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Re: OK…who's left here that played the Beta?
« Reply #105 on: February 09, 2014, 11:55:14 PM »
I flew the beta. Had a great time. I have been reformed since those days. I used to stay up til 3am on a regular basis, and get up and go to work at 6:30. I will be 45 this week. The 3 little kids running around my house in those days have all grown up. My youngest one graduates high school this year. Those days are long gone. I do miss you guys though.
I have probably laughed the hardest in my life while playing aces high. Shooting various people down and seeing the reaction on the common channel. My wife thought I was nuts. As the years go by, I often think of what happened to my squaddies. I have forgotten some of their real names. I wish there was some way to look them up.

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Re: OK…who's left here that played the Beta?
« Reply #106 on: February 10, 2014, 10:15:03 AM »
hblair you old dawg...what's keepin ya from comin back?   :salute :cheers:

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Re: OK…who's left here that played the Beta?
« Reply #107 on: February 10, 2014, 10:59:22 AM »
I flew the beta. Had a great time. I have been reformed since those days. I used to stay up til 3am on a regular basis, and get up and go to work at 6:30. I will be 45 this week. The 3 little kids running around my house in those days have all grown up. My youngest one graduates high school this year. Those days are long gone. I do miss you guys though.
I have probably laughed the hardest in my life while playing aces high. Shooting various people down and seeing the reaction on the common channel. My wife thought I was nuts. As the years go by, I often think of what happened to my squaddies. I have forgotten some of their real names. I wish there was some way to look them up.

<S> man - we had some good fights back then.  Any chance of coming back?
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Re: OK…who's left here that played the Beta?
« Reply #108 on: February 10, 2014, 12:35:16 PM »
i remember you toad

i havent flown in a while but recently fired the old rig up and thinking about logging back in for a few days a week

logged in this last weekend BOY was i rusty. flew like a noob
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Re: OK…who's left here that played the Beta?
« Reply #109 on: February 10, 2014, 06:17:58 PM »
I flew the beta. Had a great time. I have been reformed since those days. I used to stay up til 3am on a regular basis, and get up and go to work at 6:30. I will be 45 this week. The 3 little kids running around my house in those days have all grown up. My youngest one graduates high school this year. Those days are long gone. I do miss you guys though.
I have probably laughed the hardest in my life while playing aces high. Shooting various people down and seeing the reaction on the common channel. My wife thought I was nuts. As the years go by, I often think of what happened to my squaddies. I have forgotten some of their real names. I wish there was some way to look them up.

Some great fights from you and Berserker from what I remember.  :cheers:


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Re: OK…who's left here that played the Beta?
« Reply #110 on: February 10, 2014, 09:49:10 PM »
I flew the beta.

Well, if it ain't Commander Rialbh!  :D

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Re: OK…who's left here that played the Beta?
« Reply #111 on: February 10, 2014, 10:06:42 PM »
Aztec, Ammo, Kilz, Frodo, We had some good times guys. The way it is now, theres no way I'd have time to get back into aces high. Plus, I think I mighta had a problem with it. :rolleyes: My wife was just telling me that she hid my joystick one time and I got real upset lol. I actually don't remember that. I do remember flying way too much. How has the game changed in the last 8 or so years? Are the arenas different? How many people are in the arena on an average night? Is warbirds still around?

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Re: OK…who's left here that played the Beta?
« Reply #112 on: February 10, 2014, 10:07:57 PM »
lol commander rialbh!  ;)

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Re: OK…who's left here that played the Beta?
« Reply #113 on: February 11, 2014, 01:28:04 PM »
Aztec, Ammo, Kilz, Frodo, We had some good times guys. The way it is now, theres no way I'd have time to get back into aces high. Plus, I think I mighta had a problem with it. :rolleyes: My wife was just telling me that she hid my joystick one time and I got real upset lol. I actually don't remember that. I do remember flying way too much. How has the game changed in the last 8 or so years? Are the arenas different? How many people are in the arena on an average night? Is warbirds still around?



Dig out the joystick for 2 weeks and come find out!   :devil   There is someone with the handle Berserker playing again, although I don't know if it is the same Berserker that used to play.  :cheers:


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Re: OK…who's left here that played the Beta?
« Reply #114 on: September 22, 2016, 04:17:49 PM »
I got to thinking of you guys today. I noticed my old Hoffman simpeds and MS Joystick under my desk here at the shop. They've been under there for 8 years lol. Don't have the heart to throw them out. I might actually try coming back for a short period of time. Rust wouldn't be the word. I may have to fly under some alias like "gunman26" (remember him?) lol or something. We shall see gentlemen, we shall see...

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Re: OK…who's left here that played the Beta?
« Reply #115 on: September 22, 2016, 04:20:01 PM »
I got to thinking of you guys today. I noticed my old Hoffman simpeds and MS Joystick under my desk here at the shop. They've been under there for 8 years lol. Don't have the heart to throw them out. I might actually try coming back for a short period of time. Rust wouldn't be the word. I may have to fly under some alias like "gunman26" (remember him?) lol or something. We shall see gentlemen, we shall see...

Come on back and give it a whirl!
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Re: OK…who's left here that played the Beta?
« Reply #116 on: September 22, 2016, 04:52:21 PM »
I got to thinking of you guys today. I noticed my old Hoffman simpeds and MS Joystick under my desk here at the shop. They've been under there for 8 years lol. Don't have the heart to throw them out. I might actually try coming back for a short period of time. Rust wouldn't be the word. I may have to fly under some alias like "gunman26" (remember him?) lol or something. We shall see gentlemen, we shall see...

Come on back Hblair and give it a whirl. You can come back as gunman42 and even join us in October for the 12 hour scenario if you like. I need some B25 pilots.  :D

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Re: OK…who's left here that played the Beta?
« Reply #117 on: September 22, 2016, 08:51:16 PM »
<S> hblair! <S>
There must also be a flyable computer available for Nefarious to do FSO. So he doesn't keep talking about it for eight and a half hours on Friday night!

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Re: OK…who's left here that played the Beta?
« Reply #118 on: September 22, 2016, 09:09:06 PM »
I got to thinking of you guys today. I noticed my old Hoffman simpeds and MS Joystick under my desk here at the shop. They've been under there for 8 years lol. Don't have the heart to throw them out. I might actually try coming back for a short period of time. Rust wouldn't be the word. I may have to fly under some alias like "gunman26" (remember him?) lol or something. We shall see gentlemen, we shall see...


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Re: OK…who's left here that played the Beta?
« Reply #119 on: September 23, 2016, 01:55:59 AM »
Tour 21 over here, I could barely write or speak english at the time  :banana: I have met people in here that literally changed my life