What happened to all the good fights?

[Ack-Ack]

Originally posted by eagl


Those who like furballs are pretty tolerant of different flying styles and gameplay, so I wonder what it is about furballs that make it so a few people really attack anyone who says they like them.  Is it fear/shame?  Or is it because it just doesn't match their idea of how the arena war should go?  Regardless of their reasoning, they tend to be rather derogatory whenever the subject comes up, and it sure makes me wonder if they're just blabbering because they're ashamed they can't handle it.

It's because the aggressive nature of a furballer naturally tweaks the sensabilities of the limp wristed Rainbow Warrior, or as x2Lee used to say, The Runny Bunnies.


ack-ack

[eagl]

maddogjoe,

For every one like you who can hold a sensible discussion, there are a dozen more who rarely hesitate to throw the insults.

Do a search on the bbs for "furball" and you'll see who the perps are.  Or just ask lazs and he can probably tell ya

[B17Skull12]

i hate furballs.  to many of im going to kill my self wee attitudes.  i prefer to fight someone who would rather want to live than die.

the entertaining thing that came from furballs was the whines about fuel porkage.

[B17Skull12]

Originally posted by Stang
Yup, they can't handle it  

and you can talk?  you are the biggest cherry picker known o AH!  WE MUST NEVAR FORGET THE HURR2D!

[dracon]

Where'd they go?  Easy.....The Horde ain't the horde anymore.  We're all flyin' around in Spit 1's, Eny > 25.  While the others cherry-pick us in 51D's, 109s, 190's and 262's.

Why not ask da Mans?  Ahhh well a few more graduating classes get out of High School and we might be able to have some fun again.

Eny sucks!

[nopoop]

Originally posted by B17Skull12
i prefer to fight someone who would rather want to live than die

It's a misconception that furballers don't want to live.

An analogy might be akin to slowing to 35mph like the sign says when approaching a turn in the road. Some people like to go through the turn at 55mph and see what shakes out.

Furballers enjoy living probably more than those that don't take that chance of getting in alittle deep.

They just enjoy trying to live in a much more stressful and dangerous envirement. I know when I fight my way out of a situation that was getting down right ugly and lay rubber on concrete with one or two in the bag it "means" something to me for some reason.

My most memorable sortie in flightsims ( six years worth ) resulted in my death with one kill. But that two or three minutes all alone down on the deck with five or six guys making runs was an edge that I had never achieved. Doin the Levi thing except I can't shoot . Pinged a bunch, killed one. Will never forget it. That would never happen if I went into that curve at 35mph

If my goal was to always live at any cost, I wouldn't find that hard. Done that. But there is no "edge" to that. I enjoy that "edge".

But then again I'm from the land of odd..

[MaddogJoe]

Originally posted by nopoop
It's a misconception that furballers don't want to live.
 

I don't think that is how I would label a furballer, its more like a furballer doesn't mind dieing. I hate dieing. If I die, I did something wrong, and I hate being wrong, its a vicious circle LOL!

[nopoop]

Originally posted by MaddogJoe
I hate dieing. If I die, I did something wrong, and I hate being wrong, its a vicious circle LOL!

So in that you make sure your in a position where your chances of doing something wrong are minimized. Interesting point worthy of discussion.

At what level of experience does a pilot decide, ok...I don't want to die any more ?? I'm going to do everything in my power to live, make sure that regardless..I'm going to land.

It must be a plateau of some sort. A point where taking chances, or pushing your luck is something no longer done. What determines that ?

I see noobies fly in that fashion. Did they reach that "point" early in their flightsim experience ??

I reached that point and flew to live in a 190 for a couple of years or so over the hill. I found that personally I stagnated as a pilot. I didn't learn anything. Nada. Zip. I never left my comfort zone. The more I "worried" about living the SMALLER my comfort zone became. It got to the point that seeing a co-alt dot meant turning off angle and grabbing altitude. Don't want to engage without the advantage I ceased to have fun.

What's interesting is that while not having fun I was doing quite well as far as the measure provided ingame used to determine a "good" pilot.

Granted I finally found that my "makeup" was not condusive to that type of flying. I regressed instead of improving. Got pissed at myself instead of having fun.

The first couple of months here I put myself under people so I could get the timing of ingame lag down for breaks. Took awhile to learn.

Once I learned it I found to my surprise that I was having fun flying in the middle of it, started expanding the envelope once again. Took everything I learned and went back on top..

Realized very quickly I had much more fun down there in the middle of it.

Much to my surprise, I had become a furballer. I continually bite off more than I can chew.

And in the ingame measure used here to determine a "good" pilot.

I suck

Thems the breaks

[MaddogJoe]

first let me state I don't think I'm any where near the top of anyones list as a "good pilot"  I'd be surprised if I was on a list!  LOL!!

On the other hand I don't run from fights. 1 vs 1, 1 vs 2, heck I'll even give a 1 vs 3 a shot... as long as ALL 3 arn't above me, I got to have the advantage on one guy at least  

I don't think its a "level of experiance" that signals when you fly to live, but just a way to play the game... well in my case it is anyway. I know my limitations, and and in a fuball, while I, and most pilots I believe will get a number of kills, there are always those "furballs aces" that make their living taking out furballers.

I've only flown AH a couple of years, so I'm still a realitive "newbie" when it comes to flying, but as of now I'm the bait, not the hunter when it comes to furballs. Some day I may be good enough to survive a furball at which time I'll enjoy them I'm sure, untill then I'll cruise around the outside looking for that guy that wants a 1 on 1 before he gets to the furball