This forum, formerly coined by me (good-naturedly, of course) as "The Temple of High Self-Regard", has inspired me to another new coinage. Before we get to that, I'd like to modify my earlier coinage to, "The Temple of Age-Exceeding Self-Regard". I reckon the clientele is somewhere, generally, around Harley-owner average. But that's just more good-natured ribbing.
Along those same lines, I think the new coinage has to do with this BBS, Skuzzy's rules on this BBS, and the former coinage. The game is competitive. Indeed, someone quoted Herr Addink as saying it was about "ruining the other guy's day". IMO, competition is a good thing, generally.
It was, iirc, during a discussion of the rope-a-dope, leading the enemy into a stall, that it occurred to me.
The new word is "smacktics".
Talking tactics is pure. Talking "smacktics" is more like, "yeah, I judged that Mossie's e-state just right. So-and-so, whom I killed after he stalled for stupidly trying to climb with my k4, really stepped in it on that one. A Real Pilot never would've allowed such an obvious setup but, as we can see, so-and-so (whom I easily killed, in case I failed to mention it), isn't quite up to that standard, is he or she?"
This was based on an actual event. I was pretty amazed that tactical advice on this bbs had actually translated into a Mossie Kill (and no, it wasn't Karnak - I don't think he'd fall for my relatively amateur move). I seem to remember the victim was part of a now-defunct squad. I kept looking back and down and, sure enough, the Mossie started to slew a bit, then stalled. My reversal was a simple left turn (as the 109 prefers). The six was easily aquired after the predictable recovery. The wing came off nicely with a 30 mil hit.
