Uniform Rule Code for the MA: A modest proposal.

[CeeEff]

I have not counted a single vote against HOing, picking, running, or alt monkeying. Strange, that is NOT the result I expected.

A strange thing occurs when you take into account icon colours:
A pick becomes team play when it is a green icon.
Running becomes extending (even if it is extending three sectors to a safe base).
An alt monkee is flying high cap.
The Vultcher is flying low cap.
The HOer is making a 180 degree AOT attack.... 

[Chalenge]

The HOer is making a 180 degree AOT attack.... 

No, you're doing it wrong. 180 AOT means you have to turn 180 degrees to get your guns on target. Someone that wants to yell "HO" will do so for any shot in front of their 3-9 line whether they had a gun solution or not.

People are going to HO. Learn to expect it and you will never be disappointed.

[BnZs]

A strange thing occurs when you take into account icon colours:
A pick becomes team play when it is a green icon.
Running becomes extending (even if it is extending three sectors to a safe base).
An alt monkee is flying high cap.
The Vultcher is flying low cap.
The HOer is making a 180 degree AOT attack.... 

[McShark]

Tail gunner to pilot: Can you please dog fight your b17, because I keep shooting this guy in the face, but he dosn't take any damage.

HiTech

 

[olds442]

Well Dragon, does this mean you're in favor of HOing, gangin', pickin', runnin', and alt monkeyin'?

In the interest of free will, yes.

[save]

Tail gunner to pilot: Can you please dog fight your b17, because I keep shooting this guy in the face, but he dosn't take any damage.

HiTech

Pilot to gunner in a A20 "we will win dogfighting with this fighter, and you gunner, its your job to chew him up during our 4g turn, then we will bomb our target, after he is ded"  


Best way of reducing HO's and long range shooting is to replace computer ranging gun sight with some more generic icon signs like <^>1200-600, 600-200 <_> and   >< below 200 yard signs ( as an example).

dhyran had range off in some scenarios (at 1k you could id the enemy plane type ) and it felt much more realistic, but I realize it's not everyone's cup of tea.

[hotcoffe]

The people complaining about being killed in HO shots, being out numbered, or alt monkeys are just trying to make excuses for their deaths. They can't accept the fact that they made a mistake and that's what got them killed. It's a shame that this kind of mindset has become the norm in the MA.  If we were to ban any kind of shots then the 6 oclock position would make more sense as it's more difficult to avoid shots coming from your 6 than your 12. I can't really speak for out numbered situations other than I love them! If I could fight 5v1's where I was the 1 every day then I would never log off the game. Alt monkey's are easy to deal with as they are mostly all at 25K+. Just watch them auger in as they compress. 

totally agree

[Motherland]

The thread is called "A modest proposal"

The AH BBS remains the most easily trolled forum on the internet

[BnZs]

The thread is called "A modest proposal"

Yes, I thought that title would do the trick. I thought my point would be pretty obvious from the get go. Even my picture of Leonard holding the sarcasm sign failed to make much headway.

[BnZs]

Take a sport like boxing. Kicks, elbows, and knees are against the rules in that sport, as in you will be disqualified from the match and otherwise face sanctions if you utilize those techniques. You can therefore expect these attacks will not to be used in a boxing match, thus a boxer has no need to learn how to use or defend against them. And, a boxer may justly exclaim "You suck!!! You have no honor!!!" to an opponent who kicks him in the nuts and is immediately disqualified.

 If these rules and their accompanying sanctions did not exist, it would not be boxing, it would something else, like Muy Thai. In this case it is tactically advantageous and downright necessary for a Muy Thai fighter to use kicks, elbows, and knees as appropriate. And no one cries foul on being kicked, elbowed, or kneed in a Muy Thai match, because those techniques are clearly allowed and inevitably ubiquitous. If they did so, they would be morons, right?

Now let us apply similar thinking to the "sport" of the AH MA...

[Motherland]

Yes, I thought that title would do the trick. I thought my point would be pretty obvious from the get go. Even my picture of Leonard holding the sarcasm sign failed to make much headway.

Yeah by easily trolled I meant that even obvious sarcasm and satire goes over people's heads somehow

[BnZs]

Yeah by easily trolled I meant that even obvious sarcasm and satire goes over people's heads somehow

Exactly

[kappa]

The thread is called "A modest proposal"

I just thought it meant it was ok to eat the 2week newbs..

[Vraciu]

The freedom (realism) allowed in the game is far more appealing than any whiner's hate of loosing.

Quote worthy.  I like it.  Fify.

[Scca]

Take a sport like boxing. Kicks, elbows, and knees are against the rules in that sport, as in you will be disqualified from the match and otherwise face sanctions if you utilize those techniques. You can therefore expect these attacks will not to be used in a boxing match, thus a boxer has no need to learn how to use or defend against them. And, a boxer may justly exclaim "You suck!!! You have no honor!!!" to an opponent who kicks him in the nuts and is immediately disqualified.

 If these rules and their accompanying sanctions did not exist, it would not be boxing, it would something else, like Muy Thai. In this case it is tactically advantageous and downright necessary for a Muy Thai fighter to use kicks, elbows, and knees as appropriate. And no one cries foul on being kicked, elbowed, or kneed in a Muy Thai match, because those techniques are clearly allowed and inevitably ubiquitous. If they did so, they would be morons, right?

Now let us apply similar thinking to the "sport" of the AH MA...

It looks like the prevailing theory is, if your suggestions were implemented, there would be no more AH due to loss of subscribers. 

I  your guts posting this however.