Aces High Bulletin Board

General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: TracerX on February 03, 2003, 02:39:49 PM

Title: Hey, I just turned 1 year old!!!
Post by: TracerX on February 03, 2003, 02:39:49 PM
Just noticed it has been one year since I started tooling around in this my first and only flight sim.  Probably the best $180 dollars I have ever spent!  Lots of great times and memories.  I will go on trying to catch as many of your bullets as my plane will hold.:D   to everyone, who has helped me along the way and see you around.  By the way, how old are you to Aces High?
Title: Hey, I just turned 1 year old!!!
Post by: Saurdaukar on February 03, 2003, 02:52:57 PM
Started flying AH in the summer of 2001 - was on AW since 1995 or so prior to that.  

Certainly worth the money in my book - where else can I hear squadmates singing strange renditions of WWII marching songs inbetween beers?  :D
Title: Hey, I just turned 1 year old!!!
Post by: Ripsnort on February 03, 2003, 03:03:48 PM
Congrats TracerX!
------------------------
Tracerx wrote: "By the way, how old are you to Aces High?"
_______________

Beta, V.34 in Oct 1999?, but online since November 1999.  I'm "3 years and 3 months old" I guess? (And I still suck)
Title: Hey, I just turned 1 year old!!!
Post by: 2stony on February 03, 2003, 03:10:47 PM
Late October of 2002, so about 3 1/2 months.


:p
Title: Hey, I just turned 1 year old!!!
Post by: RacrX on February 03, 2003, 03:11:18 PM
The day after Air Warrior died I came to Aces High.
Title: Hey, I just turned 1 year old!!!
Post by: Flossy on February 03, 2003, 04:08:09 PM
Although I stayed in AW to the bitter end, I came to Aces High in April 2001, shortly after the volunteer staff, including myself, were written off as "surplus to requirements".  :rolleyes:  A huge number of former AWrs left in disgust at this point, which also coincided with EA starting to charge for AWMV.

So, been here for 22 months, of which the last 12 have been spent as part of the CM Team.....  :D
Title: Hey, I just turned 1 year old!!!
Post by: Octavius on February 03, 2003, 04:36:12 PM
2nd quarter 2000 i think... geez its been a while!
Title: Hey, I just turned 1 year old!!!
Post by: vorticon on February 04, 2003, 09:37:28 AM
either febuary or april 2002...cant quite remember but its starting to get close to a year

(and i only JUST got a joystick)
Title: Hey, I just turned 1 year old!!!
Post by: TracerX on February 04, 2003, 12:04:22 PM
Thanks Rip!  You must fly Knights since I don't recall catching any of your bullets, but I read lots of your posts.  Keep up the good work.
Title: Hey, I just turned 1 year old!!!
Post by: Ripsnort on February 04, 2003, 12:10:37 PM
Quote
Originally posted by tracerx
Thanks Rip!  You must fly Knights since I don't recall catching any of your bullets, but I read lots of your posts.  Keep up the good work.


Actually, life has caught up with me, and my flying time has been basically reduced to special events :( (And yes I fly Knights)
!
Title: Hey, I just turned 1 year old!!!
Post by: moose on February 04, 2003, 02:41:31 PM
flew the beta for a bit

used my two weeks in July of 2000

and then subscribed in september 2000
Title: Hey, I just turned 1 year old!!!
Post by: daddog on February 04, 2003, 02:54:31 PM
tracerx! :)

I tried the beta, but held off for a bit. I really don't know for sure when I came over with the squad. Nearly 3 years I would say.  I have been doing CM stuff for about 2 1/2 years. :)
Title: Hey, I just turned 1 year old!!!
Post by: WldThing on February 04, 2003, 03:11:58 PM
Started playing Aces High December 4th 2001, At 3:15 pm EST.  

Died my 1st time at 3:19 PM EST.
Title: Hey, I just turned 1 year old!!!
Post by: tatertot on May 12, 2003, 09:05:28 PM
seems i missed my birthaday was looking at account history birthday was 4/24/2002 that would make me 1 yr18 days or so i guess couldnt even begin to count the num of times ive been killed.:D
Title: Hey, I just turned 1 year old!!!
Post by: Central on May 12, 2003, 09:18:53 PM
2nd day public beta started... the days when the MA had all of 2 guys flying at 12am pst. most of the times nil.  Up to  30 guys during peak hours. Boy has AH matured!!:)
Title: Hey, I just turned 1 year old!!!
Post by: sax on May 12, 2003, 10:18:30 PM
Sometime in Sept 2001 , dam near quit every time I logged on for the first year cause the only thing I could do is a loop on merge, realize I was dead and runstang to Rude for protection.

Was a frustrating game that gets more fun every week , well almost every week.
Title: Hey, I just turned 1 year old!!!
Post by: sax on May 12, 2003, 10:21:10 PM
Quote
Originally posted by sax
realize I was dead and runstang to Rude for protection.
 


So whats different.

Beat ya to it Lazs
Title: Hey, I just turned 1 year old!!!
Post by: udet on May 12, 2003, 11:38:39 PM
Spring 2002-after my free 2 weeks played H2H for a year and then became a paid subscriber in March of this year.
Title: Hey, I just turned 1 year old!!!
Post by: straffo on May 13, 2003, 02:02:21 AM
Beta tour 3 with a superb k/d of 0.2 :p (I can't remenber who augered near me :))


And I still suck ... the more experience I have ,the older I am and less accurate I'm :p
Title: Hey, I just turned 1 year old!!!
Post by: Creamo on May 13, 2003, 02:18:18 AM
Central drug me in some form of the Beta. At one point I think HTC added smoke and flame effects?! Hard to believe, but I sorta recall it.

Don't know why all the players that started back then here think they still suck, unless it's a stupid way to say they think they are good and need someone else to say they are such an ace in response, whatever.

As fun as it was taking up 205’s with Thunder vs. Pongo and who he flew with way back then, the 'new' AH is 10X's as hard. AW, whatever it was, and WBS people migrating has made the MA very tough to get kills vs. deaths. There has been a huge amount of online flightsim talent infused into AH.

AH, indeed, has progressed.
Title: Hey, I just turned 1 year old!!!
Post by: Glasses on May 13, 2003, 02:25:37 AM
Oct '99 beta v.34 oh the memories...  :D
Title: Hey, I just turned 1 year old!!!
Post by: straffo on May 13, 2003, 02:40:04 AM
Quote
Originally posted by Creamo
Don't know why all the players that started back then here think they still suck, unless it's a stupid way to say they think they are good and need someone else to say they are such an ace in response, whatever.
 


Ok,ok  I don't suck , I'm just stagnating .
Title: Hey, I just turned 1 year old!!!
Post by: Creamo on May 13, 2003, 03:09:58 AM
Thats better.

And for real, there is alot of new people that could make the 'vets' suck time to time.
Title: Hey, I just turned 1 year old!!!
Post by: LLv34_Snefens on May 13, 2003, 04:55:39 AM
I guess I'm one of the pioneers. Account history of "Snefens" says I've been flying since October 5th 1999. I remember I used the callsign "Snef" one or two days before that.
Title: Hey, I just turned 1 year old!!!
Post by: BNM on May 13, 2003, 05:37:08 AM
Quote
Originally posted by sax
So whats different.

Beat ya to it Lazs

LMAO! :D

Started AH back in March 2002. Played AW from way back around 96? to about early 2001. Ran around in WWIIO for about a year in between. Have enjoyed AH for the most part, seems the gameplay or something is getting a little stale now...?:( ?:(
Title: Hey, I just turned 1 year old!!!
Post by: Apache on May 13, 2003, 06:57:57 AM
Beta '99. WB prior to that.
Title: Hey, I just turned 1 year old!!!
Post by: SLO on May 13, 2003, 08:26:38 AM
what flossy said.....

when I heard there unfortunate termination.....I left AW and came here......played AW since '95
Title: Hey, I just turned 1 year old!!!
Post by: SlapShot on May 13, 2003, 08:35:57 AM
Tour 26 - 03/2002 - Never flew a flight sim before.
Title: Hey, I just turned 1 year old!!!
Post by: Furball on May 13, 2003, 09:26:39 AM
I must have been playing for about 10 months, best $400 i've ever made :D
Title: Hey, I just turned 1 year old!!!
Post by: acetnt on May 13, 2003, 09:35:14 AM
How can I compete with furballs reply :D
on the win Furball

Joined around October 2002 - Best game I ever played -- and I have played lots :)
Title: Hey, I just turned 1 year old!!!
Post by: vorticon on May 13, 2003, 01:13:22 PM
been playing since early febuary 2002...
Title: Hey, I just turned 1 year old!!!
Post by: TracerX on May 13, 2003, 03:33:00 PM
Hey Vorticon, that kinda makes us twins.  My anniversary is Feb 1 or 2, 2002.  It was real hard at first till I found a squad to help protect me.
Title: Hey, I just turned 1 year old!!!
Post by: Lizard3 on May 13, 2003, 03:33:23 PM
dweeb masses. 2nd week of Jan. 2000.

Furball sux!;)
Title: Hey, I just turned 1 year old!!!
Post by: Nifty on May 13, 2003, 03:42:09 PM
Congrats, Tracerx.  !  Definitely a good, clean fun hobby.  Unless you hang out with the FDB...  :p

I've got 2 full years under my belt now.  heh, I'd dig my year post up, but I don't want to wade through my 4000+ posts.  

I'm gonna catch ya, Rippie!  ;)
Title: Hey, I just turned 1 year old!!!
Post by: Fariz on May 13, 2003, 03:59:00 PM
September 1999 I think.
Title: Hey, I just turned 1 year old!!!
Post by: Replicant on May 13, 2003, 04:32:30 PM
Been playing since February 2000 - Tour 1, although I had been using/practicing with AH offline since about November 1999 (had trouble just trying to take off! ;))  The practice helped though, the only thing I couldn't do when I went online was use the radio! ;)  "Nexx, you're transmitting on open channel... oooops!"  Then met this guy called Rude.... joined the 13th TAS and they helped me climatise to online simming! :)

I worked out the other day that I have spent nearly $900 playing AH! ;)
Title: Hey, I just turned 1 year old!!!
Post by: Maniac on May 13, 2003, 04:38:13 PM
Been here an loooong time, and im really psyched about my comeback in the virtual skyes of AH after an 6 month break!!

about 14 days to go before i can fire up the engine again :D

Hi Fariz!
Title: Hey, I just turned 1 year old!!!
Post by: TracerX on June 23, 2003, 07:13:31 PM
I was looking for an old post and ran across this one, I thought that some of the new subscribers would like to know old some of us are.

By the way Nifty, you'll never catch Rip, I think he posts in his sleep.  :D


Quote
originally posted by straffo:
Beta tour 3 with a superb k/d of 0.2  (I can't remenber who augered near me )


LOL Straffo, I still laugh when I read that.
Title: Hey, I just turned 1 year old!!!
Post by: Saintaw on June 24, 2003, 02:52:43 AM
Happy B-day TracerX :)

My 1st  successfull takeoff from A1's hilltop was done in October 1999. It was then rendered moot by the 1st HO I attempted with my Spitfire MkIX at no less than D 25! :D

Some days I still s*ck, some days I s*ck less... go figure...


*edit* Ok, who dug this out?
Title: Hey, I just turned 1 year old!!!
Post by: trolla on June 24, 2003, 03:04:26 AM
been over 3 years now, started february 2000 after i got tired of FA.
It was a blast and a very hard learning curve,  so i struggled for 2 months trying to get a good sortie without dying lol.

I remember my first meeting with Citabria he called me a f..... dweeb cause i flew the fu4-c and shot my chute :) (how in hell could i know that a fu4-c was a dweeb plane when it was one of my first flights hehe)