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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Oddball-CAF on June 10, 2015, 01:00:17 AM
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me too
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I miss all of us as well....we were a great organized disciplined squad.
:aok
vSKYDIVE
aka
1SKYDIVE
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I miss all of us as well....we were a great organized disciplined squad.
:aok
vSKYDIVE
aka
1SKYDIVE
Sadly though crappy fights, if you guys fought at all. I think I got more proxy than kills on you guys because of your habits of usually bailing out instead of fighting.
ack-ack
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Today the old vTards in full strength would whip many arses. How the worm turns.
I miss them now that we are at this all time low.
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Today the old vTards in full strength would whip many arses. How the worm turns.
I miss them now that we are at this all time low.
wat chew talking bout we?
tis true. vTards skill set could wipe out a front. :salute
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I was a vTard 8-10 years ago; I think for a few weeks. I was really just a solo player as my squad recently disbanded - and I never really came to the BBS so I never knew about the squad "recruitment" area, I just assumed people invited you in game. This being said; vDallas and a few of the "devils" back then were trying to take a base with GV's - I fought off about 4-5 of them for a good half hour and was invited to join. It didn't last long; I wasn't interested in taking unarmed bases so I pretty much left after a few weeks. The whole base taking wasn't my cup of tea; I was more interested in furballing.
One of my more memorable encounters was on the Islands map; V-guys and Ghi were busy rolling undefended bases and I realized there were only 2-3 choices left on the map; one base had friendlies over it so I knew they were not going to fight there; A25 and A23 were the only options. I upped an F4u-4 and climbed out to 10k with DT's and decided the water between both bases as they would probably NOE. Sure enough I spotted what looks like two con's on the water and called "NOE". Someone in an La7 decided to up and check the area out; two C-47's already landed by the town and two C-47s were on the way; I yelled out for NOE and gathered about 5 people at my alt to do some spotting; lone behold about 8 sets of Lancs and Me-110s, N1ks.
Guess what happens next? We started diving from 9-10k and before I was even in gun range, every single plane bailed out; I got a nice message from dallas about "spying is for wussies".
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I was a vTard 8-10 years ago; I think for a few weeks. I was really just a solo player as my squad recently disbanded - and I never really came to the BBS so I never knew about the squad "recruitment" area, I just assumed people invited you in game. This being said; vDallas and a few of the "devils" back then were trying to take a base with GV's - I fought off about 4-5 of them for a good half hour and was invited to join. It didn't last long; I wasn't interested in taking unarmed bases so I pretty much left after a few weeks. The whole base taking wasn't my cup of tea; I was more interested in furballing.
The V-Tards were a pack a fellas that left the Pigs (my wing) becuase we did not focus enough on base taking. I have held the reins of that wing for about 6 years. So you may want to revise your timeline Sir.
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I remember the day when I killed every single vtard online in 1 flight. think it was 8 of them. that would have been nice but a squadie had 10 vtard kills and also landed :bhead :bhead.
semp
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Lol I'll have to look through my screen shots if i still have it I remember killing the whole squad that was online in my wirble they were trying to NOE a V base.
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When I was "Emperor" of The 47 Ronin, one of our campaign ribbons was called
"The Flaming vTard".
http://the-47-ronin.org/ribbon-graphics/vtard/flaming-vtard.html (http://the-47-ronin.org/ribbon-graphics/vtard/flaming-vtard.html)
Before their squad blew up (after which they reformed as "Black Flag", "Devil's Rejects")
they were under strict orders to fly only 190Ds as it was pretty much (besides a P51 or 262)
the only plane they could do a mission in and allow one or two of 'em to actually make
it back to their field.
Seeing "vTard NOE!" in the text buffer jacked up the adrenaline level of every Rook in
the arena in anticipation of a hilarious seal-bashing fest.
Regards, Odd
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The V-Tards were a pack a fellas that left the Pigs (my wing) becuase we did not focus enough on base taking. I have held the reins of that wing for about 6 years. So you may want to revise your timeline Sir.
I read his comment and was about to contact you...
Alright group of guys to hang out with but their mentality of what good gameplay/tactics is just flat out wrong. Others would argue but their arguments are pointless.
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I was a vTard 8-10 years ago; I think for a few weeks. I was really just a solo player as my squad recently disbanded - and I never really came to the BBS so I never knew about the squad "recruitment" area, I just assumed people invited you in game. This being said; vDallas and a few of the "devils" back then were trying to take a base with GV's - I fought off about 4-5 of them for a good half hour and was invited to join. It didn't last long; I wasn't interested in taking unarmed bases so I pretty much left after a few weeks. The whole base taking wasn't my cup of tea; I was more interested in furballing.
One of my more memorable encounters was on the Islands map; V-guys and Ghi were busy rolling undefended bases and I realized there were only 2-3 choices left on the map; one base had friendlies over it so I knew they were not going to fight there; A25 and A23 were the only options. I upped an F4u-4 and climbed out to 10k with DT's and decided the water between both bases as they would probably NOE. Sure enough I spotted what looks like two con's on the water and called "NOE". Someone in an La7 decided to up and check the area out; two C-47's already landed by the town and two C-47s were on the way; I yelled out for NOE and gathered about 5 people at my alt to do some spotting; lone behold about 8 sets of Lancs and Me-110s, N1ks.
Guess what happens next? We started diving from 9-10k and before I was even in gun range, every single plane bailed out; I got a nice message from dallas about "spying is for wussies".
The dallas rants were funny, and fun. I didn't hesitate to reply with a smart arse remark, but backed it up as well. :) It kept him quiet. :D
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Another thing that cracked me up about the vTards was that they were stupid enough to buy into vWildcat's claim of being a WW2 Hellcat ace. Too bad I never screen captured his bio page on the vTard's old squadron web page.
ack-ack
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Trying to remember which squad it was a while back that tried an NOE raid on a port, apparently not knowing a fleet was just offshore......it may have been the vTards, I can't remember. I do recall the fleet icon flashing with no dar bar, looking all around, saw a bunch of white on the ocean surface where it wasn't normally white........called one of the squaddies to jump in a 5 incher, I took off to investigate............found a ton of B5N's and Nikis and F4U4's hugging the ocean. I only got 3 or 4 kills, my squaddie ended with over 30 kills. Between he and another 5 inch gunner, that raid got shot to pieces, ironically, with their target just within reach.
Yup, twas fun to watch........... :rofl
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The V-Tards were a pack a fellas that left the Pigs (my wing) becuase we did not focus enough on base taking. I have held the reins of that wing for about 6 years. So you may want to revise your timeline Sir.
Oh how I miss them and their prized pelts. :bolt: :devil
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The V-Tards were a pack a fellas that left the Pigs (my wing) becuase we did not focus enough on base taking. I have held the reins of that wing for about 6 years. So you may want to revise your timeline Sir.
My logs show I flew with Devils Brigade from September 2007 to December 2007; that's roughly 8 years ago. Prior I was with one squad for over 10 years before they disbanded. Flew with Shawk for few years then bounced around and settled with the 367th group and Top Gun.
Maybe you held the reigns before I joined or after? Hell I was a Pig at one point somewhere years back, don't think I stayed long in the pigs either.
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The V-Tards were a pack a fellas that left the Pigs (my wing) becuase we did not focus enough on base taking.
My logs show I flew with Devils Brigade from September 2007 to December 2007
As by my data, the squad we use to call affectionally "Vtards" came into existance in 2010
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When I was "Emperor" of The 47 Ronin, one of our campaign ribbons was called
"The Flaming vTard".
http://the-47-ronin.org/ribbon-graphics/vtard/flaming-vtard.html (http://the-47-ronin.org/ribbon-graphics/vtard/flaming-vtard.html)
Before their squad blew up (after which they reformed as "Black Flag", "Devil's Rejects")
they were under strict orders to fly only 190Ds as it was pretty much (besides a P51 or 262)
the only plane they could do a mission in and allow one or two of 'em to actually make
it back to their field.
Seeing "vTard NOE!" in the text buffer jacked up the adrenaline level of every Rook in
the arena in anticipation of a hilarious seal-bashing fest.
Regards, Odd
Trying to remember if I got that ribbon or not. lol
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Trying to remember which squad it was a while back that tried an NOE raid on a port, apparently not knowing a fleet was just offshore......it may have been the vTards, I can't remember. I do recall the fleet icon flashing with no dar bar, looking all around, saw a bunch of white on the ocean surface where it wasn't normally white........called one of the squaddies to jump in a 5 incher, I took off to investigate............found a ton of B5N's and Nikis and F4U4's hugging the ocean. I only got 3 or 4 kills, my squaddie ended with over 30 kills. Between he and another 5 inch gunner, that raid got shot to pieces, ironically, with their target just within reach.
Yup, twas fun to watch........... :rofl
we still tease fbbob about flying 5 sectors over the ocean and finding a cv there. needless to say the goons got killed plus many of the bombers. it was funny as hell.
semp
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Whom was it that saddled them with the name V-Tards?
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My logs show I flew with Devils Brigade from September 2007 to December 2007; that's roughly 8 years ago. Prior I was with one squad for over 10 years before they disbanded. Flew with Shawk for few years then bounced around and settled with the 367th group and Top Gun.
Maybe you held the reigns before I joined or after? Hell I was a Pig at one point somewhere years back, don't think I stayed long in the pigs either.
What was your name as a Pig?
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Butcher did you used to be skychimp?
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Whom was it that saddled them with the name V-Tards?
They all had 'v' as the first letter of their gameIDs.
I miss the action that they brought to the game.
Much more fun than those folks on the forums that allegedly seek fights, but only pick and run.
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Other squads of yesteryear I recall as admiral foes-
L.T.A.R.S
M.A.W.'s
A.K.'s
Blue Knight's
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Whom was it that saddled them with the name V-Tards?
It was kind of an evolution. Since they were called vDevil's Rejects, it quickly became vDevil's Retards and then just shortened to vTards for the sake of simplicity.
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I was one once. :rock
vMidway :banana:
=v=
:salute vDogfite
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Figures
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I was one once. :rock
vMidway :banana:
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:salute vDogfite
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Once a vTard, always a vTard.
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Absolutely a well disciplined squad without question.
So much so that when on a mission they often would not break formation. Not even when under attack and their brethren dropping like flies all around them. They would simply fly straight and true
Such missions did wonders for ones K/D ratio LMAO
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me too
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No doubt you had just come across one of the very missions I mentioned :)
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Absolutely a well disciplined squad without question.
So much so that when on a mission they often would not break formation. Not even when under attack and their brethren dropping like flies all around them. They would simply fly straight and true
Such missions did wonders for ones K/D ratio LMAO
Reminded me of the Japanese pilot's discipline. They would never break rank even when folks are dying all around them Very true observation Dred.
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As by my data, the squad we use to call affectionally "Vtards" came into existance in 2010
I'm going by the Aces high pilot stats; Tour 93.
Butcher did you used to be skychimp?
nope never used that name; dunno who that is either.
What was your name as a Pig?
Either Misconduc or Adonai; it wouldn't of been Butcher until after 2010; I don't think I was in the pigs very long, I only remember Syko as CO then.
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I'm going by the Aces high pilot stats; Tour 93.
The 'vtards' first appeared as such in tour 125. There were no pilot IDs with vXXXXv before that, and these are what in AH were called that way.
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The 'vtards' first appeared as such in tour 125. There were no pilot IDs with vXXXXv before that, and these are what in AH were called that way.
I interestingly never had v in my name.
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I interestingly never had v in my name.
I think you were a member of the incarnation prior to vTards, when they used oXXXo instead of vXXX
ack-ack
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So in regards to MA game play it sounds like the vtards were trend setters. Or maybe just harbingers of what was to come.
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I think you were a member of the incarnation prior to vTards, when they used oXXXo instead of vXXX
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The oREo's as we used to call them.
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The Alchemist seem like the same thing by the way you all describe them.
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Other squads of yesteryear I recall as admiral foes-
L.T.A.R.S
M.A.W.'s
A.K.'s
Blue Knight's
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Ah, the LTARs. Some awesome knock down, drag out GV base assaults from them. I miss the vTards for a different reason. They were like Pokemon..."Collect them all!"
And the AKs are still around.
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I think you were a member of the incarnation prior to vTards, when they used oXXXo instead of vXXX
ack-ack
You are absolutely correct; sorry my memories fading me - I couldn't have o's in my name as it would of been to long - makes sense, I certainly left when they switched to the V names.
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So predominantly, at least in this thread, this squad is missed for the easy kills they provided? And it's HQ dropping that is killing the game.
:rolleyes:
I would much rather have my tucus handed to me by the Muppets than club seals.
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The V's I knew were all good eggs.
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So predominantly, at least in this thread, this squad is missed for the easy kills they provided? And it's HQ dropping that is killing the game.
:rolleyes:
I would much rather have my tucus handed to me by the Muppets than club seals.
In the main it was VERY enjoyable. However, what really made it special were the variations
on the attack theme. 110s NOE, Lancs NOE, P47s NOE, P51s NOE, P38s NOE. The deck looked
like a lice-infested Mongolian sheepskin rug.
Prior to the squadron's dismantling, Dallas ordered 'em to fly only 190D-9s and to
get up to 10 or 15K in 'em before arriving at a target. This greatly impacted their
"strategery" however as they were putting much less ords on their targets. As well,
a good percentage would be unable to pull up after a drop and auger.
What's wrong with easy kills? And let's be honest; getting pasted by the Muppets
is most assuredly -not- preferable. :D
Regards, Odd
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In the main it was VERY enjoyable. However, what really made it special were the variations
on the attack theme. 110s NOE, Lancs NOE, P47s NOE, P51s NOE, P38s NOE. The deck looked
like a lice-infested Mongolian sheepskin rug.
Prior to the squadron's dismantling, Dallas ordered 'em to fly only 190D-9s and to
get up to 10 or 15K in 'em before arriving at a target. This greatly impacted their
"strategery" however as they were putting much less ords on their targets. As well,
a good percentage would be unable to pull up after a drop and auger.
What's wrong with easy kills? And let's be honest; getting pasted by the Muppets
is most assuredly -not- preferable. :D
Regards, Odd
I dont recall the Brigade flying NOE that much. It did happen on occasion, but not nearly as much as you suggest. You may be confusing the Alch's with the Brigade. As the Alch's posted missions are usually NOE and then pop at the last minute.
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So predominantly, at least in this thread, this squad is missed for the easy kills they provided? And it's HQ dropping that is killing the game.
:rolleyes:
I would much rather have my tucus handed to me by the Muppets than club seals.
The fun of shooting down the vTards wasn't because they were extremely easy kills but rather the fun was making vDallas send rage PMs whining about being shot down.
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The fun of shooting down the vTards wasn't because they were extremely easy kills but rather the fun was making vDallas send rage PMs whining about being shot down.
Well okay, now that is worth it ;) I have heard many stories of those pm's...
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The fun of shooting down the vTards wasn't because they were extremely easy kills but rather the fun was making vDallas send rage PMs whining about being shot down.
I was the recipient of many and just laughed at how someone could be so vulgar in trying to blame others for their own suckage.
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I dont recall the Brigade flying NOE that much. It did happen on occasion, but not nearly as much as you suggest. You may be confusing the Alch's with the Brigade. As the Alch's posted missions are usually NOE and then pop at the last minute.
Nope. Early on, the vast majority of their "missions" were NOE. Then they went up to 5 or 10K (any higher and
most of 'em wound up compressing and divin' into the dirt. Their last six months of existence, they'd transitioned
to 15 or 20K Doras and P51s and were under strict orders not to actually try to fight anything after their
initial bomb drops. The thinking was, I guess, that he wanted at least some of them to actually survive
a strike.
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Nope. Early on, the vast majority of their "missions" were NOE. Then they went up to 5 or 10K (any higher and
most of 'em wound up compressing and divin' into the dirt. Their last six months of existence, they'd transitioned
to 15 or 20K Doras and P51s and were under strict orders not to actually try to fight anything after their
initial bomb drops. The thinking was, I guess, that he wanted at least some of them to actually survive
a strike.
Like I said. Trend setters.
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The fun of shooting down the vTards wasn't because they were extremely easy kills but rather the fun was making vDallas send rage PMs whining about being shot down.
Dallas would probably VOX his own mother if she shot him down; LOL. I remember when I changed names to Butcher and was defending a port; I managed over 125 kills in an hour defending the port from the v-fails. He was busy voxing me the entire time growing frustrated that I kept landing 10 kills in a 109K every 5 minutes, at one point I think he was literally sitting in a 5 inch trying to shoot at us because everyone was landing 5+ kills every few minutes.
This goes on for an hour and half; dallas was busy voxing every single defender - you knew which one was dallas, he was in an F4u-4 hiding in his own ack with a half dozen 5 inch gunners.
I forget who someone ended up with 21 kills in a Dora who was laughing he never landed "5" before, he started getting PM's from dallas, he posted them on the forums a while back; it was a great chuckle.
Ironically that tour I ended up #1 in fighters because I amassed so many kills that day, more then I would for the better most of a week or two.
Someone flew low lancs to drop the CV, I believe Dallas tried to "Ho" the Lanc and ended up colliding with the lead Buff and blew up; I think we were all in tears from laughter at this point because they practically gave up. It was no more then 6 defenders vs 20+ attackers.
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Nope. Early on, the vast majority of their "missions" were NOE. Then they went up to 5 or 10K (any higher and
most of 'em wound up compressing and divin' into the dirt. Their last six months of existence, they'd transitioned
to 15 or 20K Doras and P51s and were under strict orders not to actually try to fight anything after their
initial bomb drops. The thinking was, I guess, that he wanted at least some of them to actually survive
a strike.
Sorry Oddball, but I was pretty high up within the Brigade, so im pretty sure that i know most of what went on within it. Especially when it came to the mission. I dont know where you get your "strict order" information, but our missions near the end were mostly fly what ya want missions. Especially fighter sweeps. In the beginning, it was rarely NOE.
The brigade had some good sticks, and a lot of members that liked to have fun. A good portion of the members were also pretty new to the game. New players often went to squads that had lots of members. The Brigade never claimed to be the best squadron at anything. But one think we were good at, especially Bob0, was coming up with the most absurd mission and making it work. The main goal behind the crazy missions was fun. For example the D3A1 raids or the deer hunting missions. There a video around here somewhere of the D3A1s.
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Odd's observations mirror most of ours and the majority of vTard missions were NOE. They were also easy pickings.
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Then those were most likely not Brigade missions. The brigade did support many posted missions. Such as Flakhappy's, which were, and still almost always are NOE. The first v that ever went down on any mission and it was declared a vMission. The majority of Brigade planned missions were not NOE.
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There's an old saying that "perception is reality". Good luck changin' mine. :D
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Sorry Oddball, but I was pretty high up within the Brigade, so im pretty sure that i know most of what went on within it. Especially when it came to the mission. I dont know where you get your "strict order" information, but our missions near the end were mostly fly what ya want missions. Especially fighter sweeps. In the beginning, it was rarely NOE.
The brigade had some good sticks, and a lot of members that liked to have fun. A good portion of the members were also pretty new to the game. New players often went to squads that had lots of members. The Brigade never claimed to be the best squadron at anything. But one think we were good at, especially Bob0, was coming up with the most absurd mission and making it work. The main goal behind the crazy missions was fun. For example the D3A1 raids or the deer hunting missions. There a video around here somewhere of the D3A1s.
many of us would get behind them and shoot one after the other. they wouldnt go left or right they would just go straight. it was ridiculous. at the beginning it was funny after a while it became boring and I stopped chasing them.
semp
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Loved it it when sizing up a mass of bish from above with FBKillaD and just hovering until the most timid one stood out... 90% of the time it was Dallas and it only confirmed it when the bish gaggle turned around to try to save his Dora or Dash-4...
Heck I broke my own chair in a fit of laughter when I bomb-vulched a gaggle in a labeled "v-misson" with my Arado... Then the onslaught of voxing from Dallas forced me to circle my own base for 15 minutes because I couldn't concentrate with something so damn funny... Almost as funny as a certain spawn-camper's voxing...
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I remember lots of Mustangs all going downhill in a hurry. On a few occasions I remember having to take a Mustang just to catch them. The old 38G just never got that fast.