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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Alias_1 on May 21, 2002, 11:14:33 AM
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I was really excited when I read about this years Con!! Never had been to one, and was psyched about hanging with a bunch of flightsm nerds talking about computers and stuff..Prefer that over disney anyday. I had prepped uppermanagement "WifeY" a month or two ago, had planned to ship out laptop and flatscreen, was ready to have a great time!!!! Coming from a Software company background "small Mom and Pop shop" Thought it would be cool to meet Hitech and the gang...
Then I started reading the Forums!! Big mistake on my part..
I am not going to spend 3 days with the type of rude, malcontent, sexually frustrated trollers that I see flaming every single person who posts on this Forum!!
Not even going to justify by pointing fingers, the losers know who they are and I am surprised There isn't a Forum mediator to control the BS bash posts I read in here.
This forum is a place for aviation enthusiasts and Flight Sim enthusiasts to talk about there hobby and experience in AH. Not a place for imature people to bash everyone they think is a newbie or a post they dont agree about.. I also don't understand why The Forum sponsor puts up with these people
There is no justification for threatening someone for a post or calling them names period. I am part of this community and I intend to stay flying for as many years as I am able, I am not a newbie nor care if labeled as such. I speak for the silent majority of Aces high enthusiasts that are tired of the prettythanghole post responses to every single post in this forum!! We don't want your bad attitudes here!!! move on!!!! find another hobby!!! Go get help!!!! see a counselor for your bad attitude!!
If you don't have anything nice to say don't respond to a post you disagree with...Just move on!!!
The general rule for Newsgroup behavior is "Treat people how you want to be treated, respond to posts the way you would like your posts to be responded to!!!
Ok enough of that rant....
If you don't post negative replies to every post than please disregard this post!! was not intended for you!!
Movin on!!
Alias
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"This forum is a place for aviation enthusiasts and Flight Sim enthusiasts to talk about there hobby and experience in AH"
Good point. Even so. Where have you and your positive contributions been all this time?
Westy
(got to be another troll)
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I am not going to spend 3 days with the type of rude, malcontent, sexually frustrated trollers that I see flaming every single person who posts on this Forum!!
I've been to the Con and I haven't seen anything like that sort of behavior. Everybody I have met in person from this community has been very friendly and polite. If people have any grudges from the forum I have never seen them bring that baggage to a con or other meeting.
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Just keep dodging K, keep dodging. Whew, it's only a BB, not a church revival.
Masher
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So I don't get the free tickets?
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LOL! At the 2 Con's I've been at (1 AW and 1 AH) its usually the guys that squeak at each other the most on the BBS that are best buds drinking one another under the table.
Troll ? Or Botabing? Gotta ask Pyro to check the IP address :)
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"Whew, it's only a BB, not a church revival."
Absolutely. However IMO the BB is more akin to the real social atmosphere found at a pub or bar. A place where people are free to exchange points of view and opinions, regardless of whether they are opposing or similar. Some people can deal with that social setting and others can't (see author of this topic). Granted some of these discussions become heated and a few may pass over the line but IMO those people who do that aren't very good in eal life social situations to begin with I'd bet.
The discussions on these boards about guns, planes or air-combat here are all very similar to real life people talking, debating and/or arguing about what they think are the best automobile, boat engines or thier favorite sports teams and players. The discussions can get "loud" at times but few really get obnoxious and threatening. It's the same thing that happens here. And every now and then the owners have to ring the bar bell and ask folks to quiet down and remember to behave but overall it's normal healthy social interaction between passionate views and opinions.
And every now and then the boards here get a visit by some sensitive introvert who asks that folks in this joint stop being so boisterous, mean and bad
Westy
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Originally posted by Alias_1
Then I started reading the Forums!! Big mistake on my part..
I am not going to spend 3 days with the type of rude, malcontent, sexually frustrated trollers that I see flaming every single person who posts on this Forum!!
Not even going to justify by pointing fingers, the losers know who they are and I am surprised there isn't a Forum mediator to control the BS bash posts I read in here.
This forum is a place for aviation enthusiasts and Flight Sim enthusiasts to talk about there hobby and experience in AH. Not a place for immature people to bash everyone they think is a newbie or a post they don't agree about.. I also don't understand why The Forum sponsor puts up with these people.
You need to understand that people behave that way on the BBS because they can. Likewise, they will not behave in such a manner in person, because they can't. Not with only thin air separating them from object lessons in social skills, or at least being ejected from the event. Such overt rudeness will not be seen. Do not let it deter you from going to the con if you can possibly make it. Don't let anyone spoil your fun. Go, enjoy yourself, I wish I could (my wife's health prevents me from travelling, as she needs considerable care - maybe next year).
My regards,
Widewing
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remember botabing... its everyone else.
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That is NOT a good excuse to avoid the con , Check pics and posts from last con , then make your decision :)
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Actually, I know that it is not Botabing. If you feel like deluding yourselves into believing that it is him, go right ahead, you will only make yourself look as foolish as you want to portray Bot.
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I learned this long ago at various BBS, AOL and other from-the-net-to-real-life gatherings....people are quite different when you take that annonymous little keyboard away.
(Although its always amusing that a guy with a nick like "DarkSword" is always an 80 pound little stick, with Coke-bottle-thick glasses, lives in his Mom's basemnet and works at the local Texaco....)
:D
If I can afford it, I'll be there!
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Then who is it mathman? Is this one of those privy inside jokes on the rest of the community that are really supposed to bring people together?
Is a post where people are criticizing people for being amazinhunks because they called people names apropriate or funny?
Maybe this is one of those "ironic" posts that someone else just tried to explain was so funny.
Please mathman.. share with the rest of us your insite into what you "know".
AKDejaVu
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OK.. so... if its not botabing... and its someone that just casually reads the boards...
To whomever posted this:
Read through your post. Note who you criticized and how you went about it. Really... you should fit right in.
AKDejaVu
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I went to the first con and it was just as alias describes at the top of his post.
Good people, good time, pleasent all around in a rowdy way.
I hope people dont let this guys fears keep them from a very fun experiance.
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Alias, I had the same reservations before going to last years AH Con, which was my first in six years of flying online MMP flight sims.
Let me reassure you that there is absolutely NONE, ZILCH, ZERO, NADA of this type of behavior at the con. It is one big party of flight sim nerds drinking, laughing and generally having a great time.
The difference between this BBS and the AH Con is night and day.
Go to the con, you won't regret it! :)
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People tend to gravitate towards their own in real life. People like Mav and I wouldn't spend much time in the presence of one another without realising that we have nothing to offer each other. On the boards though, you can't just walk away and go hang out in your own little group. The extraverts and loudmouths (like me) can butt in on any thread, and say damn well anything they want. In real life there isn't all the name calling and harrassment because in real life, Deja is unlikely to hear Botabing relay his story, and botabing wouldn't threaten Deja because he'd be busy having fun with his squadies/friends/homeys/whatever.
When I was a kid growing up in the Philipines, I recall putting various insects into a jar, and shaking the jar up to see "who would win" (eg, 5 fire ants, or the wierd looking beetle). Well, welcome to the jar so to speak. This BBS puts a lot of people together, who might not do so on the outside.
Anyhow, there are all kinds of people who play this game, and the BBS is not necessarily reflective of that many of them. I think that you would be denying yourself one of the best parts of being in an on-line community if you were to drop out of the con at this point.
-Sikboy
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I allways try to be as nice to people on the BB as I am to them in real life.
lazs
Public Relations Officer for the BK's
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i can't wait to meet lazs
ooh, hey this thread has got me to wanting to get my scanner working. be back in a bit with a nice picture of how things were at last years con
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Originally posted by AKDejaVu
Then who is it mathman? Is this one of those privy inside jokes on the rest of the community that are really supposed to bring people together?
Is a post where people are criticizing people for being amazinhunks because they called people names apropriate or funny?
Maybe this is one of those "ironic" posts that someone else just tried to explain was so funny.
Please mathman.. share with the rest of us your insite into what you "know".
AKDejaVu
Bot is in my squad, and I know this is not him. If you know Bot, you know that he would not post anything like this under an "Alias" and that he doesn't come from a software company background.
As for the posts that Bot has made, the only thing I will say is that some of them I do not agree with, others I do. That is why I don't jump into something that he has gotten himself into. He can defend himself as he wishes. Yes, I wish he would talk to one of us that have been here longer, but he doesn't. That's his problem to deal with.
I jumped in here because you are operating here under the impression that it is him. I wanted to clear the air on that. Sorry if it came across as if I knew something about some kind of "inside moronic/ironic" post. I do not know who this guy is, but I do know who it isn't.
BTW, I agree with some of what this guy has said. The part about the rapid name calling and such. That is what has been pissing me off here on the BBS and in the game on channel 1 (that and the shear idiocy of what some people say - particularly in the game).
As far as what most of the people here are like, I like the ones that I have met, whether at the con last year or this last weekend at Chino. If this guy hasn't chosen for certain not to go, I hope he decides to go. He will probably have a good time. He will also see that many of the people are not quite the amazinhunks in person that they are here on the boards.
Oh well, take what I said as you wish.
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Hey hb
Drex and I wanted to say hi :)
:D :D :D
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I have not missed a con since 96. It is a great get away.
The AH cons are a lot more tamed then the WB cons of old. Those were flat out bashes, and a different kind of fun. I don't care what type of personality you have...you will find yourself having a good time.
Hblair, that picture was actually taken for you.
Drex
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I was at last year's con and its absolutely nothing like the BB.
Go, have fun and talk sims and computers. I'd go this year if I could afford it, but the damned economy is keeping me home.:(
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Some people choose to only show people what they feel makes them look good. In order to say/do things that are contrary to the image they are trying to portray, they assume alliases.
With me, that is not the case. What you read is the same as what you'd see and is what you get. I don't hide from my comments and pretend it was someone else that said them. My e-mail is dstaines@teleport.com and has been since I changed ISPs from concentric.net (because of DSL).
So... excuse me if I don't take a post by alias in the same manner as others. Excuse me if I find more than a tad bit of irony in "I'm sick of amazinhunks that call people names". This whole thread is a farce.
AKDejaVu
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Heh...if what you read on this board keeps you away from the con then I say "Good riddance." We dont want you there...besides, it just means more Hellfire for the rest of us. :D
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The dork factor at this years con will be lessened.
0osik's and my sister is getting married in Alaska at about the same time as the con. :( We'll try to make next year's.
eskimo