SheiBe Kopf wrote: Zandor,
I read your new topic, "Some Advise From MOM", on the Forum and I thought it was really great and insightful. Well written. I wish I could have followed those wisdoms when I was younger. As it turns out I only followed Fact #6.. Fact #1 is actually getting easier for me, the more offen it happens the harder it is for me to return..One day I may not make it back at all.

I hope you get a good responce from the members of Forum.. If not just think of it as, "youth is wasted on the young"

Great thread, everyone should read it..

Thanks Zandor

I wish I had written it as a case study going in but I think it's how it will end up. If someone is doing a master's thesis in the future I think a wonderful idea would be to analyze the responses/actions of the youth when they are faced with a few of life's answers. Is there something ingrained in all of us to repeat failures?

I just saw Wig's response...as always funny and spot on. This morning I thought about my kids going to school in a week and how the last week of summer vacation felt when I was their age. My thoughts turned to how young some of these DF pilots are and then the irrational litter of youthful regret I still carry at times.

Anyway, I think the lesson for me is to stay within my MOM thread (the nurturing womb) and not go out and play in the big bad forum. If only there was a way to punish these youth in a virtual shooting type game.

PS - Once I learn how to play guitar and sing, my band is going to be called, "Irrational Litter of Youthful Regret".

legendofkane wrote: MissHell is a good flyer..she should apply,,tried to tell her But we were hot at it,,just sayin. Also made my brother happy today,gave him my mint smith wesson ppk/s stainless and my sis will get my 1998 crown vic police cruiser with spotlight, if you see a pilot named REDMAN(?),,HES A RACIST AND SORE LOSER,,CYA

I've come across Redman before and you're right about him.

BTW, thanks for the shout out earlier. I really appreciate. Honestly, I'm not as good as you think I am but I appreciate the gesture. Now, you want great, try going against SB467 or doggs or bopes. These guys are beast in the skies!!!

Anyone disagree that Sputnik absolutely DOES qualify? Any squadron would be fortunate to have you, Mister Man. You're exactly the kind of younger player we're always talking about. But what about the small matter of that [e] in front of your name? You know that M.O.M is careful not to raid other squads for talent. If you're serious, and you work that out in honorable, stand-up fashion, I'd vote "in" as our first Prodigy member in a heartbeat. Guys? (on the other hand, Sput, if you aren't serious...go to your room.)

Uh oh...Zan, I hate to have to tell you but I just saw "Irrational Litter of Youthful Regret" last week. They opened for "Emotional Detritus and the Squandered Opportunites". The show rocked but I got a little too wasted on bubble tea.

Sputnik

Skill : yes
aim :yes
eq\ iq : yes
rank : yes
Give his heart to the game : yes
age: no

yes, he qualify, but maybe we shud have a younger squad under MoM, and Sputnik shud be the leader of that squad

This squad most be the mother ally to our squad. to join it you must be 21 to 2 years old
Not sure if its a good ide, but..... if sputnik is up for it he got my vote

Sputters you have my vote too, just be sure to formally resign from the [ E ] first and it's your responsibility to give Calvin some therapy if he flips out !

Sputnik has my vote.. If all else fails he can be the Drummer in Zandors Band

Sputnik, Hell Yeah...great welcome excellent player and decent person....Mean ole Devil.

Epflyman is in. Major general badass player. Has problem loggin in to forum says he cant chat for some reason.
I told him to put mom in brackets or go to tools if that works. I thought everyone would be cool with it since hes a well known player. Let me know.

Whoa! Epflyman, great recruit-coup, dogss! He's a stellar player. We'll have to see if we can help him get onto the thread.

There was one point maybe an hour or two ago when four of us were in a ffa mission at once and I wanted to say "Team up, MOMs!" but it was waaay too chaotic to type! So anytime any MOM sees me in a dogfight mission assume that I'll be covering your back. Except Duckwing1. I owe you a spawn-tanking, chum.

And i will be covering ya'lls back too......................with bullets....lololol

Is MBello in our Squad? I saw him flying a Latin Squad banner just a few minutes ago. Does that mean anything?

Sorry wig for that FFA kill before. Forgot about the whole team-up deal in all the confusion caused by myself trying to avoid getting killed repeatedly.

Welcome epflyman (who for some reason I always assumed was Paul mantz in disguise ).

Also welcome to Sputnik (subject to the obligatory non-poaching disclaimer).

Good posts today all who posted.

SheiBe Kopf wrote: Is MBello in our Squad? I saw him flying a Latin Squad banner just a few minutes ago. Does that mean anything?

I thought MBello joined MOM. Maybe he's having trouble adopting the MOM-iker.

Also, are we supposed to be recruiting shoe? Or did he already join? I forget ...

Quite alright, Bopes. I figure if I don't shout, "Team up!" there's no reason to expect not to get hosed...er...I mean, respectfully shot down by a brother. That mission had gone straight into the tank for me, anyway. I was 9-0 in the first five minutes then ended the thing at 11-10. Is it too much to ask that wifi drop me out at 10-2 like it always does when I'm 2-10? Sheesh.

Far as I've been aware MBello was/is one of us, but he's never shown his face on the thread. Who recruited him?

bopes wrote:

SheiBe Kopf wrote: Is MBello in our Squad? I saw him flying a Latin Squad banner just a few minutes ago. Does that mean anything?

I thought MBello joined MOM. Maybe he's having trouble adopting the MOM-iker.

Also, are we supposed to be recruiting shoe? Or did he already join? I forget ...

Don't know about MBello or shoe... I don't know anything.. Was just in a game with the heavy hitters.. Vampire, B Strach, BLAKHAWK, kptn k.. Street ... I couldn't find my wheel chocks, had an anchor strapped to my backside. Every hill on the map was smacking my beautiful face..it's something just watching those guys.. Great game, makes you frustrated when you can't compete with them..

There was a point at which someone said MBello is definitely in or I wouldn't have made him a snappy personal MOM banner. I only create those when it's firmly established that a player has joined.

I did recruit Shoe recently, or tried, after someone (Bopes maybe?) had mentioned either that he had expressed interest in joining us or that he's good enough that we should express us some interest in him. I'm pretty sure he said he'd check out the thread so I left it at that. I'm too busy attempting to wear down Rickenfaker and TheVampire to be able to remember much of anything else. I'll get Ricken into this frickin' squadron or die trying...and almost always do. Multiple times.

Everybody, keep an eye out for these players:

MissHell 3:D
Boang
Seven

If you're sufficiently impressed with what you see remind them that I invited them to visit the thread. I'm not sure how forum-savvy they are. They're all of age, early to mid 20's, except Seven who, when I asked, "How old?" replied, "Dirt." He typed it while racking up about 60 kills in a BTB mission. Not too bad for an old geezer. (He's probably leaning hard into 17)

Me and kcheaf did play ageinst seven,tony69,and another marshal.
It was a long game, seven got a good aim and we fighting for the topp rank inn the game. it was a good long game.

Hmm i dont now age of tony69, maybe he is 69years old

Speaking of Rickenfaker I saw him in a game last night. When asked, "you in?" he said he was "holding out for more money." I think that's a good sign. Shows he already has a keen grasp of the rules.

Oh and I came across D_N yesterday too. Did not try to recruit him because of the history of no responses so far. He did the usual silent slaughter thing against all and sundry. I would love to watch this guy square off against the Vampire. If anyone has witnessed that please report.

Re Tony69 I'm pretty sure he's in another squad. Good player though.

SheiBe Kopf wrote:
Was just in a game with the heavy hitters.. Vampire, B Strach, BLAKHAWK, kptn k.. Street ... I couldn't find my wheel chocks, had an anchor strapped to my backside. Every hill on the map was smacking my beautiful face..it's something just watching those guys.. Great game, makes you frustrated when you can't compete with them..

Wow, that is how I feel more times than not!

bopes wrote: Speaking of Rickenfaker I saw him in a game last night. When asked, "you in?" he said he was "holding out for more money." I think that's a good sign. Shows he already has a keen grasp of the rules.

Oh and I came across D_N yesterday too. Did not try to recruit him because of the history of no responses so far. He did the usual silent slaughter thing against all and sundry. I would love to watch this guy square off against the Vampire. If anyone has witnessed that please report.

Re Tony69 I'm pretty sure he's in another squad. Good player though.

Couldn't agree more about Rickenfaker! He is probably #1 on my list. Silent most of the time but, when he speaks you get impression that he is a very decent guy.

salento wrote: Me and kcheaf did play ageinst seven,tony69,and another marshal.
It was a long game, seven got a good aim and we fighting for the topp rank inn the game. it was a good long game.

Hmm i dont now age of tony69, maybe he is 69years old

Or maybe he.........uh, never mind.

Hi Wig. I am whom recruited MBello and I am sorprised to read he is with another squadron. He accepted to be in our team and I already gave him our welcome. After that game I never see him again until now. As you said he never show up in MOM Thread. I apologize for your waste of time and if that is the case, please remove him from our list. Thanks.

Wig,

I was the one that mentioned Shoe originally. I was in a game with Rickenfaker and Shoe and getting flamed. Spent the whole time trying to get Rickenfaker to join. I got the feeling that if he joins anything it will be us, but I think he may be waiting to see how squad wars develops. My guess is that he doesn't read the forum because who would deny us after reading our manifesto?

Towards the end of the game, I realized that I had ignored Shoe and asked if he was an old guy. I got the feeling he was a younger player but I would take him in a second regardless. When other pilots ask how old you have to be to join, I just answer you have to be mature.

In other news, I saw Bama1 flying the MOM tags. Just said we had a fake mom with us today. Doesn't get me worked up...like how we started and how we developed and how others want to join.

Finally, has anyone brought up Blobularz? Seems like an old guy and is quite good (well, really good). Seems I only go in games when he's on the other side. Would put him up for nomination in a second.

felabad wrote: Hi Wig. I am whom recruited MBello and I am sorprised to read he is with another squadron. He accepted to be in our team and I already gave him our welcome. After that game I never see him again until now. As you said he never show up in MOM Thread. I apologize for your waste of time and if that is the case, please remove him from our list. Thanks.

I will remove MBello for now until we get a clarification. Preferably a spanish speaking/english translating M.O.M. Just don't let Wig translate, I am sure MBello loves and is in awe of his skills (whatever those skills may be today).

Maybe we should keep a Wish List somewhere? All these names being Vetted in our Vetting non-system system, I can't keep up..

Rickenfaker... is he the one who is friends with another guy we were vetting. Won't join unless Ricken joins first??

Wish List?????

MissHell 3:D
Boang
Seven - may be his age?
Windy
Shoe has my vote for sure.
Tony69
Blobularz DUH, Hell DUH, Yes...
MBello ?
Wino- seems to be a good guy may be too young?

am I missing anyone? other than the #2 guy in the whole of DF....

SheiBe Kopf wrote:

Paul Mantz, Jr. wrote:

SheiBe Kopf wrote: BTW today is, National Aviation Day


Happy Holiday !!!

Thanks! Someone else noticed! Going flying in the HOOD blimp tomorrow to celebrate.

Have never seen the HOOD Blimp, heard of it though.. Been in BUD1 and SNOOPY1... My favorite rides.. Slow and slower.. I don't know if you have been in one before, but ask to look up into the inside of the bladder.. It's cool how they work.. Enjoy the ride...

What a great time! Got there VERY early and got the FULL tour. They even let me fly it and even do a touch and go. Spent the entire day! I left in such a hurry that I forgot my phone at home. I've been invited to join them again on their next trip here so I can get some photos.
The workings were fasinating. Thanks again for the info.

Talked to MissHell,we have a reparte' sometimes,seems sweet. But when i asked her to join she said she wanted to fly alone for awhile,so maybe she will get too lonely and look for a home,systems been real jumpy for me. i played(if you can call it that) and i hit Livingdead99 and didnt even register till 20 seconds later,and the hit i took as well.Ususally slow now so i say screw it and go in as fighter escort.