Community Spotlight: LordAlexander

Pilots!

You may have seen him around the forums or in-game, but we wanted to take some time to get to know LordAlexander. Turns out he's a lover of cats and quite the paper airplane designer (as you can see here from our Paper Airplane Contest). Read below to learn a little bit more about one of our special World of Warplanes pilots!

How long have you been a gamer?

28 years. I started playing PC games when I was five years old. My dad would bring home computers from work and we would play Centipede, Moon Bugs, and Digger.

What are some of your hobbies and activities?

Gaming, chess, reading, NASCAR, hiking, eating, and making paper airplanes.

Making paper airplanes has been something I've done for about as long as I have been a gamer. My dad showed me how to make my first paper airplane when I was five or so. It was just your standard plane that all little kids learn to make. Still it amazed me that I could make something that flies. Over the years, I have learned many, many more. I grew up in a very small town in western North Carolina. There were not many kids my age so I spent a good bit of time playing in the woods, gaming, and learning new paper airplanes. At one point, I had about 50 that I could fold by heart.

I still love to make them from time to time. On my honeymoon one morning I got up early. My wife was still sleeping so I walked out of the little cabin we were staying in and made some planes and started flying them. After messing around for about an hour, I looked back at the house and my wife was just standing there watching me with a look of half worry and half amusement. She has come to understand that there are parts of my heart that will never grow up. Things that fly still amaze me and always will.

Where are you from?

North Carolina

Do you have any military aviation experience?

No

How long have you been playing World of Warplanes?

I started back in the middle of November, so five months or so.

Tell us about your special co-pilot

Copper, my cat, is my loyal co-pilot. He loves that I play World of Warplanes. I must make sure to have a chair with a comfy pillow next to me or sit Indian style in my office chair so he can sit in my lap. If I don't, he will do his best to make me crash. He will jump up in front of the monitor and meow at me to let me know that I have forgotten his spot. He has also been known to wait 'til I am shooting someone to scratch the back of my office chair, thus throwing off my aim. If I am at the big desk he likes to sprawl full length between the keyboard and monitor.  My wife's cat scrabble likes to be a copilot as well, but Copper does not always allow this. Sometimes he will allow her to sit in my lap with him. Flying becomes a bit awkward with two cats in your lap.

Outside of flying with me, he is also my personal alarm clock. He knows what time we get up every morning so he sits and watches the alarm. When it goes off, he knows I will get up and pet him. If I forget to set that alarm, he will wait about five minutes and then start patting it, then batting it, and then just knocks it off the end table. Then he starts pacing around me and meowing in my face 'til I get up and pet him or make room for him to settle next to me. The only time this is a problem is when the time changes. It takes him a few days to catch on.

I have many other stories to tell about Copper and gaming. But those will have to wait for another chapter.

What are some recent accomplishments you had in-game?

Back in the bounty games to shoot down the Wargaming guys; my group decided to protect the Wargaming guys when they were on our team. We only lost one guy in the 7 or 8 games they flew with us. One of those games we shot down the whole team without letting one of our team members die. That was hard but a lot of fun. Also, helping Outlaw08 to get people to try to fly through the tunnel on the bay bridge map. Lots of good laughs.

What are your favorite planes?

Hard to say. After the last few patches I am not sure any more. It used to be the La-5 with the La-7 air frame, but it's gone now. Right now I like the F4U Corsair, Pancake, 109TL and the I-16late. I am not a fan of the Tier 10s right now. I used to love my F-86 and my 1102. 

What are your favorite aspects of the game?

Flying with my friends (hint hint 5 man groups!), I love World War II history, planes, blowing up stuff, and I like working with a team!

Do you have any advice for new players?

CLIMB, CLIMB, CLIMB! Altitude is your friend.

What’s your favorite map?

Bay Bridge, because it's fun to fly down that bridge.