how is it that it gives an unfair advantage to friendlies again?
do i really need to spell it out?
ok i will since you're not seeing (heh) the obvious...
youre cruising along you see two dots one green one red in your in-flight radar very close together you acquire visual on those two dots you go tearing in as you hit friendly icon range you can figure out that oh its your ally that is in trouble being pursued and with minimal effort due to the visual cues you get from that friendly icon you can easily set up for the pick err save and your ally can easily set it up for you as he knows exactly who and where you are in relation to himself on the other hand you if your ally is in pursuit you can also use that visual info to determine whether you might be needed to run down the con or if theyre twisting and turning its easier tio come tearing in and clear their 12 errr help take out the badguy before more come in now expand this to a mini furball yes both sides benefit or suffer but you cant deny that having friendly icons in that environment is a bonus to the friendlies do i need to post some screenies where i ask you to spot the plane tell me what it is and how far out it is i think HT himself has already weighed in on the overall concept of limitations imposed by current technology vs mark 1 eyeballs
now let me ask.. is punctuation a crutch? or are they visual cues, needed for the written word as opposed to the spoken, in making communication more effective for that modality? suppose i only chose to use a limited set of punctuation. i.e., only used capital letters between sentences? ever see the effects of a wild or missing comma or apostrophe?
I could (and will) more easily demonstrate the point with a simple question:
For those of you who prefer the "immersion" of no-icons, why should you care if I have *my* icons enabled while you don't - how is this messing with *your* immersion?
and for the record my "immersion" are the historical matchups (not nccessarily structured under event-style) and to a lesser extent, the cool maps.
<edit> as for the cool guy / love muffin thing... was there a point to this ad hominuim? should I sic moot on you? but to answer, the question, I am very reflective in that what you give is what you get. you will not see me out of the blue just go off on someone in game (and almost never on the BBS.) i will call people on their in-game behavior, especially when i see the often overtly recognizable hypocrisy between what's being said and what's being done and at which point, you'll see me jump right into and play *that* game, too. i never claimed to be perfect (see sig
)... or always take the high road - I generally try to, until... the ugly monster of hypocrisy raises it's ugleee haid, then i can ho, gang, pick and vulch with best of them.
