Salutations to my Comrades in Arms
Posted: 20 Jan 2011 10:02
Greetings my old friends,
After about a year and a half away from any serious gameplay, I've decided the time is right in my life to start playing some IL-2 again and enjoy the presence and company of my good friends in the AVG! I've been back for a couple of days and have had the pleasure to play with some new(er) AVG members such as Viagra and he's quickly become a good friend and wingman. I've spoken to a few of the other guys, most notably Ramr....er...Razgriz, and it was definitely a good experience to see my old friend again. If it is okay with the staff officers and members I would love to come on Teamspeak and start flying alongside you all to get back into the game a little more and possibly rejoin the ranks of this illustrious unbeatable squadron in the future.
I wanted to also express my regret for leaving with little explanation even though it was a while ago. As some of you older squad vets know I have significant health issues that, suffice it to say, make it difficult to live a normal life, and therefore lead to unforeseen consequences. The biggest of these was the inability to hold a job due to missing work/hours, and I've now just got back to making money working for my dad's financial consulting service from home, same as him. I'm also finally going back to school, starting online then moving to a community college here in Northern Virginia and finally after 2 years hopefully a real University. During my time flying with you all before I was on a chaotic schedule and that lead to some odd behavior on my part, mostly due to stress mixed with high doses of painkillers, muscle relaxants, sedatives, and anti-spasmodic (which later I found were also anti-psychotics which would explain a lot). In light of this, I want to apologize for any ruffled feathers from back then, but as far as I can remember everything was pretty good between the squad and myself when I stopped playing. If not, I apologize for any issues.
You guys are and always have been like a second family and I always had a feeling in the back of my head like I was abandoning you guys when I took my leave. I should have kept in touch but at the time the future was uncertain at best. Anyways, I wish all of you happy hunting and I'll be around on teamspeak over the next few days!
With warm regards,
Rob Bickford
Rebiv4 - Former Panda Officer
P.S. Ramrod, I look forward to shredding you to fine confetti in the skies over mein Deutschland!
After about a year and a half away from any serious gameplay, I've decided the time is right in my life to start playing some IL-2 again and enjoy the presence and company of my good friends in the AVG! I've been back for a couple of days and have had the pleasure to play with some new(er) AVG members such as Viagra and he's quickly become a good friend and wingman. I've spoken to a few of the other guys, most notably Ramr....er...Razgriz, and it was definitely a good experience to see my old friend again. If it is okay with the staff officers and members I would love to come on Teamspeak and start flying alongside you all to get back into the game a little more and possibly rejoin the ranks of this illustrious unbeatable squadron in the future.
I wanted to also express my regret for leaving with little explanation even though it was a while ago. As some of you older squad vets know I have significant health issues that, suffice it to say, make it difficult to live a normal life, and therefore lead to unforeseen consequences. The biggest of these was the inability to hold a job due to missing work/hours, and I've now just got back to making money working for my dad's financial consulting service from home, same as him. I'm also finally going back to school, starting online then moving to a community college here in Northern Virginia and finally after 2 years hopefully a real University. During my time flying with you all before I was on a chaotic schedule and that lead to some odd behavior on my part, mostly due to stress mixed with high doses of painkillers, muscle relaxants, sedatives, and anti-spasmodic (which later I found were also anti-psychotics which would explain a lot). In light of this, I want to apologize for any ruffled feathers from back then, but as far as I can remember everything was pretty good between the squad and myself when I stopped playing. If not, I apologize for any issues.
You guys are and always have been like a second family and I always had a feeling in the back of my head like I was abandoning you guys when I took my leave. I should have kept in touch but at the time the future was uncertain at best. Anyways, I wish all of you happy hunting and I'll be around on teamspeak over the next few days!
With warm regards,
Rob Bickford
Rebiv4 - Former Panda Officer
P.S. Ramrod, I look forward to shredding you to fine confetti in the skies over mein Deutschland!