#4544758 - 11/12/20 11:05 PM
Re: Unofficial WOFF 2020 Name Suggestions [NOW OFFICIAL! - Pol]
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Wow. How about the "WOFF: Well, That Escalated Quickly" Edition.
The older I get, the more I realize I don't need to be Han, Luke or Leia. I'm just happy to be rebel scum...
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#4544787 - 11/13/20 10:44 AM
Re: Unofficial WOFF 2020 Name Suggestions [NOW OFFICIAL! - Pol]
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Here’s another take on the whole naming thing.
Originally our beloved sim was simply called “Over Flanders Fields”. There were numerous tweaks and patches, but it remained OFF until the first major upgrade, “Between Heaven and Hell”. It was then referred to as OFF BHaH, or BHaH for short, (at least by us here in the community), throughout the next batch of tweaks and upgrades. Then came the massive rework that was eventually released as “WINGS: Over Flanders Fields”, and notice the colon as “WINGS” was still considered another version of OFF, in much the same way that BHaH was. Said colon appears to have been dropped from the naming even though “Over Flanders Fields” is still the official product name, at least according to the website address. Now then, what with the various “Editions” that followed, “WINGS” took on more the aspect of a series name rather than just another rework or upgrade name. So, with all this in mind, and given the massive rework we are again about to experience, perhaps it is time for an entirely new series name. Consider the following:
HEROES: Over Flanders Fields BATTLESKIES: Over Flanders Fields WAR CLOUDS: Over Flanders Fields SKY FIGHTERS: Over Flanders Fields WINGED WARFARE: Over Flanders Fields WINGED WARRIORS: Over Flanders Fields SKY WAR: Over Flanders Fields THE GREAT AIR WAR: Over Flanders Fields
etc, etc, etc, ad infinitum
Once you’ve landed, (pun intended), on the new series name you can then add the new “Editions” as they are developed, just as you did with “WINGS”.
Just a thought.
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#4544794 - 11/13/20 12:12 PM
Re: Unofficial WOFF 2020 Name Suggestions [NOW OFFICIAL! - Pol]
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How about “Winged Victory”?
In homage to the best novel about air fighting in the Great War, bar none. If you haven’t read it, I very strongly recommend it. Indeed, so did TE Lawrence (“of Arabia”). A semi-autographical account of a Camel pilot in 1918, it vividly describes both life on the ground and action in the air, while dispelling any notions that war is fun without being any sort of pacifist propaganda.
Author Victor Yeates contracted “Flying Sickness D” (TB) during his service, and died in his thirties, so he wrote the book on borrowed time.
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#4544796 - 11/13/20 12:28 PM
Re: Unofficial WOFF 2020 Name Suggestions [NOW OFFICIAL! - Pol]
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. I agree Mike, Yeates' masterpiece stands as one of the best of the best of the contemporary WWI works. An absolute "must read". And I happen to own a lovely 1934 1st US edition of it. . .
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#4544814 - 11/13/20 03:52 PM
Re: Unofficial WOFF 2020 Name Suggestions
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WOFF: No Parachutes Edition WOFF: Ace of Aces Edition WOFF: Contact! WOFF: Blip Edition WOFF:Life and Death WOFF: Flamer Edition WOFF: Blue Max Edition
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#4544815 - 11/13/20 03:53 PM
Re: Unofficial WOFF 2020 Name Suggestions
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#4544845 - 11/13/20 09:07 PM
Re: Unofficial WOFF 2020 Name Suggestions
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How about “Winged Victory”?
In homage to the best novel about air fighting in the Great War, bar none. If you haven’t read it, I very strongly recommend it. Indeed, so did TE Lawrence (“of Arabia”). A semi-autographical account of a Camel pilot in 1918, it vividly describes both life on the ground and action in the air, while dispelling any notions that war is fun without being any sort of pacifist propaganda.
Author Victor Yeates contracted “Flying Sickness D” (TB) during his service, and died in his thirties, so he wrote the book on borrowed time. Yes but what about the German Airforce ? By the way, he had the idea to namie his novel "Wingless Victor" ,his first name being Victor, but the editor did not find that very enthousiastic !
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"Anyone can shoot you down if you don't see him coming but it takes a wonderfully good Hun to bag a Camel if you're expecting him." Tom Cundall.
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#4545058 - 11/15/20 07:41 PM
Re: Unofficial WOFF 2020 Name Suggestions [NOW OFFICIAL! - Pol]
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If they really want people to buy it they could just call it the "WOFF: No More Fences" Edition...
The older I get, the more I realize I don't need to be Han, Luke or Leia. I'm just happy to be rebel scum...
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#4545067 - 11/15/20 08:58 PM
Re: Unofficial WOFF 2020 Name Suggestions [NOW OFFICIAL! - Pol]
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. Here’s another take on the whole naming thing.
Originally our beloved sim was simply called “Over Flanders Fields”. <excellent game name history snipped>
HEROES: Over Flanders Fields BATTLESKIES: Over Flanders Fields WAR CLOUDS: Over Flanders Fields SKY FIGHTERS: Over Flanders Fields WINGED WARFARE: Over Flanders Fields WINGED WARRIORS: Over Flanders Fields SKY WAR: Over Flanders Fields THE GREAT AIR WAR: Over Flanders Fields
etc, etc, etc, ad infinitum
Just a thought.
And a good one at that. It also fits with OBD web site URL too. How about: Aces: Over Flanders Fields Dawn: Over Flanders Fields Battle: Over Flanders Fields War: Over Flanders Fields Scourge: Over Flanders Fields Weapons: Over Flanders Fields Warriors: Over Flanders Fields
Last edited by mandrews; 11/15/20 09:15 PM. Reason: Thought of another one
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#4545184 - 11/16/20 07:46 PM
Re: Unofficial WOFF 2020 Name Suggestions
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WOF: Diamond Edition WOF: Maxim Edition WOF: Up the Blue edition WOF:No Empty Seats edition WOF: Aces High Edition WOF: Ace Edition @Wodin, I think this is the spirit of what we need: Edition names. You've created my favorite so far: WOFF: Maxim Edition Thanks:)
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#4545186 - 11/16/20 07:49 PM
Re: Unofficial WOFF 2020 Name Suggestions
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WOFF: Tis Bloody Freezing Up Here WOFF: WW1 cockpit time machine WOFF: Hun in the Sun WOFF: Scout Thrills Two Seater Woes WOFF: Above the Trenches
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#4545225 - 11/17/20 05:00 AM
Re: Unofficial WOFF 2020 Name Suggestions [NOW OFFICIAL! - Pol]
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Well, considering the lineage that WOFF comes from... how about... Wings Over Flanders Fields: The Western Front - Promised Land - WingStrut-Beery - Hell's Angels Patch... 2.0? LMFAO!! WOFF: Where Eagles Dare! WOFF: Crimson Skies WOFF: Over The Front WOFF: The Last Knights WOFF: Dawn Patrol WOFF: The Circus Rolls at Dawn WOFF: Jagdstaffel! WOFF: Iron Crosses
The Black Baron of Boistrancourt returns!!
I'd rather die fighting, than live for nothing. - Gen. G.S. Patton
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#4545279 - 11/17/20 06:54 PM
Re: Unofficial WOFF 2020 Name Suggestions [NOW OFFICIAL! - Pol]
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WOFF: The "Will I Have to Upgrade My PC Again?" Edition
I've lost count...I think I've upgraded 4 times since Phase 2 to keep current with WOFF.
Keep up the amazing work!
There are no accidents and no fatal flaws in the machines; there are only pilots with the wrong stuff.
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#4545396 - 11/18/20 10:58 PM
Re: Unofficial WOFF 2020 Name Suggestions [NOW OFFICIAL! - Pol]
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Haha if only we had shares in PC companies. Mind you Phase2 was 2006 or something though!
I feel like I remember that you had to have someone make you a copy to get in on Phase 2, and I was going to do that but then Phase 3 was about to come out as a retail product, so I just waited for that. Is that about right? (The way the phases worked, I am aware that no one will remember my internal thought process at this remote distance...) This is where someone should throw up a Phase 2 screenshot to remind us of how far we have come...
The older I get, the more I realize I don't need to be Han, Luke or Leia. I'm just happy to be rebel scum...
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Exodus
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