J5_Hotlead

Lol! Seriously, I wouldn't consider those kills stolen. My first goal is to survive; kills are an added bonus. In a flight, sometimes one guy brings a plane down, sometimes the other guy. Both probably laid hits, but the game awards credit only to 1. It doesn't matter. Working together, we both brought down the bandits more efficiently than we could have on our own. That's why teamwork is so cool once it gets rolling and every one's working together "on the same page" as Moxy likes to say. Regarding the stream, I think on the bottom, there should be a scroll bar where you can drag the slider to different parts of the stream. Maybe that will work? Finally, like Luft said, I have a 27" monitor. It's a great monitor and I love it! Once I see a contact, I try to zoom in on it to see the outline. Usually, I can tell pretty quickly what it is once I clearly see the fuselage and/or wing shape.

Salute all! Here is the latest Twitch stream from tonight's action! https://www.twitch.tv/videos/180023872 As usual, I had a great time. Good fights guys! I have some good news and bad news: the bad news is I won't be able to attend the next 2 or so Thursday night fly-ins. Why? The good news: my family is on vacation to the Smokey Mountains! I'll enjoy my time there, but I will eagerly await returning to the virtual skies of ROF. I'll still be able to participate in the last Black September event before I go though. Also, I've mentioned before that I'm making a video for ROF. I've decided to expand it to celebrate the community in general - not just the pilots who can fly during our North American Thursday night fights. So, if you have any cool flight tracks from this year's Black September, Bloody April, or Flanders in Flames, feel free to PM me the track files and I'll see if I can get them included in the video! Just keep it circa 2017 please. Salute! JG1_Hotlead

US103rd ranks have grown (1 new official member and 2 prospective). They look to be arriving in greater numbers tonight! Hope to see you all there!

Salute all! The Circus flew again this afternoon! Here is the archived twitch stream: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/178987801 We will be taking a break for a few weeks and thus will not be streaming on October 15. Family vacation in the Great Smokey Mountains! I will post below once we are back and when we will stream again.

Hey guys! Over the next couple weeks, I'll be producing a cinematic flight sim video for our Thursday night flights on Wargrounds. If you guys would want to send me the raw flight tracks of your best Thursday night moments, I'll add 'em to the video! To find your recorded tracks on your PC, go to: C:\Program Files (x86)\1C-777\Rise of Flight\data\Tracks In there, you'll see 2 types of files: folders and .trk files. I'll need both the folder and the .trk file for each track you want to send me. To get those files to me, you can use whatever link you want. If you've never done something like this before, I'd reccomend using Google Drive: https://www.google.com/drive/ It's really easy to upload and share things with. If you ever wanted to be a silver screen star, now's your time! Just let me know if you have tracks you'd like in the movie and I'll try to get them included! S! - Hotlead

Salute all! Here is the next episode of my "One Life to Live" series: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/178251312 We ran some flights during our weekly Thursday fight nights with the US103rd. All told, we got some bigger formations of fighters together - 3 elements of 2 working together at the same time! Lots of fun as we filled the skies with the bright livery of the Flying Circus!

Thanks Hunter! It was good to see the US103rd up and at em too! I do have to say that I think you guys' SPAD skins are really classy. Makes you look very "official" whenever you guys fly together. Lol no problem Luft! Looking forward to next week!

Salute all! Had a FANTASTIC time this evening! At one point, we had the server full to 30 pilots! Here is the archived twitch stream of this evenings fights, including a pulse pounding dogfight with our friendly rivals, the US103rd! (Starting at the 47 minute mark.) https://www.twitch.tv/videos/176534646 We will be back on Wargrounds next Thursday at 8pm! Hope to see you there!

Salute all! Starting this Thursday evening, we will be holding joint competition nights with our friendly rivals, the US103rd! Officially, things will start off at 8:00pm Central time alternating between the Wargrounds server and Cuban's server, although the US103rd may be on earlier if any East Coast guys want to join them. I will be live-streaming my "One Life to Live" series each Thursday, so most times I will be treating this as if it were a "dead-is-dead" type situation. Perfect for getting our squadron ready for Flanders in Flames! Hope to see you in the skies this Thursday! S! - Hotlead

Hey guys! The Circus flew again this afternoon! This time, we had a interesting break from our NFF routine as we joined the J99 server this time. It was a lot of fun defending our airfields against enemy bombers while still trying to bomb their installations! We also had a surprise visit from my South American squadmate JG1_Hess! Overall, lots of fun all around. You can see the archived stream here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/175530571 The Circus will fly again on October 1st!

Very nice driving! I assume you have to be much more careful with nudging open wheel cars than than with stock cars? You barely touched him! Nice work slipping in for the pass near the end.

Thanks Luft! In hindsight, I probably should have let him go after hammering him in the initial phase like I did. He probably wouldn't have lasted long. In fact, the stats show he had to ditch it not long after we fought. As far as getting shot down...yes it was rather abrupt. However, I was pulling some decently tight Gs and my wings may have taken damage already that I was unaware of. As I said earlier in the stream, the Roland has pretty fragile wings. Also, I suspect No Comms might gun for himself much like I do. That would explain a lot! Remember how he blasted Dudley's wings off when Dudley was chasing him down in a SPAD 7?

Well, since my schedule unexpectedly cleared up, I was able to fly another episode of "One Life to Live." Sadly, this turned out to my my pilot's last day on this good earth. You can watch how it all unfolded here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/173132232 His final score was: 39 sorties over 3 months 20 confirmed kills 3 balloons destroyed 2 times WIA Overall, though I am saddened by my pilot's death, I thought it was a fun experience. "One Life to Live" is not over! I have word that a new pilot just reported to the front. Let's see how far this new young lad will go, shall we?

JG1_Luftritter and I flew an unscheduled stream on NFF last night. We were going to try and do another "One Life to Live" episode, but Wargrounds was dead. NFF, however, was hoppin'! On a furball server, it's lot of fun to try and use teamwork! You can see the archived stream here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/172602859

We streamed again this afternoon! Due to schedule changes, we had to stream earlier than expected. If you missed us - no worries! You can still watch the archived broadcast here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/172017027 The Circus shall return on September 17th! Also, BigBadPenguin and I will be streaming Battlefield 1 tomorrow, and sometime during this next week, I might be able to do another "One Life to Live" stream on Wargrounds. Should be fun!

+1 to what Von said. I miss you Barton...although the enemy pilots probably don't.

Thanks for all the comments guys! This sort of discussion is what I was hoping would be generated by this series. Luftritter and I streamed this afternoon again. You can watch our latest venture here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/169517001

Are we anywhere near such a point? I'd be willing to make a promo video like I did for FiF if we get something together that a lot of us will fly.

Welcome, Herr Eihort! Nice video!

Hey guys! I'm starting a new set of Twitch episodes called "One Life to Live." (Hint, it is heavily influenced by Barton's awesome "The Hunt for the Red Eagle" series.) Basically it is an attempt to fly on Wargrounds as if it was dead-is-dead - if my pilot dies or is captured, his streak ends. I thought it would be very useful practice for FiF, and also provide the groundwork for any JG1 members to join me in some "serious" flying where we work to apply the core principles of JG1 (as outlined by Moxy): 1) JG1 is a competition squadron - meaning that we take every tactical advantage within reason. 2) We fly dead-is-dead. 3) You come first - keep your wingman alive to keep yourself alive. 4) Implement a tactical priority list. (What is most important in this flight? What is 2nd most important in this flight? etc.) This could be a good training tool, especially since we can review the stream afterwards. Anyway, Luftritter and I flew together on Wargrounds trying to embody this mindset. You can watch our stream at the link below. (Note: I forgot to switch to screen-capture view at the start, so the title card is displayed until the 7 minute mark. ) https://www.twitch.tv/videos/167823739 Currently I don't know if I can schedule this stream, as it really depends on when Wargrounds is active. What are your thoughts guys?

Good memories! Thanks for sharing! I really liked the way you rode those 2 seaters down in the 2nd and 3rd videos. Bringing them down without sustaining damage from the rear gunner is almost like an art form...it ain't easy! You did an awesome job!!!

Twitch automatically deletes all archived broadcasts after 14 days. I can create highlights from broadcasts and those will stay forever. Just not the broadcasts themselves.

Hello and welcome, Peregrine3! Our CO should be in touch with you soon.

I just heard this tonight and thought this was a pretty awesome cover of the ARMA III theme. This guy is talented!

Yahoo!