Picking

[LilMak]

There is a big difference between BnZ and picking. BnZ is simply energy fighting and is to be expected from just about any aircraft in game. You come in with an energy advantage (speed or altitude) and use that to make the other guy stay in a defensive posture. So you Zoom in an make him bleed E till you can make him go Boom. It's not picking and is expected from certain types of planes.

Picking is simply taking advantage of an opponent who has little or no chance to defend themselves. A perfect example would be bouncing a lone con who is already engaged with two or more enemies. You're picking something that has no defense and also robbing the guy who did all the work to put that enemy in a disadvantaged position in the first place. If you're a picker, you are the guy in the group project that did nothing but still takes the credit.

Using the "it's the MA" excuse is simply that...an excuse to justify your laziness.

[SkyRock]

I backed it up by beating Debrody in the DA 100% of all duels last dueling session... same with TomG... same with others... can I beat everyone yet, no... but certainly 95%.  So when you say I don't back it up, exactly whom is being delusional, huh?

shhh, this is a grown up conversation.

[SkyRock]

Yes, nrshida, you hit the nail right n the head! A guy that has 28 kills out of 58 sorties knows more about acm then somoene with 153 kills and four deaths. Call the air force, navy and marine corps and let them know they have this ace thing all backwards!

You DA cry babies really take the cake.

nice name, kind of symbolic... don't you think?

[Wiley]

If you wanna play Johnny Realistic Pilot, there are plenty of special events going on to do it.  If it's all about the fight, you have places and clubs to showcase your prowess.  To me, the MA is where all that stuff comes together, for better or worse.  Fussing about it does nothing but waste time you could be spending doing something else.

 

This sums it up nicely, except it doesn't quite 'come together' so much as it occupies the same space.  Any fair fight you have, you have to create for yourself and the rest of the arena may move in your direction at any time to horn in on your fight.  I think that's the main source of the friction, is people are having a fair fight, then other people appear that affect that fair fight.

To me, the MA is for the most part the proving ground for the theory that 'Yes, superior numbers do in fact work.'  Anybody who's playing Johnny Realistic Pilot or looking for a fair fight is incidental to the hording base taking.  You can find both types of fight, but it's not the main thrust of the arena.

The Johnny Realistic Pilots just are affected less by it because they don't as often put themselves in a position where they'll be affected by a group of red dots moving into their area.

Wiley.

[BaldEagl]

Yes, nrshida, you hit the nail right n the head! A guy that has 28 kills out of 58 sorties knows more about acm then somoene with 153 kills and four deaths. Call the air force, navy and marine corps and let them know they have this ace thing all backwards!

You DA cry babies really take the cake.

From the scores alone I can tell you right now that nrshida knows more about ACM than you'll ever know.  Why?  Because he puts himself into situations where he has to actually fight someone.  Anyone can fly with all the advantages (altitude, energy and element of surprise) and produce a big score number.  Not so many can go into any situation at a disadvantage and walk away with kills.

Now that you've managed to post your score for all to see (again) and no one was impressed (again) move on to the local playground and try to impress the girls who taught you to run.

BTW, my invitation to the DA is still open if you want to prove your ubership but we all know what will happen with that.

[Kovel]

Anyone can fly with all the advantages (altitude, energy and element of surprise) and produce a big score number.
I can't agree here Sir.


Not so many can go into any situation at a disadvantage and walk away with kills.
I agree here

[thrila]

I'm in agreement with ack-ack concerning the definition of picking and cherry picking, i have always known them to be the same thing.  I don't see anything wrong with picking however, i've done it plenty over the years, but it does nontheless involve holding all the advantages.

[Black Jack]

My friend, please, do yourself a favour and dont waste your time with someone who is worthless.QFT

For Chalenge: if you are so good, come to the DA with me. See, im a newb, but in an aqual fight, i can and will kick your shiny awesome butt for calling my friend Shida a noob.

I had the honor of having Chalenge coming to the DA with me once. His plane, his setup. At the time he was playing regularly in EW or MW, don't remember. Tried to find an equal fight but he would always be with the stars or if in trouble, run for sectors to safety or until a friend was close.     So anyways, we go in the DA, P51D was the choice he made. We merge, turn a little, i'm on his six, i'm in pursuit for the lenght of the canyons.....  darn, he's not turning.  So i'm D800 behind. I start to shoot seeing he's not going to turn. Almost ran out of ammo   lol. Eventually have enough hits and he goes "boom". He tells me my gunnery sux..   lmao    He logged, never had a rematch.

[titanic3]

I had the honor of having Chalenge coming to the DA with me once. His plane, his setup. At the time he was playing regularly in EW or MW, don't remember. Tried to find an equal fight but he would always be with the stars or if in trouble, run for sectors to safety or until a friend was close.     So anyways, we go in the DA, P51D was the choice he made. We merge, turn a little, i'm on his six, i'm in pursuit for the lenght of the canyons.....  darn, he's not turning.  So i'm D800 behind. I start to shoot seeing he's not going to turn. Almost ran out of ammo   lol. Eventually have enough hits and he goes "boom". He tells me my gunnery sux..   lmao    He logged, never had a rematch.

 

[BaldEagl]

I had the honor of having Chalenge coming to the DA with me once. His plane, his setup. At the time he was playing regularly in EW or MW, don't remember. Tried to find an equal fight but he would always be with the stars or if in trouble, run for sectors to safety or until a friend was close.    So anyways, we go in the DA, P51D was the choice he made. We merge, turn a little, i'm on his six, i'm in pursuit for the lenght of the canyons.....  darn, he's not turning.  So i'm D800 behind. I start to shoot seeing he's not going to turn. Almost ran out of ammo   lol. Eventually have enough hits and he goes "boom". He tells me my gunnery sux..   lmao    He logged, never had a rematch.

 

[uptown]

I had the honor of having Chalenge coming to the DA with me once. His plane, his setup. At the time he was playing regularly in EW or MW, don't remember. Tried to find an equal fight but he would always be with the stars or if in trouble, run for sectors to safety or until a friend was close.     So anyways, we go in the DA, P51D was the choice he made. We merge, turn a little, i'm on his six, i'm in pursuit for the lenght of the canyons.....  darn, he's not turning.  So i'm D800 behind. I start to shoot seeing he's not going to turn. Almost ran out of ammo   lol. Eventually have enough hits and he goes "boom". He tells me my gunnery sux..   lmao    He logged, never had a rematch.

[nrshida]

I had the honor of having Chalenge coming to the DA with me once. His plane, his setup. At the time he was playing regularly in EW or MW, don't remember. Tried to find an equal fight but he would always be with the stars or if in trouble, run for sectors to safety or until a friend was close.     So anyways, we go in the DA, P51D was the choice he made. We merge, turn a little, i'm on his six, i'm in pursuit for the lenght of the canyons.....  darn, he's not turning.  So i'm D800 behind. I start to shoot seeing he's not going to turn. Almost ran out of ammo   lol. Eventually have enough hits and he goes "boom". He tells me my gunnery sux..   lmao    He logged, never had a rematch.

  Quick, call the Navy and inform them of this new piece of ACM which we shall call the Forrest Gump 

[Debrody]

I had the honor of having Chalenge coming to the DA with me once. His plane, his setup. At the time he was playing regularly in EW or MW, don't remember. Tried to find an equal fight but he would always be with the stars or if in trouble, run for sectors to safety or until a friend was close.     So anyways, we go in the DA, P51D was the choice he made. We merge, turn a little, i'm on his six, i'm in pursuit for the lenght of the canyons.....  darn, he's not turning.  So i'm D800 behind. I start to shoot seeing he's not going to turn. Almost ran out of ammo   lol. Eventually have enough hits and he goes "boom". He tells me my gunnery sux..   lmao    He logged, never had a rematch.

such a class act and an acm hero   

[Noir]

But I've seen you fight..when you get chased down, you fight, and do it nicely...just curious why you wouldn't do that more often.

we have different objectives 
My goal is in the MA to get the most kills possible and if I can make it back in once piece its much better. So I will bnz/pick people and try to surprise as many as possible. Agressive when I can, Passive when I have to. I trained the basic ACM skills to have some arguments when cornered but it's only one of the tools in the shed as they say.

[SkyRock]

we have different objectives 
My goal is in the MA to get the most kills possible and if I can make it back in once piece its much better. So I will bnz/pick people and try to surprise as many as possible. Agressive when I can, Passive when I have to. I trained the basic ACM skills to have some arguments when cornered but it's only one of the tools in the shed as they say.

So, your objective is to milk the community as much as possible for score.... at least you own up to it.    No different than folks that only look for undefended bases to capture... its their right to do so... but they will get no respect from me.