Zipity, you did note I offered two sides to the equation? You know, "hooray for those that use the buffs for strat, boo to those that do it to make sure people play the way the buffer wants them to"? Certainly you have seen the boards peppered with people making comments like, "this will end the Spitquake".
Hey, I don't believe "fluffer" is any more fair a comment than "spitquake", but you have to admit the intent of some is to eliminate furballing from the game. These are the people Wotan and I specifically are referring to, not the guys who simply want a viable tool to use in the arena. One thing you can say about Lazs is, however disaffected he is about bombing, he ignores it in game. He isn't looking for ways to ruin it for buff lovers. He may call them names here, but you don't hear his mouth running nonstop on the buffer in game, and you certainly don't see him going to some back field looking for guys making sandwiches with their buffs on autopilot. He won't come after you at any altitude, he simply ignores you. And, as Fatty pointed out, some buffers aren't satisfied to ignore the furballers, they have to make sure furballing doesn't happen.
So, how many furballers want to eliminate buffs from the game? OK, I'll give you Lazs- how many besides that? Now, how many buffers have mentioned ending furballing in the last few days since the announcement of the new buff formations? See it?
Furballer = Lemme alone and let me play.
Buffer = Why dontcha play the way I wantcha to?
Furballer = I wanna kill stuff.
Buffer = WE HAVE TO DEFEND 27 NOW!!!
Furballer = Damn, they knocked down the radar. Oh, well, who needs 'dar.
Buffer = Haha! We knocked your resources out! Enjoy the dark for the next 4 hours!
Furballer = What are resources?
Buffer = I hate this side, no one is ever organized. What a bunch of losers!
Furballer = That fight was the most fun I've had all day. Thanks guys!
Buffer = I'm defecting, you guys are hopeless.
Furballer = Thanks for letting us know you're leaving, since we didn't even know you were here.
Buffer = This game sux! 2 hour flight for what? I don't wanna waste all that time and effort to hit undefended resources, score big points, and return safely. This game needs realism! (Think about this for a few seconds, from an historical perspective).
Furballer = They're hitting our base? MMmm, delivery!
Buffer = All those guys down there ever fly are Nikkis, Spits, and La7s.
Furballer = Hmmm, I've managed a 4:1 in my 190A5, let's try the F6F for a tour...
Enough rambling...
