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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: funkedup on November 07, 2001, 03:33:00 PM
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AH Guys - From what I have seen, AW players have a lot to offer our game. Some of the best pilots I've ever seen came to AH from AW. There seem to be a lot of them interested in scenarios too, which is a GOOD THING. And this is a potential windfall for HTC. More paying accounts means more financial security for HTC which means more resources and employees which means a better sim in the long run, which is a REALLY REALLY GOOD THING. So be nice.
AW Guys - Welcome aboard. If you need help or tips, pester me online or send a private UBB message. If you like scenarios, check out the TOD. If you want to talk about AW, consider the O'Club. Not because it threatens me somehow. But because it clutters up the discussions of AH and a lot of people will feel the need (justifiably or not) to respond negatively to your postings. In short it causes unneeded friction in the community. Enjoy.
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ummm why wasnt this posted in the O club?
<ducks and runs>
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I agree funked. I'm guilty as charged in another thread about the demise of AW. Should have kept my mouth shut.
Welcome new AH'ers.
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Had my bellybutton handed to me last night by a few AW guys. Despite some reports to the contrary they obviously know which end of the plane has bullits commin outta it.
Seems to me, that since they are over here and not over there that they are AH guys now.
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Seems to me, that since they are over here and not over there that they are AH guys now.
Amen
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Kind of... This is much like being an immigrant to the USA.
The trick is to ASSIMILATE without giving up HERITAGE.
Good Example: The Sicilians came here and learned the language and got jobs. They kept the best parts of thier culture like the food, and the Mafia (teaches respect for elders) and the women.
Bad Example: The Hispanics that demand we print everything in thier language, collect welfare, and become elders at 13. The food is still good.
:D
-W
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What's AW?
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Originally posted by Ratbo:
Kind of... This is much like being an immigrant to the USA.
The trick is to ASSIMILATE without giving up HERITAGE.
Good Example: The Sicilians came here and learned the language and got jobs. They kept the best parts of thier culture like the food, and the Mafia (teaches respect for elders) and the women.
Bad Example: The Hispanics that demand we print everything in thier language, collect welfare, and become elders at 13. The food is still good.
:D
-W
oooooo your gonna get in truuuuuuuuble!! lol. Hey...the bad example women are GOOD TOO!!
Tumor
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Yep, what Ratbo said.
Everybody came from some other sim before this. The only reason the AW guys are being noticed more is because it all happened in one big lump. like the potato famine. ;)
Fuggit. I haven't particularly noticed hating their guts anymore than anyone else.
In a couple of months you won't be able to pick them out of the crowd. Then we can all pick on the WWIIOL newbies that show up when their sim goes tits up together. :D
Just kidding,
Wab
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You're right Tumor - thier women are good too. TOO good. That's why they're elders at 13. <evil grin>
But seriously... I'm glad the post makes sence. There is a segment of the AW community that will always however have an "identity" of sorts. The real die hard scenario types. We've been through SO much together that we'll always have a "bond" of sorts.
Wait till next years CON - you'll get to meet us all. :)
-W
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Then we can all pick on the WWIIOL newbies that show up when their sim goes tits up together.
Naaa too easy. Let's wait for the WBIII refugees. :)
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Originally posted by AKWabbit:
Yep, what Ratbo said.
Everybody came from some other sim before this. The only reason the AW guys are being noticed more is because it all happened in one big lump. like the potato famine. ;)
Fuggit. I haven't particularly noticed hating their guts anymore than anyone else.
In a couple of months you won't be able to pick them out of the crowd. Then we can all pick on the WWIIOL newbies that show up when their sim goes tits up together. :D
Just kidding,
Wab
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Originally posted by Ratbo:
Bad Example: The Hispanics that demand we print everything in thier language, collect welfare, and become elders at 13. The food is still good.
:D
-W
Too much stink on that bait Italiano :p
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>Naaa too easy. Let's wait for the WBIII refugees.
(Points at Funkedup) I was NOT the one who said that! :eek:
(runs fer cover...) :cool:
Wab
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Ya but I caught YOU - Mr. 250 post troller.
Objective met.
-W
(for those that don't know, Rotor is of Cuban decent - However, he obviosly knows the language here, and uses it, and uses it, and uses it.)
Originally posted by Rotorian:
Too much stink on that bait Italiano :p
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Funked you "PC" AW Refugee loving pacenik hippie scum!!!
Whats next? Rights for Sheep?
AH has a new lower-lifeform, the FDPs and LuftWhiners are no longer the object of our pity. I say we humiliate, brutalise, and rack up the k/d ratio while we can :D KEEEEEEEEEL THE AW DWEEEEEEEEEBS!
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Originally posted by Vulcan:
Funked you "PC" AW Refugee loving pacenik hippie scum!!!
Now ya see, I LIKE this guy. The force is strong with this one.
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Originally posted by Ratbo:
Ya but I caught YOU - Mr. 250 post troller.
Nope nope nope <pulls over lower lip> ya see? Not even a scratch on it.
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Welcome AW guys...........
You'll notice gangbanging is just as alive on this board as in the Main...
but hell it keeps ya sharp........
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this is why i fly with ch 1 squelched and plane mode only on - everyone is a silent plane model either helping or acting as a target.
:)
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Originally posted by Vulcan:
AH has a new lower-lifeform, the FDPs and LuftWhiners are no longer the object of our pity. I say we humiliate, brutalise, and rack up the k/d ratio while we can :D KEEEEEEEEEL THE AW DWEEEEEEEEEBS!
<--- AW Dweeb
Come 'n get me. :D
-- Todd/Leviathn
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The AW I will miss died about the time of the Big PAC at GS, so coming here was an active choice for me months ago and one long overdue because lingering, unreturned loyalty and sentimentality. Hell, I ONLY played in scenarios the last year or so, which made HTCs $30/month a real steal in fun per hour compared to AW.
I think the post a few months back over at EA from that AW board moderator who will remain nameless and clueless (about the time it became apparent AWIV was going on indefinite hold), where he told us to stop complaining about no major updates because we were just lucky EA was spending all that money just to support our silly habit -- well that soured it. Several posts, mine included, reminded the moron just whose money it was they were spending to keep our habit alive, and that at some point we expect something better than 15 year old code. I stated looking for other alternatives the next day and never looked back.
I picked AH because it was the closest sim I could find with a COMMUNITY like that in the DOS days, where people on this board actually debated issues like aircraft performance and ACM, and other WW2/avaition geek stuff. Strokes, tools, good guys, and wind bags like myself, but a familiar and comfortable environment. Then, what a joy to discover that the quality of the actual sim was fantastic.
HT and Pyro (and the rest of course) have done what me or you or any other enthusiast would do if we could -- make the game we would want to play. They do a dammed fine job, listen to the players and experiment with suggestions. You have to respect that.
While the final nail in the AW coffin is certainly sad, remember what AW had become. Appreciate how rare the HTC approach is in this corporate world today -- hopefully it will last. And I’ll say it again, respect it in its own right. It is worth a lot of loyalty, and appreciation in its own right, at least as long as HTC stays on track :) Another thing AW taught me, unfortunately, is an appreciation for the limits of loyalty.
Charon
[ 11-07-2001: Message edited by: Charon ]
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I don't think we need *ever* worry about HTC turning into faceless suits. Dale and Co. already took the corporate beating with Warbirds. A lesson like that is never forgotten. Were you to ask Kelton Flynn, I bet he regrets the day he "sold" AW to NewsCorp too.
-W
Originally posted by Charon:
Appreciate how rare the HTC approach is in this corporate world today -- hopefully it will last. And I’ll say it again, respect it in its own right. It is worth a lot of loyalty, and appreciation in its own right, at least as long as HTC stays on track :) Another thing AW taught me, unfortunately, is an appreciation for the limits of loyalty.
Charon
[ 11-07-2001: Message edited by: Charon ][/QB]
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Originally posted by AKWabbit:
GAWD, I found this funny...
NUTTZ
The only reason the AW guys are being noticed more is because it all happened in one big lump. like the potato famine. ;)....
Wab
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Cool post Charon
<S>
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The more new players that AH gets the better. So what if they might have once flown AW: Could they possibly be any more annoying than funkedup? I think not!
Hooligan
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Yeah and like Ratbos people, the white trash who came to America and let the immigrants in. :cool:
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Watch it or we'll petition HT for a steadily shrinking "reservation" arena for native AHers.
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ROFL Arlo
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Originally posted by Vulcan:
Whats next? Rights for Sheep?
yo !
ROTFL :D
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Nuttz you are SO right.....
Wabbit really hit a nerve there on several levels.... pure gold... :)
-W