Javito1986

Thanks so much for the tips guys, it's a big help! I had a really hard time coming up with 8 on my own, but thanks to you chaps I have my list ;-). Helps to include Olham's CPU/GPU/High Res monitor! And Bullethead, you're the man as always. Le'sigh. I miss Flanders Fields. Think my install got corrupted, I'll tinker with it over the weekend.

Shut up and take my money!

I may be the minority, but I don't much mind the wait. Gives me time to finish up my Casey Joyce RAF campaign, which as of this writing I haven't touched in just over a year thanks to other non-flight sim games and my professional pursuits. If WOFF was announced with a definitive release date now I'd have to go back and quick finish his story, one way or the other ;) Cheers to my OFF buddies btw. I know I don't post so much lately but I ghost the forums at least weekly.

26 here. Pretty impressed by you guys. My parents are in their mid to late 60s and their computer literacy is nonexistent. Kudos to you all, hope to be just like you fellows when I'm 60/70/80/90.

Keep your head up Sopwith. We're all here for you, in whatever therapeutic capacity we can provide. I to be honest haven't flown a mission in OFF since September 2011. Number of reasons for it, mostly just lack of time as I'm working and preparing for law school, and games in other genres and other systems keeping me busy. But I have every intention of finishing my RFC campaign before WOFF.

The cockpit alone is what does it for me. What beautiful work, this sim is going to be a dream come true for me

The sins of our fathers.... I actually just read into the same subject not too long ago and shared it with my wife. We were both blown away that his niece had herself sterilized, and at such a young age. She really does look like Hermann. It is very sad, but I think it's a powerful reminder that our actions have consequences, good and bad, that echo well after we ourselves aren't around anymore. I don't believe in karma in the spiritual sense of the word, but practically speaking what goes around does come around through the natural course of events. The Nazis were bad people, but they had good qualities as human beings. I really believe it is important to remember that and not toss up their actions as "Hitler went crazy bc of gas attacks", because that prevents us from understanding the underlying psychological processes that led Hitler down the road he went, and more importantly why others followed him and went along with it all. Hitler loved his German Shepard. Goering loved his family. Etc. In their own warped logic I know some of the, thought they were acting for the greater good and history would absolve them for it, the way history has pretty much absolved Alexander/Caesar/Genghis/etc for the atrocities and outright genocides that occurred under their watches. But they let themselves get full of hatred, rationalized horrific crimes, and have made for themselves an utterly shameful legacy that their families and country have had to deal with long after them.

These photos creep me out a bit. Look st the people in the old photo, and the old car in the background. They're not around anymore, but everything else is. One day we're all going to die and the world will just keep trucking without us, like it always has

Gave me a fright there Lou. Thought he was done for this time. Great installment, here's to the next one

I certainly have fond memories from my own ram attack in OFF. Or rather, the only one I lived through. I've collided and died plenty of times. Those weren't so fun!

The FIRST thing I'm going to do is some free flying in a BE2 or something very similar. Just to get that training over Ol' Blighty feel. THEN I'll start my campaign in a nimble SE5a or Sopwith Camel. It'll be like driving my old Mustang GT after a month in my mother's minivan.

This is a few months old now so maybe it's already been posted, but have you chaps seen this? I find it remarkable: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImX7wSr6YUo&feature=related

Now that you mention the Somme, it'd be fun to recreate Cecil Lewis' career. Do some flying over the Somme, transfer to SE5s for '17... definitely an option

That is so epic. K, you guys a right I am definitely going to be flying that way. Playing the first OFF2 campaign the first time will certainly be one of the all-time epic simming experiences. I'm already terrified for the life of my future pilot and I haven't even made him yet...

The things that blows my mind about this one is all the aerial footage of the Western Front as it was six months after the war. All those people seen returning to their ruined towns, the sheer devastation of the land. It's one thing to read a hundred years later about the millions of shell craters scarring the landscape, it's quite another to see it the way those two Frenchmen recorded it on their postwar flyover.

I have a dual monitor setup now. Paper maps may be a bit too hardcore for me (and uncomfortable given my setup) but I can have a digi-map set up on my second screen. What do you guys think of that? And any suggestions for where I can get such a map for OFF-2 usage? I also finally have a TrackIR so this will be purrfection.

I intend to fly it the first time exactly like you, Hellshade. Although I'll probably include the same dice rolls I currently use for my OFF RFC/RAF campaign... whenever I get back to it that is. I'd like to start out as a rookie Brit or Yank (will there be Yanks right away?) in 1918. I want to throw myself right into the maelstrom and see what happens. @Lou, out of curiosity (since I do the same) what "rolling" system do you use?

Pardon me but Akira is not Miyazaki! Spirited Away is usually considered his best work, and it's certainly the most imaginative. I myself am partial to Nausicaa, Princess Mononoke, and Howl's Moving Castle. Miyazaki is a master animator and universally recognized as one of the finest artists in world cinema. You chaps owe it to yourselves to check out his stuff, anime fans or no

Hullo friends. I know I've been quite inactive around here. I visit periodically, but only post occasionally. I'm working prelaw at my university now and preparing for graduation (and LSAT/law school applications after), so time is limited. That said I've been reading Sagittarius Rising. A little ways into the Somme chapter (page 53 of my paperback) Lewis mentions a 2c pilot who deliberately allowed a Fokker to close with him so he could snap a picture of it. Lewis says he always regarded the act as one of the minor heroisms of the war. I wonder, has anyone ever seen this photograph? I surely would like to see it.

That picture is so epic. I wish there were more like it, but I imagine pilots in '17/'18 didn't have the opportunity to snap a photo when the later model Fokkers were bearing down on them. Many, many thanks Lou!

I'm sorry to hear about your troubles Herr Wasche. It's always a massive headache when these kites of ours refuse to fly. Here's hoping the problem is fixed soon. Your hard drive files should be perfectly salvageable I should think...

I doubt I'll see it. I, like many others am wholly desensitized to violence towards humans in movies. But animals? Not there yet. I read the plot summary, that was good enough for me

I know I'm much younger than most of the chaps on this thread but I'll share my .02! I myself lost 25lbs in 2011, through a combinationn of a low-carb high protein diet and P90X workouts. I used LoseIt! The online website to calculate my daily calorie budget and keep track of my overall nutritional intake (x% fat, x% carb, x% protein, etc). I find that very helpful even when you're not on any particular regimen. It keeps you disciplined and allows you to balance your diet accordingly. For example if I know, because I can see it on the chart, that my diet before dinner was, say, 40% carb and only 30% protein I'll know to skip the sourdough and have some chicken instead. Etc. As for P90X, it's nothing special, and yet it is. The reason it works so well is because it doesn't b.s. around with fake solutions, it's just your basic, at its core, lots and lots of hard work and eating well. What really helps is the structure, discipline, and guidance it gives you through the workouts. I for once went through the program a while ago, but still use the workouts a year later. They are fantastic, and I can do them in the floor of my living room. Never could be bothered to pay for gym membership, and I hate getting stared by a bunch of bozos.

Ugh, yea I know. So bad. Having just rewatched Twelve O'Clock High this evening, it makes me sad to realize movies like this just can't be made today. Can you imagine a modern remake of Twelve O'Clock? It would be full of loads of ridiculous CGI special effects, gore, blah blah blah... I honestly can't think of any movie made in the last two decades that even comes close to depicting the psychological impact this stuff has on men that Twelve O'Clock does. The whole last 15 minutes just broke my heart all over again. Easily one of my top 5 all time, thanks to the thread for reminding me. Audiences today just wouldn't stomach a movie like this. I really think we've lost something in cinema these last few years! We have the technology to make movies like Avatar, depicting visuals in an amazing way that was never possible before. And I honestly think that's great. But in the process we've left human emotion by the wayside. We need to get that back darnit. On the other hand, maybe we haven't changed? After all, most movies back in the day had more in common with Sands of Iwo Jima (which I hate) than Twelve O'Clock. I'm on a retro movie binge now. Next up Bridge on the River Kwai. Has that been mentioned in this thread yet? If not, for shame on all of you

We Were Soldiers the book depressed the hell out of me when I read it at 16. In a good way I suppose. It was all the letters home that did it for me. So many guys who went in there legitimately thinking that nothing would happen to them, or that they WOULD be back. You know. "Don't worry honey, things are fine here. Once my tour's up next week we'll put in for the new house in Vermont." And then the next day things go down, and the fellow just doesn't exist anymore. That book blew my mind on a deep, philosophical level when I was a teen. The movie was actually good, I agree. The cinematography was amazing, i love the overhead shots of troops debussing the choppers. But I agree it more than dropped the ball in the end, and I tend to think that was more a concession to American audiences who just needed to see our boys win the battle, when in reality the results were much more mixed. Especially with what happened at LZ Albany, but I understand why that part couldn't be included in the film. Anyway, I'm watching Twelve O'Clock High again right now entirely in thanks to this thread reminding me of it. That incredible scene of the real B-17 really crash landing alone is worth the price of admission. Have you guys seen the trailer for Red Tails? I can't help but think it looks positively god awful :-( I liked the original film but the flight sequences in the new movie just look so... well, it gives me Red Baron movie flashbacks.