Originally posted by BaldEagl
As one of those old timey Air Warrior guys ('96) and part of the older crowd age-wise in the game I disagree that the old vets should be respected JUST because they are the old vets. It is after all, as Warlock has pointed out, only a game.
The respect among the vets is evident and has been earned among and between them over the course of years of playing together. A noob entering the game has no idea who's a vet and who isn't. All they can judge by is evident skill level and if that person treats them well or not. So to that noob, we have to earn their respect just as they have to earn ours. It's a two way street.
We all do, however, earn our reputations and they, in turn determine if you should be respected or not. There have been some great posts in this tread. There has also been malicious bashing. Each post, each 200 comment, each action adds to or detracts from your reputation and ultimately determines whether people should respect you or not.
Do what you please. I'll make my own judgements but I'm not going to respect someone just because they've played a long time. It takes more than that.
[EDIT] I just wanted to add that, sure, we rib the noobs but thats just part of the initiation into the community... plus... it's fun 
Very well put eagle. but its still not going to change the fact of those that balive they are entitled to their respect.
I myself do not need respect or feel that i want respect from anyone in the game. However I am respected by my freinds and allies in this community and that is all that matters.
I stopped posting on this thread quit a while ago, and yet my name is still getting brought up. I wonder why that is.
If I posted in this thread even just 1 time a day then it will NEVER end because people are insistant on making themselfs right.
When TC posted the vidio of the ganging it was directed at me, and to disprove my flying, he did not offer any help.
Infact his words were i stay away from the MA now because of this.
The MA is a huge crowd of people, and with any ONLINE game, you can quicly find yourself with the advantage or at the disadvantage.
I also know how playing a game for YEARS will get boring and make u look for other things in the game.
Honestly I think that is where this forum comes into play, because they have migrated from FLYING in the game to comming here to talk about their or others flying in the game. But I understand that completly, you evolve into different things, i imagin after a year or to u will probly see me doing alot of GVing or bombing just get change up from the fighting.
My thing now is to run missions when i get tired of flying in furballs.
If i wasnt respected by people i wouldnt log on every night and have people say (WARLOCK HOW ABOUT PUTTIN UP ONE OF YOUR MISSIONS)
that in itself is satisfying to me, I am also done fighting in this thread as it is meaningless, and the fact that when i logged on last night, just by simply shooting one man down this thread moved into 200.
The only reason i tune to 200 is so the man that gives me a salute or askes me a question does not think i am being rude and ignoring him.
I also dont care about my score either, i stay in the top 20 fighter just merley the way i fly i guess. That being said it the way the point system is set up, it really is easy to be top ranked. My third month playing i was in the top 20 so the score system is a total joke.
I also do not switch to attack to preserve my fighter score, as some people do.
What u will see is me flying FIGHTER flying with my squaddies, helping them learn the game, saving their butts if need be, and helping in any way I can.
U may see me with a group and i probly will kill u while u are on my squaddies six.
Half of my squad consists of very NEW players who look up to me for advice and training, and sometimes to keep them alive, not saying that they dont save my butt either because they do.
That is about the best defense I can come up for myself and if u still dont like it then dont fly around me, then u wont get killed by me. It really is that simple.
My point is everyone that is complaining about getting shot down by me, gets shot down my countless others every day. So really what are u complaining about??
