Used to be everyone knew each other in online dogflight sims. It was both normal to send a and talk smack depending on the dude.
Nowadays, there are a lot more folks up flying around. New names coming and going all the time.
You might fight one guy now then not see him again for the rest of the night or week, for that matter, because of the size of the arena. He may have been asked to move to another part of the arena to help defend a field. Whatever.
My suggestion is fly and act toward the other guy how you'd like him to act toward you. Talking smack to someone has little merit. Put up or shut has more meaning in a fight.
If you win and felt it was a great fight an is in order. If the guys an old vet he knows what he did wrong. He shouldn't begrudge you for his mistakes and your win. If its a noob then he prolly thought it was a great fight, too. If you lose and thought it was a great fight a is in order. Just remember some folks fight and move on to the next one wihtout ever giving a .
IMHO, Do what you feel is right and don't worry about what other people think.
Ren<---thinking out load.
BTW, old vets know how to get outa the way of HO's if they take one it means they were dong the exact same you were trying to do, HO....only they lost. D)