Some of you take this way too seriously!

[Ratpack1]

Really.... you do.

It is after all just a video game.

Everyone take one step back.

[BulletVI]

And Chill Out eh Ratpack

[Yeager]

A lot of us have meaningless and unimportant lives, that's why this game is so damned critical to our deflated self esteem!

[captain1ma]

this is real life man, don't be telling us its just a game, what the heck are you thinking! how will i have conflicts with people after they HO, ram, vulch or whatever me? are you crazy!

[CAP1]

Really.... you do.

It is after all just a video game.

Everyone take one step back.

[68ZooM]

Game has been alot more fun for me sense HiTech took out score and rank..... errrrr    ummmmm  oh wait i did that  it's a game have fun with it, makes some new friends 

[Dichotomy]

and here I thought that when I became an uber cartoon pileit I'd have scads of gorgeous women with negotiable morals hanging on both arms, endorsement contracts all over, be invited to Superbowl parties, and have car dealerships begging me to drive their cars so they could put a picture of me on their wall.

hmmmm.... *scratches chin...

Are the Pigs around?  I need a reality check... kill me with extra extreme prejudice tonight mmmkay?

[Wiley]

You mean you don't, Dichotomy?  You need better connections.

Wiley.

[Ruah]

In eve online we have a saying from way back (I've been in that game for over 7 years now)  'Internet Spaceships is serious buisness'.

in many respects, this applies here too - Internet Airplanes is serious buisness.  And I do not think calling something a 'video-game' likes its some slander quite works - this is not a video game in th old fashioned sense - this is an MMO, and MMOs are very serious things indeed.  if you disagree, then you are just not playing enough/well/seriously.

Honestly, the whole - 'its just a game guys' argument is crap.  its a game for sure, and a serious on at that.

[Dichotomy]

You mean you don't, Dichotomy?  You need better connections.

Wiley.

well hook me up with the spares Wiley

[Babalonian]

Really.... you do.

It is after all just a video game.

Everyone take one step back.

no, u

[JimmyC]

this is where I feel important, wholesome and powerful
I fly toon planes and die
I is a hard nut

[Ratpack1]

Lol! Thanks Ruah

"I'm not playing it serious enough" Sweet! The fact that you think I need to reach some measurable level of reality to play in a cartoon world only further shows the level of reality that left it a long time ago.

"I'm sorry sir, you must be this tall to fly this plane."

Video Game
–noun
1.
any of various games played using a microcomputer with a keyboard and often joysticks to manipulate changes or respond to the action or questions on the screen.
2.
any of various games played using a microchip-controlled device, as an arcade machine or hand-held toy.

It is what it is.

Never said I didn't like it, didn't play it, didn't want to...

Merely just saying some people need to take a look around now and then and realize what they are doing. Good advice for anyone doing anything!

[Wiley]

Dichotomy- I'll see what I can do.

Ruah's got a point.  Some have put a lot of time and effort into becoming better at this.  It's like any game or hobby.  Some do it casually, some play it to the best of their possible ability.  There's nothing wrong with either approach.  But the one common thing among everyone here seems to be, it's a really bad idea to try to tell them how to take the game, or play the game.

The one main difference between this and all other MMOs though, is this actually requires something approaching skill, not just patience and a lot of time to invest in it.  I think that's where a lot of the ego comes in, as this does take ability to do well.

Wiley.

[Dichotomy]

Yall are going to make me be serious aren't you?

My AH philosophy is to be respected by the other players first, have fun doing it, work / study / pay attention to improve my abilities, log on and off with a smile on my face.  When I can't do the first and last it's time for me to find another hobby and I have no plans to do that in the near or distant future.  Way too many good people in and around this MMO to even consider a desire to leave again.  My one vacation wasn't a choice it was a necessity. 

*puts red nose and floppy shoes back on