To "I didn't get a check six" whiners

[Masherbrum]

Originally posted by Dead Man Flying
I do my best to give people six calls.  Sometimes I can't do it in time.  Sometimes I'm occupied with something else.  At all times, it is never a substitute for the SA of the unlucky victims.  It is their responsibility to guard themselves, not mine.  My six calls are icing on the cake but not the cake itself.

-- Todd/Leviathn

Right on Levi.  

Karaya

[Tilt]

Gotta agree ....we now have vox and the "check 6" button is an anachronism IMO........

I have never used the button its just too cumbersome when I can call on Vox...........

Plus its so inaccurate.....if some tells me to watch the Spit diving I dont have to do a double look behind when I happen to be tracking him any way.......


But to the point folk demanding check 6 calls is frankly pathetic IMO........

[Clifra Jones]

I try to give them but don't expect them.

I think the single most annoying thing for me is players using the ' key to tell me that there is a bandit FORWARD of my 3-9 line. I can tell you there have been numerous instances of players ' keying me when I have a bandit d400 in front of me and I'm trying to set up a shot. It's not that they are trying to steel the kill , they are hundreds of yards away from me. I know they are just trying to be helpfull but use some common sense for crissake.

Oh, and hitting the ' key multiple times isn't going to get my attention any more than hitting it once.

And yes, whining about 6 calls is about as dweebish as it gets.

[Schatzi]

Originally posted by Clifra Jones
I try to give them but don't expect them.

I think the single most annoying thing for me is players using the ' key to tell me that there is a bandit FORWARD of my 3-9 line.

Thats true. I also hate checking my tail for an enemy thats in front of me.

But sometimes, especially when a little further away, add a little lag on top, its difficult to judge if the con is behind or in front of you. In that case i rather tell you to watch out anyway (ie chk6).

[Clifra Jones]

Originally posted by Schatzi
Thats true. I also hate checking my tail for an enemy thats in front of me.

But sometimes, especially when a little further away, add a little lag on top, its difficult to judge if the con is behind or in front of you. In that case i rather tell you to watch out anyway (ie chk6).

Agreed, but use Range instead of the ' key. A simple "Clifra, watch that spit" is good enough.

[FiLtH]

Ya  I use a verbal "Watch that spit diving on you!" more than I do the button. So many times Ive been checked and its an enemy in front of me, one thats 4k out and no immediate threat, or Im not the guy they were warning. Ive grown to ignore them. I like when someone yells "Filth watch that spit on ya!" That gets my attention  

They only time I feel a little cheezed is when i see a guy on me followed by two friendlies, and nobody says boo. Im not expecting them to say anything really..I may or may not have myself, but it kinda irks me a little to be honest. But I certainly wont verbally castrate them on range for it.

[68tipp]

Good and valid point.

[shegotya]

I have been on AH about seven months. I have seen that this check six thing has been a problem for over ten years back in the AW days when hubby started flying. I know can you believe I converted from wife ack to wing"woman" ...  Squaddies taught me to give a check six as long as an enemy is around a friendly so he/she is aware ... I am not watching everyone at all times and sometimes just as I see the enemy kill one of my fellow Knights I feel if I were a little faster with the hat switch I could of seen it sooner and they would have had a better chance of survival. I've been accused of watching someone die and not giving them warning because it seemed as if I was there watching the whole time. The worst was when I gave a check six and it was my impression the enemy was diving in and I made my friendly break thinking there was another enemy when really my friendly was on the enemy the whole time. That made me check six shy so now when an enemy is in the area I vox to "watch the _____" whatever it may be so that way no one breaks off there kills and everyone is aware of that enemy.

[BlueJ1]

Originally posted by Vudak
Does GUNS06 have a BBs account?  Can we show him this thread?

He did have an account. And boy did he let out the most foul sentence yesterday toward another person for not giving him a six. The pilot who recieved this simply responded with "we like to listen to you whine."

[SuperDud]

I saw one guy vulch another in the DA. What for you ask??? For not giving him a chk 6 call about 5 days before hand lol. I don't know whats sadder, that the guy was vulching him in DA or that he made a mental note to remember the name and situation. Happily the vulched guy got up and PWN3D the life outta the little whiner:rofl

[Delirium]

I tend to give check 6s as often as I can, up until I hear someone complain about not receiving them.

At that point, I give them check 6s when a bandit is more than 5k away and don't say anything when it gets closer than that.

Our own a** is our responsibility; don't except someone to watch it for you, much less wipe it.

[Mustaine]

Originally posted by sullie363
The one and only time you should maybe be upset about not getting a call is if people are chasing the guy who ends up shooting you down.  

i may have only been playin for 3.5 years, but in the "old" days that was never done.... or at least i never saw it or experienced it.

but in the past year or so using someone as "bait" is something i have noticed with alarming frequency.

i find that very annoying, especially if you are involved in a fight already.

i dont care if they get mad at me, i call them out for that. i personally thing it is BS

[megadud]

Originally posted by SuperDud
I saw one guy vulch another in the DA. What for you ask??? For not giving him a chk 6 call about 5 days before hand lol. I don't know whats sadder, that the guy was vulching him in DA or that he made a mental note to remember the name and situation. Happily the vulched guy got up and PWN3D the life outta the little whiner:rofl

i remember that 1lefty was his name.

Keng of teh chekc 6 w|-|in3r5!

[Morpheus]

i never liked watching another guys 6.

[RedTop]

Originally posted by Morpheus
i never liked watching another guys 6.

Your such a fibber.....you like watching my 6 , especially when you set it on fire:lol