Thanks, I had forgotten about this thread, just read the whole thing. It was a hoot!
Creamo's first post on the BB:
"Killing Chutes, P-51's and the tears as big as horse turds falling down your cheeks"
I think it quite funny that I get cussed out 90% of the time I kill a chute. Were talking being called very nasty things better left unmentioned! It’s even gone as far as being threatened, preached to, apparently pissing the victim of my bullet spewing pass off to the point they alter their gameplay just to go after me for the rest of the night! This game is simply wonderful for as*holes like me that find this type behavior amusing. Makes the dogfighting much more intense, and adds a little spice to the game. This coupled with one fantastic FM, a good core talent base of older WWII flightsim players, and flawless internet connections is the ingredients for many hours of sim bliss. Cheers to the HighTech staff. I really think you have a winner here. Back to the chute killing and my take on it.
Anyways,if you want to be a Gallant Knight (no ref to Knit’s) who fly’s a beautiful P-51 gracefully around at 20K admiring your bright smile in the refection of your just polished canopy and your clever open channel AOL chat posts that clog the message server, go ahead. But when you swoop down past the streets of blasted and disemboweled children that are now being cremated by the second wave of bombers dropping incendiary bombs to light up the cities ruptured gas lines getting a free E pass on my low n slow 109, don’t preach to me how to fight a WAR if I’m fortunate enough to shoot you down! Oh, that’s not in the game yet, but that’s what your doing in a sense! Of course that’s reference to real war, but aint we supposed to be thinking along the lines of modeling it?
At the end of WWII anyone flying a ME262 was in danger of being killed in a chute because the Allies knew that not only were those jets killing 10 guys a pop in a B-17, they were the best of Germany’s pilots. Speaking of pilot skill, the P-51 killed lotsa little German boys with very little flight time at the end of the war, making me suspicious of all the hype of how good a P-51 really is. Anyway, in defense of all you guys that whine at me, the Germans in fact WOULD’NT under any circumstances shoot chutes. To each his own, but tearing you out of that canvas with .20mm’s is my choice, and a blast to boot! If ya don’t like it, watch from the Tower or just not get shot down. The Allies and the Axis had 10’s of thousands of planes at the end of the war, which aint worth dik if noone can fly them. I’d help my side by killing every citizen bombing murderer in the bombing task force. And if you shoot at me for real today, your getting a Taurus 357mag shot in you…the whole clip! And if your flying in a war burning down my house, killing my kids, and punching .50’s into my 205 or 109, you better believe I’m going to kill you there to. Either by .20mm in through the canopy, or forcing you to bail and finishing the job there. You are not going home, and I’m not giving you a hot meal and a bed to sleep in for the remainder of the war!
Moral of the story? It’s still a game, so relax a little. And when you squeak, remember I’m howling with laughter. Be the White Knight in your shiny P-51 armor if ya want. Just beware of the stinkin drunk, brown toothed, cussing HUN in a yellow nose 109 with lotsa extra machine guns for yer chute pissed of because you just bombed my baracks and broke my last bottle of scotch. Hell,isn’t that why HiTech put the low cal machine guns in there in their anyway? They sure don’t work on aircraft! :0)
Have a nice day.
Peace,
Creamo
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(And a couple of responces:)
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Creamos favorite two things about AH
Big icons on chutes so he can find them.
Open channel so he can taunt the person after.
He implies that not being straffed by him is some kind of honor…..to be earned….
I was going to just change fields last night when he showed up but it was fun shooting him down, and vis versa…I knew what was coming anyway.. and the numbers where fair between 13-24 with both sides trying to capture the other at the same time. Ended up being pretty fun once the channel 1 banter died down.
I would much rather fight a guy that will ping my chute and tease me about it then someone who is (apparently) deliberately warping and remaining anonymous.
HT has left the capability in this game because they want it there and it is their game.
I wonder though. Do his countrymen understand that we cant tell which chute is his and that eventually everyone will be shooting every chute?
I realized I was overreacting to the chuting last night so I tried to get a feeling from the guys on RW about it. The consensus seemed to be that they would never do it.(except lurkers). I wonder. Its pretty hard not too get pissed about it the second or third time.
Pulling your rip cord at low alt is just another skill you need in AH.
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Pongo
Sturm Gruppe
[This message has been edited by Pongo (edited 01-24-2000).]
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Damn, that’s a good point Pongo. No one should feel like they are “earning” anything in reference to my discriminatory chute killing. From now on I will shoot EVERY chute I see. But if I only have say, 1 round left and there’s 2 chutes, I’ll pick yours. :0)
Don’t be worried about finding the right chute. Here’s how I do it. Keeping an eye on the message thread is key. Know where your wingmen are at all times. (you should always know that of course) When the message buffer shows SYSTEM:Thunder shot down Pongo, you know your about to see a chute under Thunders 205. Clear the area and make sure no countrymen are in trouble or there are no immediate targets. Select your guns so it’s only MG’s, not cannon because the MG’s are for tracers and chute killing. (They suck on planes.) Line em up, let em rip. The next step is very important…go to auto level and clear your six. Then watch that open channel message log. Howl with laughter as people lose their minds!
Creamo pulls out basketball and says “One, two, three” (bounces it off Pongo head) “CRY!”
“One, Two, Three” (bounces it off Pongo head) “CRY!”
BTW, those aren’t my favorite 2 things in AH. The open channel thing isn’t really my bag, although I do enjoy calling fatty a Fat Bastard when he shoots me down. It’s actually flying with the WWII Bearcat pilot in our squad. It is thrilling to know your flying wing for the real deal.
[Creamo writes a bad check, kicks dog, calls neighbor a filthy hag, and finally passes out]
