Dont Bash the Host !!!!

[WildBoar44]

Saturday 26th ...Starlog entry 20562

Just got offline playing for a few hours, maybe 10 dogfight games, noticed some new names up on the board hoasting their own arcade matches... mainly by the way they flew they reminded me of myself just a few weeks ago...kinda like the kids just off stabalisers.....

Now.....there are some aggresive players out there...lets face it we are not here to dance....its a dogfight...as in "fight like a dog".....its why we fly out there on that rendered playground......

So what do the expereinced players do...? Sadly they recognise the new guy's early attempts to toddle into the arena and Rag him like its going out of fasion..... even spent the time riding the news guy's wing just so he had a chance and fend him off and engage the regular guy's just to give him a break .

AND....what happens next....? ...yup the new host gets the miff and quit's the game.....No Score....No Kills....Nothing for anybody in the game.

Sent the 4 of 5 new host players a message to apologise and hook up with the forum so they can get into the game without being bullied. Trouble is I wonder how many will host games now....?

So what I ask is this.....If you start a game and you feel the name hosting the game is new...send a message (I have one saved) to the top players in the lobby....."Dont Beat up the Host".

[Robotic Pope]

I'm sorry, Are you saying its the fault of experienced players that hosts quit matches?
Thats complete nonsense. You should know that if you are new to any game you are going to get beaten, it is no excuse to quit if you have chosen to host. A host should always have the decency to let the game finish no matter how badly they are doing.

Now i do agree though that experienced flyers should give new guys a little help and advice now and then but if I was new to this game again, I wouldn't want people purposely not attacking me because i'm too easy to kill. That is how you learn and improve from your mistakes. Although I do think it would be wrong to single out the new guy and consentrate on him without mercy, that is one reason I love Sim mode because you can't home in on the new guy from name tag around his plane.

[irishjg10]

Hosts should not quit games period.

[olife]

I'm sorry, Are you saying its the fault of experienced players that hosts quit matches?
Thats complete nonsense. You should know that if you are new to any game you are going to get beaten, it is no excuse to quit if you have chosen to host. A host should always have the decency to let the game finish no matter how badly they are doing.

Now i do agree though that experienced flyers should give new guys a little help and advice now and then but if I was new to this game again, I wouldn't want people purposely not attacking me because i'm too easy to kill. That is how you learn and improve from your mistakes. Although I do think it would be wrong to single out the new guy and consentrate on him without mercy, that is one reason I love Sim mode because you can't home in on the new guy from name tag around his plane.

hello guys

agree with u Robotic Pope,no name tag around plane in sim is good,sometimes we kill only the same guy many time and he must know we do it intentionnaly but it is not right,i think it happen often in the dogfight or teambattle where there are between 2 and 4 players (3 or 4 in dog and 2 vs 2 in tb)in my opinion many reasons for it:
-in 3/4 players dogfight at the starting of the game every body follow everybody and when one guy is killed,if the respawn time is 5 sec he respawn quickly around the last guy who shot him and of course those 2 same guys will fight again togheter.

-in 2 vs 2 tb it is often the same exept u have a wingman/men with u.

-even if no tag name in sim u can know who come behind u with the map because of the same reasons of i say before and also with experience u can know the lines of a planes ,their colors ,and even the own way of one player or an other to fly, but often u have not the choice,for example in a 3 players dogfight,when u shoot a guy,u can be sure the third will shoot u immediately after, in fact sometimes it can be good to not shoot the first and return quickly by surprise against the third who come behind u and who think u will shoot the first guy !...the best defense is often the attack...

[dkwookie]

I am interested who these experienced players were who terrorised the host into quitting. Perhaps some retribution is needed :-)

Anyway as far as I am concerned everyone in a match is a fair target. They are all packing machine guns. I tend to leave off new players and go for the more experienced players but at the end of the day we are in the air to kill. If you want to just fly then pick up Flight Sim and get in a Cesna

[bobbysocks]

like everyone said if you jump in the ring you cant complain you are getting punched. but that said i will generally slack off of a new player a bit and go for the more veteran flyers. but i will also extend the invitation to do a 1 v1 and let them get a little more experience...explain about settings...etc...show them them the little i know.

[irishjg10]

I totally agree with Wookie on that one. We all have gotten our fannys waxed in games so you know the old saying. The jungle's neutral. Learn fast or die.

[Ratman91101]

I heard that Wook.Let me at`em.I have also noticed alot of trouble with the game servers.I keep showing up when I can.C`ya in the clouds!

[WildBoar44]

I heard that Wook.Let me at`em.I have also noticed alot of trouble with the game servers.I keep showing up when I can.C`ya in the clouds!

Dear Ratman91101......the above post's only apply to human beings, having flown against you and with you,....... its clear any one who can fly like you do clearly does not come from earth.......When did the US Army discover you jumped the fence in Area 51 anyway ? :grin:

Infact , you flew past me so close last time ...I swear I saw your green eyes blink sideways...!!!

Gimme my PS3 game pad he demands.....let me at them !!!