Acegirl wrote:
flash2 [BB] wrote:
D93 Big Gunzzz wrote:
So what are these cheap tactics? Here you go....
- team killing
- tank glitch of any kind
- camping and spawn killing (YES...it's the same thing...with the exception that you are being fired upon and have no choice but to defend yourself)
- using tank to spawn kill (you really are the cheapest player-automatic ban I say)
- dropping in a bombing game (you drop, I drop, then we all drop-now it's a dog fight game...and yes there is a time to drop that is ok such as reds are knocking at the door ready to bomb and you are trying hard as heck to protect your hangers or in such cases)
- any and all cheap play that is...we know what they are...do I really have to list them all
I have played dogfight for over a year now, and hopefully you guys have realized that I try to be a respectful player to you all. I feel like team killing and taking advantage of tank glitches are unfair play because they are enforced by the game (banning) or not originally designed as part of the game (glitches). However, I personally feel as though practices such as camping, spawn killing, using a tank to spawn kill, or dropping in a bombing game are not necessarily cheap play. If you are part of a squadron that has rules against such practices, then that is one thing, but I believe that independent players should have the freedom to discern when to use these practices and when not to. In real life during a dogfight in a real war, if the enemy was overrun, they were overrun, camped upon, killed if they continued fighting, or taken as POWs if they didn't. Bombs should be retained if possible, because the game cannot be won without them, but as for droppers, they are actually easier to shoot down because of the instability of a plane that has dropped a bomb. If the player is a newbie, or there is only one or two players, then the opposing team should be gracious toward them, however, and perhaps relent as far as camping and spawn killing are concerned.
Just something to think about, and I am willing to change my position if you all have more convincing arguments. I try to be a fair player, and yes, I have been a victim to tank glitches and team killing. I hope you all have a good evening.
Halo Gunzzzzzzzz! 
I believe flash 2 comments were not address I would like to hear your opinion on them.
Flash2
I apoligize for not responding to your post. I kind of got caught up in too much trash talk along the way. Thank you Acegirl for pointing this out to me.
I can't say that your name rings a bell with me, but in the future I am sure it will, so I can't say anything about your game play other than what you are stating here. You make a lot of valid points. I think that most would agree about the team killing and glitches as you point out.
All of the others that you mention to be fair I for one disagree. You ask for some valid points and I will give you my point of view. For one they are way to easy to do once you get the hang of it. Anything that impedes a player from being able to actually play the game to me is cheap play. So any form of pinning one falls into this category. Camping and dropping are a little different as they don't pin anyone to the ground but there simply is no need to do either or. There are the exceptions to what I am stating here such as when completing a bomb run.
A lot of the decision making when to use certain tactics or not are common sense. I see that you seem to get that as you mention to give some restraint to the newbies or when out numbered.
I am not in a squad for many reasons. I can however tell you from experience that these cheap players are so cheap that they do not even follow some of their own set of standards or rules should you call it. They have mottos and saying, but will look the other way when one of their own go against what they claim to stand for. Now don't get me wrong. I am not saying all players just a select few. Unfortunately more than what I would have expected. As an independant player one makes their own choices. Should that really give them the right to not play fairly? I would hope not.
Even more shockingly is that some of these guys are ranked as top players and often voted and win "honor" awards. Sorry but I do see something wrong with that.
Dropping is definitely the most debateable topic of all. They are many times that I would consider doing so fair play, but many simply do it for the wrong reasons. Wrong to me that is. I don't beleive in getting the win or kill any way possible. I have to disagree with your comment about a dropper being easier to kill. Yes they are in a head to head because of what you mention about stability, but most who drop will never face you that way. They drop to get around a player holding their bombs which then becomes an easy kill....cheap play.
Valid point about dropping...when experienced players are in a game they can tell when a person has dropped. Then that person drops. Then everyone drops. Now this bombing game has become a dogfight game and no one is bombing the hangers. This doesn't happen all the time because most of the inexperienced players will not drop their bombs to keep up and even if they did, most would still have no chance against these top players in their top planes.
Almost all the time dropping is done by players to take advantage of the situation. It doesn't belong in a bombing game. That is what the mission games are for and the dogfight game. Drop your bombs and have fun there. Don't bring it into a bombing game.