I couldn’t agree more ChangeUp. I have had some very challenging fights with and against your squad in the DA and it was good to be invited.
Deck merges, no HOing on the first pass (I had real difficulty with that one!) and just general good natured fights until someone exploded and rinse and repeat more often than not talking to your opponent on vox through the whole fight.
I think it sharpens you up and is a lot different from “Furball Lake”.
It is so very easy to criticise everything and become cynical about everything, especially on game because you might be mistaken for someone who genuinely enjoys it if you were to thank opponents, compliment them and generally display some modicum of manners.
If half the “tough guys” were to fight with you across a table, the macho would disappear very quickly. It is so unchallenging to talk tough across an anonymous broadband connection. Anyone can do it. Some of us have professions where we have to go in very hard very often. Aces High is a good way of treating people civilly. I can pick the crew that are not able to assert themselves in any other facet of their lives.
They’re usually the most aggressive.
Anyway, full agreement with OP – well played.