Gianlupo, I wasn't really disagreeing with Fugi, just adding a counter point. In fact I posted more, and then deleted it. I even started to comment on what you brought up.
Which is there is quite a bit going on that newer players don't see the context of. For one thing, there are quite a few around that have known each other and flown together years before AH was around. We are friends, we mess with each other. What we do amongst ourselves over open channels, can easily be misunderstood, whether we are either 100% messing around, or 50% messing around, and forget about it the next day. Point is that much is less serious than it may appear. Also because of the mix of a very old community here, it means we have had all this time to make many friends.
So you got this "Cheers". "everybody knows your name" thing going on, then you add to that, skill with the game, and many others not in that large circle of friends remember that player too. So you end up with "the list" of those 133t players. Thing is, those players got there by leaving an impression one individual at a time. Not by annoying the **** out of everyone with self advertizing time on open channels.
Fugitive is correct in a way, not so much tone down, but a lot is in the presentation. In fact you often don't even have to name names. If they just encountered you, they know darn well who the comments are addressed to. How they choose to react to it is there problem, but the message often boils down to "come on and play like a man, if you're smart enough to play like a wuss, then you have the potential to learn how to actually fight. Use it". It's a challenge to challenge yourself, generally. That seems to get lost on many who try to emulate it for their own promotion, trolling, and bullying.
What I am not doing is advocating abusing other players. In fact I am usually pretty quiet unless provoked, or getting a provoking reply from a general comment. What I am saying is it is a part of the game, and the only problem is too many taking it too far.
I'm done rambling...actually that's why I deleted alot of the other post, it's too long and boaring a subject to cover.
