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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Badboy on April 03, 2002, 07:50:36 PM
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... You go outside after an AH online session, look up at the sky, and think how realistic it looks :)
Badboy
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...Or as you drive to your meaningless job you wonder if your Dodge Intrepid could out turn fight the rice burner on the off ramp.
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Or when you see the the grackles and finchs battle the crows among the trees and you're mentally telling the crow "CHECK 6!"
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Is there such a thing as being online too long? Do you guys actually go offline and go outside? That's what internet browsers are for :D Ever here of "alt-tab"? Frickin' barbarians... go outside... really ;)
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This may be a newbie question, but what does "offline" mean?
...says the guy who's been using the 'net (ARPA, DARPA, NSFNet, etc) long enough to remember life before IPv4 and named... :eek:
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Your boss tells you to do something, and you say "CC, OTW".
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..you talk about good dogfights with friends as if they happened in real life..
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when you ski down a mountain and all the time you are thinking "Energy Management and situation awarness""
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when you are so bored in a class that you write/draw plans for a jabo strike and takeover of an enemy base
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..... when u wake up in the morning, ... "who the hell is that girl beside me ?"
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...when you drive your good 'ol BMW and you are affraid that every Toyota going the oposite way will try to HO you :D
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When your Girlfriend/Wife comes in the room and you wonder what the best way to get on her 6 is :)
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Originally posted by Badboy
... You go outside after an AH online session, look up at the sky, and think how realistic it looks :)
No, you wonder why night is no longer modeled in real life ;)
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also when on the road you think : "I'll outrun all of those gangbanger"
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.... when u say... " ok, 1 more but thats the last 1 "... after u got shot down :D
.... when u recieve a 100$ cutomer of the year check from ur Pizza delivery service.... and u spend it for the next AH bills :p
.... when u start ur car but u cant find any gun turret....
.... when ur car dealer tells you there is no ordinance available:confused:
.... when u decide to start a ersup goon to resupply ur car dealer :cool:
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Well when I drive my car to school I always check my six to see if any gruenherz guys is after me :D
guardy
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You know you have been online too long when...
you avoid bathroom breaks by wearing Depends.
eskimo
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Originally posted by paintmaw
when you ski down a mountain and all the time you are thinking "Energy Management and situation awarness""
Last saturday at Copper some dweeb snowboarder was cutting across the run and popped out from behind a tree. No way to avoid her; she clipped the back of my skis. Went from doing ~25-30 mph to rolling down the side of the hill in nothing flat.
By the time I stopped rolling (complete yard sale; skis and poles flying everywhere) she was already back on her board taking off again.
Too much time online is when you equate the people who don't practice slope etiquitte with N1K and LA-7 drivers :D
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Originally posted by steely07
When your Girlfriend/Wife comes in the room and you wonder what the best way to get on her 6 is :)
Try to bounce her when she's AFK. Otherwise lag pursuit to avoid the overshoot.
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You know you have been online too long when...
You can't think of a real world event to post a follow up.....
we can go outside?
Sly
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...when you are looking for the Zoom key while driving on an interstate to see if thats a cop on the shoulder up ahead (True story, I find myself with that "thought process" quite often!)
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ROTFLMAO - You guys are killing me.... My co-workers are starting to look at me strange cuz I'm laughing so hard... Thanks for the laugh!!
:D
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That skoda must be overmoddeled.
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As your leaving work for lunch, you turn to your co-workers and say...."RTB Fuel"
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Quote Ripsnort "...when you are looking for the Zoom key while driving on an interstate to see if thats a cop on the shoulder up ahead (True story, I find myself with that "thought process" quite often!)"
Right on Rip, You beat me to it, almost everyday I'm looking for my zoom key to spot cops. Also wondering if the guy going 5 mph under the speed limit in front of me is AFK and wishing I could switch to guns.
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When you pull into a gas station and look of for the little grey barrels of gas
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when you drive down a hill and slow down using your emergancy break to avoid compression
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As your leaving work for lunch, you turn to your co-workers and say...."RTB Fuel"
ROFLMFAO
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Serriously though, has anyone else found themselve leaning into a turn while driving? Man, that drives me nuts.
-Sikboy
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LOL even my wife was thinking this was funny S! :)
to the thread starter hahahahahahahhaha.
To freaking funny and a little truth in all this stories too :)
guardy
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When ya see a person with a large tush and think, "nope,...that ain't got nuthin on StSanta". :D
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.....when you have the Pale Lemon Volvo in front of you lined up that well with your hood ornament/gunsight that you jam the cannon/horn button down hard and scupcake with delight when the old fart craps himself and his hat falls off.
Blue
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LOL
Or when you are driving down the road, you are thumbing the steering wheel, hunting for the POV hat switch ;)
Sigh....itty bitty Saturns don't have WEP....
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When you wonder how many perks you will get for the benz in front of you,
When you are driving down the highway, there are three other cars beside you and you dont want to exit and break formation.
When you pass someone you look for the WEP
When you notice there are more hondas then spits
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Originally posted by Saintaw
That skoda must be overmoddeled.
LOL well unfortunately I happen to have one in my garage and I must say that all Skodas are very undermodeled and extremely overpriced. Will have to check with dealer on ENY and perk values... :rolleyes:
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Using a smashed bug or taking a grease pencil to make a HUD pipper on your windshield.
Using you Stick-Shifter as a flightstick. <-Done this one
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Pretending to use Brake and Clutch as rudders and almost wrecking.
Using the window roll-up handle as a pretend throttle.
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I was talking to an engineer once about some work we were doing and agreed on a point he made and replied "rgr that"..I kicked myself at the time but chuckled all the way home :)
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Serriously though, has anyone else found themselve leaning into a turn while driving? Man, that drives me nuts.
-Sikboy
Yep; comes in real handy on my Yamaha.
:D
The worst is when flying along in a T-6 and start feeling for the view buttons on the throttle and the 4-ways on the stick. Or seeing other traffic and wondering if you left the icons off.
GronK
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... telling your wife she could merge onto the freeway better if she used lag pursuit to retain more E.
Man did she every look at me weird when I said that. :D
Actually, as a former stock-car racer, E fighting techniques in air combat apply very well for the various ways to pass another car in a turn. The lag-displacement rolls don't work too well though. :)
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Originally posted by Lephturn
... telling your wife she could merge onto the freeway better if she used lag pursuit to retain more E.
Man did she every look at me weird when I said that. :D
Actually, as a former stock-car racer, E fighting techniques in air combat apply very well for the various ways to pass another car in a turn. The lag-displacement rolls don't work too well though. :)
Yeah, lets just not mix the two jargons together..."Apexing" and "Tramlining" may confuse some of the mortals on this board ;)
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1: weird thing i do when i drive: When i change lanes or merge, i shoulder check in the exact same pattern as i maintain SA in AH.
eg> i look left, look right, back, then up (yes i even look up when shoulder checking some times.) I dont even use the mirrors.
2. i have, and passengers have caught me rapid flashing the high beams to "shoot" cars in front of me. (the flashing hi beams representing muzzle flash.)
3. We have all been caught doing this: in a crowded place like a bar, mall or pub, you get weird looks from people wondering what form of sign language you are trying to use when you are using your hands to explain the planes and vectors that occured during last night's rolling scissor fight.
4. The acronym thing. Last weekend we had a family supper and when i was getting ready to leave, i said: "well great supper mom, time for me to rtb." Everyone was like "what the hell?" except for my Grandpa, a WW2 wellington pilot. he said "have a safe drive...." That was classic!
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As it turns out our new QA guys drove 'Varks in the Gulf War. Qualified for carrier landings in a 14 as part of an exchange program, but never did manage to stick a night trap.
He understands those hand gestures quite well.
I generally worry more about deflection shooting and relative e when I drive. I WANT those dam 50 cals up by the headlights mounted! :cool:
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..... when u ask the stewardess on ur next holiday flight if u can join as gunner.
.... when u tell the pilot he should stay under 200 fft to be invisable for enema radar.
.... when u ask the stewardess for a fresh ammo clip, the old one is empty since u saw bogies vulching the runway.
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When you are sitting in front of a $20000 HP Visualize C3600 workstation reading the AH BBS. ;)
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...when you need to go to the other city which is 25miles away and you get pissed that there is no GV spawnpoint 5k out of the city limits and you have to drive all the way... :D
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Originally posted by bloom25
When you are sitting in front of a $20000 HP Visualize C3600 workstation reading the AH BBS. ;)
ROTFL!!!
I've been building Sun 280Rs this week wondering how hard it would be to port AH to Slowaris...
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You know, WineX *probably* wouldn't be that hard to port over to HP-UX or Solaris. :D (I wonder what kind of framerates you would get? 250+? )
The main problem would be connecting a joystick somehow... :(
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Hit a deer on your way home from work only to discover your radiator is leaking... the next thought of course is "Ive gotta RTB before the engine seizes..." :-)
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...when refueling at the gas station you are tempted to ask for 75% internal plus a DT :)
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I spend a great deal of time on the road...
I have made the following "mental until now" comparisons:
Mercedes sedan........FW190
BMW.......................BF1 09
Jaguar.....................Sp it
Miata......................Ze ro
P51.........................C orvette (late model)
P47.........................C hecker Cab
P38.........................A ny late model sedan
C47.........................M y minivan
The most striking comparison has to be the Mercedes/190.
The lines are unmistakeable!
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when somebody says something funny and you reply
"eL Oh eL"!
NUTTZ
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GREAT FRIGGIN POST ...........GAWD I CAN RELATE TO EVERY ONE!!!
sad part is i to am at work reading them and laughing out lol and there all looking at me,...........to bad everything i can think of at this time has been used....
keep it up guys to funny
box
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...when ur boss wants u to do something stupid and u try to squelch em.
...when u wonder that .salvo 6 doesent work. ur Girlfriend cant anymore after 5 :-)
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...when your accelerating down a straight road expecting to take off any time now while makeing jet/prop noises..... :D
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Originally posted by Puck
ROTFL!!!
I've been building Sun 280Rs this week wondering how hard it would be to port AH to Slowaris...
Hehe Puck, almost got AH running in wine under a X86 simulator on a G4 PPC running NetBSD. Got some graphic problems.
TheFatz
412th Braunco Mustangs
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.....when your parents ask you to do something and you say rgr that
.....when at school your teacher asks you what you are doing...you say RTB
.....when you compare cats to airplanes...(i did this...my fat cat is an F6F and my little cat is a Spit)
.....when you watch the other side of the road...waiting for him to get on your 6
.....when a guy passes you up...you think PHEW! I made him overshoot
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...you try to draw out plans to put 4x20mm on your electric wheelchair:D
Falcon
Cactus Air Force
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When ya pop the hatchback up and boot both doors open as you head down a steep hill