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Offline Nwbie

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Re: Spirit of the game
« Reply #30 on: January 04, 2011, 12:36:20 AM »
     I would put you closer to 4 than 10 Nwbs  :D

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Offline dedalos

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Re: Spirit of the game
« Reply #31 on: January 04, 2011, 02:52:38 PM »
Occasionaly, my daughter signs on on my account and flys.  She has done very well so far with this game.  She's flown FSX before so flight dynamics are not new to her, however, she refuses to fly back to base as long as she has ammo and fuel.  She is 10yrs old, and I think she has a better approach to the game as I do.  She doesn't care about score, whether she lands kills, or gets her name in lights.  She was flying today and was missing parts, had 4 kills, and when I told her she should go back she said I have bullets and gas so why should I?  It hit me for a second.  Should I stay in a fight if injured if I have fuel and ammo to burn?  Why would she stay in a fight that would obviously hinder her in future engagements.  What I have come up with is this.  Some jplay the game as it is, A GAME.  That is her view of things.  Then I think of all the recent threads of this is too easy or to hard, and I'm reminded of, THIS IS JUST A GAME.  I have learned from a 10 yr old today.  She sees it as a game and doesn't care, so why should I?  Why should any of us?

A little confused here.  Care about what?  Your daughter got it right.  It is a game but how can you play any game if you don;t care?  Can you play basket ball and not care about scoring?  Will you just quit the game because you are getting sweaty and a little tired?  Of coarse you stay if you have bullets and fuel but you still play to win even though you may have some disadvantage.

I think every one cares.  About different things maybe, but they all care about the outcome of what ever they were set out to do.  The only people claiming to not really care are the ones that cant take losing.  Like it or not, every game is a competition.  Even if you are just competing against your self.  Only way I see for someone to log in and waste an hour of his life doing something he does not care about is if he likes the graphics so match and he is just site seeing lol. But in that case, he would care about the graphics lol.

<S> to your kid for being competitive and challenging herself, even if it is just a game.

Going for BBall on Saturday.  I ll just sit in the middle of the court and tell them I don;t care cause it is just a game.  See how many <S> I get  :lol
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Re: Spirit of the game
« Reply #32 on: January 04, 2011, 03:36:03 PM »
By now most of the Community knows my 9 year old son was cussed out on private vox by an amazinhunk when he got a kill at 5 years old. 

Knowing that you'll find "Karaya" in the TA, that is my son.  I will now train him and hope morfiend and others watch over him and pitch in training him.

I'll stay up with one cannon left and do my best to clear squaddies and friends.
 
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Re: Spirit of the game
« Reply #33 on: January 04, 2011, 03:38:06 PM »
By now most of the Community knows my 9 year old son was cussed out on private vox by an amazinhunk when he got a kill at 5 years old.  

Knowing that you'll find "Karaya" in the TA, that is my son.  I will now train him and hope morfiend and others watch over him and pitch in training him.

I'll stay up with one cannon left and do my best to clear squaddies and friends.
 
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Offline Dichotomy

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Re: Spirit of the game
« Reply #34 on: January 04, 2011, 03:45:18 PM »
well we agree on at least one thing Bip..
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Re: Spirit of the game
« Reply #35 on: January 04, 2011, 04:45:39 PM »
Mila has had da couple of rather nasty PM's. She doesn't tune to 200 since her dad usually turns it off when she is playing. SHe is a good girl and we enjoy her flying with us when her dad is away or she's just having a sortie or 2 while he's afk.

As C.O. of the squad she's in I will say this....If she were to get some nasty PM's from someone and I get a hold of the screenies...I'll do my best to get them to HT and explain the circumstances. Not that anything would happen...but it could.

Not chest thumping or anything of the sorts....she's just a kid...has the rigt attitude and all of us in the squad look out for her when we can. No room for messages other than a <S>!!!
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Re: Spirit of the game
« Reply #36 on: January 04, 2011, 07:01:17 PM »
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