The meaning of <S>.....?

[Slate]

   The  is best reserved for a fight with a worthy opponent. Half the time I do not read the text as it is filled with BS or someone asking "HOW DO I TAKE OFF?"  If I have not returned a salute It's because I missed the message. I apologize 

[Bronk]

  Put aside thier ego and get over yours?  Some ego you have.

LMAO As much as People think Shane acts like a ego maniac, I find he is far from it. Might just be the fact I have an opposite persona. I'm usually very quiet in game but act like a tard on the BBS.

Don't run your yap he doesn't run his. However if you take the bait he's going to set the hook.

[bongaroo]

LMAO As much as People think Shane acts like a ego maniac, I find he is far from it. Might just be the fact I have an opposite persona. I'm usually very quiet in game but act like a tard on the BBS.

Don't run your yap he doesn't run his. However if you take the bait he's going to set the hook.

shoo shoo, the adults are talking now.

[Bronk]

shoo shoo, the adults are talking now.

Hey just tellin ya. I find Shane is the "If you act like a tard, I'll treat you like one." type of person. Believe what you want.  You've been warned.

[bongaroo]

I saw it more as a "you have to have no ego and be able to deal with mine" statement but maybe I took the wrong meaning.

I've gotten along fine with Shane when I see him in the MAs.  Mostly was making a comment on how his statement sounded kinda big-headed or something.

[Bronk]

I saw it more as a "you have to have no ego and be able to deal with mine" statement but maybe I took the wrong meaning.

That was the bait I was speaking about in my first post. Brush that off and get past it .. gtg. Now if you don't....

[Shane]

Could still be taken that way.     You could also see it as "the very ones i piss off most with my "whines" about their lamer ways are the ones I'm actually targeting for improvement.  They have to get past me riding them for doing what they do - not talking newbies here, but semi-vets who have been around a while... swallow their pride as it were.... *if* they'd like *my* help in improving."

But to clarify it softer...  if someone truly wants my help in whatever, they have to be able to see past who they think I am.  It's my way of screening out those who really don't want to put an honest effort into learning stuff.  If were mr. nice  i'd see no end of requests for help i think and i'll pass on that.

anyone seeking a more formalized kind of training should seek out the Trainers... they have a great website, and good people who have a lot more patience than I would in helping the casual player.

[bongaroo]

Wait for it...



wait for it....



<S> Bronk

<S> Shane


 

[Dadsguns]

I'm usually very quiet in game but act like a tard on the BBS.

We know you better than you know yourself......... at least your learning....

[bongaroo]

Dang.  I waited and waited and no <S> back.  No respect I tell ya, no respect.

 

The irony is killing me.

[dedalos]

OK HT, DO SOMETHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is obviously a shade and not the old Shane.  Either find him and bring him back or please don't allow who ever this guy is to carry that name.  Been flying around this guy for a while now and the words "Slobber donkeys" has not come out of his keyboard a single time.  Either fix your Shane AI or remove it until it is ready.

Thank you! 

[Bronk]

Dang.  I waited and waited and no <S> back.  No respect I tell ya, no respect.

 

The irony is killing me.

LMAO 

[Bronk]

We know you better than you know yourself......... at least your learning....

The key word for me is "act".  You on the other hand ....ehhhh not so much.

[bmwgs]

Let me get this right..  To get a "Salute" you have to earn it. 

If you fly a certain plane, pick someone or god forbid "HO" someone, then you don't deserve it.  If you are engaged with more than one fighter and you loose you also don't deserve one.  If you are on the side with the numbers and shoot down a lone fighter then you shouldn't send one.

Is this the real attitude of what the AH community is really made of?  I think some of the "OLD ONES" around her tend to forget that everyone is not up to their level of play.  What you may think is an easy fight, may in fact be one of the most challenging fights the other player(s) may have been engaged in, even if it was a two or three on one.  Yet you have to debate on the BBS wheather a <S> is deserved.

This is the one reason why I rarely give them.  I will return them if I am on the receiving end, and yes I have even returned a "Salute" when I have been picked, "HOed", and on the receiving end of other bad things.  I feel this is a simple form of courtesy, which is what I thought was something this "COMMUNITY" strives for.  Well, I guess not, you learn something new every day.

Fred Voices His Opinion again.
 

[toonces3]

Look, you can either give or receive a <S>.  (or I suppose both, but I mean the first instance of the <S>)

If you're giving out a <S> to every shmo that happens to cross your gunsight, (like me) then what do you say to the guy that was really an exceptional fight?

On the other hand, if you return every <S> you get, then how do you acknowledge a great, exceptional fight?

It's tough.

But, on the other hand, maybe it's not so tough.  I don't <S> everyone, just everyone that didn't completely dweeb their into my sites, or me theirs.  Example:  I shot down a very well-known forum member a few weeks ago.  I didn't presume to <S> him, even though his name was immediately well-known and recognized by me, because neither of us did a single thing that was remarkable.  I happened to be pulling up as he was pulling into my site, I shot and took of a wing.  Big deal.

But, an hour later, I was chasing some La-7 around in my A-20, and he dragged me into a flak pit where Coronado got me.  Deserving of a <S>?  Well, that's up to you I suppose.   Me, I can't hit crap in any flak.  Furthermore, to took at least some SA for the La-7 to drag me into that trap.  And, of course, I was stupid enough to follow him. 

As far as I'm concerned, they both get a <S>.  One for dragging so beautifully, and another for shooting accurately when it counted. 

Or, I could have gone on a full-on 200 rant about the whole thing, which I suppose would have been equally justified.

Or, I could just not say anything to anyone.

But, heck man, a <S> says, well, you guys set me up good, got the kill, and while it sucked for me, I can't say that y'all didn't do a good job of baiting that hook.  So, forget it, I say well done, and standby for angry Toonces from here on out!

I understand the question posed by the OP. Perhaps when I've been around for 10 years what warrants recognition by me will have changed.  But, in real life, I'm pretty easy going, and hell, I've gotten so few unsolicited <S> in my short time here, that I figure what can it hurt to maybe promote a freer exchange of goodwill among us.

This is just a game, and we're all here to have fun.  It does no harm to throw out more "good game"s than less I guess.