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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Zacherof on September 18, 2013, 03:54:21 PM
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Kind of a silly question but
How long does one have to play this game to be considered a veteran player?
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Kind of a silly question but
How long does one have to play this game to be considered a veteran player?
Two weeks.
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If you have to ask you are not a vet. :)
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Do you want the answer in Metric time or English time?
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I hear that if you started AH pre2005 your a certified vet.
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I hear that if you started AH pre2005 your a certified vet.
You meant certifiable vet :aok
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If you've served in the Military you're a veteran player. The rest of us are just dweebs. :salute
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I hear that if you started AH pre2005 your a certified vet.
So if you played pre AHII?
This year will be my 8th I think
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Zacherof, I'nm not sure what you are fishing for here, but FYI nobody likes you. 'cept for me.
Zacherof is my friend :)
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If you've served in the Military you're a veteran player. The rest of us are just dweebs. :salute
So very true
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Zacherof, I'nm not sure what you are fishing for here, but FYI nobody likes you. 'cept for me.
Zacherof is my friend :)
:rofl
Not really fishing. Just I sometimes considered myself a vet but then I though how long does one have to play to be a vet?If you've served in the Military you're a veteran player. The rest of us are just dweebs. :salute
Well then ill be very close indeed
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If I say you are fishing, then you are fishing. Don't ever disagree with me again.
Nobody but me likes you. I'm going to hold funeral services for you in a phone booth so they will say, "It was standing room only at Zacherof's funeral"
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So if you played pre AHII?
This year will be my 8th I think
Eight years, is that all?
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Eight years, is that all?
1 was 13 when i started :old:
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I'm going to hold funeral services for you in a phone booth so they will say, "It was standing room only at Zacherof's funeral"
:lol
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I started in Jan of 2008, so I'm in my 5th year. I consider myself a "vet".
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Then I guess I'm a vet :banana:
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<-- 5th full year, not a 'proper' vet
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< 7th year, still suck and learning. :joystick:
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you're a vet when you get 'it'
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1 was 13 when i started :old:
So was I. I am 43 now. :D :old: :neener:
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Kind of a silly question but
How long does one have to play this game to be considered a veteran player?
20 years.
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Must have played AH1 to be a vet. :D
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you're a vet when you get 'it'
This
Must have played AH1 to be a vet. :D
+ this
+ if you can fix my dog.
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If you can remember the jump from graphics from AH1 to AH2, you're a vet. Along with the tears when you found out the $200 POS eMachines desktop can't run it anymore.
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Must have played AH1 to be a vet. :D
When did ah 2 come out?
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When did ah 2 come out?
I think it was about at the time when AHI was discontinued.
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I think it was about at the time when AHI was discontinued.
:bhead
I don't remember the year. 2003 right?
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Don't listen to them, Zach. Most of them are noobs who didn't even fly with HiTech when he was an Air Warrior pilot. ;)
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So was I. I am 43 now. :D :old: :neener:
:rofl :aok
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Don't listen to them, Zach. Most of them are noobs who didn't even fly with HiTech when he was an Air Warrior pilot. ;)
:O
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:bhead
I don't remember the year. 2003 right?
Official release note:
http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,120395.0.html
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Official release note:
http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,120395.0.html
Then I'm golden
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Then I'm golden
We call it strawberry blonde
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Then I'm golden
i thought you were concerned about being a vet...
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you're a vet when you get 'it'
The more time spent playing AH probably decreases your chances of getting "it". ;)
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i thought you were concerned about being a vet...
No. Know I want to be worth something although looks like my market has gone down :cry
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The more time spent playing AH probably decreases your chances of getting "it". ;)
Another awesome one! :rofl :aok
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The more time spent playing AH probably decreases your chances of getting "it". ;)
I know :(
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Zacherof, I'nm not sure what you are fishing for here, but FYI nobody likes you. 'cept for me.
Zacherof is my friend :)
so true, I bought him a beer at last airshow in chino, I thought he was vandals. when he told me it was him, i took the beer away.
semp
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so true, I bought him a beer at last airshow in chino, I thought he was vandals. when he told me it was him, i took the beer away.
semp
:rofl :rofl :rofl
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:rofl :rofl :rofl
the funniest thing happened at that airshow. I met gwurtzel first and was sitting with him when I go the message from zach that he was at the airshow so, i went looking for him. after saying hi and while he was getting settled down, I went back to look for gwurtzel and together we came back to see zach.
gwurtzel walks up to him and in a friendly gentile manner slaps him on the side of the head and says "that's for shooting me down in your 190 last week". I literally dropped on the floor laughing my butttt off. not even the airplanes flying around could top that.
semp
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I think it was about at the time when AHI was discontinued.
mwahahaha
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I made a joke its beent 17 years now since I've been flying in video games - my first real squad was for ATF Gold, then Falcon 4.0 came out.
Veteran? hell no, veteran of aces high sure - I still learn new things daily.
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Untill you stop asking how long do I have to be here before im considered a veteran player. Right about then. ;)
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Its been soo long I remember Butcher shooting me down at kitty hawk! <S> 999000
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Technically you are a veteran after your rookie year.
Or years. :P
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Its been soo long I remember Butcher shooting me down at kitty hawk! <S> 999000
I remember asking "Who the hell is 999000 and why did a zipcode just rip me plane apart?" thus began the legend "Are they B17s? under 10k? check to see if 999 was online, yeah? just ignore them..... 20 seconds later two fighters lose their wings..... its funnier when they ask on comms about "B17s under 10k"...
Veterans know to look up that player list, other ones just attack and find out what a real floating death star is..
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I drink 10 cent pitchers at my local VFW :banana:
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I remember asking "Who the hell is 999000 and why did a zipcode just rip me plane apart?" thus began the legend "Are they B17s? under 10k? check to see if 999 was online, yeah? just ignore them..... 20 seconds later two fighters lose their wings..... its funnier when they ask on comms about "B17s under 10k"...
Veterans know to look up that player list, other ones just attack and find out what a real floating death star is..
:rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl
so friggen true.....
although I must have caught him sleeping, I was able to get 1 of his bombers the other day...when I saw "you shot down 999000" I immediately turned from them and left him be. I knew I wouldn't be lucky again. :rofl
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the funniest thing happened at that airshow. I met gwurtzel first and was sitting with him when I go the message from zach that he was at the airshow so, i went looking for him. after saying hi and while he was getting settled down, I went back to look for gwurtzel and together we came back to see zach.
gwurtzel walks up to him and in a friendly gentile manner slaps him on the side of the head and says "that's for shooting me down in your 190 last week". I literally dropped on the floor laughing my butttt off. not even the airplanes flying around could top that.
semp
:D
I will forever rember how havering good aim has RL concequences :rofl
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<--12 years :old:
:salute
27th
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If you remember:
RIPSNORT missions (yes, there were hordes in '01)
A giant squid in the lake located in southwest Mindanao
PIZZA MAP -original
Hitech's smoldering cigarette ashes almost burning down the office
Flying UFO pizzas
Evil Con Missions
....you just MAY be a vet.
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Evil con, now those need to make an appearance again.
You might be a veteran of Aces high if you remember VansCrew shooting down Santa and getting booted off the game. Funniest moment ever.
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I remember that. :devil :P
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Evil con, now those need to make an appearance again.
You might be a veteran of Aces high if you remember VansCrew shooting down Santa and getting booted off the game. Funniest moment ever.
:lol now that was funny :aok
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Evil con, now those need to make an appearance again.
You might be a veteran of Aces high if you remember VansCrew shooting down Santa and getting booted off the game. Funniest moment ever.
I remember that....was that really all that long ago?
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<- Vet of The Great Arena Spilt of 2006 :old:
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When did ah 2 come out?
You are so no vet :rofl
Seriously... I would use several criteria:
If you one of:
- You played AH1... and probably miss good old CT that AH2 had killed
- If you payed HTC more than $1,000 (or...)
- You served in military
you are probably vet.
On the other hand, the worth of $15 it depends on your salary. If you have $5,000 monthly income $15 is very little, on the other hand, if you have monthly salary of $100, like me during 3 years of the regular service (or active duty/active service) in IDF/IAF, than $15 are much more than just few bucks so it probably should be - you payed a monthly salary rather than payed $1,000, than you are vet.
So if we take the salary factor than I'm... a Triple vet :cheers:
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You aren't a vet unless you had to hide a $300.00 phone bill from your wife during the early days of AirWarrior and now your are still playing here.
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You might be a veteran of Aces high if you remember VansCrew shooting down Santa and getting booted off the game. Funniest moment ever.
Wow, has that been that long ago? Weren't we all in WoT at that time??
#S#
Josh
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Zacherof is my friend :)
But...but... :cry
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I have more than one.
Banshee7 is my friend :)
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I have more than one.
Banshee7 is my friend :)
:D That's better
#S#
Josh
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You aren't a vet unless you had to hide a $300.00 phone bill from your wife during the early days of AirWarrior and now your are still playing here.
:aok
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Who remembers being proud that your monitor could show all of the available colors, both black and white?
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Who remembers being proud that your monitor could show all of the available colors, both black and white?
I remember this:
(http://www.atarimagazines.com/startv3n2/airwarrior.jpg)
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I played Aces High when it was Free-To-Play (Beta), does that count? :D
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Don't even want to say how long I have been playing :o I suck so bad
:cry
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Subscribed in 2004. Used to be an avid player. Still technically C.O. 91st, but it's hit & miss anymore as far as time to actually play.
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If you've served in the Military you're a veteran player. The rest of us are just dweebs. :salute
:aok but in no way would I consider you a dweeb uptown or anybody else in the game :salute
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You aren't a vet unless you had to hide a $300.00 phone bill from your wife during the early days of AirWarrior and now your are still playing here.
Woo boy I remember that. I got transferd from Tucson to Valdosta GA during the old DOS days. I didnt have access to a Kesmai the 800 number in Valdosta.
What the hell I thought, I wont play that much.. Sure enough a phone bill came for over $300.. :lol I cut down to one night a week but it was still a huge strain
on the wallet and peace in the household. :lol
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I hear that if you started AH pre2005 your a certified vet.
Yay me :)
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The formula used is quite long, and involves cases of beer consumed, pizza crusts under the computer table, and that sort of thing, all multiplied and divided by each other, including such factors as number of joysticks trashed divided by the number of successful landings less the number of deaths. There is more but I've bored you enough already.
Me, personally? I downloaded and played AH on the first day of the open beta, during the early days of September, 1999.
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I have a feeling that to be considered a "Vet" amongs this mash-up of pilots, one needs to go through a few "trials".....
1. you must have a story from in-game which only a hand full of other players claim to have experienced, and that many others will claim knowledge of..
- Sheep Knowledge, they are watching.
- Shooting Santa Down!??
- etc
2. You no longer care about "earning perks, so I can fly that xxxxx plane!"
3. You've watched more documentaries on WWII on a Cathode-Ray Tube television than you have from youtube....
4. You joined AH2 because of a History Channel advertisement
5. From what I've read on the forum's, you also must be "trolled" or "flamed" on the forum for one reason or another, usually because you're more awesome than that other guy....
I've got a LONG ways to go to be in the same class as some of these ol' :old: pilots... :neener:
Either way, so far it's a good community. I'm just a new player all wide-eyed and bushy tailed I suppose...
Looking up to the old grizzled veterans and the crazy tale tails they tell.... :noid
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I have a feeling that to be considered a "Vet" amongs this mash-up of pilots, one needs to go through a few "trials".....
1. you must have a story from in-game which only a hand full of other players claim to have experienced, and that many others will claim knowledge of..
- Sheep Knowledge, they are watching.
- Shooting Santa Down!??
- etc
2. You no longer care about "earning perks, so I can fly that xxxxx plane!"
3. You've watched more documentaries on WWII on a Cathode-Ray Tube television than you have from youtube....
4. You joined AH2 because of a History Channel advertisement
5. From what I've read on the forum's, you also must be "trolled" or "flamed" on the forum for one reason or another, usually because you're more awesome than that other guy....
I've got a LONG ways to go to be in the same class as some of these ol' :old: pilots... :neener:
Either way, so far it's a good community. I'm just a new player all wide-eyed and bushy tailed I suppose...
Looking up to the old grizzled veterans and the crazy tale tails they tell.... :noid
I remember when the sheep were taken out, and hysteria over santa. I also remeber when there was a giant token floating in AH for a football team :)
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I remember this:
(http://www.atarimagazines.com/startv3n2/airwarrior.jpg)
(http://hol.abime.net/pic_full/dbs/3201-3300/3218_dbs1.png)
:D
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The Squirrels with cameras are watching.
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I suck
:noid
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I remember the giant squid.
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Officially 13 years and 13 days is how long it takes to become a vet.
(http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/multimedia/dynamic/00321/VET_321426k.jpg)
Then you get presented with a dog much like the one pictured.
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I think the sure sign of being a vet is not worrying about being a vet :lol
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I think the sure sign of being a vet is not worrying about being a vet :lol
Now there's a thought. :D
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I'd rather be a real Doctor. Brain Surgery...yep that's it.
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So, who has the cookies? :old:
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the old folks speak of Godzilla wandering the map .....its hard to take them seriously
(http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee141/redd17bk/Godzilla.gif) (http://s235.photobucket.com/user/redd17bk/media/Godzilla.gif.html)
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A Veteran (or a retired VET) could be described as playing warbirds and that game on AOL (and cant remember the name of it) waiting on Aces High to come out. Could have been around so long that some of the player he knew is gone now. Attended the First 2 conventions and has the awesome black jacket to show for it. (I still wear it to this day) There are a few out there. May return to the game someday. I dont have a game machine anymore so would have to build a new one and get new controls.
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You aren't a vet unless you had to hide a $300.00 phone bill from your wife during the early days of AirWarrior and now your are still playing here.
Me
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A Veteran (or a retired VET) could be described as playing warbirds and that game on AOL (and cant remember the name of it) waiting on Aces High to come out.
Air Warrior was on more than AOL (spit), though playing it on Genie and spending enough a year to make a right size decent car payment was before I discovered the game (dammit - but not before Muzzy did, apparently). A veteran could well be the proverbial AW player who subscribed to the Bigweek news reader and made fun of people on AOL. ;) :D
Some would say, unless you had a tail number .... (making me and a lot of folk unqualified.)
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the old folks speak of Godzilla wandering the map .....its hard to take them seriously
(http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee141/redd17bk/Godzilla.gif) (http://s235.photobucket.com/user/redd17bk/media/Godzilla.gif.html)
Put some lazer beams on that Spitfire and it will own Godzilla!
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dweebs thou have been and dweebs shalt thou always be.
"And NOW!" they shrieked. "FINALLY art we Vets! Scourges of the Sky are WE!" Yet again, from the smoldering blue wreckage came the icy cry, "Nay, foul ack-runner. Thou art but headon Dweebs." And thus was born the Headon Dweeb, the Dora Dweeb, and the Ack-running Dweebs. And as the pitiful Dweebs began their long quest through the Promised Land of Rolling TerrainTM, and were blinded by the Sun GlareTM in search of their Holy Hurricane and the Zerstorer, did the voice of Doc rain down from on high and sweepeth them in a sandstorm of despair: "For all who play at Warbirds shalt always be Dweebish. Dweebs wert thou born. Dweebs thou art. Dweebs shalt thou be." And it was good.
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13-14 years for me, plus a couple in AW. Still can't fly a fighter without spinning in though. :lol.
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<---- 3 and a half years nooby
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Well, being a vet ( military , and received combat ribbons, battle e, etc ) never really mattered to me ...
I just appreciate all the others who served , especially the ones who gave all!
As for video flying combat Sims,... Well I think anyone who played via Delphi, compuserve and before AW4W
Maybe could say those who played svga AW....
As for Fester's quote regarding dweebs ( lol ), seems both AW & WB had nearly identical or closely matched "books of" ..
regarding the history of both games... Some parts even written by the same player for each game, if I remember correctly..
Just learn to have fun, and if you are able give back to the community in any way you can....
It is the communities that keeps us carrying on and moving forward! So help the new players if you can
Cheers
TC of "The Damned <-- created 1987 by PT"
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Remember a vet as military goes is no longer on active duty. This makes me both a veteran of this game and The US Army. I was lucky enough to serve 5 years during peace time. Desert Storm happened about 2 years after I left the Army. Grenada before I joined.
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Well, being a vet ( military , and received combat ribbons, battle e, etc ) never really mattered to me ...
I just appreciate all the others who served , especially the ones who gave all!
TC
Remember a vet as military goes is no longer on active duty. This makes me both a veteran of this game and The US Army. I was lucky enough to serve 5 years during peace time. Desert Storm happened about 2 years after I left the Army. Grenada before I joined.
Thank you for your service, Indian :salute
as for my above quote, yes, I am a combat veteran myself........... I was just saying I never looked at being a Veteran more than just doing a job I volunteered to do for an agreed amount of time no matter what it might cost me... anyways it also is a family thing as well seems a handful of each generation keep stepping up...., I can see though rereading what I originally typed might mislead people in how I think or something .......
sorry if my original post confused anyone
TC
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<S> to the real vets!
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My mom is a real vet. She doesn't play, though. In fact, she doesn't even have a computer. Does she count?
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<S> to the real vets!
4 years active/2 reserve .... cold war TAR - (had it easy, comparatively). <S> to the vets who didn't (and others who may have, anyway - service stands). :salute :cheers:
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No offense taken. was only reminding everyone that vets are not currently active. I agree about each generation serving I have a Great Uncle who flew in the Army's 8th Air force, My Dad was a 20 year veteran of the Army (Vietnam) My Aunt (Dads sister) 20 year Navy veteran both active and reserves. My cousin (same aunts son) served in the Army. oth My Aunt and cousin were in desert. storm.
I thought this thread was interesting from the point I was one of the original plahyers when Aces High went live. I enjoyed it way to much. miss it a lot just have higher priorities at this time.
Now a story from the second convention. 2 good friends attended with me, I was one the the first trainers in this game so they challenged me to a dual in the training arena. They chose the 262 for the dual if you can call a 3 way fight a dual. We each chose our airfield close enough to get back in fight after we got shot down. This was all for fun. I wound up in the middle of them and proceeded to loop from field to field killing them just as they got off the ground.They accused me of cheating it wasn't cheating I failed to tell them that at that them there was no fuel burn or ammo lost. So I equipped the 262 with 1/4 tank fuel mad it light and fast very nimble. After a few runs like that I couldn't stop laughing and told them what was happening.
And to all Military Veterans Thanks for serving.