"Thanks for the Check Six"

[Panzerace]

Please people, if you get shot down it is not the fault of everyone on your side within 6k of you that it happened.  I am tired of hearing "Thanks for the Check Six, WTF" and "WTF, you should havd done this, you should have done that".  Has it ever occured to you that just maybe the guy that is 2k from you may have been in a fight and really was not paying any attention to you? This is a combat simulation so you are not the only one that has someone firing at you.  I wish the worst of my day was getting my cartoon plane shot down instead of my hot water heater flooding my basement, my 3 year old puking on the furniture, my 2 year old seeing if a peanut butter sandwich will i fit into the VCR and my 7 year old proving that a baseball is stronger then the bay window in my living room.  Its a game. Relax, have fun, but lets all stop pointing fingers when something goes wrong.  Just my $0.02 worth, but tire of all the moaning. 

[zack1234]

check 6 

[oTRALFZo]

You havent realized that these guys are the 3 star generals? You must not only give them check 6s, but when these officers are within icon range, it is your duty to clear their 6, provide escort so they land their kills, deack the feild so they can vulch, take the town down if they are in a goon and join their misshunz because your side needs to get organized.
Cmon man..get with it, Its their game, not yours

[Panzerace]

Well said

[zack1234]

you never check six me

[Ghostbuster]

I only do Check6 when your going down in flames...

just kidding

I understand your pain.
Only thing I can advise you to is, fly with wingman or when flying alone, check your 6 constantly when your on a guy...

[zack1234]

and don't be drunk when flying as I usually am 

[Reaper90]

I don't disagree with your point, you can't watch everyone's 6 all the time and call out every con.. but it DOES stink when you get nailed by a con you didn't know was there and look back to see the said con with 3 friendlies on HIS 6 0'clock, and NONE of them bothered to give you a call that someone had dropped in to pick you because they're all too interested in using you as bait. If you don't bother to check 6 the guy in front of the guy that you're chasing, you deserve a :middle finger:  - it's those guys that I try to remember the names of so I can purposefully fly through their bullet streams next time they're firing on a con close to me.  

[bmwgs]

I don't disagree with your point, you can't watch everyone's 6 all the time and call out every con.. but it DOES stink when you get nailed by a con you didn't know was there and look back to see the said con with 3 friendlies on HIS 6 0'clock, and NONE of them bothered to give you a call that someone had dropped in to pick you because they're all too interested in using you as bait. If you don't bother to check 6 the guy in front of the guy that you're chasing, you deserve a :middle finger:  - it's those guys that I try to remember the names of so I can purposefully fly through their bullet streams next time they're firing on a con close to me.  

Well Said!!!!

Fred

[AApache]

spot on oTRALFZo     

[themaj]

I don't disagree with your point, you can't watch everyone's 6 all the time and call out every con.. but it DOES stink when you get nailed by a con you didn't know was there and look back to see the said con with 3 friendlies on HIS 6 0'clock, and NONE of them bothered to give you a call that someone had dropped in to pick you because they're all too interested in using you as bait. If you don't bother to check 6 the guy in front of the guy that you're chasing, you deserve a :middle finger:  - it's those guys that I try to remember the names of so I can purposefully fly through their bullet streams next time they're firing on a con close to me.  

Bait-Masters

[Delirium]

The last time someone yelled at me for not giving them a 'check 6', I politely told them their 6 was their responsibility.

Naturally, this made the individual even more angry so I followed him around all night giving him errant (and completely useless) check 6s until he apologized.

[HighTone]

I agree, never ever count on the check 6. If you get them fine, but when you expect them you will get shot down. And Delirium is right, your six is your responsibility, others can help with it, but your the one that's going to get shot down if you don't check it.

Then I get a big kick out of all the cussing and the threats to go "bish or knit" because their side is organized and they give check 6's. 

[ariansworld]

I busted a cap on 133 last night in a P38J, killed 6 it aleviated things to the point where more people were able to up.  The cv went down shortly after that.

[Sperky]

The last time someone yelled at me for not giving them a 'check 6', I politely told them their 6 was their responsibility.

Naturally, this made the individual even more angry so I followed him around all night giving him errant (and completely useless) check 6s until he apologized.