Bring on the Hos

[Arlo]

Perhaps I have overestimated the capacity of your hat. I have not asked you to buy into the 'don't HO school' nor have I 'whined' about it. I just didn't agree with your exceedingly narrow definition of it which seemed to me to be more a definition of 'Pipper On' than 'Head On'.

This didn't trigger any switch. I should have thought your ego, as you've called it, was rather apparent to everybody.





 

Since that's pretty much the extent of what I think about what's being discussed and you felt compelled to follow me around with an ego yardstick, what next?

 

[Wiley]

I don't know what you mean by -o-

It's a straight on frontal view of his plane.  Fuselage and wings.  In other words he's just pointing his nose at me directly.

As to your example it still sounds to me like the bigger problem is the ganging vs the angles they are shooting you from.

Wiley.

[bj229r]

HO= no skill, point plane and fire away....THAT is what causes the greatest amount (and rightly so, IMO) of angst. WHY don't so many folks want to get better at this game? Get an Lgay, point Lgay at red thingie, fire at 1k (regardless what red thingie does), until ammo done....get another Lgay. I see people in here who are just MIND-numbingly good at this game...I fail to understand why so many OTHERS don't even wish to try and get there....or at least in that area code

[nrshida]

Since that's pretty much the extent of what I think about what's being discussed and you felt compelled to follow me around with an ego yardstick, what next?

 

Yeah I was bored. Descending into insults seem to be the established tradition, ploppy head.  

How come you're a Plutonium Member Arlo, I don't remember seeing you before two months ago and now there seems to be an Arlo on every corner?

[Arlo]

Yeah I was bored. Descending into insults seem to be the established tradition, ploppy head.  

How come you're a Plutonium Member Arlo, I don't remember seeing you before two months ago and now there seems to be an Arlo on every corner?

Well, you probably would have had to have been in the game longer to know me from more than 2 months ago. 

Huh. You felt insulted? Wasn't my intent and I'm not sure how you got there but I am glad to see you're above that. 

[nrshida]

Well, you probably would have had to have been in the game longer to know me from more than 2 months ago. 

Huh. You felt insulted? Wasn't my intent and I'm not sure how you got there but I am glad to see you're above that. 

No I didn't feel insulted, I understood that was the tradition at this point of a discussion on an internet forum   

[Arlo]

No I didn't feel insulted, I understood that was the tradition at this point of a discussion on an internet forum  

Ah ..... 'tradition' ..... understanding 'tradition.' That seems a theme when it comes to reinventing the good `ol days.

We've all been there. Some more than others. Been there myself. But the worth of some ... 'traditions' ... as the desire
to 'keep them alive' ... can indeed be overrated, at times. You agree?  

[gyrene81]

are you two measuring winky's now? if ya gotta measure, it's not big enough.

[Arlo]

are you two measuring winky's now? if ya gotta measure, it's not big enough.

He's measuring mine for some reason. I won't ask so I can't tell.  

Honestly, I didn't know my ego was so big until he told me.

You'd think someone in my squad would have said something years ago. 

[nrshida]

I haven't called it an ego. We all saw Arlo's winky get shot off by Titan in the film. Not easy hitting such a small target with a 30-mm 

[titanic3]

Well to be fair, I can't imagine anyone surviving a HO with a 110. I even asked him before we started if he was positive he could avoid it. "Yep".

I'm kinda excited to test it with Wiley tomorrow, or anyone else for that matter. It would be interesting to see if there's a method to avoiding something like that if it exists and using it in the MA.

[titanic3]

Waiting till you're 1k to attempt to avoid a HO is the equivalent of waiting till someone is 300 off your 6 to start evading.

I do it all the time in the MA. Honestly the only reason it works is because the other guy can't aim worth a crap. I expected Arlo to break left or right, or even dive, but he decided to do a corkscrew. Which is why I'm curious to test this further

[Arlo]

I haven't called it an ego. We all saw Arlo's winky get shot off by Titan in the film. Not easy hitting such a small target with a 30-mm 

Well, the term 'head-on' takes on different meaning to different people, I reckon. *ShruG* 

[Arlo]

Honestly the only reason it works is because the other guy can't aim worth a crap.

Huh. It's interesting watching your belief morph into something else every-time you post about the community HO crisis. 

[titanic3]

Huh. It's interesting watching your belief morph into something else every-time you post about the community HO crisis. 

Lies. If a guy wants to HO-ram you, you're going to take damage regardless of what you do. Pull up? Shot to the belly. Dive down? Shot to the cockpit. Break left? Shot to the wing. Break right? Shot to the wing. The only reason the HO-rammer fails to kill you is because 90% of the time, it's a scrub who can't aim worth a dime in the first place. If a top notch pilot wanted to HO you, you'd take damage no matter what you did. 

This was my first reply in the other thread.. my belief changed? What?