My first squad was The Screaming Devils a long time ago. It was back when Tralfz and few other guys were in the squad. I started as a Bish and flew alongside Dallas and the lads and had a good time working with them. They were the first people who invited me to work with them and I really enjoy that whole flying with a regular group thing. They also exclusively flew the Dora back then, and that was my favourite ride at the time.
After a while, I found myself more interested in the actual furballing and dogfighting side of things rather than base-taking, so when a group of fellow Aussies who flew Rooks and did this to me:
invited me to join them, I did.
We all play AH the same way... It's all about the fight for us.
The reason why you V guys get stick from people is that there fundamentally two different types of people who play this game.
1- People who love WWII aircraft and love AH for its attempts to create an honest recreation of the aircraft we like. These people tend to enjoy
flying these aircraft and that means pushing their limits against other aircraft. Basically, the 'furballers'.
2. The 'war winners'. These are the guys who enjoy the 'war' aspect of the game. It seems that some guys enjoy the challenge of taking a base and others just like to win. Either way, it's a completely different way to play. There's nothing wrong with either style but the two styles do clash.
The reason why the clashes take place is that base-taking can sometimes be a nuisance for the furballers.
For a furballer, there's nothing worse than a great fight being stopped by a small bunch of guys who take a base and ruin the fun for others.
The other night a CV was brought through a
huge furball which tanked it for both sides because the puffy ack was taking out everything (including friendlies (which was pretty funny actually)).
So, people get upset because something they were enjoying has been taken from them.
BUT that's not to say that furballing is more important or anything. It's just that there are two distinct types of fun to be had in the game and they don't always sit well with each other.
I know that having a bunch of friendlies who aren't interested in taking a base when you're on a roll can be frustrating too.
When your squad is known to embody one particular style of game play you're going to have to expect to cop flak from the people who own the toes you're standing on.
I have nothing but respect for Dallas and I left his squad on the best terms, so I won't speak ill of his squad on a wholesale basis.
The only thing I don't like about the Devils Brigade is that there are a few guys in the squad who flat-out refuse to fight. This annoys me regardless of the squad because when I get the chance to play the numbers of players are low... so every fight has to count if you're to have a good night. When I get people who turn tail at the first sign of trouble rather than fight and learn from mistakes, I get annoyed. There was a time when I would have mouthed off about it on 200 and gotten back up about about it but I bring a different attitude to AH these days.
I try not to mouth off about anything (I'm not perfect, I did call someone a w@nker on 200 the other day
) (However, I let it go and don't hold a grudge, so it wasn't all bad) ... I'm here to have fun of an evening... If I wanted stress I'd go back to work and get
paid to be stressed. Why do it for free?
If there's only one thing to take from this post, I hope that it is my last statement. I think that the whole AH 'community' would benefit from adopting a similar attitude.
Come here to have
fun... Accept that sometimes things won't go your way... but recognise that others are here to have fun too.
Be considerate and be cool... 200 is full of people who just need to shut up, chill out and let things go.
