Originally posted by SteveBailey
oh my.
Warlockl.... ummm that's a gang.
Well, all I have to say about that film is:
"Welcome to the Main Arena"
The MA is NOT the place to have "honorable" 1 on 1 fights. Ultimately, the goal is to win the war, and good team play ultimately dominates everything else - including individual skill.
Call it what you will (gangbang, picking etc. etc.) but that's what that arena is all about.
If you don't want to fight to win, in a team, you should stay out of the MA (as TC noted, he doesn't go there much anymore because of that reason - not his cup of tea, and there's nothing wrong with that).
I completely understand the frustration of getting jumped by a group of (let's say for the sake of the argument) lesser skilled pilots, but that's the way it goes in the MA. They may be less skilled, may be less "honorable" by your personal standard, but they ultimately are SMARTER than you are.
If you don't like it, form your own team of superior sticks and go after them - and if you don't have the patience/discipline/intelligence/inclination to do this, stay in the DA or A&A (which has more a 1 vs 1 "culture" to it).
What gets me is a LOT of good sticks complain that they don't like MA environment, and constantly lament that they get picked and gangbanged - yet, they keep coming back to the MA's. WHY ? I'd think with all this talk that the DA/A&A would be constantly full with a respectable amount of really skilled pilots - the elite player base if you will - yet I always find these arenas empty.
Personally, I like both types of play: the anything goes world of the MA, and they 1vs1 "no excuses" play of the DA/A&A (A&A is my favorite arena BTW) - yet I always find the latter arenas completely empty - and this forum full of people who cry that they don't like the MA environment.
Why ?
Shamroc