Tides of War

THE PRACTICE SESSION FOR THIS PAST TUESDAY STARTED SLOW WITH CUTTER, RED AND MYSELF. RED WAS HAVE THOSE PESKY CONNECTION PROBLEMS AND WHILE HE WAS TRYING TO GET THOSE STRAIGHTENED OUT, CUTTER AND MYSELF WENT TO COLD PASS H2H TO PRACTICE TURN FIGHTING SKILLS.

SHORTLY THEREAFTER TBAR SHOWED UP AND HE ASKED TO PRACTICE H2H GUNS HOT SINCE WE NEED TO PRACTICE FOR OUR MATCHES. RED FINALLY GOT HIS CONNECTION HOOKED UP AND WE DECIDED TO GO 2 VS 2 WITH CUTTER AND MYSELF HOOKING UP TO FLY AGAINST RED AND TBAR.

AFTER A SHORT WHILE JONNY MADE A RETURN TO THE SKIES AND WE THEN DECIDED TO GO RED WING VS GOLD WING WHICH WOULD PUT JONNY AND TBAR ON THE SAME TEAM AND MOVE RED TO HIS HOME WING ON RED TEAM. THIS PUT US IN A 3 VS 2 SITUATION WHICH MAKES FOR A PRETTY GOOD PRACTICE. TBAR AND JONNY MAKE FOR A VERY FORMIDABLE COMBINATION. ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY OF BEING ABLE TO SPEAK TO YOUR TEAM MATE ON TS. USAFCAR I THINK SHOWED UP A LITTLE LATER AND JOINED THE GOLD TEAM.

CUTTER WAS DOING A FINE JOB OF STAYING OVER THE GE BASE, BUT WAS TEMPTED TO CHASE PLANES INTO THE AA. NOT A GOOD THING TO DO AS WE ALL SHOULD KNOW. I WAS UNABLE TO VERBALLY COMMUNICATE WITH RED WHICH MADE SENDING OUT ATTACK COMMANDS DIFFICULT.

TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY, GOLD TEAM INSISTED ON MAKING THIS A HIGH FLYING CIRCUS ACT. THIS IS WHERE I REALLY BECAME DISAPPOINTED. OUR PRACTICES ARE TO GEARED TOWARDS OUR GAME MATCHES. THIS IS THE REASON WE PRACTICE, AT LEAST THAT IS WHAT I ASSUMED, BUT ONCE AGAIN I GUESS I'M WRONG AGAIN.

LAST NIGHT BECAME A USELESS WASTE OF TIME. SO LETS GO AHEAD AND ACKNOWLEDGE HERE AND NOW THAT THE BK109-K4 IS REALLY GOOD AT DIVING DOWN AND ATTACKING. THE THING IS WHY CLIMB TO OVER 24,000 FT??? IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN IN A LEAGUE MATCH. IT HASN'T HAPPENED IN ANY MATCH THAT I'VE ATTENDED SO FAR. AT LEAST IN ANY OF THE GAME FILMS THAT I SPENT MOST OF LAST NIGHT REVIEWING. THE CLOSEST THING I FOUND WAS A GE PLANE ATTEMPTING TO OUT CLIMB AN SU PLANE AT 16,400 FT. AND WHEN THE GE PLANE GOT THE TOP OF THE ARCH IT LOOPED OVER INTO THE GUNS OF A YAK. THE YAK MADE THE KILL.

THE FACT IS, DURING PRACTICE LAST NIGHT I WAS ATTEMPTING TO FIND A PLANE THAT I KNEW WAS REALLY HIGH. I WAS ALREADY AT 20K AND BEING TOLD KNOW ONE WAS UP THAT HIGH, I KNEW THAT I WAS BEING LIED TO BECAUSE MY LOCKS WHERE SHOWING THAT I HAD AT LEAST ONE BANDIT UP OVER ME AND THAT IS WHEN I REACHED 22,000 FT.

IT'S USELESS TO THINK THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE HAVING COMBAT THAT HIGH IN A REAL SCENARIO MATCH. IT JUST ISN'T GOING TO HAPPEN.

I BECAME IRRITATED AND FRUSTRATED AND LEFT THE PRACTICE WHEN I WAS EXPLODED FROM A HIGH DIVING BK109-K4. CONGRATULATIONS!!

I AM NOT GOING TO STAND FOR SUCH STUPIDITY ANY FURTHER. IF YOU WANT TO GO HIGH, GO AHEAD. YOU'LL BE UP THERE BY YOURSELF WHILE THE REAL GAME IS GOING ON 15,000 FT BELOW YOU. AND YOU'LL NEVER GET THERE IN TIME TO HELP YOUR TEAM MATES. BETWEEN 14 TO 16 SECONDS IS WHAT ITS GOING TO TAKE TO GO FROM 20,000 FT TO 5,000 FT. 1/4 OF A MINUTE. I THAT TIME THE FURBALL IS GONE AND YOU HAVE NO TARGETS TO SHOOT AT. YOUR TEAM MATES ARE DEAD AND BEING PINNED BY THE ENEMY PLANES YOU COULD OF BEEN KILLING IF YOU HAD BEEN AT A LOWER ALTITUDE.

NOW SHOW ME SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW. YOU CAN TELL THAT I'M REALLY NOT IMPRESSED WITH THE FACT THAT A BK109-K4 CAN ATTACK VERY WELL AT HIGH ALTITUDE. THE FACT IS THIS, IT ALSO DOES VERY WELL AT LOW ALTITUDES AS WELL. SO WHY WASTE GOOD PRACTICE TIME TO GO HIGH WHEN ITS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN IN A REAL MATCH.

GENTLEMEN WE HAVE A GOOD COMPETITION COMING UP THIS WEEKEND WITH USHA "B" TEAM. I PERSONALLY NEEDED TO HAVE A GOOD PRACTICE LAST NIGHT AND I WASN'T ABLE TO DO THAT. WE HAVE NO PRACTICES SCHEDULE BETWEEN NOW AND THIS SATURDAY AND THIS IS DISAPPOINTING TO ME. THE FACT IS I MAY NOT EVEN FLY IN THIS EVENT AND I REALLY DON'T KNOW IF I WANT TO KEEP GOING ON WITH THIS NONSENSE AND CHILD'S PLAY. SO HERE IS WHAT I'M GOING TO DO.

I WANT TO BE A PART OF A WINNING TEAM OR AT LEAST ONE THAT WANTS TO TRY AND BE A WINNING TEAM.

IF YOU WANT TO FLY ALONG WITH ME, YOU ARE GOING TO NEED TO HAVE TO BRING THE FOLLOWING TO THE TABLE, OTHERWISE I'M GOING TO MOVE ON AND FIND PEOPLE WHO DO:

1. A SERIOUS WINNING ATTITUDE. (WE CAN HAVE FUN AND HAVE A WINNING ATTITUDE AT THE SAME TIME.)

2. TEAM SPEAK UP AND RUNNING WHERE YOU CAN AT LEAST HERE THE COMMANDS BEING GIVEN OUT. (DON'T WORRY ABOUT ANYONE COVERING YOUR BUTT BECAUSE I/WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO LOOK AT THE IN GAME COMMS TO SEE WHAT YOUR WRITING. IF YOU WANT HELP GET A MICROPHONE AND SPEAK UP!)

3. LEARN THE DAMN BREVITY CODE. I THINK ITS BEEN NARROWED DOWN TO LESS THAN 20 WORDS BY NOW. (I NEED TO DO THIS TOO SO DON'T THINK YOU ARE BY YOURSELF.) USELESS CHATTER DOES NOTHING BUT TAKE AWAY FROM REAL EVENTS THAT MAY BE HAPPENING AND NO ONE CAN HEAR. (I FOUND MYSELF LAST NIGHT TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING WHEN i SHOULD HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO CUTTER TELLING ME HE HAD PROBLEMS. I COULD OF HELPED HIM IF I HADN'T BEEN RUNNING OFF AT THE MOUTH.)

JOKER

OUT!

Can not leave my Team mate hanging by himself on a limb pertaining to

his post, I therefore, Affirm & Confirm and acknowledge that the subject

matter there in and his commentary in said post is correct and true!, Wherefore,

I advise and suggest only as a Team mate and friend, "To Adapt, Apply and

Overcome! Semper Fi, Cutter

Ok very late reply but here goes:

That high GE was me. Tbar was covering your base when I flew over to him then realized there was a lock way above me to the southeast over or behind GE. This was far away from me which would mean he was even higher than he appeared(farther away the bandit, closer he is to horizon making him look about leveled with you). I was at 10k when I noticed the danger. I told Tbar using team chat that I had a high lock and he verified. In retaliation I climbed to my 30k and headed towards the lock to swat him down. That is most likely when you picked up your high lock. I don't know who was originally that high, but when I had gotten there I found it was you, JoKeR. So I shot you down because that was the goal.

I AM NOT GOING TO STAND FOR SUCH STUPIDITY ANY FURTHER. IF YOU WANT TO GO HIGH, GO AHEAD. YOU'LL BE UP THERE BY YOURSELF WHILE THE REAL GAME IS GOING ON 15,000 FT BELOW YOU. AND YOU'LL NEVER GET THERE IN TIME TO HELP YOUR TEAM MATES. BETWEEN 14 TO 16 SECONDS IS WHAT ITS GOING TO TAKE TO GO FROM 20,000 FT TO 5,000 FT. 1/4 OF A MINUTE. I THAT TIME THE FURBALL IS GONE AND YOU HAVE NO TARGETS TO SHOOT AT. YOUR TEAM MATES ARE DEAD AND BEING PINNED BY THE ENEMY PLANES YOU COULD OF BEEN KILLING IF YOU HAD BEEN AT A LOWER ALTITUDE.

This is not entirely true. Sure you missed out on the fight, but you are up above all others, so you have placed yourself in a pretty good tactical position. If the pilot up so high that no one bothers with him is smart, he will be able to weaken or totally remove the pin while getting kills in the process. The whole point of escaping a pin is to get out, away, and gain the advantage. Another thing you mention is that this is not going to happen in a match. Well neither is having 2-4 pilots on each team. Just got to remember this is practice, not official 2squad. We would need atleast 12 pilots in attendance to get the realism close enough that you really wouldnt be able to climb to 20k +