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Offline AWwrgwy

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Re: Where did he go?
« Reply #15 on: September 18, 2009, 02:31:55 PM »
So, you don't blow up when you disco nor does anyone close by get a proxies?

I've always assumed it is the same as auguring since it is scored as a "death".

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Re: Where did he go?
« Reply #16 on: September 18, 2009, 02:48:50 PM »
So, you don't blow up when you disco nor does anyone close by get a proxies?

I've always assumed it is the same as auguring since it is scored as a "death".

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That'd be my guess.  When I was on-call for my job, I had to alt-f4 out to handle an incident call.  Before AH2 shut down I saw in the text buffer "blahblah killed you".

I've seen a couple of people vanish, one while I was 300 out and about to saw off his wings...he vanished and nothing in the text buffer about it.
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Re: Where did he go?
« Reply #17 on: September 18, 2009, 02:50:21 PM »
I've seen a couple of people vanish, one while I was 300 out and about to saw off his wings...he vanished and nothing in the text buffer about it.

Were you off the east coast of Florida?  :D
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Re: Where did he go?
« Reply #18 on: September 18, 2009, 04:06:23 PM »
People who are very passionate about their score do whats called "plug pullin". It basically means what is said. By pulling the computer plug out of the outlet you supposedly disco.
Although I dont have a very intimate knowledge of computers i do know that they run off powers supplies that makes this theory irrellevent. Even if you pulled the plug on your PC, it would still have power for a good 2 to 3 seconds on most systems.
However if your running a laptop with no battery installed then this would definitely work if you removed the plug upon encountering danger.
A bich move if ya ask me.

Nobody else going to step in and mention that this would probably quickly destroy the internals of a computer?

The term "cable pulling" comes from yanking the internet connection, not the power. In any case, it doesn't happen all that often...I'd be surprised at more than five times a month. Though in these ones where the person just vanishes it's probable. The situations where someone, say, flies through a mountain, whips on your six, then kills you is not some guy yanking his cable, coming around, then plugging it back in like people love to believe. Networks just don't work that way.
ImADot's explanation is the most common cause.
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Re: Where did he go?
« Reply #19 on: September 18, 2009, 06:14:49 PM »
Nobody else going to step in and mention that this would probably quickly destroy the internals of a computer?

The term "cable pulling" comes from yanking the internet connection, not the power. In any case, it doesn't happen all that often...I'd be surprised at more than five times a month. Though in these ones where the person just vanishes it's probable. The situations where someone, say, flies through a mountain, whips on your six, then kills you is not some guy yanking his cable, coming around, then plugging it back in like people love to believe. Networks just don't work that way.
ImADot's explanation is the most common cause.

i'm trying to bribe my cartoon crewchief to install a new hyperdrive system in my p38 o doom.  :noid
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Re: Where did he go?
« Reply #20 on: September 18, 2009, 08:47:53 PM »
i'm trying to bribe my cartoon crewchief to install a new hyperdrive system in my p38 o doom.  :noid

Cap do this...

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Re: Where did he go?
« Reply #21 on: September 19, 2009, 02:29:33 PM »
I vote MJSmoke for the John Travolta award!

 Fighter  Bomber  Attack  Veh./Boat  Total 
Kills 67 22 56 305 450
Assists 21 4 9 84 118
Sorties 181 188 159 368 896
 Landed 49 45 28 132 254
 Bailed 11 22 12 0 45
 Ditched 5 3 4 19 31
 Captured 11 12 10 12 45
 Deaths 99 99 99 195 492
 Discos 6 7 6 10 29

Think about how many landed kills he missed out on!

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Re: Where did he go?
« Reply #22 on: September 19, 2009, 02:33:48 PM »
I vote MJSmoke for the John Travolta award!

 Fighter  Bomber  Attack  Veh./Boat  Total 
Kills 67 22 56 305 450
Assists 21 4 9 84 118
Sorties 181 188 159 368 896
 Landed 49 45 28 132 254
 Bailed 11 22 12 0 45
 Ditched 5 3 4 19 31
 Captured 11 12 10 12 45
 Deaths 99 99 99 195 492
 Discos 6 7 6 10 29

Think about how many landed kills he missed out on!


Probably not that many.  :lol
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