So the right thing to do Steve is not to make a comment?? Truthfully I love anyone who will take a pony down to the deck...an awful lot of ponies dont seem very comfortable under 20k or so:).
As for dampening someones joy for the game I certainly hope not. My goal was/is to help that learning curve along in some small way.
ack-ack...truthfully we all get roped from time to time...but relying on a rope as an "opener" isn't a good idea...least from my perspective. I'd much rather teach a "long" merge to a rookie, he'll catch a lot more guys clawing back up into him off the merge and be able to use it as a building block for quality e fighting ACM. I've run into you enough to know that you normally incorporate the rope as a "mid-game" move in the 38...go around a few times...assess E state...initiate a move or two to scrub a bit off then use the great acc in the 38 to claw up...either you get a rope or the high ground....worst thing in the world vs a good 38 driver is looking at the tail while plane is going up...good sign the E battle is over:)
