"I dove on an A20 for the attack. It wad very low and slow, practically 0 speed and alt just going over the rearm pad in its base (hiding in the acks the coward). The A20 pilot even pulled the dirty trick of lowering the gear to slow down even more - must be an ace flying this one I thought. I kicked full rudder and while fighting Spit14s accelerated stall, buzzer whining in my ears, I managed to get a shot in just before over shooting. He reversed me! I pulled up hard nearly hitting the structures next to the rearm pad. I looked back in fear, expecting to see the A20 zooming after me like a UFO, but I must have hit the cockpit because to my relief I saw it explode. Then came the happy text message:
System: you have show down Widewing #1
I gave him a salute for the brilliant trick with lowering the gears, but he did not <S> back the snob. Probably rage quit."
This is his side of the story. Just tell it like it was.
I don't fly as Widewing, haven't for two years... I fly as TredLite. As I saw the Spit angling in to strafe, I firedwalled the throttles and kicked rudder in an attempt to throw off his shot. I barely got off the rearm pad before I got clobbered...
Same guy, a bit later... I rearm, and roll to the runway. As my wheels lift, I see a Dora heading straight at me. I haven't the speed to have any chance to evade, get clobbered again. Later, I was smacked on the rearm pad again by a different guy.
Now, if this was a base capture attempt, I would not complain. That's the price one pays trying to get airborne under those circumstances. What we had here was the typical in-between base furball, that moved back and forth from the edge of one base to the other. Getting picked in a target rich environment is prime hazard of furballing. I can live with that, it goes with the circumstances. However, diving past a dozen red icons to vulch is simply bad form, IMHO.
Note, I have not mentioned the offending player's handle. However, he's a regular on these boards... I won't mention his name either. It would serve no purpose.