there seems to be alot of negative bantor on channel 1 lately. we would like to get peoples opinions on something.
would you like the AVA staff to continue to police the text buffer in the AVA, or would you like us to shut off channel 1?
tell us what you think and how you feel. thanks!
i hate to say this, 'cause it makes more work for you guys........
i think that channel 1 should remain open. outside of the negative banter, there is a LOT of friendly, and fun chat going on between multiple pile-its from both sides.
we have a somewhat unique playground within this big playground. it doesn't mean we're any better or any worse or "elite" compared to the rest.....we're just unique, and different. this is a lot of the attraction here.
in general, we're a bit more mature(or at least some of us fake it
) than a lot of the ma type stuff, in that we fight for the fun, be it furballing, 1-1, 2-2, or a coordinated base take(WTG on that last night bigrat).
we also have zero problems on channel 1 for 99% of the time. if we close that channel, then those causing the negative banter have already won, and we've then taken a step in the direction they wish to see us travel.
sometimes we police it ourselves, by simply not responding to the negativity, sometimes we let ourselves get drawn up into it........but i think we need to leave it open.
a couple of suggestions to deal with the problems you're referencing:
1) film EVERYTHING. if you don;t have film running, then use the "alt s" to take a screen shot of whatever is being said.
2) simply do not respond. sounds silly, and often times in real life, this doesn't work....but here, it works perfectly.(i broke my own rule last night, but managed to control myself and stop)
3) if something/someone pisses you off due to things that have been previously discussed.....do something different. i think it was aabite? that was getting pissed. i mentioned to him that he should take a plane, inverted, fly between the trees, and then through a hangar. i think that broke his bad mood, although i think he was smarter than to try something that dumb.
4) often times there are tactics being used that we don't care for. the simple answer here, is to defeat those tactics with superior tactics.
example: 2 thursday night, there was a 262 flying high, practicing bnz, and picking. crazy8s and i got alt, and tag-teamed him. at that point, he could not chance a bnz with 2 enemies in the area, up high where he would have no e to maneuver with. each time he went for one of us, the other was setting up for a possible shot....we never got it, but he eventually left the area to rtb.
anyway....sorry for the ramble..........
and thanks again for all of the hard work you guys do in there. <<S>>
BTW.....the haze up high was friggin marvelous!!
