Do you play to win, or play just to play?

[6GunUSMC]

I play for fun... but when the squad is on, I play to get the job done.  I really dont care about score or anything.... and my score shows it!

[Clifra Jones]

I play to have fun. Not really concerned about winning the map. There are verying degrees of what is fun though.

I flew a few attack missions with the Bish the last few nights and they were fun. I learned a lot about working together. Something we Bish need to do more of. (but it is fun being the underdog)

I agree that the best defence is a strong offense. Hit them where they are comming from and you won't have to chase them over your base.

I also agree with what's been said here regarding base defense. Most of it is far to close to the base and just chasing incoming ponies, doras, 110s, etc.. Even though I've done this many times myself. I've upped to defend a base and went out hi and far to intercept the incomming planes and found myself all alone. Hi cap can be dull for a while but if your serious about being the last line of defense it's what needs to be done.

As far as turning around and coming back, their mission was to attack the enemy base not defend the base they left from. If I was not part of their mission and upped from the same field I would try and defend the departing mission so they could get out and deliver the goods to the enemy then turn my attention to my base. The base they are hitting just may be where the troops are comming from to capture your base.

[Curval]

Originally posted by airbumba
And ya don't have to caddy for the Dali Lama.


http://www.carlspackler.com/sounds/018.wav

Big hitter the Lama...long!

[humble]

The problem puff is defining winning....

Personally I think all the digital dirt warriors are losers before they even take off. I could care less who "wins" the war or what anyones "score" is. I've got a pair of clips at home I'll post here to show why I play....

[RedTop]

There was time in AH when I thought winning the war was cool. I'd help in whatever way they needed.

NOW , no.

Buildings up? Not my problem. FH's up? Cool I can get a kill or 2. VH up and some FP Pansie killing everyone? Building bashers should have thought about that already. No Goon? I laff and wonder. They are the ones with the brains and bombs andf didn't think to bring the goon or get one at least standing by.

ME? I shoot every red plane I can down. I have even resorted to vulhing more than I used to. My fun is MY fun and I'll play MY way. If I join a mission , tho not often , I fly the fighters or I don't join.

This really stems from being yelled at called names and a few other things by a few ARM CHAIR generals whom will remain nameless.

I think the knights know who a couple of them are.

My JOB/Fun is to shoot any red plane down. If that helps with the "Winning the war" then so be it. But the rest of it...well....Others need there fun to..and they can have it.

[storch]

I play to be shot down by Jamusta, repeatedly with occasional help from turdball er furball.

[thrila]

I play to shootdown enemy planes, tho i do like conan's philosophy- "Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of their women"

[vorticon]

the only thing thats important is the struggle, the outcome is irrelevant as long as both parties gave up a good fight till the end. the only thing that really pisses me of is people who let me saddle up at 800 or so, then keep me there, running in a straight line with occasional turns to try and HO...i always get em, but a 2 day n00b gives a better fight than that.

though tis always nice to be a part of nicely executed teamwork completly crushing a similar sized but unorginized group, or better yet, a larger sized and moderatly orginized group.

[storch]

Originally posted by thrila
I play to shootdown enemy planes, tho i do like conan's philosophy- "Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of their women"

Conan O'Brien said that ??!!!!!!??

[humble]

I was trying to think of a clip that sums up why I play and realized I'd already posted one in an other forum.....

from my perspective this is what the games all about....

http://www.azhacker.com/images/standoff.ahf

[airbumba]

Originally posted by Kev367th
Careful guys, I'll set JOC on ya's.

Rgr Kev, and we know, NOBODY can pull the wool over Joc's eyes. hehe, Kev.

[Canaris]

PLAY TO HAVE FUN!!!!:D


Canaris

[meddog]

I play for the win and i'm always a team player.  I'll fly any thing but what I fly depends on my mood.  It's kind of like a football game.  You can run a bunch of plays that you hope will get you in to the endzone or you can just run around the field like a chicken with his head cut off.  So it's not the winning or losing the bothers me so much as its how the game is being played and nothing infuriates me more than watching the knights run a round like a chicken with their heads cut off.  So the better question maybe are you a team player not?  You can still have your kind of fun and still be a team player.  It's easy to say that "I could careless about anyones elses game play" and "how dare you try and coach me on how to help my country mates because you don't pay my $14.95" but the people who say that need to realize that what they do or don't do effects everyone else in this game.  If I wanted to play solo, I would play falcon 3.0 and fly against computer generated bogies.