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Here this might help.... Our beloved RB3D with missing LGM's, rushed and poor out of the box 3Dfx ported graphics, 1998 technology running it and a killer campaign manager.... vs... well.... an ever more increasing Manager, tons of details and immersion factors, history to keep even the most detailed of historians happy... and all wrapped up in an environment that keeps you at the edge of your seat... OvS

Man... you forgot Giant Alligators... and stadium seats that cost about the same as an average monthly home mortgage payment..... and while on that subject.... if you really want to get personal... a lot of sports teams that talk a tremendous amount of sh&t in pre-season about how good they are and will be in the regular season, then get their arses handed to them every week like it's a High School scrimage. Jets Giants Mets Nets (ex-NY soon to be NY again) Nicks Islanders Rangers I love NY... really.. I do.. honestly.. seriously... somebody get me the hell out of here!!!! OvS

Good God man... hit the gym and at least FILL the uniform!!! It's one thing to look like a man in a whimpy uniform... it's another to BE a whimp in a whimpy uniform. Fill out those shoulders solider!! Stiffy... that uniform you are making is fantastic! Best of luck... keep looking on the I-net... or maybe head over to a leather shop, leather worker and see if they can make you one? If all else fails, it's maybe the only real expensive piece you'll need to buy, but worth it. Leather that old, from WWI or even pre-WWII would be very brittle unless it was properly maintained. OvS

That was really awesome!! After talking with Terry about it for the past two years, and now finally seeing him play it all out was incredible. Nat Geo really did a nice job on setting the stage, a little drama with the miss target, and then the find! And man... what a find. Those subs were huge. Sorry to see them have to be scuttled, but at the time, it really was the best decision the US could make. OvS

We discussed this a long time ago and agreed at that moment, that the horror of seeing the plane burst into flames, crumble like paper, or fall to pieces should be plenty of gore to get the point across. Anyone that needs to see more than that should be checked into a hospital. OvS

T minus 5 and all reporting go... Capcom GO... Fuel GO... Electrics... GO... Cheeseburger... GO...

t- minus 50 minutes till launch... all systems go...

Dude... I made Hell's Angels... and I have to say... OFF is like RB3D on serious steroids... in fact, now it's like 70's Arnie compared to Melvin from Revenge of the Nerds... If your PC can handle OFF, which it should be able to... get it without delay. OvS

Really? You think learning English is easier than others? Ive had people tell me it's harder based on exactly what you said... and also, we tend to say things in the wrong order in a sentence when it's converted... plus we have words that sound the same, spelled different but have tons of meanings... or worse, spelled the same and have tons of different meanings. OvS

LOL! I love stoking Guos!! :) Yes, the Se5a is a sweet plane, especially the Viper, but like every plane, it has it's strengths and weaknesses. As Udet showed us, in the proper hands... every plane is a deadly weapon. Cowsh&t green... I don't know... it's more like moldy, kinda... smelly.. looking.. old... now if you painted it a nice Autum lozenge, like the Aviatik Berg... now we're talkin' baby!!! That's hot!! OvS

Believe me, I felt the same way. I was really taken by it and everything I had come to respect about the guy went to the toilet... and I think he knew it as I tend to wear my heart on my sleeve... as you probably have noticed by now ... LOL! I was never ashamed to ask him questions about Islam, and what the differences were.. but it all ended up the same way... in a half-heated debate as he kept insinuating 'we' have it all wrong. I'm just glad he's gone from here.

I'd rather be shot down in flames, with lozenge patterned fabric burning into my skin... than set a single skin cell of mine into the cockpit of that vomit colored death-trap. :yes: All the best, OvS

Drooool... sorry... it's a bad habit when I read stuff like this...

LOL!! Yeah man!! I'd be up for that!!! Warriors.... come out and play... LOL!!! Ya know... I kinda feel better about all this already... thanks guys!

I'll give only 1 example to explain why I said that.... and I know this does not represent the entire Muslim community... it's only 1 man, in isolated incident(s). I'll give you my ex-Manager... let's say his name is Ali ... it's a common Muslim name, as mine is Catholic, James. No profiling here. Ali touted himself as a devote Muslim, and very religious. No problem, I'm Cathloic, and as religious as I can be from a working class family. Ali was a British National, born, raised and educated in the UK. He was of Pakistani decent, and openly spoke Arabic... he was a nice person. I liked him. Very family orientated, and respectful that family always comes first. Good stuff right? All good. Mohammed often openly critized the bible and how it did not properly teach it's followers how the community is more important than the individual... this of course, caused small debates, and light arguments. This is America, we're OK with that. Ali often sited reference to the 'Community Center' and how he was a Brother and spent a lot of time there. OK... no issues... every one is entitled to whatever spice of life makes them happy... All good . When things did not go Ali's way... he was easily enraged, and yelled a lot... and I mean... YELLED. At work, this was odd... but we work in a bit of a stressful office, guys can be pricks.. so I accepted it. Now and then I had to remind good Ali that he was being rude, and he would loose his front teeth if he did not stop yelling at me... but that's OK... I understand, now and then we all flip out. All good still... we're getting there... One day, I had to speak to him and stopped in him office (his office had a closed door, in a corner of the building not often visted by anyone, and alone). So I popped in unannounced... there he was sitting at his laptop watching a movie of 3 Indian Hindus beating the crap out of some Islamic Extremists at a rally somewhere in I assume India, close to Punjabi? I don't know... it was shocking to see... OK... no issue... hey, I've watched a few things on Youtube myself. He was shocked to see me standing there, and I mean, shocked. So he paused the video, and knowing I had observed what he was doing, played it for me... in obvious disgust of my seeing it. At first, it looked like any other violence video to me, a bunch of tan skinned kids beating up another that looked like the other 3. I really did not care. Been there, on the bottom, not a nice place to be during a beating. So I asked him what it was... well... that's when things did not go OK... Ali proceeded to become every bit of an extremist right in front of me ... he went on a ramp about how the Hindus are taking over the world, and how Muslims have to stand-up and take back the blah.. blah... and how the world sees them as the weak link... and all kinds of other craziness. The emotion in him was something similar to when your favorite team gets their butt-kicked in a championship match. My only answer to him was simple... Ali, you live in the USA now.... we don't feel that way. You're not a Pakistani, you are British. If every time I watched a video of another Sicilian being beaten by the Police, or another Italian and wanted to declare war on the world... I'd be tossed in jail. Don't take it personal, it's not yours to worry about. His reply was this... you don't understand, you Americans never do. These are my brothers being beaten up here.. these are my brothers!!! I promptly ended the conversation, and told him I forgot why I came to see him and left. Ali is no longer my direct Manager. Again... one case using a few examples, I know... I am not saying this is the way the Muslim societies outside of the Middle East are... but keep it in the back of your head... you never know who an Extremist is until they start showing signs... and then explode... OvS

I read what you wrote and understood it as you wrote it. You're 100% correct. The Germans, although they schooled their pilots as well, also believed in developing their pilots, as was MvR's rule. Which meant the lesser experienced pilot stayed clear of the fight for a few sorties to see how it was done by the aces. Once more comfortable, they engaged. Now I know this was also practiced by other countries, but seeing the Germans had a lesser crop to pick from, they had to value each pilot a lot higher. So OJT was a very useful tool when you had aces like Berthold, MvR, EvS, Gotthard, Lowenhardt, Kissenberth, etc... leading your Jastas and teaching your men. Notice I omitted Fat Bastard (Göring)... I really hate him. OvS

YES!! HAHHA!!! YESS!!! Huns 2 ... Crumpets 0 This proves it... women love planes that have color and look cool!!! ... and guys in black leather wearing Iron Crosses ... LOL!!! OvS

This is different though Dave. I understand what you mean, but realistically, you don't have to fear the IRA getting into Nuclear Weapons. God help us if these guys do. They are internationally funded. Just recently, this past week, the FBI took down a bunch of banks, and a High-Rise in NYC finding that the money they have been withholding moves through other networks to feed back to Iran. I don't know the exact details, it's worth a read, but the point is that this is all around us now, not just in the USA, but the world. The Cartels and IRA have their beef, no doubt. They do their thing, like any other gang, but they are not on a scale of global terrorism, or annihilation like these guys are. They use scientists from our own universities, they call upon Military personnel that wear the flag of the country they live in... they could be your neighbor, having a beer one day, then standing in the middle of your street sweating, with the vest on. It's nuts. It's only a matter of time one of these SOB lights off a dirty bomb in Central Park, or in DC.

Yes, Simon... I know.. I'm a little extreme on the lawyer thing... but think about it.... what the hell kind of defense (excuse) can a lawyer possibly conjure up out of a cesspool to defend these pigs?? They were brainwashed? You agree, as a human being, our basic desire is self-preservation and pro-creation. How the hell can anyone possibly be convinced to do otherwise and kill themselves is something we would never know. It's a whole different ball-game over there. In cases like this, that are extreme, why does the law allow a defendant the power of attorney to stand trial? For a heinous crime like this, that privilege should be removed as a clause and they stand trial as their own defendant/attorney. Why should the law be allowed to offer a loop-hole, or a chance for the case to be acquitted when it's obvious to the entire world, by their own admission that they helped plan and execute this act of war. Much like the Spartans of ancient Greece, these men are taught from birth through religion (the most powerful tool to use for good or bad) that they will be preserved in eternity and their families forever taken care of by Allah for doing what they do. You and I simply cannot compare that to anything we have known to be civilized/normal, average human behavior in a democratically governed society... or even in a communist, fascists, socialist... whatever... it's just not a part of life for us. No law can change them, no punishment, no incarceration. They keep coming and will forever until their goal of 100% Islamic rule and law is in place. Unlike WWII where Hitler had is insane dream, these people have taken that to an all new level. It's like you are dealing with 10 million Hitlers... each one capable of being his own Hitler and influencing each other. Mostly all TRAINED in military style tactics and use of weapons good enough to take down lesser militaries and smaller societies. I mean... what do you do with this??? You sentence them to death, you create more of them for sure... you leave them in prison, you pay out the ying-yang for them forever like a really bad STD. This is not going to end anytime soon. OvS

ahhh... what the hell.... it's a good subject. I need to learn not to be so emotional over it now... but I can't. As a NY Taxpayer... and a worker in the 5 boroughs, I am sick to my stomach that this is how my honest tax paid money will be spent. The amount of O/T the Port, NYPD and NYFD will have to work to stand as witnesses, give testimony, cover security, run patrols, check ID's... etc..etc.. etc.. in order to protect the livelihood of the NYC citizen... and these rats .... is a total waste of money better spent on economic development. NY will be in the eye-of the world once again, and this time, the stakes are very high. Unless the prosecution has well-thought and documented argument that all admissions and or evidence collected during water-boarding, and or other CIA interrogation techniques is not illegal evidence most of their testimonies will be tossed out as inadmissible evidence... this putting the CIA on the chopping block for using illegal interrogation tactics. If seeking the death penalty is the best we can do in a civil court, then we are only assisting their cause. The other option is Life in Prison (which in a maximum security prison can be good or bad, depends on how the other inmates see things)... but then the USA forks the bill for the cost of keeping them alive, 3 meals a day, gym, library, cable, doctor visits, religion practices.... etc, baically living better than they ever would have in a cave in Afghanistan or a hole in the ground in Pakistan. Again... see where I am going. We're a civil society dealing with barbarians born from the defecation of pigs.... what do you think is the best choice? OvS

Well... I don't agree with anything you just said... these people on not normal, contribute nothing to the success of modern civilization, if they had it there way, you'd be either dead or praying to Allah, and you're daughters (if you have any, I do) would be sold as sex slaves and Islamic Jihadist production factories. To compare them to Drug Cartels is ridiculous, as Cartels do not go around blowing up the citizens. If they did, who would they sell the drugs to. They fight with the Police and Military and other Cartels as well. To compare them to the Klan is silly. The Klan are nothing more than a bunch of screwed-up Southern extreme racists who beat-up anyone that is of another color. They don't blow-up schools, kill children, etc. At this point, they're about as threatening to the average citizen as a biker gang. I don't recall the last time I read a story about a Klan member strapping a bomb to his a$$ and running into a Sunday market killing himself and 30 others in the name of Jesus Christ. To Compare them to the IRA and England/Southern Ireland is not understanding why they do what they do. The feel oppressed from the pressures of religion and ideology coming from the rest of the UK, and now and then go on a mortar spree at LHR. LHR is tremendous and really, hitting the terminal with old WWII type short-range mortars is a long-shot by any means. Scary yes, but they are only trying to place fear as a terrorist does, the IRA is not a killing machine that mindlessly slaughters the Southern Irish women and children, or flies planes in to civilian occupied buildings in London to prove it's point. Plus... they're always willing to negotiate now and then to cool things off. Islamic Jihadists wouldn't know what that meant as they are brainwashed from birth. The Bloods and Crips in the USA (really the prime gangs, the rest are predominately off-shoots of them like MS13) have gotten stronger mostly from their ability to infiltrate the US Military and receive training with weapons, explosives and tactics, but for the most part, are still gangs made up primarily of illegal immigrants, young men and ex-cons. They fight over territory and access to drugs. The FBI and US Military would steam-roller them if it came down to it and they know it. Many members decide the life is really not for them and try like hell to get out of it... unlike an Islamic Extremist. When was the last time you saw someone from the Carbone family blow-up a school bus full of innocent children to make a statement that children should stay home and read the Bible? Lastly... Africa... it's a jungle... what did you expect. Those poor people have been oppressed by tyrant Dictators and Extremists for hundreds of years. It dates back to tribal rules, which we moved out of thousands of years ago. The only thing you can say about that situation is it will never change. How can it, they know nothing else because they're not allowed to. We keep this insane idea that we can change them over-night... we can't. Getting back to the real point... these useless pieces of $hit do not deserve the same rights as any of the citizens that they slammed those planes into the morning of 9/11. It was premeditated, and an act which we, and the rest of the free-loving world went to war over. This was an act of war. They declared war on us, and shortly after this act, the world that supported our cause declared war on them. They should be tried in a military court, found guilty, and promptly shot via Firing Squad. Once again, we show the world we are compassionate, and understanding... meanwhile, these men are going to make a mockery out of us. On a side note... any lawyer sick and sleezy enough to even attempt to defend this scum in a public court should be standing next to them, tied to the post when the guns go off. Thanks for showing respect and discussing this topic. Come to NYC and stand at ground zero... maybe you'll hear one of my friends crying in the wind. OvS

I suggest a lot of time in the seat, and fly some early war planes, or something that gives you a mechanical advantage. Try Alb D.III vs Bristol Scout. It never happened, but you can get the feel for the way a biplane flies. It ain't no F16 push Mach 2.5. But most important... patience.... we in the WWI arena do it slow... and get really close before we pull the trigger... Welcome to the world of close aerial combat... where you can read the manufactures data plate on you enemy's engine before you take him down. Let us know how you're makin' out. OvS PS... nice to have a lady around.

Olham, although the use of many of the weapons and tactics the Germans used in WWII were not for the benefit of the world at that time... but to this day, the world has the German scientists to thank for many of the things we take for granted every day. Without them, NASA would not have made it off the ground, let alone into space. Without the Germans, we would have been flying props well into the 60's, pushing the Jet Age back to the 70's.... yes I am aware of the British Gloster Metor... but the engine design was not axial, and certainly was no match for the He 162, Ho229 and Me262. Germans rock and so do you!! OvS

I'm from Long Island, NY.... what I think about this and our "president" supporting the decision I can't post on this forum. But I think you can imagine it considering I lost 3 friends on that day.... OvS

Nothing will happen on that day... if anything it's going to happen like this.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT4YbO_1mvA