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General Forums => Axis vs Allies => Topic started by: dhyran on February 22, 2011, 02:09:39 PM
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hi,
- disable kill message
- killshooter off!!!!
both help to stop complaining and multiple on 1 will be stopped, because after a while they shoot at themself, and finaly realises it ;)
<S>
dhyran
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I'm good with that - rarely land anyway lol......
Dhryan, fwiw, had fun flying with and against LD yesterday.
Wurzel
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Go for it!
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no kill messages, no problem
killshooter off--ain't gonna happen.
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no kill messages, no problem
killshooter off--ain't gonna happen.
hi,
whats the problem with killshooter off, we got that in every scenario series, no known problems so far
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the only time we shut it off is if a CM is in there, if we shut it off at all. word from above is, it does not get shut off un-supervised.
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Let's just turn off channel 1. Let the whiners moaners griefers and social butterflys ply their trade on channel 200. It won't interfere with their everybody look at me act and their exploits won't be forced on people that don't want to tune 200.
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Let's just turn off channel 1. Let the whiners moaners griefers and social butterflys ply their trade on channel 200. It won't interfere with their everybody look at me act and their exploits won't be forced on people that don't want to tune 200.
Iv'e come to the conclusion that this is the best thing to do.
There are some who believe they need to be able to talk to the other side but they can use 200, there are so few people who don't know about 200 that it won't stop the communication for those who want to continue it.
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hi,
- disable kill message
- killshooter off!!!!
both help to stop complaining and multiple on 1 will be stopped, because after a while they shoot at themself, and finaly realises it ;)
<S>
dhyran
ui actually like those ideas, but i can see just a single schmuck comin in and ruining it for everyone by shooting you out of his way as you're trying to shoot me down.
that said,.....it could still be a blast. at least when i shoot the wrong plane, holes won't mysteriously appear in my wings....... :noid
btw....good seeing you guys in there. <<S>>
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Let's just turn off channel 1. Let the whiners moaners griefers and social butterflys ply their trade on channel 200. It won't interfere with their everybody look at me act and their exploits won't be forced on people that don't want to tune 200.
i wouldn't listen to this guy. he's kinda shady....eerr....shifty. :devil
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'instaboom'
just sayin
give it to me for one night and I'd shut that stuff up :devil
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Let's just turn off channel 1.
We DID have Channel One disabled for quite a long while, years perhaps. Didn't matter, those who wanted to be disrupters just did the same thing on 200 (in fact, those were the very worst years of the disruptions).
I'm not opposed to going to 200 again, the crowd has become more mature, but the advantage of Channel One is that you can get to the newbs easily to let them know what's going on.
- oldman
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We DID have Channel One disabled for quite a long while, years perhaps. Didn't matter, those who wanted to be disrupters just did the same thing on 200 (in fact, those were the very worst years of the disruptions).
I'm not opposed to going to 200 again, the crowd has become more mature, but the advantage of Channel One is that you can get to the newbs easily to let them know what's going on.
- oldman
I understand OM but to be disrupted by 200 you have to choose to. That's not the case with channel 1. As for newbs, don't they realize there's an airplane fight going on when they enter the arena? ;)
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I understand OM but to be disrupted by 200 you have to choose to. That's not the case with channel 1. As for newbs, don't they realize there's an airplane fight going on when they enter the arena? ;)
just so ya know....you do realize my previous statement about listening to you was a joke, right?
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just so ya know....you do realize my previous statement about listening to you was a joke, right?
No worries CAP.
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'instaboom'
just sayin
give it to me for one night and I'd shut that stuff up :devil
we have "instaboom" we only use it when absolutely necessary, if at all.
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Without Channel 1, there is no way of knowing that a "new" player is tuned to 200. The only way to know if they can see your message is to personal message that person. Ask yourself this question: How many times have you come into the AvA and found a new player on the roster in the country that is not enabled?
Okay, here is another example of why channel 1 is a good idea: Recent posts talk about the mentoring of sorts of newcomers by AvA regulars. The best way to do so is by example. Have a good fight with an opponent for a very long time, something goes awry and you collide, his plane is streaking oil, and you seem to have avoided much damage. You have no idea who the player is, or if he is tuned to 200. Over channel one, you send a message: "good fight (enter plane type), too bad about collision go land" This type of behavior is what will bring folks back for more, and even though all of their experiences won't be the same, that one might stick in his mind as a high point. Even better, finding himself in a generous position sometime in the future.
That is how you grow the population in my opinion. The mute function works no matter what setting the arena has. I am no saint either, and there are times that I wish that I had not opened my mouth / text buffer.
A reasonable compromise would be Channel 1 could be disabled if there were a CM present, who has warned the offenders that it would be shut off if they continued abusing it. This sends a clear message and puts peer pressure on the abusers.
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Without Channel 1, there is no way of knowing that a "new" player is tuned to 200. The only way to know if they can see your message is to personal message that person. Ask yourself this question: How many times have you come into the AvA and found a new player on the roster in the country that is not enabled?
Okay, here is another example of why channel 1 is a good idea: Recent posts talk about the mentoring of sorts of newcomers by AvA regulars. The best way to do so is by example. Have a good fight with an opponent for a very long time, something goes awry and you collide, his plane is streaking oil, and you seem to have avoided much damage. You have no idea who the player is, or if he is tuned to 200. Over channel one, you send a message: "good fight (enter plane type), too bad about collision go land" This type of behavior is what will bring folks back for more, and even though all of their experiences won't be the same, that one might stick in his mind as a high point. Even better, finding himself in a generous position sometime in the future.
That is how you grow the population in my opinion. The mute function works no matter what setting the arena has. I am no saint either, and there are times that I wish that I had not opened my mouth / text buffer.
A reasonable compromise would be Channel 1 could be disabled if there were a CM present, who has warned the offenders that it would be shut off if they continued abusing it. This sends a clear message and puts peer pressure on the abusers.
Mentoring... Just another way of telling people how you think they should be playing the game. Channel 1 is of utmost importance to two types of people. Those that want to harass others and those that think what they have to say is so important everyone needs to see it. The arena can flourish without both.
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Mentoring... Just another way of telling people how you think they should be playing the game. Channel 1 is of utmost importance to two types of people. Those that want to harass others and those that think what they have to say is so important everyone needs to see it. The arena can flourish without both.
:lol hate to say it chilli but the crusty old guy is right... :lol
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we have "instaboom" we only use it when absolutely necessary, if at all.
I WANT MY INSTABOOOM!!!!!
:furious
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Mentoring... Just another way of telling people how you think they should be playing the game. Channel 1 is of utmost importance to two types of people. Those that want to harass others and those that think what they have to say is so important everyone needs to see it. The arena can flourish without both.
100% agreement
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I'm good with that - rarely land anyway lol......
Dhryan, fwiw, had fun flying with and against LD yesterday.
Wurzel
Yeah Great evening
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Chilli and others have a point here.
Channel 1 is useful. The question is, is it worth it?
My feeling is that there are other tools available, 200 and PM.
By far, most people are aware of 200, for those that aren't there is PM.
I wish channel 1 was enabled by default but de-tunable.
That way we would at least have the option.
Another consideration is that being forced to see cross country chat isn't right for those who seek maximum realism and immersion in their fighter pilot fantasy.
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In case anybody cares for my vote
Kill it
If it was killed I'd detune 200. Granted the guys on the other side may be 'friends' of mine or even squad mates but, when we're in the air, we're trying to kill each other in the most expeditious manner possible. If I want to say something to someone on the other side I'd pm them.
Of course that's just one opinion of many.
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When I enter any of the MAs, the first thing I do is:
/.squelch 1
/.squelch 6
I'll do the same for AvA. Since 200 is opt-in, if you don't like what I have to say, you enjoy the same ability as any other arena in using /.squelch shane :aok
And on a simliar note: icons are also a toggable feature.... player choice and all that, right? I still think no icons only benefit friendlies in providing info that only encourages ganging and makes picking so much the easier for the friendly side. My stats are similar for both icon ad no-icon arenas. Put icons on and you'll probably see my AvA stats be better than my MA ones.... :airplane: :joystick: :ahand ...make of that what you will. :noid
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I think there are few raw AH2 n00bs that find their way to the AvA; most here know about 200. But I also think there are many players that find their way into the AvA that don't frequent the LW arena and didn't NEED to have gotten used to tuning to 200 to talk across countries. I say keep channel 1 active; if the LW ilk that can't control what they say and how they act can't change their attitude, we don't need them...do we? What we need is fresh new faces that can conduct themselves as semi-mature adults. I don't see mentoring or coaching "new" AvA players as telling them "fly our way or get out"; I see it as telling them "this arena is a little different from the others; we encourage good fights above 'anything for a kill' and other MA sweetheartbaggery".
Do I get frustrated when all I can find is 3+ versus me? Sure, but that comes with more squads venturing in and requires me to figure out a new way to fight. Do I get frustrated when all I can find is BnZ 109's? Sure, but then again they weren't exactly built for TnB... Do I feel the need to act like an ultra melon? Sometimes, but I usually pause for a few seconds before hitting the transmit key. If my base is getting vulched, I'll mention something on channel 1 and up from another base or jump in a manned-gun or GV. If my side is circling an enemy base, I'll suggest we back off to let the enemy get off the runway with some alt and speed.
I'm no saint, but do like good fights. The thing is "good fights" is a very subjective term and means different things to different people. If I feel that I'm not finding "good fights", I'll hang out in the tower and chill out for a while or exit and go elsewhere.
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What do these functions do?
/.squelch 1
/.squelch 6
EDIT: I found out channel 1 can be squelched as above.
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What do these functions do?
/.squelch 1
/.squelch 6
EDIT: I found out channel 1 can be squelched as above.
1 = faux salutes in any arena (and enabled for chat in AvA, but not in MA)
6 = landed messages (in the MA it can really overwhelm the text buffer, but aside from that, I could care less who lands how many in whatever anyway)
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So squelching channel one can eliminate seeing chat but will also eliminate seeing <S>?
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shane: so i've been wasting all those .s shane on you? NICE!
<edit>we have the ability to kill the kill messages and channel 1, for what its worth.
personally, i when i get spanked by the same person over and over, i find it very frustrating to watch someone land 4-5 kills. shutting off kill messages wouldnt hurt my feeling any.
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personally, i when i get spanked by the same person over and over, i find it very frustrating to watch someone land 4-5 kills. shutting off kill messages wouldnt hurt my feeling any.
*looking at shane and shuffler*...see what you done now? :lol
i vote we kill the name in lights setting...none of us are scoretards anyway so it shouldn't matter one way or the other
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we have "instaboom" we only use it when absolutely necessary, if at all.
so... those inexplicable dumps to desktop (with no warning) were necessary as opposed to personal? how convenient. thanks for the reminder/headsup.
think I'll ask skuzzy to check the logs - curious about those CTDs now...
:noid
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*looking at shane and shuffler*...see what you done now? :lol
i vote we kill the name in lights setting...none of us are scoretards anyway so it shouldn't matter one way or the other
why "kill" when there's an opt-out feature?
interesting how the AvA has chosen to ignore (and deny) the very player-tools HTC provides (not the overall arena tools) and try to enforce their own veiws/preferences on others who pay the same money.
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So squelching channel one can eliminate seeing chat but will also eliminate seeing <S>?
right you'd miss out on any and all ch1 activity. you can still salute on ch 200 or PM - you just have to type it out.
I've never cared for faux <S>.... if anything I'll toss out a simple :o) occasionally (and I'm much more "attaboy" in the DA in duels/teaching because its the effort I'm encouraging.... effort... and my own definition of it of course. :aok
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why "kill" when there's an opt-out feature?
interesting how the AvA has chosen to ignore (and deny) the very player-tools HTC provides (not the overall arena tools) and try to enforce their own veiws/preferences on others who pay the same money.
so your ego is so big you want to keep the name in lights thing in the ava, even though no one cares about score? or am i reading that wrong? :headscratch:
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so your ego is so big you want to keep the name in lights thing in the ava, even though no one cares about score? or am i reading that wrong? :headscratch:
not at all.... apparently your brain is too small to comprehend what I was saying....
landed messages = a toggable player option.
are you saying the AvA should be overbearing and force on (or remove) a purely player preference option?
If *I* don't want to see landed messages, *I* can shut it off, which *I* generally do. (this means I don't even see my own landed msgs.)
If *I* want to see them, *I* can leave it on.
yes? :banana:
one thing HT mostly realizes that the AvA is slow to grasp: you cannot "legislate" gameplay in a melee type environment.
edit - more people care about score than you might think, for a variety of motivations. I don't give it a whole lot of thought other than checking some stat categories for myself (and occasionally others to get a feel for their style). But again, caring or not caring is an *individual* choice.
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interesting how the AvA has chosen to ignore (and deny) the very player-tools HTC provides (not the overall arena tools) and try to enforce their own veiws/preferences on others who pay the same money.
Wrong. If that were the case these discussions would happen on private forum.
What the AvA is trying to do is create the best, unique environment they can, to stand out more from the other arenas.
Most recently you have been flying in the arena for about a week now.
A year and a half ago you would have been in there pretty much by yourself.
If the more recent changes had been made to a popular healthy arena, your point would be more valid.
All the AvA people, the new ones and the one's you know from CT would turn the icons back on like you wish if they felt it would be more popular than the current settings.
Personally, I don't want to see kill messages disabled and now that I know channel 1 can be squelched I am rethinking my position on that.
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so... those inexplicable dumps to desktop (with no warning) were necessary as opposed to personal? how convenient. thanks for the reminder/headsup.
think I'll ask skuzzy to check the logs - curious about those CTDs now...
:noid
its never been used on you, that i know of. we can only ground or eject. sheesh, relax dude we're not out to get you! if you got dumped to you desktop, it was your computer. it happens to me too.
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*looking at shane and shuffler*...see what you done now? :lol
i vote we kill the name in lights setting...none of us are scoretards anyway so it shouldn't matter one way or the other
bolded +1
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Wrong. If that were the case these discussions would happen on private forum.
What the AvA is trying to do is create the best, unique environment they can, to stand out more from the other arenas.
Most recently you have been flying in the arena for about a week now.
A year and a half ago you would have been in there pretty much by yourself.
If the more recent changes had been made to a popular healthy arena, your point would be more valid.
All the AvA people, the new ones and the one's you know from CT would turn the icons back on like you wish if they felt it would be more popular than the current settings.
Personally, I don't want to see kill messages disabled and now that I know channel 1 can be squelched I am rethinking my position on that.
Just so you know... I have more time in the AvA (going back to when it was called "Combat Theatre") than you probably have in-game. Just like TC I have seen the AvA go thrrough ups and downs in terms of occupancy and settings. As a matter of interest, Jager's skwad came in back when and did teh very lame things TC alluded to and they were very much about "score/rank." Apparently, his attitude has evolved beyond that.
Currently we have inmates in charge of the prison, wheer dissent is suppressed/beaten down.
If *you* want to feel superior and fly without icons, *you* can turn them off *yourself.* Not everyone has the system to minize the "blindness" My system is well within HTC's reccommended specs and it's a still often a struggle to see... I've been forced to game my gamma and run with minimum settings just to get a little more visibility.
I still do alright.. and that's only one aspect of the no-icons I dislike. I'll repeat myself and say friendly-only icons encourages ganging and provides friendlies with far more information that an enemy flying right next to him will obtain.
Right now, I bet 99.9% use the map/ dot dar as onboard radar... how immersive.
Why not man up and go full immersion? No dot dar (darbar only) and no icons whatsoever?
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so... those inexplicable dumps to desktop (with no warning) were necessary as opposed to personal? how convenient. thanks for the reminder/headsup.
think I'll ask skuzzy to check the logs - curious about those CTDs now...
:noid
dunno what you said or did that you think you got booted......but i got an auto warning a few days ago for typing b*tch........i think warnings work fine.....
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its never been used on you, that i know of. we can only ground or eject. sheesh, relax dude we're not out to get you! if you got dumped to you desktop, it was your computer. it happens to me too.
yeah but it's only happened in the AvA (I do have psu issues that have locked me up requiribng a re-boot, but not a simple CTD) and only when I was going at it on Ch1 and only when a staffer was present.
I know *you* would be very careful in handling me, plus you have prior experience with me, as does Oldman... some of the others however.... :noid inmates in charge of the prison.
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Just so you know... I have more time in the AvA (going back to when it was called "Combat Theatre") than you probably have in-game.
I am aware of that.
As do Oldman, Fork and Soda.
They are the one's really in charge, not the more recent additions. Do you really think that anything gets changed without the consensus of the senior staffers?
Oh and by the way, I have never muted, grounded or ejected any player.
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What size PSU Shane, I've got some here I can ship to you if you need one?
Wurzel
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yeah but it's only happened in the AvA (I do have psu issues that have locked me up requiribng a re-boot, but not a simple CTD) and only when I was going at it on Ch1 and only when a staffer was present.
I know *you* would be very careful in handling me, plus you have prior experience with me, as does Oldman... some of the others however.... :noid inmates in charge of the prison.
i try to not judge people by here, or too much in the game. i made that mistake once. i probably missed out on maknig a lot of good friends because of this. those whom i'm referencing know who/what i'm talking about. i took a 6 month break. no i'm leaving threads, no i need a break threads....just stopped flying, and let my subscription expire
when i came back, and re-upped, i came back with a more "normal" attitude, and as mentioned, try to not judge people.
now on that same note, the same stuff i say here, or ingame to anyone, would be the same stuff i'd say to anyone should they be in the same room.....'cept there may be expletives added, since i can't get away with them in the game.........
the other thing about me, is that at the ripe old age of 48, i still have frequent malfunctions of the thought filtering device.
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*chases a rat through the thread waving a frying pan over my head*
I'll get you for eating my cheese you little four legged wog!!!! :furious
*sticks head back in*
Howdy
*runs back out*
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dunno what you said or did that you think you got booted......but i got an auto warning a few days ago for typing b*tch........i think warnings work fine.....
I never run into the auto-warning because I don't talk that way. One of my other quotes I use when I do see it in game (the naughty wordies) is "Vulgarity is the first refuge of the mediocre." :bolt:
And if you notice my smack is never personal beyond the confines of the game environment - for "immersion" purposes, view it as psych-ops. :noid and again there's a wonderful player preference tool that HTC provides in squelch.... just sayin'... again... :aok
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yeah but it's only happened in the AvA (I do have psu issues that have locked me up requiribng a re-boot, but not a simple CTD) and only when I was going at it on Ch1 and only when a staffer was present.
I know *you* would be very careful in handling me, plus you have prior experience with me, as does Oldman... some of the others however.... :noid inmates in charge of the prison.
again all we have is .ground or .eject, not GTFO(use your imagination). it was coincidental that you got booted to your desktop. maybe you pissed off your computer, or even over-heated it talking too much? i used to only get booted in the midwar. its all bits and bytes.
personally im glad you're in the AVA. atleast with you its a good clean fight and kill(death on my part). you and TC have been going on about the No-icon settings for months now. we get it. you don't like them. but until everyone else hates them, they're here to stay.
the rest of the settings can be changed too, again with the whims of the community. night time is a fight killer, but some guys put it in. some put in high winds at certain altitudes. that too can be a fight killer. its all about conditions and challenges. you can either adapt or walk away. the choice is always up to the individual.
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not at all.... apparently your brain is too small to comprehend what I was saying....
no need to get snippy porky...fact is everyone knows your ego is bigger than roseanne barrs behind...you been tossing little insinuations about the will of the ava dev group vs yours since you chimed in.
fact is, when there is an "option" human nature takes over and people choose the path of least resistance...take that option away and people who never knew the option existed never know the difference, and those that do know, adapt.
are you saying the AvA should be overbearing and force on (or remove) a purely player preference option?
as jimson politely pointed out...icon settings...and it's showing to be more and more acceptable (reference the option statement above)
one thing HT mostly realizes that the AvA is slow to grasp: you cannot "legislate" gameplay in a melee type environment.
what can be regulated, is regulated...the rest takes it's own course...
this inmate doesn't care how long you been a social reject flexing your cyber testicles on the retardnet...if time on the net doing something useless were worth anything, i guaranty you i have a lot more than you do...in the here and now, it's ancient history like the stone age antics of the neanderthal...
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I never run into the auto-warning because I don't talk that way. One of my other quotes I use when I do see it in game (the naughty wordies) is "Vulgarity is the first refuge of the mediocre." :bolt:
And if you notice my smack is never personal beyond the confines of the game environment - for "immersion" purposes, view it as psych-ops. :noid and again there's a wonderful player preference tool that HTC provides in squelch.... just sayin'... again... :aok
to be honest, the few times i've seen you in the ava, i've never seen you talk smack. i may have missed it, but i didn't see it. that's why i was wondering what made you think you got booted.
when i typed the word i mentioned, i was actually referencing myself. i think it was something like "i'm a greedy b*tch" or somethign like that.......i don't often engage in smack talk anymore, due to the reasons stated in my last post.
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What size PSU Shane, I've got some here I can ship to you if you need one?
Wurzel
thx for the offer... have been checking out PSUs myself - they're not overly expensive and my system doesn't require 1500W of power :old:
I'll pass on (and still appreciate) the offer, thanks.
And just so any of you guys with uber systems can feel even more "wtfpwnsauced" by system is a dell dimension 4550 bought in ummmm sheesh... (2006? :old: ) with upgraded 2GB ram and an ATI 9700pro vid card (I had to roll back drivers quite a few versions to get AH running satisfactorily.) I get anywhere from 50pfs at middling alts, to sometimes sub 30fps depending on map and local activity (hate port fights). I love the mindanao map currently up in the MA, but it's always caused fps issues for me, especially after it's first "update" way back when new terrains/features came out.
I've always been on the lower end of the tech curve. Cod help you all if I ever (and I never have) get a bleeding edge system with all the bells and whistles. :ahand :bolt: :aok
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no need to get snippy porky...fact is everyone knows your ego is bigger than roseanne barrs behind...you been tossing little insinuations about the will of the ava dev group vs yours since you chimed in.
fact is, when there is an "option" human nature takes over and people choose the path of least resistance...take that option away and people who never knew the option existed never know the difference, and those that do know, adapt.
as jimson politely pointed out...icon settings...and it's showing to be more and more acceptable (reference the option statement above)
what can be regulated, is regulated...the rest takes it's own course...
this inmate doesn't care how long you been a social reject flexing your cyber testicles on the retardnet...if time on the net doing something useless were worth anything, i guaranty you i have a lot more than you do...in the here and now, it's ancient history like the stone age antics of the neanderthal...
lulz... see how you're getting all personal now and didn't you rag on me first with the ego comment? Typical... someone tries to hump my ankle, I smack them down and they get all milquetosty. Your mickey mouse flung poo is no match for my superior smacking style. :rofl Neither is your flying. :ahand
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to be honest, the few times i've seen you in the ava, i've never seen you talk smack. i may have missed it, but i didn't see it. that's why i was wondering what made you think you got booted.
when i typed the word i mentioned, i was actually referencing myself. i think it was something like "i'm a greedy b*tch" or somethign like that.......i don't often engage in smack talk anymore, due to the reasons stated in my last post.
eh... mostly it's my usual, "you castrati aren't bad 3 on 1" type. I guess it bruises a few tender sensibilities (yet they have no problem trying to smack talk back (which doesn't even bother me as it just gives me more ammo to get into their puny lil heads - see my "location" over there to the left? :aok
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What a bunch of lulzers.
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What a bunch of lulzers.
:aok
now you're getting it.
next on the agenda is "wtfpwnsauce"
:banana:
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:rofl For the new blood in the arena: Nothing to see here move along....
:aok For the grown ups (being sarcastic) Taking a deep cleansing breath. This thread has aired some vital concerns on both sides of the coin. Shane made a very valuable contribution concerning ".squelch 1" command. With that information announced in the MOTD, we can have the best of both worlds.
As far as mentoring, if you read my post, you would see that I was referring to leading as an example (something, that I am not always able to do either). The only place where folks feel free to tell others how to play seems to be on this forum.
In the past folks read so much attitude and trash talk on THIS FORUM that squads began to leave, others bought into the hype and brought the fight into the arena, soon after Skuzzy came in and opened up a can o whip az.
Please see this post as it was intended, a QUESTION as to how to best deal with our growing pains.
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lulz... see how you're getting all personal now and didn't you rag on me first with the ego comment? Typical... someone tries to hump my ankle, I smack them down and they get all milquetosty. Your mickey mouse flung poo is no match for my superior smacking style. :rofl Neither is your flying. :ahand
hey, who you calling personal? i'm not personal...i just callz 'em like i seez 'em
your smak talkin style is as bad as my toon flyin style... :joystick:
p.s. you should look up the definition of milquetoasty...lmao...not even close
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A year and a half ago you would have been in there pretty much by yourself.
I am not arguing that the AvsA is not doing very well at the present time, but to keep on making that blanketed statement is just wrong... the AvsA is still pretty much un attended through 75 to 90 % of every day...... just like it was through out the entire time of existence.....
and the only way for anyone to really know is to have someone like Lusche do a chart/graph of gameplay attendance /etc for the CT/AvsA from the 1st Day up to current day........
outside of seeing several nights of "burst of people in AvsA" here and there, I still see no difference in the AvsA population , the AvsA still has very limited attendance........it has been better lately, but it is stil limited, and it is still mainly limited to the hours of 7PM EST +/- to 1 AM EST +/-...... just like it has always been......
All the AvA people, the new ones and the one's you know from CT would turn the icons back on like you wish if they felt it would be more popular than the current settings.
All the AvA people, new and old, actually can not do like we wish, if we indeed wanted to turn the icons back on. that ability lyes soley in the hands of each and every AvsA staffer, but it doesn't matter either way.......you either accept the settings for whatever arena you fly in or you go somewhere else
you and TC have been going on about the No-icon settings for months now. we get it. you don't like them. but until everyone else hates them, they're here to stay.
I wish you would not have included me in the above quote..... I have been flying and participating in the AvsA and have personally asked for people to quit arguing over the icons/no icons discussion... like I have posted several times already.... one can accept the AvsA for the way it is and fly there and have fun or they can go fly somewhere else if the AvsA is not their cup of tea....
just because I openly state that I hate the "no enemy icons' setting, does not mean I am arguing it like I did when the AvsA Staffers or soon to be New AvsA Staffers originally decided that this was a new approach they wanted to try, and any discussion I may have posted to was to show that their is no "realistic immersion factor" to flying with no icons, because of the limitations of our current PC's...the only "TRUE" immersion that one can get in the AvsA is the fact that it is Allied plane types verses Axis plane types
but again..... I am not fussing...... I have ben having fun 95% of the time.it is only when certian people or squads come in and don't go along with the status quo of balancing out the sides when the numbers are low, like 6 vs 2 or 7 vs 2 or 6 vs 1 etc..... and the fact that you are already fighting 1 or 2 and #3 & #4 and even #5 want to jump in and help out the #1 & #2 against lil ole you, by yourself...... so they can practice their "wingman / squadron tactics"....
as for the Mentoring comment: Mentoring can be done on Country channel and on a private tuned channel, when mentoring a friend or new comer..... Menoring on Channel 1 or channel 200, is more of encouragement and suggestions along thelines of "hey players, lets even up the sides a lil bit until more people show up" or things in that nature....... Mentoring is completely different than people or a person trying to make another play "their Way"...
btw: USRanger, really like the "FOG effect" where it hovers he ground and flaots across the bases every now and then ( or if it was someone else, Thank You, sorry I got the name wrong )
see ya all in the AvsA, lets have some fun
TC
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sorry TC, no offense intended.
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sorry TC, no offense intended.
no worries, Jaeger........
I guess I should start using the spell checker. my typing is getting worse every minute of the day .....
cheers
TC
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Seems this has run its course,.....through the mine field.