Tell me your definition of "Scorepotato"

[Vermillion]

Ok its Friday and I'm feeling mischevious  

*lights the bonfire and hauls the grill out*

With all the talk of the "Plane Perk System", I have seen many comments about pilots being "Scorepotatos".

The biggest problem is that a few people seem to use it interchangeable with what some people think of as flying smart.

To me, a "Scorepotato" was always someone who frequently pointed to their score as a measure of their ability (and manhood), and who whined constantly about features regarding score.

But I keep seeing the term used in reference to pilots who "dont' engage to help their countrymen (usually because that countrymen stupidly got himself in deep kimchee)", "P51 Runstang drivers", and other things like that.

So what is flying smart and what is being a scorepotato? Tell me your definition.




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Vermillion
**MOL**, Men of Leisure
"Real Men fly Radials, Nancy Boys fly Spitfires"

[Citabria]

scorepotato=dweeb fighter who thinks they must only fight airplanes to get a good score and refuses to straff ground targets because it would hurt their a2a gun hit %

I guess I'm a scorepotato cuz I whined for a best streak and current streak ratio and...
Icons and airplane performance and anything else I ever squeaked about.

but my definition of a scorepotato is someone who flies in a way that only makes pretty numbers, ie: refuses to straff ground targets cuz it will make their pretty gun hit% drop down to 7%, flies at 35k in a 109g10 and runs away so they never die any time trouble gets near.

but being a scoremonger is not a bad thing, it is just a style of playing that benefits no one but the player and usually never benefits the players country.

[This message has been edited by Citabria (edited 05-19-2000).]

[funked]

Simply put, someone whose only goal is to make big numbers on the scoring page.

For instance in WB, it was discovered you could bomb the UN and get a lot of points.  So some bomber pilots would bomb the UN endlessly.  Due to the location of the UN on the AWT map, this was almost always a milk run.  No enemy opposition, and a target of zero strategic importance.

They didn't play to help their country, squadron, or even to have fun on their missions.  The fun for them was only to make a big number on the score page.  And they did this to the detriment of all other goals.

That's a Scorepotato.

[Kieren]

Flying smart means trying to use ACM instead of using your head like a battering ram.

Score potatos argue minutae of fractions of points, or relentlessly wail about multipliers.

Flying smart means you bring a wingman, and use him/her.

Score potatos fly high and alone, and run from anything but a blindside hit.

Flying smart means not pressing every fight to the death, because landing takes too damn much time.

Score potatos cry ceaselessly about how the person ranked above them shouldn't be there, and rationalize why they should be ranked higher.

I'm sure I could think of more, but my students just walked in...  

Just my opinions, of course!  

[funked]

Define smart LOL!

Some people (smart people) think it's a waste of time to land.  What possible benefit can come from landing?  If you don't enjoy it, why do it?  

 

[Citabria]

smart flying:

flying the way you find most enjoyable.

[Pongo]

Scorepotato
Someone who wants changes made to the game or scoreing system with the only real rationalization being it would positivly effect their score, because they allready fly that way.

[Badger]

As Mrs. Badger asked me the other day, "What's you score on that thing?".

I said I think I'm ranked about number 500.

She said, "Oh..you're not very good at it, are you?".

Hmmmm...I thought about that and kept my mouth shut, because if I said anything in response I'm sure I wouldn't be scoring anywhere else either.  

I don't play for score, but rather I play for an HA type realism enjoyment, or as close as I can get to it.  The nightly SEA events (no icons) have been really enjoyable.  Thanks udie, kieren and the rest of the CM's who have arranged these.

Since I don't frequent the MA anymore, I think my ranking will probably go even lower, but I am much more relaxed and happier not listening to General Balllismo's leadership or drowning in the quake birding chaos.    hehe...now that should draw some flames, but even I have a right to be highly vocal and subjectively selfish too....

Regards,
Badger

[mason22]

what's a score?  

[Ripsnort]

Scorepotatos:  What Jacksonville Jaguars did to the Dolphins in last years' play-off's...62-3 I believe was the final.

 

[Karnak]

Scorepotatos are people who game the game so to speak.  They will not try to defend a field under attack, either from that field or a nearby field, they will not help a countryman out, they look for lone, low targets pretty much exclusively, they are universaly lone wolves and are usally the noisiest, most vulgar players when something happens that adversely affects their score because thay take the whole thing WAY to seriously.

Sisu

[Revvin]

A score-potato is someone who see's a countryman in difficulty and flies on ignoring his problems incase it ruins their score.

Just to re-iterate Funked's point on the WB bomber bug here's my little boring tale. A few years back I had just formed a squad in Warbirds and decided it would be good PR to get high up on the bomber score chart, it never really bothered me much before but thought that I was a good bomber and it was within my capability. As the new RPS started I phyched myself up for the task and got off to a roaring start, spent quite a bit of time online and took a clear lead in the first week with only one well known Brazilian bomber to compete with me, as the 2nd week drew in I watched and checked his scores and was alarmed at how seemingly easy he was catching me (I was unaware of the UN bug at this time) he caught me up on the score chart and overtook me twice, and twice I worked my butt off to catch and pass his score again wondering how the hell he was doing it, then one night he must have hit the UN about 5 times getting around 3000-4000 points each trip where as I flying to the big scoring cities could manage arounf 2500 on a good mission.

That night I spat my dummy out, realising how he was scoring so well decided to boycott the rest of the RPS, I never shouted about him in public but seethed as for the next few RPs's he was grandly named top bomber and bragged about it on his squads homepage. After that I decided never to bother with score, even when rank's were introduced it never bothered me to get higher ranks as the system only rewarded those who could afford huge Warbirds bills and had lots of time to spend online, for a few months later I was so disenchanted I hardly spent a dime on Warbirds and thats why overall points score will never bother me in any game so long as I can check my kills/death ratio and its good then I know I'm flying well, but that does'nt stop me diving into a furball hopelessly outnumbered in an attempt to try and help out a squad mate or even a guy I might not even know or ever spoken to online, there's something more worthy in knowing you've helped save a fellow countrymans bellybutton that score alone will never emulate for me.

[This message has been edited by Revvin (edited 05-19-2000).]

[Dead Man Flying]

 

Originally posted by Citabria:
smart flying:

flying the way you find most enjoyable.

Bingo, we have a winner!  

-- Todd/DMF

[Duckwing6]

Funny thing is that a score-potato in AH has to continiousely fly BUFFS and GOONS to make it to the TOP ..

DW6 ranking -> 300++

[Vermillion]

Actually you don't Duck, you just have to do a little skillful bomber flying.

10 Sorties without getting shot down, will get you alot more than 40 sorties where you die regularly. Again, like fighters, living helps alot more than flying alot of sorties.

See whats interesting is that I agree with what everyone has said in this thread.  

But it concerns me that some people that havent' responded (to this thread, but state it in others) see flying a conservative BnZ style as being a scorepotato.

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Vermillion
**MOL**, Men of Leisure
"Real Men fly Radials, Nancy Boys fly Spitfires"