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Lol! I thought that exact same thing in the theater!

Well, I saw it! I'd give it a 4/5 stars. The shooting style was excellent and those Spitfires were a joy to behold. I also really, really liked Tom Hardy in his role as a fighter pilot. I thought Hans Zimmer's music score was good, but maybe not as good as Interstellar or Inception. I also felt like there might not have been enough character development for my tastes. I like movies where you can embrace the characters and really root for them, but that honestly felt a little lacking here. What do you guys think?

Hey Luft! That's super-cool that you'd be willing to join me for more "serious" flights! I'll have to see what my schedule looks like. I'll send you a PM about the frame rates/GPU.

I have good news and bad news about last Sunday's stream: The good news: I am streaming from a new gaming rig gifted to me by JG1_Luftritter (HUGE THANKS MAN!!!). Per usual, Flea, Careful, and myself had a great time, and had some really awesome flights. The bad news: Apparently, when I set up my broadcast, it only recorded the sound from my microphone and didn't pick up the game sound or Flea/Careful on Teamspeak. So...in case you think I'm talking to myself and am crazy...I'm not. I hope to have this sorted out quickly. If you don't mind the lack of sound, here is our latest broadcast: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/164980927 I am also thinking about streaming more often. My brother Shaw and I have started doing Battlefield 1 on Mondays. Also, I might stream some more ROF on an unscheduled basis. This would be more focused on Wargrounds and flying seriously. Possibly I might also stream some BOS although I am really a noob at it. Would there be interest?

Haha! Nice!

Wow. Watching the interview sent chills up my spine. Thanks for sharing!

Sorry to hear about your joystick! Good luck getting the new one set up!

Hey all! We streamed again this afternoon! You can watch the archived broadcast here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/161466652 We will be flying again on August 6th! Shaw and I might not be streaming ARMA III for a while yet. He is completely new to the game and is currently trying to learn Battlefield 1 at the moment as well. Bit much for him to take in all at once lol!

I'm super excited to see it! My brother and I will be going next week I think.

The CH Combat Stick has served me very well. It's not fancy, but it is precise, durable, and has the ability to map a lot of functions. I found mine on eBay together with a CH Pro Throttle for $150. They weren't new, but nonetheless they have been reliable for a year and a half now.

Hey Luft! Yes, the AI still function if you "take control" ahead of time. They will only not shoot if you are physically in their gunner station. I like to set the gunner to long range if we are in a full-real server too. Then the AI can warn me so that I can enter the position and take shots when the bandit actually gets close.

Thanks Luft! I'm glad you, Dudley, Butzell, and R.Recon had a good time! Here's my process for self-gunning if it helps: 1) I have a button mapped on my joystick that toggles "switch combat post" or something like that. Pressing it once will take me to the nearest gunner position. Pressing it again will take me to the next, and so on until it takes me back to the cockpit. 2) Before taking off (or just after) I cycle through all my gunner positions. At each one, I hit "T" for "take control" and "R" for "reload." That way, whenever I switch to take control of a gun, it'll be locked, loaded, and able to be controlled immediately. 3) The basic key combo for "nestle to gunsight" is "Shift + T" I believe. However, that was simply a pain to hit every time I took control of a gun. So, I remapped it to the "Y" key. I don't think it has any use in the game and it is conveniently right next to the "T" for "take control" key. So, whenever I need to gun, I hit my joystick button, press the "Y" key, and I am nestled to gunsight and ready to shoot very quickly. 4) Flying while gunning: I use my feet on the rudder pedals to make minor adjustments while shooting. Also, I rest my left hand on the joystick and use minor movements to keep my plane steady. I try not to do really spicy maneuvers while gunning, so that I can aim better. However, if both my clips run out, then I shake things up by suddenly snap rolling my plane or something like that. By the time the surprised bandit is able to reposition on me, usually my guns have reloaded and I can go at him again. Number one rule: If you think you are in danger of crashing GET OUT OF THE TURRET AND GET BACK IN THE COCKPIT TO FLY THE PLANE!!! There is no good way to really fly the plane from a turret while gunning. While in the gunner's seat, the best you can do is sort of "guide" your plane like I described above. Fly from the cockpit to get a good position, and then switch to the gunner to take the shots you've opened up. Rinse and repeat until somebody's dead.

Salute all! Flea, Careful, and myself flew ROF again this evening. This might be one of my favorite streams yet! Nieuports, Handley Pages, and a surprise guest in the last few minutes - this stream has it all! You can watch the archived broadcast here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/157910159 We will be flying again on July 23rd! Also, Shaw and I might try streaming again this upcoming Sunday. We are currently looking at going through a co-op campaign in ARMA III. Fun times ahead...

Yeah that sucks. I'm using imgur now. It's really easy to upload your old images to imgur. After that, I think you can take the BB Code link and put it in your signature just like Photobucket. It's working for me...sig picture's back up.

Congrats guys!

Hey guys! Shaw and I streamed Star Wars Battlefront this afternoon. If anyone's interested, here's the archived video: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/156153395

AWESOME!!! Congrats Baron!

Hey guys! We streamed again last Sunday! As always, we had a blast. Of note this time, Furious Flea managed to get 2 air to air kills with wing-mounted rockets! (Especially noteworthy since he didn't kill himself in the process both times... ) You can see our archived stream here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/154414236 We will be flying again on July 9th! Also, if any of you are interested, my brother Shaw (who goes by "BigBadPenguin" online) and I will be doing a test stream of Star Wars Battlefront this upcoming Sunday, at the same time as my usual broadcasts. Should be fun!

Congrats!

Congrats all!

We streamed again yesterday! I got a chance to fly my personal skins in multiplayer! Kudos to JG1_Butzzell for doing a FANTASTIC job on them. You can view our stream from yesterday here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/151175523 We will be online again on June 25!

Awesome! Love the Wildcat and Focke Wulf especially!

Pinch me if I'm dreaming, but does this mean IT'S HERE?! https://riseofflight.com/forum/topic/50777-rise-flight-community-skin-pack-update/

Congrats all!

S!