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Title: AH review on Dogfighter
Post by: phaetn on July 05, 2000, 08:59:00 PM
A review of Aces High by Tim "Baddawg" Nieuwdorp has been posted on Dogfighter.com (he flies under the handle "Dogftr").

It might seem well familiar to many of you that already play, but it is really aimed at people that don't currently fly AH.

Comments are welcome.

Cheers,

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Gian "phaetn" Vitzthum
Managing Editor
Dogfighter.com (http://www.dogfighter.com)
Title: AH review on Dogfighter
Post by: easymo on July 05, 2000, 09:40:00 PM
 If those screenshots, and the challange of a fairly realistic FM dont attract new people. I dont know what will  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif).
Title: AH review on Dogfighter
Post by: -duma- on July 06, 2000, 08:13:00 AM
Maybe the 'four 50mm guns' on the halftrack will  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
Title: AH review on Dogfighter
Post by: Creamo on July 06, 2000, 08:18:00 AM
VEry nice site, good review. WTG.
Title: AH review on Dogfighter
Post by: Dingy on July 06, 2000, 02:37:00 PM
 
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Originally posted by -duma-:
Maybe the 'four 50mm guns' on the halftrack will   (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)


Hope you mean 50cal, cause if theres 50mm cannon on the halftrack, why take to the air???

-Ding
Title: AH review on Dogfighter
Post by: RDRedwing on July 06, 2000, 03:26:00 PM
Dingy read the article again  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)

 
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Another ground vehicle added in Aces High by v1.02 was the M16 Halftrack. Its main purpose is to defend Panzers and airfields from strafing enemy aircraft, and is armed with four 50mm guns mounted on a maxon turret for this purpose.

LOL
Title: AH review on Dogfighter
Post by: Baddawg on July 06, 2000, 05:14:00 PM
Lol Doh!  Typo .50 cal, well they seem like 50mm when they shoot me down  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/redface.gif)

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Title: AH review on Dogfighter
Post by: -lynx- on July 07, 2000, 01:46:00 AM
Well - a very nice review... Not the crap they printed in the latest PCZone (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/frown.gif).

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-lynx-
13 Sqn RAF
Title: AH review on Dogfighter
Post by: Ripsnort on July 07, 2000, 07:47:00 AM
Fair assessment and easy reading for a newbie...Good work Bad! <S>
Title: AH review on Dogfighter
Post by: Duckwing6 on July 07, 2000, 09:53:00 AM
Best review i've seen so far on AH .. and it's the first after the BIG update of V1.03 .. the others should do the same IMO as this ain't the same AH that it was 2 month ago

DW6
Title: AH review on Dogfighter
Post by: Spoons - SimHQ on July 07, 2000, 11:04:00 AM
Agreed....and good job, BTW.  Now if I can just get some flight time in amid vacation, work, etc.!  But, yes, we will do an update as well.



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John Sponauer
Senior Editor, SimHQ.com
jsponauer@simhq.com
Title: AH review on Dogfighter
Post by: Dingy on July 07, 2000, 11:45:00 AM
 
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Originally posted by RDRedwing:
Dingy read the article again   (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)

 LOL

Ok...I read it.  Says "4 50mm guns"

BIG difference between .50cal and 50mm.  A 50mm round would have a diameter of about 2.5 inches vs a little under an inch for a .50 cal.

Baddawg has already stated that its a typo. :P

-Ding

Title: AH review on Dogfighter
Post by: phaetn on July 09, 2000, 08:42:00 PM
Before a fist fight breaks out, it should be noted that I made a correction after the article was initially published.

So you are both right.   (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)

I have always hummed and hawed about whether or not it defies some sort of editorial principle to make a change to a piece after is has been initially published.  After much thought I have concluded that it doesn't in so long as it is just correction of errata and that context or substance hasn't changed.

One of the glories and pitfalls of web based publishing is that it isn't static.  I know of plenty of writers and editors who wish they could make changes after copy has gone to press.   (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)  Newspapers and magazines publish notes in subsquent issues as necessary and novelists that are fortunate enough to get a reprinting make changes to new editions.

Anyhoo, thanks for pointing it out!

Cheers,
phaetn

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