±Recent Visitors

Recent Visitors to Com-Central!

±User Info-big


Welcome Anonymous

Nickname
Password

Membership:
Latest: HighestAce
New Today: 0
New Yesterday: 0
Overall: 6648

People Online:
Members: 0
Visitors: 900
Total: 900
Who Is Where:
 Visitors:
01: Home
02: Home
03: Home
04: Community Forums
05: Home
06: Home
07: Community Forums
08: Home
09: Photo Gallery
10: Home
11: Statistics
12: Member Screenshots
13: Home
14: Home
15: Home
16: Home
17: Home
18: Home
19: Community Forums
20: Home
21: Home
22: Home
23: Home
24: Downloads
25: Community Forums
26: Home
27: Home
28: Home
29: Home
30: Home
31: Statistics
32: Statistics
33: Photo Gallery
34: Home
35: Home
36: Downloads
37: Home
38: Community Forums
39: Home
40: Photo Gallery
41: Home
42: Community Forums
43: Photo Gallery
44: Community Forums
45: Community Forums
46: Community Forums
47: Community Forums
48: Home
49: Home
50: Photo Gallery
51: Home
52: Home
53: Community Forums
54: Community Forums
55: Home
56: Home
57: Home
58: Home
59: Photo Gallery
60: Home
61: Community Forums
62: Home
63: Home
64: Home
65: Home
66: Home
67: Home
68: Home
69: Home
70: Home
71: Photo Gallery
72: Home
73: Photo Gallery
74: Home
75: Community Forums
76: Home
77: Home
78: Home
79: Home
80: Community Forums
81: Community Forums
82: Home
83: Home
84: Home
85: Community Forums
86: Photo Gallery
87: Home
88: Community Forums
89: Community Forums
90: Community Forums
91: Home
92: Downloads
93: Home
94: Home
95: Home
96: Photo Gallery
97: Community Forums
98: Home
99: Home
100: Home
101: Home
102: Home
103: Home
104: Home
105: Home
106: Community Forums
107: Photo Gallery
108: Member Screenshots
109: News Archive
110: Home
111: Home
112: Home
113: Community Forums
114: Home
115: Community Forums
116: Home
117: Statistics
118: Home
119: Home
120: Home
121: Home
122: Home
123: Downloads
124: Home
125: Home
126: Home
127: Community Forums
128: News
129: Home
130: Community Forums
131: Home
132: Home
133: Home
134: Downloads
135: Home
136: Home
137: Home
138: Member Screenshots
139: Community Forums
140: Community Forums
141: Community Forums
142: Home
143: Home
144: Home
145: Home
146: Home
147: Home
148: Home
149: Home
150: Home
151: Community Forums
152: Home
153: Home
154: Home
155: Community Forums
156: Community Forums
157: Home
158: Home
159: Home
160: Home
161: Home
162: Home
163: Home
164: Home
165: Home
166: Home
167: Community Forums
168: Home
169: Home
170: Home
171: Community Forums
172: Community Forums
173: Home
174: Home
175: Home
176: Community Forums
177: Home
178: Home
179: Downloads
180: Downloads
181: Community Forums
182: Community Forums
183: Home
184: Home
185: Home
186: Home
187: Home
188: Home
189: Home
190: Home
191: Community Forums
192: Community Forums
193: Home
194: Home
195: Home
196: Home
197: Photo Gallery
198: Home
199: Home
200: Home
201: Community Forums
202: Home
203: Home
204: Home
205: Home
206: Home
207: Home
208: Home
209: Home
210: Community Forums
211: Community Forums
212: Home
213: Home
214: Photo Gallery
215: Community Forums
216: Home
217: Home
218: Home
219: Photo Gallery
220: Community Forums
221: Home
222: Member Screenshots
223: Home
224: Home
225: Home
226: Home
227: Downloads
228: Home
229: Photo Gallery
230: Home
231: Home
232: Home
233: Home
234: Home
235: Home
236: Home
237: Home
238: Home
239: Home
240: Home
241: Home
242: Home
243: Downloads
244: Home
245: Community Forums
246: Home
247: Home
248: Home
249: Home
250: Home
251: Community Forums
252: Downloads
253: Community Forums
254: Home
255: Home
256: Home
257: Home
258: Home
259: News Archive
260: Downloads
261: Photo Gallery
262: Home
263: Member Screenshots
264: Downloads
265: Home
266: Home
267: Member Screenshots
268: Home
269: Home
270: Home
271: Home
272: Home
273: Community Forums
274: Home
275: Home
276: Home
277: Home
278: Home
279: Home
280: Home
281: Home
282: Home
283: Home
284: Home
285: Home
286: Home
287: Home
288: Community Forums
289: Home
290: Home
291: Community Forums
292: Home
293: Downloads
294: Downloads
295: Home
296: Home
297: Community Forums
298: Home
299: Home
300: Home
301: Home
302: Home
303: Community Forums
304: Community Forums
305: Community Forums
306: Community Forums
307: Home
308: Photo Gallery
309: Home
310: Home
311: Home
312: Home
313: Home
314: Home
315: Home
316: Community Forums
317: Home
318: Home
319: Home
320: Photo Gallery
321: Home
322: Home
323: Downloads
324: Home
325: Photo Gallery
326: Home
327: Home
328: Home
329: Home
330: Home
331: Home
332: Home
333: Community Forums
334: Home
335: Home
336: Home
337: Photo Gallery
338: Home
339: Photo Gallery
340: Photo Gallery
341: Home
342: Community Forums
343: Photo Gallery
344: Photo Gallery
345: Home
346: Home
347: Home
348: Photo Gallery
349: Member Screenshots
350: Community Forums
351: Member Screenshots
352: Home
353: Photo Gallery
354: Home
355: Community Forums
356: Member Screenshots
357: Community Forums
358: Community Forums
359: Photo Gallery
360: Home
361: Community Forums
362: Community Forums
363: Home
364: Downloads
365: Community Forums
366: Community Forums
367: Home
368: Home
369: Home
370: Community Forums
371: Home
372: Home
373: Home
374: Home
375: Home
376: Home
377: Home
378: Home
379: Home
380: Home
381: Home
382: Home
383: Community Forums
384: Member Screenshots
385: Home
386: Photo Gallery
387: Community Forums
388: Downloads
389: Home
390: Home
391: Community Forums
392: Home
393: Home
394: Home
395: Member Screenshots
396: Home
397: Home
398: Home
399: Home
400: Community Forums
401: Community Forums
402: Home
403: Home
404: Home
405: Home
406: Home
407: Home
408: Photo Gallery
409: Home
410: Home
411: Home
412: Community Forums
413: Community Forums
414: Home
415: Home
416: Home
417: Home
418: Home
419: Home
420: Home
421: Community Forums
422: Home
423: Member Screenshots
424: Home
425: Community Forums
426: Home
427: Home
428: Home
429: Home
430: Home
431: Home
432: Downloads
433: Home
434: Home
435: Home
436: Photo Gallery
437: Home
438: Home
439: Home
440: Photo Gallery
441: Community Forums
442: Community Forums
443: Community Forums
444: Community Forums
445: Community Forums
446: Member Screenshots
447: Member Screenshots
448: Photo Gallery
449: Home
450: Home
451: Community Forums
452: Home
453: Home
454: Home
455: Community Forums
456: Home
457: Home
458: Home
459: Home
460: Home
461: Home
462: Home
463: Home
464: Home
465: Home
466: Home
467: Home
468: Member Screenshots
469: Home
470: Community Forums
471: Home
472: Home
473: Photo Gallery
474: Downloads
475: Home
476: Photo Gallery
477: Home
478: Home
479: Home
480: Photo Gallery
481: Photo Gallery
482: Home
483: Home
484: Community Forums
485: Community Forums
486: Home
487: Home
488: Community Forums
489: Community Forums
490: Community Forums
491: Home
492: Home
493: Home
494: Home
495: Home
496: Photo Gallery
497: Community Forums
498: Community Forums
499: Home
500: Home
501: Home
502: Home
503: Home
504: Home
505: Home
506: Home
507: Home
508: Home
509: Member Screenshots
510: Home
511: Home
512: Home
513: Home
514: Home
515: Home
516: Home
517: Home
518: Home
519: Photo Gallery
520: Home
521: Community Forums
522: Community Forums
523: Home
524: Home
525: Home
526: Home
527: Home
528: Community Forums
529: Home
530: Home
531: Home
532: Home
533: News
534: Home
535: Home
536: Downloads
537: Community Forums
538: Member Screenshots
539: Home
540: Home
541: Community Forums
542: Photo Gallery
543: Community Forums
544: Member Screenshots
545: Photo Gallery
546: Home
547: Home
548: Home
549: Home
550: Home
551: Home
552: Community Forums
553: Home
554: Home
555: Home
556: Home
557: Home
558: Home
559: Home
560: Home
561: Home
562: Community Forums
563: Photo Gallery
564: Home
565: Home
566: Community Forums
567: Home
568: Downloads
569: Community Forums
570: Home
571: Home
572: Home
573: Home
574: Home
575: Home
576: Home
577: Community Forums
578: Home
579: Home
580: Home
581: Community Forums
582: Home
583: Member Screenshots
584: Community Forums
585: Photo Gallery
586: Home
587: Home
588: Photo Gallery
589: Home
590: Home
591: Home
592: Home
593: Home
594: Home
595: Community Forums
596: Community Forums
597: Home
598: Home
599: Community Forums
600: Home
601: Home
602: Home
603: Home
604: Home
605: Home
606: Home
607: Home
608: Member Screenshots
609: Community Forums
610: Member Screenshots
611: Statistics
612: Photo Gallery
613: Photo Gallery
614: Community Forums
615: Community Forums
616: News Archive
617: Community Forums
618: Home
619: Home
620: Home
621: Home
622: Home
623: Home
624: Home
625: Home
626: Home
627: Photo Gallery
628: Home
629: Community Forums
630: Home
631: Community Forums
632: Community Forums
633: Community Forums
634: Home
635: Community Forums
636: Home
637: Community Forums
638: Downloads
639: Home
640: Home
641: Home
642: Community Forums
643: Downloads
644: Photo Gallery
645: Home
646: Community Forums
647: Home
648: Home
649: Home
650: Home
651: Home
652: Home
653: Community Forums
654: Home
655: Home
656: Home
657: Community Forums
658: Home
659: Home
660: Home
661: Community Forums
662: Community Forums
663: Home
664: Home
665: Home
666: Home
667: Home
668: Home
669: Downloads
670: Home
671: Community Forums
672: Home
673: Home
674: Home
675: Community Forums
676: Photo Gallery
677: Home
678: Home
679: Home
680: Home
681: Home
682: Home
683: Member Screenshots
684: Community Forums
685: Community Forums
686: Member Screenshots
687: Home
688: Home
689: Community Forums
690: Home
691: Photo Gallery
692: Home
693: Home
694: Home
695: Home
696: Home
697: Downloads
698: Community Forums
699: Photo Gallery
700: Community Forums
701: Home
702: Home
703: Home
704: Home
705: Home
706: Community Forums
707: Home
708: Photo Gallery
709: Photo Gallery
710: Home
711: Community Forums
712: Community Forums
713: Community Forums
714: Home
715: Community Forums
716: Photo Gallery
717: Community Forums
718: Home
719: Home
720: Home
721: Downloads
722: Community Forums
723: Home
724: Home
725: Community Forums
726: News Archive
727: Home
728: Home
729: Home
730: Home
731: Home
732: Home
733: Home
734: Home
735: Community Forums
736: Home
737: Home
738: Photo Gallery
739: Home
740: Home
741: Home
742: Home
743: Home
744: Home
745: Community Forums
746: Home
747: Home
748: Home
749: Home
750: Home
751: Community Forums
752: Home
753: Home
754: Home
755: Community Forums
756: Home
757: Member Screenshots
758: Home
759: Photo Gallery
760: Home
761: Home
762: Photo Gallery
763: Home
764: Home
765: Photo Gallery
766: Community Forums
767: Home
768: Home
769: Member Screenshots
770: Home
771: Photo Gallery
772: Home
773: Home
774: Tell a Friend
775: Home
776: Home
777: Home
778: Home
779: Photo Gallery
780: Home
781: Community Forums
782: Home
783: Photo Gallery
784: Community Forums
785: Home
786: Photo Gallery
787: Photo Gallery
788: Home
789: Home
790: Home
791: Home
792: Photo Gallery
793: Home
794: Home
795: Home
796: Home
797: Home
798: Home
799: Home
800: Home
801: Home
802: Home
803: Community Forums
804: Home
805: Home
806: Community Forums
807: Home
808: Home
809: Home
810: Community Forums
811: Home
812: Downloads
813: Home
814: Home
815: Home
816: Community Forums
817: Home
818: Home
819: Home
820: News
821: Community Forums
822: Home
823: Community Forums
824: Home
825: Home
826: Home
827: Community Forums
828: Downloads
829: Downloads
830: Home
831: Home
832: Home
833: Home
834: Photo Gallery
835: Photo Gallery
836: Home
837: Home
838: Home
839: Home
840: Home
841: Home
842: Home
843: Home
844: Home
845: Home
846: Community Forums
847: Community Forums
848: Home
849: Home
850: Home
851: Home
852: Home
853: Community Forums
854: Home
855: Home
856: Home
857: Home
858: Community Forums
859: Home
860: Home
861: Home
862: Community Forums
863: Home
864: Home
865: Home
866: Community Forums
867: Home
868: Home
869: Home
870: Home
871: Home
872: Community Forums
873: Community Forums
874: Home
875: Community Forums
876: Home
877: Home
878: Home
879: Home
880: Home
881: Community Forums
882: Home
883: Community Forums
884: Home
885: Photo Gallery
886: Home
887: Home
888: Community Forums
889: Home
890: Home
891: Home
892: Home
893: Member Screenshots
894: Home
895: Community Forums
896: Community Forums
897: Home
898: Home
899: Home
900: Member Screenshots

Staff Online:

No staff members are online!
TC's Corner...revisited. :: Archived
A general meeting place for all pilots!
Go to page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8  Next
Post new topic    Revive this topic    Printer Friendly Page     Forum Index ›  Officer's Club

Topic Archived View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
Shadow_Bshwackr
Janitor

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 21, 2005
Posts: 7020
Location: Central Illinois, USA
PostPosted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 11:08 am
Post subject: TC's Corner...revisited.

Sometime back on Com Central, we use to have a feature called "TC's Corner" written by PG_TigerCat. TC's pages were filled with 'saga' events from the days of CFS and we here at CC thought it would be nice to post up those stories once a week starting with the first one and going to the end.

It was a great run and we hope you like these stories as much as we did...:wink:

Story 1...

The 3 Ploys of CFS Survival!

Yo! You CFS boys. I was going to talk about making a prime Rookie Killing aircraft this week, but I came upon a more pressing issue. Clearly, in order to go flying online, you must have the consent of your wife, which can usually be given upon the application of a few $5 bills into her handbag. But sometimes, in the case of especially nasty wives, the $5 bills will not be enough. Here is where I will start my Corner...

The best time to fly and not be bothered by wives is, logically, when they are not home! When the said spouse is not currently in the said domicile, the CFS pilot is free to dun kilt hims somes Rookies. But sometimes, upon entering the house for a long delayed bathroom break from the stresses of defending the nation online, you will discover your wife actually inside your home. What to do? Simple. Lift her up by the belt and collar and toss her out the door!

However, this tactic may not always work as planned, especially when your wife is bigger and can pump more weights than you can. Ignoring the usual brainless chatter emitted by wives, i.e. usually along the lines of "What about your kids? Henry, you have GOT to go to work!" you will say to her "Margaret, I am the man of the house and if I want to go online and fly, you can darn well bet I am going to go right now and...and...and fix the broken lamp you asked me to, dear." There is simply no winning with wives...that is, when you outright confront them. You need undercover, secret tactics! One good one is to come out after the wife and kids are asleep. WARNING: A little noise can really get you in hot water, if the wife wakes up and discovers your true motives!

But of course, there is one very serious problem, and that wives specifically have built in radar sets to discover when you bought an new joystick or new flight Sim from the store for $78.99 without telling her. Your partner in matrimony will be able to smell the new fragrance of your new appliance before you even arrive on your street with it. Heaven Forbid she ever actually catch you bringing it into the house! Because of this, I have a few simple ideas to close my article with.

Ploy One - The Loan Trick: Arrange for a trustworthy friend to knock on your door at a pre planned time, holding a joystick. "Here's your joystick you let me borrow Henry" he will say. You reply "Thanks for returning it." and shut the door. Walk confidently past Margaret and proceed to install your new Joystick!

Ploy Two - The Cheap Bargain Trick: Burst into the house, shouting and whooping, until your wife arrives on the scene. This may take hours of whooping and shouting, especially if your wife is not home, but it will pay off in the end. "I found this joystick for sale in the SUPER Discount Rack at LessCompForYourBuck!" you will tell her. "Only for $5.25!" Confidently proceed to install your new appliance.

Ploy Three - The Mish-Mash Parts Trick: Walk into the house with a shopping bag filled with joystick parts. "What's in the bag, hon.?" your wife will ask. "Oh, I picked up a few spare parts at the Thrift and Whift." Proceed to assemble the 'parts' which, by all strange occurrences, happens to conglomerate into a complete joystick including installation software! Express your joy to your wife.
I would love to say more but I got to go wash the dishes. Cya all next week!
--PGTigercat


Last edited by Shadow_Bshwackr on Tue Dec 01, 2009 2:22 pm; edited 1 time in total
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website Photo Gallery
JG300-Ascout
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 05, 2005
Posts: 6258
Location: Cyberspace
PostPosted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 11:55 am
Post subject: Re: TC's Corner...revisited.

Clearly, the man was a genius....a married genius!

_________________
"All facts go to clearly prove that Shades is a thrice-cursed traitor & mentally deranged person steeped in inveterate enmity toward mankind"
Back to top
View user's profile Photo Gallery
Kitform
Bar Maid

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 22, 2005
Posts: 2011
Location: Cleveland. UK.
PostPosted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 2:42 pm
Post subject: Re: TC's Corner...revisited.

I managed to get my new video card in the house and installed before she arrived home...She never suspected anything at all...lol
Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail Visit poster's website Photo Gallery
401RCAF_HitMan
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Dec 26, 2004
Posts: 1470
Location: Ontario, CANADA (next to the beer store)
PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 6:20 pm
Post subject: Re: TC's Corner...revisited.

A while ago when I got my brand new just released Radeon 9700 Pro vid card I discovered a new trick, I had to work late the day my card arrived at the puter parts store so I asked the wife to pick it up for me and told her "by the way you will have to pay for it when you pick it up" knowing my wife she thought it would be 20 bucks or so......$780.00 (with tax) later she and my new vid card were at home, she congratulated me on being so clever and I never heard another word lol...
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website
JG300-Ascout
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 05, 2005
Posts: 6258
Location: Cyberspace
PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 6:38 pm
Post subject: Re: TC's Corner...revisited.

- 401RCAF_HitMan
A while ago when I got my brand new just released Radeon 9700 Pro vid card I discovered a new trick, I had to work late the day my card arrived at the puter parts store so I asked the wife to pick it up for me and told her "by the way you will have to pay for it when you pick it up" knowing my wife she thought it would be 20 bucks or so......$780.00 (with tax) later she and my new vid card were at home, she congratulated me on being so clever and I never heard another word lol...


That would never work for me!

_________________
"All facts go to clearly prove that Shades is a thrice-cursed traitor & mentally deranged person steeped in inveterate enmity toward mankind"
Back to top
View user's profile Photo Gallery
Shadow_Bshwackr
Janitor

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 21, 2005
Posts: 7020
Location: Central Illinois, USA
PostPosted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 7:16 am
Post subject: Re: TC's Corner...revisited.

TC's Corner, issue #2

"The Rookie, Advanced or Fanatic CFS Pilot!"

The 'birth' of a CFS pilot is the day the unfortunate soul purchases the game. Some CFS philosophers debate this critical time span of when the CFS pilot is actually conceived. They say it is when he installs the game on his computer; others say it is when he first flies on the Zone that makes him a CFS pilot! But no matter what, this is the basic time span that a normal civilian ceases to be a regular human being, and turns into a CFS fanatic.

Most new CFS pilots fall under the category of "losers", but this has fallen recently for the more politically correct "Rookie" category. The day the "Rookie" first flies online, is called by CFS "experts", the "Baptism of Fire" or unofficially "The day the Rookie gets his Tail shot off for the First Time."

Most commonly the number of stock Hawker Hurricanes in the average FFA room appalls the new Rookie. "Why are they flying Hawkers?" the Rookie will think to himself. "Hawkers are lousy, these guys must be super bad pilots, really stupid, or both." The Rookie then selects the Republic P-47D because it is fast, takes hits, and has heavy armament. Twenty minutes and thirty-four deaths later, the Rookie exits the room and enters what is called the "Sudden Shock Stage" or unofficially "The time when the Rookie realizes he is super duper lousy."

Unfortunately, many Rookies are put down by this stage in CFS life. Every room he goes into he is shot down repeatedly and his vast majority of kills he makes come from collisions. He is immersed in a new world of "mods", "slewers", "lmao's", "Brunhost" and other unfamiliar phrases. If the Rookie survives this tender stage and does not give CFS up for Online Scrabble, the Rookie then becomes an "Average Pilot", or unofficially a "Target."

Some CFS philosophers debate the time a Rookie graduates to Average Pilot. Many say it is when he first uses the Hawker Hurricane on account of it being more maneuverable. I tend to disagree, because most Rookies will use the Hawker because everyone else is.

I say the Rookie graduates to Average Pilot on:
Realizing the Hawker is maneuverable
Is recruited by desperate squadron’s Recruiting Officers.

Lets say our Average Pilot is recruited by the KRUD Squadron as a Junior Secondary Flight School Cadet, and he is told that he is nothing, and that his Commanding Officer, the Renowned and Honorable KRUD_Whapper, is on the same dignity level as God. Once he has been effectively brainwashed into thinking he is so very lucky to be accepted by the Honorable KRUD Squadron, his commanders either make him,
Start full-time recruiting
Clean the squadron latrines.

After about nine months of this, the Junior Secondary Flight School Cadet is promoted to Senior Secondary Flight School Cadet.
For a moment let us leave our Average Pilot's serious online life and look at the sideshow - his family. Upon being asked by his wife why he is suddenly spending so much time on the computer, our Average Pilot will reply that he is "Online Investing in Mutual Funds" and that it takes "A very long time to amass a Fortune." When our Average Pilot's own son comes up to him and asks "Can you play catch with me, Pops?" the Average Pilot retorts "I am defending the KRUD Squad and the Nation from the terrible KRAP Squadron, who just declared war on us!"

The Average Pilot stage lasts anywhere from three weeks to eight months, depending on his Internet Connection speed!
Our Average Pilot is now termed as an "Advanced Pilot" or unofficially "Ace Pilot." He is promoted to Major in the KRUD Squadron and commands his own fighter wing. At this point, the Advanced Pilot has long since given up his job and his dignity. His wife has long ago filed for divorce but our Advanced Pilot does not care. He has been spending $1200 a month for new rudder pedals, joysticks, graphics cards, and Abacus Add-on games. His credit cards are all at their max. He is oblivious to all. He doesn’t tell anyone, but deep inside he is plotting the creation of his own Squadron, the Krum’s, and the overthrow of the KRUD Squadron.
Our Pilot will then announce the formation of the KRUM Squadron and he breaks away from the KRUDs, with the help of the twelve KRUD pilots he stole. He will overthrow the KRUDs, and the KRAPs, and there seems to be nothing to stop the Krum’s from taking over the Zone. Our Advanced Pilot has now become the "Fanatic Pilot" or unofficially the "A-Hole."

Now divorced, and living in a one-bedroom apartment, with no job, no life, no hope, and no hair. Our Fanatic Pilot spends 20 to 22 hours a day dictating his next attack on the unsuspecting KERD Squadron.

The Fanatic Pilot rules the Zone with an iron fist. All of a sudden the KRUM Squadrons pilots begin to mutiny! Within days, the KRUM Squadron crumbles! Our Fanatic Pilot, with no squadron, no life, no job, no hope, and no hair, resorts to the only remaining level he can sink to. He can be found sitting at a highway on-ramp, computer and joystick at his feet, holding a cardboard sign that reads "Will Kill Rookies for Food."

This, my friends, is the cycle of a normal CFS player. Where are you in this cycle? Are you the Rookie? The Advanced Pilot, or the Fanatic Pilot?

PG_Tigercat
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website Photo Gallery
401RCAF_HitMan
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Dec 26, 2004
Posts: 1470
Location: Ontario, CANADA (next to the beer store)
PostPosted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 8:39 am
Post subject: Re: TC's Corner...revisited.

Well...I got the CFS bug 6 and a half years ago but I still have my house, my wife, my job and my money so does this mean I'm still a crap pilot?..lol......I remember the day when I first ventured on the zone and met up with Jel and Ace and then Sly and many others whom are still in 401RCAF and still having fun. As a matter of fact I had a new alarm system installed in my house 2 days ago and I found out the guy who installed it Chuck_71st is a Pacific Fighters addict like me and we hooked up last night on HyperLobby to do some flying...it's a small world full of junkies that started out in CFS.
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website
Thud68
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Feb 20, 2005
Posts: 369
Location: AZ USA
PostPosted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 9:55 am
Post subject: Re: TC's Corner...revisited.

That article, although written satirically, has a lot of truth in it. I started out in CFS1 as a Halifax pilot in 6Group. Hey, I knew my job was not gonna be glamorous. I mean flying night missions in a room I couldn't totally black out, with failing eyesight was a friggin challenge. Always wanted to be a part of the 401st with Hitman, Jel, Sly, ect. ect. A fighter pilot was what I wanted.
The first few times on the Zone I too found out that the Hurricane was the plane to fly. Back then I had dial-up and just keeping the connection was a chore. Then I began to encounter the "open architecture" cheats on the Zone and figured out that this was a bogus environment so I made the switch to IL-2.
Still got the dial-up connection, still got the wife, and a job, and target that I am, I still enjoy flying. Finally made it to 401 too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cool

_________________
" Refuel my plane and load my guns"

Hiroyoshi Nishizawa
" The Devil of Rabaul"
Back to top
View user's profile
Kitform
Bar Maid

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 22, 2005
Posts: 2011
Location: Cleveland. UK.
PostPosted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 11:32 am
Post subject: Re: TC's Corner...revisited.

I still suck...lol
Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail Visit poster's website Photo Gallery
Shadow_Homfixr
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 05, 2005
Posts: 541
Location: Fort Walton Beach, FL-USA
PostPosted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 2:00 pm
Post subject: Re: TC's Corner...revisited.

OH the memories...lol! Mostly good ones even when I was a "Rookie" ! Oh yea I almost forgot in my old age that I am still a "Target" Mr. Green .

_________________
Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail MSN Messenger Yahoo Messenger Photo Gallery
PG_Tigercat
Guest





PostPosted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 4:48 pm
Post subject: Re: TC's Corner...revisited.

Yo pally;

That was what I call moderately funny crap!! BC and I almost died laughing at that even though we wrote it about 5 years ago.
It is awsome that you posted that Bush, it was a real treat to read it.
Hey, ya got any more? lol, and by the way I still haven't returned Clint's lawnmower. lol.

That TC character evolved over time and had a life of his own. It was fun writing those stories.

Bush, do you have the "Dam Granny" story? That was a real life adventure just slighty exagerated.

TC-
Back to top
Shadow_Bshwackr
Janitor

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 21, 2005
Posts: 7020
Location: Central Illinois, USA
PostPosted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 7:30 pm
Post subject: Re: TC's Corner...revisited.

Glad you like them everyone and TC, thanks for stopping by....(Good to cya around ya old wookie kilter...lol)

AND.... yes TC, I have all the stories. (something about being a packrat and keeping things like these stories that makes my wife call me that...lol)

I have the final stories you sent me some time back, and we'll get to those at some time in the future...:D Wink Oh, and btw, Clint called, said something about "feeling lucky punk?"...:D
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website Photo Gallery
401RCAF_HitMan
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Dec 26, 2004
Posts: 1470
Location: Ontario, CANADA (next to the beer store)
PostPosted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 7:47 pm
Post subject: Re: TC's Corner...revisited.

oi TC where ya been bud...been a long time man, seeing this stuff is like a blast from the past.
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website
FireStorm
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Mar 08, 2005
Posts: 49
Location: Quebec
PostPosted: Sun Jul 24, 2005 10:32 am
Post subject: Re: TC's Corner...revisited.

Enjoying the stories immensely! Looking forward to the next TC's corner!
Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail
Shadow_Bshwackr
Janitor

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 21, 2005
Posts: 7020
Location: Central Illinois, USA
PostPosted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 5:52 am
Post subject: Re: TC's Corner...revisited.

Edition #3....:wink:


WHY IS IT?


Why is it? Rookie Rooms never have half-dozen Rookies ready to be kilt but instead a half-dozen seasoned aces with Rookie Kilters?

Why is it? My mothers cover the eyes and ears of their youngest child every time my Rookie Kilter and me go by?

Why is it? That a Genuine TC Rookie Kilter is known by the State of Nebraska to cause cancer?

Why is it? Once you actually do find a Rookie Room full of Rookies the host always boots you?

Why is it? The Zone freezes when you are heading into a really cool dogfight but always works like a charm in Ark Royal games?

Why is it? Game hosts never believe you when you explain to them a "Genuine Rookie Kilter" is simply a repainted P-51D?

Why is it? You get into this really cool sounding game that upon getting into the Ready Room you find out its a 2 vs. 2 game that goes up to 25 kills and hasn't been going for more than 15 seconds?

Why is it? When you are in a Rookie Room some punk comes in with his mod and shoots you down?

Why is it? Rookie Kilters are not banned from minors and,
especially, Rookies?

Why is it? Your kid deletes CFS twenty minutes before the "Big Squad Match" and not when he was jumping on the keyboard four days ago?

Why is it? Any female that shot you down thinks it is such a good topic in a chat room?

Why is it? Rookies can't keep the same hours as their Kilters?

Why is it? Whenever someone (obviously a Rookie) gets the Republic P-47D as his plane, and while you are smirking to yourself getting ready to kill him, someone tells the guy to fly a Hawker?

Why is it? You make your greatest kills alone but make your worst misses surrounded by a crowd of sadistic hecklers?

Why is it? Wives expect you to go to work, fulfill social and family obligations, change baby's diaper, go to church, take kids to their softball games, help with the laundry, and go shopping with them while Rookies abound on the Zone?

Why is it? That PGBearcat's letters are only slightly longer and more complicated than a thesis on nuclear fission?

Why is it? That none of these add-on designers every invented a compass that does not point North, South, East or West, but in an actual useful direction, like the shortest route to the nearest Rookie?

Why is it? Wives cannot accept the mystery of computer flight Sim games reproducing in the CD drawer and leave it at that?

Why is it? Wives cannot see the fact that all Rookies must be kilt?

Why is it? Wives go on crusades to Save the Rookie and make the Rookie Kilter paint the garage?

Why is it? The game lags the exact instant of shooting down a Rookie and not when you were looking for one two minutes before?

Why is it? When you totally miss a Rookie that the person standing behind you happens to be your priest, minister, rabbi, or worse, your 3-year old son, who asks Mommy what a "Bleeping Bleep of a Bleep Rookie", is?

PG_Tigercat
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website Photo Gallery
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic    Revive this topic    Printer Friendly Page    Forum Index ›  Officer's Club
Page 1 of 8
All times are GMT - 6 Hours
Go to page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8  Next

Archive Revive
Username:
This is an archived topic - your reply will not be appended here.
Instead, a new topic will be generated in the active forum.
The new topic will provide a reference link to this archived topic.