Odd things you do whilst in Elite that you can't explain

Alex Brentnall · May 29, 2015

I noticed myself doing a few things today in Elite whilst in Res sites and it got me wondering if Im crazy. So lets share our crazy idiosyncrasies.

When I see a wanted ship and get the readout Mostly harmless/Master etc I play a guessing game for how much I think the bounty is worth to closest 10k

I also noticed that when there are no wanted ships I tend to select the chunks the NPC's are mining to see what % they are getting on the ores...

Valethar · May 29, 2015

When I was flying the Courier around a RES last night, chasing bounties, I was listening to 'Highway to the Danger Zone' (Kenny Loggins), from Top Gun.

[video=vimeo;47315379]https://vimeo.com/47315379#t=0s[/video]

Alex Brentnall · May 29, 2015

Valethar said:
When I was flying the Courier around a RES last night, chasing bounties, I was listening to 'Highway to the Danger Zone' (Kenny Loggins), from Top Gun.

https://vimeo.com/47315379#t=0s

Haha, nice. I still can't get that out of my head from the tv series Archer

The first time I took off in my shiny discounted Conda I listed to Flight of the Valkeries and promptly faceplanted into the toast rack on my way out the station...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YOYlgvI1uE

monkeymagoo · May 29, 2015

I pretend the baby monitor sitting on my desk is an Elite Python commander and I'm praying he isn't about to open fire. Makes for some very tense moments, especially when I'm half way to killing a 200k 'conda and just need a couple more minutes to finish the job. Aaaaaannnnnd right on cue...

CMDR Holycow · May 30, 2015

monkeymagoo said:
I pretend the baby monitor sitting on my desk is an Elite Python commander and I'm praying he isn't about to open fire. Makes for some very tense moments, especially when I'm half way to killing a 200k 'conda and just need a couple more minutes to finish the job. Aaaaaannnnnd right on cue...

I have the same issue with my Elite Python CMDR.

Ving · May 30, 2015

In Supercruise, the orbit lines always have to be perfectly horizontal...I can't fly towards something at an angle

And the reticule has to be centred on target

I guess that's some kind OCD

Pappy55uk · May 30, 2015

Played last night with this in the BG..
[video=youtube;1_btQs2Movo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_btQs2Movo[/video]

JeffRyan · May 30, 2015

I always request for docking as soon as I jump in. If I don't I get a fine.

And I always cut speed during hyperspace.

Shocken-Orr · May 30, 2015

I drop onto a RES directly from on top, 90 degrees, never in from any other angle... You know, seeing as we are being weird

Frank · May 30, 2015

Ving said:
In Supercruise, the orbit lines always have to be perfectly horizontal...I can't fly towards something at an angle
And the reticule has to be centred on target

I guess that's some kind OCD

I don't have the orbit lines switched on, but I keep the Milky Way horizontal, and I orientate myself so that the bluer bit of space is upwards.

Hagledesperado · May 30, 2015

Sometimes if I have been in a RES for too long, and there's a lull, and I am feeling bored and have a tinge of space fever, I slamdance with an asteroid, not stopping until my shields become perilously weak.

cpbtrading · May 30, 2015

Go on long holidays, watch grass grow..

UOcUKAkira · May 30, 2015

I ignore my wife, apparently. Something like that anyway, I wasn't really listening.

Therinfluffs · May 30, 2015

Sometimes while waiting in stations for a CG goal to finish I will buy a sidewinder and ram it into the station repeatedly shouting 'wheres my money b%^h'.. you get bored in those sometimes