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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: nappy on February 28, 2003, 09:16:45 AM
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so i came back with the new advertising scheme that
lets me fly free until march 15. Thought id check it out to c
if it had improved in the 2 years since last i tried.
well i like what i see, in fact i like it quite alot.. xept for
the fact that chute shooting seems to be the defacto standard
in here. i mean, in 3 days if been shot while hanging in my chute
3 frigging times, and i tell you they sure as hell werent no
accident. what the hell i wrong with you people ? in my
7 years of playing WB i think someone tried/did shoot me
in my chute 2 frigging times. for me the kill is done when
he jumps, thats it and thats that.
grrrrrrrr, makes me want to shoot back at pilots hanging in
chutes :mad: , but im a man..err pilot of integrity ;) so i wont..
but it irritates the hell outa me :mad:
nappy
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"now" ?!? since when did people ever *not* go after little screamers wearing silk?
besides, if chutes weren't meant to be shot, why did HT code them to explode nicely like that? the real challenge lies in popping them before they pull the cord.
:D
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Don't hold back. How do you really feel about it?
To be honest, I've found that the best way to stop chute shooting is to free-fall until I see the ground clutter graphics pop into view, then I pull the cord. Sometimes, if a plane is following me down to strafe me, the sudden opening of my chute will cause a collision. ;)
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The only thing I find more annoying than chute shooters, are people who post in the BBS without any punctuation or substitute "c" for the word "see". :D
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Originally posted by gofaster
Don't hold back. How do you really feel about it?
To be honest, I've found that the best way to stop chute shooting is to free-fall until I see the ground clutter graphics pop into view, then I pull the cord. Sometimes, if a plane is following me down to strafe me, the sudden opening of my chute will cause a collision. ;)
Ditto. I also make a point of sending a nice to the chuteshooters.
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Since the introduction of vox, if you bail anywhere near an airfield that would allow you to provide sitrep from the ground to your fellow pilots, I will shoot you from the sky without even a thought. If you are on the ground, I will strafe you.
If hangin in the silk outside of that zone, I will not waste the ammo, its too precious.
Can't wait till the FDBs get ahold of this one. :D
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Well, to you then.
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Originally posted by GScholz
Ditto. I also make a point of sending a nice to the chuteshooters.
this is generally why the non-chute shooters end up in the silk in the first place....
they lack that little edge of aggression necessary.
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I hate those disrespectful unpatriotic chute shooters :mad:
{S}
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If I have even a suspicion that a chute is giving checksixes or using vox to be a forward air controller... well, they don't load all that extra machine gun ammo in a 190 for nothing.
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Don't those chute shooters know that killing unarmed, bailing pilots violates the Geneva Convention rules of war? They should be banned from the game for committing war crimes!!!!~1
-- Todd/Leviathn
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I once upped a 163 to go after a b17 formation attacking our HQ. Popped the b17s, and the pilot bailed. At about 30,000 feet... So i swung my little rocket around, and followed him straight down.
Splattered the little bastage all over my windshield. :D
The only obvious purpose of the parachute is to give us something else to shoot at. That people are bothered by it, despite it's having virtually no effect on them makes it just that much better.
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When in Rome do as the Romans do!!!
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Nappy,
I, for one, would like to apologize to you on behalf of the entire community. What you saw must have been a fluke. I just can't believe that there are that many lowlifes out there who are so lacking in honor that they'd stoop to the cowardly act of chute-shooting. Pathetic really. They obviously haven't aged intellectually past the age of 12.
I'm in the process of finding a decent web provider, but once I do I'm opening a blacklist site. There, I will compile names of chute shooters for all to see. It's good to identify them so they can't infiltrate our squadron and other upstanding squadrons out there.
SOB
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gah.. i cant believe what im seeing here, virtually none
of u guys have any ethical problems shooting a guy
hanging in a chute :o .. phah.. todays new pilots..no chivalry, no spine and no respect for their opposition :eek:
will i wont i simply wont shoot anyone in a chute.. so there.
hope you get as annoyed on me as im at you.phah :D
nappy-hanging-on-to-chivalry-for-dear-life
ps: (although im new in this game in an old dog in virtual flying ;) )
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Chute shooting is a deplorable act and should be dealt with accordingly.
MiniD
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Shooting a chute = Less ammo for the next one.
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only dishonor in chute shooting is missing :p
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You not killing anyone here.
If it was war... I'd still shoot the GD chute of the sob that just shotup my buddie and tried to kill me.
Chivalry was a concept invented by tards on horses in armor that wanted to handicap the normal poor old sob w/notta but a spear and no armor. Maybe a bow if they where real lucky. It was cowardly to kill from a distance...to hide behind a tree and shot etc. It was fine to take the charge in open when all the advantages was w/the guy on the horse in the heavy armor.
America got over the Chivalry crap during the French-Indian war.
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Originally posted by nappy
gah.. i cant believe what im seeing here, virtually none
of u guys have any ethical problems shooting a guy
hanging in a chute :o
Being that it's a game, I don't see the ethical conflict. Unless of course you feel that this is cheating.
As slapshot points out, there are some uses for people in chutes, especially near an enemy airfield. Since the onyl time I ever get kills is when I catch my opponents napping (no pun intended) the idea of a floating "Check-6" Machine is undesireable to say the least. But then, I don't have enough ammo or aim to shoot chutes lol.
[edit] blatant troll removed. I don't feel like explaining it to the slow kids again
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-Sik
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Originally posted by nappy
todays new pilots..no chivalry, no spine and no respect for their opposition
Define "new." I've been flying Air Warrior or Aces High in one form or another for seven years now, and I absolutely love to shoot chutes.
In fact, if I go for a long time without shooting any chutes, I get stressed out, short-tempered, and twitchy. I try to get my fix by making the offline drones bail so I can shoot their chutes, but that never works. :(
-- Todd/Leviathn
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I, for one, am certainly glad to see that the killing of chutes is once agian illiciting a negative response from our cadre of virtual heroes.
I was worried there for awhile that the community as whole had become complacent to the point of condoning, in general, this most hienous of acts.
I am truly hopeful of a time in the MA, CT, SEA, etc. when all pilots will bail out of their unfortunate wrecks with utter abandon.
Please, let us band together and howl in righteous fury over channel 1 when one of our brothers is slain in this cowardly manner.
F.
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Originally posted by nappy
but im a man..err pilot of integrity
so yer not a man? that WOULD explain the whinning..
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I shoot chutes, even in the hallowed CT. Unless they gave a good fight, in which case I don't.
In CAP I do it, because I know I'll be ruining someone's streak. :D
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What the heck are you doing bailing anyway!?!?!?! By bailing you are depriving the victor of the immersive enjoyment of seeing your plane tumble to the ground!
That other guy is paying $14.95 a month and you are playing for free! It's like stealing! AND YOU TALK ABOUT ETHICS?????
(I'd attach a smiley at this point, but I don't know which one to use...)
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I don't shoot chutes.... doesn't seem right.... and I never have. A couple of days ago in the MA I shot somebody down with an Osty. When he landed his chute, he walked over to me and asked me to shoot him. I refused. He continued standing in front of me and I continued to refuse..... checking my views at the same time in case he was acting as a distraction..... which he did hint he could be - just before someone in another GV nearby shot him instead! Problem was, he thanked me for shooting him - while I protested my innocence! :rolleyes:
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Originally posted by Flossy
Problem was, he thanked me for shooting him - while I protested my innocence! :rolleyes:
you lost your innocence quite a while back.
:D
it's all attributable to the influx of AW degenerates, anyway.
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Once i was going to a town in a M16 to defend , as i got there i was strafed and my gun was knocked out. about the same time a enemy pilot chuted close to the town and me .
I wondered if i could run him down so i tried , he ducked behind a rock then got behind me . there i was driving in circles trying to hit him and he was running behind my M16.
People watching it said it was the funniest thing they ever saw, a M16 going in circles with some guy chasing it.
i never even try to shoot chutes, i have a hard enough time trying to hit great big airplanes.
44MAG
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>>xept for
the fact that chute shooting seems to be the defacto standard
in here<<
Nappy: I think it is a by product of the "virtual hate" some feel in the game; it is an aspect of immersion :)
Also, picture a guy who attempts to vulch your field; he gets away with a kill and then gets chased. He sees he has no chance of running away, and won't turn and fight...so he bails out right in front of you; he denies you the kill and will land with a higher portion of perk points for his cowardly deed :)
More often than not, that is a scenario that is played over and over again in the MA. Other simply like to shoot chutes so, don't bail :) you get back to HQ a lot sooner and can re-up in less time.
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People shoot pilots in chutes ?!?
Shameful. What's next? Thread titles with profanity? People that don't know the proper spelling of y'all?
Squads with disgusting names?
Unbelievable, I tell you.
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Originally posted by Shane
you lost your innocence quite a while back.
:D
ROFL, yeah that's true! ;)it's all attributable to the influx of AW degenerates, anyway.
Oh yes, of course it is! Silly me. :p Hey wait.... I'm from AW too! :eek:
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There are three situations where I will kill a chute, let it be know I will not go out of my way to do it in most cases.
1. Guys in chutes still have a radio and text buffer, can act as site reps near a friendly field. Will shoot them.
2. If I see a guy vuch our field and bails. Will shoot them.
3. If a guy tears up a squady or OGIE. Will shoot them.
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if they wouldn't put all that explosive in the chute, i don't think they would be as fun shooting them...they sure are purdy....
not that i would know anything about disrespecting someone in thier silk-strewn life saver. heaven forbid someone do that.
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Ya mean we have chutes? :confused:
Heck, I always ride my stricken bird all the way to the ground, screaming my head off. Makes the little lady of the house mighty unhappy when I do it at 3AM, too.
Few times I've bailed I've just watched the ground rushing up at me an........SPLAT! Nights that the server is screwed you can bounce back up ten or twenty feet before you land in the tower........;)
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Originally posted by nappy
grrrrrrrr, makes me want to shoot back at pilots hanging in
chutes :mad: , but im a man..err pilot of integrity ;) so i wont..
but it irritates the hell outa me :mad:
nappy
Chute shooting is The Sport of Kings!!! PULL!!!
Originally posted by nappy
todays new pilots..no chivalry, no spine and no respect for their opposition
nappy
New?? I may suck...but, since I started doin this in '90...I am FAR from new :D.
Clue enclosed : It's a game...get over yourself :D.
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Now that HTC is giving cash prizes to the players with the highest scores, I think that chute shooting should be somehow changed because this directly affects the other player's score in many cases. Do you want to lose out on $50 because some banana killed you while you bailed out?
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Shane sucks....
Shane the la7 machine dweeb....
Shane sucks:p
don't wonna die in your chute....
DON'T BAIL:rolleyes:
if ya gimme 14.95 a month I promise not to shot your bailin arse....die with honor....goin 400mph ya smack the ground...thats honor:D
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The guy in the chute provides info for the other pilots still flying, so of course the chute dies. What, let him live to help you get shot down? Call me spineless, but i'll be the one landing my plane.
P.S. The only time I bail is by accident using the chat when I hit enter 3 times trying to get rid of the chat box(I hit it repeatedly too many times) Why waste time bailing?
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WAR CRIME WAR CRIME!
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This is funny Nappy. I remeber two nights ago. Wineman and I were flying together. There were just to many Knights in our area. The lone con flew into the sector and got ganged like you wouldn't believe. All that was left was the chute. Wineman proceded to mop up the leftovers. Wineman tells me "watch channel 1 I just popped a chute". Two seconds later you are on channel 1 screaming about chute shooting. Oh it was a good laugh. It's just a game. You gotta shoot what you gotta shoot these days in the crowded MA.
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As one who represents people injured by the negligence and/or malicious acts of others I would like to go on record as stating that chute shooting is a deplorable act. I also believe that it is actionable under many state tort laws.
What you need to do is send me a picture of you crying at your PC while your chute is being shot up so I can have some evidence of your emotional distress and mental anguish. If it caused you incontinence, send in your soiled skivies, works great on juries.
Also send in your non-refundable retainer of $1,500.00.
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Rofl
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Originally posted by nappy
gah.. i cant believe what im seeing here, virtually none
of u guys have any ethical problems shooting a guy
hanging in a chute :o .. phah.. todays new pilots..no chivalry, no spine and no respect for their opposition :eek:
will i wont i simply wont shoot anyone in a chute.. so there.
hope you get as annoyed on me as im at you.phah :D
nappy-hanging-on-to-chivalry-for-dear-life
ps: (although im new in this game in an old dog in virtual flying ;) )
Hmmm. The shooter actually loses in a chute shoot. Gives up ammo, alt, and SA to go after a chute, which puts the chutist in the tower ready to fly sooner. You should really give them your heartfelt thanks!
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Nappy - I was the third guy in 3 days to pop your chute. It didn't quite unfold how Sunking just mentioned it, but I'll tell you why I did it -
You pulled your chute so high up in the air that you appear as a red con on my radar. I hate the distraction because as I'm flying I am always checking my radar, making sure there isn't a con I don't see in my six view, and these damn annoying chutes that float down from 20k (you weren't that high, but were in a bomber I believe) show up as cons on my radar and cause me added stress. So, occasionally when there are many cons in the area, and if I have lots of extra ammo, I'll pop a chute here or there.
Now, regrettably this caused you some pain - I'm not sure how it might affect your stats (I assume you're upset because you don't like how it might affect your stats - because otherwise "it is just a game").
I suppose I would suggest that HTC code the game so that chutes don't show up on radar, then I wouldn't have that distraction anymore.
WineMan
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PS - Okay, so I need to amend my post. I don't really regret that it caused you some pain - I find it really funny when people take it so seriously that they get upset about it. I did shoot your chute because it was on my radar and a distraction, but I did get a good laugh about it when you started crying on channel one.
Personally, when I accidentally pull my cord at about 10k I WISH someone would shoot me down so I don't have to float for ten minutes before I can start flying again!
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Parachutes are the reason God invented cowl guns.
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I don't mind getting whacked in my chute.
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I wish HT would issue .45s to pilots so we could at least pop off at the planes trying to ventilate us as we float slowly to th ground.
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shooting the cowardly bailers is not only good target practice but is one of the most important parts of our complex strat and scoring system.
lazs
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Originally posted by Mickey1992
I think that chute shooting should be somehow changed because this directly affects the other player's score in many cases. Do you want to lose out on $50 because some banana killed you while you bailed out?
Holy crap, I hadn't thought of it that way before, Mickey. Now I've got to make an extra effort to shoot down absolutely every chute I see just in case it's one of the little scorepotato contest weenies. I can't go around making things easy on them.
-- Todd/Leviathn
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see levi... it is a part of our complex score and strat.
lazs
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Originally posted by Mickey1992
Now that HTC is giving cash prizes to the players with the highest scores, I think that chute shooting should be somehow changed because this directly affects the other player's score in many cases. Do you want to lose out on $50 because some banana killed you while you bailed out?
I keep losing out on $50 because some bananas keep killing me while I'm in my plane.
I'm figuring some bananas owe me some money.
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Originally posted by Mickey1992
Now that HTC is giving cash prizes to the players with the highest scores, I think that chute shooting should be somehow changed because this directly affects the other player's score in many cases. Do you want to lose out on $50 because some banana killed you while you bailed out?
This is the best reason I've heard yet why we should shoot at chutes.
- oldman
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Originally posted by Mickey1992
Now that HTC is giving cash prizes to the players with the highest scores, I think that chute shooting should be somehow changed because this directly affects the other player's score in many cases. Do you want to lose out on $50 because some banana killed you while you bailed out?
If we're going that far, Mickey, I prefer the banana not kill me in the first place. I would have easily won $50 by now if all you bananas (and you know exactly who you are) would stop ruining my score by shooting me down!
I personally like that little extra drama - can I pop the chute at the last moment, touch down, have stick centered, up clipboard, and go to tower before that moral infedel manages to strafe me?
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Show me a perfectly good airplane and I won't jump out of it.
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What's wrong with shooting chutes? If you don't want to have your chute popped, don't die. And if you can't manage that, don't bail.
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Originally posted by Flossy
I don't shoot chutes.... doesn't seem right.... and I never have. A couple of days ago in the MA I shot somebody down with an Osty. When he landed his chute, he walked over to me and asked me to shoot him. I refused. He continued standing in front of me and I continued to refuse..... checking my views at the same time in case he was acting as a distraction..... which he did hint he could be - just before someone in another GV nearby shot him instead! Problem was, he thanked me for shooting him - while I protested my innocence! :rolleyes:
Girls:rolleyes:
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Originally posted by wetrat
What's wrong with shooting chutes? If you don't want to have your chute popped, don't die. And if you can't manage that, don't bail.
This type of crap has got to stop right now.
STOP TELLING PEOPLE NOT TO BAIL OUT!!
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Originally posted by Flossy
I don't shoot chutes.... doesn't seem right.... and I never have. A couple of days ago in the MA I shot somebody down with an Osty. When he landed his chute, he walked over to me and asked me to shoot him. I refused. He continued standing in front of me and I continued to refuse..... checking my views at the same time in case he was acting as a distraction..... which he did hint he could be - just before someone in another GV nearby shot him instead! Problem was, he thanked me for shooting him - while I protested my innocence! :rolleyes:
I'd have killed him on the grounds of extreme annoyance.
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Originally posted by myelo
People shoot pilots in chutes ?!?
Shameful. What's next? Thread titles with profanity? People that don't know the proper spelling of y'all?
Squads with disgusting names?
Unbelievable, I tell you.
hey give me a break, im norwegian. Not everybody can spell
perfect english(american?) :cool:
nappy
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Originally posted by WineMan
PS - Okay, so I need to amend my post. I don't really regret that it caused you some pain - I find it really funny when people take it so seriously that they get upset about it. I did shoot your chute because it was on my radar and a distraction, but I did get a good laugh about it when you started crying on channel one.
Personally, when I accidentally pull my cord at about 10k I WISH someone would shoot me down so I don't have to float for ten minutes before I can start flying again!
AHA.. so you are the culprit, i will hunt you down like the dog you are :mad:
honestly though, i did attach a few smilies to indicate that
i didnt take it too serious..just a wee bit muffled..if you know what
i mean. The fact that i come from WB, where chute shooting was
virtually nonexistent, probably has something to do with that.
anyways, some of the arguments for shooting at chutes
are somewhat convinsing......but i still wont do it....it just...seems..
outright wrong.. if you know what i mean :cool:
nappy
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Originally posted by nappy
AHA.. so you are the culprit, i will hunt you down like the dog you are :mad:
honestly though, i did attach a few smilies to indicate that
i didnt take it too serious..just a wee bit muffled..if you know what
i mean. The fact that i come from WB, where chute shooting was
virtually nonexistent, probably has something to do with that.
anyways, some of the arguments for shooting at chutes
are somewhat convinsing......but i still wont do it....it just...seems..
outright wrong.. if you know what i mean :cool:
nappy
ps: the first time it happened in AH i was quite frankly stunned.
i was thinking like: "gawd damn, so this is how its done in AH!"
the second and third time i was more resignated, and after
having read this thread i understand that this infact IS the
defacto standard in AH....xept for me :)
(and hopefully a few other who still believes integrety, chivalry and respect is a virtue in the virtual world... no matter if the guy in the chute gives out 6 calls or otherwise give out information
;)
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Quake, anyone?
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Kewl...with all the 1337ness in this thread, I supose the MA takes on a whole new meaning. Your right you guys..its just a game COOL! I will hence forth remove the reservations I have on spawnpoint bombing, ackstarring, and spawncamping in the MA. Cause after all, the spawnpoint is part of this game...and the game allows for it, so it must be ok.. I was actually shot in the chute the other night. I thought "what a crappy thing to do" but I guess as long as thats ok for you.....now the fun begins(http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmilies.de/devil/saevilw.gif)
blkmgc
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Originally posted by blkmgc
I thought "what a crappy thing to do" but I guess as long as thats ok for you.....now the fun begins(http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmilies.de/devil/saevilw.gif)
blkmgc
it's all them AW degenerates who've brought this odious habit to the game and have polluted the purity that AH once was!
ban the degenerates!!!
:mad: :mad: :mad:
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What's wrong with shooting chutes? If you don't want to have your chute popped, don't die. And if you can't manage that, don't bail.
One more option: Bail, but don't open the chute.
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I can't have been the only one who shot chutes when I flew Warbirds. Who else was a chute hunter in WB too?
SOB
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Originally posted by nappy
AHA.. so you are the culprit, i will hunt you down like the dog you are :mad:
honestly though, i did attach a few smilies to indicate that
i didnt take it too serious..just a wee bit muffled..if you know what
i mean. The fact that i come from WB, where chute shooting was
virtually nonexistent, probably has something to do with that.
anyways, some of the arguments for shooting at chutes
are somewhat convinsing......but i still wont do it....it just...seems..
outright wrong.. if you know what i mean :cool:
nappy
Well, I look forward to fighting you in a fair fight (i.e. not hurri vs. chute);)
And if you were to check my stats, you'd see that I've only popped about two chutes in almost a year of AH.
CYA in MA and don't forget not to pull the rip until you're closer to the ground! At least you'll have a chance that the chute popper will auger :D
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>>it's all them AW degenerates who've brought this odious habit to the game and have polluted the purity that AH once was!
ban the degenerates!!! <<
Awww hell Shane...we wuz only havin some fun :( :D
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so it must be ok.. I was actually shot in the chute the other night. I thought "what a crappy thing to do" but I guess as long as thats ok for you.....now the fun begins
omg then these really awesome guitars start wailing in the background
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Thats just my Martin acoustic.
blkmgc
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Hey If I'm in a Chute at 10k+... then PLEASE shoot me... It takes to long to get down. :D
TeeDog
332nd Flying Mongrels
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I only shoot planes so that the chutes will fall out and I can shoot the little fella hanging there. I am deeply disappointed when I put too much lead into the plane and it simply explodes.
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Shooting chutes is considered bad form in WB.. Never shot a chute in my whole time there.
When I got over here I'd be bailing after I got shot up and then this squishy sound would start and I'd end up in the tower ???????
Having finally come to an understanding of what was happening to me when I bailed...I..
I..
I burst into tears..
..a great sadness came over me as I came to terms of the true meaning of these pilots actions..
It was then after much mental anguish and self realization..
I killed my first one..
Lookin around making sure nobody saw me I killed him..
I snuffed his wittle life out..
I felt nausiated and all most blew junks..
I became depressed and quit going out of the house..
In the days that followed I learned..
You do finally get over it..
Cuz when all is said and done, they pop real good :D
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I wonder what minus has to say on the subject.
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shooting the cowardly bailers
How is anything in a game *cowardly* or *brave*? heh
there is no shame in bailing out of a stricken aircraft, heck I purposely aim for the stabs on nme planes just to watch them fall all the way to the ground. Takes a plane a whole lot longer to fall to earth like that than it would if ya just bailed and pulled the ripcord when you get close to the ground ;)
Personally I only fire on chutes that might be spying, if you bail near my base I give you 5 seconds once you hit the ground before firing. ( I figure 5 seconds is more than enough time to type /.ef ) :D
Other than a potential spy....its just not worth the ammo :)
Elfie
Armageddon Pile-it
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Ride it in like a man, rutabagas.
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gawd damit, ya all shoot pilots in chutes now?
Now?? NOW??
damn, be a lil paitent.. we just ain't got to yah yet.
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Originally posted by funkedup
Ride it in like a man, rutabagas.
wise man grow tree for shade.
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S!
I have popped a few chutes that stay near a base as spies or chk6 automats, but otherwise I will leave the pilot alone after I shoot his plane down. There's other targets waiting ;)
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Originally posted by Mini D
I wonder what minus has to say on the subject.
why you are chute chute?!?!?
you are yanke dweb??!? opertunis?!?
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Originally posted by nappy
gah.. i cant believe what im seeing here, virtually none
of u guys have any ethical problems shooting a guy
hanging in a chute :o .. phah.. todays new pilots..no chivalry, no spine and no respect for their opposition :eek:
will i wont i simply wont shoot anyone in a chute.. so there.
hope you get as annoyed on me as im at you.phah :D
nappy-hanging-on-to-chivalry-for-dear-life
ps: (although im new in this game in an old dog in virtual flying ;) )
IMO yer still a cherry if you wont pop a chute.
You will grow out of it
i have not had to shoot a chute for a while now since My teammates have been doing it with such gusto.
Only problem with shootchuting is its easy to get killshooter from the conga line to the chutes.
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Originally posted by Flossy
ROFL, yeah that's true! ;)Oh yes, of course it is! Silly me. :p Hey wait.... I'm from AW too! :eek:
I was new to FR. I was playing AW classic, fighting the Damned squadron every damned day. Dose was always a FW dweeb, him and LT both. I WOULD NEVER! shoot a chute back then...
I was a mucho honorable guy, after all I flew aw WW1.
Evertime I bailed DOSE would shoot my chute!
THAT BASTAGE!
Well I got good enuff to keel him at will.
But I never got his chute.....
He wouldnt give me the satisfaction.
THAT BASTAGE!
I am Glad those days are gone and I can get satisfied regularly now.
Remember gents, this is a game.
The bullits arent real, neither is the death.
Play hard.
Replane.
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Originally posted by MotorOil
There are three situations where I will kill a chute, let it be know I will not go out of my way to do it in most cases.
1. Guys in chutes still have a radio and text buffer, can act as site reps near a friendly field. Will shoot them.
2. If I see a guy vuch our field and bails. Will shoot them.
3. If a guy tears up a squady or OGIE. Will shoot them.
4. If he has tried to put 1 single bullit in my plane.
remember the spitdweebs in in AW who would fight you and waste all thier ammo without a solution and then say "BINGO" and get all mad WHEN you didnt let them rtb?
heheh better than chuting chutes. Unless they bailed too :D
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I don't really approve of chute shooting particularly as I get tapped all the time. So I tend to skydive and open low. I do like to scare bailed out pilots by flying at them.:p .
I do have to admit I often call out check 6's in the chute and if I fall on a field . I act as a forward observer. So I suppose I deserve to die for that.
Like the bailed out pilot who chased the M16. I like to annoy GV's by walking around them and through them but keeping out of their line of fire, hoping that another GV or a plane shoots at me hits the GV and gets a killshooter. So I suppose I deserve to die for that too LOL.
Once the field changed hands as I floated down, so I hid in a hangar watching the fun and playing cat and mouse with strafing fighters hoping one will crash trying to hit me. So I suppose I deserve to die for that three.
I do think it would be a good idea to issue personal weapons to pilots so we can enage each other and or paras on the ground. That would be a laugh.
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wise man stand near funked for shade.
lazs
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Man, all this time I thought I was just playing a silly game...
I still don't get how "chivalry" comes into play when we are all pretending to fly airplanes and play war...
Especially since chivalry was typically an idea held onto by folks who never really fought in wars...
Real combatant knew what was really important.
eskimo
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well and good i know that this is just a game, but the idea of chivalry, for me anyways, gives me the satisfaction of doing
deeds, that i normaly never have the chance to do.
I get the chance to follow in the footsteps of great men who
flew in WWII and WWI, even if theyr only virtual ;)
nappy
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Originally posted by nappy
ps: the first time it happened in AH i was quite frankly stunned.
i was thinking like: "gawd damn, so this is how its done in AH!"
the second and third time i was more resignated, and after
having read this thread i understand that this infact IS the
defacto standard in AH....xept for me :)
(and hopefully a few other who still believes integrety, chivalry and respect is a virtue in the virtual world... no matter if the guy in the chute gives out 6 calls or otherwise give out information
;)
I felt the same way nappy. Now I just give them the and I feel much better.
Played AW and WB and there were very few incidents of it in those sims. It seems to me that it was looked down at also.
It's just the quake mentality of some of the guys. They think it's cool. :rolleyes: but it does show lack of character. IMHO.
And for those that will post a negative reply to this here's my [virtual finger] !:D
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Originally posted by nopoop
Shooting chutes is considered bad form in WB.. Never shot a chute in my whole time there.
When I got over here I'd be bailing after I got shot up and then this squishy sound would start and I'd end up in the tower ???????
Having finally come to an understanding of what was happening to me when I bailed...I..
I..
I burst into tears..
..a great sadness came over me as I came to terms of the true meaning of these pilots actions..
It was then after much mental anguish and self realization..
I killed my first one..
Lookin around making sure nobody saw me I killed him..
I snuffed his wittle life out..
I felt nausiated and all most blew junks..
I became depressed and quit going out of the house..
In the days that followed I learned..
You do finally get over it..
Cuz when all is said and done, they pop real good :D
ROLF! but you never get over it. It just gets easier. :eek:
Then you've gone over to the quakeside. and theres no turning back. Because nothing matters after that. :D
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Originally posted by Griego
but it does show lack of character. IMHO.
Hmmm, I am a fireman, a husband. a father. a member of church
I pay my taxes , give to charity, volunteer helping the community.
give blood. I dont steal, cheat, rape and pillage or take advantage of old folks and children. I dont mistreat my pets.
But since I shoot chutes in a game I show a lack of character?
Maybe you need to get a grip on reality.
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Originally posted by Griego
Played AW and there were very few incidents of it . It seems to me that it was looked down at also.
I CALL roadkill!!
it was as much an art form in AW as it is here.
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Originally posted by Griego
It's just the quake mentality of some of the guys. They think it's cool. :rolleyes: but it does show lack of character. IMHO
People were merrily popping chutes online long before Quake (or Doom or Wolfenstein 3D) were glints in John Carmack's eyes.
So I guess you could say that Quake players are really showing their Air Warrior mentality these days.
-- Todd/Leviathn
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Someone needs to produce a skydiving sim, for all those players that feel the need to jump out of a virtual airplane and defying virtual death.
SKurj
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Originally posted by Mini D
I wonder what minus has to say on the subject.
Unfortunately he was rather understandable last time he posted on the subject in this (http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=24312&highlight=chute) thread.
Originally posted by minus
what a sport to shot defensles chute
give a gun to the chute ! hispano if posible
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Minus' "this soft is eating the ghost in my box" was a classic.
Anyway back to the subject if its a la7, niki,spit, lanc or p51 chute it dies for sure. If its a bish typh it dies. If its in front of my sight it dies. If its higher then 5k he lives, but if im heading back that way on the deck 5 min later then it might die. If its a scorepotatos name it dies for sure
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why the hell do people care if they get shot in the chute?! :confused:
besides, if the gods (HTC) didn't inted us to shoot them, then why is it possible?
Bozon
p.s.
I dont have the will power to read the whole thread - did anyone mention "I pay 14.95$ a month so I'm entitled to shoot chutes" already? :)
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Watched someone pop the chute at 10k+ last night. But thanks to this thread I knew that chute shooting was wrong and so flew away leaving him unmolested. I feel I'm a better man for it. :rolleyes:
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Originally posted by wetrat
If you don't want to have your chute popped, don't die. And if you can't manage that, don't bail.
Since I have a tough time staying alive, I don't like giving the enemy a 2nd target to shoot at so I never bail out and just ride the flaming wreckage in.
Ack-Ack
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Originally posted by SOB
I can't have been the only one who shot chutes when I flew Warbirds. Who else was a chute hunter in WB too?
SOB
Me.
Ack-Ack
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Originally posted by Elfie
its just not worth the ammo :)
Elfie
Armageddon Pile-it
Only if you miss.
I do admit that I actually took pity on a chute last night. I got jumped by a 25k P-51D and shot him down on the merge with a lead turn and watched him bail out as his tail less P-51 kind of fluttered by. Now being at 20k with in his chute, I could have shot him down but decided it would be funnier to have him hang in the sky for 15 minutes instead.
Ack-Ack
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Originally posted by X2Lee
remember the spitdweebs in in AW who would fight you and waste all thier ammo without a solution and then say "BINGO" and get all mad WHEN you didnt let them rtb?
heheh better than chuting chutes. Unless they bailed too :D
Ahhh...the famous 'BINGO' call, haven't seen many try to do this in AH so I haven't gotten the satisfaction of chasing one down lately. I do find that if you yell out 'BINGO' when you are chasing a runner, you can sucker him back into the fight 99% of the time.
Ack-Ack
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Anybody who claims that chute popping is something new to AH obviously wasn't paying much attention in their previous online flying time.
It's been around since the very beginning.
I do it on occasion, for many different reasons. If I figure the guy in the chute could be giving intel. If it's somebody who did something that pissed me off during our dogfight. If I did something stupid that pissed me off during our dogfight. If I know it's somebody who's an annoying bastage in general.
Sometimes, just for the hell of it.
The absolute BEST reason to do it though is cuz you know there's probably some goob on the other end getting all worked up at the pure unchivalrous evilness of it all and you'll soon get to read their upset whining on the BBS.
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I thought everyone knew how to do it..
make 'em bail out way up high.. the higher the better...
cruise the area picking off any cons.. then just before the chute touches down.. that's when you blast them with mg's.
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The only reason I shoot chutes is because I know it really pisses the other guy off.
Where's the fun in it if the bailer doesn't care?
So, in effect, this thread has encouraged me to shoot chutes more than ever.
Thanks for the reminder, nappy!
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I fly ponies primarily... I simply don't want to expend ammo shooting a chute... unless you bail to avoid fighting me.. Can't remember the guy that did that...shot his chute after he bailed as I ran him down..who was that guy?
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I say go for it Honch, In the last tour the third best scoring 'aircraft' I flew was the ubiquitious Mark 1 'chute'. Yes except for the Sptfire and the La7 (I am a dweeb). I got most kills hanging in a parachute or running around on the ground.
If that doesn't convince you not to try and kill chutes nothing will.
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YOU CAN RUN AROUND ON THE GROUND AFTER YOU LAND ????
LOL, if that is so, I'll quit riding my a/c in..
I see fun hidden in there somewhere..
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There is one word that started me popping chutes,and it goes back to AWIII......Krieg
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Originally posted by nopoop
YOU CAN RUN AROUND ON THE GROUND AFTER YOU LAND ????
LOL, if that is so, I'll quit riding my a/c in..
I see fun hidden in there somewhere..
Yep Poo, you haven't heard the story of Hblair catching all the FDB's running around on the gigantic pizza and popping them off like most people do the anchovies?