You know you are addicted to this game when
 

You refer to other players as flyers
You refer to x and y axis as aelerons and elevators
You waggle your wings at opponent to call cease fire
You spend weeks unlocking the bombs on the fw even though you will never drop them in anger
You spend time between kills checking the lay of the land for a race track

You organize a worldwide tournament, can't get anything else done because of it, stay up all night because of it, suffer at work because of it, actually attempt to learn French and Italian because of it, etc, etc, etc.

I'm takin a break when this is over. I think I'll join edal on that vacation island for a while! (Wouldn't miss a minute of it , though!)

Too much vodka tonight!
Anyway keep at it mate, it looks like a good tourny

You know you're addicted to this game when you take a plane, and when you're landing, you get nervous because you're afraid you're about to be bombed off the strip. Also, you start criticizing the pilot's landing and thinking you could do better.


True story, this is. Got antsy when we just sat on the strip and weren't taking back off.

You look at the clock and it's 3.30am, you're up at 7 and you decide to have your 6th 'last game'

you have nouthing better to do for 8 hours than play bop
oh and you feel its weird if your up and down controls are NOT inverted

you spend a good half hour to test different planes to see which is best for racing

When you have to scrape the glaze off your eyeballs after an endless marathon of free-for-alls

Very true.. I needed a refresher course in blinking after my last session.

When you buy a new game and it spends about 20 minutes in your console before it is replaced by bop

You cheating furball, you got BoP and buy another game :shock:

.....when you see submitting your stats to Shadowcorp as a good reason to play even more.... And pointless silly games become all the more worthwhile for it!

You make it your mission to annihilate Rolanchubnut.

when you learn extensive knowledge of historical aircraft by playing bop

When you get up at 7.30am on your day off to practise for tournament

when you do your homework (im 16) at 6am on the day you go back so you can have the full week playing bop

HAHA!! Yep! That's a good one wookie. I've got MW2 sitting in an unopened gamefly package that's been sitting there for 2 weeks!!

Putting another game on then seeing freinds list all playing bop is like going to the pub and drinking coke. Pleasant enough but better to get on the beer

I have a couple of celophaned games I picked up in january sales. Short of being bed ridden for 6 months I don't think I will ever play them. Alien vs predator lasted a creditable 45 minutes in my ps3

is anal as f........ by the way :o imo of course lol




you defo know you're addicted to it when like McQ said last week i think ................... when you go to bed and you can hear the tune for the game

and what gilly said last night ................ when you hear brrrrappppp and the noise of an un-happy engine(s) or instant death if you're flying against dk hahah

It's 8am and I'm still on this flippen website

lol
you always have ebay but then do you have the time? lol

You Know you are addicted when... you look at the clock at work, do the time zone calculation, know who is online when you get home later and realize you will be sim cannon fodder again but you still cant wait to clock out from work! Great fun Mates!!!

:eek: hahaha i hope thats not a reference to my dogfighting abilities hahaha ;)

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- when you have been away from any of your 2 consoles for 3 weeks and still come back to this forum every day to feed on other's excitement at least.

You own the xbox version, still fly it, and still bitch about how off the flight model is for the: P-51D, P-47D, Fw-190A, etc.

lol ment to add this also you defo know you're addicted to it when you're 2 1/2 year old daughter shouts and i quote "planes ......... woo hooo" as soon as you pic up the ps3 controller :) haha

lol
you also know your addicted when you dont bother buying new games because il2 satisfies you

'tis true ive a few crappers still in the wraper that i got for christmas, the only 3 games i play are the very anal (online) cod mw2 the campaign is pretty cool, IL2 and Guitar hero 5 lollol

at the moment i only play il2 and bfbc2 demo

when gt5 is relised i will play that till my ps3 breaks unless theres a tourny running on il2 (sorry bop is brilliant but gt5 will be a super game as in the same sense as super weapons)

You're late for your own tournament and end up on blood pressure medication.

When you finally reach the realization, that the Yak-1M is the best plane in the whole entire game, and nothing can touch you in it.... Even if the enemy tries to BnZ your ass. lol

When at midnight on Saturday a rather pissed up norweigen arrives online and manages to not only fly but also dogfight too!! Nice one mate! Best laugh I've had in ages, didn't want to go to bed at 4 am as it was so entertaining!!!

Yeah... Well... U know... You know you're rather addicted when you have to do a thing like that. I guess I was on "Intoxicated Autopilot". (I'm just glad I didn't completely compromise myself, and that u guys had a good laugh. Just sorry to say, I can't recall a single mission...).

http://i941.photobucket.com/albums/a...l/96f15afe.jpg
you were cufflinks like the above to keep you happy what at work!!

Hmm nice TAG heuer.

Lol nice cuffs Gilly

Wasn't going to say but got the roundel on me socks too!!!

You know your adicted when brewers droop means your bombs drop short of the target or your gunfire hits thin air

Got to admit that save for the odd crash ( followed by amusing 'quote') you were pretty impressive, the two bombers you chased and downed with the one shot being the most impressive....or at least that's what you said!!!!

Yeah, that would have been impressive... I guess it was due to doubbel-sight, but I slightley remember (it comes in odd blurs) that I opend up on a bomber directly at his six, and the bird emediatly was on fire. (Both of them!) I guess it could have been a dream too...

Those cufflinks impresses me Gilly!

When you strap on a parachute to go to the office, you know you're adicted...

I am laughing my a** of right now!!! I have to agree with Haitch, When GT comes out you will see and shoot me down less. In my humble opinion BOP is the GT of flight sims.

When even though it's kicking off bigtime at work, you still find time to get on here

You still play through lag x 10 and even learn to anticipate where your target is going to teleport to next!

LOL... 1 C that 1 2...

When your control pads have a nice coating of powdered plastic from the circular movement you give them in a dogfight. I classify opostion pilots as "light dusting", "heavy dusting" and "coated"
Ratman = coated
Shadowcorp = coated
MB = light dusting

the more i look at my game pads, the more i believe that it is quite possibly that most accurate classification going.

dkwookie= coated

Oh, drama? What's going down?

lmfao

Haha! Been in the planning for a while but the whole of us directors and senior managers walked today!! Off to set up a new business, give myself more IL2 time!!!!

Oh you gotta elaborate on that!

Christ mate!

You know you're addicted to IL-2 Sturmovik when you send an email to Product Request at work (Gamestop) and beg them to send your store copies of Sturmovik so you can sell them to people that you've been getting excited about the game.

Although, once they actually come in, you end up buying three copies because you need the one for your 360 since you already play on PS3, you give one to a friend as a present, and you give the third to a girl as a birthday surprise.

And on that same day, turn down a very promising date so you can play Sturmovik. Girls come and go, but a 10 player match of Strike is hard to come by.

Also, I have these. I know one is Pacific theatre, but you try to find friggin transformers/go-bots like these:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...e/SDC10838.jpg

Now you see them.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...e/SDC10843.jpg

Now you don't.

Also, Ransack (the bi-curious plane) is totally the 12 year old kid who just did a kamikaze run on me during a CTA match. I don't know where the hell the other came from. It has to be a go-bot, it's too off looking to be an actual Transformer.

I can only hope that the Decepticon jets in Transformers: War for Cybertron handle like...well, yeah. You know what I mean.

when you fly a me 110 in strike and enjoy it. If however breifly lol

When you are driving home after a long day of work, suddenly find yourself speeding to catch up with the car ahead of you as chasing his six.... ha ha ha GOT YOU..........:oops::oops:

Done that one.. No matter how hard I pull on the steering wheel I still won't climb..

...and u find yourself shouting your lounges out "Nose up u bitch! Nose up for chrizzz sake!!"

i shout that when watching war films

i want that model zero

And by 'model zero' I figure you want the Jap Zero. Sometimes it gets confusing when you get called 'Zero' on PSN! I really don't know much about it. Found it in a card/model shop amongst some HO scale model trains in Nampa, Idaho. Since Nampa is about 2000 miles away from my current living space, I doubt I can go back to see if I can find any more. It's most likely a Go-Bot, the K-Mart of Transformers. There's probably a plethora of them.

Yeah its a gobot. I had this one when i was a kid. Very nice little toy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRRXb3WOk_U

...and strong wind and little holes on the road make your car shake, but you're happy cause they remind you air turbulence.

For the sake of humanity, I will give that man in the video my go-bot. I think that 'review' is going to keep me up for a few nights. The last time I saw someone that excited over something so quickly, I was doing a stint at a 'behavioral hospital'.

You know you are addicted to this game when....

You'd wish that your Boss was inside that allied Bomber you just shot down above dover.....

( this game is a very big stress reliever!

When you wish your boss was in that pillbox Gilly just dropped 8000lbs on

Touché. point taken! :grin::grin::grin:

when the police puncture your tires and your bail out due to the damage

LMFAO, been there done that. The perfect mix of BOP and GT!!!

when you cry because your ps3 died for 1 day

dissclamer i do have a life

When you get IL-2 withdrawl... thanks sony

HOLY SHNIKEEEEZ!!! You know you are addicted when you are looking at the forum at work your coworker looks over your shoulder and asks "Do you like vintage warplanes?". Of course you say yes and show him the great pictures. Then he one ups you and invites you to look at this site http://flyingheritage.com Then he tells you "I am the local expert on the 190-d13 AND IT IS AIRWORTHY!!!!!" Then he says come on down to the next fly day and i will get you in for free and introduce you to all the pilotes let you sit in the planes and maybe get a flight!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just shed a tear. Hi my name is Cranny and I am an addict.

Dude, awesome

when you are planning your week long next vacation based on the release of the new game

ok lets start

il2 annoymous

hi im haitch 40 and im an il2 addict

I think I have had enough of IL2 for a bit. Not enjoying realistic and not enjoying the game full stop any more.

Had bad night with it last week so decided to give it a rest. Put it on tonight and it was like stepping into a doctors waiting room.

I think I was playing the damn thing too much. This addiction thread was only half a joke!

I'm sad about this.. Although I suspect the vast majority of people will be glad the skies are wookie free for a bit ;)

It can be the best game and the worst game all at the same time. (totally dependant on the group you're flying with)

I'll secony that winny, harsh dk, not the same without you to be honest. I've found realistic a breath of fresh air certainly as far as flying fighters anyway. I think we all have bad nights, Jesus having your backside ripped off by your goodself can be pretty soul destroying at times..... God damn you wookie!!!
Hope to see you airborne again soon mate

I see what you mean guys... I feel a bit like going on "Empty" myself these days. I really miss flying with you, and at the same time I feel like I can't use as much time online as I did a periode.
That said; I really hope the old "squad" get together sometimes, and rip the skies open!
Take care guys.

Wookie, thanks for the TB match last night. Hope to see you soon back flying.
As said by others, theres seem to be some fatigue about amongst some oldtimers. I have been forced off the game by my damn work for some periode and do not suffer from this :-)

Last sunday and yesterday night I made contact with new flyers make several off combat flights wich was great.
I will be gaming some the next nights (gmt+1) and sure hope to see you "old" fellas up there.

Cheers

Im not dead ........... i have t'internet probs :(:(:(:(:(:( ................ once im back McQ i will fly with you not been uncommon doing the grave yard shift with brig :o




cant wait to get back online tbh ............. there is only so many times you can play training missions woring through the campagn on realistic ............ and sim lollol

I have rediscovered the 190d9, using it in training against lots of b17's. It's useless in a ground-level slow fight but when it's used like it's supposed to be it is faaaast and impossible to hit. It climbs like a maniac, zips right ahead of the bombers so you can dive down on them from 2 oclock. Throw a couple jinks into the dive then quick roll a bit after passing them at 650kph, and they don't even have time to aim. I used to prefer k4 for this, but k4 can't roll, so it sometimes gets hit.

it's okay i'm a addict to
 

i am an addict to

And I get asked why I have been playing BadCo2 so much lately. Relax people it is a "GAME".

Why you been playing so much Bad Company 2 so much recently Cranny???!!!!!!

And anyway..... You came on here and posted!!!!

I have a twin addiction, Air and Ground warfare. If there is a good Sea game let me know and i can make it a triune sickness...LMFAO!!!

thats cool Cranny... but it is loads of fun flying formation with you and the other BoP diehards. Looking forward to flying more!
watermanr7:roll:

I hate those @#$**% rockets! especially when flying head-on. if you could only hear what I'm saying when I'm not using my mic... haha
watermanr7

You know you are addicted to this game when...


you really wish that Your Boss was inside that He-111 you just shot down about Dover......

You know you are an addict when you struggle to chose from two invites.
One from your flying friends while playing BoP, the other from your wife wanting you to play another game and you are struggling about which to choose......

This is the reason I am grounded. I ended up taking the blue pill. Too much Il2 was killing my family relationship. My family relashionship was shaky but the game nearly ended it!
Appologies to Gilly, McQ, Winny, Branko, F1rebrand, Siteseeker, Kav for going Awol.

I ended up having a bad fight with some guy and it all went wrong. I looked at clock and it was 5.35 am. Time for bed.....time to take a break!

i am going to ration my time on the game from here on in

Maybe we can set up some sort of support group for IL-2 widows, where they can all get together and have a good old bitch and stick pins in model spitfires.

Serious note.. Wookie, hang in there.

No worries dk!
It's allways an honour and a privelage to fly with you wookie, but you know mate... Take care of the close 1's! You are granted "Awol" whenever you need buddy. As far as I'm concerned, I consider the missions we fly togehther a big fat bonus.

Take it easy mate!

if the misses is out im on but i will always be on line from 9pm uk time to 12/1am unless im off on holiday ive seem myself flying the graveyard shif with brigg lollol

take it easy dk ........ get it sorted fella and stay frosty and im sure we will catch up soon


i will be back online after the 14th this month after being grounded due to oue isp being total waste of space :(