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Offline CurtissP-6EHawk

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« on: December 16, 2002, 12:22:01 PM »
I elected to continue this post but without a certain name involved. so..........

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Do you see the fallacy of your logic yet ?

Samm, thats twice I had to get out the damn dictionary...stop it:D My remark was ment as a joke, however.......I refuse to shoot a "hanging" man not knowing if he will or will not surender. I sure as hell "would" not waist my ammo, alititude and time shooting a chute behind nme lines in real life.

To answer you original question, I would shoot all retreating (NON-SURRENDERING) troops. I do not know the pleadge an nme aviator takes refering to bailing and trying to return home, or shooting knowing he can not survive the fight soon to become if he so choses not to surrender once his feet hit the ground.

Anyway, to cut this political, military issue down, I will NEVER stoop to chute shooting in this game nor will I shoot a chute in real life. Insult me more, as I have you, but this issue will not be resolved.

....so for game play, I will not be shooting chutes, I would rather you not shoot mine. In real life call it what you want, in the game, I call it respect. Its your choice and I will refrane from name calling in the future.

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« Reply #1 on: December 20, 2002, 06:36:16 AM »
Sounds like a reasonable plan.

The funniest (saddest) chute-shooting incident I recall was when a brand new player was out attacking a fleet in a Ju88 (high level bombing).   Well, his plane was hit by a large caliber ack, so he bailed, but he bailed out over the fleet.   As he drifted down into small calibre range, the entire fleet ack opened up on him.   You should've heard his tirade, because I guess it had to be manned ack firing on a bailed pilot.

Anyway, he logged before I could convince him that the auto-ack targets any enemy units, even chutes.    I don't know if he ever came back- I think he was on his two-week trial.   But he was sure this whole community was a bunch of sick, chute-shooters.
I think we lost one that day, and who knows what rumors this guy spreads to this day about our community...

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« Reply #2 on: December 20, 2002, 07:08:47 AM »
Back when I flew FA it was very rare that peopel shoot chute's, In FA the enemy Icon also told you the piolets name, so they could be held accountable for their actions. What used to hapen in FA if somebody did actualy chute a shoot, is that a which hunt would insue and the aswipe was hunted like the dog he was, often whole squads would get involved, some tiems even biger groups would particapate. This quickly queled this type of beheaviour.

 Personaly bailing is prety pointless, if you are inenemy tertority when your plane is damaged to the extent you nead to ditch it bail, you will be given a death any way so why bail, seeing how the only reasion to bail is to help your rank, it dont matter.

 If you are near your base howeaver, their is a reasion to do it if you are looking at saving point's.

 As far he who shoots you concerned it does nothing at all for him point wise, the only thing he gets is the aparent satifaction of pissing somebody off(if they even get pissed).

 Realy what it all boils down(like al lot of things) is how you take it, personaly I think people who shoot shoots are unworthy of my love.:) It used to realy piss me off to be quiet frank, but it's not worth get all bent out of shape abot, I rarely bail, it is pointless to do so 90% of the time for me anyway, and if their are a bunch of enemy cons around and I am near my base I generaly just ride it in.

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« Reply #3 on: December 20, 2002, 07:48:57 AM »
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seeing how the only reasion to bail is to help your rank, it dont matter.

Hey, Brady, you aren't reading these threads very closely, are you?  Seems to be unanimous that people aren't bailing to be pointmongers.  Get with it here.

- oldman (who DID NOT shoot a parachute last night, tho' he was sorely tempted.) (Remembers Horton:  "I said what I said and I meant what I meant, an elephant's faithful, one hundred per cent.")

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« Reply #4 on: December 20, 2002, 10:03:25 AM »
i still stand by the assertion that HT wants us to shoot chutes...

why do they blow up when shot properly? (troops don't).

why not make chutes a universal killshooter icon?

why does AI even track and bust a cap on them lil screamers?

why not make an invisible (to others) chute icon?

why not simply avoid the icon thingy altogether and "bail" = insta tower with all the things associated with a bail?

in short... chutes are MEANT to be shot!

and i'll do so whenever the opportunity and inclination strikes me.

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« Reply #5 on: December 20, 2002, 11:10:34 AM »
you may choose to bail out.  i may choose the shoot your dangling pilot.

we all have a choice.  if you do not like my choice, to bad.



pretent honor in a pretend environment is silly.


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« Reply #6 on: December 20, 2002, 11:53:03 AM »
AH needs to setup chute shootin so its more like IL2

pop a chute there and it streamers the guy to the ground :)
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« Reply #7 on: December 20, 2002, 12:15:32 PM »
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i still stand by the assertion that HT wants us to shoot chutes...


You're close. But it's not the chute we are supposed to shoot, it's the little guy hanging from the chute. Why can't anybody get this right?
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Offline CurtissP-6EHawk

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« Reply #8 on: December 20, 2002, 04:05:20 PM »
personal I changed my mind
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« Reply #9 on: December 20, 2002, 04:34:27 PM »
I know I dont play in the CT and this isnt even going to matter to some of you. But when I fly with a wingman. And he is bounced and killed. When I get the other guy to bail out. I will slaughter him in cold blood. Hawk I feel for your grandaddy. But most germans frowned uppon this. Well the pro aces anyhow. But as the war wore on and the young people were put into the ships. They were told to kill people that bailed. It was sick but its war.

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« Reply #10 on: December 20, 2002, 04:42:49 PM »
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All because some diddlying potato peeler bastard German salamander MURDERED him? diddly your chute shooting. Piss on you, even if this is just a damn game.


bad toejam happens in war.  this is a game.  it's not real.  it's pretend.

my question is this, how do you feel about the players pretending to be germans in this game?  those "diddlying potato peeler bastards" are trying to kill you.  aren't they evil enough to warrant your ire?  or is it ok because they are pretending?


lighten up.

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« Reply #11 on: December 20, 2002, 05:37:47 PM »
Good post Furious!

I like my 109F as well as the next lufweenie..

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« Reply #12 on: December 20, 2002, 08:00:18 PM »
I like seeing burning Bf-109F's as much as the next luftwienie.  And the chute on fire, too!!! :p
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« Reply #13 on: December 20, 2002, 10:57:43 PM »
Shoot my chute if ya can, just quit shootin my airplane!!!!!!!!!!!

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« Reply #14 on: December 20, 2002, 10:59:38 PM »
Von Ricthoven (sp?) said that killing was the only thing that mattered.  The rest was nonsense.  (Chivalry)

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