This solves everything!!

[Ratpack1]

LW Arena peeps say MW is this or that. MW peeps say LW is that or this. AvA'ers claim to be gentleman and yadda yadda yadda! well guess what, I've been HO'd in all of them. Twice in the last two days I fell victim to it and was told "it takes two to HO" LOL I never fired a shot so there goes that argument. They are all the same to me. I know everyone will say their version of what is good and right and bad and wrong. Guess what, there is no answer. As long as AH has more than a couple people playing, there will be many varying opinions. It will ebb and flow from this side to the other back to another more than you will ever be able to count.


Can't we agree to just get along and just not do it anymore. Of course we can't. So what do we do?

Eureka!!!

Hey HiTech can you please add a HOing Arena. Once you enter it you can never play in the others, ever.

Problem solved!

[Heretic]

Amen Ratpack amen!       

[texastc316]

then there wouldn't be anything to cry about on here or 200. Everyone will die.

[Big Rat]

Hey HiTech can you please add a HOing Arena. Once you enter it you can never play in the others, ever.

Problem solved!

/quote]

Some of us might get confused with the "HOing" arena after coming home late from the bar, and go in thinking it's something else. Then we would be banned from the others for our confusion .

How about we call it the "Jousting with guns arena"

 
BigRat

[DREDger]

.....I've been HO'd in all of them. Twice in the last two days I fell victim to it and was told "it takes two to HO" LOL I never fired a shot so there goes that argument.

Not sure why you would merge nose to nose and not fire a shot, at least that way you'de have a 50/50 chance of getting out.

Otherwise, point your nose away and jink a little, or try a leading turn on your opponent.  At least you'de force them into a high angle deflection shot if nothing else, and you might position yourself better for the fight.

If you're looking for chivalry, best to go to DA against someone you agree to the rules with (no firing on nose to nose merges) or something like that.  Otherwise expect to get shot at and use that factor to your advantage.

[Ratpack1]

I try to avoid it whenever possible. Can't always get that way.

[j500ss]

Well best one is most will call it " high angle deflection" ok fine. Its a fact of life in any arena, I love clean merges, they rock. How often do I get one? Say about 1 in 25. 
I can jink, I can climb, I can dive at 400 mph plus. Bottom line is this IMHO. If one pilot is intent on doing it, its gonna happen, PERIOD!  There are some out there who are really good at throwing a plane in some crazy angles and what not on the merges for sure. Many would consider ther shots HO's, really they are not, but I'd love to see them pull those tricks with a real plane

Bottom line, most of what allot of us see as a HO, really may not be. But damn I would love to see just what the other guy has in a equal merge more often then I do.  In the end it really matters not to me, I'm just here for the fun, I'm not sure why they even keep scores

 

[Oldman731]

well guess what, I've been HO'd in all of them.

Have you reviewed the films after the fight?  I used to think that I was getting HO'd quite often.  Then, when it happened a few times with a player I very much respected, I looked at the films afterward.  Turned out that from his perspective the shots weren't anywhere near HOs, it was all a connection issue.

Since then I have been very careful before I call anyone out for a HO.

- oldman

[CAP1]

Have you reviewed the films after the fight?  I used to think that I was getting HO'd quite often.  Then, when it happened a few times with a player I very much respected, I looked at the films afterward.  Turned out that from his perspective the shots weren't anywhere near HOs, it was all a connection issue.

Since then I have been very careful before I call anyone out for a HO.

- oldman

i wrongly accused slapshot once. i made a biiig fuss about it in the arena. then when i logged off, i watched the film. i was waaay off. i apologized here in the bbs for it. the others, i watched the films, and they were.

 you do make a good point though/

[slyguy]

DREDger has it here.  The DA with an ROE against an opponent is where you need to go if you're into "fencing".

What I see as the simple fact of the matter is that the MA is a war.  It's not "fencing".  There is no concern lower on my list than what the current red con I'm fighting thinks is "gentlemanly".  There are so many things horribly wrong with the MA there's really no place to begin.  If you're coming up in a cheesy, out of historical context LA7 to strafe the troops my squad spent 10 minutes trying to get in you WILL get HO'd.  Sorry.  I don't make it a policy to HO because I want to live, but I will make exceptions based on the situation I'm presented with like what I just stated.

Remember what Captain Miller said in Saving Private Ryan when Goldberg was whining that taking the 88's was not part of their "mission objective"?   He said "the mission is to win the war!"

And there you have it.  If you don't want to fight in the war, go to the DA.  You can have your fencing competitions all day long.

[PFactorDave]

DREDger has it here.  The DA with an ROE against an opponent is where you need to go if you're into "fencing".

What I see as the simple fact of the matter is that the MA is a war.  

If you're coming up in a cheesy, out of historical context LA7 to strafe the troops my squad spent 10 minutes trying to get in you WILL get HO'd.  

Sorry.  I don't make it a policy to HO because I want to live,

 "the mission is to win the war!"

And there you have it.  If you don't want to fight in the war, go to the DA.  You can have your fencing competitions all day long.

I predict that this will now go very badly.  You sir used a fair number of "buzz" words/phrases that are going to set off a few folks...

[Padre]

Be Advised:
Usually I'm in a P-47D-11 or SpitMkI.
I will go out of my way to HO you, especially if you are in a DweebXVI/XIV, LA, or other low ENY Plane.
 

[SkyRock]

Not sure why you would merge nose to nose and not fire a shot,

maybe he's not a skilless jousting dork like you.

[Kazaa]

Well it does take two players to merge head on, which is easy to avoid.

[slyguy]

I predict that this will now go very badly.  You sir used a fair number of "buzz" words/phrases that are going to set off a few folks...

Honestly, I really wish I could find a way to care.