The whole DA challenge thing is so artificial and a waste of time.
Half, no 75%, of the MA/DA fight is the confusion and facing a non even set of circumstances and how you deal with them. The "we'll fly this at this alt and merge at this alt" is manure.
Sometimes the bug can crack the windscreen if the bug tries hard enough.
And the callouts smack of bad manners. You're as good as your last fight - get on with it. I don't have a lift on my credit card every 28 days for someone to tell me how good they are given an artificial set of events in an already artificial game. Or how my plane is too easy or how I'm a noob, retard or any other term of endearment.
Oh! and I hope the new year is kind to all - haven't we got a great game to play?
That's what my initial post was hinting at: If there is a consent that DA challenges are viewed as childish, I'll stop issuing them, no problem.
However, in a distant past, it used to be a bit like duels between gentlemen.. You have been offended because somebody did something 'wicked' (make up your reason here: ____
) and demanded a duel for besmirching your honour.
While the initial part may be fueled by anger, once in the DA and your cartoon bottom on the line, the egos are gone.. Now, I agree that just as the days of 20 paces at dawn are gone, we don't necessarily need duel challenges in the MA. Unlike RL, however, we get to keep what we've learned from them and with what you call "artificial" all the other excuses (You had alt/better plane/gang/cat on keyboard/..) go right out of the window as well.
