Another TomCatter!!!!
- Thread starter MikeD
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I don't really agree with the moderator at FS2004.
If you've got an imposter, you've got to be aggressive and firm with him. In my opinion, if you're lassaiz-faire about it, you do nothing but attract more posers.
If you're not firm and aggressive with posers, then ANYONE claiming to fly a cool jet or have a great job is heavily scrutinized and constantly pressed to 'prove' it because the users are spring-loaded to be suspicious. And I'd say less than 0% of real professional pilots will tolerate it and will probably migrate to friendlier forums.
On another website, I answered a couple 727 questions and a moderator and several users wanted my real name in order to look me up in the FAA pilot database to confirm that I had a flight engineer certificate and my employee number to confirm my employment.
Screw that, yo! Needless to say, it's became a site heavy on wanna-be's and very light on anyone with real world experience. Besides, I'm not even in the public FAA database because of privacy concerns.
And the imposters aren't normally the users that say "Oh, I fly an F-15, but don't ask me any questions about it." They're way more flamboyant about their 'experiences' want to tell everyone and his uncle about flying the 'eagle' . That creates a scenario where a poser F-15 pilot is going to run nose to nose with a real F-15 driver and it'll get real ugly.
So I guess the short story is, at least around jetcareers, if anyone is a poser and we find out, it's going to really suck for you!
If you've got an imposter, you've got to be aggressive and firm with him. In my opinion, if you're lassaiz-faire about it, you do nothing but attract more posers.
If you're not firm and aggressive with posers, then ANYONE claiming to fly a cool jet or have a great job is heavily scrutinized and constantly pressed to 'prove' it because the users are spring-loaded to be suspicious. And I'd say less than 0% of real professional pilots will tolerate it and will probably migrate to friendlier forums.
On another website, I answered a couple 727 questions and a moderator and several users wanted my real name in order to look me up in the FAA pilot database to confirm that I had a flight engineer certificate and my employee number to confirm my employment.
Screw that, yo! Needless to say, it's became a site heavy on wanna-be's and very light on anyone with real world experience. Besides, I'm not even in the public FAA database because of privacy concerns.
And the imposters aren't normally the users that say "Oh, I fly an F-15, but don't ask me any questions about it." They're way more flamboyant about their 'experiences' want to tell everyone and his uncle about flying the 'eagle' . That creates a scenario where a poser F-15 pilot is going to run nose to nose with a real F-15 driver and it'll get real ugly.
So I guess the short story is, at least around jetcareers, if anyone is a poser and we find out, it's going to really suck for you!
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"Lt. Col. Jack McPeek, 26, created the VUSAF
Thunderbirds in October of 2004 and flies the
#1 jet, leading all virtual air demonstrations
and is in charge of the flight Team. Colonel
McPeek has been flying 11 years in small
aircraft, attaining 6000 hours. He has also
logged 2300 hours in F-16C/D aircraft at Hill
AFB as an Air Force Fighter Pilot. Most of his
online flying is in the Lago F-16."
[/ QUOTE ]And I'm guessing that there are no 26 y/o Lieutenant Colonels anywhere in the services. Loser.
[/ QUOTE ]am I missing something or did you all not see the "virtual" on there? if it's virtual, doesn't that mean he KNOWS he's not USAF IRL but claims to be USAF *virtually* - as in he's created himself as an officer in "computer world"?
whether or not it's true, the IRL USAF should strip him of his *virtual* life and make sure he understands well and clear of the affects IRL?!
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"Lt. Col. Jack McPeek, 26, created the VUSAF
Thunderbirds in October of 2004 and flies the
#1 jet, leading all virtual air demonstrations
and is in charge of the flight Team. Colonel
McPeek has been flying 11 years in small
aircraft, attaining 6000 hours. He has also
logged 2300 hours in F-16C/D aircraft at Hill
AFB as an Air Force Fighter Pilot. Most of his
online flying is in the Lago F-16."
[/ QUOTE ]And I'm guessing that there are no 26 y/o Lieutenant Colonels anywhere in the services. Loser.
[/ QUOTE ]am I missing something or did you all not see the "virtual" on there? if it's virtual, doesn't that mean he KNOWS he's not USAF IRL but claims to be USAF *virtually* - as in he's created himself as an officer in "computer world"?
whether or not it's true, the IRL USAF should strip him of his *virtual* life and make sure he understands well and clear of the affects IRL?!
yes it is virtual, but this is one statement that is getting to everyone:
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He has also logged 2300 hours in F-16C/D aircraft at Hill
AFB as an Air Force Fighter Pilot.
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And then a distinction is made with:
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Most of his online flying is in the Lago F-16."
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Which says to me that he is insuating that he does both, virtual and "real" AF flying.
my $.02
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He has also logged 2300 hours in F-16C/D aircraft at Hill
AFB as an Air Force Fighter Pilot.
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And then a distinction is made with:
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Most of his online flying is in the Lago F-16."
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Which says to me that he is insuating that he does both, virtual and "real" AF flying.
my $.02
Pooch
Well-Known Member
[/ QUOTE ]am I missing something or did you all not see the "virtual" on there? if it's virtual, doesn't that mean he KNOWS he's not USAF IRL but claims to be USAF *virtually* - as in he's created himself as an officer in "computer world"?
whether or not it's true, the IRL USAF should strip him of his *virtual* life and make sure he understands well and clear of the affects IRL?!
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Good point; however, in my opinion, it seems that he is just claiming to be a 'virtual' fighter pilot only on that little website of his. In the forum where MikeD was involved, he was trying to give the impression that he was the real thing.
whether or not it's true, the IRL USAF should strip him of his *virtual* life and make sure he understands well and clear of the affects IRL?!
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Good point; however, in my opinion, it seems that he is just claiming to be a 'virtual' fighter pilot only on that little website of his. In the forum where MikeD was involved, he was trying to give the impression that he was the real thing.
I dunno.. I kinda took it as it's all virtual/online flying.. but most of it has been in the Lago
Look at the paragraph again but look at it with eyes outside the box... you can't tear the paragraph apart without seeing the paragraph itself first...
giving the impression that your "the real thing" is where i'd draw the line too... that's why i suggested that the IRL USAF give him something to hoot & holla about!
Look at the paragraph again but look at it with eyes outside the box... you can't tear the paragraph apart without seeing the paragraph itself first...
giving the impression that your "the real thing" is where i'd draw the line too... that's why i suggested that the IRL USAF give him something to hoot & holla about!
UPSboxbeetch
New Member
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I dunno.. I kinda took it as it's all virtual/online flying.. but most of it has been in the Lago
Look at the paragraph again but look at it with eyes outside the box... you can't tear the paragraph apart without seeing the paragraph itself first...
giving the impression that your "the real thing" is where i'd draw the line too... that's why i suggested that the IRL USAF give him something to hoot & holla about!
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I would have taken it like that if he hadn't specified what AFB he was based at, what his rank is, and how many hours he has. At the very least, he hasn't made any attempt to specify that it was all virtual flying which is still deceiving.
I dunno.. I kinda took it as it's all virtual/online flying.. but most of it has been in the Lago
Look at the paragraph again but look at it with eyes outside the box... you can't tear the paragraph apart without seeing the paragraph itself first...
giving the impression that your "the real thing" is where i'd draw the line too... that's why i suggested that the IRL USAF give him something to hoot & holla about!
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I would have taken it like that if he hadn't specified what AFB he was based at, what his rank is, and how many hours he has. At the very least, he hasn't made any attempt to specify that it was all virtual flying which is still deceiving.
PorcoRosso
Well-Known Member
Wait wait wait wait wait wait wait
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I am not an imposter so don't start calling me out!
I am not the person in this photograph in my avatar!
I am not really a camel! or a camel who flies military jets!!
and I have no idea who the female is in my avatar!!
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I am not an imposter so don't start calling me out!
I am not the person in this photograph in my avatar!
I am not really a camel! or a camel who flies military jets!!
and I have no idea who the female is in my avatar!!
I hate these people! They keep on ruining the image of flight simmers. This is not what regular flight simmers are like, at least not where I hang out. This website is obviously the a.net of flight simulation. Bunch of freaks!
(Not about everyone in that website, just the majority who this applies to).
aloft
New Member
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About that "virtual T-Birds" site, I believe USAF can sue the pants off this guy or put him in jail. Send someone in real USAF to look into this. This is getting ridiculous. I just simply hate people who lies.
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Is it me or has that site been shut down? I can't hit it anymore.
About that "virtual T-Birds" site, I believe USAF can sue the pants off this guy or put him in jail. Send someone in real USAF to look into this. This is getting ridiculous. I just simply hate people who lies.
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Is it me or has that site been shut down? I can't hit it anymore.
CaptainMatt
Well-Known Member
His site was working great earlier today... Looks like the guy is try to get rid of the evidence.. who would of thunk...
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His site was working great earlier today... Looks like the guy is try to get rid of the evidence.. who would of thunk...
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This guy is shredding evidence faster than a US embassy about to be overrun!
I figure he reads this post and bases his decision on it. But no matter. He has been tracked down, and some serious bad karma is coming his way......he just doesn't know it yet. There are some seriously pissed off people over this. Some interesting info has been found out about him, and there are lots of people (more than now) that will be quite pissed +with him.
But you dig your grave, you sleep in it.
But if he came here and fessed up, all that "bad moon rising" stuff can all be avoided........we can make the bad man go away........
Soon as the confirmation comes through, I can then spray paint the second "kill marking" on my scoreboard, following the one from TomCatter.
Three more to ace status.
His site was working great earlier today... Looks like the guy is try to get rid of the evidence.. who would of thunk...
[/ QUOTE ]
This guy is shredding evidence faster than a US embassy about to be overrun!
I figure he reads this post and bases his decision on it. But no matter. He has been tracked down, and some serious bad karma is coming his way......he just doesn't know it yet. There are some seriously pissed off people over this. Some interesting info has been found out about him, and there are lots of people (more than now) that will be quite pissed +with him.
But you dig your grave, you sleep in it.
But if he came here and fessed up, all that "bad moon rising" stuff can all be avoided........we can make the bad man go away........
Soon as the confirmation comes through, I can then spray paint the second "kill marking" on my scoreboard, following the one from TomCatter.
Three more to ace status.