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Ok, this one is gonna make me feel like an idiot (which, by the way, I frequently am). I applied a month ago to join the Fightin' Irish and then went off to support a modest US Army exercise in Asia (Ulchi Focus Lens, to those of you in the know). Just got back and I got a question already:

What do I need to fly with the FI for my probationary period? I got a computer (obviously) with a sidewinder 2 joystick, beer (duh!) and the occasional (non-western) wench to interfere with my extraordinary virtual flying skills. Can anyone tell me what else I might need that I don't have, like, say, some sort of voice/audio capability, a better joystick, some other software, and, oh, I don't know, whatever, et cetera....ad nauseum.

Remember, you are dealing with a technical lowbrow here. Please use words with small syllables and a vocabulary suited to a lower level elementary school student.

Cheers, Aidan Bothwell

Lowenbräu!



You'll need 'TeamSpeak' - it's comms software -

http://www.goteamspeak.com/downloads.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


You'll need to download 'Hyperlobby' -

http://hyperfighter.sk/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

That's the game server thingy that we use to meet up on. It's easy to install and is safe, despite what one or two crackpots have suggested....

Hope this helps Aidan!

And say hello to those Occidental beauties for me

You'll need a set of headphones with a microphone.
If you can afford them, rudder pedals are a real plus.
Also, if you're really "in the money" TrackIr is a great piece of kit to have, I could'nt do without mine.

Cheers Aidan.

I am also new so if u join hypper lobby and see me madmike _02 give us a call maybe we fly together as newbies.
I havent mangaed to catch any of the pilots from FI yet , saw them in a game yesterday but left their channel alone on TS as i didnt want to intrude.

Am still in the learning curve.

Cheers

...the above suggestions are the best available from people of the highest caliber and mental capacity available.

Believe me, I've actually met one of them! A distinct pleasure!!!!

Madmike...

If you're already privy to our TS channel, please feel free to join in. If you can join the server, so much the better.

Aidan and Madmike

Great- sounds like people as new to this as me!.

I've got Hyperlobby up and running- it was dead easy to set up and runs a charm and I'm in the process of getting Teamspeak going (waiting for a headset to arrive).

I'll keep a look out on hyperlobby and can recommend Sunday night excursions with this lot, I did my first last night and it was a great laugh- getting shot to bits never felt so good!. I enjoyed it so much I'm going to have a lash on Wednesday as well (work and wife permitting) so maybe see you there?.

Cheers