Does your name make you a target?

Campers, especially Hydra users, target everyone. It doesn't matter what your name is.

Seriously, we've all had games where you take 12 Hydra hits in a row and think "Really? Me? I'm your priority target?"

Another factor is the level of your bots. If a camper hits you and your health goes down a big chunk they will focus on you.

I think it may have to do with everybody reporting problems with target lock. So, when a missileboat gets a Target lock, they spam the hell out of it.

I can say I don’t target specific names because I notice them. But, if a pilot takes me out and the name is easy to remember I am MUCH more likely to give them a little extra attention after dropping my next bot. If it’s hard to remember then I just forget and move on.

Only if I know them. ?

What about the people who use inverted triangles spaced far apart so that it looks like an enemy and people aim for the wrong thing?

Unless it is someone I know a name does not really change anything. clan name can give an indication of how strong reds will be / who to avoid.

The only exception would be if the name is / person is offensive.  One guy briefly in my clan dropped from a squad because of the flag on one of the non-clan squad mates and said he could not play with someone from that country. I made my feelings known about the racism and intolerance and quickly changed my flag to the same and he made a swift exit from the clan (not sure it was my new flag that did it, but I like to think so). If I see that specific guy I will target him.

I am the opposite strong clan name means he is the primary target for me.   I go after whomever I think is the baddest bot in town.

Bingo. We all know a good player with a strong hangar can completely upend a game. Knock that player out (or players that fit the profile, as the case may be) and your chances of winning increase dramatically. 

If there was another event I was planning to change my name to "I Swap Beacons" to help with Kill tasks... lmao

Used to...back when it was "Pixonic can do no wrong"

I just acquired a Spectre in my main Amazon profile. Guess what I put on it?
I do tend to target just one player with it in a match and pound that player relentlessly throughout the match too. Especially if I see another Specter sporting 4x?Dookiestains or Orkans. Gotta figure they had it coming for that. And if I see that player in subsequent matches...same deal.

I happen to like the Hydra because it represents what high technology can do even in our reality today. We've got "smart weapons" now that can do pretty much what the Hydra does in the game...only way more so. We have missiles that we can launch and forget to actually search out specific targets. Vehicles, planes, even specific people can be targeted by fire and forget missiles that can spend a significant amount of time just loitering over a specific location or locations for minutes at a time just waiting for their intended target to pop goes the weasel. And yes, those targeted by them think they are a pretty ?dookie?ty and unfair weapon. To that I have to laugh my ?bum-bum? off.

Nothing has ever been "fair" in warfare. Anyone who thinks otherwise is an utter fool. The only thing that matters is winning and staying alive, not how you do it. And since this is a semi-simulated game of warfare you should not expect that fact to change either.
Conventions? What a joke. The "terrorist" knows that you cannot restrict your actions if you are in a fight for survival. That's foolish thinking. Nearly everyone throughout history has labeled their opponents as terrorists in some form or another. The Brits called the Revolutionaries in the 1700s terrorists just because they fought asymmetrically to their own established game of warfare. When you are fighting to win and not for sport it's always best to use whatever resources you have to make it happen.

Thus...hail Hydra!!

Yes!!! I followed around a guy named Trump2020 for several matches the other day... to hell with winning! I just want to shoot that guy all day!!! Sorry trumpers, history will judge you then, I will judge you now!

No need to say sorry, I followed a 「smart person」 named beto around forgoing everything else to kill him.  Dems are evil morons.

I don't worry about names I just sneak around and kill all the long range botz, then camp their spawn points