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[Megalodon]

If Ruaml's incursion was prior to yesterday, he may not have heard you. I believe he was in time out.  

 It was yesterday,  and it was funny as hell I laughed for about 5 mins.

Ruaml beat me to the F4u he was telling every 1 "I got this one" just then swoop Ruaml bagged it LOL


Still laughin,

[HawkerMKII]

I don't understand what would make you type this within this thread. 

A fight, was ruined. The fight is what counted. The lost opportunity to finish said fight on even terms is what irks many people at these kill at all cost greenie retards(someone "Ruined" your fight, so you call them a retard, great way to make people stay out of you fight) filling the airspace.

"score and rank mean nothing", (I don't know how many times I have to repeat that, I say it to guests on my squadvox all the time).




I myself ask before jumping in on a 1v1, a number of people have around me asked first as well.. The guys that do ask first know who they are, and they are great people in my book 




There is something somewhere written about a community of a certain size policing itself; these idiots(Another great statement) going to clear 12's for their own score or kill tally, need to be policed by us as a community, as it were. Maybe their own kills are few and far between and they act out of desperation, but it doesn't make the act of 12 clearing when asked to stay out, acceptable.

You guys saying that you should expect nothing from others(Your right, expect nothing and move on, don't cry about it) (common courtesy in game, telling people to stay out, it's the MA), are a part of the problem; grow some balls and chew them, don't satisfy for that mentality. Inaction/apathy for it is a detriment to everyone, yourself and those around you.

If I came in here and cried about someone cleared my 12 I would have well over 100,000 post by now, it's a "GAME" you'll never make people do what "You" want them to, just move on, scream to yourself and go find another fight

[JUGgler]

... people staying out of a fight when expressly told to do so over range?

And, when did the schools break up for summer and let these morons fly AcesHigh and piss in our pool?

RuAmL is prime example of this marmite-mining and it must stop.

Hmm! I am speechless over the IRONY!

 
 
 

 
 


JUGgler

[Guppy35]

If I came in here and cried about someone cleared my 12 I would have well over 100,000 post by now, it's a "GAME" you'll never make people do what "You" want them to, just move on, scream to yourself and go find another fight

And because it's a game, I ask first if I see a guy in a 1 v 1 as it is common courtesy to not ruin a guys fight.  If they ask for help, I'm in.  If not I stay out.

Because it's a game, remembering how your play impacts on everyone else isn't such a bad thing to do.

Sadly that seems to have become a more rare approach to the game.

In the end each of us can only control our own actions, so expecting anything from anyone else is probably asking too much.

[Arlo]

And because it's a game, I ask first if I see a guy in a 1 v 1 as it is common courtesy to not ruin a guys fight.  If they ask for help, I'm in.  If not I stay out.

Because it's a game, remembering how your play impacts on everyone else isn't such a bad thing to do.

Sadly that seems to have become a more rare approach to the game.

In the end each of us can only control our own actions, so expecting anything from anyone else is probably asking too much.

But you won't make a bigger deal of it than it deserves. You won't get yourself squelched in the arena. You won't start a thread to garner sympathy or to form a possie. At least I believe you wouldn't because that's the Dan I recall.

[klingan]

I've had several situation where I have 1 enemy in front of me, and 3 (or more) behind me.

Sounds to me that you had them surrounded 

[Ack-Ack]

In game skills means nothing to me. Im not good either. But ACM tells almost everything about your mindset and the way youre thinking.

Its not about whats the result, but how you wanted to get the result.

If skill means nothing to you, then why do you always bring it up in almost any thread you post in?

ack-ack

[Aspen]

300 people online and 300 different concepts of what proper game play is.  Actually even more than that since the same guy can pick, gang and ho and then go on a rant as soon as it happens to them. Plenty of players have more than one set of acceptable game play rules.  One applies to them, and one applies to the other guy.

It would be a better game if everyone showed some common courtesy and respect, but disrespectful behavior and being impolite is part of the game and it comes from the most experienced and skilled just as much as it does from the noobs and squeekers.  For some, the trash talking and getting under someones skin seems to be one of the biggest attractions of the game.

The MA is set up terribly to promote 1v1 or "fair" fights.  No excuse for ignoring a fellow players request to stay out, but when 1/3 or more of the guys are approaching it as a WWII game where everyone is a General and the object is killing red guys and taking land with little regard for being fair or honorable towards the enemy, 1/3 are trying to get a high score, and 1/3 are flying to find a good 1v1 fight,  its obvious that 300 guys flying around pairing off in 150 1v1 ACM battles isn't going to ever happen.  You have 1 player who absolutely feels the right thing to do is let this con equalize E and then battle it to the death while the guy flying next to him believes the absolute right thing to do is keep the advantage, get the red guys with whatever tactic works.  They both know they are right and they both have plenty of like-minded fellow players supporting their approach.  Not to mention that most players are some mixture of both.

The game is what it is. If it was only played by guys who live for the honorable 1v1, it wouldn't generate much revenue.  I would love to see less of the schoolyard ego stuff and more polite interaction, but its a video game played by folks that aren't face to face with each other so poor sportmanship and the stuff that goes with anonimity are just part of it.

[BluBerry]

300 people online and 300 different concepts of what proper game play is.  Actually even more than that since the same guy can pick, gang and ho and then go on a rant as soon as it happens to them. Plenty of players have more than one set of acceptable game play rules.  One applies to them, and one applies to the other guy.

It would be a better game if everyone showed some common courtesy and respect, but disrespectful behavior and being impolite is part of the game and it comes from the most experienced and skilled just as much as it does from the noobs and squeekers.  For some, the trash talking and getting under someones skin seems to be one of the biggest attractions of the game.

The MA is set up terribly to promote 1v1 or "fair" fights.  No excuse for ignoring a fellow players request to stay out, but when 1/3 or more of the guys are approaching it as a WWII game where everyone is a General and the object is killing red guys and taking land with little regard for being fair or honorable towards the enemy, 1/3 are trying to get a high score, and 1/3 are flying to find a good 1v1 fight,  its obvious that 300 guys flying around pairing off in 150 1v1 ACM battles isn't going to ever happen.  You have 1 player who absolutely feels the right thing to do is let this con equalize E and then battle it to the death while the guy flying next to him believes the absolute right thing to do is keep the advantage, get the red guys with whatever tactic works.  They both know they are right and they both have plenty of like-minded fellow players supporting their approach.  Not to mention that most players are some mixture of both.

The game is what it is. If it was only played by guys who live for the honorable 1v1, it wouldn't generate much revenue.  I would love to see less of the schoolyard ego stuff and more polite interaction, but its a video game played by folks that aren't face to face with each other so poor sportmanship and the stuff that goes with anonimity are just part of it.

Well put.

[Hap]

The game is what it is. If it was only played by guys who live for the honorable 1v1, it wouldn't generate much revenue.  I would love to see less of the schoolyard ego stuff and more polite interaction, but its a video game played by folks that aren't face to face with each other so poor sportsmanship and the stuff that goes with anonymity are just part of it.

Sad and true. 

[Iraqvet]

If skill means nothing to you, then why do you always bring it up in almost any thread you post in?

ack-ack

Yep 

[Dead Man Flying]

Next time, kill faster.  Problem solved.

[icepac]

Dolby..........the bottom feeders grind around at 1000 feet in LA7s so it's easy to simply not fly down there.......unless that is where you like to fly.

If that is the case, you have to take the good (lots of easy vulches/kills) with the bad (clowns flying uber late war rides that simply respond to yanking stick with zero finesse and shooting everything they see without regard to team play).

I've only run into Runaml twice and he tried to bait my TA152 into turning on the deck so I maintained an altitude advantage turning above him knowing I had fuel advantage so he decided to dive outside of proxy kill range and suicide his LA7 into a dar rather than finish the fight he was in.

He pointed his nose up and got within D800 once and I contemplated finishing his self roping but had a pretty heavy fuel load and the TA152 didn't respond well enough to get into position.

I usually dive right in no matter the position but I flew careful for once and got nothing for it.

The other time, I went after his LA7 in an I16 and got him.

[BuckShot]

I ask before joining a 1 vs 1.

If someone asks me to stay out, I stay out.

If someone tells me to stay out, I go into the fight and clear their 12.

Courtesy goes a long way.

~S~~ Buck

[FLOOB]

If you come upon a 1v1 and your countryman has things under control the smartest thing to do is to stay high and provide cover. I never ask because I hate it when people ask me questions when I'm trying to fight, I just look at the situation.