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Originally Posted by Gadje
Hi Tihi long time.
I agree with much that you say, the Spitfires have been dealt a tougher set of cards in 4.10 but perhaps Oleg the dealer favoured them too much in the past.
It reminds me of a class of misbehaving schoolchildren, the new teacher picks on one, a past favourite, not necessarily the worst and gives him a good thrashing. Some of the kids are pleased, others worried if they are next. Lets face it, there are plenty of aircraft candidates in IL2 that could and perhaps should be next.
I know that you fly all planes and have no side per se. The guys giving you a hard time are likely not so evenhanded. Sigs tell a lot  Followers of Red vs Blue mentallity can't quite believe that not everyone is like them. For them it's 'Us vs the Enemy', and calls for fairness are a coverup of an agenda .
The longer I fly this sim the less it seems about a battle between red vs blue and more about pilots who fly only one side vs pilots who fly either. Red and Blue only pilots are interchangable to me. Same words, same agenda, different colour.
Lastly the next poster who suggest you're a red 'Spitwhiner' and need to learn to fly, I suggest you invite him to a 'dance' in a blue plane of his choice. I'd like to see that |
Hello Gadje; nice seing you again
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Been really a long time, partly because am mostly on X-Fire lately. I did see your squad-pal Rambo several times; he became a real Experte on his 30 mm armed Anton (the thug..
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Have been flying on the russian servers lately. Many good pilots there, who interestingly for the most part fly LW types - mostly G2, F4, but Antons and Mc205 are popular, too. Would fly mostly red, but blue, too, so it does'nt get boring.
Short time ago I overheard a Russian guy (I understand a bit of the language) cursing the Spit as over-clocked, etc.; and his pal answered: 'You better look at these Russian planes of ours' Indeed, their good fliers avoid the La-s and 185's like pest, considering under their dignity to fly them. I do not know whether anyone could have predicted such a development
The Russian guy was quite right, of course. I do not know how it has been for the Spit in the very wild very early days with really smoking overcloks, but for the last 5 years at least, it has the three main performance factors, speed, climb and turn in quite realistic numbers, I think. Being able to use 5 min WEP for hours is a small favor compared to climbs boosted 70% or turns shortened for 2-3 s.
Knowing the FM's have not been treated in the most even manner, i always used nationally mixed planesets, same for both sides on the server. Some wondered at that, but mostly would get used very quickly.
I have always been more curious how different planes compared with each other (even the one's of the same belligerent) then 'refighting' a war, and a rather nasty one at that. But people, especially younger guys jump into this good/bad, we/them trappings gladly, and game-marketing people with their role-playings and other bs, know that , of course. Feeling Great as a part of the own Great Nation/color/side is one of the vanities main modes of operation. I suspect strongly that 's the reason the vanity exists at all. You 're right, of course,; they are like mirror images of each other, these 'convinced' reds or blues
When I think of the Ubi forum, the 'insult hit-men' are much more benign here. The moderation on the Ubi never gave a damn, these mods here seem even to overdo it in the oposite dierction-a thread of mine has been closed in a bit more than 12 hours a couple of days ago. The good side is, people behave a lot more correct than they used to on the infamous 'Zoo'. I can imagine how some of the big mouths here fly from their comments; of course they mostly imagine the guy who they talking with to be 'ham-fisted',' needing a lower difficulty level' or just as plainly bad as they are
CU in HL
