I shot down a Mossie today. In a Mossie. I usually try to avoid killing red mosquitoes and let friendlies kill it as I circle and watch how my fellow Mossie pilot handles it.
But today I could not resist it - Save, my wingman was tangling with a red Mossie and being familiar with what this plane can do, he was very careful. I had the perfect position to drop on its 6. I looked at the MOSS label above it, but all I could see instead was KILL ME. It SHOUTED at me to do it! So I did. I gave in to my subconsciousness and flamed it.
But why? why was I compelled?
Why so many other players are compelled to pick my Mossie out of all the red they see in a furball? Why do they hopelessly persist even when they are being shot at, in a desperate attempt to kill me before they die?
Today I finally had the answer! It was right there infront of me: MOSS. Big... red... CAPITAL! That's it! it is because for some reason, the Mossie is almost the only plane to have its label in ALL UPPERCASE LETTERS. See? see how this jumps to your eyes? Shouts at you? The other plane that I can think of is the TYPH, that usually means a Tempest, and everyone want to take a shot at a Tempest as well. So, "Bozon" I said to myself, "Today we are going to post on the wish forum to change the label to Moss and all will be well from now". But Myself had second thoughts about it.
He had some good arguments for keeping it in all capital:
Say the mossie is now behind you, or bearing down on you with those quad-hispanos spewing tracers? Isn't MOSS a lot more intimidating than just Moss? Don't we actually enjoy all the attention? making the enemy come to us instead of chasing it around?
"I have to agree" I said to myself. Eventually, we decided to put this to a vote but between us it was one vote to Moss and one to MOSS.
So, what do you think? Should it be left as MOSS or should we wish HTC change it to Moss? What about the TYPH?
I gradually tend to agree with myself to keep it in all capitals. Myself now wants to wish for it to be in Boldface fonts as well...
