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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: sirvlad on June 09, 2010, 04:47:21 PM
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Game seems to be getting more n more boring to me.Every day same map same front lines.Nothing ever seems to change.I assume HTC is never going to make even a single new map.I have been asking for years when will we get a new map and they have never even once responded.A simple "there`s 1 in the works n should be up this year"would be nice.I hardly ever enjoy playing anymore.If even 4 guys works together the other side cries that we`re hordeing.Flying alone is lame n boring,BFD I landed a few kills YIPPIE!!!!Even gv`n seems lame now a days hardly ever a good size battle going on,unless it`s at a double spawn where you die almost instantly.Finally after umpteen deaths you get the spawn clear then BOOM the first camper you killed comes back and bombs you.Not much fun.Sorry for the rant but after 10 years or so maybe it`s finally time to move on.
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.I have been asking for years when will we get a new map and they have never even once responded.
You must have missed all the new maps that we got during those years...
Game seems to be getting more n more boring to me.Every day same map same front lines.
Would "new" front lines really change this? The action would be still the same...
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Maps are player made.
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By all means quit. It might be good for you. Maybe you'll come back one day refreshed and missing all of us dweebs that still play. Either way good luck in life and the pursuit of that which makes you happy.
:cheers:
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The way I see it HiTech must be getting on by now so when he retires or dies of old age we might only have another 10-15 years then we are done. :(
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Sirvlad. It is you that has gotten stale not the game. Everyday you can find something else to do here.
Change what you are doing. Change arenas. Change sides. Change squads. Change aircraft.
I know that is kinda harsh but I give you my opinion from personal experience. I have been there. This is the best the planet has to offer. Yes it can always be better.
I do not know you sir, but if you want to change squads, talk to JG77 whom I fly with, maybe that will help.
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"Would "new" front lines really change this? The action would be still the same... " Please feel free to show me the new maps,lets say in the last 2 years.
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strange I have been fighting for close to 6 years, I started out flying almost exclusively "fighters" I gave up GV'ing and Bombers all together about 3 years ago, and I still get angry at myself if I get to rtb, obviously I did not fight hard enough, I want to see my smoking carcass of a plane falling from the sky with red icons every where I look.
whats this "Map" thing, or "front line" thing you are talking about :headscratch:
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I'm with ink on this one. I couldn't tell you the names of any of the maps. I don't care. As for the front lines. One base looks like the next. Every carrier group is identical.
They are all a means to an end, and that's a fight. The planes are different, as are the live opponents we get to fly against. Pick a bird that is more challenging and go try and win a fight or two in it.
If that's gotten to the point where it's the same, then it's probably time to take a break and get your perspective back
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i've been through some of these maps often enough to sadly say, hey...i KNOW that bump!!! hey...i KNOW that tree!!!...maybe thats why i like GVing, i know my layouts
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New maps and new base layouts would improve things IMO. How many can damn near draw all 3 air fields from memory alone.Why is it that so much work goes into maps for the small scenerios that only last 1 day.Granted sometimes for 4 days,1 each sunday.Yeah yeah I know all about them being made for 2 sides not 3,but really,couldn`t some of these maps be converted.I just don`t get it.Also the fight isn`t always the same if the area is different,like in canyons and such.I remember a while back there was a map with a noodleula in the east with a base at sea level.Roughly 40 miles to the west there was an airfield at 6K.It was a fun area becuse you could always find bombers to down or cap the area with a fighter or 2.I miss that map.Hey how about a map making contest where the winner maybe gets 1 year free gaming.Heck I`ll pay for the year if we get a few decent maps out of it.$180 bucks ain`t much.I think I spend more then that updating my comp.Another gripe I have is that I think moving the factories was a bad idea.I love the way they look and all but I use to enjoy bombing them in less then 1 hour.Seems like no one ever bombs them anymore.I bet many new players will never even see the giant city and factories.Maybe make it a tad smaller and ad a few more of them around the map. :bolt: wife ack reloading BBL
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Quick question about a map... Why is ozkansas named that way? That's always confused me. I mean really, it's nothing like Kansas. :D
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Just put it away for a while you will get the bug back.
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Sirvlad, make some reasonable, balanced and inovative maps. Submit them to be used, you can even put your name in the corner somewhere. Only those with the ability to creat change and a vision of the way they think it ought to be (as well as only those who can find the free time to compalin about it) can make a change in that desired direction.
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Vlad, I returned for a little while and I'm with you I found it boring. Some stuff is still fun and it was nice to touch base with a few peeps but :frown:. The mad race to get to the edge of an enemy base with #s and 3-5K alt advantage seems to be how things roll now, It was always this way to some extent but I found upon returning that it is the "MAIN EVENT" now. The main difference being IMHO is the GAYng trolling the edge of a base now is heavily populated with very good players. Maybe my memory is off but I seem to recall when a base was being trolled as such the "good sticks" would up and put an end to it, now they seem to be on the trolling side. With 5-10 good sticks mingled in with the usual trollers and very few good sticks upping to counter them the odds of a good fight developing is very small indeed and you become mear fodder against the many skilled players that are trolling :frown: I guess it is human nature to go down the road with the least obstacles :frown:
The only option I saw was to up from a field a sector away to grab some alt but I've lost my patience for such tactics I just wanted to get is some computer mayhem for a short time!
While I was back I found extremely few "ebb and flow" furballs, it was either get GAYnged by red guys or GAYng as a green guy :frown:
If in some way this could change I would stay longer. It was good fun for awhile but the style of play makes staying a little tedious to say the least!
Taking a break does help but only for a short time! So take a break and try again, hopefully your experience will trump mine :salute :cheers:
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The only thing I've found to really change the dynamics of a fight or make its location more memorable than others is a canyon.
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I used to feel the same about the maps being the same. But as much as I like the idea, and a new scene is nice once in a while, I am past it. I find it's more about the quality of fights and the execution of your sortie, than the maps themselves.
If you got a new map today, say 3 more maps, how long would you stay interested? I think you would get bored within 2 months and say, it is boring, same action again. Again, I think it is the quality of what you are doing that counts. The sky is still blue, the sun rises/sets the same, the planes still have the same specs, and gv's roll the same no matter what kinda map.
The other thing is once you accomplish what you wanted to accomplish in this game, it is time to move on. That is only natural. :old:
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I used to feel the same about the maps being the same. But as much as I like the idea, and a new scene is nice once in a while, I am past it. I find it's more about the quality of fights and the execution of your sortie, than the maps themselves.
If you got a new map today, say 3 more maps, how long would you stay interested? I think you would get bored within 2 months and say, it is boring, same action again. Again, I think it is the quality of what you are doing that counts. The sky is still blue, the sun rises/sets the same, the planes still have the same specs, and gv's roll the same no matter what kinda map.
The other thing is once you accomplish what you wanted to accomplish in this game, it is time to move on. That is only natural. :old:
if that's the case I will be playing forever :D, because I want to be able to kill every single red guy that attacks me whether it be 1vs1 or 30 vs1
:rock
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New maps and new base layouts would improve things IMO. How many can damn near draw all 3 air fields from memory alone.Why is it that so much work goes into maps for the small scenerios that only last 1 day.Granted sometimes for 4 days,1 each sunday.Yeah yeah I know all about them being made for 2 sides not 3,but really,couldn`t some of these maps be converted.
The difference between a scenario map and a main arena map is a lot more than just adding another side. MA maps have to be more even, have fully working strats, base spacing is different, all kinds of things. A good map maker could build a scenario map or AvA map in a few weeks, but a MA map takes months.
Save yourself some money. Take a break from the game and learn how to build maps. The time you would have spent flying spend building. Once you have it completed and approved by HTC, you can come back to the game refreshed, and they will have a new map up. Win Win right? :aok
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The day someone else's actions or wants, makes me quit, I'll be in a casket.
Who GAF what other people say, mean or do. Play your way Vlad.
:rock
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Can i have your stuff?
ack-ack
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Quick question about a map... Why is ozkansas named that way? That's always confused me. I mean really, it's nothing like Kansas. :D
I have been wounding about that too.
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Can i have your stuff?
ack-ack
Sure, but my stuff will be dirty, dusty and used by the time I no longer need em.
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I have been wounding about that too.
if it is wounding you, you should First stop the bleeding, second rush your self..safely.. to the nearest hospital..... :P
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When the thrill is gone its time to go away for a while.
Come back when the itch gets too bad.
The game hasn't gotten stale, you have. Which is nothing to be ashamed of, it happens to many.
So if your going to stay, change, change everything. What you fly, who you fly with, where you fly, and why you fly.
But it would probably be easier to just walk away for a few months till the urge comes back.
The good news is when you reach this point, your a vet, well almost. :)
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if it is wounding you, you should First stop the bleeding, second rush your self..safely.. to the nearest hospital..... :P
LOL, what would we all do without human spellcheck... :rofl
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Quick question about a map... Why is ozkansas named that way? That's always confused me. I mean really, it's nothing like Kansas. :D
the map was made and then named in remembrance of a fallen AH Member from long ago......
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the map was made and then named in remembrance of a fallen AH Member from long ago......
Ahh, now it makes sense. TY, I've always wondered about that.
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I don't get a lot of time to play, therefore the game still holds interest for me- specifically, getting together with the guys in our bombers (or whatever), and enjoying the banter on our way to wreak havoc on the bad guys. I'm in it for the comradery.
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"Would "new" front lines really change this? The action would be still the same... " Please feel free to show me the new maps,lets say in the last 2 years.
TAGMA :)
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Sirvlad you've been around long enough to know that maps are player generated. You've also been around long enough to know that no matter what map is available, in any arena, the rice usually roll the same way.
Take a break and smell some roses. Better yet, make a new map :devil
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Vlad, I returned for a little while and I'm with you I found it boring. Some stuff is still fun and it was nice to touch base with a few peeps but :frown:. The mad race to get to the edge of an enemy base with #s and 3-5K alt advantage seems to be how things roll now, It was always this way to some extent but I found upon returning that it is the "MAIN EVENT" now. The main difference being IMHO is the GAYng trolling the edge of a base now is heavily populated with very good players. Maybe my memory is off but I seem to recall when a base was being trolled as such the "good sticks" would up and put an end to it, now they seem to be on the trolling side. With 5-10 good sticks mingled in with the usual trollers and very few good sticks upping to counter them the odds of a good fight developing is very small indeed and you become mear fodder against the many skilled players that are trolling :frown: I guess it is human nature to go down the road with the least obstacles :frown:
The only option I saw was to up from a field a sector away to grab some alt but I've lost my patience for such tactics I just wanted to get is some computer mayhem for a short time!
While I was back I found extremely few "ebb and flow" furballs, it was either get GAYnged by red guys or GAYng as a green guy :frown:
If in some way this could change I would stay longer. It was good fun for awhile but the style of play makes staying a little tedious to say the least!
Taking a break does help but only for a short time! So take a break and try again, hopefully your experience will trump mine :salute :cheers:
*sigh* don't you get tired of spouting the same tripe over and over again? And I've seen you say that load of crap regardless of the situation you put yourself into. I bet you look at a box of twinkies and call it a GAYng. Get a new word, get a life.
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sirv...I know what you mean. Once you've done it for a few years it gets kinda pointless. Same thing EVERY night. I got bored, quit for a year, came back for a month or two (probably only played a few hours total) and just couldn't get excited about it. I used to LOVE getting on killin some time playing cartoon pilot but not anymore. Who knows, in about a year or so maybe I will try it again but I really doubt it unless there is something so attractive and new that I can't resist. :D
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*sigh* don't you get tired of spouting the same tripe over and over again? And I've seen you say that load of crap regardless of the situation you put yourself into. I bet you look at a box of twinkies and call it a GAYng. Get a new word, get a life.
It cheered me up finding out shrek had quit. And he does need to get that homophobia checked. We all know what it really means. It means he looks at a box of twinkies and wishes they were cucumbers.
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i wish someone would walk thru one test map with me so i could understand everything. i have wrote down tons of ideas for maps over the years. but no one has that time anymore. if anyone does have that time and would like to show me how once please PM me and i would be willing to hook up and try to learn Salute SirVlad its as fun as you make it bro sorry to see you leave
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Hell I've quit a dozen times. I too get burnt out on it all and need a break. But I always seem to come back with a different set of goals or interests. One month I'll try to learn about sinking a CV with torpedoes from a TBM or PT boat. Or I'll work on rank in the certain catagory or overall score. This month I'm going to attempt to just stick to my squaddies so they can get their K/D up.
For me there are just so many avenues to explore that I feel like I haven't even scratched the surface yet. One of these days I'll attempt to master the P38 or even the 109s. In the GVs, my interest has been in taking objects out with the 251 rockets. The M4 with the rockets has really caught my eye too.
Some days or weeks even, I spend in the DA learning to avoid ho shots :lol That's also fantastic for SA practice as well. Some days I will go to the TA and try to help out a new guy or 2 with the basic stuff. Stick mapping, radio setting...that kind of thing. I think everyone gets bored of the same ole, same ole that's only natural.
With the time you have in the game Vlad, it would be a shame to see you go for good. You've always been a challenging and respectful guy in my book.
But anyway, that's neither here nor there. You know what you need to do better then any of us, so I wish the best for you, whatever you decide. :salute
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Vlad, it is what it is. I can relate.
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Once the game has lost its interest for you there is no going back.
I have quit and returned to this game a few times over the past 9 years but each return has been shorter then the last.
When you return you quickly realize that nothing has changed, same maps, maybe a new plane, basically the same group of people playing.
However, all that being said, what else is there for a combat flight sim buff?
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*sigh* don't you get tired of spouting the same tripe over and over again? And I've seen you say that load of crap regardless of the situation you put yourself into. I bet you look at a box of twinkies and call it a GAYng. Get a new word, get a life.
:rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl
Still hanging on every word of mine I see :aok laughter does the soul good :aok TY :cheers:
btw, stay in your GAYng :aok
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:rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl
Still hanging on every word of mine I see :aok laughter does the soul good :aok TY :cheers:
btw, stay in your GAYng :aok
No I don't hang on to your every word as much as you would like some sort of fan club. It just stands out like a large turd in a public swimming pool.
I'm not as good a stick stirrer as you are but even I know that flying solo is the best way to get shot down by multiple opponents. Nobody, regardless of what they say about "it's the fight 1v1", ever looks at the clipboard in search of a single red dot hoping for a 1v1 in the main arenas, unless the 2 are talking in text to arrange a fight in a corner by themselves, but that is what the dueling arena and KOTH is for. Everyone that wants some actionin the main arenas migrates to the area(s) where there are others to fly against. And if jumping into a fight with a wingman or several of my squadmates or one person trying to clear someone elses six is a GAYng in your book, then you shouldn't be playing any multiplayer games ever...stick with Wii golf and you won't have to worry about teams. And I've personally seen you pick people off multiple times, then turn around and talk trash to someone who did it to you.
Most of us don't have our heads in the clouds thinking we are teh 1337 uberz pile-it ace of aces. We have more fun jumping into a group of opponents and attempting to fight it out and survive, regardless of score, stats, or outcome.
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sirv...I know what you mean. Once you've done it for a few years it gets kinda pointless. Same thing EVERY night. I got bored, quit for a year, came back for a month or two (probably only played a few hours total) and just couldn't get excited about it. I used to LOVE getting on killin some time playing cartoon pilot but not anymore. Who knows, in about a year or so maybe I will try it again but I really doubt it unless there is something so attractive and new that I can't resist. :D
Sir, with all due respect, why are you on these boards if this game no longer holds your interest. And don't tell me it's because of the people/friends you know here, you could be chatting them up while flying even if the action still bores you. Seriously, I do not understand. From the darker side, I would expect your opinions to be negative because you gave up, and having done that, your opinion has very little value to me.
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No I don't hang on to your every word as much as you would like some sort of fan club. It just stands out like a large turd in a public swimming pool.
I'm not as good a stick stirrer as you are but even I know that flying solo is the best way to get shot down by multiple opponents. Nobody, regardless of what they say about "it's the fight 1v1", ever looks at the clipboard in search of a single red dot hoping for a 1v1 in the main arenas, unless the 2 are talking in text to arrange a fight in a corner by themselves, but that is what the dueling arena and KOTH is for. Everyone that wants some actionin the main arenas migrates to the area(s) where there are others to fly against. And if jumping into a fight with a wingman or several of my squadmates or one person trying to clear someone elses six is a GAYng in your book, then you shouldn't be playing any multiplayer games ever...stick with Wii golf and you won't have to worry about teams. And I've personally seen you pick people off multiple times, then turn around and talk trash to someone who did it to you.
Most of us don't have our heads in the clouds thinking we are teh 1337 uberz pile-it ace of aces. We have more fun jumping into a group of opponents and attempting to fight it out and survive, regardless of score, stats, or outcome.
Hmm clueless comes to mind, but I'm still laughing so it is all good :rock
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Hmm clueless[/u] comes to mind, but I'm still laughing so it is all good :rock
Glad to see you admit it. You should read Zoney's reply to Bucky and ask yourself the same question.
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SirVlad, I know how you feel. Same maps/fights. I remember back in AH1, seems like new map every? what 2 weeks? lol
Would be nice to bring back the old TT fights,was epic. All 3 countries fighting it out around the town. The original Pizza. There were some great fights there.
I miss the"fuel porking" ability to limit the enemy attacks. Alas, those were the days.
HEY MAP MAKERS!! WHERE ARE YOU? Haalllpppp!!!!!
Whatever you do, good luck. If you leave, see you soon,lol
<S> Oz
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:salute sirvlad.
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Sir, with all due respect, why are you on these boards if this game no longer holds your interest. And don't tell me it's because of the people/friends you know here, you could be chatting them up while flying even if the action still bores you. Seriously, I do not understand. From the darker side, I would expect your opinions to be negative because you gave up, and having done that, your opinion has very little value to me.
Well, I'm gonna tell you exactly what you don't want me to. It's because I still have LOTS of friends here. I can come in here and see how they are without paying $15 a month to do it. Many of them don't play much anymore either. If HTC wanted this to be a private "subscribers only" forum, they would have made it such. But it's not...So, if you don't like what I have to say then don't read it. I couldn't care less about what you think of my HTC experience but apparently sirv is looking for some help about the way he feels about the game right now which is why he made the topic in the first place and why I posted about what happened to me.
Btw, who are you? Someone who has probably only been here a few months I'm guessing by your bbs registration date.
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Sure, but my stuff will be dirty, dusty and used by the time I no longer need em.
Don't think he's talking about your p0rn ;)
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If even 4 guys works together the other side cries that we`re hordeing.
true, but that would happen if that had 30 on 4 as well. And of course they would deny that THEY were hoarding.
Even gv`n seems lame now a days hardly ever a good size battle going on,unless it`s at a double spawn where you die almost instantly.
Find Dr7, Rondar, Getsome, or me (49Nem now).
Finally after umpteen deaths you get the spawn clear then BOOM the first camper you killed comes back and bombs you.Not much fun.
Get a wirb or an osti.
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Don't think he's talking about your p0rn ;)
:rofl :rofl busted!
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Sure, but my stuff will be dirty, dusty and used by the time I no longer need em.
Pray, do tell sir, how one's pr0n becomes dusty? The "dirty" and "used" portions I do understand completely.....
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Good time to stop playing awhile and turn your interest to terrain building.
It will give you a good helthy respect for the terrains we have.
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Quit. When you miss you come back. If not then you find something else. Breaks are good.
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Sirvlad,
Have you considered flying in AvA? Bring your buddies too. Different - gorgeous - maps, historical planeset, no enemy icons, reduced friendly icons and more. SEC on Sundays might be a good choice too.
Cheers,
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Sirvlad, make some reasonable, balanced and inovative maps. Submit them to be used, you can even put your name in the corner somewhere. Only those with the ability to creat change and a vision of the way they think it ought to be (as well as only those who can find the free time to compalin about it) can make a change in that desired direction.
+1 :aok
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I took a break a few times Vlad,
I always end up missing the game though.
last time i came back i started flying EW and mid w birds in the MA and the change up has made the game more fun.
i stay off 200 and try to leave my ego at the door when i log on. This has proven to be very hard to do though.
seems i have developed an addiction to 109s this time around.
when it gets stale again (because i know it will) i will take a break again.
i take some stuff in my life way to serious but this is supposed to be fun.
I don't know much about moderation in life but it may be the key for someone like me.
be well :salute
best of luck sir
froger