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Title: chutes
Post by: KNIFE on September 06, 2002, 01:44:50 AM
IF YOU ALL TAKE A MINUTE AND GOTO SCORE THEN STATS YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE IS A SPOT FOR CHUTE KILLS AND YOU DO GET SCORED FOR A KILL!!!!!!!! THEY DONT LIVE TILL  THERE FEET HIT THE GROUND AND THEY CLICK TOWER!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: chutes
Post by: akak on September 06, 2002, 02:19:26 AM
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Originally posted by knife
IF YOU ALL TAKE A MINUTE AND GOTO SCORE THEN STATS YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE IS A SPOT FOR CHUTE KILLS AND YOU DO GET SCORED FOR A KILL!!!!!!!! THEY DONT LIVE TILL  THERE FEET HIT THE GROUND AND THEY CLICK TOWER!!!!!!!!



If you look on your keyboard you'll see this button that says, "Caps Lock"....

You don't get 'scored' for the kill, as you don't get any perk points for it nor regular points.  It will be counted in your total kill tally however, just like proximity kills.


Ack-Ack
Title: chutes
Post by: Duedel on September 06, 2002, 02:41:55 AM
MY BRAIN HURTS

(http://monty-python.virtualave.net/gumbies.jpg)
Title: chutes
Post by: Innominate on September 06, 2002, 03:24:35 AM
Chutes GET prox kills.  So if you auger trying to kill one, you'll give him a kill.

You'll notice killed chutes dont take deaths though.
Title: chutes
Post by: Saintaw on September 06, 2002, 03:34:29 AM
Wooooooooooot, Oh boy I missed posts like these, thank you thank you thank you :D
Title: chutes
Post by: Masherbrum on September 06, 2002, 06:19:54 AM
Duedel, is that you on the left?  :D

K2

I rarely shoot a chute, it gets them in the air faster.  I laugh when it takes three-four passes to shoot my chute.
Title: chutes
Post by: Duedel on September 06, 2002, 09:17:32 AM
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Originally posted by Masherbrum
Duedel, is that you on the left?  :D
 

ME? YES I'M LEFT RIGHT OF THE LEFT!

NURSE!
Title: chutes
Post by: rv6 on September 07, 2002, 07:49:05 AM
Ah-HA!  You've answered my question.. It all makes sense now.

After reading the past few weeks diatribe about "Chute Shooting",, I took to bailing (once all shot to pieces) right over the nme base,, buzzing with MILLIONS of red fighters..

What a visual!  They literally crashed INTO each other, augered into the ground, spun, stalled, wasted Ba-Zillion rounds of ammo,, trying to nail the little man in a chute.

Here's the deal..  One time, as I'm floating down to dead-center nme runway,, (just before the field ack got me), I hear Zoooom, Bang, Smash,,

"SYSTEM: You have shot down ThisOne  #1"
"SYSTEM: You have shot down ThatOne  #2"
"SYSTEM: You have shot down SomeOne  #3"
"SYSTEM: You have shot down No-One  #4"
"SYSTEM: You have shot down Every-One  #5"
"SYSTEM: You have shot down TheOtherOne  #6"

WOW!

More kills than I've ever gotten in my flyable life!  From a parachute! HAhahahahaaa!!

~
Title: chutes
Post by: Tabasco on September 07, 2002, 04:28:01 PM
There's no comic relief anywhere like a would-be chute killer augering under your pilot's feet.  :D
Title: chutes
Post by: Puke on September 07, 2002, 05:34:22 PM
I'm curious why people even bother to bail out.  Unlike real combat, this isn't life and death... so does bailing in AH give someone the sense that he would've actually survived to up again?  All I see bailing doing is delaying my re-upping.  Maybe I'm missing something.
Title: chutes
Post by: J_A_B on September 07, 2002, 05:37:12 PM
If I can get an enemy to waste even more ammo killing my chute, I will  :)      As long as an enemy is shooting at my worthless chute, it's not shooting at any friendlies who might be around.

J_A_B
Title: chutes
Post by: runny on September 07, 2002, 10:20:06 PM
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Originally posted by Puke
I'm curious why people even bother to bail out.  Unlike real combat, this isn't life and death... so does bailing in AH give someone the sense that he would've actually survived to up again?  All I see bailing doing is delaying my re-upping.  Maybe I'm missing something.


You get half the points for getting killed as you get for bailing successfully.  That's why people bail.

I don't care about that, but it appears that many folks do.
Title: chutes
Post by: Sikboy on September 07, 2002, 11:12:24 PM
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Originally posted by runny
I don't care about that, but it appears that many folks do. [


Don't lie, score potato

-Sikboy
Title: chutes
Post by: runny on September 07, 2002, 11:19:05 PM
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Originally posted by Sikboy


Don't lie, score potato

-Sikboy


I'm not lying, you lying liar!
Title: chutes
Post by: airspro on September 08, 2002, 05:03:31 AM
Starting about 2 to 3 tours ago I quit bailing out of planes . I only bail if the enm is already dead and I am over my base and am too shot up  land . If not I just ride the squeak down and die .

I DO love to shoot chutes though :D Plus I love to hear some squeak after .
Title: chutes
Post by: sutpid on September 08, 2002, 07:28:22 AM
dont think i have to say what i'm doing here.
Title: chutes
Post by: oboe on September 08, 2002, 07:52:18 AM
A VF-27 Chute-shooter?!

Shame on you, Sutpid!
Title: chutes
Post by: sutpid on September 08, 2002, 12:55:51 PM
Well things happen differently when i in Ma
Title: chutes
Post by: poopster on September 08, 2002, 02:15:35 PM
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Alright knife, you know the routine......
Title: chutes
Post by: poopster on September 08, 2002, 02:37:28 PM
On further thought with all these chute threads, I've been killed in a chute maybe once in 3 months of flying and that was on a zoom bail..

You guys talk a bloodthirsty game but I'm not seeing it.

So on the stats page kills in a "chute" are proximity kills while hanging about ??

Been pondering that one....
Title: chutes
Post by: gofaster on September 09, 2002, 08:57:31 AM
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Originally posted by Puke
I'm curious why people even bother to bail out.  


I bail so I can play FAC over the battlefield without having to worry about aircraft management.  My secondary reason is to see if any enemy pilots are dumb enough to waste their ammo on me.  When I bailed, the kill was already awarded.  Drilling up my chute with ammo won't bag them any more points.
Title: chutes
Post by: Wlfgng on September 09, 2002, 09:56:43 AM
I'll 'waste' my mg's on a spy any day !

I don't remember who it was that said that shooting chutes with mg's is a great way to increase AC performance by lightening the load and practicing aiming.. but they were soooo right !
Title: chutes
Post by: hawk220 on September 09, 2002, 10:12:03 AM
taking a screen shot of shooting a chute? kinda self gratifying in a disturbed kinda way:rolleyes:
Title: chutes
Post by: Dead Man Flying on September 09, 2002, 10:21:06 AM
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Originally posted by gofaster
My secondary reason is to see if any enemy pilots are dumb enough to waste their ammo on me.  When I bailed, the kill was already awarded.  Drilling up my chute with ammo won't bag them any more points.


Heh.  Ahhh, yet another post decrying how "dumb" it is to shoot chutes.  Let's make a few things clear.

(1)  It's not dumb.
    (a)  It eliminates potential spies
    (b)  It makes many bailing lamers go ballistic on Ch1
    (c)  It improves aim

(2)  It is not a waste of ammo
    (a)  It takes one round to kill a chute
    (b)  Makes less lethal ammo (.303, 7.7mm) useful

(3)  Who cares about points?

(4)  It's fun!

-- Todd/Leviathn
Title: chutes
Post by: hawk220 on September 09, 2002, 10:34:09 AM
(4) It's fun!

DMF, maybe you'd like an arena with hundreds of chutes floating around for you to kill..and since its so much fun to kill unarmed, non-threatening players..how about a bunch of troops in wheelchairs on the ground or maybe an old folks home for you to strafe?

its not the act of shooting a player's chute, its the mentality it represents.
Title: chutes
Post by: Arfann on September 09, 2002, 10:50:25 AM
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Originally posted by hawk220
(4) It's fun!

DMF, maybe you'd like an arena with hundreds of chutes floating around for you to kill..and since its so much fun to kill unarmed, non-threatening players..how about a bunch of troops in wheelchairs on the ground or maybe an old folks home for you to strafe?


Whoa! Do you think there's a chance?  I might have cancelled my account too soon. Imagine shooting the crap out of targets like that while singing a few verses of "Napalm Sticks to Kids"!!!
Title: chutes
Post by: Fatty on September 09, 2002, 10:51:34 AM
Man, that would be a blast!

If you could make it little girls in wheelchairs, I'd start level bombing again.
Title: chutes
Post by: akak on September 09, 2002, 10:58:38 AM
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Originally posted by hawk220
(4) It's fun!

DMF, maybe you'd like an arena with hundreds of chutes floating around for you to kill..and since its so much fun to kill unarmed, non-threatening players..how about a bunch of troops in wheelchairs on the ground or maybe an old folks home for you to strafe?

its not the act of shooting a player's chute, its the mentality it represents.


Considering we already have a church we can strafe, I think adding a school, preferably a pre-school and a children's hospital to the town would be a great idea!  Imagine coming down and shooting a plane up, making the guy bail out and shooting his chute and round off the flight with a nice strafe of the pre-school and children's hospital.  The ulimate hat trick.

ack-ack
Title: chutes
Post by: Dead Man Flying on September 09, 2002, 11:06:56 AM
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Originally posted by hawk220
DMF, maybe you'd like an arena with hundreds of chutes floating around for you to kill..and since its so much fun to kill unarmed, non-threatening players..how about a bunch of troops in wheelchairs on the ground or maybe an old folks home for you to strafe?
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Holy Hell YES I'd love an arena like that.

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its not the act of shooting a player's chute, its the mentality it represents.


Much more worrisome is the mentality that actually finds such behavior in a game objectionable.

-- Todd/Leviathn
Title: chutes
Post by: hawk220 on September 09, 2002, 11:25:38 AM
way to rationalize, todd:rolleyes:
Title: chutes
Post by: AKDejaVu on September 09, 2002, 11:26:23 AM
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Originally posted by hawk220
its not the act of shooting a player's chute, its the mentality it represents.
LOL!

Reminds me of a quote from Seeker: "Deja, I'd say just about the *only* things that can be "proven" in an online game are one's definitions of sportsmanship and honour. It's the rest that's the illusion."

Man you guys crack me up.  This isn't a war, its a game.  You aren't killing someone, you are getting them in another plane faster.  You're not making widdows.  You're simply shooting the red icon.

How you play a game does not define honor, nor does it define character.  Of course, what you type on channel 1 can do both in a heartbeat.

AKDejaVu
Title: chutes
Post by: Apache on September 09, 2002, 11:33:17 AM
The BK's shoot all chutes. We don't like the blinking.
Title: chutes
Post by: Fatty on September 09, 2002, 11:36:00 AM
Any word on the explodable wheelchairs yet?
Title: chutes
Post by: AKDejaVu on September 09, 2002, 11:40:20 AM
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Originally posted by Fatty
Any word on the explodable wheelchairs yet?
I was watching "Little Nikki" the other day and was rolling on the floor laughing as the two men's wheelchair basketball teams were unable to stop their wheelchairs (rolling downhill) and rammed into the side of a stopped bus.  One of the best scenes in a movie ever.

AKDejaVu
Title: chutes
Post by: Dead Man Flying on September 09, 2002, 11:40:48 AM
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Originally posted by hawk220
way to rationalize, todd


You still haven't adequately explained to me why I should care about your own silly notions of honor and justice in an online game.

I do like the wheelchair idea though.  Good thinking!

-- Todd/Leviathn
Title: chutes
Post by: Saintaw on September 09, 2002, 12:55:38 PM
Ooooooooooooooh Yess Yess!!! The church is already a goodie, but exploding wheelchairs!!! I CAN'T WAIT! :D

This would be a fine time to ask for napalm too, no ?
Title: chutes
Post by: vorticon on September 09, 2002, 01:07:14 PM
LOL...but once i hit the ground im a ace all 7 people in the hth arena shmashed into the ground around me after trying to shoot me down(they thougt i was in a tank LOL) i then walked to a good spot for returning to the tower and went back. to bad you dont get the kill counts after you ditch
Title: chutes
Post by: Samm on September 09, 2002, 04:31:37 PM
Shooting chutes is stupid and pointless . You've got to aim for the man in the harness .
Title: chutes
Post by: poopster on September 09, 2002, 04:55:46 PM
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How you play a game does not define honor, nor does it define character. Of course, what you type on channel 1 can do both in a heartbeat.


WELL SAID !!

I see reading the channel 1 buffer, quite a few don't have a grasp on that concept.
Title: chutes
Post by: AvidMC on September 09, 2002, 05:28:41 PM
Submitted for your approval. New Design schematics for Ver. 1.11  town building.
Title: chutes
Post by: senna on September 09, 2002, 05:31:18 PM
Anyone who shoots my chute, I will get pissed. I ask him to step outside so I can knock his stupid head off. Is that ok? oops I might get banned or something.

:D
Title: chutes
Post by: airspro on September 09, 2002, 06:46:04 PM
Wheelchairs ?? Remember death race 2000 ?  Hey over there are some points , lol . Zoom on the old folks in the wheelchairs but they pulled a fast one , and took out the Dr's and Nurces , lol .
Title: chutes
Post by: Kanth on September 09, 2002, 07:10:25 PM
Dood, you need to get into game design.

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Originally posted by hawk220
(4) It's fun!

DMF, maybe you'd like an arena with hundreds of chutes floating around for you to kill..and since its so much fun to kill unarmed, non-threatening players..how about a bunch of troops in wheelchairs on the ground or maybe an old folks home for you to strafe?

its not the act of shooting a player's chute, its the mentality it represents.
Title: chutes
Post by: runny on September 09, 2002, 11:53:47 PM
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Originally posted by hawk220
(4) It's fun!

DMF, maybe you'd like an arena with hundreds of chutes floating around for you to kill..and since its so much fun to kill unarmed, non-threatening players..how about a bunch of troops in wheelchairs on the ground or maybe an old folks home for you to strafe?
 


Stop!  You're getting me hot!
Title: chutes
Post by: gofaster on September 10, 2002, 12:22:03 PM
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Originally posted by hawk220
DMF, maybe you'd like an arena with hundreds of chutes floating around for you to kill..and since its so much fun to kill unarmed, non-threatening players..how about a bunch of troops in wheelchairs on the ground or maybe an old folks home for you to strafe?


Its good for America.
Title: chutes
Post by: gofaster on September 10, 2002, 12:23:12 PM
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Originally posted by airspro
Wheelchairs ?? Remember death race 2000 ?  Hey over there are some points , lol . Zoom on the old folks in the wheelchairs but they pulled a fast one , and took out the Dr's and Nurces , lol .


Beware of America's favorite driver: Frankenstein!
Title: Shootin' Chutes...
Post by: slimm50 on September 10, 2002, 01:19:07 PM
It's a game, fer cryin out loud! When I get the ol' blood lust up, shootin chutes is absolutely a must! Hell, I expect to get shot whenever I bail. It's all just part of the HT world we live in.

(pssst...is this real, or am I dreamin?)

Slimm50