I really need to vent...

[Mathman]

I had a very similar experience yesterday.  People whining and squeaking about who knows what, insulting me and so forth almost pushed me to the point of cancelling my account.  I can deal with the Niki and any real or perceived problems with its FM (it's not like I can't choose to fly one if I wanted) or any other "topic of daily BBS whine."  What makes this game suck is the same thing that really makes it great.  The people.

What made me decide not to leave, were the people.  For every guy that insults me or what not, there are about 20 people that give me help when I need it or a good natured ribbing when mood needs to be lightened.  Just when I was getting to the point of deletion, several guys made me see what is good about this game.  Guys like Nash, AKHog, Oct, BAne, Booky, Nomde, and many others too numerous to list, made me realize what is best about this game.  No matter what happens, we are all in this for basically the same reason.  To have fun "flying" WW2 planes against each other.  Whether is is getting bounced by a high P-51 (Gee, wonder if that is Bane?), nailed by some unseen opponent (Oh no, not Nash AGAIN), finding a Jug that wants to TnB my hellcat (Frenchy or Nomde, makes no difference, always a tough fight), fighting alongsude the AK's one month and against them the next, this is what gives me the most pleasure in this game.  No matter the outcome, I know that I will always get an <S> and/or a good natured ribbing.  All my "despised enemies" challenge me and get me to push my virtual plane to its limits, hopefully, I provide the same to them.

So basically, what I am trying to say, is don't let one or two bad apples ruin YOUR fun.  Find where the guys you like to fight are, and take them on.  Always fun and always a learning experience.  Screw the lamers, the only thing they are good for is testing your convergence or deflection shots.

-math

[Zigrat]

i had an awesome fight with dogfighter the other day. he is a class act and an excellent pilot.  check out the film.
 http://www.iit.edu/~buonmic/dogftr.ahf

too bad there aren't more like him, i wish there were. truth be told, there are just too many quakers and furballers in the main arena who value kills and score over all else for the MA to be enjoyable which is why i cancelled my account. some day there will be a sim where we can pick the people we fly with, and against.

that fight, where i didnt get the victory, was more satisflying than those where i get 10 vulches, but teh sad thing is most people in aces high arent that way.

[Zippatuh]

Well it has already been said, but hey what’s another.

109 got impatient and lost his advantage and you’d think they realized that afterward.  As much as he was trying to slap at you it was probably himself he actually wanted  .

Co-E with a spit means its time for an extension, hehe.

Zippatuh

** Zigrat – you don’t really mean that about being able to pick who you fly with and against?  Or do you?  Just finished reading 1984 did ya? **

[Minotaur]

[rant]

Everyone seems to forget one thing.  

When I get pissed or someone gets pissed at me.  This thought is in my head.

Tired of losing!

Any one who plays this game on a regular basis loves it.  But, the whole premise seems to beat you down over time and this is precisely the nature of the game.  For there to be a winner, there must be a loser.

Mostly, it is being a loser that makes you get hacked.  A loser over and over again   ----> and over again.  

Never seen a player whine on ch 1 "Oh man, La7 ruin this game and it sucks bad".  This line, after maybe they just made their 4th La7 kill in a row.  It don't happen.

At large, it is the more successful players having more fun and the less successful players being victims and having less fun.

Take a look at the player base, the experienced or veteran players hang around for years (and post here more often) and the gleebs (newbies dweebs) come and go.

When someone gets pissy, it is because they are often just tired of losing.

[end of rant]

[YardBird]

This is precisely the reason I normally squelch Ch1 before I even take off. If I have a particularly good fight, I can always Unsquelch and give a <S> (win or lose, doesn't really matter to me.) If I start getting trash talk back, just squelch again.

[Ghosth]

Minotar is right, losing sucks.

Fact of the matter is though that if you died, YOU made a mistake someplace.Don't blame the other guy, don't blame the plane, put the blame where it belongs. With the guy who's hand's on the stick.

While I've been around since beta & I'm a AH trainer I dont' consider myself one of the "great" pilots. I die WAY too often, but I do manage to have fun most days. If I'm not, I'll log rather than give into the frustration.

Suck it up when it hurts, shoot the other guy a <S> if he earned it (and maybe even if he didn't) Grab a new plane & go try again!

[lazs1]

I gotta jump in here.  I have fought dux more times than most.   He is a very good sport in my experiance with him.   I have killed him numerous times where he was alone and low and fending off other attackers far from home.   I have done this several times in a row on occassion.   He has done the same to me... Never have i had him get on one and whine.   On private we laugh together over the situation that led to either of our demise.
lazs

[ 08-05-2001: Message edited by: lazs1 ]

[Kingonads]

Heya Dux Long Time No See,

 But I know what U mean by that I personaly remembver where he took off from fly back there and vulch the hell outta him but thats me and we know my temper gets the best of me I dont know how many people I have yelled at over channel 1 (like every Nik pilot freindly or enmy)  I have become a great fan of the Typhoon its great for tearing Niks apart and getting away.  Near the end of last tour thats all I did was hunt Niks.
I still will enjoy hunting them but in a different plane I havent decided what yeat but I will figure it out before I come back from my credit card vacation.

                        untill then
                        <S> all
                         Hodo
PS Dux flys a Spit 5 most of the time so extending from him in a 109 is REAL easy.