I hope you don't mind...
The Combat Challenge is something that I would have avoided in years past, because I'm not a great pilot. I always regarded these types of contests as 'ego platforms'.
In the last 18 months I got to know you a little bit...well enough to trust that if you put something together it would be fun first and if somebody made an ego thing out of it that was their own problem.
A lot of us here have done the volunteer thing both inside and outside the game. Volunteers invest huge amounts of time and their own money to feed something bigger than themselves. They are most usually embarrassed by recognition. So I only apologize for making you uncomfortable here.
I thoroughly enjoyed the frames I participated in and I will do every one I can next year. It's a great event. You've made room for the other kids to help it evolve and there is really something for everybody in the way the frames are crafted.
So, I thank you again for the nights when, after two hours, I sat in my cockpit, sweat-soaked and exhausted.
Three Cheers for Nefarious! Hip Hip....
