Whats the origin of the online expresion salute?

[Letum]

Originally Posted by raaaid

if you ask in the ubizoo....

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[raaaid]

im doing my best to bring chivalry back

i was wondering if i would get banned for this and i didnt mind, the peace of mind

guys lets start making nice dogfights and give a warm salute after a fight between gentelman

if somone shoots you unware say nosalute

if you are on a ten minutes dogfight and someone shoots you or shoots your foe give hin a nosalute

lets not let the other cod players take over the game

as you can see im trying to get an emotianl response

the emotion of being a fair player not a low player

[No1 Cheese]

Raaaid,im 1 of those silent types in the forum,ie i send a thank you when someone has posted and i tend to stay well clear of the silly comments!!
As you say you heard it 1st in EAW.I used to run an online Sqdn (No74Sqdn(V)RAF) and it was our No1 rule that if we got shot down(obviously it never happened to me much) we automatically sent an S! to our victor.
It is a custome that has sadly slipped away.

Good Post by the wayu

S!

Cheees

For me this originated back in the days of early 3d flightsims simply because you and your friends were in a clan or similar and you didnt say hello, you said ~S~ or S! or some derivative. a civillian light hearted nod at how they communicate in the military. When i shot someone down i always said " lol ". It's not cool to salute the enemy when you can wind them up instead !.

I always used S! when i shot someone down in European Airwar

[raaaid]

hey guys but dont you send an angry nosalute when youre on a 10 minute dogfight and a 190 comes and spoils the fun

hell why people doesnt behave as is this was a real fight

but a fight for fun

would it make any sense anyone interruptin two boxers

do you think it would be nice you engaged in a fight and while 5 people kicked one to the ground you go and kick him as he is down

then why most do it in the game

i want to play online and feel that humanity is worth not a bunch of haters

edit:

when i go online i feel hate

so strong i stopped shooting

in the old times i felt camaradery

will taKe the other cod players over the comunity?

It was used when i played Air Attack, the squadron I was in called The Aces always saluted. This was before the days of broadband, it was all dial up, there wasn't any voice comms so abbreviations were used instead. Great days.

[JimmyBlonde]

I only use ~S~ if I see something exceptional, otherwise it cheapens the gesture.