00t!
The fact that I was able to piss you off is what I enjoy the most about tools like you and why I love shooting chutes. Just hope that if you ever bail, you don't see a Knight P-38J nearby as you dangle helplessly in your chute.
ack-ack
Im just saying. You strike me as a young kid.
An older guy probably wouldnt even consider saying or doing insulting things in the game. Its not just maturity, We just havnt really been barn raised on Internet anomynity. Yaknow when BLKmagic and I were your age, grade school or high school, if you opened your yap and insulted anyone you'd best be able to back it up. The guys here 40'ish or older know what Im talking about. There was no calling the cops, calling a lawyer, crying to your teacher or mommie. Either you went down or he did.
It made for a more polite society. As for dissing your elders such concepts didnt even exist. It would never even occurr to us to disrespect an elder.
I know a lot of chute shooters arent necessarily sissies who hide behind an Internet game but I do consider such things to be indicators of an impolite society of personal cowards. I see it all the time on my job. These weasels start stuff and then call the cops if they catch a licking, or even if somone threatens them. They catch a crack after being ignorant to a stranger and they run for their lawyers.
So...thats what I think when I see little sweetheartbags like you saying/doing little sweetheartbag things in the game ,and for no reason. In my day channel 200 was real life and you'd better be able to backup your big mouth or someone would shut it for you.
You didnt find any sore spot. I just find much of modern life disheartening and hard to understand. I might give a <S> but I wouldnt insult a stranger by shooting his chute.
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Looked at from the other side, I couldn't care less if somebody shoots my chute. When I go to the chute, I've already lost, so I don't care if I "die" or am "captured" at that point. If anything, it gets me back in a plane quicker. So why not shoot other chutes?
If getting back to the tower quickly is your goal, there is no need to even open your chute. Hit enter three times to bail, then hit / . e f <enter> and you are back in the tower.
Ergo, anyone actually dangling in a chute is up to no good -- and should be shot.
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sigh.... you tardlets are forgetting the *one* important factor... HT designed it so we *could* shoot the meatbombs... he could simply have coded it otherwise if he wished, but he didn't... :t
ergo... HT *wants* us to practice our gunnery on the meatbombs... :rock
so by not shooting the meatbombs, *you* are disrespecting HT... :furious
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sigh.... you tardlets are forgetting the *one* important factor... HT designed it so we *could* shoot the meatbombs... he could simply have coded it otherwise if he wished, but he didn't... :t
ergo... HT *wants* us to practice our gunnery on the meatbombs... :rock
so by not shooting the meatbombs, *you* are disrespecting HT... :furious
Can we use this the next time there is a whine thread about TT / Furball Island being captured? :D
sigh.... you tardlets are forgetting the *one* important factor... HT designed it so we *could* capture the TT bases... he could simply have coded it otherwise if he wished, but he didn't... :t
ergo... HT *wants* us to capture the TT bases... :rock
so by not capturing the TT bases, *you* are disrespecting HT... :furious
The above post should not be construed as advocating or condoning capturing TT bases, nor is it an endorsement of said behavior. The opinions expressed in this post are not necessarily those of the management, although they should be. The poster is not paid by any candidate or party. Results may vary. FDIC insured. If this had been an actual emergency, you would have been instructed to put your head between your legs and kiss your rear goodbye.
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Can we use this the next time there is a whine thread about TT / Furball Island being captured? :D
of course you can... it won't stop or even reduce the whining... but the logic cannot be denied... i mean HT could make them uncapturable if he wanted to.. and if enough whine about it, he could very well change it...
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sigh.... you tardlets are forgetting the *one* important factor... HT designed it so we *could* shoot the meatbombs... he could simply have coded it otherwise if he wished, but he didn't... :t
ergo... HT *wants* us to practice our gunnery on the meatbombs... :rock
so by not shooting the meatbombs, *you* are disrespecting HT... :furious
But you forget that Dicky-boy has grown tired watching individuals lying on a dirty sidewalk while their life's blood is draining into the gutter as they breath their last grasp of breath to condone such behavior.
ack-ack
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blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah *wipes tears* blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
Here is a MMO (http://play.toontown.com/webHome.php?r=988140&r=962785&r=356107&r=446391) that is more suited for your care bear mentality.
ack-ack
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If getting back to the tower quickly is your goal, there is no need to even open your chute. Hit enter three times to bail, then hit / . e f <enter> and you are back in the tower.
Ergo, anyone actually dangling in a chute is up to no good -- and should be shot.
thats the way I've always figured it... :aok
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Im just saying. You strike me as a young kid.
An older guy probably wouldnt even consider saying or doing insulting things in the game. Its not just maturity, We just havnt really been barn raised on Internet anomynity. Yaknow when BLKmagic and I were your age, grade school or high school, if you opened your yap and insulted anyone you'd best be able to back it up. The guys here 40'ish or older know what Im talking about. There was no calling the cops, calling a lawyer, crying to your teacher or mommie. Either you went down or he did.
It made for a more polite society. As for dissing your elders such concepts didnt even exist. It would never even occurr to us to disrespect an elder.
I know a lot of chute shooters arent necessarily sissies who hide behind an Internet game but I do consider such things to be indicators of an impolite society of personal cowards. I see it all the time on my job. These weasels start stuff and then call the cops if they catch a licking, or even if somone threatens them. They catch a crack after being ignorant to a stranger and they run for their lawyers.
So...thats what I think when I see little sweetheartbags like you saying/doing little sweetheartbag things in the game ,and for no reason. In my day channel 200 was real life and you'd better be able to backup your big mouth or someone would shut it for you.
You didnt find any sore spot. I just find much of modern life disheartening and hard to understand. I might give a <S> but I wouldnt insult a stranger by shooting his chute.
I always wonder why some folks forget about punctuation, when they are trying to flame others?
You lost any hope of "taking the moral high ground" when you called him a "sweetheart bag".