Originally posted by TheDudeDVant
eryone of us at some point in time have acted the same way including myself..
Peps with attitude like Skyrock's are nothing new to the game.. There have always been folk just like him (right or wrong) and you will find them in any online game as in life.. And I will say it again... There have 'always' been peps that felt the desire to shout their skill.. I'm not certain where we derive these nostalgic memories of this game with the belief that once all was perfect and pure..
In the old Airwarrior days, people were a lot more mean and cynical than they are today... in fact, many of the insulting vernacular you hear today (ie "dweeb") comes from AW - also, there was nowhere near as much a sense of "fair play" as you have today - vulching was looked at as a good thing, and "picking" was an unknown word. In fact, just about the only thing that was frowned upon was HOing - but, that was only because old AW had no collision detection.
Finally, getting "Hate" was considered the greatest goal of all.
So yeah, anyone who thinks the "old roots" of this game were full of "fair play" and "sportsmanship" is sorely mistaken.
For the record, I far prefer today's "Knights of the Air" attitude, but I also don't knock guys like Skyrock, because his personality is the old tradition of the game.
Besides - often times, guys like him rudely push a message that has hidden good (ie: negative motivation to better yourself and stop being such a know-it-all dweeb)
Shamroc
