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Offline Elfie

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« Reply #150 on: December 14, 2003, 10:55:29 PM »
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I don't shoot chutes (damn that's a mouthful) unless they've taken to the silk without a fight. A good fight acknowledges that courtesy in my opinion. Saying that, I don't honestly mind having my chute killed. It is still a game.


This is pretty much how I approach chute killing also, except I dont generally take the time to kill the chute. I will take the time to kill a chute who is obviously spying.

My whole point has been that if you do it just to anger or annoy people, thats what is wrong. That's where playing nice comes in. :) The vast majority of us wouldn't think of doing something to intentionally annoy or anger someone irl.

Grizzly, I assume nothing. I started in Air Warrior about 3 years before it was shut down.


Levi....who knows why they get aggravated, angry or whatever. Only each individual could tell us that. Most likely there are as many different reasons as people. :)

Each of us has our hotbuttons, and for each of us they are different. I wouldn't ever knowingly push any of your hotbuttons, or anyone else's for that matter.  OTOH, I don't expect mine to be knowingly pushed either :)

btw...I had no idea that Warbirds gave bailers a gun, that might be kinda cool :lol
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« Reply #151 on: December 15, 2003, 01:54:17 AM »
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Originally posted by Grizzly


I never called bingo and expected to be spared.

grizzly



Only times I call Bingo is in a sucker attempt to get the guy that I'm chasing to turn around and engage.  Can't use it all the time because the timid sort will eventually catch on but if you use it sparingly, you can bag a timid dweeb or two every once in awhile.


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« Reply #152 on: December 15, 2003, 07:25:53 AM »
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Your memory is tainted.


Not really, I said bingo might be honored.  It was possible.  It always depended on who it was, and the situation.  My view always was that if you bingoed on me thats your problem.  Heck, that was how I expected to survive in a 190 v spit on the deck...run him out of ammo, then run him down.

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The only time honor is bestowed upon another is when they know and/or like each other.


Exactly.  It may have worked in arenas with 90 people, but expecting the same in an arena with 500, is just silly.

One question though.  Why does going to buy milk at the grocery store not=MILKRUNNING

:rolleyes: :) ;) :D
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« Reply #153 on: December 15, 2003, 10:23:54 AM »
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Why is it laughable? In the board game Monopoly the objective is to bankrupt your opponents, yet we still play nice. Why should an online flight sim be any different in regards to playing nice?


Nice one, Elfie.  :aok
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« Reply #154 on: December 15, 2003, 10:29:35 AM »
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Expecting honor isn't honorable, but granting it is.


You got it.

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Originally posted by TheManx
I don't shoot chutes (damn that's a mouthful) unless they've taken to the silk without a fight. A good fight acknowledges that courtesy in my opinion. Saying that, I don't honestly mind having my chute killed. It is still a game.


And you do too. :aok
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« Reply #155 on: December 15, 2003, 10:46:52 AM »
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Originally posted by Dead Man Flying
There's nothing wrong, incidentally, with civility.


Civility??  In a computer game consisting of a bunch of dots on the screen?  Dude, what are you smoking?  Don't you realize that there aren't any people in this game?  This is just an advanced simulation created for you. :D


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And perhaps you didn't read my previous reply on this subject.  If you keep asking the same question, you'll keep getting the same answer.  Time to move on.


Please, don't leave us like this!   We are helpless without you!! :D  But I think you should give kill-stealing a try.  Really, how do you know if it's fun or not if you haven't even tried it yet?  It has all the benefits you mentioned of chute shooting, like "clearing up the screen". :lol  So why don't you give it a try?


Hey everyone, Leviathn steals kills!  What a great guy, eh?  Give him a whine for his troubles next time you see him! :D :D
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« Reply #156 on: December 15, 2003, 10:49:05 AM »
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Originally posted by Dead Man Flying
Vulching: Aces High :: Shopping for milk: Grocery Store


Lookin good, you're getting closer to the mark.  ;)  Let me make a subtle correction for you.

Dogfighting : AH :: Buying milk : Supermarket

Chute Shooting : AH :: Cutting in Line : Supermarket

I exist only to serve. :D


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Look, faux obsequiousness.  Charming, even if you ask leading questions that have no bearing on the subject matter.  You really do have a one-track mind.


Awwww, you don't like my faux obsequiousness?  But I worked so hard on it! :( :(  My obsequiousness has been rejected, and I have no reason to live. :(  Please, Leviathn, give me a reason to live by telling me if you cut in line at the supermarket!
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« Reply #157 on: December 15, 2003, 10:53:06 AM »
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Civility??  In a computer game consisting of a bunch of dots on the screen?  Dude, what are you smoking?  Don't you realize that there aren't any people in this game?  This is just an advanced simulation created for you. :D
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Are you honestly this dense?

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Hey everyone, Leviathn steals kills!  What a great guy, eh?  Give him a whine for his troubles next time you see him! :D :D


What's funny is that all the people here who've flown with me are pointing at you and laughing right about now.  At, not with.


-- Todd/Leviathn
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« Reply #158 on: December 15, 2003, 10:57:59 AM »
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Originally posted by mold
Lookin good, you're getting closer to the mark.  ;)  Let me make a subtle correction for you.

Dogfighting : AH :: Buying milk : Supermarket

Chute Shooting : AH :: Cutting in Line : Supermarket

I exist only to serve. :D
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Bzzzztttttt!  Sorry, the analogy doesn't work.  Shall we explain why?  Sure!  Pay attention now.

Cutting in line is an uncommon practice that few do and most abhor.  Vulching is a common practice that most do and few abhor.  One is the shocking act of one against the many, the other is the common act of many against the occasionally shocked few.  Get it?  Obviously not.

So the analogies works more like this:

Dogfighting : AH :: Buying bread : Grocery store
Vulching : AH :: Buying milk : Grocery store

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Please, Leviathn, give me a reason to live by telling me if you cut in line at the supermarket!


I can't think of a better reason not to answer that silly question.

-- Todd/Leviathn
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« Reply #159 on: December 15, 2003, 12:27:07 PM »
btw Levi, I think I'm about ready to take you to the DA to practice my Hurri vs Spit V. I don't expect to win, but I do expect to get better. :D Can't think of another pilot who is better in the Spit V to practice with, if you are willing to go there to beat me up ;)
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« Reply #160 on: December 15, 2003, 12:30:45 PM »
I still say buying milk at the grocery store = milkrunning ;)
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« Reply #161 on: December 15, 2003, 12:31:23 PM »
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What's funny is that all the people here who've flown with me are pointing at you and laughing right about now.  At, not with.


No!!  Say it ain't so!!! :rofl

Oh, BTW, have you started stealing your kills yet?  Come on, get cracking! There's still so much "clutter on the screen" and so little "situational awareness".  We need your help here to get rid of it!  ;)

Hey friends of Leviathn, speak up!  I know you're out there!  Laugh at me!  I'll start the foodfight:  You are all a bunch of odiferous fool-born varlots!  HAHAHAHAHA!!


But if you insult me, you better watch out, cause...



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« Reply #162 on: December 15, 2003, 12:31:53 PM »
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I can't think of a better reason not to answer that silly question.


Guffaw!!!   Too funny... will he get it at the first read?
Witty, biting... perfectly succinct.... 2 hearty thumbs up!!

More proof that one can slap one's adversary brutally to earth without so much as raising one's voice.

Bravo!!!  

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« Reply #163 on: December 15, 2003, 12:32:02 PM »
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Originally posted by Dead Man Flying
Cutting in line is an uncommon practice that few do and most abhor.


Do you abhor it? If so, why? I can't believe we're progressing so quickly! :D
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« Reply #164 on: December 15, 2003, 12:42:59 PM »
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Originally posted by Elfie
btw Levi, I think I'm about ready to take you to the DA to practice my Hurri vs Spit V. I don't expect to win, but I do expect to get better. :D Can't think of another pilot who is better in the Spit V to practice with, if you are willing to go there to beat me up ;)


Gimme a hollar next time you see me, Elfie.  Co-alt, co-E Spit V vs. Hurricane IIC is a tough fight for the Spit.  Should be fun.  :)

-- Todd/Leviathn
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