Well many of you must have seen me talking tonite about HO dweebiness on channel 1, in MA.
I was tonite over F7 in a spitIX, at 29K more or less, when I saw a p38 coming real FAST towards me, at 2-3K more than me. Of course I faced him...I wont put my 6 in front of a Higher faster P38...so I faced him and merged avoiding his HO with a shallow dive, not shooting myself (why? well I'll explain it later). I looked backwards expecting to see the 38 doing a Hi yoyo or something like that...no,no, he extended (?). As I again refused to present my 6 to the higher faster p38, I faced him again...merge, useless p38's HO...and extend...AGAIN!. Same story...he tried to move away (I guess he was low on fuel) and I tried to follow...eventually I matched his speed...he started a dive and I was going to follow him...when another P38 4K higher than me came for me...I faced him ,avoided HO and lets dance again...HE ALSO TRIED TO EXTEND!!!...no try for a hi yoyo, no try for rope a dope...only extend...but this time I saw a P51 coming fast so I started a gently dive to win speed and have some meaouvers to avoid attacks. At 350mph ,and with one of the 38s near me on my 6 I pulled 4G to start a vertical scissor...and my wing ripped (see bug reports' thread on this).
Well, Rook P38s...you acted as REAL dweebs. I am not telling that a HO is dweeb move...
lets see the 4 possible situations...
1)Higher E on the merge:
As many of you know, In MA I fly a lot Fw190s. So I know what Im talking about. When you are in a fw190 (the worse dogfighter here) 100mph faster and 3k higher than a SpitIX (best all around dogfighter here), I NEVER do a HO...it is STUPID to risk all the advantage I have in a HO that can make him,me or both go down. I have the advantage I can put my plane in his 6...so it is STUPID to do a HO...
P38, your move was STUPID. Is hard is strong but is like that. and note you NEVER hit me on HOs...cuz I didnt want a HO to happen...me that I was with HALF your E!!!!...you prolly owe your life to it, cuz I REALLY know how to HO (see,I was a dweeb not so long ago,and I HO succesfully a lot!!

)...but I knew I was likely to die also and I didnt want it to happen.
2)Co-E on the merge:
In this situation it is a DWEEB move to HO the spit on my Fw190. Why? well we are all humans we all can do a mistaken maneouver so again why risk all in such a risky move?...lets see if I can win E on him on a blunder he may do. If he does none, then I are going to lose E more fast than he in the maneouvers, so I move to 3rd example. If he does a blunder then I am on higher E situation. See 1st example avobe.
3)Lower E on the merge:
here depends the planes you are using. Here you must know if you are able to disengage or not. If you are able to run away and survive, again HO it is a Dweeb move. If you can't run away and disengage, and you are on a good TnBoomer, then you CAN win still...THATS WHY I AVOIDED P38's HOs. I knew that I was in a bad situation, but I can still win advantage and win the combat, or at least RTB. Note that I MANAGED to do it...when the other guys came for me I was in a co E situation with the p38...BUT ON HIS 6!!!!!
If you are on a bad TnB plane and you cant disengage, then HO is a wise move (in fact the only chance, unless a blunder happens).
4)you are alone vs a superior number of cons:
HO,turn and run at will!!!

here all is valid because you are nearly ded

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Note:I still dont HO on these if I can avoid it. 5 days ago I was on SpitV alone on F20 versus 5 ponys (hehehe, hello wardog, packrat, hangtime...<S> guys).I killed 4 and made one to ditch. I didnt HO ANY ONE OF THEM...because I was on a impressive TnB plane and I could kill people without risk myself on a HO.
SO...Rook P38s...(both)...DWEEB MOVES!!!
I love a good fight and I love it even If I lose. Idont mind me being killed, I mind that i spent 10 minutes of combat to avoid 3 HOs, run after a dweeb P38 and go down by a wing ripping at 350mph

This was my most boring fight since I came in here.And when I told in #1 channel that those p38s flew as dweebs,I got many angry answers telling many things...some ok, some not so Ok

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And excuse me about all that radio traffic on Channel 1.

I know I talked a lot

and that I got many strong answers

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Ram, out
JG2 "Richthofen"
[This message has been edited by RAM (edited 03-10-2000).]