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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Citabria on June 15, 2000, 09:10:00 AM
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10 rooks and me and I slay 6 of em before im down on the deck with an f4u1c...
get this... I loop fight him and he sees he just blew 15k to come cannon me and so as soon as I bring my guns around on him he alt f4s and his ghost floats off...
then the masses descend upon me as I chase his ghost and I proceed to auger after getting caught in the P-38s stall wierdness.
of course I made sure everyone knew how little skill the rook f4u1c had with a plethora of softcore profanity.
my appologies but damn that pisses me off.
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Cit you not the only one who had this problem. I had planes ranging from b26s to different fighters alt+f4 before my eyes. Yes it sucks, but hey, I know it's in the game and I know some people will stick to this method. If that's their definition of fun, let them have it.
mx22
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What does altF4 do?
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If you see a guy alt-f4 you got about 10secs to pump your lead into him before he discoes. That will give you a certain kill and even a bit more reliefed mind. It doesnt have any dignity in it but surprisingly many people use it. Hey if thats the only way they can get their k/d ratio up... give it to them. My appologies to all but theres nothing I hate more than a newbie scorepotato who takes EVERY possible option to raise his ranking. (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/mad.gif) (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/mad.gif)
Dusk
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If the con is within D1.5 or less, and he alt-F4's, you get the kill regardless if you have bullets in him or not. First hand experience here with that. Had a con dead to rights at D1.0. I had 0 bullets in him. He alt-F4'd. I got the kill.
Last month, I was flying a goonie. Nash (I believe..)was jumping me from above, as I watched my impending doom descend on me from above, at D1.3 he suddenly ghosted on me. My connection to EarthStink was disco'd. I relogged using my other ISP and Nash asked what happened, I said I disco'd, he said he was rewarded the kill. He had 0 bullets in me.
It ain't broken, just get closer!
Pyro, can you back me up on this one?
[This message has been edited by Ripsnort (edited 06-15-2000).]
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oops
[This message has been edited by Ripsnort (edited 06-15-2000).]
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People who Alt-F4 to avoid being shot down suck.
Sisu
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Would it be possible to code into the game that Alt-F4 keystroke send the Host some kind of signal before quitting? That way HTC would see WHO actually use this as a regular liferaft procedure. If we know who these guys are, they could be hunted killed to their bones, banned to fly for several days (years?), posted their names on the BBS, ...
Alt-F4ing drives me mad too. (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/mad.gif)
Cheers,
Pepino
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They are fairly easy to spot.
I doubt that any of them will be banned.
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Your sure he disco'd on purpose? I am getting severly frustrated lately myself, but it comes from getting that friggen "Host Disconnect" message. I can still talk to my squadm8s on RW, surf the web, crank up another online game but will still be locked out of AH. Or worse, get back in, just long enough to take off and get it again. And yes one of those times last night a 109 was 3k above me and sniffing when I got dumped. So maybe I am His "Alt+F4 Dweeb"
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jimbear this guy blew 15k of alt to come down for what he thought was a sure kill.
once I forced him to overshoot he alt f4'd and his ghost floated off.
it was the most clear cut cases of deliberately being a newbie scorepotato I've ever seen.
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Real men accept their kills alt f4 dweebs fill in the blanks! P_ _ _ ies.
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To add to that me and a squaddie witnessed I think it was sunday a raid on our HQ we went to defend got vis, dar went down, and then saw no less than 5 buffs magically disapear, 1 by 1. I wish I filmed it but I was so darn mad you didnt want to be on the same RW as me. IMO that was not discoes but delibrate alt f4s to avoid the fight and go on and do more damage. I guess with online sometimes it is a big crap sandwich and we all have to take a bite.
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AHHHHHH guess i should read more carefully, Rgr Citabria, dont blame ya a bit for being PO'd
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Alt-F4 is the self-induced warp button selection.
Ripsnort told me, so it must be true!
It hasn't worked for me yet, everytime I press Alt-F4 I get booted from the game. I must be doing something wrong!
IMHO. Alt-F4'ers are on the same level as people who bail out of a C47 when they get caught with their pants down. I've seen B-26 pilots do this also!
[This message has been edited by Swager (edited 06-15-2000).]
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I thought that when I was disconected, the other guy had a kill. It happens to me lot in the 2am range (weird, but oh well). I never appologized when in a dogfight because i thought the other guy had the kill anyway, I will have to in the future.
Year I hate guy who fly a goon, you spot them, bleed all ur alt to kill them, and they let you do it and bail/land to avoid being kill. Hey, when I goon, if a guy spots me, well I let him kill me, it's fair game.
But people care more about their score I guess, it's like people who avoid bases under attack not to start fights with way less E. Oh well, that's how i learned to fight in a Niki, being inferior all the time.
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arhurb good idea!
imagine that, the one who alt+F4, before he gets discoed shows an black Icon with the Callsign and alt+F4 ([]NewUsr Alt+F4)
and on radio buffer 1, it says "NewUsr just ALt+F4 !!!" heh (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)
Gh0stFT
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The thing is, how do you know the guy you were chasing/fighting just alt F4'd. You don't know who it was til, you get the kill, or they kill you.
You said thier icon goes black? Okay, I guess.
I just wish that something could be done about the ghosts, it is a bit frustrating to chase one for 10 or 15 seconds, then loose him.
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Maybe have the ALT F4 combo kick off some kind of full animation that flashes several hideous colurs very rapidly along with a very audible and downright derogatory message to the perp.
Like the beginning to Monty Pythons Flying Circus when the Llamas take over production of the movie.
Only really demeaning (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
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Good idea, when the guy types Alt+F4, AH launches a macro who displays in the buffer : 'looser#@%$^ just used alt+F4, this is bad bad bad, bad looser#@%$^".