Originally posted by DoKGonZo
You're doing a nice job trying to soften your message but your past words are there for all to see. You have shown everyone what you are.
No one appointed you the head of the AH Police. Where you come off thinking its your job or your calling to dictate how the game is played? You are only trying to protect one form of gameplay - the one you like.
You can take your underground and shove it ... changing sides is no big deal ... that's what you're supposed to do when you don't like someone or something where you are now. But as far as I'm concerned anyone who deliberately spies on a teammate, or promotes and organizes it - even in a dumb game - is forever unworthy of my trust.
Anyone who's followed this thread now knows that the instant they disagree with you, they can't trust you because you will stab them in the back if it suits your needs. Enjoy it, learn to like it.
One thing you guys need to understand. There is a large group of us who have known each other 15 years or longer thru these games. Many of us have met one another in person or spoken at length on the phone. I have even had friends from AW stay at my house when they were in my town. We have known one another and been friends much, much longer than AH has been in existence. We are intensely loyal to one another regardless of which imaginary country we happen to be on in the MA in AH. Furthermore, every single person in this category I can think of is a fighter jock, we have long since out-grown our toolshedding phase, our experience in-game has lead us the the point where air to air combat is all that really matters.
Many of us went thru the phase you and people like LCA are in now, but we quickly outgrew it. That is not to say we don't understand the appeal toolshedding for its own sake can have to newer players seeking to have some impact on the flow of the game beyond their meager skill-level, we do. But, when that toolshedding interferes with our enjoyment of this product we have no choice but to do whatever is necessary to mitigate that effect. We have several ways of doing this, thru discussion on these boards, via in-game appeals, side-switching, head-hunting and other, more clandestine means. But, one thing is certain we will do whatever we need to do to preserve the continued integrity and viability of air to air combat as an intensely enjoyable means of experiencing AH.
I know it's hard, with relatively little experience in this genre, to understand that this fascination with toolshedding and griefing is a shortlived phase. But, trust us who've walked down the very path you are on well over a decade ago, it is. When you are even half as experienced as we are you will begin to understand, or maybe not, in which case you will have undoubtedly quit the game from boredom and apathy.
Zazen
