Well said Perv.
When I was a hot-headed fighter ace who thought I knew all about dueling I came up against a name who I believe was badboy. He beat me with flat turning BFMs a number of times and at first I thought it was a lame move. But I went away and thought about it and came back with a new attitude. I figured that if I was being beaten by these simple BFMs then, even though not many people in the game could beat me at that time in a duel, I wasn't actually as watermelon hot as I thought I must be.
So I spent some time studying and then came up against the same pilot again. It was a fine moment when I was able to utilise all my flying style alongside some BFM in flat turns to defeat that pilot. I would end up having epic 10 minute turning fights that tested the nerves and patience more than anything else I had experienced.
It felt great to send a salute and a 'great fight' when I lost to those basic moves rather than make excuses or silently consider myself superiour even though I had lost.
No, I did not convert to flying that style, but I did add another feather into my ACMing cap.
From then on, I sopped trying to do rediculous, unrealistic moves that would damage a real pilot and started really enjoying flying smoothly and with as high a degree of precision as possible.
The badboy I know is almost certainly one of the very best virtual pilots I have encountered. As to him being Gunzo or not, I have no idea nor inclination to know.
