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Offline LCADolby

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Dolby's Top 10 Monsters of the AH Sky
« on: January 09, 2025, 03:22:27 AM »
I was perusing a few old films and ended up going down that old reminiscence road..
It got me thinking about all those people I've shared the AcesHigh sky with..
Some great and respected allies, others great and respected opponents.
Over the years I've flown against and along side some superb people, even recruited some of them to fly with me..

So many have left an impression in their manner of flying this little gem of a combat sim.

I whacked on some hard rock and ranked a top 10 out of those to keep it interesting.  :old:


1.Levithn
2.Bruv
3.Grizz
4.DrBone
5.Joachim
6.DrSpek
7.Krupnski
8.Sonic23
9.2Cmex
10.Sukov

Honorable Mentions;
(In no particular order)
nrshida
RedBull1
Debrody
INK
Perdweeb
Atlau
Shane
Latrobe
Irish0ne
J0KER
Twinboom
Pand
AKAK
Paleoguy

Change my mind  :old:
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Re: Dolby's Top 10 Monsters of the AH Sky
« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2025, 08:59:17 AM »
I was perusing a few old films and ended up going down that old reminiscence road..
It got me thinking about all those people I've shared the AcesHigh sky with..
Some great and respected allies, others great and respected opponents.
Over the years I've flown against and along side some superb people, even recruited some of them to fly with me..

So many have left an impression in their manner of flying this little gem of a combat sim.

I whacked on some hard rock and ranked a top 10 out of those to keep it interesting.  :old:


1.Levithn
2.Bruv
3.Grizz
4.DrBone
5.Joachim
6.DrSpek
7.Krupnski
8.Sonic23
9.2Cmex
10.Sukov

Honorable Mentions;
(In no particular order)
nrshida
RedBull1
Debrody
INK
Perdweeb
Atlau
Shane
Latrobe
Irish0ne
J0KER
Twinboom
Pand
AKAK
Paleoguy

Change my mind  :old:

No me on this list :( I guess we didn't really fight each other that much..

Here's a few more off the top of my head that I think are better than some in your top 10..

TonyJoey
Latrobe
Killnu
Kappa
Fester
Delirium
2bighorn
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Re: Dolby's Top 10 Monsters of the AH Sky
« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2025, 10:02:13 AM »
No me on this list :( I guess we didn't really fight each other that much..

Here's a few more off the top of my head that I think are better than some in your top 10..

TonyJoey
Latrobe
Killnu
Kappa
Fester
Delirium
2bighorn

I enjoyed flying with all those guys in the early days of Muppets, and del in the 80th.  Two guys could fly neck deep into a shatstorm and thin out the air pretty quick.  I learned a lot from fester and kappa early on in my AH journey.

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Re: Dolby's Top 10 Monsters of the AH Sky
« Reply #3 on: January 09, 2025, 10:50:17 AM »
Fester was one that deserved to be in the top 3 of that list IMO.

Good lists so far.

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Re: Dolby's Top 10 Monsters of the AH Sky
« Reply #4 on: January 09, 2025, 10:52:03 AM »
Fester was one that deserved to be in the top 3 of that list IMO.

Good lists so far.

Tour 96, with 899 kills v 20 deaths with a 39 K/D in all sorts of planes... ridiculous lol
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Re: Dolby's Top 10 Monsters of the AH Sky
« Reply #5 on: January 09, 2025, 10:52:57 AM »
AKAK is my hero, no one can fly a 38 like that gentleman  :cheers: :salute

Citabria
Drano
Morfiend
Delirium
Seighin was a wealth of information, they all were.

Dolby, Lazer you guys definitely on that list too. All awesome pilots  :salute
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Re: Dolby's Top 10 Monsters of the AH Sky
« Reply #6 on: January 09, 2025, 02:23:13 PM »
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Re: Dolby's Top 10 Monsters of the AH Sky
« Reply #7 on: January 09, 2025, 03:52:07 PM »
Levi would tell you that Drex was as good or better than he.

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Re: Dolby's Top 10 Monsters of the AH Sky
« Reply #8 on: January 09, 2025, 07:00:14 PM »

I seem to remember "Kanga" killing me often.

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Re: Dolby's Top 10 Monsters of the AH Sky
« Reply #9 on: January 09, 2025, 07:04:11 PM »
Storch
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Re: Dolby's Top 10 Monsters of the AH Sky
« Reply #10 on: January 09, 2025, 08:12:21 PM »
Fun list. I nominate MtnMan.
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Re: Dolby's Top 10 Monsters of the AH Sky
« Reply #11 on: January 09, 2025, 11:17:12 PM »
No me on this list :( I guess we didn't really fight each other that much..

Here's a few more off the top of my head that I think are better than some in your top 10..

TonyJoey
Latrobe
Killnu
Kappa
Fester
Delirium
2bighorn

I probably should have given Kappa an Honorable mention, he did beat me on the last day to Rank 1 fighter in tour 191 I think it was...

I left you out Violator because if I put you up there I'd have to put in Batfink, m00t, Skyyr, Fester, FastTone, BigR, Bunnies and Rudeboi too  :p Trobes, up there.
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Re: Dolby's Top 10 Monsters of the AH Sky
« Reply #12 on: January 10, 2025, 07:37:58 AM »
I probably should have given Kappa an Honorable mention, he did beat me on the last day to Rank 1 fighter in tour 191 I think it was...

I left you out Violator because if I put you up there I'd have to put in Batfink, m00t, Skyyr, Fester, FastTone, BigR, Bunnies and Rudeboi too  :p Trobes, up there.

Yeah, however I have been #1 fighter rank more times than all those guys, and won 2 KOTH TOC championships, just sayin :banana:  ;)

There's a lot of great sticks that that have graced the skies over the 20 years, that's for sure. Pointing out a sheer "best" top 10 is up to interpretation. I was confused by your last 3 in the top 10, but to each their own  :aok

My thing is, you have 1v1 greatness and also MA greatness and then special events greatness, since they all have different angles and measures of game, ACM, SA understanding and plane choices, so when looking at best overall, I like to look at all those gameplay situations.

I do certainly miss the old style game with the Blue Knights and Muppets doing some crazy fights and furballs. Looking back at the #s back then is just crazy compared to now. The current top fighter ranks wouldn't even be in the top 40 back then, lol. #s in the arena certainly do make a difference.
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Re: Dolby's Top 10 Monsters of the AH Sky
« Reply #13 on: January 10, 2025, 10:29:12 AM »
Meh!
Its a list from one person of players who made an impression on him.
It’s not the Grammy Awards won by votes. I don’t think it was meant to stir the pot. My list could be different.

Many of us know through the decades of great sticks. They all had their own era.
I myself, as much as I prove true suckage now, I was #1 a cpl times in AW RR arena,…25+ yrs ago.

AKAK, Shane, Rauml then Skyrock and I ran even,…depending on who you ask :) We threw every rock at each other. Those who remain are considered friends.

Back in band camp, flying with 1ijac, POS and KDF as pretty much wingmen, introduced me that #1 is good, but not important, just have fun with it. Those who choose fun last the longest. Its the best reality escape.

All that warm and fuzzy stuff said,.. competition is healthy, sparing is healthy, more so it proves, even with lower numbers (which I hope we’re all working on) and aging graphics, the game is still working and nostalgic.

Other than that, you SUCK! I’m the BEST there’s ever been.<cough> :) <runs>






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Re: Dolby's Top 10 Monsters of the AH Sky
« Reply #14 on: January 10, 2025, 11:28:27 AM »
Most of us kill more than we die nowadays ...

Not sure about you but that wasn't always the case for me

Most listed above have killed me way more than I ever did them but most are gone today without a means to attempt to extract revenge lol

It's a different ma without the hordes..still some very fun fights in the right situations

KOTH and fuzeman are dearly missed by some of us

:cheers:

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