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Title: Con Happenings
Post by: Dichotomy on October 22, 2010, 12:01:30 PM
I'm here and you're not  :neener:

Got here just in time for Ghosts lag discussion which cleared up some things i wasn't aware of.  More postings as interesting things happen.
Title: Re: Con Happenings
Post by: captain1ma on October 22, 2010, 12:52:06 PM
you're there!!! you suck!!   :D  im sooooo envious!
Title: Re: Con Happenings
Post by: Mister Fork on October 22, 2010, 12:53:17 PM
Nice - I was SUPPOSE to go this year as part of my 40th bday gift, but wifey-ack went to Africa with her sisters.  NEXT year I'm going. :D

Dich - what exactly was the lag discussion?
Title: Re: Con Happenings
Post by: captain1ma on October 22, 2010, 12:54:23 PM
he'll get back to us later, its lagging!   :D
Title: Re: Con Happenings
Post by: Oldman731 on October 22, 2010, 12:55:46 PM
More postings as interesting things happen.

And photos, please.

- oldman
Title: Re: Con Happenings
Post by: Dichotomy on October 22, 2010, 01:43:58 PM
will do on pics..

just got to have lunch with Suds and Hitech.  Very interesting just to sit back and listen to long tome players and HTC discuss past present and future stuff.  Trying to figure out how to set up a video chat so you guys can look in.

The lag discussion in short discussed how you have to think of your plane on the front end twing the plane on the other players front end and how keeping your computer clean will help but can never completely alleviate lag.  short version but I'll see if Ghost wants to chime in a bit

Wish you guys were here.  I'm having a blast but it'd be nice to have more AVA'rs in here :)
Title: Re: Con Happenings
Post by: B4Buster on October 22, 2010, 01:48:52 PM
I hope to attend some year. My airfare budget has already been spent on a trip to the Florida Keys this winter, though.
Title: Re: Con Happenings
Post by: gpwurzel on October 22, 2010, 03:27:14 PM
Wait, so your at the con, and as such, available to fly - correct?


This is good news. Even better news is that my router is finally here, and I'm up and running on wired again  ;)

In other news, finished 2 commisions, both customers are happy and have fully paid up - had it happened a couple of weeks earlier, I might have been able to make the dagnabit con lol......


Wurz
Title: Re: Con Happenings
Post by: Dichotomy on October 22, 2010, 03:34:38 PM
excellent G  actually I don't plan to fly until the evil con mission.  having too much fun watching other guys do their thing.  68's and 332nd are well represented and everybody is fantastic.  Waiting on Midi to start his terrain discussion and just chilling.

Title: Re: Con Happenings
Post by: gpwurzel on October 22, 2010, 03:45:20 PM
Cor blimey, you avoiding having to laugh at me augering next to you or what?  :D

No worries bud, I'll be up and around in a couple of hours, got a job to go to (gotta love people who cant remove basic malware  ;))

Wurz
Title: Re: Con Happenings
Post by: Dichotomy on October 22, 2010, 03:47:11 PM
get Cap and go create hate and discontent in the arena  :t
Title: Re: Con Happenings
Post by: Dichotomy on October 22, 2010, 05:32:55 PM
bomber dual about to start
Title: Re: Con Happenings
Post by: CAP1 on October 22, 2010, 06:51:24 PM
Wait, so your at the con, and as such, available to fly - correct?


This is good news. Even better news is that my router is finally here, and I'm up and running on wired again  ;)

In other news, finished 2 commisions, both customers are happy and have fully paid up - had it happened a couple of weeks earlier, I might have been able to make the dagnabit con lol......


Wurz

glad you got it....i forgot to pm ya.....i didn't have the one i thought i had. that would mean i gave it to my friend that owns the corset shop....
Title: Re: Con Happenings
Post by: gpwurzel on October 22, 2010, 07:30:07 PM
No worries Cap, but you now have to come clean my desk up!

Bloody funny people, makes for a messy wurzel desk...... :D

Wurz (see you in a few mins in the arena, with a bit of luck)
Title: Re: Con Happenings
Post by: Dichotomy on October 22, 2010, 08:00:44 PM
An update.

Just got home for the night and my head is full of new and interesting information.  Nothing anybody doesn't know and no top secret squirrel stuff but new perspectives on the state of the game and potential futures. 

Midi did a great job of presenting terrain building in single syllable words that even I understood.  I get the feeling that having the ability to make terrains that work is going to be vitally important to someone if and when HTH comes back.

Great listening to Suds, Pyro, Hitech, and the gang and seeing that they do take this game and the details inherent to continually giving us a quality place to play seriously. 

And, of course, I did talk up the greatness that is AVA and didn't hear anything but positive responses so kudos to the staff and the regs. 

Check the pic thread in the Convention forum.  I took several but they came out too dark.  Apdrone did a great job of capturing the vibe there.
Title: Re: Con Happenings
Post by: USRanger on October 22, 2010, 08:09:47 PM
It's cool to put a face with a name Dicho. :salute

Good to see my boy Midi's mug too. :neener:
Title: Re: Con Happenings
Post by: Dichotomy on October 22, 2010, 08:15:30 PM
After listening to Midi building a simple terrain it just shows how much work and attention to detail you put into your terrains sir.   :salute X 10 
Title: Re: Con Happenings
Post by: Dichotomy on October 23, 2010, 08:52:39 PM
so how you boys liking the invading UFO's
Title: Re: Con Happenings
Post by: CAP1 on October 23, 2010, 08:58:58 PM
what pic thread where?
Title: Re: Con Happenings
Post by: Dichotomy on October 23, 2010, 09:04:47 PM
con arena field 111 go take a look...
Title: Re: Con Happenings
Post by: Oldman731 on October 24, 2010, 12:13:21 AM
so how you boys liking the invading UFO's

How about "not at all"?

I worry that HTC is thinking about expanding to a Star Wars arena.

- oldman
Title: Re: Con Happenings
Post by: CAP1 on October 24, 2010, 02:05:14 PM
How about "not at all"?

I worry that HTC is thinking about expanding to a Star Wars arena.

- oldman

i really hope somethign doesn't kill this game.....that would suck
Title: Re: Con Happenings
Post by: Shifty on October 24, 2010, 02:31:30 PM
How about "not at all"?

I worry that HTC is thinking about expanding to a Star Wars arena.

- oldman

Actually if that would bleed off some of the people who really don't care for the history of WWII aviation and would be happier with a quake type space game it might be a plus for AHII. More people does not necessarily make for a better gaming experience. Personally I think the community got along better when it was smaller and you paid more to play the game.
Title: Re: Con Happenings
Post by: JHerne on October 24, 2010, 02:38:26 PM
Well, look at it this way - we've never encountered sharks w/laser beams or gatling-gun RV-8s outside of convention weekend....so I wouldn't be too worried.

And if HTC decided to do a MMOG space game, I'd subscribe to that too.

J
Title: Re: Con Happenings
Post by: Dichotomy on October 24, 2010, 04:43:53 PM
I think is was equally hysterical and genius. I'm not remotely worried that HTC is going to try to take this game anywhere other than the desires of the customer base and the needs of the game.  But every now and then a little hilarity is useful and there was tons of that last night. When I watched everybody spawn for the first time and saw the cloud of red underneath I knew it was going to be a hoot and I wasn't disappointed :)  Wish yall could have been there.