ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGggggggg..
..(Ratsy rattles) ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....
Another scribbler has fallen on his own pen. Predictable.
I think it's cool that unsubscribed, veteran pilots have a place to stay in touch and make recommendations if they want to.
[Requiem for a Passed-on Scribbler]
However, while most of the posts in this thread make a contribution, the overriding tone and language of the thread - a single example of thousands just like it - have attributes of a larger problem in this game's outside-the-arena culture. It is what it is...no different than a lot of others, I suppose. It is embarrassing though because I still have to justify 'playing games on the internet' to friends and family.
I used to wear a patch on the backside of my jeans. Written on it was this: "You can't change a man's mind by beating his mouth closed". While this was a passion in the 1970's, it stuck with me. I am reminded of it every time I sift through the boards.
I've quietly been around this community since beta and launch - with some breaks for real-life. I've steered clear of the boards until I recently discovered the treasure of valuable information pertinent to game-play and a chance to improve my bombing and gunnery in real-time courses announced on these boards. I've been mining the good stuff only since January. There's a lot of "waste" to wade through to get it, however.
Rather than see others censured, I will confine my own use of the boards to read-only for just the FSO and Scenarios boards and ask Skuzzy to refund my stinking two cents-worth of personal opinions each month. Ha! I'll have that much-desired discount!
I don't think I have 500-kills. I've never posted much (never heard of him). I tool-shed because it's fun trying (and often failing) to out-wit Snailman, Bruv, and Tan. I've probably read Boelcke's Dicta, Malan's Rules, and I possibly have a signed copy of Robert Shaw's book from the first-ever Aces High convention in Irvine, Texas. I have no problem admitting my misunderstandings or mistakes. I respect the opinions of others and I know that I do not have the right to threaten a person I disagree with. In a Bizarro world, these are all shameful weaknesses, perhaps.
The game is still a personal challenge and that is why I keep p(l)aying. I never log as many hours as I want to.
So now I'm going to re-join the ever-dwindling Ranks of the Silent who are likely chuckling over the time that was wasted on this thread. The Ranks of the Silent is a place that scribbler's go after they fall on their pens.
All this time, I could have been in the MA flying with Channel 200 deselected.
I apologize for the rant, but be reverent. I died the scribbler's death in the first sentence.
[End Requiem]
