Originally posted by AKDejaVu:
The only thing I dislike more than "my stats make me more right" is the "you don't agree with me.. let's duel" debate.
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You'll note that I didn't advocate this approach either. In my experience with online flight sims over the years, regardless of rank, points, or the like, the players who are the cream of the crop earn the respect, admiration, or fear of others regardless of their score. Word gets around.
BTW, if you read through all this drivel you'll notice that Sturm never said his score/ranking made him any better or any worse... he simply mentioned it. Only after his "rank" (LW title) came up. His score was then immediately scrutinized by somene "that doesn't care about score" and it was then used to criticize him. The silliness is quite apparent.
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Having a high score is no worse a crime than having a low score. I think any mention of it in a comparative context is silly, regardless of who brings it up. Also, just because someone has a high score doesn't necessarily mean they fly
for score. Way back when, maybe in the 2nd or 3rd Tour, I miraculously managed to finish 3rd or 4th in the overall rankings by pure happenstance, not by desire. So pilots of all skill levels populate all different levels of ranks and statistics. That's exactly why they're so useless when comparing pilots.
Nobody is trying to argue that score makes you more right on this forum, tho many seem to argue that it can make you less right.
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If you're using score to claim you're better than someone or to suggest that someone lacks skill, then yes... you are wrong. There's nothing wrong with you posting stats or ranks beyond that, though realize that you'll probably be the only one impressed by them.
-- Todd/DMF
