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08-03-2011, 10:09 AM
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Hi, I'm 22 and I've been playing flightsims since I was 5 years old. Ever since my dad let me try Microprose's "Dogfight 80 years of aerial combat" from 1993 and Flight simulator 4 and eventually 95 I was hooked. Also played X-wing, Tie-Fighter and X-wing vs. Tie-Fighter, Strike Eagle III, Back to Baghdad, Falcon, 4 FS 98, 2000, 2004 and X. I also played Novalogic's Comanche 1, 2 and 3 + F-22 Lightning II. Later on I also played DID's Eurofighter 2000 and F-22 Air Dominance Fighter + F-22 Total Air War. Played CFS1, 2 and 3 and more recently I've also been playing IL-2 Sturmovik (2001) and kept playing it for 10 years. I bought all the official expansion packs (minus the pure mission-based ones). I also flew Lock:On flaming cliffs 1 & 2 + DCS blackshark, but even though the super-advanced high speed aircraft I missed the intense dogfights of WW1 and WW2. I currently play IL-2 Cliffs of Dover and Rise Of Flight. I get my quick thrills from RoF and my more serious realism fights from CloD.
In reality I work as an Airforce F-16 Crew-Chief and enjoy my time spent around real aircraft during the day time and sim aircraft at night  There's a private plane club at the base where I can take my PPL once I gather the money and time for it, which I hope to do within the next year if my girlfriend supports the idea of throwing ca 14.000$ on it  .Nice to meet you all!
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#2
08-03-2011, 11:22 AM
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OK I'll bite.
Started with il2 in about 2001, and been with JG52 since about '04.Flown hundreds, maybe even thousands of online war missions, in VEF,VOW,CAD,AFW and many others over the years. In all the time I flew il2, I never once flew cockpit off, through personal choice.Thats probably why I am such a poor shot... Now fly RoF and CoD, but nowhere near the frequency I once did with il2. Retired at 38, and now have time to enjoy life,and take the pish out of those that deserve it.
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#3
08-03-2011, 12:06 PM
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hi my name is Alasdair Fisher im a scottish bloke that lives in N.W England for my sins. im thirty bloody seven ! and still carrying on like a kid with games
I started modding games back with CFS2 and have continued since mostly with racing simulators. im probally more of a modder than a gamer these days but the 2 fuel each other. i reckon iam a reasonably good artist out with modding too. Iam a realistic guy, no religion and not too much poolitics here, but plenty of science where possible. ohh im hoplessly addicted to smokin' marjuana too. (a good thing) Some of you may have me on your ignore lists which i would say isnt too fair, but each to there own. Regards that, iam a realistic guy as ive already stated and i will not cease to stand up or voice my opinions. i love to play music & listen to music, used to play bass in a few bands. presently playing alot of slide guitar(blues) but listening wise as i am typing this iam listening to this. Out with gaming activities wise for most of my life that simply involved snowboarding skateboarding, bmxing & being with women. Sports wise it has to come in the form of skillfull trickery, cant be doin with that boring nonsense. i still go abroad to the alps every year for snowboarding but thats abouts its for these days. Financial pressure increasing. Gaming wise its quite eclectic, just like everything else. i do have a Ps3, did have a 360 till recently. but mainly the long term fascination comes from the simulation side. Eagle Dynamics are at the top of the ladder where flight is concerned and from that you can take that i do fly the awesome a-10 flying tank and the Ka-50. Unfortunatly ROF just isnt appealing to me much. Other genre i like are strategy games. DOW2, Starcraft2, All total war series etc etc. @skoshi, thats an admirable collection. i stupidly flung CFS3 in the bin a few weeks ago or i would have been happy to give you it. Last edited by Ali Fish; 08-03-2011 at 12:46 PM.
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#4
08-03-2011, 12:23 PM
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Well this was the first online WW2 'sim' (okay, it's really not a sim!) I played:
http://www.airattack-central.com/Air_Attack_Videos.php Then I found IL2 and never looked back. Currently, even though I have CloD, I just don't play it as I wait for Patches. Il2:1946 has 5 different installs on my HD (HSFX/UP/etc,etc) and I will be playing that and Wings of Prey for years yet! I hope CloD does make it through though as it looks great, but needs patching. However, I can wait as I have loads to play with for now! Cheers, MP
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#5
08-03-2011, 12:32 PM
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Hi,
In and out of flight sims for years but never seriously. Been mainly Sub Siming as persona Hans Gruber since 2005 but fell out of love when UBI released SH5. Some talented moders have managed to make a reasonable game out of it but it still lacks the SH3 'appeal' alas. Bought il2 to bide my patience till COD came out then plunged into a big PC upgrade, Track IR and Saitek 52 Pro. I'm lucky to have bought a Gigabyte GTX 480 Super OC with 1.5 GB VRam before the prices went up....it's due to this card that i'm having a great time with COD. Sure it needs a lot of optimisation work and an overhaul of the interface, sound and AI but it does have the makings of a classic. I just wish they had gone with any other publisher than UBI and waited before releasing it. I feel 1C have now lost the opportunity to have made a lot of money on COD. But I'm sure we'll benefit from their continued support of their Russian client base. I'll mainly be lurking here as I don't get on too well with authority. Cheers, McFeckit Last edited by McFeckit; 08-03-2011 at 12:38 PM. Reason: Incomplete
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#6
08-03-2011, 01:32 PM
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Aha! I like this forum...thanks mods.
Been playing Il-2 (almost) from the beginning...I got my first copy about eight months after release, and added to it over the years with all the great expansion packs that came out. Eventually I bought 1946 as it was easier having everything on one disc. Il-2 is the only sim I've really gotten heavily involved in, athough I like LOMAC and the DCS series as well. Wishing Clod and the team all the best for the future. PS-Skoshi, great pic!
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#7
08-03-2011, 01:52 PM
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Greetings! Dave here, 66 years young, pro photographer (too much fun to retire)
 Played flight sims since Microsoft Flight Sim on the Atari (top half of screen blue, bottom half green and grey rectangle for runway) Didn't try on-line combat until a year ago when I installed WOP. Loving the on-line experience of Clod, even get the occasional kill  -S-
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#8
08-07-2011, 05:36 AM
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Hi, I'm 92 years old and been playing Farming sims on Facebook since 2001. I did a google on "clod" and found this site and discovered this game has cows. The rest, as they say, is naval history.
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#9
08-03-2011, 03:04 PM
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Have been flying sims since Lucasarts Battle of Britain & Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe( boy...have we come a long ways)
 Discarded everything but a very modded IL-2 UP3.0 ,Rise of Flight & of course Cliffs of Dover,which I really do like ( maybe because of the amount of eye-candy) and which I think I'm only scratching the surface of....In high hopes it will only get bigger & better..Music while playing? 1940 BBC:Ray Noble,Ambrose, Jack Hylton et al & Korngold & Max Steiner Movie soundtrack... Oh...I also paint a bit:    ( Semi relevant to the subject) www.jamesdietz.com
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#10
08-03-2011, 03:26 PM
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Anyway, about me... Ditto: since LucasArts, and I still remember the thrill of the kill even though the enemy was composed of 10 juddering blocks of pixels! always needed to buy the latest sim release, but always 3 generations behind the hardware curve ( can't sneak anything passed the wife ) So online battles are usually (always) short and sweet( something to do with lag... ... but immense fun...Ww2 is definitely my preferred era, not into modern, I like to see who is killing me So CoD and RoF are taking turns at the moment... Isn't it nice in here? Cheers Last edited by retrojet; 08-03-2011 at 03:35 PM. Reason: Gone to Jamesdietz.com :)
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