Funny thing happened last night

[Guppy35]

Thanks for trying Sim.  I think one of the things that makes it harder at times is the crowd is larger and it's harder to discern welcoming voices within the overall noise.

I don't believe there are less good folks in the game, and I don't believe there are less trying to help.  They're just stretched thinner.  One of the things that is encouraging to me is the number of folks who have grown into the game.  If you look back at many of the folks on the boards, as an example, you'll see many 'mouths' have grown out of that part and have taken on a different role both in how they play and their willingness to share the wealth.  This is also true of many in the arenas if you pay attention long enough. 

As long as folks who've been around a while continue to do this, there will be folks in the next wave and the one after that who will pass that on, just as it was shown to us way back when.

Guess that's my way of saying keep the faith

[Dichotomy]

Well, like I said in a previous post, tons of folks went way out of their way to help me when I first joined the game and still do to this day.  I'll keep helping anybody that needs it for as long as I'm around.  Even helping somebody sort out the radio and the dot commands is doing something

[sluggish]

Completely missing the point. It's not about hurt feelings, its about not having fun.

But judging from the tone of your post..

Thank you for providing yourself as an example..

Let me rephrase...  Anyone that would get butt hurt over a perceived "tone" on an intardwebs BBS needs to SERIOUSLY thicken their skin.

[5PointOh]

Not saying that I am 100% innocent, but Sim is right.  Not that I have been here as long as many of you, but I think 5+ years of playing AH makes me somewhat of a vet.  I think we should try to embrace those that want to learn and help expand the place that many of us call home.  This is like a home for me, I enjoy the company of many of you.  Over the last couple of years I have learned a lot from all.

Ex:

1)Its more fun to work for a kill then just go for the HO.
2)I love P-38s, I just can't fly those darn things.  Thanks Dan and other SAPPs, I still remember my first flights with you guys.
3)I enjoy skinning cartoon airplanes, I'm just average; but I thank Fencer, Krusty, Oboe, Cactus, ect ect for helping.
4)Even on my worst day, I can log onto AH and find good company
5)I still find it gratifying to land multiple kills in a 51B. When I was new I flew the D, as it became easier to kill in it, I moved on to the B.
6)A good white knuckle, palm sweating fight will always bring me back.
7)I appreciate the time trainers spent with me early on (WideWing spent a lot of time with me)
8)I feel claustrophobic in 109s.
9)Most of the time, its better not to type what you are thinking.
10)Have fun with the people you know and meet the ones you don't.

there are a lot of the bullies behind a keyboard that just don't stop, and it snowballs into a large group that taunt and prod and it gets way out of hand, even in the forum posts it seems that the insulting one liners, purse fight pix, and general comments that add ZERO to a forum thread are the order of the day and it happens over and over and it usually are the same people that tend to ruin game play in the arenas.

No offense, and again I'm not saying I am an angel, but I find this to be very ironic coming from you. I can recall my early days of AH (when you were Tripl5) of you screaming on vox about how everyone in AH are idiots.  And most recently a post about Reaper. 

[Reaper90]

there are a lot of the bullies behind a keyboard that just don't stop, and it snowballs into a large group that taunt and prod and it gets way out of hand, even in the forum posts it seems that the insulting one liners, purse fight pix, and general comments that add ZERO to a forum thread are the order of the day and it happens over and over and it usually are the same people that tend to ruin game play in the arenas.
                
                                   nuff said

                               what happened to the mods?

That is REALLY REALLY rich coming from you, sir..... you are perhaps one of the absolute worst in the game, trash talking on 200 and taunting people, and whining.

Are your feeling hurt that people ridiculed you for the drivel you posted about me a couple days ago? Congrats on making yourself look like a horse's arse!  

Hypocritical much?


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