Goodbye! a game? a sport? a competition? None of these

[Desode]

Originally Posted by stealth finger

Cool story bro. You got spawncamped and a crap team. Welcome to online gaming.

Right on man ! LOL Best post I have seen in a long time, I'll be LOL all day long on this !.

[olife]

Originally Posted by InfiniteStates

He is indeed, and I have a PM to prove it - an officer and a gentleman
He's just really evil once he gets in his 153 lol

really very sympathetic thanks a lot!!!
maybe i m good with the 153 but it is easy with this plane
my results are not the same in sim with others planes
infinitestates and the others kick my ass of french,the reason is :they are really better than me and i must learn and train
that is all

good hunting brothers of battle

[olife]

Originally Posted by InfiniteStates

LOL - can you tell I'm bored at work?...

haha!!!!lol
very funny
lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[winny]

Originally Posted by InfiniteStates

LOL - can you tell I'm bored at work?...

Wow you managed to get a pic of evildkwookie and live... I'm impressed

The lightsaber is a nice touch.. made me lol.

[markyboyacebassist]

Originally Posted by zenmusic

I've been playing about a month, a couple hours a day...

this is the end of my online play.. tonight .. tough to find a game .. then when I do... this is the scenario..

team play (or capture the field) about 5 players each side .... the end score ... my side about 6 kills ... the other side about 60-70...

every time I spawned.. i was alone.. with 3-4 attacking me..
...
what's the point??.. we could make a new game ; give twenty 5-year old children a spoon... or fork..
we grown men will just use knifes.. but one or two with have guns .. just in case..


great fun... we could do this forever...

why would the game designers even allow this? a simple algorithm could distribute the skill.. oh, but that would be a competition .. big guys don't like to lose..

okay.. then give me a plane equal in strength .. and I'll fight it out..

oh, .. well the big guys require an advantage in return for their time and effort and experience ..

so .. it's not a competition.. it's not a sport (not sporting.. but I doubt that has ever occurred to anyone)

.. a game? .. a waste of time.. spawn. dead .. spawn ..dead ..
I've finished 2 complete campaigns... I'll fly the bombers to fill out the game ...the game tells me I'm good, hitting the targets.. bombing accurate... the online doesn't match in any way .. the precision required to score...

okay... well then give me an advanced tutorial.. with 'Online' precision.. to practice and judge my skill..

oh.. there is no such thing... why would the developers bother.. they've already got my money.. and they make nothing from retaining me as an online player...

okay.. i'm gone

Hello Matey,
Why not hook up with us? We're all on a learning curve, all at different levels & want to enjoy this great game.
I'm way behind most players but there is no elitism here, just a common love of IL2 -BOB.
http://666thfighter-bomber.all-up.com/

[The M00ps]

My suggestion to the OP:

Avoid 'arcade' matches and play 'realistic' instead. It's really not much harder, and less of that crap goes on. 'Sim' is even better if you like it. It's easier to spawn without being noticed, since there's no big red arrow on your opponents screen pointing to you.

This game throws you in the deep end in online play. Sink or swim dude. Take it as a challenge. You are the only one who can make it easier and more fun thru experience. I have to admit, the arcade camp looks like its split between vets and rookies, and the vets are having no mercy on anybody. I consider myself a pretty good arcade player, but some of these guys lately are damn good. They make amazing turns impossible in the other modes. Just keep playin. I'm an older guy and I guarentee if I can master this thing, so can you. The satisfaction of flaming some of these guys and hearing them get pissed is too much fun!!!! One guy I had to black list cuz his mouth is filthy and attitude is poor. Everytime I get in a match with him, I flame his ass as many times as I can and laugh like hell everytime I do. He never wins with me in the game. HAHAHAHA!!!

[f1rebrand]

Originally Posted by lost cause

One guy I had to black list cuz his mouth is filthy and attitude is poor. Everytime I get in a match with him, I flame his ass as many times as I can and laugh like hell everytime I do. He never wins with me in the game. HAHAHAHA!!!

Yeah some like to intimidate with their mics. RATMAN and Cherokee Colonnial for starters. Why don't they just play on Realistic or Sim instead of spoiling it for the rookies.

[Shadowcorp]

just stick with strike untill your ready for a dogfight, the way i assess players is immortal pilot trophy/acheivement. If they've got it they're no rookie.
And more experienced players are in every game mode, it just so happens because arcade has the most players playing, that it has more of the experienced players than the other settings.

[dkwookie]

Originally Posted by f1rebrand

Yeah some like to intimidate with their mics. RATMAN and Cherokee Colonnial for starters. Why don't they just play on Realistic or Sim instead of spoiling it for the rookies.

Both those guys are cool once once you get to know them. Ratman doesn't mean anything when he says stuff. He gives me lots of good natured banter when I enter his games and he is one of the best characters out there. Just don't break use rockets or 153s in his matches or you will get blasted