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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: uptown on May 26, 2010, 08:14:53 AM
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In replying to Rapiers' post I got to thinking about how I've dealt with anger and frustration during my time in AcesHigh. I'm sure we've all been pissed at someone or something in the game at one point. Then it dawned on me that we all have something in common...at least I think.
How many of you are like me and thrive on those negative energies to try to improve your game so you can whip the ole boy next time. I don't know about you, but I get great enjoyment from that :lol I generally go after the last guy that shot me down as a way to get satisfaction or revenge if you will. And a lot of times it doesn't work out too well for me. And that's my cue that I have more learning to do.
I believe that we are a highly competitive crowd and losing a fight drives us to become better more then anything else. Having a pretty score and a few perk points isn't why I come back day after day. It's the thought of beating the guy that just owned me the day before that does.....well that and the Pee51. :)
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100% agreement! :aok
But these days, I only get pissed at my own stupidity flying the 262. Actually, my own stupidity in general. And thus, have nobody to blame but myself.
And yes, I do enjoy finding a good stick... Knowing that I am up against a killer. The adrenaline starts up, the SA comes online and I patiently wait for my mistake to be made and having that killer kill me. DAM THOSE KILLERS!
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I thumped my desk the other week when my own bad SA ended a 100-0 262 kill streak.
something I haven't done for a long time, I thought I had it under control :t
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it's the epic number that gets ya it's cursed
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I find that when I get very frustrated with the game, I log off for a bit and get some fresh air. Maybe do a little be of yard work to flush the frustration out. I find that when I do something productive, I feel 10 times better. Then I fly better when I get back on! :)
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"It's a cartoon game", that is what i say to my self.
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I dont think Ive ever been pissed at anyone who has beaten me. Pissed at myself..many times.
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"It's a cartoon game", that is what i say to my self.
A cartoon game it may be, but if not for the emotional high you get from fighting other players we'd all be playing offline for free instead.
I dont think Ive ever been pissed at anyone who has beaten me. Pissed at myself..many times.
Yes! And I believe it's that anger and competitive spirit that keep us wanting more. Some will say that to get angry is a bad thing. But I think in some cases it can also be good for the game. It keeps things intense, different and challenging.
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The secret is controlling that anger uptown.
After all, all of us who fly here have more than enough of our own frustration and anger.
Please keep yours on your side of the monitor.
None of us get enough respect and consideration. So feel free to share all you have to give.
Besides, the respect and consideration comes back to you in good ways, many times multiplied.
The biggest single problem I see in Aces High is players who refuse to take the blame for dieing.
They'd much rather get angry at someone else, rather than accept they made a mistake someplace.
If you just died, you screwed up, period. Even if it was as simple as rolling from the wrong field at the wrong time. Accept it, look at it to see where you could have done better. Put it away, and go try again.
Everyone is going to die, no one is perfect, not even HT, and he's god!
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Ain't that the truth!!! And one of the best examples of this is, the HO..... Sure it takes two to ho, but only the dead type on 200 afterward.
The biggest single problem I see in Aces High is players who refuse to take the blame for dieing.
They'd much rather get angry at someone else, rather than accept they made a mistake someplace.
And another good one that we've all seen is the lack of SA. I'll be the first to admit, I've gotten mad at somebody near me when I got dead... Yet, I always say nobody checks your six like you, yourself!
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In replying to Rapiers' post I got to thinking about how I've dealt with anger and frustration during my time in AcesHigh. I'm sure we've all been pissed at someone or something in the game at one point. Then it dawned on me that we all have something in common...at least I think.
How many of you are like me and thrive on those negative energies to try to improve your game so you can whip the ole boy next time. I don't know about you, but I get great enjoyment from that :lol I generally go after the last guy that shot me down as a way to get satisfaction or revenge if you will. And a lot of times it doesn't work out too well for me. And that's my cue that I have more learning to do.
I believe that we are a highly competitive crowd and losing a fight drives us to become better more then anything else. Having a pretty score and a few perk points isn't why I come back day after day. It's the thought of beating the guy that just owned me the day before that does.....well that and the Pee51. :)
Hehe. What about last night when I posted the B5N w/ Torpedo - Candy Mountain Mishun? Two people bailed on it and "created a better mission", as they stated. But to hear you, PK1, Sabby and AKAK typing and laughing, made that mishun what it was.....................simpl e Fun.
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I fly around and shoot at red guys. Getting angry isn't part of the game for me. I like a good nail biter fight, but the whole game is on the + side for me. Real life has enough stuff on the minus side to worry about to let any amount of hoing, ramming, picking, ownage, or lost fights in AH work its way in there.
Certainly anger can be harnessed and turned into something productive, but I see a bunch of folks who seem to actually let the game make them unhappy pretty consistently. :huh
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Ghosth, I'm not mad at anything at all. I do get that way, but what i'm trying to say is I like to use that energy to make a positive out of it rather then a negative. As in learning from my mistakes, look for the challenge, and improve. I think most of us are that way.
On the other hand there are those that will PM you with rants and such to release their anger. That isn't the way to do it. And those that do, do that are very rare. At least in my experience.
So yes Ghosth, controlling that anger and channeling in into something good is what I want to convey in this thread. The Fighter Aces guys may get angry or frustrated at the players and or game, but the key is to roll with the punches and learn from it. We're all competitive, but it's how you take defeat that makes all the difference.
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C'mon Aspen, you mean you don't get made at yourself now and again? Or mad at the guy that you think rams you on purpose when you have 4 or 5 kills? I bet you do, but are adult enough to keep it to yourself or your squad mates.
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Hehe. What about last night when I posted the B5N w/ Torpedo - Candy Mountain Mishun? Two people bailed on it and "created a better mission", as they stated. But to hear you, PK1, Sabby and AKAK typing and laughing, made that mishun what it was.....................simpl e Fun.
:rofl I was going to post the film but it's like 22 minutes long. I'd love to hear what the whirbels thought about a bunch of dorks dropping torpedoes on them. :rofl
I was hoping to see a mess to torpedoes sticking out of the ground like stumps :lol
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Being competitive and being angry are two different things. Someone who is competitive stays in control and plays to their strengths. Someone who loses their cool and lets their temper run things is a lousy competitor.
During my ball playing days through high school my Dad hammered into me that how I presented myself in playing the game as a teammate and as an opponent was just as important as how I played the games. As he'd been a damn good ball player and one of the most respected too, I had little reason to question that. All these years later I still don't.
Throw in that this is cartoon air combat with no real consequence to losing outside of having to get a new plane.
There is nothing to get angry about.
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I was hoping you'd post here Dan. You are a rare breed indeed and I can believe you don't get mad at this silly crap. I too played ball as a kid. Football, and I never got to going good until I made myself mad at the guy in front of me. Once I was mad, I hit harder and went to the ball like a madman. For me it was a fight that must be won. I didn't ever play dirty or talk crap...But I did play harder.
I don't think I'm a poor sport and I hope others don't think I am. Have I mouthed off on 200 to let off some steam?..sure. Most of us have at one time or another. It's part of competition, don't you agree?
You mean to tell me you could go to the playground day after day getting your butt whipped and walk away with a smile on your face? How does that work? I went to school with a fella like that. He's either in the nut house or in politics by now.
You don't think a certain amount of anger is part of being competitive?
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I thumped my desk the other week when my own bad SA ended a 100-0 262 kill streak.
something I haven't done for a long time, I thought I had it under control :t
Picture this setting: Epic titanic tuesday furball, two opposing countries, 25 planes each. Only you and kappa are there in jets as representatives of Knight land. Kills are growing on trees. So is lag. With a 43 kill streak, a notorious rocket shooting Bf110G-2 pilot shoots rockets at you on the deck locking up your entire computer for 4 seconds. When it unlocks you are 13 feet from the ground, inverted. Death.
If that is not pain, I do not know what is.
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I remember 1 time I can't remember his name but it started with an F I think and makes a lot of skins anyways I spotted this very high 109 so I did what I normally do I show my tail and see what he does just biding my time till he makes a mistake or leaves. The 109 made 8 or so passes at me with no hits and left at 6K his dot vanashed and I started my climb and reversed my course and maintained my climb and sure enough I found the 109 5K below me and started my attack another plane came in on my second pass to join fight on my third pass I blew the 109's right wing off and he went down 3 seconds later I get a radio PM from the 109 saying how lame I am and I am an f***en puss that can't fight worth a crap. I had to laugh at what I thought was the other friendly plane thinking I stole his kill and I replied dude I been hunting this guy for 15 minutes when he answered it wasn't the same voice I had heard before now I remember who it was it was Fester. I didn't know that folks from the other side could radio you PM. So even the best can lose their tempers. At times I have used channel 200 to certain folks but it wasn't in anger I do it to actually instill anger in the other person. My belief is angry folk don't think straight and therefore is apt to make a mistake in the next engagement. I just let the rants roll off my back and continue what I did best and that is to be the hunter not the hunted. When my dad flew old AW I watched him for hours blow planes out of the sky in his Nik2-J. He always told me make the other guy fight your fight or don't fight at all, Never place your self in a position you can't get out of and Keep your head on a swivel good SA will keep you alive. Rule number 2 I had a hard time with but sometimes the urge to have fun takes over and the rules fade away for the most part. Just don't let anger rule your game play and all should be fine for the most part. There are head hunters out there every game has them I don't like head hunting never have but I figure the more looking for one plane means less looking someplace else.
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Picture this setting: Epic titanic tuesday furball, two opposing countries, 25 planes each. Only you and kappa are there in jets as representatives of Knight land. Kills are growing on trees. So is lag. With a 43 kill streak, a notorious rocket shooting Bf110G-2 pilot shoots rockets at you on the deck locking up your entire computer for 4 seconds. When it unlocks you are 13 feet from the ground, inverted. Death.
If that is not pain, I do not know what is.
lol, does boxman have a picture of this? I was searching through all the boxman rocket pictures of the day thread.
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lol, foes boxman have a picture of this? I was searching through all the boxman rocket pictures of the day thread.
I doubt he saved it because he did not receive credit or actually hit me. But I'm certain he was confused why my plane yawed to the left and augured into the ocean when he fired rockets at me.
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:rofl I was going to post the film but it's like 22 minutes long. I'd love to hear what the whirbels thought about a bunch of dorks dropping torpedoes on them. :rofl
"These idiot just dropped a torpedo on my wirblewind!"
I have to go back and watch the film so I can take a screenshot of my torpedo going through the top of a flak panzie's turret.
ack-ack
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"These idiot just dropped a torpedo on my wirblewind!"
I have to go back and watch the film so I can take a screenshot of my torpedo going through the top of a flak panzie's turret.
ack-ack
:rofl
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Uptown, watch out for the fm2 with the blood alcohol .2 plus. He'll own you ! :t
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I thumped my desk the other week when my own bad SA ended a 100-0 262 kill streak.
something I haven't done for a long time, I thought I had it under control :t
impressive and dweeby at the same time. How do you pull that off, tea and special brownies? :D
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Uptown, watch out for the fm2 with the blood alcohol .2 plus. He'll own you ! :t
:furious <----sikes self for drunken turny plane pilot :lol
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Last week I was defending a port by myself. The CV was right there so I upped from it and went after the tippy deacking the place. He hoed me, i went down. No biggie, I expected it. So I up again and head back, and there's the goon. I kill it before the tippy hoed me a 2nd time. The goon was Tripp :)
What was funny about it, was me him and Madcap were having a war of words on 200 the day before so I knew I was not his favorite person right now. I asked the tippy pilot if Tripp was mad because I noticed he logged off right away. He said that Tripp went into a rage on range channel and was saying he got set up. He didn't come back for the rest of the day :rofl I love this game :lol
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:furious <----sikes self for drunken turny plane pilot :lol
you know me , I always run with scissors. :D
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Hey Uptown! Great topic!
I often hear people literally cursing on range channel because they think something happened. I have heard language that will blister paint and probably your eardrums as well. I also hear people get really down on themselves or their opponents and I can't see how either helps. If you died, you can figure out how to do it better. The other guy flew, did better, gamed the game better or some variation. I can be mad but that doesn't change the result.
For myself personally, I find that I fly my best when I don't get angry, in fact the opposite. I just note what happens and let it go. I can then turn to the next flight and the next fight and do my best.
When I'm angry, I screw up. I generally won't fixate on one plane or pilot because that gets you killed. I focus on the over all fight and the flow. When I'm in the flow I do well, when I'm not I make all kinds of mistakes.
Personally, I think that anger is wasted energy. Turning it to something else takes effort and energy too. Instead I'd rather focus my energy on doing well and having fun.
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In replying to Rapiers' post I got to thinking about how I've dealt with anger and frustration during my time in AcesHigh. I'm sure we've all been pissed at someone or something in the game at one point. Then it dawned on me that we all have something in common...at least I think.
How many of you are like me and thrive on those negative energies to try to improve your game so you can whip the ole boy next time. I don't know about you, but I get great enjoyment from that :lol I generally go after the last guy that shot me down as a way to get satisfaction or revenge if you will. And a lot of times it doesn't work out too well for me. And that's my cue that I have more learning to do.
I believe that we are a highly competitive crowd and losing a fight drives us to become better more then anything else. Having a pretty score and a few perk points isn't why I come back day after day. It's the thought of beating the guy that just owned me the day before that does.....well that and the Pee51. :)
happened to me yesterday. BeLile was parked behind our rook GV hanger picking us off like sheep every time we tried to re-up...that drives me crazy...but something in me won't walk away from that kinds stuff. so after he killed me about 5 times...I hopped in a plane at another base so as to time my arrival with me dropping bombs on him........and instead.....arriving after we lost the base....and getting shot the hell down by ack. lol.
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Corky nailed it there is nothing about this silly game that's worth getting genuinely angry about. That being said I have been known to lose my tempter from time to time, usually when I'm having "one of those nights" and generally speaking it's directed inward rather than outward. I do spend a great deal of energy confining that frustration to myself or at least squad vox, most nights I simply log off before that frustration get's out of hand. Venting it towards other players or on 200 doesn't help anyone.
If I'm frustrated or angry then I'm not enjoying myself, and if I'm not enjoying myself then I'm also probably not a lot of fun to be around so what's the point in playing? At that point I usually log and take a breather.
There is nothing about this silly game that's worth getting upset over, save that for real life and things that matter.
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I am usually a pretty nice guy. Even when somebody gets chippy with me on 200, ho's, rams, and runs. I really am. :aok ;) :angel:
That being said, the incredible hulk in me comes out every once in a while and I take that little dweeb skilless bastage to the DA SO I CAN DESTROY HIMMMMMM. MUAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHA :t
Then I'm back to lil ole me. :D
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IHOP got new brand, Fluffyboy?
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I am usually a pretty nice guy. Even when somebody gets chippy with me on 200, ho's, rams, and runs. I really am. :aok ;) :angel:
That being said, the incredible hulk in me comes out every once in a while and I take that little dweeb skilless bastage to the DA SO I CAN DESTROY HIMMMMMM. MUAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHA :t
Then I'm back to lil ole me. :D
But draggon won't go to the DA! :bolt:
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But draggon won't go to the DA! :bolt:
There is reason for that, because he made the mistake of going there with me once.
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But draggon won't go to the DA! :bolt:
He would never DA me, he'd just keep blabbing on...a few months later now he is constantly blabbing then asking for a DA...just makes me laugh. He said I was in a dweeb plane after I gave him a facial of 20s in his Spixteen from 234. And that I cherrypicked him...
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IHOP got new brand, Fluffyboy?
I gonna hulk up next time I see you in the DA. I forgot, you don't go no more. :neener:
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There is reason for that, because he made the mistake of going there with me once.
A few weeks ago he challenged me to the DA after I shot him down and when I accepted, he never responded or showed up in the DA. Later when I went back into the MA and asked him why he never showed up after offering the challenge, he said I wasn't big league enough to duel him and when I got better to look him up. Fair enough.
ack-ack
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He would never DA me, he'd just keep blabbing on...a few months later now he is constantly blabbing then asking for a DA...just makes me laugh. He said I was in a dweeb plane after I gave him a facial of 20s in his Spixteen from 234. And that I cherrypicked him...
he wouldn't go DA but he challenged me to 1v1, he would not tell me what ride he was in or the alt. I show up in an SBD him 4K above me in a hurry2 :joystick:
He got pwned :aok :airplane:
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he wouldn't go DA but he challenged me to 1v1, he would not tell me what ride he was in or the alt. I show up in an SBD him 4K above me in a hurry2 :joystick:
He got pwned :aok :airplane:
:rofl you could of sold tickets at the showing of that film :lol
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Uptown don't get me wrong, use those emotions as an incentive to improve all you want.
Just don't inflict them on everyone else.
I will say this in your favor, you've "grown" a lot this last year.
I really like this newer, more mature, more stable uptown.
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A few weeks ago he challenged me to the DA after I shot him down and when I accepted, he never responded or showed up in the DA. Later when I went back into the MA and asked him why he never showed up after offering the challenge, he said I wasn't big league enough to duel him and when I got better to look him up. Fair enough.
ack-ack
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Well thank you Ghosth. I went from a half gallon of whiskey week down to a few beers a month. I didn't realize anyone noticed :salute
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I always tell myself its just game but I am human(somewhat) and I fall into the trap of getting bent of shape, not so much anymore. In the end I wind up blaming myself for a tragic animated death that befalls me. If i feel I am about to trip out(no pun intended) i step away and watch C-span. oh, I do apologize to anyone if I pm'd you with some nasty gramma in the past. Yes, I should not have done that in the first place :salute tc out !
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I was hoping you'd post here Dan. You are a rare breed indeed and I can believe you don't get mad at this silly crap. I too played ball as a kid. Football, and I never got to going good until I made myself mad at the guy in front of me. Once I was mad, I hit harder and went to the ball like a madman. For me it was a fight that must be won. I didn't ever play dirty or talk crap...But I did play harder.
I don't think I'm a poor sport and I hope others don't think I am. Have I mouthed off on 200 to let off some steam?..sure. Most of us have at one time or another. It's part of competition, don't you agree?
You mean to tell me you could go to the playground day after day getting your butt whipped and walk away with a smile on your face? How does that work? I went to school with a fella like that. He's either in the nut house or in politics by now.
You don't think a certain amount of anger is part of being competitive?
One of the things I remember from the ball playing days was that we always knew which guys on the other team would lose their cool. The second you got them out of their game, it was over.
I kinda figure the 200 trash talk is a bit like that. The last time I lost my cool over a game was a Little League game. Dad happened to be coach and he set me on the end of the bench and said until I learned to handle that, I could and would sit there. He clearly made an impression.
That being said, it didn't always fit with the high school coaches I played for. My junior year our basketball team was 15-2. After one of those two losses, the coach had guys crying. Another guy and I were sitting there stuffing towels in our mouths to stop from laughing at the silliness of it all. Coach saw it and I never left the bench after that :)
That was a long time ago. AH is the place I get to go to pretend to be a fighter pilot. Nothing is at stake. That doesn't mean I don't like to win a good dogfight. But it's not real life. It's my escape from having to be serious.
In AH CorkyJr is a 22 year old invincible P38G pilot, who despite his ineptitude has never once died, and who always has a plane waiting for him. He's got all his hair, drinks like a fish, has a cigarette dangling from his lower lip while wandering about in his battered A2 jacket and 50 mission crush officers cap.
No bills, no mortgage, no wife and kids to worry about, no job to get to. No responsibility.
How could I get angry about that? :)
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Thank you for that post sir. I'm damned near tempted to print the last part of that off and tape it to the desk. :lol I do admire your approach to the game :salute