You think that means the tours I flew 20 or 30 hours I flew like a dweeb HOing everything in sight? Time spent flying doesn't dictate if you are a dweeb or not, hell I've seen some people that literally had 170 hours in a month, who were some of the biggest dweebs in the game.
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Quite simply there is a long list of things that can make people dweebs and time spent flying isn't anywhere on the list..
No, it isn't the time itself, but I was referring to what people want get out of it.
I didn't look back beyond July (102 hours) and June (83 hours) and simply assumed that was average for you. My bad for not looking back farther.
Nonetheless, I see you doing the same thing I have seen quite a few other "long timers" do on these boards. You've gotten to a point where you are looking for that "perfect fight" with someone, but it rarely happens because the majority of the players in the mains are not up to "your standards." So, you get frustrated and come here and complain that AH has become a cesspool of talentless dweebs (paraphrasing).
The problem isn't that the players suck, or that a particular plane is bad, it is that your expectations of them are too high. The average skill level of the masses is pretty much the same (ok, maybe a slight dip in summertime), but yours has improved. It is to a point where most of your fights are predictable and therefore boring. But instead of recognizing the fact you are simply getting bored and burned out, you are complaining somehow no one else gets it, that the dweebiness has gone up, etc. etc.
Your complaints center around dweeby planes, dweeby tactics, HOers, runners, etc. All of these things have always been present. It is nothing new. Then comes the very predictable "learn some ACM, dweebs" type of comment. Well, again, that isn't necessarily high on the agenda of the average AHer -- and really hasn't ever been -- and to expect it to suddenly become so is simply setting yourself up for disappointment.
That isn't to say there are not some who want to become uber-leet-fiter-peelots, because there certainly are, and they should be encouraged to do whatever brings them enjoyment. But to call names and cast stones at those who have a different agenda is pointless and ultimately futile.
My $0.02 (or maybe $0.03).
