honest reply. (yeah, ok fine ya' hooked me)
I like many/most of the BK's. They are fun to fight, and most are talented sticks. I find alot of their humor hillarious, and I agree w/ NB that they add a certain "charm" to this game.
Here is where I agree w/ Ren tho'.
I think that many/most of the new players see how y'all act, and because you ARE such good pilots, they will emulate you. So the end result is that we now have a crop of noobs chest thumping, insult tossing, and trash talking. The noobs don't understand the humor in it. They don't get the inside jokes. They have not flown with y'as for years, and "get it". All they see is trash talk, insults and chest thumping, so they in turn do the same, no quite knowing the humor in it.
I seriously don't think the BK's understand the influence they have on new players. And over time, because of that influence, we now have a large chunk of pilots smack talking, chest thumping, insult tossing and being disruptive. Think of it. Just how many players in AH now act BK'ish when flying, or on the BBS?
Tons.
The new pilots have not read countless thousands of posts by BK's and understand the humor. They have not fought y'all hundreds of times and "get" the ch200 banter y'all toss out after a fight. All they see are some of the best pilots in the game, and how they act, and figure that's how the "cool" people act.
Ok, dont rambling. my 2 cents.
BK's.