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Title: RAM, RAM, where did you go?
Post by: hblair on January 31, 2003, 04:15:16 PM: What in the world happened to RAM?

Love him or hate him, he was a fixture in aces high for a long time. Surely gave HT some hairpullin fits. I know I had a disagreement or two with him myself. Say what ya want, but you have to admit he was consistent. ;)
Where did he go? IL2? WWIIOL?

Where be he?
:confused:
Title: RAM, RAM, where did you go?
Post by: hblair on January 31, 2003, 04:46:18 PM: Call me bored. I did a search for the infamous "backwards firing typhoon (http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10742&perpage=50&highlight=typhoon&pagenumber=1)" post and then the subsequent "Too much, bye (http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10814&highlight=typhoon)" post. Man, I miss the dude! and I know fatty does. :)
Title: RAM, RAM, where did you go?
Post by: Heinkel on January 31, 2003, 04:46:50 PM: Inside my computer.
Title: RAM, RAM, where did you go?
Post by: eskimo2 on January 31, 2003, 04:56:29 PM: I think he quit.

He was known for that, yes?

:)

eskimo
Title: RAM, RAM, where did you go?
Post by: poopster on January 31, 2003, 05:44:05 PM: Used to browse over here back then. I'll pass..

We had Bobn, who I enjoyed. Though a handful, it was entertaining. Sorry he's gone.

But I am curious if the "touching" thing was resolved eskimo :)
Title: Re: RAM, RAM, where did you go?
Post by: Montezuma on January 31, 2003, 05:48:53 PM: I miss him so :(
Title: RAM, RAM, where did you go?
Post by: wetrat on February 01, 2003, 01:19:23 AM: Before my time.
Title: RAM, RAM, where did you go?
Post by: Lazerus1 on February 01, 2003, 02:43:47 AM: wetrat is RAM:p
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Post by: leon on February 01, 2003, 04:39:17 AM: He was one among best wingmen I ever had since began here. Don't know where he is, unfortunately.
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Post by: CyranoAH on February 01, 2003, 06:48:58 AM: I have him in my msn contact list, I'll be sure to ask, but I think RL keeps him busy.

Daniel
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Post by: K98k on February 01, 2003, 08:13:46 AM: Who cares where RAM is? I wanna know where his sisters are at.
Title: RAM, RAM, where did you go?
Post by: oboe on February 01, 2003, 08:42:26 AM: Or his girlfriend. What a knockout she was!
Title: RAM, RAM, where did you go?
Post by: Staga on February 01, 2003, 10:30:48 AM: In old times there were pics of RAM's sisters in the Jg2's private board; are they still there?

hmm guess we couldn't attach images then... nm.
Title: RAM, RAM, where did you go?
Post by: wetrat on February 01, 2003, 04:20:02 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Lazerus1
wetrat is RAM:p

LOL, don't get voss started laz... please!
Title: RAM, RAM, where did you go?
Post by: Dago on February 01, 2003, 04:42:49 PM: RAM quit.
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Post by: hitech on February 01, 2003, 05:03:45 PM: Lets not flame anyone especialy people who are not here.

HiTech
Title: RAM, RAM, where did you go?
Post by: wetrat on February 01, 2003, 06:58:29 PM: I don't think anyone was flaming him... hell, I don't even know who he is :)
Title: RAM, RAM, where did you go?
Post by: Raubvogel on February 01, 2003, 08:54:48 PM: I'm getting a strong reading of 2.73 Rams from Hblair. Damn meter's acting up again.

anyone have the old Loose Rivets saved someplace?
Title: RAM, RAM, where did you go?
Post by: Kirin on February 03, 2003, 02:21:28 AM: Quote
Lets not flame anyone especialy people who are not here.

Now I am really jelous on RAM. :D

Haven't seen him around the other sims lately. He was in WW2O for a brief period of time. Never spotted him in IL2...

Miss him too! Remember the first time I met him - he wanted to convince me that the 190A8 accelrated faster than the G10 and was the better dogfighter overall (I was a 109 geek back than) - snap, we went to dueling arena (or whatever off-broadway arena existed then) and did a race which the G10 won hands down of course (well, I cheated on the WEP ;) ). Spanked him on the dogfights as well - were some close endings, really scary if you consider that he just started with AH and was sitting in a A8! Well, over the time he got me infected with the dreaded KTV (Kurt Tank Virus)... and now that's where I am! ;)

Hot headed and stubborn - one of the best pilots I met out there and one of the few real 190 pioneers in AH!!
Title: RAM, RAM, where did you go?
Post by: funkedup on February 03, 2003, 05:16:10 AM: RAAAAAAAAAAAAAM COME BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!

I'll bug him and see if he can post here. We have ICQ chat from time to time.
Title: RAM, RAM, where did you go?
Post by: Ripsnort on February 03, 2003, 08:37:28 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Staga
In old times there were pics of RAM's sisters in the Jg2's private board; are they still there?

hmm guess we couldn't attach images then... nm.

They might be...I haven't had access to the JG2 board since forming VMF-323 in July of 2000.

Just a note on Ram. I really enjoyed Ram as a squaddie, he was like a blank tape that was begging for information to file...we trained together in 190's and he absorbed everything like a sponge. He began as a dweeb that was easy to shoot down, and weeks later, was a menace to anyone crossing his path. I miss Ram too. :(
Title: RAM, RAM, where did you go?
Post by: CyranoAH on February 03, 2003, 08:47:04 AM: Just spoke with him today. He's busy with exams and the firewall at the university won' t let him connect to any online game.

In any case, he's not planning on coming back...

Daniel
Title: RAM, RAM, where did you go?
Post by: Lghtning on February 03, 2003, 09:41:34 AM: word
Title: RAM, RAM, where did you go?
Post by: Rocket on February 03, 2003, 12:34:47 PM: I used to have RAM on my icq list and don't see him anymore.
Daniel if you see him again can you pass my MSN along to him?
bgrindle@worldnet.att.net

Ram had issues but was still a hell of a guy.

BTW I think I still have some Loose Rivits layin round Raub if ya want a copy :P

S!
Rocket
Title: RAM, RAM, where did you go?
Post by: LLv34_Camouflage on February 03, 2003, 08:08:39 PM: (http://www.jtsystems.demon.co.uk/duma/images/cartoons/looserivets/081200.jpg)

Camo
Title: RAM, RAM, where did you go?
Post by: LLv34_Camouflage on February 03, 2003, 08:13:32 PM: They're all here: :D

http://www.jtsystems.demon.co.uk/duma/images/cartoons/looserivets/

Camo
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Post by: hitech on February 04, 2003, 09:34:03 AM: I realy miss the loose rivets.

HiTech
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Post by: Octavius on February 04, 2003, 10:58:48 AM: calling Duma !!

I know he's back but unsure if he has the time for another :)
Title: RAM, RAM, where did you go?
Post by: Ripsnort on February 04, 2003, 11:26:28 AM: Duma was back over Xmas vacation, I think I was one of many that privated him and said "WE WANT LOOSE RIVETS BACK!" :) I told him today, in AH, there's no shortage of comic material. :p
Title: RAM, RAM, where did you go?
Post by: CyranoAH on February 04, 2003, 11:33:36 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Rocket
I used to have RAM on my icq list and don't see him anymore.
Daniel if you see him again can you pass my MSN along to him?
bgrindle@worldnet.att.net

Will pass the message as soon as I see him online. :)

Daniel
Title: RAM, RAM, where did you go?
Post by: DarkglamJG52 on February 04, 2003, 03:49:20 PM: Cyrano le dejo el recado en el foro de simuladores de Meristation. Postea casi todos los días en ellos.
Title: RAM, RAM, where did you go?
Post by: RRAM on May 09, 2004, 07:05:14 PM: Heh...I crashed into this (long long posted) thread while doing a search for another thread...and wow...

Damn how moving!!!...I knew you were missing me...of course, just because of my sisters :p . I knew I had something good in my life after all ;)

Now, answering your questions (more than a year after this thread was started :D)...as you might have seen I lurk around and post some messages now and then. Not too much, tho. Sometimes I just happen to think "let's see what's going on there".

Can't play AH at all, I'm away from home, I am connected behind a firewall and can't play online games at all.

When I'm at home I start AH now and then to fly a bit, but as I'm for a very limited time at home, that happens very few times. Sometimes I miss it, but most of the time I don't. I think it's a good thing, 'cause back on the times I was this forum's whining terror, I was really addicted to AH. Guess I won some perspective as the time passed by. And maybe something more, after all now I'm 26 and back then I was just...22 or so. And I'm having now the best fun I've ever had in my life. :)

Oh ,and BTW, one of my sisters got happily married 2 years ago,and is bound to make me an uncle in 1-2 months :p.So you can forget about that one.

The other is a witch, and I guess she'll remain single for the rest of her life. Deservedly so, I don't think there's a single male able to stand her :D. So you'd BETTER (fer your own good) forget about that one, too :D

BTW Oboe...yes my ex-GF was a knockout... :D

but the one I am going out with now...is better :p
Title: RAM, RAM, where did you go?
Post by: Mathman on May 09, 2004, 07:15:31 PM: If/when you do come back, the FDB's will be proud to start the official RAM Over/Under Pool.
Title: RAM, RAM, where did you go?
Post by: RRAM on May 09, 2004, 07:19:31 PM: LOL!...if you promise enough beer , I'll give you exact info on when will I leave, so you can will the pool ;).

It's guaranteed ,BTW, because probably I'll be flying AH again this summer when I'm at home...until I have to move away again. So there will be no mistake, as I can tell you exactly when will I "quit" again :D.

Now, the ball's in your court...time to make a tempting offer...how much beer will you give to me?
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Post by: nopoop on May 09, 2004, 07:27:09 PM: Now where's the hblair basstage ??

Good fights ALWAYS, I miss him and the fights.
Title: RAM, RAM, where did you go?
Post by: RRAM on May 09, 2004, 07:29:15 PM: probably, he quitted...

(sorry, could't resist :D)
Title: RAM, RAM, where did you go?
Post by: B17Skull12 on May 09, 2004, 09:58:24 PM: Quote
Originally posted by RRAM
probably, he quitted...

(sorry, could't resist :D)
he sold his computer and so he cant play.
Title: RAM, RAM, where did you go?
Post by: Citabria on May 09, 2004, 10:03:13 PM: yeah to bad hblair is gone, I left wb's Air combat arena with the assassins for aces high beta.
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Post by: SOB on May 10, 2004, 12:43:21 AM: Aw damn, Ram's coming back?! This place is gonna go strait to hell come summer!
Title: RAM, RAM, where did you go?
Post by: RRAM on May 10, 2004, 01:03:54 AM: nah, I flew AH last summer and last christmas (not much but I did it). I guess that if noone noticed it back them, noone will notice it this summer :p
Title: RAM, RAM, where did you go?
Post by: jodgi on May 10, 2004, 01:36:52 AM: I wasn't around during the "Loose Rivets" time. I still... miss them.
Title: RAM, RAM, where did you go?
Post by: Replicant on May 10, 2004, 04:13:13 AM: My first encounter with RAM...... way back in Feb/March 2000, I was a total newbie had only been flying a few weeks. I took off in a P51D heavy on auto-climb. All of a sudden a 109 dived down (I had crap SA) and having low E I dove down to a factory to get some E and ack protection. The next 10 mins I heard RAM whining on ch 1 asking who I was. What he didn't realise was that I managed to get some E and follow him for about 10 miles until I caught him up and from 300 yards behind blew him up! ;) More Ch 1 talk ensued! :)

Since then RAM occasionally flew Bish and was always well received. If asked how to describe RAM, it would simply be Passionate! ;)
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Post by: Hajo on May 11, 2004, 01:22:39 PM: I miss RAMs' 190 in my gunsites :)

RAM...yell out when you come online....good to hear from you!
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Post by: minus on May 13, 2004, 03:09:13 PM: S ! RAm, i still keep my active acount but not play lately at all, last 12 months mean, the rest of u with big mounth, pick up 190A8 and let fly ram Niki then go fight him, we see then who whine,

BIG < S! > to also my beloved old squadmates Jg 2
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Post by: Gman on May 13, 2004, 03:21:01 PM: Quote
pick up 190A8 and let fly ram Niki then go fight him, we see then who whine

Lmao! Speaking of those who are missed....how's life Minus?
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Post by: minus on May 13, 2004, 03:24:40 PM: thxx othervise fine, waiting when AH 2 is finished then maybe back to play :)
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Post by: Lephturn on May 13, 2004, 05:01:13 PM: Sheesh... no RAM, no hblair?

What's a Jug dweeb like me to do? :aok

Grabbing the beta now. Hmm. I guess I better go dust off me old stick.
Title: RAM, RAM, where did you go?
Post by: sourkraut on May 16, 2004, 05:47:47 AM: RAM - how ya been? I remember the early beta days as you and I were learning this game. We always enjoyed watching you plow into a mess of cons and ask for help. Of course, you became a much better pilot than I will ever be (slow reflexes).

Sour
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Post by: Saintaw on May 16, 2004, 06:05:06 AM: Quote
Originally posted by K98k
I wanna know where his sisters are at.

ROFL! Aint that true :D
Title: RAM, RAM, where did you go?
Post by: Saintaw on May 16, 2004, 06:24:43 AM: Thank you for posting the loose rivets Camo, had a good laugh again!
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Post by: hblair on May 17, 2004, 12:40:24 AM: I still check the boards now and then. I just don't have the motivation to play that I oncew did. I really loved the game for about a year, then after that some kind of retarded addiction set in. I'd find myself logging on to fly when, if i was completely honest with myself, I really didn't even want to be. I'd get into big duke-it-out bulletin board battles here and on bigweek over supremely important topics like *radar!* or *who's a better dueler!* :)
A thirty something year old man with a family of five has no business arguing over such things. :)

My flight rig (minus the box which I sold to a friend) has been sitting down in the garage for several months. I passed by it the other day and thought I might get sentimental. But no, not at all. I might be back on my daughters dell which I'm using now, I dunno. we'll see.

Lately I've been real busy with work and family. actually tonight I just got back from a week long disney vacation/cruise with the family. Had a blast. Thought about aces high zero times. Glad to see rrams growing too. :) It's important to remember that games are games, and real life things are, well, real life things.

I miss my squaddies. I hate the idea of drifting apart, but I just have zero desire to play the game anymore. Maybe that will change with time.
Title: RAM, RAM, where did you go?
Post by: Westy on May 17, 2004, 07:39:17 AM: I hear that in a dogfight you can still toggle the engine on&off in AH2
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Post by: Saintaw on May 17, 2004, 10:45:39 AM: Hblair you owe to try that Beta, it's like the old days, only you and RAM are missin' :D
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Post by: Swager on May 17, 2004, 08:45:29 PM: RAM and HBlair! Holy smokes!

Hope you guys are doing good.

Ole AH ain't what it used to be.

:)
Title: RAM, RAM, where did you go?
Post by: Toad on May 18, 2004, 12:37:43 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Westy
I hear that in a dogfight you can still toggle the engine on&off in AH2

You can do that in RL, too. It's just that nobody in their right mind did.
Title: RAM, RAM, where did you go?
Post by: Hajo on May 18, 2004, 07:41:28 AM: Toad.....good point....by emphasizing "right mind."
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Post by: straffo on May 18, 2004, 08:55:53 AM: When AH2 will be released I expect a sort of "rise of the dead" :)
Title: RAM, RAM, where did you go?
Post by: Westy on May 18, 2004, 10:46:56 AM: "You can do that in RL, too. It's just that nobody in their right mind did."

Fair enough. I'd simply add that during WWII no pilot did that on purpose during air-air combat, period.

Should things like this be permitted simply to validate some hypothetical "could have" at the cost of perverting the spirit (in this case) of WWII style combat? Engine toggling, hgeavy bombers dive bombing, hordes of no skill augerdorks causing the cesattion of of other players fun by levelling innanimate sheds...
I guess in real life bomber pilots could have dive bombed with a Lancaster or B-17. I imagine the 56th FG could all have wiped out Axis airfidles by augering on on targets during jabo runs. I suppose the pilot of a heavy P-38 could use his ten 5" rockets for HO missile attacks against other aircraft.....

There's a lot of other "could have done that in RL too" type scenarios too. Where to draw the line? Should the line be drawn. Can AH be a sim or should it be relegated to the arcade/game genre?

(it's feeling a bit like the old days again! ;) )