Originally posted by Kweassa
.. which, as I've already solidly laid out, is none of anyone's business.
We just do what's necessary for us in the immediate presence of superior enemy pilots. We sure as hell aren't gonna voluntarily help rack up someone else's score so they can teach us "a lesson in becoming better" by swatting us down like flies.
I'm really sorry, but none of us will go;
Rather, since we're probably never gonna become a Leviathan or a Fester or a Drex anyway, we'd rather become "better" in the art of "pissing off hot-shot pilots by never giving them a chance to kill you, and scoring only small amount of kills safely and easily, instead of giving the superior pilot a chance in what he loves to do."
Ofcourse, being grossly average, even that kind of flying yields only a very modest score. But still, it's satisfying to us, since we fly the way how we see fit, not how someone else dictates so we can become 'lesson material' by being shot down.
How we fly is our call. The vets can comment all they want on how it's 'boring' and 'lame' and 'not helpful in getting any better', but none of that is gonna change how we fly. Call us pansies and scaredy-cats, but in the end, we're not the one's complaining or getting pissed off.
Some are happy being mediocre, even if it is just a game. And that is ok. But you cannot say I'm wrong in that making mistakes and dying, and LEARNING from those mistakes, is the easiest and best way to learn. You can't tell me I'm wrong. It worked for me, and its worked for those of whome I've helped. Its worked for the players who I have watched grow and become better. Plain and simple... It works.
If you are so concerned about dying, score, and who's ego you're going to be fluffing by getting killed, then you aren't concerned with learning.
For me, and the rest of the guys who I fly with, and those who I help, or whome have helped me, it has always only ever been about working to get better. The ego's are left at the door.
I'm sorry, but you and I have a completely different take on this game when it comes to just about everything... Learning included. You refuse to learn by your mistakes... So you dont push anything. Fly around, do whatever you do, I dont know what... And that's it. If you dont push it... You, the plane, and the guy your fighting, you're never going to grow.
How do you think Drex, Levi and the rest got good? By simply logging in one day and... Presto... they were good? Yeah.
LIke I said, if you're going to worry about numbers, score, and ego(yours and everyone elses), forget it. You may as well just not play in my opinion.
