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Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Wanker on November 14, 2001, 03:43:00 PM: Heh, the AW guys can do it, so why not? :)

-baxl-
CO *Pale Riders Squadron*
"Fly Naked!"

1996-2000
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: AKDejaVu on November 14, 2001, 03:49:00 PM: WBs .97 -> 1.12
WBs 2 beta testor

So.. that's like October of 94 through late 96. Total $$$ spent: WAY TOO MUCH

AW3: 1 day

AKDejaVu
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Citabria on November 14, 2001, 03:49:00 PM: WB dweeb here.

mostly flew HA and scenarios. flew ACA and considered it punishment :)
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: jpeg on November 14, 2001, 03:53:00 PM: I played WB III (main arena, historical arena, scenarios)
wb 2.77 for two weeks (didnt like the graphics...and the cost)

Played air warrior 3 ME for 2 weeks during sept.

played aw in 96 for few months (on compuserve)

[ 11-14-2001: Message edited by: jpeg ]
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Dinger on November 14, 2001, 03:56:00 PM: (raises hand)
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Arfann on November 14, 2001, 04:12:00 PM: Yep, from 1.11 'til AH Beta arrived. (Gronko)
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Camel on November 14, 2001, 04:24:00 PM: 1.09 > 2.1

Never seen AW!

:)

camel
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: ra on November 14, 2001, 04:37:00 PM: 1.07 --> AH beta.
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Kieran on November 14, 2001, 04:40:00 PM: WB, FA, AW, RB2, FD, DoA, A-10, basically if it had props and wings I've flown it.
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: lasse on November 14, 2001, 04:46:00 PM: [Raises hand]
Played Warbirds from ver.1.07 until first day of AH, been here since :D

The 332 "VIKING" Squadron
(http://www.lasse.as/332.bmp)
Lasse
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Udie on November 14, 2001, 04:48:00 PM: Found CK/WB in august of 95 I think it was .83 ck beta or something. First words online were "do I need a joystick to play this?" :D Wow what a life changer that was! Flew AW3D for about 2 weeks when it came out in the box form, couldn't handle the damage model though so I went back to $WB$.

Been in AH since alpha :)
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Vermillion on November 14, 2001, 05:04:00 PM: Hmmmm do I count? Started in 0.99 (with like 3 days of free play left) played for a month, and came back around 1.04 or so? Don't remember version numbers exactly. But played up thru 2.72 or so.

But I also played AW at the same time, when I hit my "limit" on $$$ each month.

So am I a wayward AW pilot or and old WB's pilut?

NEITHER!! I'm an AH pilot who has flown here since the first day of open beta :p
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Vulcan on November 14, 2001, 05:16:00 PM: CK 0.83ish as -vlcn- then WB thru til the AH beta as -vlkn-
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: wulf14 on November 14, 2001, 05:18:00 PM: WB...'94-'99 'full time'.

'pips' (shared account) ->

'-14-' (trivia...WB Fw 190A-8 paint scheme based on my handle, i.e. they based it on my handle after they found out what my handle stood for!) ->

'-wulf-' ->

'wulfie'.

In addition I flew under a couple of 'incognito' handles from time to time.

Main reason for handle changes...had to stop playing from time to time due to finances or extended work related travel. New account usually meant you had to come up with a new handle.

Most of my WB time spent in JG 14 'The Jagermeisters'.

Mike/'wulf14'
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: bongo on November 14, 2001, 05:24:00 PM: AW dos, CK 82 which went to warbirds :cool:
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Reschke on November 14, 2001, 05:30:00 PM: <raises hand>

Was there for WAY TO MUCH MONEY SPENT! Then I left the online world for a while and came back in FA and the open beta of AH. I bounced around in between FA and AH for a while just because I could not justify WB dollar wise again (wife and kid).
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: -ammo- on November 14, 2001, 05:39:00 PM: <raises hand>
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: funkedup on November 14, 2001, 05:39:00 PM: oof-
hnda
funked
bootsy
beetwo
glunz-
-gnys-
:)
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: oboe on November 14, 2001, 05:45:00 PM: Yep.

2.5 -> 2.77

Still planning to check out WBIII when it matures a bit. Seems like there are an awful lot of problems and missing planes.
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Joc on November 14, 2001, 06:15:00 PM: 'Raises a paw' flew with 'British Bulldogs' nice bunch of guys, also flew AW for few years,made a lot of pals,some of whom are still in my squad Im proud to say :) owe AW a lot :)
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: moose on November 14, 2001, 08:02:00 PM: Started flying Warbirds in 1998 through 2000 with the Haze 100th F/B group.

tried AH when it was open beta for a couple of weeks and died a lot. Went back to the F-15 ladder I was on and played that until summer of 2000 when I tried AH again for two weeks. Came back in October and activiated my account
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Apache on November 14, 2001, 08:19:00 PM: Raises hand.

Skyvpr of the Dickweed Heavy Bomber Group.

Vega, th (thunder in AH) & papy taught me eveything I know :)
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: -tronski- on November 14, 2001, 08:24:00 PM: WB 1.7 - 2.7

-tron- of the RNZAF

Hotdog,Glars,Carrot my mentors from the RNZAF

Tronsky

[ 11-14-2001: Message edited by: -tronski- ]
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Toad on November 14, 2001, 08:38:00 PM: Started with AW DOS, stayed AW until... Warbirds (CK) opened.

Warbirds until...Aces High beta.

When something is clearly better, jump on it!
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Bluedog on November 14, 2001, 08:46:00 PM: Played WB from 1.11 to 2.7 something.
Had a look at AW and was pretty unimpressed, so stuck to WB until I moved to AH in tour 4 or 5.
Most of my squadmates came directly from WB to here with me, add another 7 or so to this list.

<S> Blue <---WB koop, -koop- and potman

[ 11-15-2001: Message edited by: Bluedog ]
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: eskimo2 on November 14, 2001, 09:04:00 PM: 96 to AH beta,
Most of my squadmates came from WB as well.

eskimo
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: BD on November 14, 2001, 09:14:00 PM: Yep.

WB 1.0x (forget which one) through AH beta.

Spent hundreds on the game, sometimes in just a month.
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: AKSWulfe on November 14, 2001, 09:30:00 PM: CK.91 -> WB1.11r3 (briefly played WB2.0r1)...

I saw WB go from very well rendered rolling terrain (Confirmed Kill engine), to the flat low poly count terrains with ground clutter, back to very nicely done rolling terrain but didn't have some of the more interesting features of the CK engine.

Anyone remember (I don't remember where), the elevated canyon v.91 and previous?

Some cool fights were in there. And CK had factories, I remember those- they never made it over to WB though. (of course, they didn't do anything in CK either)
-SW
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: hblair on November 14, 2001, 09:38:00 PM: <raises hand>
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Udie on November 14, 2001, 10:39:00 PM: Quote
Originally posted by SWulfe:
CK.91 -> WB1.11r3 (briefly played WB2.0r1)...

I saw WB go from very well rendered rolling terrain (Confirmed Kill engine), to the flat low poly count terrains with ground clutter, back to very nicely done rolling terrain but didn't have some of the more interesting features of the CK engine.

Anyone remember (I don't remember where), the elevated canyon v.91 and previous?

Some cool fights were in there. And CK had factories, I remember those- they never made it over to WB though. (of course, they didn't do anything in CK either)
-SW

Red F15 :) I learned the basics at that canyon :) fond memories hehe.
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Dago on November 14, 2001, 11:31:00 PM: Waving hand here.
dago
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: pugg666 on November 14, 2001, 11:36:00 PM: yeppers.

1.07 until 2.01 i believe

been pugg from then till now!
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: grizz on November 15, 2001, 12:41:00 AM: WB's here too.

Early WB's (was there a 1.01? I seem to remember that version) :) to AH pay-for-play.

-wolf-
squidd
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: tshred on November 15, 2001, 12:49:00 AM: Here, Sir. DoA/WB until AH day 1 beta.

DoA-tshred 94th Pursuit "Hat in Ring"
WB-tshred 1st. Air Combat Group
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Drex on November 15, 2001, 12:50:00 AM: Yep, I do recall spending a tad bit of my time in WB. I think some of that time was with Wulfie ;)

Drex
JG14-WB
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: SirLoin on November 15, 2001, 01:13:00 AM: I flew WB's and AW for a good while..Preferred AW... :)
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Revvin on November 15, 2001, 01:37:00 AM: WB 1.09 - present day, AH from about v1.02 I think
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: gatt on November 15, 2001, 02:50:00 AM: Former Warbirds player, from the first Windows version till the appearence of AcesHigh. Nickname -gatt-, obviously, belonging to Kats's mighty JG27 "Afrika" :)
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: popeye on November 15, 2001, 03:00:00 AM: Yo!

popi
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: aztec on November 15, 2001, 04:42:00 AM: WBs, 97>>00 Member of the 44th Vampires.
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: mrsid2 on November 15, 2001, 05:34:00 AM: WB 2.75 -> up untill aca was destroyed. Oh yes I was an easymode dweeb.. :) But heck was it fun for $9.95 / month.

mrsidl
57th Fltsq Duxford - British Bulldogs

MrRiplEy
<Leijonat> presently
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Ghosth on November 15, 2001, 05:55:00 AM: Been there done that, H2H on Defts ladder.
(was actually # 1 once upon a time)
Got online with Fighter ops, then warbirds proper.
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Laika on November 15, 2001, 06:11:00 AM: ver 1.11... kerf
ver 2.0 to 2.7(?) ....laika-

Flew with RNZAF & JG5

Laika

[ 11-15-2001: Message edited by: Laika ]
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: texter on November 15, 2001, 06:21:00 AM: does the beta of CK/WB whatever count?

Tex
the password was pizza
or was that the username?

sheesh
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Scot on November 15, 2001, 06:25:00 AM: I've been flying WB 1.07 < started on the MAC side of the house > to present. And still fly with the best WB squad ever :D <S> JG14!

Horrido!
Scot
3./JG2

P.S. Wulfie is a Spit Dweeb

[ 11-15-2001: Message edited by: Scot ]
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Karnak on November 15, 2001, 06:33:00 AM: ExWB player here.

Didn't play much, but I held an account for a while.

[ 11-15-2001: Message edited by: Karnak ]
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: olddobe on November 15, 2001, 07:04:00 AM: Flew Ck 82 for bit,went to AW for ahwile.AH came out, tried it.Back to Wb's flew with 333rd RedDawgs.Now have found home in AH.Most will end up here eventually,as WB"s is about to fold up.Raises hand.
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: -moto- on November 15, 2001, 07:59:00 AM: Yuppers,
WB 1.09 to 2.? Too many $200.00 + bills :eek: AW for a couple weeks.
squads,widowmakers. 333rd RedDawgs

Moto_ MOL
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: lazs1 on November 15, 2001, 08:07:00 AM: AW dos then WB Dos then here when it got the improved FM's in 1.03 or 4

That seems to be the way of it... people left AW for WB but not vice versa and now people leave WB for AH but not vice versa.
lazs
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Ripsnort on November 15, 2001, 08:14:00 AM: CK(Warbirds) V.82 to WB V2.76(1994-5?-1999)
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Rude on November 15, 2001, 08:26:00 AM: CK-WB's.....flew under -soul-.

Changed it a few times...oddly enough, after all the years with the 13th TAS in AW, I was solo for all of the years in WB's. I take that back...was with jg54 for s short stint.

(http://www.13thtas.com/rudesig.jpg)
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Mighty1 on November 15, 2001, 08:29:00 AM: <pulls down zipper>reaches in to raise..OH wait you said raise "HANDS".

Same as Kieren.
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Ripsnort on November 15, 2001, 08:42:00 AM: ANyone know whatever happened to a guy named "8bal" in the early Ck days? I remember a guy name vlcn...old bastige he is..

Incidently, I miss the "blue" country :)..also, during early open beta, you'd see the name of the enemy instead of plane type, their used to be a few 'hunts' in those days. :D

[ 11-15-2001: Message edited by: Ripsnort ]
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Vector on November 15, 2001, 09:30:00 AM: Former WB luftwaffler checking in.

vector

EDIT: was member of JG-3 'Udet'.

[ 11-15-2001: Message edited by: vector ]
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: fd ski on November 15, 2001, 10:04:00 AM: WB since 1.X something... long time ago.

Still fly there.

In Ah since first Alpha :) Back in days when B17 had P51 flight model and 6 front facing 50 cals :D

Only 4 or 5 guys can beat that :D
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: AKDejaVu on November 15, 2001, 10:37:00 AM: Quote
ANyone know whatever happened to a guy named "8bal" in the early Ck days?

I used to be in a squad with him... can't fricking remember wich one though. He stopped playing WB around 1.07... though I think he might have came back later.

AKDejaVu
WB handle: thun/thdx
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Otto on November 15, 2001, 10:52:00 AM: (-oooo-) Started with 1.08.
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Gtoraii on November 15, 2001, 11:47:00 AM: I was Gto2 un WBs way back right after it got out of beta
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Wlfgng on November 15, 2001, 12:11:00 PM: Raises hand... 1.7 -2.77
HB always shot my butt from the skies...

moved to AH about tour 4
HB still shot me from the skies
now an Assassin and still he.. ne'rmind... :)

tried WBIII.. forget that! back to AH now.

Nothing else matters (Metallica)
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Biggles on November 15, 2001, 01:36:00 PM: WB 1.09 till the version in place around Dec '96, when I switched to Net Duel (Fighter Duel on Kali) to try to recover from all the $$$ I spent on WB. I then flew the original version of FA for a while (as a "Musketeer") before joining AH on day one of the beta. Also flew a lot of Flying Circus (I liked the early versions better than the later versions).
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Wanker on November 15, 2001, 02:22:00 PM: Long live v1.11r2
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Otto on November 15, 2001, 02:58:00 PM: Yes, V1.11 was the best. That was a long time ago in a galaxy far, far way.
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: fradim on November 15, 2001, 03:48:00 PM: YO :-)
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Grimm on November 15, 2001, 03:53:00 PM: Hey thanks for posting this, I like to see where folks origins came from. :)

I never had the privledge to fly Warbirds. Once I was looking for a differnt sim, I looked to Aces High and saw no need to look further, though many of my squad tried WBs.

Looks like alot of great experience here :)
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: iculus on November 15, 2001, 03:58:00 PM: Yep...flew WB from 12/97 through AH beta.
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Löwe on November 15, 2001, 05:46:00 PM: yep flew warbirds from winter of 1996 until 2 months ago.
Handles: -Mita-, and -Lowe-.
Squads JG-51,JG-3,20thFG,JG-300, JG-51
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: DrSoya on November 15, 2001, 06:01:00 PM: I flew Warbirds beginning with WB 2.0 beta for MacOS in January, 1998 (I have fond memories of $10/unlimited beta flight time). Joined 303 (Polish) Squadron RAF in June 1998. In fact, I believe I was fd-ski's 1st non-Polish recruit! :) Heck, I have more seniority in the Northolt Wing than FunkedUp! :D

Joined AH in June, 2000 and dropped WB a few months later.
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: kbman on November 15, 2001, 06:05:00 PM: <raises hand>

I thought everyone knew that the best pilots came from Warbirds...sheesh! :p

WB handle: kbmann

kbman
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Ping on November 15, 2001, 06:19:00 PM: Raises hand.. Started with CK open beta :)
Left just before AH opened up.
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Sancho on November 15, 2001, 10:26:00 PM: I flew from the start of the 1.07 mac beta for 2 free months and got hooked. I was flying on a PowerMac 6100--60MHz 16MB of RAM. No joystick, just a mouse. :D Flew like this off and on for a few years mostly in bombers until I got a PC and joystick in 98.

Handles: -ddoc- -> pen-vk -> sancho
Squads: Regia Aeronautica, 1st Stormo Caccia, IV/JG3

[ 11-15-2001: Message edited by: Sancho ]
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: -raxx- on November 16, 2001, 05:51:00 AM: Started in WB with the RNZAF using a Pentium 133Mhz, (waves hi to tronski and laika above). Still using the same stick as then I grew to love the 109 and specifically the K4 variant. Favourite memories are winging in 109's with laika, vulchfests in the training arena, (everyone in the squad takes off from one field in one plane type and try to kill your squaddies for 10 minutes), to races in B17's into enemy territory at 20ft AGL and the whole squad in Ju52's dropping over a hundred paratroops to capture a field with the AAA still up =)

Bailed out of WB when HTC offered me the chance to alpha test this puppy. Been here since .26 and never looked back.
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: deSelys on November 16, 2001, 06:19:00 AM: FA II: 3 free days
WB H2H on www.fl-air.co.uk (http://www.fl-air.co.uk) (2-3 months)
WB 2.75->2.77r3 with Tangmere Wing (249 sqn. RAF)

WB handle: selysl
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: TeeeRex on November 16, 2001, 06:46:00 AM: <Raises Hand>

Yip, Started WB's in mid 98. :p Got excepted by the 332nd Flying Mongrels and When AH opened Beta, we all flew both for a short time. When AH went full bore, the Mongrels moved here, Full time. :cool:

Bill *Teerex* Wainscott
332nd Flying Mongrels
(Have Guns / Will Travel)
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Maniac on November 16, 2001, 07:22:00 AM: WB here, handle nr-1
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: killjoy1 on November 16, 2001, 08:12:00 AM: WB's Handle rexx

Started WB's about .98 certainly 1.02. Can anyone beat $240 month? Obviously, I was not addicted, but I took the methadone treatment anyway.

Red Falcons
1st ACG
Now Flying Pigs.
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Ripsnort on November 16, 2001, 08:17:00 AM: Actually "rexx" I know of a few that easily beat my $322 one-month Visa bill that nearly cost me my marriage when the marriage was at its infancy.(That didn't include the TM Throttle and JS, pedals on that same month too!) :D
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Udie on November 16, 2001, 09:29:00 AM: Quote
Originally posted by killjoy1:
WB's Handle rexx

Started WB's about .98 certainly 1.02. Can anyone beat $240 month? Obviously, I was not addicted, but I took the methadone treatment anyway.

Red Falcons
1st ACG
Now Flying Pigs.

Rexx!! How ya doin man? All we need is zappa and we'll have our whole fortress germany squad here :) banana is baxl if you didn't know.
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Bluefish on November 16, 2001, 09:38:00 AM: Was there since, ah, well, don't remember exactly, but there was a special DOS connect thingie and the whole thing was in 2-D. Purp, too.
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: killjoy1 on November 16, 2001, 11:53:00 AM: <banana is baxl if you didn't know.> The original Pale Rider.

Yea I just saw that Udie. Fortress Germany <sigh> enough said.
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: buhdman on November 16, 2001, 11:57:00 AM: Lt (Buhd) Lite, here. Flew WB in the days before any significant digits before the decimal point. I remember my first flight out of F1 (the proverbial furball base). I was so naive I actually asked for permission to take off! Permission was gladly granted, too. I think I retracted my gear before I was destroyed ;) It was all down hill from there.

Buhdman, out
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Wanker on November 16, 2001, 12:17:00 PM: Wow! I didn't know that Kiljoy was Rexx! :)

Long time, Rexx. What I wouldn't give to relive that "Fortress Germany" scenario again.

Hehe Rip, if you're marriage almost disintegrated because of $320, what has happened to it since you pulled into the driveway with that fancy new BMW? ;)
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: minus on November 16, 2001, 12:38:00 PM: in WB i vas spit, hury squad member
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Redd on November 16, 2001, 04:01:00 PM: CK/Wb - .84 until 2.something (2000)
flew with VF-17

Had a rest for 18 months and now flying AH with the MOL (some of them were VF-17 for a while - popeye, archer, dago)

AH is pretty damn good :)
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: CJ on November 16, 2001, 04:09:00 PM: I was -WDGE- in CK from .91 - end of beta. I actually subscribed for WB 1.05 or so for a while, but couldn't afford it. CK got me hooked on online sims.
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: llbm_MOL on November 16, 2001, 04:19:00 PM: Started flying online in WB's 1.06 or something like that. Came to AH in beta, went back to WB's till AH matured and the SpitV stopped flying like a 190. My squad slowly migrated over here and after the =trainers= in Wb's pissed me off I dropped my account and came over to the "Dark Side".

-llbm- Wb's handle.

LLB in the Best Flight Sim in the Bizzzz
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Yeager on November 16, 2001, 11:45:00 PM: I was, you guessed it, *Yeager* in Warbirds.

1.09 all the way to 2.5 (apr97-Nov99).
(Tried AW and quickly determined that $2 an hour was well worth the price for what I wanted to experience.)

After Dale and fellas left WBs I decided that since HT was the muscle behind WBs Id follow him through AH (Pyro is the gamebrains, HT is the code muscle). Being with a sim since day one is something that makes me proud.

Dale and crew have done a truly outstanding job with AH.

Y

(http://www.13thtas.com/yeagersig.jpg)
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Otter on November 16, 2001, 11:58:00 PM: Quote
Originally posted by lazs1:
AW dos then WB Dos then here when it got the improved FM's in 1.03 or 4

That seems to be the way of it... people left AW for WB but not vice versa and now people leave WB for AH but not vice versa.
lazs

Dollar to a donut far more people left AW for AH than for WB's. When I saw AH for the first time I never bothered even checking out WB.
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Ozark on November 17, 2001, 12:33:00 AM: <waves hand>
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Vulcan on November 17, 2001, 01:07:00 AM: heheheh we were Virgin Dweebs together.

Remember the 'BoB' events - 40 spits vs 40 ponies LOL.

God I miss the uber-Zeke!

Quote
Originally posted by Ripsnort:
ANyone know whatever happened to a guy named "8bal" in the early Ck days? I remember a guy name vlcn...old bastige he is..

Incidently, I miss the "blue" country :)..also, during early open beta, you'd see the name of the enemy instead of plane type, their used to be a few 'hunts' in those days. :D

[ 11-15-2001: Message edited by: Ripsnort ]
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Rendar on November 17, 2001, 02:34:00 AM: *raises hand*
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: jarbo on November 17, 2001, 06:56:00 PM: Dont recall what version of WB i joined at, but been in AH since Beta and have no regrets.

Jarbo
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: daddog on November 18, 2001, 04:58:00 PM: I was flying in the arena around version 1.1 I think. I remember the P-40 was one of the new birds.

Sure wish they would bring it here.

Moved to AH about a year ago. :) Best move I ever made.
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: rosco- on November 18, 2001, 08:50:00 PM: DOA for near 2 years, WB for a few months and AH since day 1 "open beta" under the handle arosco for a while then just rosco.

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Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: rogwar on November 19, 2001, 11:07:00 AM: Warbirds from way back!
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Hwkeye on November 19, 2001, 06:43:00 PM: Moved to WB after the demise of Red Baron (was flying a Fokker when they pulled the plug on the server) I think it was an early 1.0 version that I downloaded and flew. I flew only in Green Land in the MA with the Flying Tigers (-fokr-, rekko, ugli et al)

Original callsign: hegt
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: MaxQ on November 21, 2001, 03:15:00 AM: Flew WB back in spring of '95..."Confirmed Kill" Beta. Did it for free for what seemed like 5-6 months, don't recall exactly. Averaged $150 per month bills when WB went pay-to-play until January 1998 when I moved from Pennsylvania to Mexico. Took 2.5 years off from flight sims waiting for an adequate connection down here, then joined AH in June 2000....wow. What strides were made in 2 1/2 years! And it's gettin' better all the time! :D

MaxQ
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Ripsnort on November 21, 2001, 07:46:00 AM: Quote
Originally posted by banana:

Hehe Rip, if you're marriage almost disintegrated because of $320, what has happened to it since you pulled into the driveway with that fancy new BMW? ;)

Nothing, since Bill Gates paid for most of it. ;)
Title: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Frodo on November 21, 2001, 08:07:00 AM: Started in the fall of 1995 with deft.

ronp
frdo
frodo

Red Falcons
1st ACG
Flying Pigs

Who is this rexx/killjoy guy?Never heard of him! :D

Frodo
Title: Re: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: OttoJg14 on September 12, 2016, 11:19:27 AM: Do you mean JG14 from the old days with Mo, Otto (Kommandant), saci, Jagr, etc, etc? We started with SWOTL stories..then found Hi-Tech starting an in-line flight sim Warbirds! He loved our SWOTL stories (Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe..on floppies) and asked us to join the Beta for Warbirds! We evolved for years till I had a stoke (complete mem loss) and just disappeared! No one knew what happened to me! It took 4 years of mem recovery but but then Jg14 Was just a ghost! Is it still going in some or manner or is the JG14 moniker just a coincidence..as opposed to the original? Danke Horrido! Otto Jg14
Title: Re: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: BowHTR on September 12, 2016, 11:23:16 AM: :O
Title: Re: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Drane on September 12, 2016, 12:22:14 PM: Quote from: OttoJg14 on September 12, 2016, 11:19:27 AM
Do you mean JG14 from the old days with Mo, Otto (Kommandant), saci, Jagr, etc, etc? We started with SWOTL stories..then found Hi-Tech starting an in-line flight sim Warbirds! He loved our SWOTL stories (Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe..on floppies) and asked us to join the Beta for Warbirds! We evolved for years till I had a stoke (complete mem loss) and just disappeared! No one knew what happened to me! It took 4 years of mem recovery but but then Jg14 Was just a ghost! Is it still going in some or manner or is the JG14 moniker just a coincidence..as opposed to the original? Danke Horrido! Otto Jg14

Hello Otto! Heard you had more kills than anybody else in Warbirds. :cheers:
Title: Re: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Vraciu on September 12, 2016, 03:15:06 PM: Originally Skulli, then Skulwun, finally PrinzF.
Title: Re: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: lunatic1 on September 12, 2016, 05:32:12 PM: I hope all you ole farts that haven't gone to AH3 will do so soon :rock+

also was hopeing to see 2BAD in here if he's still alive

and some former L.T.A.R.S. or 173rd Guardian Angels :salute
Title: Re: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: onerka on September 12, 2016, 06:41:04 PM: Yup...started DOA in the stone age and flew it until no one was in the arena...onerka. Was a Pig Stomper. Also in Armored Assault and sometimes main arena. Came here with Mano and several other PS Piranha, Wolf, etc. when AH started a WWI arena. No one in WWI now, and I am mostly in tanks or not in...looked for a long time for a recreation of the early fun in DOA, never found it. Still go to the forum now and again to check on Sleepy and some who stayed behind.

One
Title: Re: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Ack-Ack on September 12, 2016, 06:46:24 PM: Started playing WB in '97 and left when HiTech sold it to Wild Bill. Played as ack-ch and flew with the squadron MOL. Might have met a few of the old WB players that went to the '98 WB Con.
Title: Re: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: FLOOB on September 13, 2016, 09:07:03 AM: Blast from the past! Checkout the old timers in this thread. I think I personally met about half of them at the '02 con. Played AWIII then discovered WB when it was like a dollar an hour or something like that, played that off and on for about a year maybe less then heard about a new sim called Aces High in 1999 and the rest is history.
Title: Re: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Kanth on September 13, 2016, 10:04:56 AM: WB and DOA :aok

Onerka, DOA was a blast for quite a while. I wish the WW1 in here was as much fun, but I think it's very slow.
Title: Re: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: oboe on September 13, 2016, 11:53:50 AM: WB, started in late '98. Flew as -oboe- with the old 27th Sentai under aanvil and BigRed. WB was alot of fun back then, with 4 colored countries - the Barneys, Frogs, Santas and ?? Sure appreciated the $29.95 HTC flat monthly subscription fee over the $70 I was averaging in WBs.
Title: Re: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: edge12674 on September 13, 2016, 12:08:13 PM: Raises hand.

Started in AW on GEnie flying with the squad A.C.I.D (Agents of Common Intent - Demolition). When CK/WB came about the squad disbanded and a few of us members created WoD (Wings of Death). I flew there as --ed-- and -edge-. I still have the sweatshirt and polo shirts awarded for winning duels with Dale and Pyro. Shortly after "WildBill" took over WB I went to AH and have flown as TShark ever since. Now I REALLY feel old!
Title: Re: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: lunatic1 on September 13, 2016, 12:24:45 PM: Quote from: Grimm on November 15, 2001, 03:53:00 PM
Hey thanks for posting this, I like to see where folks origins came from. :)

I never had the privledge to fly Warbirds. Once I was looking for a differnt sim, I looked to Aces High and saw no need to look further, though many of my squad tried WBs.

Looks like alot of great experience here :)

same here :salute
Title: Re: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: oboe on September 13, 2016, 01:11:12 PM: Quote from: edge12674 on September 13, 2016, 12:08:13 PM
Raises hand.

Started in AW on GEnie flying with the squad A.C.I.D (Agents of Common Intent - Demolition). When CK/WB came about the squad disbanded and a few of us members created WoD (Wings of Death). I flew there as --ed-- and -edge-. I still have the sweatshirt and polo shirts awarded for winning duels with Dale and Pyro. Shortly after "WildBill" took over WB I went to AH and have flown as TShark ever since. Now I REALLY feel old!

I think I remember -edge-. I remember winning a WB T-shirt too, from the KILLME events where a WB staff member would fly around the MA for an hour so and everybody who got a kill on them would get a free T-shirt. That was a fun event.
Title: Re: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Mano on September 13, 2016, 01:26:06 PM: <raises hand>

Flew in Dawn of Aces, Armored Assault(tanks), and WarBirds.
Always the same callsign. I also flew Red Baron on INN before Dawn of Aces came along.

Flew with Piranha, Onerka, Sling, Skarp, Ebee, Dxdxdx, Digler, JDHogg, Tommy, psjc, ichabd, et. al in
The Pig Stompers. Our favorite Squad to fight was the FT's (Flying Tigers). Great bunch of guys as well.
I think you remember them Rekkof :D :D :D

:salute
Title: Re: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: LCADolby on September 13, 2016, 02:40:48 PM: -dolby 475th Fighter Group "Satan's Angels" for about 2 months towards the end of 2014
Title: Re: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: icepac on September 13, 2016, 05:14:45 PM: I really miss the DOA Zeppellin.
Title: Re: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: save on September 13, 2016, 05:37:15 PM: version 1.07 -> 3.x
Trainer corps 1999-2010

CO of Royal Swedish Air Force squadron.

Pilot handle 'save' and '=save='
Title: Re: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Snork on September 13, 2016, 07:01:32 PM: Joined WB in early '97 at the behest of a group I worked with flying a couple of T-6's and a C-45 (once in a while for close in events we took an L-5) around to air shows. Got a local squadron going using phone conference calling for coms before voice was available. We moved to AH in early beta. I flew as GronK originally, then Snork, Dagger, and others as I drifted in and out and the squadron members left or died. We did what I think was the very first AH memorial fly-by when our CO passed from cancer.
Title: Re: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: OttoJg14 on September 13, 2016, 08:02:05 PM: Quote from: Drane on September 12, 2016, 12:22:14 PM
Hello Otto! Heard you had more kills than anybody else in Warbirds. :cheers:

That would be me! Is the original Jg14 still around..or maybe some alter Kammeraden?
Title: Re: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Dawger on September 13, 2016, 08:20:34 PM: WB from 1997 until they let Crummpp do flight models, then the 475FG moved to AH. Members drifted away and I finally quit AH out of boredom. It was too hard to find an aerial fight. Everyone was in GV's after about 9 pm.

Stayed away from online games for several years until I got sucked back into WB to work on flight models. We built some awesome models, probably the most authentic outside of DCS and certainly the most authentic MMOG models.(Yes I am bragging)

HOWEVER...........

Flight models don't mean diddly poo with poor game play design and WB is tops in poorly thought out game play design not to mention crap GUI and graphics

AND

not everyone likes challenging flight models. (I am sure someone will slag me in this thread. WB is toxic as hell and those trolls won't be able to resist)

So the 475FG seems to be moving back to AH since WB game play is now officially never going to change.

I am really enjoying AHIII and I hope the constant aerial action remains when it goes into production. If it does, then we will be happy here.
Title: Re: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: -ammo- on September 13, 2016, 09:05:00 PM: Ahh the old days. Started out in WB's in 98
Title: Re: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Pudgie on September 13, 2016, 10:32:16 PM: :old:

Raises hand...................

Man reading this thread was like reading a early '70's high school yearbook..................... ....

Started playing WB's @ 2.01 on 8-7-98 and still carry a subscription to this day. WB in game handle was\is Flyhii..............

Did a little stint in AW3 as well just before it was pulled.

Moved to AH just before the upgrade to the now old AHII due to the graphics issues I was having w\ my Nvidia vid card in WBIII at that time. Can't remember the year...................

Been here since.

Ironic that I can't get into WB 2016 now due to the D3D_Compiler issue..................

This genre of game is the only game that I like to play so I support both of them and have done so for quite some time.

:airplane:
:salute
Title: Re: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: JOACH1M on September 13, 2016, 11:58:25 PM: Yup
Title: Re: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: hyzer on September 14, 2016, 08:36:29 AM: -zath- in WB, Dweebs of Death squadron. I still have my copy of Fighter Combat: Tactics and Maneuvering signed by Mouse at the 97 con made famous with vampires, bring out yer dead, and Stimpy beer. :cheers:
Title: Re: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Dobs on September 14, 2016, 09:09:58 AM: Dobs in Warbirds--start of WBs till 05--then break 05 till 10. Started back playing, and drug dawger back to work FMs.

475th left and came here just a few weeks back...

First time in AH and the graphics, game play, and people seem to be a step up for sure.

Only flown AH III...but like what I see. Slowly adjusting to the Flight models and gunnery:)

Cheers!
Title: Re: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Drane on September 14, 2016, 11:21:54 AM: Quote from: OttoJg14 on September 13, 2016, 08:02:05 PM
That would be me! Is the original Jg14 still around..or maybe some alter Kammeraden?

I don't know if any JG14 are still around.

Hopefully if someone does know and reads this, they will let you know. :salute
Title: Re: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: diaster on September 14, 2016, 01:03:29 PM: Quote from: lasse on November 14, 2001, 04:46:00 PM
[Raises hand]
Played Warbirds from ver.1.07 until first day of AH, been here since :D

The 332 "VIKING" Squadron
(http://www.lasse.as/332.bmp)
Lasse

Hilsen fra California. Fra Stavanger (Tanta), Oslo (Onkle, Vestamore), Stamsund i Lofoten (Onkle x 2) My Norske probably sucks lol. also cousin all over. Father from Oslo, mother from Valberg. I am Norwegian although born in Germany and reside in Cali.
Title: Re: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: fd ski on September 14, 2016, 01:33:48 PM: good to see so many old friends still around.

I've "known" some of you for 20 years now :)
Title: Re: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: lasse on September 16, 2016, 06:35:44 AM: I answered on this post 14. November 2001, but since I still am here, I answere again :-)

[Raises hand.....again]
Played Warbirds from ver.1.07 until first day of AH, AHII and now AHIII, member all the time :D

The Wild Vikings Squadron

Lasse
Title: Re: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Mano on September 16, 2016, 11:46:07 AM: I did not realize this one is a re-PUNT ! :D :D :D :D
It is a good thread anyway. :aok

:salute
Title: Re: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: Citabria on September 17, 2016, 12:17:07 AM: I was surprised to see myself posting on this thread on the first page until I realized this thread is older than all my children by almost a decade and I made the original post while I was still a kid.
Title: Re: All former WB pilots, let's see a show of hands
Post by: alkali on September 17, 2016, 12:23:28 PM: WB relative newcomer (since early 2013), just switched and subscribed to AH III. Same handle all around (alkali).
Best <S>