How To Bully CAS Players

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It seems like ground realistic in War Thunder has been plagued by close air support planes as of late, so I figured I would take out the American P-59A jet fighter to keep the skies clear.
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Various Command and Conquer: Generals Tracks
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How To Bully CAS Players

[@Spookston]

Happy Sunday Check out Phly and Odd's channels here Phly: www.youtube.com/@PhlyDaily Odd: www.youtube.com/@OddBawZ

[@War_Thunder_Cat]

Cheese

[@captianbaccon2946]

Day 58 of asking spookston to play the AMR.35 ZT3

[@Axen_Z9]

Day 71 of asking Spookston to play the Sturer Emil

[@Gentlemannus]

Hey @Spookston, Could you try playing on EU servers? As someone from Hungary, after watching your videos and seeing all the dumb sh!t that happens I'vve thought I give the US servers a try, and I have been having a blast, with a lot better K/D than I had on EU servers, and I'm curious if you can also notice any difference!

[@WorldWarGamer1945]

day 1 of asking spookston to play bf 109 4.0

[@Bang-ld4be]

Spookston slowly being forced to play air to cope with CAS is truly diabolical

[@zchris13]

he's really good at it too

[@lpflore]

​@@zchris13 that's because of the sheer amounts of spite he has towards CAS

[@yourallygod8261]

@@lpflore he has so much spite he has learned how his enemy fights and thus air comes naturally to him even tho its decades of knowledge

[@filonin2]

@@yourallygod8261 He has decades of knowledge?

[@generictag1050]

@@filonin2yes

[@mcpenguin001]

Spooky starting his villain arc

[@Freakyter]

spanky it's on his arc already

[@boydersoftheshire2035]

Yea he has been on the villain arc for quite some time

[@vincgavula2193]

Real

[@folfielukather8083]

this is the hero arc

[@theforestita2376]

You mean starting his cas arc?

[@r1zmy]

> Play Ground Realistic Battles > Look Inside > Air Realistic Battles

[@freddy67h]

Its way better without the markers though.

[@evoluxman9935]

@@freddy67h A few days ago someone suggested on the forums to remove at least just the type of aircraft from ARB, just show a dot, and the ARB players were FUMING "bbbbbut I cant predict my engage in advance" yeah bruh thats how fights work lol. It was voted down 3 to 1 Meanwhile in GRB we don't even have a dot and its fun as hell (CAS is busted and far too OP, but CAP is super fun and should be kept as is, just make bombs and AP belts waaaaaaaaaaaay more expensive)

[@WiltingGardenOfHeathen]

​@@evoluxman9935without a doubt air rb without indicators would be far superior to current RB. It'd just be sim lite edition

[@xuruiyu]

The problem is that ARB sucks os hard, due to having the indicators showing like in AAB, and not having respawns, that 90% of people wanting to play ARB play ARB in GRB xD It's not helping that if you get a singie assist as a light tank you can keep spawning CAS for the rest of the game xd

[@freddy67h]

@evoluxman9935 nah CAS in GRB is fine up to 8.3, all of the complaining I've seen has just been skill issue/deciding to hate something because it they died to it. 70% of my enjoyment of GRB comes from either running CAP, spaa or flying CAS. Your changes would reduce all of that. Seriously, lmb to kill tank gets old after a while. Its nice to be able to mix it up.

[@americanhat3766]

14:58 that "I WANT TO KILL!" was so genuine its amazing

[@hawk9mm]

"I want to KILL!" Spookston said calmly.

[@lucse_mensen]

Spookston: exists CAS players: “And I took that personally”

[@Dominator4794]

Spookston: "There will be no peaceful solution"

[@UltimEVB]

Reverse don’t you mean?

[@Jatzki]

CAS players: exist Spookston: "And I took that personally"

[@iaminokami381]

You sure it´s not the other way around?^^

[@HossBlacksilver]

To paraphrase Drachinifel on the kamikaze attack on the U.S.S. Laffey, "At this point, a significant portion of all remaining opposition attack aircraft in the air at that point decided that they were going to take severe objection to Spookston's continued existence. "

[@TheGuyYouLostTo]

"Would you CAS?" Spookston: "Nah I'd CAP."

[@juliannestingray5948]

Short for Close Air Punisher.

[@TheGuyYouLostTo]

@@juliannestingray5948 and i thought it was something along the lines of close air protection but thats basically the same thing.

[@RobbieRR]

@@TheGuyYouLostTo Historically it means Combat Air Patrol. Fighters flying around with the express purpose of killing attack aircraft. Pretty much exactly what they're doing

[@juliannestingray5948]

@@TheGuyYouLostTo didn't knew the real term though, just something i made up based on Spook's performance.

[@MAG_1204]

Do you play CAP because you hate CAS, or because you hate CAS you play CAP?

[@whotf888]

Spooks, Phly and Odd are the most legendary WT trio. Bo & Co. is also up there, but deliberately "booping" enemy planes out the sky is definitely funny.

[@potat9086]

Bo, Stick (the other one) and sturms def have more funny moments

[@whotf888]

@@potat9086 yes, but in terms of gameplay, I'd give it to these lads (tho that long dogfight in the MiG-23ML video was impressive)

[@whotf888]

@@potat9086 OH and I almost forgot about Jim. Whenever that man is in a video, I know he's gonna carry the whole comedy aspect.

[@ShoopJeo]

15:05 That "I want to KILL" came from the soul

[@elrey8757]

sees a single pixel "ah yes that would be a 190"

[@Apple-om5mr]

So real

[@peggygawel7244]

Its simple to indentify when you fight them a lot

[@KonradKotar]

I used to be able to do that well but can’t anymore I could see a Stuka from their spawn.

[@yaboianz]

Honestly when you're actually playing it's not that hard when you know your planes, because the shape of the wings, engine count, and overall size of the aircraft says a lot about it

[@MordalfusGrea]

Plane? Plane or smudge?

[@johtajakansio]

"Fire, you may expire, anytime." Mad rhymes

[@cyansphere3394]

13:56 Spookston got killed by bombs even in sky, true bomb magnet moment

[@pinguino5105]

Getting CAS no matter what vehicle he's in.

[@C0MMAND3R_ZER0]

2:15 Phly: "Spook keep your speed up" Me: Sir he was going Mach in a plane with a propeller!

[@benjaminprill5839]

Gaijin always extinguishes the enemy fires but never mine

[@brendentodd9360]

Prob because most of your enemies are Russian or German

[@IlSommoRob]

​@@brendentodd9360german have like 100% rate of destruction with fire

[@AnakinSkyobiliviator]

I don't know if it's a legitimate mechanic but if you are high up, I find it possible to put out my fire by diving and fishtailing violently with the rudder. And if it's an engine fire, turn off the engine.

[@yukariakiyama3059]

@@IlSommoRob *one 7,62 hit the engine* The engine: FIREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@USSWisconsin]

Or it goes out the exact moment your wing goes with it

[@mikeymikey4186]

That Zero had Martydom activated

[@catritonix]

1:25 "it is 190 i think" as hes staring at 3 pixels

[@OmikronTitan]

"Oh, there's another plane! Odd, another plane!" "I..I have no tail." "For(from?) what?" "You shot me!" 15:10

[@AKOG-hl1lt]

facing the p59 in other prop planes is terrifying

[@Teh0X]

It can hardly even face enemy jets 😂and does well against them until like 7.3. Surely not a prem vehicle benefit, don't worry about it.

[@AlRizz187]

fr i met one in a fw190 f8. i got destroyed.

[@StealthCloudchaser]

Keep in mind that it has horrible energy retention and atrocious roll rate at high speeds.

[@The_War_Pug]

@@StealthCloudchaser It's roll rate is atrocious at any speed. Combined with a rudder that feels funky it can be hard to get hits with this thing.

[@StealthCloudchaser]

@@The_War_Pug oh yes, 100%, I got it back in 2019 when it had like 1.800 rounds for the 50 Cals, it is such an amazing plane still.

[@War_Thunder_Cat]

It would be sick if you played the M103 and even brought an AA on the side

[@MrCookieBoi]

“Throughout heaven and earth, I alone am the one cursed by CAS.” - Spookston.

[@Storm-lu2ce]

15:08 spookston's eternal hate for CAS is like an addiction

[@German_Dude-vl5gy]

Spookston legit made me start taking a fighter into my ground rb lineup to also start fighting back, the cas will never expect the counter attack

[@michaelstjohn6086]

I do...

[@titan_tanker]

Good, as all ground players should have in their lineup

[@terramancer7240]

@@titan_tanker Ah yup, I love bring *air* into my lineup that is for the *ground* game mode. It's almost as if I play the ground mode for the *ground* game play.

[@titan_tanker]

@@terramancer7240 yeah almost as if CLOSE AIR SUPPORT is there to SUPPORT GROUND

[@tigertank1819]

CAS should have a limit on how much can be spawned at once and activity increase the Spawn cost of planes for each anti ground piece of ordinance they equip.

[@SemoventeDa]

Giorno 201 of asking Spookston to play Semovente 75/46 M43. DO IT, STOP TROLLIN!

[@aiden487]

Give this man a video!

[@WinterTyrant]

Fai l'Italia orgogliosa! "Make Italy proud!"

[@strv81]

Going for 365

[@CaptainGrief66]

LA VITTORIA SARÀ NOSTRA!

[@HighlordWolnir-zj7nu]

Ferrea mole ferreo cuore

[@fridaycaliforniaa236]

1:22 « I see a plane. Might be a 190 » Me : I had to rewind 4 times to realize there was a pixel moving on the screen...

[@Nicolas-kq3wi]

Bro has good eyes am i right?

[@fridaycaliforniaa236]

@@Nicolas-kq3wi So damn right ^^

[@dagon15]

That zero really had that imperial mindset 💀

[@Iron_Blood_Enjoyer1933]

I'm still waiting for Gaijin to add the XP-54 Swoose Goose & it's cousin the XP-68 Tornado into the game.

[@liladoodle]

The Swoose Goose is a definitive, not sure on the Tornado.

[@ZOV-Lancet]

I want America to have more vehicles that are actual mass produced service vehicles and not prototypes that repeatedly failed 10+ years of trials. Rank IV is where it starts, there is literally one vehicle in USA rank IV ground that is a service vehicle that fights its contemporaries. Everything else is either prototypes or from a completely different era. Honestly amazing how many matches USA loses even though they have the most baby-proofed tech tree with these vehicles peppered in to "fill gaps" yet they still can't kill a T series tank from the 50s. They will sooner go whine-post about how the game has russian bias than learn their tanks. It's made even worse by all the idiots that consume US propaganda and think their vehicles should just win be default.

[@zillaplayz2753]

@@ZOV-Lancet yes, because USA is 100% totally the only tech tree with prototypes also wtf is that profile picture

[@Gage-nt]

Pookie has been playing planes more and more, i am fearful.

[@nightshade4873]

Spookston in this Trio with Phly and Odd is like the awkward youngest child who got to play with two Uncles at a Family reunion.

[@k0dachr0me]

ground rb, aka “spacebar simulator”

[@S4B3R117]

I could watch CAS get slapped out of the air alllllllll day

[@rangerpyron]

Casual air RB gameplay with real time battle in the background. Cool!

[@WartinderEXE]

When my team is in a plane it goes from close air support to crappy air support

[@GermanBagder]

Asking Spookston again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, to play the TYpe 74 for the Funny Suspension

[@user-uq6pw4jm1h]

Q&A

[@TheRealStukka]

This already happened bro​@@user-uq6pw4jm1h

[@NewForger01]

"becouse im bad" *casually killing the entire enemy team*

[@grindstone4910]

In this episode, Spookston works through some personal things...

[@CharlieDoesntSurf]

15:04 thats a dracula flow 5 bar right there

[@temporarysam5657]

i heard you hate british vehicles, vehicles that do no damage and vehicles that are basically CAS magnets, so i think you should play the ratel 90; a gigantic british light tank with no armor, that only gets 90mm HEAT with a 7 second aced reload and that somehow always gets strafed by planes before it's even allowed to leave spawn (day 64)

[@EgonChristensen-gz2zd]

So wonderful to see you all three together. So different players, perfeckt combo.

[@Spike_365]

Spooky is becoming the thing he swore to destroy…

[@furkantugraakbas2962]

more like destroying the thing he swore to destroy

[@nikolaideianov5092]

​@@furkantugraakbas2962he hates cas which is a plane with bombs Hes now in a plane

[@furkantugraakbas2962]

@@nikolaideianov5092 i think we are starting a stupid argument here

[@Silver_Thornss]

CAS is the hell that is of the Do 335 B-2 brings

[@hunlepto2239]

Spookston: "I'm gonna play some CAP!" *looks inside* *CAS gameplay*

[@That_Guy5575]

By far my favorite Spooks video in a long time. Love it.

[@notapier3953]

I love matches where we drag victory from the mouth of defeat

[@SunnyThief]

any day spookston plays cas to destroy cas is a beautiful day. Haven't watched it yet but I assume justice has been served on this day.

[@lordhickory3322]

Another great anti-cas device is the VEAK 40. It got moved down to 7.7, and even without the proxy-rounds it previously had it is still very effective, seeing as it is a Radar SPAA at a BR where it will commonly face prop planes. It is very satisfying to use, and just folding planes in half with 40mm is as fun and enjoyable as few things in this game. You should definitely play it!

[@CptHalbsteif]

Im glad you guys play together. It is enjoyable hearing all three of you guys and seeing you guys coordinate with each others. I hope you enjoy it too and I hope for more ❤

[@Monkey_cracy]

The only thing cas Players fear is when Spooks starts fighting back

[@Sawaame]

HAD to stop what I was doing to watch this video, love the vids spookston keep going at it!

[@greyaltemeyer17]

Loving the colab videos, they are a ton of fun to watch!

[@user-zz2nz1xg7h]

I love this type of video, you three having fun and messing around and yet still winning, would love to see more of you three together. :)

[@rainbowappleslice]

I'd love to see Spookston should play the Jpz 4-5 because people seem to have forgotten about it's existence

[@user-mf7gx8cp4b]

I don’t like cas

[@adamplays3400]

Me neither

[@kv_of_the_ground4453]

"I agree"

[@tylermckey8253]

It’s coarse, and rough, and irritating, and it gets everywhere

[@osmacar5331]

WT is just a scum pit with a few good, the devs not helping, but that's PvP for you. Scum pit.

[@moukka1760]

Brave thing to say, even daring

[@user-ib9lm1kl4d]

1:27, Spookston casually pinpointing the exact type of plane from 5 kilometers up.

[@buzraelYT]

such a delight to hear your camaraderie with Odd and Steve

[@MyDogisweird502]

I could feel the foam building up at the edge of Spookstons mouth while doing this

[@RedWave16]

Video 57 of asking Spookston to play the LAV-AD with HEAT

[@lisaridener7514]

14:05 this part until like 15 seconds or more later is the funniest thing I’ve ever listened to so far this day

[@sam-ej7sq]

I really like the colabs, keep em coming!

[@wardzyngaming8301]

Attempt 46 at getting Spookston to play the 90/53 M41M - an Italian glass cannon that penetrates anything at its BR....but it only has 8 bullets! No, that was not a spelling error, I *really* mean 8.

[@Jerry0880]

You should play the VCC-80/60, the Dollar store HSTV-L

[@technicalthingsss]

Yeah

[@technicalthingsss]

Or the sturen Emil

[@ltpinecone]

Dude the bricks falling apart sound effect for that second plan had me chuckling pretty good. Need more of that sound effect!

[@zolarien]

Spookston thanks for for playing with them and posting

[@matevzbremec4289]

first

[@mrcapybaeacapybara4847]

You are not first lol

[@Endermann111]

Yo spook that first game had me steaming in excitement. Like that was such a frickn good clutch wow!

[@No_Feelings]

4:50 ok calm down chris kyle

[@MiniMe943]

This video exudes raw chaotic energy and I'm here for it.

[@DrifterG36]

10:21 Spookston pulling a "OH MY GOD ITS A KING TIGER RUN"

[@itacticlesnowman726]

The fire at 3:00 looked like a fuel tank fire. Now i could be wrong but i think in a reddit post i seen it said that for engine fires you want to cut throttle so you starve it. But for a fuel tank fire you want to go full throttle to consume of all the fuel in that tank as fast as possible so that you can starve it.

[@a1steak129]

loving the videos with Phly and Odd, hope to see more with them.

[@iantownsend7092]

Thank you for making a vids every day it helps me mentally get through the day

[@sv3106]

thanks spookston. i actually forgot i had that thing until i saw your video^^

[@MundaneAxiom]

Love these squadron videos, spook playing with the boys will never not be great

[@commander_thorn186]

This video brought me great satisfaction, love you for this❤

[@Sssaaatttuuurrrnnn]

That near miss at 11:04 was CRAZY.

[@swissfreek]

Man it has been a while since I laughed that hard at a video. The chemistry with the three of you is *epic*

[@Wulfenthrad]

These CAS videos are always something I look forward to. Maybe Air RB sometime?

[@KecahirEdits]

We need more videos like this and co-op with Phly and Odd. Great job.

[@Nekrosmas]

I love the contrast of personality b/t Odd, Phly and Spook. The chemistry just works.

[@attezirux]

This is the perfect trio lmao, loving this kinda vids ❤

[@pauld6967]

I have always liked the Airacomet. I am glad that it was able to provide some catharsis for you Spookston.

[@jessejan07]

Spookston you a real g for using command and conquer generals zero hour music

[@Not_Octopus]

I don't normally comment. But the energy of this video was incredible. Fantastic video Spookston!

[@dinoguy6738]

I’m loving these videos with the back and forth jokes and all 😂

[@someprofessonalname6893]

I love the team gameplay. Makes for some funny commentary.

[@slaaneshgod]

I am really enjoying this style of video and like phly said YOUR NOT BAD!! your a Fantastic player!!!

[@mrpinkwood8463]

I found you have been looking for your channel for a while

[@HGunner117]

need more of this

[@ngyanhee]

The Lego sound effects 💀

[@cerdon4076]

Been doing the same thing past few days with the P-39N, funny to see were on the same wavelength

[@sevenmolt5019]

Spook being counter cas is like my therapy

[@joesmith2592]

I love seeing spookston videos with Odd and the other guy

[@youraverageamerican1315]

Spookston: gets killed by cas in nearly, if not, every video. also Spookston: imrovise, adapt, overcome.

[@tiffanyjewett914]

By far one of my favorite videos 😊

[@KatyushaKitsune]

new spookston wideo: I sleep he's playing planes with boys: "intense happy noises"

[@Mike-vn8sn]

Loved the collab! It was fun to see the utter destruction of CAS D:

[@eragongun3491]

This is what I need after a long day being demolished by lobbies filled with 70% cas and the rest 2s38

[@SlicerJen]

Wish i could play alongside you guys. You have all the fun.

[@pilot2076]

spookston... fighting back!!! you love to see it. anywa this is gonna be video 81 of begging spookston to PLEASE play the AML-90???

[@johnmosser6695]

You 3 playing together is awesome! You should do it more!

[@Hello-cn9pu]

spookston playing air is something best to ever happen to me