Fathers and son's (and of course daughters) Wings?

Microblitz · Apr 21, 2015

I kind of like to think that I'm pretty cool as a dad! Ex-games programmer & all round computer enthusiast, radio amateur (yeah I can do Morse), Jazz trumpet player, I've been around a bit.

My greatest achievement so far!...
I fly wingman with my 16 year old son!
His CMDR name is CMDR John Neary.

So if you see him in game call him up and tell him his Dad said he's the best son a Dad could have!

But...
How many other people fly Elite with family members, or am I the only one?

Whiterose · Apr 21, 2015

Microblitz said:
I kind of like to think that I'm pretty cool as a dad! Ex-games programmer & all round computer enthusiast, radio amateur (yeah I can do Morse), Jazz trumpet player, I've been around a bit.

My greatest achievement so far!...
I fly wingman with my 16 year old son!
His CMDR name is CMDR John Neary.

So if you see him in game call him up and tell him his Dad said he's the best son a Dad could have!

But...
How many other people fly Elite with family members, or am I the only one?

sort of.....my son is combing the galaxy trying to find me so he can "teach me a proper lesson in flying and gaming" fat chance. My Grandson sometimes takes the controls with me behind him (cant do too much damage exploring).

The Librarian · Apr 21, 2015

I sometimes throw my 7-year old son behind the controls of a throw-away eagle at an anarchy nav-point, which he loves to death (his ship's, mostly). As long as I handle the target acquisition for him, he handles the rest.

My 11-year old has played a few times, not much interest, he prefers his Minecraft empire.

As for my 15-year old, not letting him near my ships, throw-away or not. He can get his own account if he ever manages to save up his pennies.

Microblitz · Apr 21, 2015

You'd better hope that they implement the co-pilot seat

Susimetsa · Apr 21, 2015

Unfortunately, my daughter lost interest in Elite quite quickly and we usually play Lego Batman 3 or other games when we (or, rather, I) have time to play. She did love flying in asteroid fields early on, though. But Joker's and Robin's antics are so much more fun to watch...

Calico Jack · Apr 21, 2015

I used to let my four-year-old valet park my ships for me, but now daddy's got a Fer De Lance, not so much ....

Ripster · Apr 21, 2015

I play darts with my 12 year old son - now that really is DANGEROUS

Other than that i can't get him off his FIFA butt................

Cola_BH · Apr 21, 2015

Microblitz said:
I kind of like to think that I'm pretty cool as a dad! Ex-games programmer & all round computer enthusiast, radio amateur (yeah I can do Morse), Jazz trumpet player, I've been around a bit.

My greatest achievement so far!...
I fly wingman with my 16 year old son!
His CMDR name is CMDR John Neary.

So if you see him in game call him up and tell him his Dad said he's the best son a Dad could have!

But...
How many other people fly Elite with family members, or am I the only one?

I fly with my father often.Im 13 years old and he is 45 i think...Our in game names are CMDR Cola_BH and Fanta_BH i think your names tell alot XD.

Microblitz · Apr 21, 2015

Yes it does.

It tells you I didn't read the Kickstarter page properly and simply responded to "Enter you name" as I do every day.

But Hey why be anonymous when you can publicly make a fool of yourself.

TheThingIs · Apr 21, 2015

My 19yr old son plays and we used to share kills at nav points. I've been exploring since 26th Feb so have not tried winging up with him. I'm on my way home and I can't wait to go kick ass with him. We do a lot together....he's my bezzy m8

Greyhawk · Apr 21, 2015

Easiest way to get wings is drink a can of Red Bull

the-monk · Apr 21, 2015

I fly Elite with my sister some times.

Father Cool · Apr 21, 2015

I wing with my brother in law if that counts.

ebardie · Apr 21, 2015

I'm now spending more time in a private group with my nine year old than in open play by myself. I've just asked him, and he says about E

: "It's amazing. The best game I play." Which is impressive considering his love of Minecraft.

chrisfenly · Apr 21, 2015

My daughter (19) is redoing the training missions over and over again. I'm sure she'd like a proper go, but there's no way she's using my CMDR until she can park her ship without me holding my breath watching.

Father Cool · Apr 21, 2015

ebardie said:
I'm now spending more time in a private group with my nine year old than in open play by myself. I've just asked him, and he says about E : "It's amazing. The best game I play." Which is impressive considering his love of Minecraft.

Not that impressive when hes used to playing a game that looks like it was made when the first elite came out!

scorpyon · Apr 21, 2015

I have three kids (Aged 5, 3 and 1) who all tend to help copilot my ships in one degree or other.

The 5-yo is great when she plays and is exceptionally proud of being "Captain in charge of Landing Gear and FSD". Lol

The youngest one is almost definitely a pirate spy out to scupper my bounty hunting as he seems to love hitting boost whenever he sees a station anywhere... >.>

Blake_Dragon · Apr 21, 2015

Having winged up with both of you before i'm glad to see this kind of family outing, and listening to the two of you on TS, the two of you are always a blast

as to family wings....

Not quite there yet, but she's trying.... now once i can teach her that this is not bubble pop and the goal isn't to hit as many bubble (rocks) as possible, we may get somewhere

she does seem to enjoy the resulting explosion tho...

Scrat · Apr 21, 2015

I would love to fly with my son. But he's just 4 years old now so we will have to wait some time.
Edit: sometimes I let him scan objects, use ads and fsd and he always looks out for red dots on the scanner

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Adept · Apr 21, 2015

I fly with my lovely partner.