Stick stirring is what noobs do- violent, unpredictable, random maneuvers, which when daisychained make it difficult to shoot them. OTOH, what is called stick stirring in AH is anyone who maneuvers in such a way that you can't readily hit them. In my experience, stick stirring as we knew it, is all but gone. I still occasionally see something that looks like the floppyfish, but is more than likely someone preparing for a hurried departure from controlled flight.
The thing to keep in mind with all the remarks about HOs, rams, and stirring that you see on 200 is that 90% of those comments are entirely fabrications of the player's mind, not what actually happened.
