I did a little from Column A and a little from Column B.
I started reading the Academy before I played my first game, but there's only so much you can absorb with no in-game context. So I played some, read and re-read some, played more, etc.
I started the game, remapped my keys and flew a bit around, didn'T get what was going on and did some reading. Then I proceeded by playing and reading in the breaks in between games.
First thing I did was do a few training missions. Then I read a few pages of CDT1 when I reallized the game was cool, then I flew my first circles in a real game.
I've been perfecting my orbital pattern ever since.
i read all of the alleg academy pages when i started and whatever else i could get my hands on. coming from the rts camp, the strategic angle was particularly interesting to me so reading battle reports was a very natural transition for me (starcraft -> alleg)
A Spathi's Axiom for Survival: "The only brave Spathi is a dead Spathi. RUN YOU FOOLS!"
I read all the material while I was waiting for the client to download and my callsign approved. I thought it was the coolest @#(! ever when I read it, lol.
IMO
Edmond wrote:QUOTE (Edmond @ Aug 31 2010, 04:20 PM) I think girly's idea is much better, since it is more freeform, only needs to be updated by one person, and maintains the openness of the command channel without the spaminess. Plus it can have ASCII goatse.
Only read some of the academy tutorial and didn't get any of it, flew the tutorials though. It took a few months before I even registered a forum account and I flew with keyboard for at least three months
I read most of the academy stuff because I'm weird like that, then did the old Cadet at some point after I joined (when my username was "StarmanOmega"). Of course, I only ever played in one squadgame four years ago so I still suck
There are two kinds of people in this world: those that, when they order a candy bar from the vending machine and it gets stuck, walk away frustrated, and those that order another candy bar to get two. And then there are those who smash the glass and take all of them. But that's a different thing altogether.
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