HOW we could handle Shade Accounts

[Triton28]

I think Arlo and my wife grew up together.   

This question, bro.

Yes!   

Just add in a low ENY uber ride of your own creation and control for you to shoot down using said hangar queen turd.

Now... walk with me here... tell me how the above scenario is fits into the intended use of the perk point system.  You can do it!    

 

[deadstikmac]

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EW and MW main arenas have been a part of the game for awhile now. I wouldn't be surprised if shade accounts have existed even longer.

Why is it suddenly a crisis? I got no respect for those who feel the need to do this anymore than you. But, geez, I guess I just don't care
as much and it's not hurting my fun one bit.  

Considering this was your first post. Note, not on topic but an agreement of how we feel. KINDA 


The intentions of this thread was along the lines of my second post... Which Delirium had a post in here that was "on topic" as did Kvuo, Caldera, and Pand. Which is clearly stated in the title of this thread...

How we could handle Shade Accounts. As players what can we do in order to discourage this type of behavior?

Other than those posts everything else in this thread should not even have been in here.... However a few clever individual's can clearly make a mess of things.


Then instead of you not posting in this thread you do. Is anything you said constructive to my intentions? Or anything posted on topic as a clearly defined outline against any of the suggestions made by the few people whom did actually have input that was on topic and clearly stated?

And along with you came others who just wanted to voice their option about how much they do not care.

But no one is coming up with a solution all I hear is a bunch of people that all seem to swing one way or the other with how the feel about shade accounts. Which ever way it swings is not the topic. How long in the game this has been done is not the topic. Who is doing it is not the topic. Why they do it is not the topic.

Does that clarify a few things?

[deadstikmac]

I got no respect for those who feel the need to do this anymore than you. But, geez, I guess I just don't care
as much and it's not hurting my fun one bit.  

I have no respect for those as well.

I care just enough to be part of a solution and not add to the problem & THIS is where we differ sir.

(I still think your funny and even cute for a troll).  

What is this "Fun" you speak of that can be hurt?

[Halo46]

Blah! This was not for everyone too come in here and make a mess!


This was for discussion of possable solutions for that type of behavior.

5 pages of crap that was not on topic gents.

I think only 4 or 5 posts were actually on topic and very good suggestions as well.


Scuzzy plz lock this thread turned sideways.

Trolls will always be trolls. Do not post something and expect it not to be messed with online. People with nothing better to do than mess with others will always show up since they have nothing else in their lives to make themselves feel good. The quality of people goes down drastically when they become anonymous. Shame really. Learn to ignore them, every time you acknowledge them they win. It is really funny how frustrated they can become after 10 pages of being ignored and just how stupid they make themselves appear in the context of the discussion. You need to speak around or over them like the kiddie table where they originated from. Now just reclaim your topic and ignore them. If no one else adds to the discussion it has run the limit of its interest for now. 

[Arlo]

I have no respect for those as well.

I care just enough to be part of a solution and not add to the problem & THIS is where we differ sir.

(I still think your funny and even cute for a troll).  

What is this "Fun" you speak of that can be hurt?

Geez, three posts await my attention. You feel I'm 'adding to the problem?' Meh. I'm feeling the 'problem'
is blown out of proportion. If feelings are getting hurt over such and the best you can muster is a
troll whine .... then I'm not seeing me being the problem with your thread. 

Fun .... is what most of us here experience playing Aces High. Mine's not being hurt. Apparently that's
not the case for everyone. But then, some just plain look for a reason to whine in public. 

[Arlo]

Now... walk with me here... tell me how the above scenario is fits into the intended use of the perk point system.  You can do it!   Thumbs UP!  

Your perceived intended use, you mean. Are you certain HT's intended purpose was not just to prevent
the arena being populated with nothing but 262s and B-29s? If so, mission accomplished.
I'm also fair certain that if it was a major concern about how players decide to garner their perks
then it would have been addressed in the latest patch which post dates many a 'sky is falling'
thread like this.

May not be an answer you like. I can live with it and will even extend the benefit of the doubt your way.  

[Guppy35]

Cant help thinking that a percentage of those that say there is no issue with it exploit it themselves.

Giving out the equivalent of free 262s is not cool any way you slice it.

A technique I noticed in these forum's is to blast a point that is common sense and try to make the requestor look like an idiot for suggesting it.  No people should be able to exploit the game in absurd  ways. That is common sense and should be fixed.

Generally this happens cause most of us in the past have gotten caught up in thinking that AH is more than just a game.  Then we learn that it is just a game and just not worth getting too worked up over.  Tough to watch folks make the same silly mistake we did in the past.

[kilo2]

 

Which bud of yours shade vulches again?  

None that I know of at the moment.

[FLOOB]

Generally this happens cause most of us in the past have gotten caught up in thinking that AH is more than just a game.  Then we learn that it is just a game and just not worth getting too worked up over.  Tough to watch folks make the same silly mistake we did in the past.

Well said.

Is it just shade accounts people are having issue with? What if the person they are vulching isn't a shade but a volunteer? Would that still be cheating? Lets say I go into the arena and type on chan. 200 "Hey I'm going to be upping b17s from field XX for the next hour or so, promise I won't shoot back. Free kills. Come get some!" Is that considered cheating? Heck I could do it in an m3 and even bring supplies out for them.

What about GV spawn camping? How many times have we seen one guy die 50 times in a row in 5 minutes in a tank because he just keeps respawning at a camped spawn point? We see players land ridiculous numbers of kills in GVs all the time because they've learned how to capitalize on the games crappy gv spawn system. Is landing 30 kills from spawn camping that far removed from shade vulching?

[FLOOB]

Oh and Guppy35.. IT'S NOT A GAME IT'S A SIM!!!

 

[Zacherof]

Oh and Guppy35.. IT'S NOT A GAME IT'S A SIM!!!

 

wrong!!! It's
life!

[Arlo]

wrong!!! It's
life!

Wrong game.



Now with less perk-farming.

[Zacherof]

Wrong game.

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Now with less perk-farming.

I know people who farm the hell out of that game

[Arlo]

I know people who farm the hell out of that game

But .... does it ruin the fun?

[Triton28]

Your perceived intended use, you mean. Are you certain HT's intended purpose was not just to prevent
the arena being populated with nothing but 262s and B-29s? If so, mission accomplished.
I'm also fair certain that if it was a major concern about how players decide to garner their perks
then it would have been addressed in the latest patch which post dates many a 'sky is falling'
thread like this.

May not be an answer you like. I can live with it and will even extend the benefit of the doubt your way.  

Meh. Your percieved intent that perks are about kills... period is just silly.  There's nothing you can point to that says HTC intended for people to create alternate accounts for the sole purpose of shooting them down to gain perk points.  At least my perceived intent has some basis in the common way in which the game is played.  As for what HTC does or doesn't do... well, as I said in God knows which thread about this same subject... the historical course of action was to wipe perks and scores.  If that was the case... history says you're just being obtuse and shade vulching is lame enough to discourage.   

I think we can put this topic to bed.  I honestly feel like those of you attacking the anti-shade position are on some other planet.  As much as I enjoy arguing when I know damn well I'm right, I don't think further discussion serves any purpose.

Sukov... come on in here and get the last word bro.