the aces

[SEE]

1 v 1 is the real test and probably why a lot of folks feel uncomfortable entering tournaments or going 1 v 1 . I have spoken to many of the guys I consider to be great at 1 v 1 and, apart from the fact they are excellent flyers in combat anyway, most say that they have mastered the skill of maneouvring and watching you at the same time using the camera pan. They have lightening responses and are much quicker at spotting their foe from distance irrespective of what altitude they are at (bigger screens seem to help). They can see or induce 'predictibility' ........and exploit it!

[Hrok81]

Originally Posted by SEE

... they have mastered the skill of maneouvring and watching you at the same time using the camera pan ...

Absolutely true, whenever I've had a decent "performance" (very few games sadly) I was constantly watching the enemy plane with the cam. Staying on their tails becomes way easier, and shaking them too I believe.
Too bad I always found it really "tiring", but I guess it's just me.

[Robotic Pope]

I'm convinced connection quality to the internet makes a big difference too. And from the times Ive flewn with him Im sure Mirgirvin has a very good connection. I think everyone has experienced times when you are pouring bullets into a plane thats right infront of you and nothing happens, other times you are flying 90 degrees from your target and get an awesome leed shot that kills the enemy instantly (something which would have been totaly imposible to do in the first example). A lot of the times that ive been killed by mirgirvin have been like this, I die before I even know im being shot at.

Ive also noticed the times when latency is higher the more non-counting crashed kills I get. Mirgirvin seems to get almost all his kills when Ive seen him fly.

Now i'm not saying his skill is just down to connection quality. He is obviously one of the best pilots in the game. I'm just saying its something to consider when he totaly wipes the floor with you.

Just want to add I remember one time when my connection was being nice to me, I was playing a realistic team battle in an I-153 and mirgirvin was on the other side in a La5. I singled him out and murdered him many times until he became anoyed and quit the game lol. He doesn't like the I-153.

[BRIGGBOY]

i have a good internet connection and it dont help me

[Zatoichi_Sanjuro]

Connection has little to do with it. Crash-bug happens to everyone. Some people handle it like rational adults and some cry like babies and blame the player (not naming names ).

If you get beaten by the same player a lot, got to the leaderboards and check out how many times that player has played that particular mode. Chances are they have far, far more games under their belt than you. It's about the only statistic which is good for anything (although it doesn't show flight time just number of matches played) and it shows you that 'practice makes perfect'.

[TRC Subaru]

Originally Posted by Zatoichi_Sanjuro

Connection has little to do with it. Crash-bug happens to everyone

Yes Zatoichi, player skill is the ultimate deciding factor, what I’m saying is I am friends with one of the best players on line, and when the connection is “bad” he will “only” get 10 kills in a 10 minute game…instead of his "usual" 20, and I will get maybe 4 instead of my usual 8, better is better and yes, the better player will still win if all things are equal – but what sometimes happens is the “connection Issue” only may hit a few players, and when it does it changes the final outcome completely, in fact if I have the “good connection” and my friend has the “bad connection” I can almost beat him – note I said “almost”...

I believe this uncertainty is what drive players mad.

[Hrok81]

Lag...now I get why my bullets seem to pass through planes without causing any damage!!

Joke, I'm pretty sure my connection is quite good.
Anyway, I have met Mirgervirn in quite a few games and he's always been a nice guy, even when he was shot down many times (which didn't happen often, and not by me) he never quitted, but it's just my two cents.

[STINGERSIX78]

fly your plane. not the game....

[STINGERSIX78]

1) don't try to shoot Mirgervin head on, especially if he has a spitfire

hmmm, use a g-6 or a k-4....

u will blow him to heaven

[InfiniteStates]

As many have have stated, Mirgervin is either the best of the best, or one of. There's only one guy I knew who could give him a run for his money 1v1, but he's since retired.

I once managed to keep my view on him as he manouvered onto my 6 from a head to head, and you might notice he always turns upwards. He does a kind of stall turn thing then uses acceleration and your turn against you. I found the best tactic was to use my spit's superior firepower against him in a head to head then try and make enough distance to turn for another head to head. Needless to say it wasn't hugely successful.

Also, on the few occasions I have shot him down, more often than not, kills don't register on him and it counts as a crash (even after the patch). Also, re: screen size, he says he plays on a crappy smallish screen.

EDIT: apologies to SubaruGaz - I didn't realise you could beat him also, just like I didn't realise this thread had 2 pages before I posted lol