Whats the origin of the online expresion salute?

[IceFire]

Originally Posted by raaaid

well i complain because i have a nice dogfight once in a hundred, in the old times i always had nice dogfight

hasnt anyone else noticed?

for gods sake this is a dogfighting game in which you cant dogfight for the peculiaritys of the online system which is taking advantage of the dogfighters

thats not even bnz

bnz is a dogfight

a dogfight in which you use your e advantage in a DOGFIGHT

salute was given aftyer a dogfight no more dogfights no more salutes

for gods sake does anyone think an spit would beat an F16 in a DOGFIGHT for having a closer turning radius?

maybe the f16 has to run away and wait for the spit to engage in a dogfight and then murder him unaware while he is busy

edit:

in fact the zeroes out turn the p40 in an up circle

but the p40 out turn the zeros in a down circle
the comunity is rewritting history as they get shot down online

What are you trying to say exactly?

IL-2 isn't a "dogfighting" game. You may want to make it such but it isn't. It's a combat flight simulator of World War II aircraft and the accuracy level is to the point where real world tactics can be employed to varying degrees.

Given the reading that I've done most World War II air combat were short and sharp engagements where the sky would fill briefly with aircraft from each side, usually one side would bounce the other (although not always), a few would be shot down and then the sky would rapidly empty as aircraft scattered and returned home.

The pilots who survived the most combat engagements tended to be the ones who:

1) Spotted the enemy first
2) Shot first
3) Disengaged successfully when the odds were against them

As someone else said... it's not glorious, it's not chivalrous... it's war.

Online some servers and squadrons do impose some rules to make the online experience "fun" but that's neither here nor there.

As to the original topic before it went off on a weird tangent. I've seen S! and ~S~ used online since I started playing in 2003. I use it, not on every kill, but on a kill where the opponent fought well. I'll use it if we fight to a draw, I'll use it if they shot me down after a good fight and I'll use it vice versa.

I see others using it as well. So it's not gone... it's not dead. Your perception of the matter may have more to do with it. No offense but your grasp on reality seems to be more tenuous than most of us (not that we're all completely grounded either ).