Carrier Waffles: The Filthy Few

[HunterICX]

Campaign Description:
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/4185/2ff1.jpg

The brainchild of Texas oil baron, Sheldon Marcone and retired US congressman Howard McGinley, the original idea was to form an army fighter squadron whose personnel were taken from military prisons around the world. These aircrews, in theory, would have an edge because they would be fighting in exchange for their freedom, a chance at atonement. And because they could operate independently from the allied command structure both Marcone and McGinley figured that if they were using unorthodox tactics and fighting like a guerrilla group, this group of pilots could make a larger difference than just another group of men sent to the front. Knowing that US involvement in the war was just a matter of time, they approached General Hap Arnold and, with his support, started the plan in motion.

Shortly after recruitment began focus moved away from Europe as the US entered the war against Japan. The plan was expanded to create a small carrier force that would act as an independent attack force, harassing the Japanese in the Pacific right in their back yard. To that end, the USN and the USAAF began to send troublesome personnel to the programme rather than to correction facilities. Most service personnel facing confinement jumped at this chance to stay on active duty.

By December 1942, after intensive training, the group was in place and ready to be deployed. In an unusual combination, the aircrews remained loosely under command of the US Army whilst the sailors were all still part of the USN. Both branches of the armed service did their best to distance themselves from the group though, only issuing orders when absolutely necessary.

Command of the group was split between Commodore Sanford J. Moody for the USN and Brigadier General Jackson Pearce for the USAAF. Interestingly enough, despite the different responsibilities of their command, both men worked well together and achieved victory after victory.

Because of the lack of direct command, rather than in spite of it, this fighting group of misfits achieved great success in the war against Japan. Operating independently for the main part, the group kept showing up deep inside Japanese-held territory, hitting the enemy like a group of marauding pirates, before disappearing again into the vast Pacific Ocean. Although the enemy forces would search for this carrier group time and time again, the hunts would prove largely fruitless.

A recurring stumbling block for the group was that the equipment issued to them was always in need of repair and being who they were, they were always last on the resupply list.

Initially equipped with a Kaiser-built escort carrier (USS Salt Lake Bay) that the USN had rejected because of stability issues, and 2 pre-war destroyers (USS Arnold and USS Burr), the group ended up with a second, newer escort carrier (USS Akron Bay) through some back door
dealings between Marcone, McGinley and Henry J. Kaiser. (The carrier had been ordered by the Royal Navy but was mysteriously diverted). The aircraft they received were too, well past their prime, although the replacements improved as the war moved on and the group garnered the respect of the "official" branches of the armed forces.

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Days of Flight: Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Time of Flight: 20:00 GMT
Teamspeak: Jimbuna's GWX Teamspeak (Click HERE! (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=115788/)for more info on Teamspeak *Microphone is required!*)
Tip: get the skinpack from the campaign, download link below
http://mission4today.com/index.php?name=Downloads&file=details&id=13

HunterICX

[Raptor1]

One thing I noticed is that on the first mission the waypoints were clearly designed to be handles by a human player, so the AI stayed back and did absolutely nothing

[HunterICX]

One thing I noticed is that on the first mission the waypoints were clearly designed to be handles by a human player, so the AI stayed back and did absolutely nothing

Easy to solve, we must try to take most of the leading aircraft to control as much AI as possible.

HunterICX

[Schroeder]

I guess we have to take the leading planes then.

[Raptor1]

Hmm, fine, at least it's not Golfplatz

[HunterICX]

I guess we have to take the leading planes then.

And we shall play the training missions too....
so we can crash properly on deck instead of ''Oberonize'' your carrier landing :haha: ram your Undercarriage into the backside of the carrier, slide and roll over the deck losing some parts...and slide of from the front just to be sailed over by your own carrier :har:

HunterICX

[Raptor1]

A proper CVE landing goes like this

http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/6167/cvef6ftu5.jpg

[Oberon]

Lies, if it's not on fire, then it's not good enough :haha:

I'm still chuckling over that landing, Raptor, could you possibly send me the track from it so I can view it from the external camera? :yeah:

[Raptor1]

Lies, if it's not on fire, then it's not good enough :haha:

I'm still chuckling over that landing, Raptor, could you possibly send me the track from it so I can view it from the external camera? :yeah:

Okay, I'll send it over soon

I'm surprised your plane actually failed to explode when it was run over by the CVE

[Raptor1]

Tracks on the way

Here are the pictures:

http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/1376/il2fb2009071417073592.jpg

http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/3888/il2fb2009071417074564.jpg

http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/9972/il2fb2009071417074686.jpg

http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/1065/il2fb2009071417074866.jpg

http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/3824/il2fb2009071417075175.jpg

http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/1520/il2fb2009071417075402.jpg

http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/3705/il2fb2009071417080465.jpg

http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/720/il2fb2009071417082528.jpg

[XabbaRus]

Hm ironic that we are the carrier waffles as that is why I have been away.

I am in the process of modelling a Blackburn Skua for a certain flight sim that we are all familiar with.

[Kratos]

Oh Sheeeeet!! looks like it'll be finding nemo all over again.:o IIRC the last time we done carriers i ended up with web feet :haha:
http://img382.imageshack.us/img382/2121/13370313.gif

[Schroeder]

You can practise your carrier landings by using the training missions in the single missions menu for the USN.:arrgh!:
I highly recommend that.
In case anybody wants to I also could give you the one and only smartass instruction on TS.:rock:

[Oberon]

We might need to do a carrier landing training mission, I've been practicing on that training mission and so far had two smashes into the side, one hook but smashed undercarriage and countless bolters :hmmm:

[Schroeder]

May I recommend this (again): http://mission4today.com/index.php?name=Downloads&file=details&id=2147
:salute:

[HunterICX]

Pfah...any landing I walk or Swim away from is a good landing...:O:
no need for training

HunterICX

[Kratos]

This one is going to be tight.

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/5967/hook0000.jpg

Made me bounce a bit. Ahhh!!! im losing it.....

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/5444/hook20004.jpg

I think i lost something..

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/7383/hook30001.jpg

At least i dont have to swim this time..

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/7595/hook40004.jpg

[Task Force]

holy crap. youall are playing with Carriers...:o

The USAF will run out of hellcats...:rotfl:

[Raptor1]

holy crap. youall are playing with Carriers...:o

The USAF will run out of hellcats...:rotfl:

We're not flying Hellcats, the USAF doesn't exist until 1947 and the USAAF isn't responsible for carrier aviation

Ha, smartassed to death

[joeljansson]

any one upp for a 4.08 unmodded HL?

[Schroeder]

We're not flying Hellcats, the USAF doesn't exist until 1947 and the USAAF isn't responsible for carrier aviation

Ha, smartassed to death
Don't make me unemployed.http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v319/tankexmortis/Smileys/th_Silly_avatar_by_Dicx.gif

[HunterICX]

Don't make me unemployed.http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v319/tankexmortis/Smileys/th_Silly_avatar_by_Dicx.gif

Can't handle competition?

HunterICX

[XabbaRus]

I've decided the Skua can wait for one evening and fly off the deck of a postage stamp tonight.

[Schroeder]

Can't handle competition?

HunterICX
If I want your judgement of the situation I'll knock on your cage o.k.?:O:

:D

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

Once again the spys sapped jim's TS!!! Where's a pyro when you need one?:rotfl:

[XabbaRus]

So is it hunter's TS tonight?

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

So is it hunter's TS tonight?If Hunter gets his TS up.

[Task Force]

my prediction... you will all die...:yep:

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

my prediction... you will all die...:yep:or be horribly mangled and in tiny bits all over the flight deck or in the drink about to get run over by the floating postage stamp!

[Task Force]

yea, its a proven fact that the lolwaffles cant land on carriers.:yep:

[Oberon]

Well, I dunno what you guys are gonna fly, but tonight I think I'll take this:

http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/fa2/images/seaharrier1.jpg

[Task Force]

The jump jet hasent been invented yet...

[HunterICX]

My TS has been running for a while now...only the port was closed...its open now ;)

HunterICX

[Oberon]

The jump jet hasent been invented yet...

Details, Details.

[Oberon]

My TS has been running for a while now...only the port was closed...its open now ;)

HunterICX

Got an IP for that Hunter? The one I have on record doesn't seem to want to work :damn:

[Task Force]

Details, Details.

Its 194x... and the jump jet wast invented till years later...

[Raptor1]

Its 194x... and the jump jet wast invented till years later...

When has that ever stopped us?

[Kratos]

Got an IP for that Hunter? The one I have on record doesn't seem to want to work :damn:
must be a secret...ah well ne'er mind back to shootin' jarmins

[Raptor1]

must be a secret...ah well ne'er mind back to shootin' jarmins

It's the same as the server's

[Kratos]

It's the same as the server's


dont work for me :damn:

[Task Force]

wow, youall finished that quick... its only 5:01 here, youalls missions usualy start at 4:20- 4:30...

unless youall havent started yet...

[Raptor1]

dont work for me :damn:

Port is 8767?

[Task Force]

try this kratos... xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[Kratos]

Port is 8767?


yup tried that,:hmmm: must be a dutch/spanish conspiracy.

[Kratos]

try this kratos... xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
appreciate what you trying to do T.F. but you might wanna delete that matey..:03: i already got his details..just a connection problem.

[Schroeder]

Keep trying. Eventually it will work.

[Task Force]

woops. he he... forgot that... (sorry hunter...)

[HunterICX]

@TF: No worries, I dont mind that my IP is shown for a brief moment just remove it asap.

@Kratos: I dont know what could cause the failure to connect...everyone else is on :(

HunterICX

[Task Force]

hmm. could his firewall be blocking his connection...

[XabbaRus]

Wow that was fun. Better than Goldplatzs missions....

Now I just need to learn to aldn without flying across the deck.

[Raptor1]

Wow that was fun. Better than Goldplatzs missions....

Now I just need to learn to aldn without flying across the deck.

BLASPHEMY!

[Jimbuna]

Sorry about the connection failure guys but some plonker drove into and demolished then raced off without stopping, the roadside junction box about 100 yards from my house at 00:45 Wednesday morning.

We have now been out of service regarding the internet, tv and telephone for over 36 hours.

Hopefully normal service will be resumed shortly.

Are you affected Kratos?

[Kratos]

Sorry about the connection failure guys but some plonker drove into and demolished then raced off without stopping, the roadside junction box about 100 yards from my house at 00:45 Wednesday morning.

We have now been out of service regarding the internet, tv and telephone for over 36 hours.

Hopefully normal service will be resumed shortly.

Are you affected Kratos?

Nope m8...it be Raptors evil forces conspiring against you :03:

[Jimbuna]

Nope m8...it be Raptors evil forces conspiring against you :03:

It came back on 10 minutes ago....time to negotiate some compensation I reckon :smug:

[Kratos]

It came back on 10 minutes ago....time to negotiate some compensation I reckon :smug:

Aye good luck :up:

[Schroeder]

It came back on 10 minutes ago....time to negotiate some compensation I reckon :smug:
Right, how much do we get for having to use Hunters TS?http://www.comicguide.net/images/smilies/feilschen.gif

[HunterICX]

Right, how much do we get for having to use Hunters TS?http://www.comicguide.net/images/smilies/feilschen.gif

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/6138/smiley.gifYOU UNTHANKFUL JARMIN BASTARD!

HunterICX

[Jimbuna]

Right, how much do we get for having to use Hunters TS?http://www.comicguide.net/images/smilies/feilschen.gif

I reckon 100 Euros per man sounds reasonable :hmmm:

[Schroeder]

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/6138/smiley.gifYOU UNTHANKFUL JARMIN BASTARD!

HunterICX
What did you expect?:D

[Kratos]

What did you expect?:D

no less from you http://www.simhq.com/forum/images/moods/default/cowboy.gif

[HunterICX]

:D Pacific Finest

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEVq_EeLGFg

HunterICX

[Task Force]

Youall are worse in the picific... than in europe...

[SgtPotato]

Man, you guys have the fun and I felt like I wished to join you guys. :haha:

[Task Force]

and you can if you have a mic...

[SgtPotato]

well, that's the problem. I assumed that some of you knew that I'm deaf.

[Task Force]

aaaaahhhh.... didnt know that sgtpatato...

[SgtPotato]

Another question, you guys have hyperlobby?

[Pwnerator]

May i join in too? But i have to warn you, i havent played in Months... not that i was ever good at IL2. :doh:

[Raptor1]

i havent played in Months... not that i was ever good at IL2. :doh:

Does it look like ability to play concerns us much? :06:

[Pwnerator]

certainly not ability to land, thats for sure

well then expect another recruit to join the ranks of the glorious lolwaffles soon:salute:

[Kratos]

Another question, you guys have hyperlobby?
No its a private server


@Hunter nice one :har:

[Oberon]

http://media.ebaumsworld.com/picture/menimbalam/hehe.jpg

:up:

Great video Hunter, we really are good at this aren't we? :rock:

[Jimbuna]

No its a private server


@Hunter nice one :har:

It would appear your all well deserved of your name :DL

[Kratos]

It would appear your all well deserved of your name :DL

Hey!! i got down safe..bit close to the waters edge :O: but down safe all the same:yeah:



come to think of it ...who invented this stoopid name anyways?

[Jimbuna]

Hey!! i got down safe..bit close to the waters edge :O: but down safe all the same:yeah:



come to think of it ...who invented this stoopid name anyways?

Pah!....beginners luck :O:

Nice to get in here whilst its a Task Force free timezone :DL

[Raptor1]

Pah!....beginners luck :O:

Nice to get in here whilst its a Task Force free timezone :DL

There's such a thing as a Task Force free timezone? I thought his spammage was omnipresent...

[Jimbuna]

There's such a thing as a Task Force free timezone? I thought his spammage was omnipresent...

Either that or.....everpresent :DL

[Kratos]

Pah!....beginners luck :O:

Nice to get in here whilst its a Task Force free timezone :DL

Have no fears..he'll prolly manage to get 5 posts from this post alone :yep:

[Schroeder]

well, that's the problem. I assumed that some of you knew that I'm deaf.
I guess we can make an exception there. But the main fun is talking on TS and from time to time (not too often) we even try to use TS to coordinate our actions.:woot:
Maybe we can do some test sorties to see whether it makes sense for you to join us.

[Task Force]

pah!....beginners luck :o:

nice to get in here whilst its a task force free timezone :dl


not anymore!!!:O:

[Jimbuna]

not anymore!!!:O:


http://home.att.net/~alanmania65/onoz_omg2.gif

[Task Force]

Its the really old... sig of a subsim member.:o

[Jimbuna]

Its the ainchent sig of a subsim member.:o

Would you kindly explain? :hmmm:

I haven't had my helping of alphabet soup today :DL

[Task Force]

... you zee nothing.:stare:

[Raptor1]

... you zee nothing.:stare:

That's...not physically possible...

[Task Force]

Put these non seethrough glasses on... see... you zee nothing...

[Jimbuna]

Now I fully understand when you make reference to the recent peace and tranquility :doh:

[Raptor1]

peace and tranquility :doh:

What are these words which you speak?

[Schroeder]

What are these words which you speak?
A conspiracy to overthrow your evil reign.;)

[Oberon]

I guess we can make an exception there. But the main fun is talking on TS and from time to time (not too often) we even try to use TS to coordinate our actions.:woot:
Maybe we can do some test sorties to see whether it makes sense for you to join us.


Sounds like a good idea, because I know of someone else who would like to join the waffles when she gets IL2: 1946 and she is also deaf but has implants.

[Schroeder]

O.K. name, age and a photo.:D


BTW does "she has implants" mean that she can hear?

[Oberon]

O.K. name, age and a photo.:D


BTW does "she has implants" mean that she can hear?


Indeed AFAIK, and ask her yourself ;) She's on Subsim and goes by the name Geno-Mariner ;)

[XabbaRus]

I got as far as "she has implants" and was thinking something completely different. Namely how would that stop her playing on line....

Then I finished the sentence....

[Kratos]

Only a hybred Scottish/Yorkshireman would think like that:D

[Jimbuna]

Did someone mention implants :hmmm:

http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/1658/bouncingboobs.gif

[SgtPotato]

Sounds like a good idea, because I know of someone else who would like to join the waffles when she gets IL2: 1946 and she is also deaf but has implants.

O rly? I didn't know that. She does have cochlear implant, not just "implants". You sound like you're saying that she have plastic surgery, like breast augmentation implants and many more. :stare:

Did someone mention implants :hmmm:

http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/1658/bouncingboobs.gif

:har::har:

[Raptor1]

*mutters something about the useless obsessions of the pathetic mortals*

[Task Force]

... so the lolwaffles will no longer be a all guy squadron...:hmmm:

[Kratos]

Farkin ell school must be out :rotfl:

[Task Force]

you got dat right suka.:O:

[Oberon]

http://www.forumspile.com/Blank-Picard_Facepalm.jpg

Typical fly-boys. :dead: I meant Cochlear implants of course, but being the innocent chap that I am, I kinda typed it wrong....

:har:

[SgtPotato]

I know how you feel. :har:

B.S. Great, I broke my ST-90 Joystick because I was so angry at this game that the developers turned the P-51 Mustang from the Cadillac of the Sky into the most crappiest plane ever and I'm not happy. I am blaming Maddox! :stare:

[Raptor1]

I am blaming Maddox! :stare:

You are learning the way of the waffle...

[Task Force]

and your gonna miss yer first flight...:rotfl:

[Jimbuna]

Farkin ell school must be out :rotfl:

They must have the same holidays as the UK :o :know:

[SgtPotato]

No need to worry, I just duct taped my broken joystick and it's fine. Michael Weston is right. Duct tape DO make you smarter, not guns.

[Geno_Mariner]

Sounds like a good idea, because I know of someone else who would like to join the waffles when she gets IL2: 1946 and she is also deaf but has implants.

I lol'ed hard. (silently, as it's 4:16am in the morning :doh:)

Yus, it's Cochlear implants. :rotfl: (I'd never touch plastic surgery :stare: I'm happy with what I got :rotfl:) Been deaf since birth, cochlear implanted at 4 (I'm 20 now :doh:). So yah

Some of you probably remember I got Heroes of the Pacific game. But it doesn't seem as cool as IL2, lol. I've already got a Flight Joystick and Headsets, just need the game.

No problems with a girl in the squadron? :hmmm: I'm looking forward to getting the game :yeah:

[Task Force]

to sgt patato... that adress I gave you is to hunters il2 server... they will tell you more on jims ts.:up:

@Geno Mariner... You can get this game as a download from UBI. com... Its all patched up also.

[Geno_Mariner]

@Geno Mariner... You can get this game as a download from UBI. com... Its all patched up also.

Ah yes, I can. Forgot about that.

EDIT: Odd, the UBI site can't find IL2. I used the game browser. And it's there but when I clicked on IL2: Sturmovik, it led me to a page that said it can't be found. Found out I can DL it off Steam as well.

[Raptor1]

Ah yes, I can. Forgot about that.

EDIT: Odd, the UBI site can't find IL2. I used the game browser. And it's there but when I clicked on IL2: Sturmovik, it led me to a page that said it can't be found. Found out I can DL it off Steam as well.

I wouldn't recommend Steam, either buy it off a store, Ubi or Direct2Drive

Ubi: http://digitalstore.ubi.com/0/3021/product/Buy-IL-2-Sturmovik:-1946-Download

D2D: http://www.direct2drive.com/3021/product/Buy-IL-2-Sturmovik:-1946-Download

I would highly recommend a boxed copy though.

[Task Force]

well, its alittle bit cheaper as a download... I think...

[SgtPotato]

@Geno_Mariner... I do have cochlear implant too. I got it at age 16 and I still have the hard time of what people saying through mic. It make me think they sound like robots.

[Raptor1]

It make me think they sound like robots.

We do...

[Geno_Mariner]

@Geno_Mariner... I do have cochlear implant too. I got it at age 16 and I still have the hard time of what people saying through mic. It make me think they sound like robots.

I get that problem too but I usually try my best to listen. Had a nice short time chatting to Oberon when I first got my mike. How often do you use the mike? I find that if I just try chatting to people with it on a casual basis, I learn how it sounds then I can be chatting away after I get used to the voice.

Age 16? :doh: Were you born deaf or went deaf? I hope ya got the "Freedom" processor, it works brilliantly. I picked up low sounds like fizzing drinks in a cup that I couldn't pick up with my previous processor. Certainly an improvement for talking over phones/mikes too. However I'm having Dry Cell/Non-rechargable battery drain problems :-? Cochlear centre said since I'm 100% deaf, the earlier implant won't be able to give me enough power. Might have to go thru operation again to upgrade :damn: *sarcastically* Oh joy. (a friend of mine had menigitis, so the skull thickening with her cochlear implant was problematic and she had to go thru again)

@ TF: ah thanks for the link, I was planning to get a boxed version. That way if this computer decides to hate me and not work, I can easily DL it onto another, lol

[Oberon]

We do...


http://moviechutzpah.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/title-for-terminator-4-gets-terminated.jpg
Hunter

http://hypokritical.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/cylon.jpg
Raptor

http://cdn.myanimelist.net/images/characters/14/45650.jpg
Oberon

http://www.spinellis.gr/blog/20050314/SSpell.jpg
Schroeder

[Geno_Mariner]

:rotfl: Good one, Oberon

Or maybe you guys could be the Borg :doh:

[Raptor1]

:rotfl: Good one, Oberon

Or maybe you guys could be the Borg :doh:

We are not communists...

[Geno_Mariner]

We are not communists...

True true. :88)

[Task Force]

http://site.xavier.edu/polt/typewriters/underwood5small.jpg
theres me...

[SgtPotato]

Were you born deaf or went deaf?

I was born as hearing, then I got sick as a newborn and became deaf. I'm used to wearing hearing aids and then I made a decision to get cochlear implant when I was in high school. It's not funny after the surgery because I heard the bells ringing inside my head after recovery. :o

[Oberon]

theres me...

Sure it's not:

http://ebiquity.umbc.edu/blogger/wp-content/uploads//2007/07/spambot.jpg

? :O::03:

[Task Force]

no thats jim...:rotfl: cause it makes noise...

[Raptor1]

no thats jim...:rotfl: cause it makes noise...

We smashed the internal speakers before posting the picture...

[SgtPotato]

Lmao! :har:

But, who is going to be Wall-E and EVE?

http://blogs.govexec.com/fedblog/images/wall-e.jpghttp://disney-clipart.com/Wall-E/characters/Wall-E-Eve.jpg

I'm guessing that EVE will be Geno_Mariner. :haha:

[Task Force]

Im sure of that... cause if it was any other way... that would be just rong.:rotfl:

[Geno_Mariner]

I was born as hearing, then I got sick as a newborn and became deaf. I'm used to wearing hearing aids and then I made a decision to get cochlear implant when I was in high school. It's not funny after the surgery because I heard the bells ringing inside my head after recovery. :o

Ah :o I remember before I got my cochlear, I used to think seeing bursting brown bags was funny til the cochlear got turned on and it scared the hell out of me :doh:

I could be Eve since I'm a woman :haha:

[Task Force]

ya know... I dont think your the first woman in the lolwaffles... wasnt penney (Penelope grey.) in the waffles for a while... I think I remember reading that when I was lurking around...

[Geno_Mariner]

ya know... I dont think your the first woman in the lolwaffles... wasnt penney (Penelope grey.) in the waffles for a while... I think I remember reading that when I was lurking around...

I recall Oberon telling me the Lolwaffles had a female pilot before.

[Raptor1]

I don't think the name became Lolwaffles until well after I got here.

[Task Force]

yea, cause youall use to be called the subsim aviators...

[Oberon]

It was still the Subsim Aviators when I joined, I've still got Dowlys skins around here somewhere :yeah: Then after our Luftwaffe campaign in Poland, I started calling us the Lolwaffe (after a post I made in the SHIII forum) and Hunter, I think it was, was calling us the Luftwaffles, so we kinda combined the two and the Lolwaffles was born :yeah:

[Raptor1]

It was still the Subsim Aviators when I joined, I've still got Dowlys skins around here somewhere :yeah: Then after our Luftwaffe campaign in Poland, I started calling us the Lolwaffe (after a post I made in the SHIII forum) and Hunter, I think it was, was calling us the Luftwaffles, so we kinda combined the two and the Lolwaffles was born :yeah:

I do believe I was using the term Luftwaffles quite a lot in the early days...

[Task Force]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efoQfQyT1NE&feature=channel
luftwaffles...

[Kratos]

It was still the Subsim Aviators when I joined, I've still got Dowlys skins around here somewhere :yeah: Then after our Luftwaffe campaign in Poland, I started calling us the Lolwaffe (after a post I made in the SHIII forum) and Hunter, I think it was, was calling us the Luftwaffles, so we kinda combined the two and the Lolwaffles was born :yeah:


So it was You who assigned this silly name :x :DL

[Task Force]

I got mic from a friend to work abit... I can see the bar go up when I say something... now to see if I can hear myself...

(I got it to work!)

but im banned on the server... and I only have this mic for the next hour... then my

[Jimbuna]

So it was You who assigned this silly name :x :DL

Listening to you lot on the TS server now I can think of a few more suitable names :DL

[Task Force]

Lol, yea...:rotfl:

hmm... was I just kicked... or banned from your TS jim?

[Jimbuna]

Lol, yea...:rotfl:

hmm... was I just kicked... or banned from your TS jim?

I've absolutelt no idea. I've been playing MP with some guys over on Sub Command most of the night.

Better to enquire of Hunter ICX and/or Kratos, they are the server admins in the flight section.

I looked earlier and noticed a couple of new names....wasn't you was it?

[SgtPotato]

Yea, I'm the new guy. :D

[Task Force]

not me... It was sgt patato, and Geno Mariner...

Ya know... hearing your voice from anouther source sounds really different than when your talking.

I myself really dont fly in il2 anymore (but occationaly I do... as dowly said before, after afiew years, it get really boreing... (dealing with super ai, and some of the flight models...)

From what ive read about this campaign is that it is quite good. wonder if I can make it singleplayer...

[Geno_Mariner]

Hopefully I'll be able to grab a copy of IL2 soon :yeah: I'm looking forward to playing it :DL

[HunterICX]

:yeah: as I said yesterday evening,Welcome to the group Sgt.Potato
good to have your mic working so you can at least get our attention when you need something and report enemy or contacts when we fly.

HunterICX

[Schroeder]

From what ive read about this campaign is that it is quite good. wonder if I can make it singleplayer...
I think there was a single player version available at Mission4today.:hmmm:

[Jimbuna]

not me... It was sgt patato, and Geno Mariner...

Ya know... hearing your voice from anouther source sounds really different than when your talking.



Are you addressing me? :hmmm:

[Schroeder]

I think he meant his microphone tests.;)

@TF
Yes, one hears his/her voice quite differently than others do. I think it is because you do not only hear what comes out of your mouth but also what is transmitted through the bones.

[Jimbuna]

I think he meant his microphone tests.;)

@TF
Yes, one hears his/her voice quite differently than others do. I think it is because you do not only hear what comes out of your mouth but also what is transmitted through the bones.

Ah...right :doh:

[Task Force]

Lol, yea. Its gonna be nice getting back to the cockpit... And the good thing is I got that old mic to work... so I had to spend no money.:)

[Task Force]

Allright what are youall flying..., what mods will I need.

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

Allright what are youall flying..., what mods will I need. This campaign that we've been flying needs no mods as it was made for an unmodded game. So you don't need any new mods.

[Task Force]

ah hunter,im still banned...

[HunterICX]

Your ban has just been lifted.

HunterICX

[SgtPotato]

Thank you, Hunter. I will try to speak very clearly as I can because I used sign language a lot to communicate.

[Jimbuna]

The Lolwaffles :O:

http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/1204/lolwaffles.jpg (http://img154.imageshack.us/i/lolwaffles.jpg/)

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

The Lolwaffles :O:

http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/1204/lolwaffles.jpg (http://img154.imageshack.us/i/lolwaffles.jpg/)
Just minus Dowly cause he was too scared to come down!!!:rotfl:

[Task Force]

Yea... I was the only one to actualy land on the carrier with most of my plane intact...

Carrier+wind+lolwaffles= lots of plane parts in the ocean...

[SgtPotato]

Well, I almost landed on the carrier at the first time and it damaged one of my landing gear. I took off again. At the second time, I was so close to land safely and I ended up at the ocean. :doh:

[Oberon]

Don't forget Xabba and Raptor :03:

I claim my first carrier landing!! :rock:

Wildcat on the carrier successfully, despite the carriers best attempts to evade me :stare:

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

I can land on a carrier, just not on these postage stamps with the exception of the Wildcat which were actully used on the postage stamps. But the Hellcats and Corsair weren't, but I think its going to even more funny to see how we do in landing the Corsair(it has a huge radial engine!!)

[Kratos]

Hey!! look Cletus I never went in the darn water this time..:O:

http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/373/cletus.gif

[SgtPotato]

:har::har:

Nice gif.

[Schroeder]

Actually I did land my SBD on the carrier. Unfortunately I lost my internet connection (again!!!) about 30 seconds earlier.:damn:

[Jimbuna]

:har::har:

Nice gif.

It's not a GIF.....that is actually taken from one of Kratos home movies :DL

[Raptor1]

The Lolwaffles :O:

http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/1204/lolwaffles.jpg (http://img154.imageshack.us/i/lolwaffles.jpg/)

So, how many complaints about Hunter's lousy upload rate?

[Task Force]

none... actualy... Jims TS wasnt cracking up.

[Raptor1]

I say that image is photoshopped then...!

[Task Force]

Nope, the entire squadron.... well except for you, Xabbarus, and dowly.

[Raptor1]

Lies! Lies and trickery!

[Jimbuna]

Lies! Lies and trickery!

I just think it's such a shame that the ferret never flew :hmmm:

[Task Force]

Ferrets dont fly... they cant even see over the cockpit...:rotfl:

[Dowly]

Ferrets dont fly... they cant even see over the cockpit...:rotfl:

I use a Stinger.

[Geno_Mariner]

Thank you, Hunter. I will try to speak very clearly as I can because I used sign language a lot to communicate.

I'm the opposite of you... lol :doh: Tho sometimes I do occasionally have a hard time speaking clearly haha.

Still trying to grab a copy of IL2

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

Geno_Mariner if you use Steam you can get it there.

[Raptor1]

Geno_Mariner if you use Steam you can get it there.

Does the dark side...err...mods even work with Steam?

[Oberon]

Does the dark side...err...mods even work with Steam?

I believe so, although the self-updater can break it.

[Task Force]

Why would IL2 be being updated, new updates havent been released in along time...:hmmm: (Id get it from ubi soft. you can just redownload it off you account if you loose your install... myself I just keep it on my HD.)

[Fincuan]

4.09 is still a beta, and the final version has been promised "when it's done". I'd say that's more like "if it's done", but the latest word is they're going to push it out at some point.

[Task Force]

I think its a myth, like storm of war...:yep:

[Raptor1]

Why would IL2 be being updated, new updates havent been released in along time...:hmmm: (Id get it from ubi soft. you can just redownload it off you account if you loose your install... myself I just keep it on my HD.)

It's not the fact that there might be an upgrade, it's just that Steam's auto-updater likes to mess things up...

[XabbaRus]

RL has been in the way, tha and I am making a Blackburn Skua for IL-2

I will be here on Monday though.....

[Schroeder]

Tho sometimes I do occasionally have a hard time speaking clearly haha.

Don't worry, so has Kratos.:salute:

:D

[Jimbuna]

Don't worry, so has Kratos.:salute:

:D

ROFLMAO :rotfl:

[Oberon]

Don't worry, so has Kratos.:salute:

:D


"What'd 'e say?"

[XabbaRus]

Thank you, Hunter. I will try to speak very clearly as I can because I used sign language a lot to communicate.

So does Hunter if someone pisses him off...usually a hail of bullets followed by the kick button....


As for Kratos, a scot with a Geordie accent......

[Task Force]

I know about hunters hail of bullets.:yep:

youl hear this buzzing noise... then dadadadadadadadadada and that us usualy followed by a fireball...

[Kratos]

Don't worry, so has Kratos.:salute:

:D

Still working on that sense of humour i see ;)


As for Kratos, a scot with a Geordie accent......

terrible combination isn't it :O:

[TarJak]

terrible combination isn't it :O:
Still I blame the Northumbria police for letting you jump the wall.:D

[Geno_Mariner]

Don't worry, so has Kratos.:salute:

:D

Glad I'm not alone then :yeah: :haha:


So does Hunter if someone pisses him off...usually a hail of bullets followed by the kick button....


:har:

[Kratos]

Still I blame the Northumbria police for letting you jump the wall.:D


At least the Authorities didn't catch me :03: See where they put you! :haha:

[Jimbuna]

Still I blame the Northumbria police for letting you jump the wall.:D

**** off....basum http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/1853/angry8ro5.gif

At least the Authorities didn't catch me :03: See where they put you! :haha:


http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/2772/thumbsupgv0.gif

[Schroeder]

Oh god, I got Track IR now. So far all the settings are messed up big time and I don't think I'll be combat ready this evening (that nasty software somehow overwrote my newview settings and I can't use it any more, not even with Track IR unplugged from my computer.):damn:
If I join you I will surely be even blinder as usually.
*memo to self: Don't forget the barf bag while flying with a erratic rotating head....*

[Raptor1]

Clearly you fail the understand the art of TrackIR...

[Kratos]

Oh god, I got Track IR now. So far all the settings are messed up big time and I don't think I'll be combat ready this evening (that nasty software somehow overwrote my newview settings and I can't use it any more, not even with Track IR unplugged from my computer.):damn:
If I join you I will surely be even blinder as usually.
*memo to self: Don't forget the barf bag while flying with a erratic rotating head....*

If youv'e got trackir, you dont need newview anymore :hmmm: well at least i dont, i dont even use the hatswitch for anything now.

[HunterICX]

Ha...your clearly not a German.
cant work with a simple piece of software without screwing it up.:haha:

HunterICX

[Kratos]

*memo to self: Don't forget the barf bag while flying with a erratic rotating head....*

Is it the vector or proclip your using? if using the proclip the T.I.R. unit is best situated to the left hand side of your monitor, thats if the clip is on the left side of your headset...vector is best in the middle.

[Raptor1]

Alright, who assassinated Jimbuna's TS?

EDIT: Ah, now it works

[XabbaRus]

Still working on that sense of humour i see ;)




terrible combination isn't it :O:

Downright bizarre if yopu ask me.....a Jock wi a Gerodie accent. Did you never read the Beano...or was it the Dandy?

[Kratos]

Downright bizarre if yopu ask me.....a Jock wi a Gerodie accent. Did you never read the Beano...or was it the Dandy?


Naa a had a bit-o-class man..national geographic :haha:

[Task Force]

might be late/not there today.

[Raptor1]

might be late/not there today.

Traitor! Deserter!

[Task Force]

No, Im commanding my tanks in afrika...

[Raptor1]

No, Im commanding my taks in afrika...

Fascist!

[Pwnerator]

Well, that was fun. First we bombed our own ground installations (wich i managed to kamikaze into somehow) and then my internet connection failed and didnt work for 2 hours :rotfl:

[Raptor1]

AWACS #1 abstains itself from responsibility of directing the attack towards friendly forces...

[Jimbuna]

Well, that was fun. First we bombed our own ground installations (wich i managed to kamikaze into somehow) and then my internet connection failed and didnt work for 2 hours :rotfl:

Well at least you managed to get registered and come to the realisation your flying with a bunch of madmen :DL

[Schroeder]

If youv'e got trackir, you dont need newview anymore :hmmm: well at least i dont, i dont even use the hatswitch for anything now.
I would have used newview as some sort of back up system if Track IR should become too much of a problem.
Anyway relocating it to the dead centre of my monitor made it work a lot better already. Still I have some troubles finding the correct settings that allow for a stable all round view. Especially during carrier landings I seem to move my head quite a bit which usually leads to a rough landing or even the loss of control. I completely lost my feeling for the planes and have to learn how to fly again.
BTW could you post a picture of your pitch and yaw settings? I just want to compare them to what I have here.

[Kratos]

I would have used newview as some sort of back up system if Track IR should become too much of a problem.
Anyway relocating it to the dead centre of my monitor made it work a lot better already. Still I have some troubles finding the correct settings that allow for a stable all round view. Especially during carrier landings I seem to move my head quite a bit which usually leads to a rough landing or even the loss of control. I completely lost my feeling for the planes and have to learn how to fly again.
BTW could you post a picture of your pitch and yaw settings? I just want to compare them to what I have here.

Sorry im unable to post images at the moment m8.in the proccess of packing all my pc's and stuff for storage due to an upcoming overhaul of my house.using a crappy pc ''minimal stuff on it''

I'm assuming your using the vector tracking,the clip with the reflective tape on? I use the default settings and when i get in a situation where my tracking goes a little wild when things are busy i hit the F12 key to centralize and everything goes back to normal.The same goes for the proclip. bear in mind though really sudden turns and shaking of the head in my case anyway can make the tracker get a little out of sorts with itself, a single tap on the F12 key sorts it, or the F7 key gives you a bit more precision its a bit slower though.

Just a thought maybe Dowly could post you a couple of scr.caps he uses T.I.R.

[Schroeder]

I'm afraid I don't have the vector expansion (might be worth a thought though when SoW is released).
I will try to set up the thing then by myself.:dead:

[Kratos]

Most stuff i said in previous post Schroeder was assuming you had the vector,but it all works with the proclip as well. I find best results are with the unit on the top/left about a quarter way in of monitor as i have the clip secured to the left side of my headset...i only use the vector offline,which needs to be centered as i dont need headset/mic.

[Stealth Hunter]

No, Im commanding my tanks in afrika...

Defending the Fatherland like a true patriot.:salute:

Lang Lebe das Dritte Reich und der Fuhrer!

[Dowly]

I'm using the default settings, so cant help with them.

AFAIK, you can download an update from the TIR's site that makes the configuration interface similar to what comes with TIR5. It allows for much easier configuration of all the axises.

Just keep on using it, fly offline etc. and you get used to it pretty fast.

[Oberon]

Due to Rhinitus I'll have to give tonight a miss. See you all on Friday :salute:

[Schroeder]

I'm still far away from what I would call "combat ready". This Track IR thingy is starting to annoy me. I've finally calibrated it in a way that it works as expected but whenever I'm in a dogfight aiming on someone or on final approach before landing I screw up because I don't hold my head totally still.
Maybe I will get used to it in time but if I can't fight and land as reliably as I could with NewView within the next two weeks this thing goes straight to ebay.:-?

[XabbaRus]

Due to Rhinitus I'll have to give tonight a miss. See you all on Friday :salute:

Is this you trying to sound clever with latin words?

This from wikipedia

"Rhinitis, commonly known as a runny nose,"

Come on, be a man.......(I know that is hard coming from the South of England.):rotfl:

[Raptor1]

Non-fancy talk is overrated!

[Kratos]

I'm still far away from what I would call "combat ready". This Track IR thingy is starting to annoy me. I've finally calibrated it in a way that it works as expected but whenever I'm in a dogfight aiming on someone or on final approach before landing I screw up because I don't hold my head totally still.
Maybe I will get used to it in time but if I can't fight and land as reliably as I could with NewView within the next two weeks this thing goes straight to ebay.:-?

Patience!! herr Schroeder..in a few days you'll be landing your crate with your head hanging over the side of your cockpit,watching the wheels :DL

Not going to be able to join tonight lads,just realised that my game discs are packed away in storage with the other pc's and stuff :oops: and i dont have the damn game installed on this pc.:wah:

[Schroeder]

I don't have the vector expansion (yet);).

[Schroeder]

Oh boy, I tried to land the Hellcat on a CVE now several times. 40% ended with the loss of the aircraft (damned extra cables on the deck that won't slow you down before you reach the end of the carrier and won't allow you to go around:damn:), 40% with a heavily damaged aircraft (who needs a landing gear anyway?) and 20% ended with a nice landing that left the plane intact (wonder what I made wrong there:o).
All in all it is insane to let Hellcats operate from these things (could be a Golfplatz idea:D). I hope we get a better carrier soon or I would rather go back to wildcats than seeing my plane being destroyed on almost every landing.

[Task Force]

lol... I... didnt crash 100%.... danm last 3 wires...

[Raptor1]

Oh boy, I tried to land the Hellcat on a CVE now several times. 40% ended with the loss of the aircraft (damned extra cables on the deck that won't slow you down before you reach the end of the carrier and won't allow you to go around:damn:), 40% with a heavily damaged aircraft (who needs a landing gear anyway?) and 20% ended with a nice landing that left the plane intact (wonder what I made wrong there:o).
All in all it is insane to let Hellcats operate from these things (could be a Golfplatz idea:D). I hope we get a better carrier soon or I would rather go back to wildcats than seeing my plane being destroyed on almost every landing.

You think the Hellcat is bad? Try the Corsair...

[Schroeder]

You think the Hellcat is bad? Try the Corsair...
Actually I found the Corsair to be easier to land.

BTW I think I've found my personal style now. Three landings in a F6 without crash and three in a F4 without crash.
You just mustn't stick to historical procedures.:D

[Oberon]

Is this you trying to sound clever with latin words?

This from wikipedia

"Rhinitis, commonly known as a runny nose,"

Come on, be a man.......(I know that is hard coming from the South of England.):rotfl:

:O:
Runny nose, constant sneezing and a conversation composed mostly of the letter d :yeah: My nose is sore now :damn:

(Ya northern bastid)

[Task Force]

lol... you let alittle runny nose keep you down.:O:

[Oberon]

lol... you let alittle runny nose keep you down.:O:


http://aarkangel.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/churchillvsign.jpg

:O:

[Task Force]

:O: pfffffftttt... or should I say sniff sniff...:rotfl:

[Oberon]

http://www.urban75.org/london/images/morris-dancers-01.jpg

I wave my hanky in your general direction :O:

[Task Force]

lol... (could this be the work of a spy with a runny nose.):o

[Oberon]

lol... (could this be the work of a spy with a runny nose.):o

Spy sappin mah sinuses? :hmmm:

[XabbaRus]

Guys I have got IL2 MLR to export to html format after many tries.

I think I might host them.

[Schroeder]

Er, what?:06:

[Kratos]

poss. mission log report :hmmm:

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

I might be out of action tommorrow since my install go fubarred some how unles I can get it fixed by then.

[Task Force]

you got it fixed RM...

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

I might have it fixed in the next few minutes I might not. So far I've been having the get to 60% and crash to desktop thing and trying to find the mod or file is a real pain.

[XabbaRus]

Not flying tonight got to take my son to hospital.

[Task Force]

Sorry to hear that xabba...

[Kratos]

Not flying tonight got to take my son to hospital.


Nothing too serious i hope? hope all is well.

[Schroeder]

Hope it's nothing nasty.:-?

[Jimbuna]

Being a parent myself.....fingers crossed XabbaRus :hmmm:

[SgtPotato]

Geez, Red Max. You rammed Schroeder's plane when I was on it. D: :damn::damn:

[Schroeder]

Geez, Red Max. You rammed Schroeder's plane when I was on it. D: :damn::damn:
Or maybe I rammed his.;)
I really don't know.

[Oberon]

Hope he's alright Xabba.


Here's some shots from recent sortees:

http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/2341/27072009223519.jpg

Raptor makes a landing and makes a run for it, Japanese MG ends the run

http://img60.imageshack.us/img60/4480/27072009224014.jpg

It wouldn't be an American carrier group without a Soviet AGI following it.. :03:

http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/6135/31072009223751.jpg

Hunter follows Oberons torpedo on an attack run against a Jap flat-top
(As you can imagine, because I'm taking this pic I was just blown out of the sky by a combination of a Jap Zero and the Carriers AAA)

http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/5629/31072009223826.jpg

Jap AAA isn't that bad, particularly when you make the mistake of pulling up sharply right next to the carrier...bye bye Hunter

http://img398.imageshack.us/img398/8227/31072009224000.jpg

Prototype TIE fighter.... :doh:

[Task Force]

I was lucky tonight... I got 9 kills (would have been 10, stupid ai) and landed on the carrier 2 out of 2 times...:D

Both times... plenty left... 1 (or maby 2 i dont know.) came home.

I like this campaign.:yep:

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

Geez, Red Max. You rammed Schroeder's plane when I was on it. D: :damn::damn: Don't bame me it was Schroeder's fault for not telling me what he was going to do!!:doh:

[Task Force]

an sbd takeing down a zero... I done think so...

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

Heres some shots that I've taken during this campaign.
http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/6000/20072009224045.jpg
http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/4485/15072009224422.jpg
http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/7422/22072009220958.jpg
http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/6163/22072009224320.jpg
http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/8004/22072009224430.jpg
http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/5859/24072009220921.jpg
Get your wing out of my radiator!!!!
http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/5412/24072009223701.jpg
:doh::rotfl:
http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/9697/29072009223215.jpg
:o
http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/9184/31072009223731.jpg
http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/7875/31072009221304.jpg
Your mine now!!!!:yeah:

[Task Force]

I... forgot to turn fraps on...:88)

[Task Force]

what version of the hellcat are we flying...:hmmm:

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

what version of the hellcat are we flying...:hmmm:I think its the late version of the hellcat.

[Task Force]

yep. just loaded up on skins...:yep:

[SgtPotato]

I want to say thank you to Schroeder for sending me the external cam death only mod. :yeah: