JediMaster

LOL, looks better than the real one does!

So far I don't think there are any "must have"s for ArmA other than the 1.08 patch. Lots of stuff in development, though. MP is the highlight of the game because the friendly AI can be real frustratingly stupid at times. The SP missions that came with ArmA aren't the best, but you can go to sites like armaholic.com and grab many more that will work SP or MP as well as SP-only missions that put the stock ones to shame. The size of the islands and the terrain diversity and detailed towns makes for some great gaming. Games like DoD, CS, and BF are more about team v team adversarial, but ArmA/OFP is all about coop. A small human force vs a large AI force plus numerous vehicles. It's not BF type vehicles, though.

Current prevailing feelings seem to be that EE2 isn't finished yet. Lots of bugs and such, but lots of potential. Most have gone back to modded EECH for now while waiting for the first patch for EE2. Your experience may differ, of course. The UK version of the game is available online, but a US version is coming (and will likely have the 1st patch already in it I guess).

Are you sure that wasn't an EE2 shot? EECH has been brought from 2000-era to maybe 2004-era graphics, but it's still behind what EE2 can do. The issue is more what EE2 does do vs what it can.

Where'd the Serenity pic come from?

I bet about that time many of the passengers were hoping for their plane to dump them on an island somewhere with the Others.

Who knows? They could have named it based on its sound, its handling... I'd have called it Raisin Bran because of those 2 huge scoops.

It's almost scary to contemplate what could be done if Mad Doc ever gets around to releasing the mod tools!

Only in the redone HD TOS does old 1701 ever look THAT good.

He always runs while others walk... He acts while other men just talk... He looks at this world and wants it all... So he strikes like Thunderball...

A full-color version of the maps from the inside covers of the NJO books!

It does? Ugh, the 107 looks like the designer was drunk! Needless to say its high alpha performance would've been nonexistent as the cockpit would've choked off the engine.

I would've been surprised if there wasn't one.

You were in HS when Toy Story came out?!?! Man, I feel old. Anyway, mine is rather self-explanatory. I got it back in the SWOTL days for my tendency to "know" when I have an enemy plane on my six and break before I get hit. I just "used the Force." They say in air combat most of the planes shot down never saw the one who did it. That never happens to me...it's always the one I'm trying to shoot down that gets me!

My wife actually does more than I do.

Yes, but I'm unaware that RF was ever held outside of Nevada before this.

The funny thing is the A-9 looks like it was built for the same purpose as the Su-25, and the A-10 totally different. While the A-10 can do CAS, it was built as a tank killer. The A-9 and Su-25 can kill tanks, but not as well...they were built for CAS.

Of course, the less well known they are the harder they are to make as you have less reference material.

With natural haze in the atmosphere making things look gray it's no wonder that low-vis gray is the most popular paint scheme now no matter which plane/helo it is. Also blends in if you're parked on the tarmac. Only from above at short range is it really visible.

Fixing some last minute bugs that cropped up I hear.

I guess I'm just surprised they called it Red Flag Alaska. That's kind of like saying "Washington D.C., Florida."

Yeah, I've seen those safety videos where they tow the truck behind the airliner and let it go tumbling away.

How coincidental that I'd just watched the episode of "Dogfights" featuring him last week. A truly creative mind.

I've never been there. Still looking to make it there someday.

"...not my idea of courage! More like...suicide!"