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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: CAP1 on September 23, 2010, 08:56:19 PM
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and not whatcha think.
logged into AvA tonight. fought n died for friggin TWO hours straight. all low alt fights. it's rangers twin rivers map again. almost all of the fights were well below 5k alt. no picking, no ho'ing, no foofy faced bs(sorry rammey....i like that term :rofl), just bunch of guys flyin n dyin. sucking weeds and trees into my intakes.
i had to get out of my 38g for a bit, as i couldn't hit water if i fell out of a boat in her tonight. jumped into the rustbucket(p-40), and made em work harder to kill me.
corky would be proud of one of his SAPP'rs spreading so dam many cartoon parts over the cartoon landscape.
there were a couple of other guys in there, that didn't seem to have flown there before.....and they had only good to say.
OOOOHHHH....AND GUESS WHAT?????????? there was NIGHT IN THERE. only for a few minutes, but it got DARK. not that imitation night in the ma's......DARK!!!
wanna talk friggin HARD to see?? try tracking some tiny little 109 against the ground in the dark!
i'm tellin ya......dying my many many cartoon deaths hasn't been this much fun in a LOOOOONNNGGGGGG time.
now if only i can lure the rest of my squaddies in there. maybe the bad guys will have trouble figuring out which 38 is me. :aok :neener:
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made a couple screenshots.
NIGHT TIME BABY!! there were a few bad guys, and i think 3 friendlies in this pic too.
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa135/1LTCAP/avanighttime.jpg)
tight merge.
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa135/1LTCAP/avaclosecall-1.jpg)
nice lil furbal....
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa135/1LTCAP/avamadhouse.jpg)
109 'bout to eat dirt.....
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa135/1LTCAP/avapounding109.jpg)
hey!! something's missing!! :O
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa135/1LTCAP/avawhatswrongwiththispic.jpg)
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Great pics Cap. :aok
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Great pics Cap. :aok
thaaaank ya sir. my favorite is the 109 comin by with the black/white spinner.
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Nice screen shots Cap...ya know that 38 will fly better without those drop tanks hanging off the wings... :D
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Indeed Cap good times. Buffer comes up and says 'you shot down ltCap' 'whhhaaa? no friggin way' then I ate a sand dune :lol that 109 might have been me as I was rockin that skin last night and trying to hide in the weeds. Exponentially better night for me than Tuesday. Nice to see some of the gents I invited in taking a look. I know one for sure will be back.
Wheels up tonight between 6 and 7. :aok
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I THINK that close pass was you. you went by guns blazing, as i stalled and fell over, trailing a 190 up.
i could've more easily posted lots of screenies of me dying last night....as that's what i did the most..........but rather amazingly, it was the most fun dying i've had, as EVERYONE was fighting....and it felt good to see the "high" cons at only 3k to 5k alt. :aok
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it was an attempted deflection shot I swear :bolt:
wow.. made a nice desktop too
I'm sure I've got some great wreckage shots and a few with me falling to earth in numerous pieces. I'll see what I can show after work.
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it was an attempted deflection shot I swear :bolt:
i never thought it was a ho attempt. i never had guns. when you first came at me, my nose wasn't even that low....i followed a 190 up, popped him, and fell over trying to control the stall.
something else i'm noticing about the p-40, which soulss told me about.......she has a very unforgiving stall, and very sudden with little warning. for her lack of power, she's pretty sensitive to the engines torque too.
this is the kind of fighting i keep looking for in the regular arenas(even with icons on)....close in dog fighting. can't find it in there anymore, unless you're in the right place at the right time.
i'm gonna keep trying to lure some of my squaddies into here........they're a great bunch. maybe if some staffersd will volenteer to clean up after us.....as we're pretty tired by the time we've wrecked a half dozebn 38's each......
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just goofin :D
I always hated German iron before this week. I've found I do a little better in the 109 than in any of the Allied planes. That said unless sides are wonked when I get there tonight I'll probably do some Allied practice as well.
I've always had problems in 40's of all models. The just seem to 'float' a little to much for my tastes.
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Great pics, Cap! Sounds like the times keep on rolling. I'm on the road until Saturday night. Can't wait to get my next AVA fix. Make sure that you and the rest of the AVAers don't use up all of the cartoon planes. :lol
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Great pics, Cap! Sounds like the times keep on rolling. I'm on the road until Saturday night. Can't wait to get my next AVA fix. Make sure that you and the rest of the AVAers don't use up all of the cartoon planes. :lol
whelp....i think i broke at least 8 or so pee38's......and i think about the same number of pee40's. at least in the pee40's i did manage to inflict some pain on some 109's and a 190 here and there.
what i STILL almost have trouble getting over, is that in the main arenas, no one flys p40's, whereas here they were common.
a LOT of 109 drivers will bnz, although i find some decent fights(i usually lose em too) against 109's in the mains. 190's are nearly impossible to find other than them bnz'ing out there.
in here, they all came to play, and stayed in the fray till it was over.....whelp..till they died, or ran outta ammo. :neener: :rofl
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You guys notice how fast the ammo drains from your plane in the AvA?
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Nice pictures.
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You guys notice how fast the ammo drains from your plane in the AvA?
GGRRRR
had a 190 lined up for a shot sooooo perfect, that i was beyond excitement. squeezed the trigger.....takatakataka..... .silence. outta ammo. first reaction was :furious then :x as i bravely ran away, then :cry as i saw cons chasing me.
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Nice pictures.
trust me when i tell ya that the ones with me still in controlled flight....and actually bringing my guns to bear on the bad guys.....those were the exception. i spent more time being like in that first one.....missing very large very important parts. :rofl :O :D
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Keep up these posts Cap1, your good attitude is infectious and is exactly what the AvA needs. :salute
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Keep up these posts Cap1, your good attitude is infectious and is exactly what the AvA needs. :salute
thank ya sir.
i just call things like i see em......funny thing is i was one of the stubborn ones not too long ago, refusing to try this arena.
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Great post CAP!
I'll try and get in there tonight so we can wing up.
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Keep up these posts Cap1, your good attitude is infectious and is exactly what the AvA needs. :salute
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thank ya sir.
i just call things like i see em......funny thing is i was one of the stubborn ones not too long ago, refusing to try this arena.
The AvA has always been highly underated IMHO.
I'll be putting time in on the AvA this weekend to practice for next Tuesday, hope to see you and hopefuly more players using it with me.
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as soon as I get through with screen caps from last night I'll be in there tonight. I plan on putting in some time Sat afternoon, Sat evening, Sun afternoon, hopefully Sun evening, and Monday, getting ready for Tuesday. I'm getting seriously STOKED... *tosses Gyrene a hersey :lol
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i'm not sure i'm gonna make it in there tonight......but i think tomorrow night is i definite.
one more thing....did any of you notice it was windy in there?
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i'm not sure i'm gonna make it in there tonight......but i think tomorrow night is i definite.
one more thing....did any of you notice it was windy in there?
Nahhh, it's your imagination, the clouds in the still and calm AH skies are just being pushed around by HiTech in invisible mode with his giant broom stick.
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in another thread, it was mentioned about flying at night with no icons. while i don't think i'd wanna fly that way a whole lot........
this i turned on the icons in my film viewer so i could show you all. if we can't see them at night, chances are they couldn't see us either. i took this screenie right as the fight started. it's kinda cool, 'cause no one really had any chance to set up for an attack....there was about 2 minutes of us searching for each other...all of us knowing the enemy was in close proximity.
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa135/1LTCAP/avanighticonson.jpg)
now, for shooting at night with no icons,,,,again, not hard...unless you're like me, and your gunnery sucks in general.....
this guy was about 200-300 out, and was very easy to make out.
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa135/1LTCAP/avanighttimeinthesights.jpg)
and of course....those %^&$# overmodeled trees. :devil
if you look at 12 high to my doomed pee38, you'll see(rather easily) the 109 i was trying to follow. look to my planes 2 high, and you'll see killers spit pulling up for another pass.
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa135/1LTCAP/avaovermodeledtrees.jpg)
now, something else i keep forgetting about.
icons are off in the arena. BUT........the REALLY cool thing, is that in the film viewer, all looks like you're used to in the mains. so when you watch your film(you DO film your fights to learn from, right?), you can watch with icons on or off, trails activated......all the normal learning tools....and you can see what/how that 109 just slipped away...or how that rusted out pee40 just turned in and under your fw, and how the hell did he keep with me anyway?
sorry if i seem like i'm harping.......i just think the word needs to be spread about a great set up. :aok
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and don't forget to pack your knifes..
Just got through reviewing films from last night and :O talk about some close calls.
By the way Cap.. here's your wallet back from the last flyby. Can I have my dog tags back?
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and don't forget to pack your knifes..
Just got through reviewing films from last night and :O talk about some close calls.
By the way Cap.. here's your wallet back from the last flyby. Can I have my dog tags back?
sonofasqueak!!! that's where it got to!! i hadda borrow money for lunch today! :rofl :rofl
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I didn't
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I didn't
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:noid