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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Gigg on May 07, 2003, 12:41:18 PM
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Hi all,
I have decided to give aces a try. I have just dnloaded and setup the program. I am just waiting for my password to log on for the first time. I am not new to flight sims but will be a real rookie here. Some may remember me from warbirds. So hi to all you guys and all the ole time wbirders. Any suggestions while I wait for my password please feel free to post them thanks....
Gigg
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Go straight to the training arena and request a trainer. Do not pass the MA, do not enter the CT.
Learn with the stal limiter off.
Start off in spit IX.
Most of all, have patience. Best sim out there.
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Welcome Gigg < S >
you will find quite a few WB vets here, have fun
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> and welcome!
just out of curiosity are you the WB pilot from THIS (http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=86307) thread?
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Welcome Gigg, hope you enjoy yourself here
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Welcome aboard gigg, dont fall for the old alt f4 tricks :p
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Welcome aboard, Gigg!
If you see my name on the roster and need some help, give a shout.
Horn
(and what RacrX said)
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Welcome Gigg.
First I'd highly recommend you learn to fly offline before you start your 2 week trial. Read the help files and learn all the commands before setting foot online......that way you (and us) avoid all the "How do I drop bombs" questions.
Then once you've got a vague idea what you're doing come and join the mayhem otherwise known as the Main Arena.
Trainers are available for the not so clear stuff (can be booked ahead of time or just show up in the TA and see if one is around) and if you hook up with a vet in the MA most will help a newbie.
For the not so chaotic experience the Combat Theater is open 24x7 with regularly changing WW2 setups. We also hold the following events in the Special Events Area:
Squad Ops on Fridays - Squadron only event vaguely similar to S3s (I'm told).
CAP on saturdays - Multiple lives, branching campaign and medals (on hold right now due to the scenario running)
Scenarios - every few months a new scenario, current is Guadalcanal, registration required.
King of the hill - last man standing A2A combat event.
Snapshots on various nights of the week - Various setups, just come fly.
Did I forget anything?
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Hi, Gigg. Before you get too far, take a look at this site:
http://www.musketeers.org/kumori/reclist.html
Then take a moment to print off the materials at Help->Game Overview->Aircraft and Vehicles on the http://www.hitechcreations.com home page so you'll know what planes can do what at what speed with what guns. You might also want to visit the threads on the Training forum here.
Then take a look at the http://www.netaces.org site.
I would suggest you start with the Spitfire IX, then try the N1K2, the FM2, the F6F, and the LA-7, then the P-51D, P-47, and the 109s and 190s. The Corsair will bite you on landing if you're not ready for the prop torque.
When you're ready to get smacked down in the Main Arena, make sure you join Rooks. We're a small country, but populated by great players who are always willing to help out a new guy who shows promise (even if you get shot down repeatedly).
There was another post here by a guy that joined recently that also has some good advice in it.
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Good to have you here Gigg. You've gotten some great advice already, except you need to join the Bishops :D
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Nooooo! Bish smell. Come knight, we need the numbers.
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Don't fly for bish. They will try to hump you in the tower.
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Thanks everyone for the great advice. I am practicing now and have my password. My wbirds squad the the 4th fighter group so you know im a pony boy. Is there any country that pony drivers seem to move to or is every country just have a big mix.
Thanks,
Gigg
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Most importantly you wanna find yerself a good squadron to join. I hear them VF-17 guys are pretty damned fantastic. They have all sorts of fun flying cor-sairs and crashing on carrier decks and stuff. They get together bout once in a blue moon or so but ....
Cor-sairs are fun. Funner than ponies. ;)
:D
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Originally posted by Gigg
My wbirds squad the the 4th fighter group so you know im a pony boy. Is there any country that pony drivers seem to move to or is every country just have a big mix.
Heya gigg if you fly ponys come to Rooks. I used to fly with the 352nd in WBs. I started my own fighter group with dracon from the 31st. Asmech also flys with us sometimes.
The Bronco mustangs another dedictated 51 squadron also fly rooks.
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Gigg 68th Lightning Lancers do al ot with heavy ponies and would be glad to give you some flight time with the squad and then you can decide what is good for you. http://www.topace.net/68
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Welcome to the darkside Gigg. Hope you enjoy your stay.
The Pony is a Pony here, snaps ugly slow. Timings a little different. You'll have it down no time. Have some fun, and shoot stuff.
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Theres this guy named lazs in the game, avoid at all costs , other than that it's a good time:)
Welcome
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Whats up Gigg! Good to see you here.
Drex
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Welcome Gigg!! It's a pleasure to have another dedicated pony stick join the fray. I fly the pony for the 412th Braunco Mustangs, a team oriented 'stang squad with some of the finest killers in the game. We fly rooks, feel free to look me up when you come to the MA. I have a very clever ID in the game: Steve
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Though his REAL name is Herbert.
But that maybe just a rumor.
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ALL Right!! Good to cya here Gigg. I am a WarBirds runaway! Ex Swamp Fox and Ex-31st FG...One of daddy='s guys.
After 6 years there I got sick of the promises and the never ending warp feasts. I got tired of flying in Jello. I was tired of switching out of the Pony to Fly the other side for balance.
To start, nothing is perfect but I think AH is a heck of a lot closer than what we came from. AH-II will take this up several notches. You might hear some disparaging words here on occasion but not like AGW in WB's. I have been here for 4 months. As Bizket said, he started the 339th Fighter Group, a pony squad, and I signed on as XO. I can tell you this. I am not sorry I left WBs. Here's what I have found:
1. In game Vox, works GREAT. You have the room/squad channel and the Range channel. Range channel means if you can see 'em you can talk to them as in coordinate flight ops and call "6"'s. Occasionally the Range channel steps on the squad/room channel. No biggie.
2. Channel 1, Usually full of BS and can be squelched by typing .squelch 1 {Enter}. I do it as soon as I log in. Set one channel for country (green) and one for Room (purple). If you join a squad, set another for squad (red).
3. Joystick: I spent along time working on my scaling settings. Coming from Jello-Land things here seemed like flying in Helium or weightless. Work on your stick and give it a bit and you will be fine! As I remember, you are an Excellent "stick" :)
4. STRAT: Yup there is some here. Sure there are plenty of Furballers here to. HOers abound as in WBs. The GV's play an important part here and many times in order to field capture you must neutrilize the VH's Vehicle Hangers at other VH bases that can spawn to a field. Troops and ordanance, as well as Radar can be disabled. Fields can be resupplied by C47's and GVs. In flight radar is a bit much but.....
5. JABO and Buffing are a bit different but you'll adapt.
Ok enough for now. Many of us will and can help. Just ask! There's a guy runnin around here by the handle "daddog". He's a great guy and one of the true Guru's. You can ask him anything and get the right answer. There are others.
Gigg, you are welcome to fly with the 339th anytime anywhere. We fly Rook! We are new and we are small. We do have fun! Contact us here: http://www.geocities.com/p51_339thfg/menu.html or me personally: dracon@cableone.net
Have a Blast and we'll CYA Up!
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Originally posted by dracon
There's a guy runnin around here by the handle "daddog". He's a great guy and one of the true Guru's
The 332'nd is a great bunch of guys. You were around when the Mongrels were in WB. Soft spot here for a great bunch of people.
Cya's up !!
But a word to the wise.
The Knights are the only country I've found that pilots have the ability to complete a whole sentence with out drool getting all over there shirt..
But hey, what do I know..
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Pony dweebs!! :D
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Originally posted by najdorf
Go straight to the training arena and request a trainer. Do not pass the MA, do not enter the CT.
Learn with the stal limiter off.
Start off in spit IX.
Most of all, have patience. Best sim out there.
OMG Dont start out in a spit we have enough flying around in MA now as it is :p
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GIGG! scrmbl here. :) We have met in person. What happened to -eman-? Bring him along!
I used to fly the P51D in here, but haven't flown it for a long time. Try the P47-D25 - MUCH better than the WB P47. It actually does what Gabreski said it did.
I remember the time we were talking (well, typing) and you asked me to hold on while you killed a 190 in front of you - turned out to be ME! lol So then you were chivalrous, and let me land a future multi-kill sortie when you could have killed me again.
Do you still have all those motorcycles?
Biggest challenge in AH is these boards - LOL.
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Welcome to the circus Gig, ask beetle to build you a tinfoil hat... you will need one :D
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WOW lots of ole budds here I'm getting psyked. Great to hear from ole friends. Lots of great info for me to absorb,also. Many thanks.
Gigg
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Originally posted by dracon
ALL Right!! Good to cya here Gigg. I am a WarBirds runaway! Ex Swamp Fox and Ex-31st FG...One of daddy='s guys.
Hey dracon! What was your ID in WB? I met Daddy= last month, for the second time, at the Meet & Greet Eurocon in the Netherlands. He plays a mean game of bar football. He put about 10 past me - one for each beer we'd all had by that time.
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Originally posted by beet1e I remember the time we were talking (well, typing) and you asked me to hold on while you killed a 190 in front of you - turned out to be ME, lol
ROFLMAO, what a way to brighten up the morning, lol
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Hi <-gigg-> good to see you again & welcome aboard, you'll find many from the 101 "Red" Sqn, Israel here also :)
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Long time no see Gigg, Ill wing with you in the Pony in an months time, i get my apartment back and a completly new Computer then :)
Cya up.
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gigg
welcome, great to see you here, so many ex warbirds guys here,
to fly the P51 on your time zone go hook up with bizket for the rooks, dedicated p51 riders
if you see me online, then holler if ya need help
wipass
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Feet wet. Im a rook at least so far. Met up with VIFF he gave me some hints. Landed my sorties and have 2 PONY kills so far. Got pilot wounded though made it back. Now i just need sneek up on scrmbl for ole times sake. Yes scrmbl still got the 2 harleys 1956 and 1975 90 in stroker. colorado is a great place to ride a bike. Ok gota go check out the manual and logging back on ;)
Redtail Gigg
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Originally posted by Gigg
Ok gota go check out the manual and logging back on ;)
Ah, well that's most unlike the typical NooB. You could always skip reading the manual, come online, and ask: "How do I bomb? How do I take off?" etc.
What's a 90" stroker? Sounds like something you'd buy at an online sex shop - LOL. Hehe, I've started on Gigg already! :D Now then, Gigg, all you have to do to gain acceptance in the O'Club is to tell us how many guns you have, and why. Then insult the French a little, and you'll be a fully fledged BBS BSer. :D:D:D
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It's a 74" Harley that has a longer stroke (crankshaft has rod journals farther from crank centerline) to increase the volume of a cylinder or... cubic inches.
gigg congrats on the bikes... real Harleys have kickers.
lazs
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Hi Gigg, by any chance did you used to fly in WB's? I knew a Gigg over there too.
Edit: Read the other replies :D Hiya Ol' squaddie! VF-101 around anymore in Warbirds? How about the 4th FG?
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Yep, good to see Gigg... yet another player in here who's older than me. :D:p:D Have you had the big one yet?
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first dowding and now beetle... lot of brits "coming out of the closet" lately.
lazs
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Originally posted by beet1e
Ah, well that's most unlike the typical NooB. You could always skip reading the manual, come online, and ask: "How do I bomb? How do I take off?" etc.
What's a 90" stroker? Sounds like something you'd buy at an online sex shop - LOL. Hehe, I've started on Gigg already! :D Now then, Gigg, all you have to do to gain acceptance in the O'Club is to tell us how many guns you have, and why. Then insult the French a little , and you'll be a fully fledged BBS BSer. :D:D:D
you can skipt the part I put in bold :rolleyes:
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Welcome Gigg, play this game for 2 months and you will be saying "warbirs who?". :)
dago
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Gigg
Welcome aboard. Hopefully we'll see you on the knight's side... Would want to have to shoot you down, but I will if I have too.:D
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Hey Gigg!
Welcome to AH.
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Hiya Gigg, -baxl- from Warbirds here. Been a long time since we were country mates in goldlandia back in 1996. :)
Whatever happened to your old wingman, eman?
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You can't hide, Gigg ...
:)
Yes, Rip1, 4th is still going in WB although I finally gave up the CO job after 7 years.
Note to all: when flying wing with Gigg, sneak up behind him and fire a burst over his wing. This will invariably cause him to snap-roll and also spill his beer.
Hehehe.
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There's some old 4th Fighter group guys here...
Hey Howdy Mike!
=Bears=
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Welcome, Gigg. I'm an old WarBird'r myself; my call sign was Rojo. Welcome, and come try the Combat Theater (CT) during your two-week trial. It's a bit less frantic than the MA, and is set up as an Axis-vs-Allies venue. Enemy icon range is a bit shorter (3K instead of 6K), as are radar range, and we use mostly historical matchups over some pretty cool terrains you won't see in the MA. Look me up if I'm on-line, and I'll wing with you.
Sabre
CT Staff, Reserve
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Bear?! Long time no see. I was just talkin about you last Thursday, thinking of a sortie in 97 where I shot Worr down 3x running while you flew cover.
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Busted! No. 6 let the cat outta the bag on fourthgroups, coming over here to razz you as ordered j/k :D
Things are going to hell in a bucket over yonder and don't blame ya one bit. Built a PC a couple weekends ago so you never know, I may see you here at some point. Scobe stepped down too due to real life stuff (your'e still on the email list right?).
With my generic callsign, I'm surprised with all the people in AH that "scorpion" wasn't taken on these boards. yet. :)
Talk to ya later giggster, have a blast! Screeeeeee!
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heya bcnu :)
Drex
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Gigg, u can skip training if you decide to fly the La7 ;)
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Originally posted by lazs2
It's a 74" Harley that has a longer stroke (crankshaft has rod journals farther from crank centerline) to increase the volume of a cylinder or... cubic inches.
gigg congrats on the bikes... real Harleys have kickers.
lazs
Ha! It ain't a bike unless it leaks oil. 69' Bonnie, t120.
Bumba
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Hiya 4th S!
Is Shredr still in WB?
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Screeeeeeeee hi ole 4thfg buddies. Its great to see you guys read this board. Ohhh boy thanks BCNU for telling em about the spilling beer, I have to use the damn velcro again heheheh.
Gigg
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what najdorf said
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come fly your pony(s) in CT this week :)
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Welcome Biggs.....can't recall your callsign from WB's...I flew there for it's whole life until coming here....callsign was -soul- along with 4 or 5 other callsigns.
At any rate, welcome to the land of plenty:)
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heyya Gigg, we're all here :D
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Hiya Drex you putz .. no wait, that's GJ :) and all you other friends and foes of old.
Just dropping in for my every-once-in-a-while tour of the AH boards which oddly enough coincides with times when Stealey is being particularly moronic.
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Rude it's "Gigg" :). You gotta remember him, ya'll were in the same 4thFG squadron. Aren't you -soul- as in former 4thFG member then 31stFG member -soul-, steve's buddy?
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No, Scorp, Rude was Soul as in '-soul-' when 'our' Soul was '+soul+'; earlier '+soul+' was '5oul' and I was 'no-6' and Rude was something else, maybe he was 'soul' then too. :)
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lol oh geeze, I'm so confused now :confused:
Then we also had 'Rube' with a 'B'. Is this some kind of parallel universe or something over here? :)
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I used to know who I was until I read the above...sheese guys...quit it!
I knew Daddy well, but I'm not the same soul as the one you referred to. I was the original one tho:)
I changed my handle from Ice in AWDOS to several over the years in WB's....was too busy to get too community minded back then.
At any rate, glad to see you guys here...if ya need any help, just shout out!
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Ok, Enough of this gooey ...show of emotion. Lets fly!:)
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Scorp with a darkside machine !!
WTG scorp !
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Wait I'm confused.... Has the 4th FG jumped ship over here?? Or are you just visiting????
Either way fly rooks, Aces High needs a pony mafia;)