Picking on the little guys

[Xargos]

I'm not being paid to babysit, therefore I'm not going to.

[Serenity]

I think yes, it needs to be brought under control. But I also think some kids need to toughen up. Heck, Silat gave me so much trouble when I first joined, I went on at LEAST 4-5 shouting rampages, but then I grew up... and now we can have civilized conversations!

[SOB]

Originally posted by HotHand
This is bigger then cursing this is someones feelings!!!!

LOL, I know I'm a horrible person, but that just made me giggle.  Maybe we could all sit around the O'Club, hold hands, and sing Kumbaya.  We'll break out the S'mores and make the little fellars feel loved again!

[Nilsen]

Give us permanent squelch option and problem will be solved.

True, its not nice to pick on someone just because he has a squeaky voice.

If he has a squeaky voice, bothers you all the friggin time with questions, opinions, giving orders and telling you what you must do then yes... let him know its about time to calm down. WHEN that does not help then squelch them and "pray" that they are only on 14 day free squeaker pass.

[DaddyAck]

This is too funny.  I have no problem with a well mannered and well behaved squeaker, as I have been known to help young'ins out by teaching them the ropes from time to time (no I can not recall their names off hand).  However, I have a huge problem with the loud and endlessly obnoxious ones that get on vox and squak out a play by play of their whole dadgummed sortee! ("help! I have a fuel hit he is behind me, I just pulled an immel, im out of"..... well you get the Idea. add that to all the "how do I put my gears up how do I use flaps where am I" asked all day long over and over by the same guy even though you already told him how) But yeah.... I like SOME young'ins but not all! if there were a perma-squelch well that would solve the problem right there, but to have an intense fight going on (if you can find one now a days) and in the middle of trying to concentrate you hear the melodious sounds of a squeaker chirping away when you though he was squelched!

[Tilt]

Why do "they"......... "squeak"?

I cannot believe that these kids lead their lives sounding like that when not talking over vox.

This may sound "nationalistic" but do all young US adolescents sound like this?

I dont know any young Brits who play now but can say when my son played aged 14 to 16 he did not sound like the oft refered to "squeaker" when heard over vox. (But then he didnt have a deep baratone drawl either)

Refering to adults on my system many US adult accents sound accentuated over vox particularly those accents originating from "the ol South"

Could vox be changed to more realistically represent vocal tones?

Re young players in general........... they are revenue. They keep HTC in the black and this game alive.

They may be less considerate and certainly less mature than the average populace and as there are more of them the average level of maturity will get lower. This is a fact the rest of us will have to learn to live with IMO.

we can all point to some pretty immature acts seen demonstrated by many an "adult" here I am sure.

I am reminded of a certain trainer who used to assist SM (snowman) back in the mid 90's training on AW. He was one of the best of a very good group of trainers (I think his name was iceman {icmn?}not to be confused with another iceman of the time), well respected and well attended during his tutorials..............he was 13/14. However without the benefit of vox no one knew this.

Once this "got out" there was some ribbing.

However as SM said at the time...............

"we are all the same age here"  he was right IMO

age is not the issue here

maturity is.

[Larry]

Originally posted by Tilt
age is not the issue here

maturity is.

That and headaches. I litraly have a bottle of Excedrin on my desk because if I dont squelch a squeaker I will get headache within a few minutes of listening to them.

[Jackal1]

Vote YES on the 12 month school year.

[oldtard]

Originally posted by HotHand
This is for Hitech and any others with power!!
I'm Sick and tired of seeing the kids of Ah get hackled and picked on. most of them are younger the 16 and still pay the 14.99 a mounth to play. Yes they have a sqeeky voices but they pay the $$ they have the same rights as us older guys!!! Today 2 players who i will not say there names thought it would be funny to team up on and hackle a little guy who i was flying with. the kid got so upset he almost left the game. THIS IS NOT RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!! If we are cracking down on the cursing then we NEED TO CRACK DOWN ON THIS!!!! All these kids want to do is play and have fun. i was one of then when i was there age. We need to fix this. This is bigger then cursing this is someones feelings!!!!

THIS NEEDS TO STOP~~~
HotHand:furious

THEY MAKE MY EARS BLEED BUT IF YOU WANT TO PAY MY MONTHLY DUES THEN I WONT SAY ANYTHING ELSE

[DaddyAck]

man, there is not a thing wrong with being southern nor are our voices skewed in any fasion.  I have several squad mates that come from the south (myself included) and I hear and understand them without any problems, come to think of it I can even understand the Canadians from my squad without fail.  I also on range channel have spoken with Macleod (man Im sorry I butchered your name, but they get the idea of whoom I am speaking) whoom speaks with a scottish (ok so I can not remember the exact nation he is from so sorry Mac, but again they get the idea) accent and I can understand him just fine.  I guess what I am getting at is thus, just because I throw in a "y'all" or "fixin" or any other southern slang term does not mean we ALL in a general sense slur our speech and talk real slow like Gomer Pile or Gump!  Yeah, so I'll admit it I am American by birth but SOUTHERN by the grace of God an' proud of it, but on the same note I am also quite understandable over VOX along with my fellow souotherners.
I digess, sorry for that but bear with me as I now move on to the second counter point of rebuting the statement that American youths sound different that elsewhere.   A squeaker is just that, reguardless of nationality a  pubecent that still has that high pitched cracking transitionl voice though there are exceptions to include those that are pre-pubecent and by default have that higher pitched voice of youth.  This is true of any nations youngsters, as the human vocal aparatus works the same despite the language being spoken.

That being said, I do agree that maturity has a role to play in the grand scheem of squeakerdom.  If I do happen across a youngster that has a good head on it's shoulder and wants to learn and not act ignorant or be obnoxous intentionally I have no problem with that.  Because the younger pilot with maturity will not make the all too commonly done "play by play" or talk about the great movie, tv show, or other things he saw yesterday IF it does not pertain to the topic/fight at hand.  That being said, while I like SOME younger pilots the fact still remains that when they push that broadcast button, it is still verry much more often than not loud and ear drum traumatising(ok so not traumatizing but still pretty pitchy).

Ok im done, sorry if any toes got stepped on, im really not that bad of a guy.

[ozrocker]

"This may sound "nationalistic" but do all young US adolescents sound like this?"

This is caused by having a Full set of Teeth:D


                                                                    Oz

[The Fugitive]

Originally posted by HotHand
This is for Hitech and any others with power!!curious comment from an adult "others with power"
I'm Sick and tired of seeing the kids of Ah get hackled  "hackled", us adults have a word, "heckeled" . Its an old word, popular before your time and picked on. most of them are younger the 16 and still pay the 14.99 a mounth to play. Yes they have a sqeeky voices but they pay the $$ they have the same rights as us older guys!!! Today 2 players who i will not say there names thought it would be funny to team up on and hackle a little guy who i was flying with. the kid got so upset he almost left the game. THIS IS NOT RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!! If we are cracking down on the cursing then we NEED TO CRACK DOWN ON THIS!!!! All these kids want to do is play and have fun. i was one of then when i was there age. We need to fix this. This is bigger then cursing this is someones feelings!!!!punctuation and sentence form will be taught to you in high school

THIS NEEDS TO STOP~~~
HotHand:furious

Just "funnin" with ya, heaven forbid I pick on the little guy !!

[Sweet2th]

Originally posted by HotHand
This is for Hitech and any others with power!!
I'm Sick and tired of seeing the kids of Ah get hackled and picked on. most of them are younger the 16 and still pay the 14.99 a mounth to play. Yes they have a sqeeky voices but they pay the $$ they have the same rights as us older guys!!! Today 2 players who i will not say there names thought it would be funny to team up on and hackle a little guy who i was flying with. the kid got so upset he almost left the game. THIS IS NOT RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!! If we are cracking down on the cursing then we NEED TO CRACK DOWN ON THIS!!!! All these kids want to do is play and have fun. i was one of then when i was there age. We need to fix this. This is bigger then cursing this is someones feelings!!!!

THIS NEEDS TO STOP~~~
HotHand:furious

You know whats funny Hothand, the majority of us play this GAME because it takes us back too we were thier age, when we dreamed of flying a Fighter plane and getting into a dogfight just like John Wayne in the movies.

Just can't figure out why people hate on them when they are really trying to be them.When your under age 18 everything is all good, no TAXES to pay, or mortgage, or a car payment.


Bottom line, they pay thier money just like the rest of us, so we ought to respect that.When all else fails use the squelch function.

[HotHand]

I Know its a 2 way street but when i said we need to do somthing that also means telling the squeakers that talk every 2 sec to stop. it not kool to pick on the ones who don't use vox that often. I just think we need to be respectful , thats all. i got 4 nephews i deal with i understand the issues with dealing with them and coming on AH and dealing with someone else. just don't make fun thats my point. ask them to stop and tell them why. most of them do not understand why your upset.....
Hot:noid

[swoose]

Yeah, so I'll admit it I am American by birth but SOUTHERN by the grace of God an' proud of it

 Well said Daddyack.  It's funny but you go out of the south and people hear you talk they assume you are "slow" or if you tell them you are from North Carolina they want to know if you have ever been to Mayberry. We are just folks like everyone else with different levels of education.
 
 For Tilt I enjoy hearing the British accent very much. If you would like to visit the South maybe we can help you learn to talk right. LOL.
 BTW I have a picture my Dad sent to my Mother during WWII. He was a b-26 pilot and the picture was a flight of 26's dropping bombs. On the back was the expression "give it to em yanks". Seems like out countries share a lot of history during the war.
 
 Swoose