I’d be fine with disabling the CT ranks. I think it would cut down on some whining.
I would, however, like the personal and arena “Stats” to remain available though (the ability to check “75 Kills of 109F-4”, 52 Deaths by 109F-4, etc.).
Leave the channel 1 announcements: SYSTEM: JoeBlow landed 5 kills in a A6M-2.
I hate the idea of developing a code of ethics; no shooting chutes, vulching, HOing, etc. It would lead to whines like you can’t imagine! Any shot in front of 9:00 and 3:00 would be called a HO. Next thing you know folks would be demanding that no airplane can engage another at a lower altitude or E-state. They’l say “no engaging any two aircraft already in a 1:1.”
As far as I’m concerned, here are the rules:
1. Don’t mess with the game codes (hard core cheating).
2. Don’t intentionally mess up your connect to induce warps, etc.
3. No swearing, written or oral (and no personal RL threats).
4. Try not to be a whiner and try not to tell everyone else what to do.
Any other code of ethics should be self imposed: If you don’t’ think it’s cool to shoot at chutes, then don’t. If you do, then do. Etc. If you are frustrated that others aren’t playing by your rules, see rule 4 above.
Here’s the big thing that no one in this game seams to get: We all play this game for different reasons. We think that we know how everyone should play and we all expect that everyone else should have to play by the rules and style that we think is best. People who want everyone in the arena to play to their liking have one thing in common; they take this GAME way too seriously! Realize that some folks have reasons for playing that are very different than your own.
Some folks want to become immersed in history, some just want to survive, some want a laugh, some have something to prove to everyone, and some have something to prove to themselves, some want a challenge, some want to play a game, some want to “make a difference”, some want to unleash some real life frustrations, some just want to see stuff explode, some want to be part of a team, some want to be loners, some want to beat the odds, some want to gangbang, (we could go on here…). A great many want to do several of these things at once, or perhaps at different times. I can honestly say that I am, or have been, driven by each of the things that I listed above. I can also say that after 8 years of flight simming, I’m mostly still in it for yucks. A lot of people have tried to tell me how I should play this game over the years, but there is one thing that I can guarantee: I have more fun than they do and I am less frustrated than they are.
Remember: no one knows how to let eskimo have fun like eskimo.
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