Originally posted by toonces3
I see a con co-alt. He sees me. We turn into each other. As we close, nose to nose, we are both faced with a choice. We can press the merge nose to nose, as close as possible to avoid giving up an advantage to the other- ******** relying on the other not to shoot...******** or we can maneuver such that we stay out of the gun envelope, but still try to retain an advantage.
You gotta be careful about the whole "relying on the other guy not to shoot" thing.
I'm a firm believer in not firing on the nose-nose merge. I'm also a firm believer in staying out of the other guys guns. Not getting shot is YOUR responsibilty. YOU need to stay out of his guns. NOT FIRING is NOT his responsibility. Any time you get in his firing area you need to expect to be shot.
It's really nice not having a guy come nose-nose with guns blazing, but you should never expect it. That will only lead to one thing- the 200 HO rant. Always expect to be shot, but feel free to be pleasantly surprised when you don't.
My deep, dark "secret"- I NEVER merge with firing on the merge as my intention. However, if on the merge I see the guy "expecting" to not be shot, careless about his position, in my guns or so close all it takes is a twitch to hit him, guess what?? I make the split second decision to shoot him. Not a "big" shot, just a little spray, ideally not enough to damage him but enough to hopefully get him re-thinking how he does things.
In my opinion, he made a fundamental mistake- that of positioning himself where I can shoot him. He deserves to be shot at. To not shoot him is not doing him any favors. It's allowing him to think that he was doing things fine, which he wasn't. It will lead to sloppy merges where the outcome is determined not by lack of mistakes, but by who doesn't shoot when they should.
Classic examples of what I'm refering to are the guy who pulls up early in the merge, showing me his belly. BANG! The guy who is a little low/left of my nose, turning across in front of me. BANG!
Merge decent, I won't shoot. Merge wrong, you need to be told you did it wrong.
Stay outta my guns, you won't get shot.
Warlockl-
Regardless of whether I agree with your points or not, I must say I appreciate your effort to improve your grammer and spelling. It lead to me reading your post, and being able to concentrate on your message rather than being so distacted by trying to sort out the "code" of your previous jumbles. I admit being so tripped up by many of your previous posts as to skip them and go on to the next.
Are you really military? How do you want the military to be judged? Can it / should it be judged by the quality of its members? Do you think you don't reflect the military when you claim to be a part of it? How does the military look when a third grader has better spelling and grammer than one of its members? How does it look when the military member CHOOSES to have poor spelling and grammer? Should we feel safe and protected? Should we trust its members with weapons? Expensive equipment? Important decisions? I'm not saying the military needs to be perfect, or that you need to be able to spell to be a good soldier. I'm saying that you should TRY to be as perfect as possible. Strive for perfection! Strive to be elite! Be proud! No shame in falling short, as long as you give it your best effort!
You don't want to "take the time" to spell correctly? Time this- type "honorable". Now type "honerable". Which took longer? Which demands respect? Which has no meaning (not even a word...)
Serve your (our) country. I <<<
>>> that!
Please do so in a manner that will honor our military. Please do so in a manner that honors those that have gone before us, and those who have died for us. Please present yourself in a manner that demands respect. It's not just YOUR image anymore.
MtnMan
