Hey bud..I've refrained from insulting in my last post, your perception that my idea is is insulting. 
Get real, look around, what I described is the way the GAME is presently conducted...and rest assured it WILL NOT change, simply because there are NO rules for this type of GAME and the mindset of the current/future players...and my friend, "you can take that to the bank"
As far as comparing THIS GAME to a fight in a Hockey game...there is no comparison! In all probability, the reason the "puncher" stopped delivering blows was NOT because of "honor" but more on the lines of not wanting to get tossed into the slammer/getting sued OR receiving a substantial fine...IMNSHO!
So, you go ahead and play the way YOU see fit, and we(realists) will PLAY our way! 
The game HAS changed, it use to have honor, and class. Todays players act like they are the dregs of the earth, its sometimes embarrassing to see their interaction on the boards and radio. I hope that it will change AGAIN and go back to the way t was. Pointing out how it was I hope to show others....like you... who seem to believe that the slum we play in now is the "be all and end all" of game play, isn't the only way to go, it can get better.
This is hysterical. It's also BS. linesmen do not allow themselves to be dictated to as to when they intervene. A player does not influence when they step in. If a player becomes distinctly disadvantaged, then they step in. Player calling a linesman in... rofl. Now, a player may stop punching a guy he has shirted and clinch, causing the linemen to jump in but he's not gonna "call" anyone.
Sorry Steve, In a recent Bruins game Thornton got into a fight with Orr. At one point during the fight Orr's jersey gets pulled up over his head. Now I don't know what Thornton was thinking, nor the linesmen, but Thornton does clearly gesture to them to come in. You can check it out
HERE at about a minute 30 in.
The point is even in a situation where a "barbaric act" ...called by some... we see an act of honor and class. It's just a game/job, yet some people still show class and honor. Why can't that happen in our game? My thoughts are most of today's players are kids, young adults and haven't been taught any class or honor. In an internet game why should they? They can hide behind their internet connections and not face any consequences for their actions. They can act like an bellybutton because nobody can call them on it.
However, if the community calls them on it would they learn? I think so, most of these guys aren't stupid, just uneducated . Example.... In the old days at AWIII everyone who was "cool" had a kill macro. After you made a kill you ran your macro, it was kinda like a lion roaring to let everyone know he had made a kill. Most of them where funny and creative. However, AH was much too classy for any of the frivolity
well any rate it was frowned on. The community came down on ANYONE who ran one and they learned very quickly not to do it.
Whats needed is the community to stand up and say we aren't going to take this crap any more and train those that step outside the line. I'm not saying to stop all trash talking, but at a point it does cross a line and the community in stead of egging on the combatants should work to defuse the situation. Big squads CO should man up and create fights on their squad nights in stead of slinking around in the bush looking for undefended bases to grab quick and run. Players should learn NOT to fly directly into the face of an enemy. Learn to attack with a plan, and string together a couple of maneuvers.
This game use to be so much more fun and challenging that it is today, and it could be again.
