Wasn't too long ago that Morph and Pawz were trolling an area I happened to be in. Could tell they were good pilots just by the way they maintained energy and dogged pursuit, but had no real clue who they were since I didn't know AoM at that time has switched sides.
Anyway, after a few timid approaches of me trying to get an upper hand on a pair of lower planes, I decided it was best to egress out of there. Afterall, at that time it was still 1 on 2 and I'm not dumb. I egressed enough to get some energy and come back at them, and at that time more friendlies showed up.
I made a pass or 2 at Morph and then the inevitable happened. The dreaded merge. I try not to shoot a HO, but next thing I know I am sitting in the tower with a kill message on me. So, I private a message to Morph and say I can't stand HO's.
His response, basically, was he couldn't stand runners. Well... we talked it out a bit, and we both came to an understanding that **it happens. Told Morph I was coming back to give him a 30mm pill to swallow.
Anyway, point to a long story. I don't think all of the AoM are rude crude socially unacceptable punks. I think, being the decent pilots that they are, usually hold themselves to higher standards, have bad days, and most unfortunately lash out. I curse at my monitor, others type it out.
It's a game, and games are supposed to be competitive. Of course I am going to get upset sometimes. Last night, I gave Tagteam 2 easy kills because my dorky arse blacked out trying to pull to hard a move. It's because Tag did a good job that I screwed up, so I laughed it off and threw him a salute all the while my neighbors probably thought an insane person lived next door cursing his bellybutton off.
