Pick discussion

[Wiley]

Duct tape would work well. It holds the kids pretty good. I just need to find a heavier clothes line, as the one we have keeps snapping when i sling them over it.  

An alternative could be to use smaller cats also.

And also, you guys that are on about the shackles, you're assuming the struggle to escape isn't part of the fun.

Wiley.

[SunBat]

Here are a couple of films of the a very poor example being set for new players.  What if that poor little 109G6 had been piloted by a tender shoot of a player just learning to up from a runway?  He would probably just log off and never come back because those big mean 38's hover over the fight and pick him.  Either that, or he would realize that maybe he should just do the same thing.    

Well it's a good thing it was only me in there - one of those Muppets that never ups from a capped field and never, ever flys anything but late war uber rides.

http://dasmuppets.com/public/Sunbatt/PoorExample1.ahf
http://dasmuppets.com/public/Sunbatt/PoorExample2.ahf

P.S.  I encourage the viewer to ride with Shuffler and see the fight from his perspective.  The first film sets the stage mostly.  Just consider what the clipboard must have looked like on the way to that fight.  Hop into his seat and take a look at the scene after he got there.  This does not match the doctrine that I see being preached on these boards.  

Don't preach it if you ain't gonna live it, Shuffles.  

[SunBat]

I've seen you guys do that a number of times. However, there was one element present that is not always present and when that element is absent a different standard is upheld. Would you care to guess what that element is?

Oh, and since nobody wants to venture a guess.  The element is Corky's presence.  The fight in those films above got a lot better later that night when Corky logged on and the 38's moved off and let us take off and get some alt and speed to work with.

[grizz441]

I did not watch your film because it means nothing.

Oh ok.

No one says they never do what you do. It is a detriment to the game to make the new folks think it's ok.

What exactly do I do?  Please elaborate.

Bet you missed any film on the many times we have backed off a base and let them know so they can up and get up to speed.

The reason you back off the base is so you don't have to deal with the ack while you pick them.  We do the same thing!

We don't need the kills...... we would much rather have the fights.

Is anybody actually buying this rhetoric?

It's obvious you don't care. Even though it is a game there is a community here too. It's your choice what you do to it or for it.

Be more specific please.  I do not care about what?  The feelings of the poor bad guys that I shoot down?  The feelings of the jeeps I strafe?  Heck no I don't care!  The toons are free, no one really dies, go get another one and try not to fly in front of my guns next time.  

The only difference between me and you is that you pretend to adhere to a certain set of rules.  Of course, this is all speculation until I see the official "Shuffler's Rules of MA Conduct".  Can you please post this so we can go through the list and identify which rules are actually reasonable in the first place and which rules you actually follow, based on eyewitness accounts?  I think everyone here can agree that this would be a most excellent addition to this already spectacular discussion!

[Bear76]

I've seen you guys do that a number of times. However, there was one element present that is not always present and when that element is absent a different standard is upheld. Would you care to guess what that element is?

Carbon for the win! 

[Bear76]

Duct tape would work well. It holds the kids pretty good. I just need to find a heavier clothes line, as the one we have keeps snapping when i sling them over it.  




I like the bolin knot if im out of tape.

Depending on the breed of course, but I find a sheep shank knot works best.

[Wiley]

Don't preach it if you ain't gonna live it, Shuffles.  

B-b-b-but you have to look at context, Sunbat.  If the appropriate things happen before, it's perfectly ok, honorable, and just downright peachy to do that kind of thing.  Really!  Because, well... because Shuffler says so!    

Wiley.

[Babalonian]

What absolutely doesn't make any sence at all to me, is how a threat that a) deals with picking b) deals with the muppets, and c) has hit 17 pages, AND still has no mention of the master of the pick-n-run in a pony - steve.

This thread is clearly nothing but a bunch of rubish churned up by some newaged and unexperienced sticks to this game.   

[Guppy35]

In the hopes that this thing dies.  Two comments

-You gents are still missing the point  Pick, furball, bomb buildings, GV to your hearts content.  There is no right way  But keep in mind that how you treat the players in the game, good, bad or indifferent makes a difference.  Don't expect a pat on the back if you show a lack of courtesy.  If that bothers you, it's your problem.  My own experience is that if you treat folks decently, the game is more fun.  Again, as has been pointed out many times in this thread.  This is just an opinion, not law.  Do with it what you want.

-Sunbat, you do realize you are getting played at a game you guys seem to take pride in being good at?


edited to add:  Keep in mind our CO is a Muppet, so anything bad the 80th does is on the direction of a Muppet.  So who is really to blame?  We blame Zap

[Bear76]

What absolutely doesn't make any sence at all to me, is how a threat that a) deals with picking b) deals with the muppets, and c) has hit 17 pages, AND still has no mention of the master of the pick-n-run in a pony - steve.

This thread is clearly nothing but a bunch of rubish churned up by some newaged and unexperienced sticks to this game.   

unexperienced?

[Scotch]

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[SunBat]

-Sunbat, you do realize you are getting played at a game you guys seem to take pride in being good at?

Wait.  I assume you mean trolling, which is not true in relation to topics like this, but assuming that is what you mean, that means that all of your philosophy is a troll and you only do it to get a response from us.  Well, that explains Shuffler’s actions and now we have consistency.  Thanks for clearing that up for me.  I will keep that in mind next time I see a statement like the one below. 

Or maybe this is just the old “there’s no way out of this one, so I’ll declare it a troll” maneuver.  Fair enough. 

I declare this the final statement of the most long standing and effective troll ever known to cartoondom:

-You gents are still missing the point  Pick, furball, bomb buildings, GV to your hearts content.  There is no right way  But keep in mind that how you treat the players in the game, good, bad or indifferent makes a difference.  Don't expect a pat on the back if you show a lack of courtesy.  If that bothers you, it's your problem.  My own experience is that if you treat folks decently, the game is more fun.  Again, as has been pointed out many times in this thread.  This is just an opinion, not law.  Do with it what you want.

Troll exposed. 



P.S.  And this is funny coming from one of the most disrespectful cartoon personalities of all time.

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The hypocrisy in this thread has gotten to be too much…

[Wiley]

Wait, so... are we supposed to pick or not?  I'm so confused!

Wiley.

[68ZooM]

Wait, so... are we supposed to pick or not?  I'm so confused!

Wiley.

Personal preference it seems, but i do like Corky's way of playing the game... i guess that comes from my AW days also   

[CAP1]

Wait, so... are we supposed to pick or not?  I'm so confused!

Wiley.

pick what? our noses? our butts? our zits?

can't decide if we should pick, till we know what we;re picking.