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Retiring

Posted: 17 Mar 2003, 06:02
by Malin
Again, yup I'm getting older and gone are the days I could stay up till 4am playing MW, have two hours sleep and go to work feeling fine.

Having recently discovered that grey hair does mean your're getting old and that staying up to 4am now means I'm comatose the rest of the day I'm putting the mech in the garage and hanging the keys up on the hook.

You may see me occasionally but as my skills have gone gaga (No more 100% CT hits) and my brain has gone mushy I'll not be around at all (Not that I was much basically because I could never figure out what TS channel we were on or what time GMT practises were).

If you need to find me I'll be either in Warbirds FH, IL2 Sturmovik (ubi.com) or IL2 Forgotten battles.


<S> out.


Malin

Posted: 17 Mar 2003, 06:48
by Featherhorse
<S> Mal
I can relate to that %100.
Thanks M8, and we'll be seeing you, when we can.

Featherhorse Ravenwater

Posted: 17 Mar 2003, 07:28
by BlackHawk*K
Malin,

you have been one of the most influencial ppl in ELH for me. you have always been one of the most potent guns in the mechwarrior community and it has been a pure pleasure to fight beside you and against you all these years.

about getting older, i think im starting to feel some of those effects as well, its a sad affiar when you need a 30 min nap when you get home to get your head strait LOL.

i hope to see ya in a mech once in awhile... who knows maybe then i can kick YOUR butt ;)

seroiusly. GL man. stop by and visit when you can.

Posted: 17 Mar 2003, 10:12
by GlasgowCelts
Malin, see you around some time mate. My joystick has gone (crap Saitek drivers dont work well in XP) so no flying for me for the forseeable future.

Until then, Adios amigo!

Glas

Posted: 18 Mar 2003, 12:54
by Falker
Ahh , You’ll be back Mal : ) I’ve said the same thing to myself several times , that I’m getting to old for this and I need to find out what life is like out side of Mech Warrior. Well I did , for about 9 months. Then I got bored with that and pulled the Mech cover off my Mech , crabbed the keys hanging and jumped started my Mech. It’s still not as fun as it used to be but Hey, What else is there to do ?

Anyway , I always thought you were an ACE shot. I hope to see you piloting a Mech again someday. Feel free to stop by Kali and chat if your in the neighborhood.


Nehmen Sie Sorge Bruder , im der traurig ist zu sehen, daß Sie gehen

< Crisp Salute >

Regards Falker
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Posted: 19 Mar 2003, 05:07
by Malin
Funny thing is I was on last night (couldn't sleep).

The problem tends to be I'm never around when anyone else is or when everyone else is I'm doing other things. So rather than leave you all in suspense it's better for me to bow out and just join in on those occasions when I do see people online.

I also think it's time to renew my joystick (be my 5th saitek) as my deadzone has started to become noticeable in that when moving the stick I get nothing then whoosh, overshoot, which is playing serious hell with my accuracy (Most noticeable in IL2 which relies on superior fine control to hit shit).

But in any event I feel you are right in that I may return but at present MW4 has no real challenge for me, you can tell too quickly what everyone is carrying weapon wise and what they are going to do and the terrain is not varied enough to present a tactical challenge (Jump/Snipe is pretty much the norm and boring as hell). The most satisfactionn/adrenaline/feeling of being push to my limits in MW4 is in mass melee's (6+ people), otherwise generally at present I find myself bored with long range sniping and lose patience resulting in death charges and EoG.

One thing to consider if I do return after conquering IL2 is that because gunnery there is sooo complicated (Makes FH look piss easy Glas) I would rock at long range gunnery. (try predicting the flight path of a plane travelling on an opposite vector to you with a closure speed of 800kph and a convergence set to 200yards giving you a firing window of roughly 0.2 of a second to hit also taking into account for slippage, turbulence and shell drop, Time to Target and rounds per minute, in summary I can't hit shit yet but I'm getting close)

Malino

Posted: 19 Mar 2003, 06:46
by Venom
Mal,

I think I have only seen you once a while ago in the Factory.
You kicked my ass with those damned LXPLSE lasers in a really annoyin Highlander Variant.

Tread lightly.

Salutes

Posted: 19 Mar 2003, 09:32
by GlasgowCelts
Mal I have IL2 also, had it for a few months now. Funnily enough, i done quite well in it when i first started playing it, but lost interest cos it is just too damned realistic.

Ive been wondering about my joystick. I need to try it on another machine running any OS that isnt XP to see how it works. I dont think its the stick, its only about 3 months old and 'feels' good in every way. But when i go to the calibration screen and start moving it, the crosshair just jumps all over the box and hardly resembles the actual stick movements.

I have a 98SE disk, does anyone know anything about putting dual boots on a HD? How hard is it to explain to an idiot? Is it just a case of partitioning your HD (which I havent a clue how to do either but thats a different matter) then loading 98SE on to the partitioned part?

Maybe i shouldnt even think about going going down this road :)

Glas

Posted: 19 Mar 2003, 12:31
by Malin
Glas, try these: http://www.saitek.com/uk/supp/2000xpmenu.htm I have them installed on the other PC (WinXP home) and they seem ok although the hat problem in FH has come back.


Mal

Posted: 19 Mar 2003, 14:39
by GlasgowCelts
Thanks Mal but I used them at first and had the same Hat problem. Then i used the SD1.7 version drivers from Saitek and they solved it, no probs. But since I downloaded the new(est) version of FH my stick has gone mental :roll:

The SD1.7 drivers werent actualy very good but they done the job, for a bit. Now, despite many reinstalls of the software the stick just wont behave. I really liked that stick too.... :cry:

Glas

Posted: 19 Mar 2003, 14:52
by Featherhorse
Try this: http://www.stickworks.com
There's plenty to draw from there.
I swear by the CTFJ app. (Center that F***in Joystick).

Fethr

Re: Retiring

Posted: 28 Apr 2003, 19:44
by Punch
Malin wrote: You may see me occasionally but as my skills have gone gaga (No more 100% CT hits)
LOL and just when did you ever have 100% CT skills. :lol: :P :wink:

You know i allways had your number. :wink: :wink: :) :lol: :salut: :salut:

LOL.
Cheers :salut: mate.