This has bothered me for a few days..

[Gary26]

Thursday night I was flying around(as a knight) and the Rooks were taking it to us good. People were doing the usual cries about ignoring the fight and not dropping what they were doing to rush to the aid of their fellow Knights. One guy made a comment about losing the war, to which I replied,"war is hell". Next thing you know im being asked if I had been to war, to which i replied no, but i dont have to be there to know its hell. Then I was told I was wrong and I had to be there to know it was hell. He had been a marine for 20 years and thats the way it was. Then others were kinda jumping in on me.(not to bad)

  First off, I have nothing but TOTAL respect for ALL of our service men and women. To say that a person has to be there to know its hell, is kinda wrong. I am a fireman, so a know a small amount about personal sacrifice for the good of others. Does the layperson need to be a fireman to know that the inside of a house fire is a bad place? No. They just know.
My grandfather fought in WW2, my dad in Vietnam and my brother in the first gulf war.

  Now for a bit more of my history on "war is hell". On October 14 2010, a local man, friend and future fireman was KIA in Afghanistan. Losing him, being part of the Honor Guard that saluted his procession as they brought him home from the airport and took him to his final resting place, in my eyes, makes me feel like war is hell.

 Im not trying to take away anything from our vets. I only wish I could be half the man the Alec was at half my age. I am going to raise my son to remember those lost and what they did for our country.

With the one year mark for Lance Cpl Alec E. Catherwood just 2 short months away, I would like to share this video. In the group on the right, 2nd row from the back, on the far left you will see the back of my balding head, fighting(to no evail) to hold back my tears. Sitting with other Honor Guard  members from Stillman Fire, Byron Fire, local police, county police and Illinois State police. Politicians are up front, but nobody cares about them.

<S> To ALL veterans past, present and future.
RIP Alec. We will take it from here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75_TG8-hcJc

[Zoney]

Gary, I am glad you are playing here.

This is a great game.  There are many peopleplaying, most of them are quiet and respectful.  There is a very small percentage that are vociferous with their insults.  They make so much noise you might think that they were the majority.  No.  The majority of the poor sportsmanship comes from a minority.

I'm guessing you have a clear view of what is right and what is wrong.  The sociopaths you encounter here do not have that clear view and demonstrate it daily.

If I may offer just one piece of advice.  Ignore them.  Their arguments are untenable and ignoring them will thwart their efforts to get attention.

[USRanger]

  Gary.  If it happens again & any of em want to get all puffed up about their combat records, send em over to me.

[gpwurzel]

Now that I'd buy tickets for 

Wurz

[mbailey]

Gary, I am glad you are playing here.

This is a great game.  There are many peopleplaying, most of them are quiet and respectful.  There is a very small percentage that are vociferous with their insults.  They make so much noise you might think that they were the majority.  No.  The majority of the poor sportsmanship comes from a minority.

I'm guessing you have a clear view of what is right and what is wrong.  The sociopaths you encounter here do not have that clear view and demonstrate it daily.

If I may offer just one piece of advice.  Ignore them.  Their arguments are untenable and ignoring them will thwart their efforts to get attention.

One if the best posts ive seen here in a while, sums it up to a "T"  

[OldBull]

Good post Gary & well put, if the truth was known a lot of the arm chair warriors here, personal "combat experiences" couldn't stand the light of day.
Maj OldBull
XO Avengers

[Rob52240]

This is making me second guess chewing out a bishop last week.  I've already decided that I don't owe him an apology because he frequently tries to run up his score by using my squad as a distraction.  He especially likes to go to a base we're trying to take so he can camp 1 end of 1 runway and rack up some kills instead of helping us take the field.  When we're about 1 guy short of being able to pull off a capture this behavior makes me extremely frustrated.  I have also gone so far as to change countries in order to kill this individual in the past hand I haven't ruled out doing it in the future.

With all that being said.  I do realize that this is a game that can be played many ways and we all have a right to play it the way we want.  Even if it means changing countries to target one individual player for not being a team player.

[grizz441]

This is making me second guess chewing out a bishop last week.  I've already decided that I don't owe him an apology because he frequently tries to run up his score by using my squad as a distraction.  He especially likes to go to a base we're trying to take so he can camp 1 end of 1 runway and rack up some kills instead of helping us take the field.  When we're about 1 guy short of being able to pull off a capture this behavior makes me extremely frustrated.  I have also gone so far as to change countries in order to kill this individual in the past hand I haven't ruled out doing it in the future.

With all that being said.  I do realize that this is a game that can be played many ways and we all have a right to play it the way we want.  Even if it means changing countries to target one individual player for not being a team player.

Butcher?

[Rob52240]

Nah, and it doesn't matter who it is.  He has every right to do as he pleases just like the rest of us. 
Different people will always want to do different things but this particular consistent behavior from 1 particular player is my biggest gripe when it comes to Aces High. 

[gyrene81]

Thursday night I was flying around(as a knight) and the Rooks were taking it to us good. People were doing the usual cries about ignoring the fight and not dropping what they were doing to rush to the aid of their fellow Knights. One guy made a comment about losing the war, to which I replied,"war is hell". Next thing you know im being asked if I had been to war, to which i replied no, but i dont have to be there to know its hell. Then I was told I was wrong and I had to be there to know it was hell. He had been a marine for 20 years and thats the way it was. Then others were kinda jumping in on me.(not to bad)

whoever it was, full of poop. sounds like something a poser would say.

[Wildcat1]

whoever it was, full of poop. sounds like something a poser would say.

Exactly what I was thinking

[Gary26]

Well there is a good reason I have been in this game for so long. This game is full of people that respect the military. This game is rich with history. Not just joystick warriors. I have never let a few bad opinions get to ne, but thisone kinda stewed in my head for a bit. I will never pretend to understand the hardships of war, but having lost do to war I will forever respect the men and women that have to wage them.

[Assi29]

This is making me second guess chewing out a bishop last week.  I've already decided that I don't owe him an apology because he frequently tries to run up his score by using my squad as a distraction.  He especially likes to go to a base we're trying to take so he can camp 1 end of 1 runway and rack up some kills instead of helping us take the field.  When we're about 1 guy short of being able to pull off a capture this behavior makes me extremely frustrated.

I remember a vTard doing that before you guys got pushed out by the knights.  He saw we were rolling bases and then was just following us like a puppy with an M3...reluctant to do any dirty work.  I asked if he was part of the best base takers sqwad and he proudly said yes.  We all had a good laugh.  Was pretty funny.

In one of the greatest threads evvvvaaa, I wrote about it here RIP  ... http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,271726.msg3421664.html#msg3421664

[Gary26]

I remember a vTard doing that before you guys got pushed out by the knights.  He saw we were rolling bases and then was just following us like a puppy with an M3...reluctant to do any dirty work.  I asked if he was part of the best base takers sqwad and he proudly said yes.  We all had a good laugh.  Was pretty funny.

In one of the greatest threads evvvvaaa, I wrote about it here RIP  ... http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,271726.msg3421664.html#msg3421664

Not really sure where this fits in??

[bortas1]