For a long time I thought it was essentially the same game as when I started. I started in late summer of 2001.
Just now I went back to some old BB posts. Real old.... like 99-2001. Yeah its different. Alot different. Alot of those old posts were derived from a true passion for the game. Not derived from a need to elevate ones self or knock another down.
I have seen HT say in the past that most players only play for a set amount of time. In other words.... Most players follow a set pattern.... i.e. Birth, Life, Then death. Its a cycle. Old players leave and new players join.
Has the player base simply gatherd a bunch of "Bad apples"? Is it our (the veterans) fault for not teaching the new players how to become at least some what respectfull while dealing with other players? Does that responsibility even fall on us? Heck I dunno. Geeze..... are the "New" players even the problem here?
I wonder if flight sims have a shelf life just like players do?
Here is a something that happend to me the other night.....
As many of you know I have taken time to do some training in the Dueling arena from time to time. It goes in spurts. I will train like crazy for a month or so then chill for a few months..... then start training again. I was doing alot of training early this year. I wana say around Febuary or so. At that time before each training session I would tell the perspective trainees that I didnt want to train jerks and that if/when they became badass pile-its I expected them to not become chitt talkers or turn into A-holes.
I told you that so I could tell you this.....
In the MA a few nights ago. I see some Jerk-off spewing on ch200 about his greatness. How "he can take anyone to the DA" and how "he is just that good" I dont recognize the cpid. Being a bit annoyed I throw out a comment or two on 200 basicly saying "yeah right, u are the greatest <--eye roll>" A minute or two passes and I get a PM. "hey are you the same Nomak that use to train me?" (cause we all know there is a six-pack of Nomak's running riot around AH
) I say Yes. He then procedes, "I used to be so and so"......he then tells me how great he is and how he could "beat me" in the DA. This is one of the guys I had a talk with about not getting a 'tude before his training ever began back in feb. At the time I of course got the "oh yeah man.....Im not like that....." crap.
Unreal. Mabye this punk could wipe the floor with me in the DA and mabye not. The point is though...... I took my time to train this guy..... teach him the things that were never taught to me and then 6 months later hes telling me how he can "Kick my arse" How disrespectfull can someone be? Makes me sick really. Makes me not want to help people. Hes not the only one either. There have been others who devolop egos that are astounding. Anymore I dont even bother telling my trainees not to be A-Holes as I know most of them will be and my asking them not to be wont change anything.
None the less now a days I am trying to be a "Glass half full" kinda guy. I am refusing to talk smak on 200. Its time to lead by example. If we can get a good base of players who fly and die with respect then who knows one day soon we just might be the majority.
Those are my thoughts not yours..... lol
Dave
