The idea that something was 'mean' though... This entire game is about being 'mean' to people. We're all trying to do unto others before they do unto us in one way or another, either by shooting their cartoon plane down or by blowing up their base to win teh warz.
Wiley.
I don't believe for a second it's about being 'mean' to people. Bottom line for me is it's a privilege to get to play the game and be a pretend cartoon fighter pilot. As a kid, 'flying' the slapped together model airplanes we built, was as close as we ever thought we'd get with our imaginations. When the flight sims came along it was an answer to all those days of pretending. Getting to 'fly' against other people was even more of a privilege. I feel some responsibility to the new guys coming in and how I present myself in the arenas,and how I play the game is the best way I can think of to pass that responsibility on, just like those folks who set the example for me all those years ago now in Airwarrior.
It's not just about me in the game, it's about all of us and how we interact and pass on what the game is about. How many threads have we had over the years about the game changing and folks doing things to wreck it. To me, blowing up this guy out just screwing around in a jeep is along the lines of killing the FHs or CV where the only decent fight in the arena is going on, just because you can. It serves no purpose other then to ruin someone elses fun.
Throw in that it's a visible 'name' player from a very visible 'name' squad and the message is loud and clear to the newbies. It's not about respecting the fun of other players or encouraging it. It's about playing "whack a mole' and screwing up others fun because you can.
Candy Mountain jeep run. The thread title said it all. Candy Mountain runs in AH have always been about doing something silly, whether it be a Val fighter sweep or trying to get jeeps to fly off the mountains.
When I read the thread title I looked in and immediately took the screenshots to be Grizz out having some fun in a jeep. I wondered to myself what idiot had nothing better to do then shoot up Grizz's jeep with a 262. Only on looking closer did I see it was Grizz playing the part of the 262 driver. Then it was just sad. Grizz isn't some newbie without a clue. He knows better.
And yeah Grizz the planes are free, but the time isn't.
