*Ace of Aces PS3 Tournament - Final & Prizes!!*

[P-51]

mirgervin whan you want to play? I am on now (well will be in a few mins to download the patch ).

[kozzm0]

Originally Posted by edal86

yes, silence has 16 points. I have not posted the updated group stats or points yet.

(Silence needs to at least win 3 and tie 1 of his 4 matches from week 3 so that he ends up in 2nd place of Group A, If he wins 3 and looses 1 then whoever has the best kill/death difference, between you and him, gets second place)

yes, that's not what matters to me though, it's more about the bracketing in the elim round, if things go as expected. Though steyr_amr might lose, which complicates things.

[kozzm0]

On another note, I don't know how many dogfights you've done since the patch, but the realistic g-forces are going to drastically affect tactics, in particular, there is going to be no more winning dogfights by turning 10-second multiple yo-yos at 350kph nor zooming vertical and pulling a low-radius gravity turn to get the quick angles.

Since it is now so much more realistic, I urge that this tournament be postponed for 1 week or so so that everyone can get used to flying the new planes and figuring out their best control scheme. Otherwise there are gonna be a lot of unconscious pilots out there

[xX-SiLeNcE-Xx]

Originally Posted by kozzm0

On another note, I don't know how many dogfights you've done since the patch, but the realistic g-forces are going to drastically affect tactics, in particular, there is going to be no more winning dogfights by turning 10-second multiple yo-yos at 350kph nor zooming vertical and pulling a low-radius gravity turn to get the quick angles.

Since it is now so much more realistic, I urge that this tournament be postponed for 1 week or so so that everyone can get used to flying the new planes and figuring out their best control scheme. Otherwise there are gonna be a lot of unconscious pilots out there

Just finished a match with Edal, and from my experience, black-outs in game are far from black-outs... The edges of your screen goes black and the center gets slightly shaded... I took an I-153 at 55- km/h and pulled back on the stick as hard as I could and still couldn't fully black-out, which makes me think it's impossible to actually black-out...

[InfiniteStates]

Originally Posted by kozzm0

Since it is now so much more realistic, I urge that this tournament be postponed for 1 week or so so that everyone can get used to flying the new planes and figuring out their best control scheme. Otherwise there are gonna be a lot of unconscious pilots out there

LOL I second tha...zzzzz....splat.

[edal86]

Blackouts will make games more exciting, however, since you dont completely blackout and loose control of your plane like in the pc version I dont think it will make much difference.

What I am worried about is the flight stick control layout, it seems lilke some players are having trouble with this. (Maninovka told me that it is very different and he has to get used to it, he lost against olife by a 7 point difference in both games)

Anyone has this problem, or had it but has now solved it? please help each other

[InfiniteStates]

Originally Posted by edal86

Blackouts will make games more exciting, however, since you dont completely blackout and loose control of your plane like in the pc version I dont think it will make much difference.

You do lose sight of the target and ground though - it does make a difference IMO. But everyone is in the same boat so...

[kozzm0]

Originally Posted by InfiniteStates

You do lose sight of the target and ground though - it does make a difference IMO. But everyone is in the same boat so...

Yes, that's the point. No more looping around each other at max g, cause you can't see. It's easier to switch direction and lose the opponent, but harder to figure out where the shots are coming from.

Also some of the planes are performing differently. And in order to be able to see, people have to keep their speeds lower or turn slower. This makes the vertical maneuvering more realistic and more dangerous, which affects tactics. For example, in 4 hours today, not one spitfire managed to make a vertical turn and dive on me. They ended up too slow after climbing, making themselves an easy target.

Yes everybody's in the same boat, but it's not the boat everyone was in for most of the tournament. Some players won't even be able to see v1.01 for the next couple days.

[edal86]

* Group Stats are updated

* Leaderboard updated

* UK week 4 is ready
(by the way, let me know if you are having trouble with the patch, or need time to get used to it, otherwise, complete your matches by the assigned date please)

* Participants that have now qualified for Eliminatory Stage are:
- edal86
- ar_kozz
- xx-silence-xx
- mirgervin
- subarugaz
- infinitestates
- steyr_amr
- varcus2
- maninovka
- mage_016

(when I have week 4 results from UK group and week 3 results from American Group, then I will be able to post indirect qualification matches)

[Rhah]

P-51, when can you play the last matches? I'm good for either tomorrow after about 10pm, or Thursday after 9pm... (Personally, I'd prefer thursday, but its up to you)