Politics and religion aside, most of the issues on 200 stem from hypocrisy.
Everyone wants to vulch and brag about it, but vulch those same players and they'll go berserk on 200. Everyone wants to gang, but no one wants to be ganged. Everyone wants to to win a head-on, but beat someone in a head-on and you'll never hear the end of how the person who killed them has "no skill."
Funny thing about people... they tend to assume the way everyone else sees the world is the same as the way they see it.
I can't say I haven't done all 3 - doubt many here can - but there's a big difference between an occasional out-of-character misstep and making a habit out of playing like a coward. And there's an even bigger difference when you're bragging about playing like an arse. I can't recall one time ever bragging about doing any of the above, nor can I remember any of the MANY players I respect here bragging about such actions either.
Personally speaking, when I'm making a fool of myself on 200, it's usually because I'm calling out players that are skillful enough not to have to engage in such BS but do so anyways. That's the real shame IMO... skilled players that have the ability to fight a good fight but choose to act cowardly / fight dirty instead.
In the end, we all have different views on what gameplay should entail. I try my best to remind myself, before opening my mouth, that not everyone is in it for the same reasons I am. Sometimes it works, most times it doesn't. But at least I try. Perhaps you should do the same the next time you assume everyone suffers from the same lack of character evidenced above.
Speaking of character, I had the pleasure to fight ZENSEN today... who after making a bad move and losing advantage, went OUT OF HIS WAY to avoid his own ack, further losing advantage in the process, just to continue an otherwise awesome fight. As far as I'm concerned, he won that fight (with his honor intact), regardless of whos plane went down first.
