Fly4victory
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Casting the v2 19 to the island of unloved toys? What a sad state of affairs. I still like my V1 YF-19 and VF-19A. Too bad all my valks have been boxed up for the last two years.
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Starting April Fool's a bit early, have to get it in before the 2012 apocalypses?
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http://www.amctv.com/shows/the-walking-dead/episodes/season-1/days-gone-bye
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Why is there a corpse in the middle of the floor that appears to have been eaten? It is safe to assume fully consumed victim. First walker sighting after he wakes up are the hands coming out of the chained door with the warning do not open dead inside. I think that is the creepiest and most brilliant scene. First run in with a walker was the man zeroing in on Rick before he gets a bat in the face.
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Researching rigor mortis supports your theory that reanimated decomposition is different than that of someone uninfected. Rigor "stiffening" sets in about 2 to 3 hours after death and then dissipates after 48 hours. The onset of rigor appears delayed and the dissipation seems to be prolonged by the apparent continued difficulty the walkers having moving. On a more disgusting biological note, walkers consume and I would expect need to expel some type of waste or does the waste build up???? Either way it would add to the foul smell and make you wonder how a walker could surprise anyone other than those with an incredibly stuffed nose.
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The webcast does show time lapse deterioration and implied effects of extensive damage. Sadly, the pilot episode was removed from AMC because the first victim Rick sees in the hospital had been stripped down to the skeleton and was not walking... perhaps the brain was reanimated but there was no nervous system or muscles to provide propulsion.
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Knowing what Shane is and calling him out in-front of the group are two different things. Both Rick and Shane owe each other and I would not want to try their respective loyalties in a survival situation. Besides going to Benning may have been just as bad a the CDC. Everyone in Florida and Georgia would head to Benning. If Benning had responded quickly and made the right decisions, the post would be locked down and already full of civilians and I doubt able to take anymore. I doubt that the Army was able to figure out what to do at command levels since there are tanks littered about. Heat rounds, Hellfires, and MOPP gear wouldn't be very useful. Not that it would help this band of bickerers wandering around the south but carrier battle groups, nuclear subs, and may be Hawaii would still be functioning, if at a reduced capacity, so not all civilization is lost. If organized enough all you need are reinforced walled communities and houses built on stilts with retractable stairs. Even if the walkers breach the walls then the people are still safe. All dead are to be cremated and all sick quarantined. The problem could be controllable, since walkers continue to rot unless frozen at some point they will fall apart when their neuro and muscular systems are past some point of deterioration. This is a safe assumption since some walkers are more agile than others. Besides what happens when there is nothing left for them to eat. Yet, like the title of the last episode hinted. "dead already", perhaps a clue to the whispered words.
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Glenn has the luck of the Irish. They had target practice last episode and then this episode walkers are stuck in the swamp "again"??. Something attracted them. That swamp acts as a natural barrier for that one approach but standard fencing wouldn't keep out a group of walkers. A board fence would be pushed over by the mass of the group and board fence with barbed wire same effect since the zombies wouldn't feel the barbs. Besides Rick, Shane and Otis just ran up to the farm. Need something like a prison or the old Berlin wall. Yes, bashing the lot would be difficult. A cattle run is required to keep them from moving and then you can wack away down the line. Doing it quickly to spare Hershel's feelings is a waste of ammo. You called it, He is the type to hold a grudge. I can understand trying to stay on his good side not because of the farm but because of his surgical skills. Doing it quickly so Hershel cannot stop it is a better reason. Staying on the farm is just as bad as staying outside of Atlanta and is inviting disaster.
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I am in camp Shane just for Rick siding with Hershel. Like Rick said in episode 2 "the old rules don't apply". Hershel was wrong the walkers are not sick people. They are reanimated dead. The brain dies and then the lower portion is reactivated but no higher functions. The farm can only support X number of people. Food is being wasted feeding the walkers in the barn and Hershel's folks are collecting more. The walker population would be come too large to contain, control, or feed. Plus the risk of illness just from the rotting walkers holed up in the barn. What a bio-hazard that would make. The farm is not a defend-able position. They can catch the onezies but a swarm would overrun the place. Yeah, Shane could easily become a Governor like character but I doubt he will survive that long. Rick will have to off Shane that some point. Not because of the Lori pregnancy but because they represent the good and evil of power. Shane will do evil to serve a greater good or himself. Rick will do good to his own detriment. Shane is loyal to Rick as former partners and he has the guilt from the episode 1 shooting and then abandonment. Doubt that Shane has any guilt about Lori but the pregnancy will be the catalyst for Rick and Shane to have it out. Rick will make a decision that Shane will perceive as a threat/risk to his "possible" unborn child and Rick will have to get rid of Shane and it won't be rooftop abandonment. On lone wolves, Shane is smart enough to know that he needs a group. One for collective security and two diversions. The Merles of the group are for security. Alone, the first night you went to sleep you would be a zombie snack. There is no Wil Smith do it alone in this world. The old, slow, weak and children would serve as diversions if the situation required. During the web episodes, think it was "Step-mother" the EBS on the radio stated, do not offer assistance to anyone you do not know. The last word of central government is fend for yourself.???? That is grim. Yes, after the shooting fest the farm will be overrun. The zombies will home in on the sound. The rules were established, noise, smell, sight of movement are the stimulus. Yeah, blunt trauma to the head works like a bullet and conserves ammo but why haven't these people silenced their weapons and unless it is an automatic they don't need a full power-load. The barn would have burned down around the zombies and you would be left with walking toasties but if you could contain the walkers in a fire hot enough they would be incinerated. A zombie trap would be very easy to build... a big pit that they cannot climb out of, some bait and fuel oil.
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At a glance Glen is a candy-A$$ metro-sexual until you think about it and he is has been one tough and cool dude since the start. Yeah, Maggie seems to be his first so he is a little whipped and awkward. Which is understandable in normal situations but think about it Glen saved Rick in Atlanta first with the the radio call and then going to get him. Glen is the group's scrounger going into Atlanta numerous times, goes into the sewer, gets the vehicles with Rick, Rick has a sworn duty as a deputy, and a desire at that point to remain alive to find his family... Glen has no such motivation that we know of but there he is out front.
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The way Shane looked crossing the field after the shooting incident, could tell that Shane wanted to drop Otis right then... better that he waited and made a good use of Otis. Besides can easily guess that Shane is like that, he was on duty and ran while that other deputy stayed and had to be put down by Rick in episode 2. It can't be lost on the group that no military or police survivors up to this point but here are two cops from the same town... one abandoned in a coma while the other ran.
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E.I. great find on the Mave, guess we are to far into the shopping season for it to be released prior to this Christmas?
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Yamato 1/60 VF-17 Nightmare Diamond Force
Fly4victory replied to charger69's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
Milia, yes, but also shows stress cracks and stress points, the red plastic would turn pink. Lots of effort is going into this. -
I had read the spirited discussions and didn't chime in. I am more concerned about what Brad Pitt's production is supposedly doing to the WW-Z story and have come up with the idea of buying Brad Pitt's life story just to get fans attention but then make a film about Woody Allen. Sometimes things are changed for the better but as emajnthis has brought up its talking about the show that is entertaining.
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Yeah, it is a selective application of standards. I like Shane and don't mind him being around plus they can still kill him but the other way around ... not like you can bring someone back.
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I had read that elsewhere but I guess the photo adds more credit to the validity... but if true isn't that a serious departure from the source material?
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Your best troops and special operations would be the opening of the conflict, push the JAM from the Earth and establish a foot hold on Fairy. Yeah, the first years wouldn't happen but the world of Yukikaze we get, years later, is almost a static status quo meat grinder like trench warfare with no gains, excessive losses and no impact on Earth. Almost all of the population of the Earth is immune to the conflict. On Fairy, it is the environment of quantity over quality and explains the Japanese Navy revulsion towards the SAF and restrictions imposed during the Mave test. The SAF was special and had the best equipment, so that should garner more respect... also despite inter-service and national rivalries, soldiers and even more so pilots have a sense of brotherhood. The treatment by the carrier crew was not how people assigned to observation/patrol duties would treat a crew that just came out the theater of conflict unless there is a serious resentment of the organization or the individuals. That is one of the more interesting themes in Yukikaze about how Earth is not interested about Fairy as long as Earth remains unaffected... we have a great dumping ground for the socially unwanted either by race...Tomahawk, by behavior... the snowplow operator... or orientation ...the comic and anime version of Ray.
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I think the flow is the book is off because it was originally written as a series of stories in a magazine and the excessive pontificating may be cultural but am stretching on that one. I really like the books and the anime. I just ignore the Ray/Booker under tones of the anime which came from the comics but if you are going to make a disposable expeditionary force of convicts and social misfits that is the social dynamic and type of people you would get. A group of out-casts that the powers that be don't like, the eta air force in the anime and more of a hinin air force of the books.
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It was sad news when Microsoft stopped at FSX hope they continue to improve and haven't forgotten all they have learned. The screen shots look nice, and I know it is a flight sim/game, but the Mightly Moe BB63 and pier are modeled incorrectly for present day. The helo pad has been a giant ceremonial tent for years but since the pad is clear hope the computer allows the jet ranger to land there.
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Mike, thanks for the hard sales numbers. I just look at the shelf in the BX and could almost never find AC and would have to visit Gamestop or Amazon. I agree that AC6 should have been released on both systems, X360 first to get that "exclusive" fervor and then PS3 6 months later. Don't understand why companies close the door on potential sales. Saying X360 was the wrong system was personal judgement on my part, tainted by RROD. I was on X box then X360 until visited by RROD and I experienced Microsoft customer service then jumped to the reverse compatible PS3 during the get six free blu-ray and an extra controller. I had a PSP before the PS3 and the X box is still going strong. That thing is built like a tank and some games were just better on X box than PS2/PS3. Chronocidal, I fully agree on flight controls and success should be related to an individuals ability to manipulate the controls "FLY" not mash a button. This is where simulators depart from games but I also what the correct aerodynamics and flight physiology. Yes, you/we as the end used should be able to adjust the difficulty to the game by removing them. But I want stalls, Hughes spins, dynamic coupling, compressor stall, black outs......... I doubt it is high in anyone's list other than mine but I like a "free cruise" mode that allows you to fly and look at stuff. Programers put lots of work into the scenes so let me remove the game to look at your work but please as has been said well enough by others don't slow things down and put us on a rail.
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Nah, Ace Combat has always been non-political semi-realistic gaming, not simulation. The only thing that was really way out there was not the amount of ordinance on the aircraft because you can do the same in some of the simulators... It was the fly underground, in a tunnel, and Sulejmani's maneuvers in the last PSP AC. Changing a franchise just for the sake of change is a bad idea. Before ACAH there wasn't any AC on PS3 except for those that have reverse compatibly and were playing PS2 games. That would have been a minor secondary market that would have been unmeasured for future production. ACES went with X360 exclusive and lost out on PS3 sales, not based on the AC fans decision not to purchase the game but because it was in the wrong market because it was the wrong system. It would have been simple to release AC6 on PS3. People would have happily bought it. Could of had a bundled set with Hotas and throttle, just like the X360 and cornered the market before Thrustmaster even developed the Hotas X. They didn't do it and for some reason, poor sales of AC6 added with the current trend in raspberry splash first person shooters, we don't know... We do know the result of the decision. A poor game that has not lived up to expectations, expectations that are based on the franchise history and in some cases elevated because fans have had to wait so long. The wait alone could create unrealistic expectations. Yet, Neither fan nor developer can have sense beat into them, just the sense beat out of them.
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Glad you like the chair. I wish the cougar worked with the PS3 but sadly only on the PC. I do have a Toshiba flat screen and a nice gray and black table so the secretary desk was replaced and laptop out of view. The Hotas for the PS3 that I have is the X. http://www.amazon.com/Thrustmaster-T-Flight-Hotas-Flight-Stick-Pc/dp/B001CXYMFS The X is decent enough but pales in the shadow of the cougar. The X is not programmable on the PS3 so if the game doesn't have button remapping you may not like what you get. But the X works with Hawx, Hawx2, and IL2. I tried Gundam Crossfire with the Hotas X and didn't like it. If I remember correctly the throttle was look up and down when I would have liked it walk forward and back. X did work with the demo of ACAH but the throttle should have been the collective, up/down, but that was two buttons with the throttle being pan view. Not the way to fly a helicopter and definite danger for negative habit transfer. Cougar has been replaced by the Warthog. http://www.amazon.com/Thrustmaster-Hotas-Warthog-Joystick-2960720/dp/B00419ZUXS/ref=sr_1_2?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1319918396&sr=1-2 I haven't tried it but I like the new twin engine throttle.
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Graham, thanks for the heads up on the Dengeki Hobby magazine. I hope it is as good an article as the VF-0 from a YF-19 was a few years ago. Have to cry foul on the Engage Planet Kiss DUM idea. It is too good an idea to get my money. The love child of a YF-19 and Ed-209 is a great idea. Yes, some flight sticks are that good. My Hotas cougar on PC is great for flying since it is fully programmable. Really wish that Hotas X on PS3 would work with the old Ace Combat games from the PS2. PS2 games on the retro-fully emulating PS3 don't recognize the Hotas X. Yet, I would rebuy the old AC titles for the PS3 not for the HD but Hotas compatibility and button reprograming if it was offered. This is the only way to fly when stuck on the ground.
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This guy looks like a good start to build a GM sniper II.