Originally posted by 68Hall
personally, I would like to go DA with some really good sticks to increase my knowledge and skill, but I find that often the offers for DA come from crap talkers, from whom I care to learn little. There are a bunch of guys on this thread I'd like to learn from...if I don't get discoed every stinking flight!
I can't speak for everyone, but I've found that many of the "crap talkers" on the BBS and Channel 200 are nothing but nice guys, good sports, and helpful people once you go into the DA.
This is assuming, of course, that you don't go in there trying to prove something, and you leave your ego at the door.
I've only had one "bad" experience with a guy in the DA, and that was with a no namer after he had PM'd me calling me a "filthy vulcher who's ruining the game" or something like that. Guess it was doomed from the start

Every single time I've gone in with a well-known "mouth" I've found the experience rewarding.