#4557166 - 02/22/21 07:42 AM
Lettuce Remember
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Rick_Rawlings
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With the certainly immanent release of Between Heaven & Hell 2 (possibly ?) perhaps it is time to take a look back at the between the Between Heavens and Hells and reminisce about a little something we like to call: Wings Over Flanders Fields. Since Between Heaven and Hell became Wings Over Flanders Fields, I have: -Seen Immelmann exactly once -Seen the Red Baron maybe once but possibly twice -Shot down Voss a couple of times -Been killed by AA once (*edit: specifically, a direct shell burst. I've been wounded by ground fire to the point of death many times) -Seen a recon aircraft shoot off its own wing once -Shot down an enemy plane with rockets once (actually, after reviewing the tapes, twice...) -Successfully extinguished my aircraft when it was on fire in mid-air once -Died once for landing on a lake shore. I think? Or maybe had a heart attack... -Learned that I would never take on a Roland C II in real life -Legitimately, completely forgot that Zeppelins were in the game -Enjoyed it enough to host eleven group challenges -Of which I actually survived...only once? Is that right? -Won a Wammy -Learned to stop worrying and love fences. Well, not quite... -Got TrackIR and wondered how I ever got by before on padlock and snap views -Lasted long enough to get to my favorite plane, the SE5a, once -Lasted long enough to get to my second favorite plane, the N17, numerous times -Cursed the N16 every time I flew it -Got collided with 107,417 times -Realized that I don't miss the Red Baron series at all as it has been completely supplanted by its spiritual successor, the brilliant WOFF Please feel free to add your own thoughts and observations!
Last edited by Rick_Rawlings; 03/13/21 07:32 PM.
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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#4557181 - 02/22/21 12:20 PM
Re: Lettuce Remember
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Fullofit
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So ... I take it you don’t like WoFF that much.
"Take the cylinder out of my kidneys, The connecting rod out of my brain, my brain, From out of my arse take the camshaft, And assemble the engine again."
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#4557186 - 02/22/21 12:57 PM
Re: Lettuce Remember
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RAF_Louvert
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Aaaah, memories. One of things I remember most about OFF/WOFF and its many incarnations is the myriad ways to die. Allow me to quote myself from a thread dating back about five years ago now:
Over the years in OFF and WOFF I have, on more than one occasion:
stalled out, crashed and died spun in, crashed and died fallen upside down, crashed and died fallen tail first, crashed and died had the wings come off, crashed and died seized the engine, crashed and died ran out of fuel, crashed and died collided with a plane, (both enemy and friendly), crashed and died collided with a balloon, (both enemy and friendly), crashed and died flown into a storm cloud, became disoriented, fell OOC, crashed and died been shot, crashed and died been shot, died and crashed been blown up, crashed and died been burned up, crashed and died been hit by Archie, crashed and died flown into a church steeple, crashed and died bounced the landing and died flipped over whilst landing and died hit a mountain and died hit a fence and died hit a building and died hit a tree and died hit a train and died hit a bridge and died hit a parked plane and died hit the water and died hit the water, burst into flames, and died, (I swear to the WOFF gods, it’s true) died when my plane blew up whilst sitting on the field preparing to take off because the enemy dropped bombs on it died when my plane blew up whilst sitting on the field preparing to take off because I accidentally dropped my own bombs got captured, was shot trying to escape, and died got wounded, made it to the hospital, and died days later had a tryst with a mademoiselle in Paris, contracted VD, and died years later, (OK, that’s not modeled in WOFF - yet)
Good times - good, good times.
Three RFC Brass Hats were strolling down a street in London. Two walked into a bar, the third one ducked._________________________________________________________________________ Former Cold War Warrior, USAF Security Service 1974-1978, E-4, Morse Systems Intercept, England, Europe, and points above. "pippy-pahpah-pippy pah-pip-pah"
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#4557199 - 02/22/21 02:27 PM
Re: Lettuce Remember
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Polovski
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LOL Guys. Just in case Mortus, you know you can manually create a pilot to join a squadron and set the date when they have SE5's ? Or when creating a pilot with the auto deployment you can choose SE5a whatever as your aircraft and it finds a squadron with them. (makes note, not enough ways to die).
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#4557201 - 02/22/21 02:43 PM
Re: Lettuce Remember
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Rick_Rawlings
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died when my plane blew up whilst sitting on the field preparing to take off because the enemy dropped bombs on it
Thats actually awesome. -Seen my entire flight, 5 DH2's, be reduced to just me alone when all four of the AI pilots collided with one another upon turning to meet a pair of Eindeckers
Fortunately, this has gotten much better in recent builds. And yes, the Pup is outstanding!
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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#4557213 - 02/22/21 03:57 PM
Re: Lettuce Remember
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Mortuus
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Just in case Mortus, you know you can manually create a pilot to join a squadron and set the date when they have SE5's ? Or when creating a pilot with the auto deployment you can choose SE5a whatever as your aircraft and it finds a squadron with them. Well, sure, but that's not earning it, lol
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#4557406 - 02/23/21 02:35 PM
Re: Lettuce Remember
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kaa
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one remarkable and frustrating "adventure " I had was my death on my first training flight, with Captain "Something" at command in a bad landing crash ..
Last edited by kaa; 02/23/21 02:54 PM.
"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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#4557572 - 02/24/21 06:33 PM
Re: Lettuce Remember
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Burning_Beard
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When you fly with the early Lafayette Escadrille you need to ignore the orders or they will crash you into mountains.
More Scotch and Stogies for my Wingman!
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#4559466 - 03/11/21 03:58 PM
Re: Lettuce Remember
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HumanDrone
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Rick, awesome now perhaps, not so much when it happened.
Pol, "(makes note, not enough ways to die)" - LOL gets tossed about a lot but that one truly did make me laugh out loud.
. Me as well! as did the post that drew Pol's response!
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#4559566 - 03/12/21 07:43 AM
Re: Lettuce Remember
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LtCasey
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Since I made my Return yesterday to woff PE, I died five Times.
Fence...my old friend!✅ Stalled....so easy!✅ Shot down...of course!✅ Hit a tree....wait, there was no tree!✅ Shred my prop while taking Off...flipped the E3, of course!✅ E3 banked right over 45degrees......Spin of death ✅
So this made six times, obviously....
"What the hell do I care, I know I got them!" Raul Lufberry
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#4559694 - 03/13/21 05:55 AM
Re: Lettuce Remember
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Rick_Rawlings
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You are as constant as the northern star...
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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#4559698 - 03/13/21 08:14 AM
Re: Lettuce Remember
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LtCasey
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You are as constant as the northern star... At least in this Case....
"What the hell do I care, I know I got them!" Raul Lufberry
AMD Guy! Ryzen 5 3600, 5700xt, 32gb RAM, 2x nvsme Samsung 250gb (system) 500gb (Game) +100gb Backup Corsair ssd. Watercooled. Win 10 64bit.
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#4559786 - 03/13/21 07:31 PM
Re: Lettuce Remember
[Re: Polovski]
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Rick_Rawlings
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Excellent with more practice you should be able to get that death rate higher.
BTW I know, against the 'more deaths needed grain' and all that, but you can sometimes save yourself with the Fok EIII if you get into a slide use the rudder to bring the nose down towards the ground then pull up. Better still use that more often before you get there. Shouldn't you be working on something?... (...but seriously, another vid Hellshade!)
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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#4559788 - 03/13/21 07:39 PM
Re: Lettuce Remember
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Adger
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Excellent with more practice you should be able to get that death rate higher.
BTW I know, against the 'more deaths needed grain' and all that, but you can sometimes save yourself with the Fok EIII if you get into a slide use the rudder to bring the nose down towards the ground then pull up. Better still use that more often before you get there. Shouldn't you be working on something?... (...but seriously, another vid Hellshade!) Yeah I agree Rick, cmon Pol,back too it
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.
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Exodus
by RedOneAlpha. 04/18/24 05:46 PM
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