I'm quite an outspoken advocate of close-in manoeuvring dogfights on this forum as some of you might have noticed perhaps sometimes to the point of being a pain in the arse about it. While appreciating that the MA and the MA style of play is probably the norm for most players I sometimes wonder if a lot of said players would be interested in developing their pure dogfighting skills if the environment actually encouraged rather than discouraged that.
Therefore some friends and I have decided to try and reestablish the Breakfast Club.
What are we about?:-
Between the hours of
8-11 a.m. British Summer Time
9-12 a.m. Central European Time
3-6 a.m. Eastern Standard Time
2-5 a.m. Central Standard Time
1-4 a.m Mountain Standard Time
12-3 a.m. Pacific Standard Time
Weekdays only, the Furball lake in the DA is at its quietest with often only half a dozen players fighting. At those times we generally universally agree to respect the 1 on 1s and really push the ACM to its limits. We figure this timeslot might allow some players to pop in for a quick fight early in the morning or late at night depending on where you live & your lifestyle. Regardless the other AH activities are usually rather quiet at this time including the MA.
Our invitation is to come and join us. Everybody feel welcome to tune to channel 258 for friendly banter and technical ACM discussion, bring your favourite aeroplane, don't bother climbing too high, just head out over the lake looking for a fighter that is not already engaged, try to equalise your energy state roughly and then merge and fight until one is defeated. Please respect the 1 on 1s by not picking, watch be all means by circling at a respectable distance. If someone has just finished a fight give them a minute to gather some energy before engaging.
With extending this invitation we also hope you will join in the spirit of the session: train, try new things, try new aeroplanes, try to fly well and learn well and do not focus so much on the outcome of the fights, there is plenty of competition where the score is recorded, elsewhere.
For those who need it, help with ACM may be offered
if you ask for it and even specific issues can be worked on if you are having problems. If you just generally want to improve then you can often get feedback on your flying from an observant & critical third party which might reveal something specific you
do need to work on.
Please leave all ego, squadron affiliations and MA and forum resentments etc. at the door. Think of this as a separate club of players with the common interest in dogfighting even if it is just for this tiny segment of the Aces High day.
Of course this is an informal arrangement, we are not authorised to override the normal arena message of 'anything goes', we are just a like-minded bunch who try to use this arena for this purpose when it isn't really used for anything else. Usually the first players who begin picking and refuse to participate end the session, there is nothing we can do about that, just ask what the situation is when you drop in.
This invitation is extended to new and experienced players alike.
