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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Chaos68 on August 05, 2001, 10:46:00 PM
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I justed signed up today because my 2 weeks were up. :(
I played before under Opivy and Conner but now im paying monthly for AH.
I couldnt tell my girlfriend how much i pay for AH because she would shoot me down faster then an ACK.
I was woundering how many others hide how much they pay for AcesHigh?
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I do'nt hide how much i pay. It's my damn money and I'll do whatever I damn well please with it. :D
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I'd never hide the 29.95 I donate every month to Holy Trinity Church.
I't is a very worth while organization.
My wife is very proud of me and supports my generosity.
Sax
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Actually, I stopped alltogether and went back to WarBirds. I don't play enough to justify $30 a month, so I went with WarBirds for $10 a month for 10 hours (which I have yet to use all up yet).
Hans.
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"I'd never hide the 29.95 I donate every month to Holy Trinity Church."
rofl! Good one. Better than my giving it as the name of the florist she recieves flowers from every month (j/k)
Westy
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Ok you guys come over and talk to my girlfriend and make her see why $29.95 is worth it.
I tryed explaining it to her and even letting her fly a few missions ,only to have her crash at the end of the runway. But she still cant understand why i pay.
For me i love AH its the only thing that keeps me sane at work.
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Ok you guys come over and talk to my girlfriend and make her see why $29.95 is worth it.
Dude... you just opened the hangar door with that one. Where are the FDPs when you need them?
AKDejaVu
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Price is no trouble explaining.
On the other hand when we're out drinking, nobody wants to jump in and say "we play computer games together" when someone asks how we know each other.
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Originally posted by Fatty:
"we play computer games together" when someone asks how we know each other.
That's not all you do together.
-SW
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Yeah, sometimes we dress an AK in a polka dot skirt and pig tails, and take turns slapping him in the head as part of a more elaborate drinking game.
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if she can't get around you spendin $30 a month on something you enjoy, trade her in b4 it's too late...
compare it on something she does for herself, hair-do, nails, gym, clothes.. whatever. explain to her that you could be down at the corner shootin pool, drinkin, gettin lap dances - whatever she doesn't like more than AH... AH is good, clean and cheap entertainment as adult entertainment goes. She doesn't have to enjoy it or understand it, just accept it. Now your $800 computer upgrade every 12 months may take stronger negotiation skills :)
but really if your relationship strains on you spending a buck a day on yourself, find another relationship..given the $30 a month isn't coming out of your rent or food budget..
[ 08-06-2001: Message edited by: Eagler ]
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I used to tell her that it was a program that I bought for the PC. Then she noticed that it appeared every month on the bill. :D
I cancelled my subscription to PCZone ($80-90/year) and that has appeased her for the time being. I have begun to keep track of how much money she spends on shoes. So far, she is spending twice as much on shoes as I do on AH every month, so I have that as ammo the next time the subject comes up. ;)
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[ 08-06-2001: Message edited by: Eagler ]
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Originally posted by Fatty:
Yeah, sometimes we dress an AK in a polka dot skirt and pig tails, and take turns slapping him in the head as part of a more elaborate drinking game.
Since when is Animal an AK?
-SW
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My wife said something like 'anything that keeps you at home, out of someone else's pants and in mine- I don't have a problem with'
Of course... that was before I missed a few wife maintenance sessions because of Aces High. ;)
Other fellow pilots have pointed out how quickly one can drop $30 in a bar in one night...
After an initial period of jealousy... she has adjusted nicely. Her favorite saying when I start to piss her off is 'GO FLY!'
Don't have to tell me twice. ;)
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I just got rid of a lot of other monthly expenses. I got out of a lot of "clubs" which ripped me off, mailing me crap i didn't want (books, cd's and latex underwear).
Girlfriend is happy, but misses the underwear - flying without now.... :D
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Chaos, check the other thread on pricing. It'll show that AH is quite cheap compared to other hobbies.
Explain to her that it's a hobby. Tell her you'll take up scuba diving or sky diving if it wasn't for AH.
There aren't any rich skydivers. Some have well paying jobs, but none are rich :).
Compared to some other hobbies you COULD be supporting, $360 is very cheap.
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Everything is cool now.
It just took her a few days to understand how much i enjoy this game.
I have no problem with the price of AH. I first thought it was high but after seeing the other WWII games out, AH is worth the $.
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"Fishing-Trip" I was in last autumn did cost about 400$ from one weekend:
Ship to island and back to continent 80$
Cabin in island and boat 50$
Equipments 80$
Food, "anti-freeze liquids" (for internal use), Tax-free shop in ship etc. 200$
Joke which is hard to translate to english:
(Octopus has tentacles and tentacle is also nickname for Finnish long-drink which contains grape-juice and Gin, ie "Lonkero")
We went out to the sea in evening but somehow my friends did manage to tumble their boat next to pier and all equipments fall in to the sea. Next morning we went to the pier and friend looked to the sea and yelled us: "Guys come look at this; Here's an Octopus in the sea !"
We thought WTF and runned to the pier and what we saw in the bottom of the sea was dozen "Tentacles" :D
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Simple. Tell her it's either AH or you'll start paying to fly for real. ;)
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Originally posted by Chaos68:
Ok you guys come over and talk to my girlfriend and make her see why $29.95 is worth it.
It is a well known fact that mental stresses associated with flying combat airplanes sharply increase male potency.
It was not an accident that aviators enjoyed enormous success with women every time there was a war on.
Did you take her to Pearl Harbor movie?
I am sure you can invent an impressive quote or two from some psychiatrist with necesary explanation.
Tell her that any male has an intrinsic aggressive urge to kill in order to prove his worth to his tribe and get a mate to procreate. The more violence, the more interest in his mate. Conversely, absence of risk and viloence leads to lukewarm relationships.
Simulated killing in AH will fill you with enourmous sence of self-worth and increase your sex drive, etc. :p
miko
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$30 a month is chicken feed. How about the cost of upgrades?
HoooOOoney, I really NEED a new video card.
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Originally posted by Nifty:
Simple. Tell her it's either AH or you'll start paying to fly for real. ;)
True, i told her i wouldnt mind doing that, but then i wouldnt have enough to go to school. My friend is a pilot so he takes me up every once in a while. :)
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Simple. Tell her it's either AH or you'll start paying to fly for real.
Hah! that'll get her attention! my friends look at me like im nuts when i tell them how much it cost for multi training. 3 bucks a minute. literally. :eek: