No way I'm going to read 16 pages. I'd have replied on page 1 if I'd had the time to get in here to do so. I've only just seen this.
Lately is not as bad, but at the time I and many others were upset over the "oinks" they were spamming 2-3 pages full of text buffer for a single guy landing 3 kills in an easy-mode plane. We had a discussion in the arena but it's not the first and won't be the last.
As somebody said, it's NOT something they've got steeped in history, because for the past 7 years they haven't been spamming the "oinks" like they were not too long ago.
After the outcry for them to stop, they have restrained themselves noticably (and I have noticed, thank you PotW), but it was SERIOUSLY out of hand, to the point of disrupting any and all text communication in the arena. You literally could not read what was going on because multiple screens of self-congratulation.
Hell most of the time they're not even landing that many kills. I don't expect a "WTFG!!!!" if I land 2 kills in a spit16 (and look down upon folks that think this is a great acheivement, I freely admit), and I expect/hope that people will realize they don't need to react this way if the deeds lack merit enough for the cheers.
What next, we get a rousing chorus of 50 lines on text just for somebody joining the arena? Take it to squad chan. That's what my squaddies do most of the time.
So, basically at the time of the outcry it was very much an issue. The Pigs (good folk don't get me wrong) have digested the discussions, taken in the reactions, and modified their behavior, and I thank them for it. I consider the problem no longer to be an issue, currently.