<<GuitarGuy>>, Leader of ANARCHY caught Tanking and Ditching, by Darkangel
Feb 27, 2017 13:16:08 GMT -5
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Post by Dredd77 on Feb 27, 2017 13:16:08 GMT -5
Hey folks, this thread has been locked. However, I received a PM from the individual this thread called out by name, GuitarGuy, asking for the right of reply. I have elected to include it here, in its entirety. I'm only doing this as a result of the very specific circumstances of the situation, please do not expect a set precedent where mods will insert rebuttals into locked threads to grant "the last word."
Factors that guided my decision:
> this thread impugns the individual by name in the title
> This will be the first/only response to the accusation by that individual
Message begins:
Factors that guided my decision:
> this thread impugns the individual by name in the title
> This will be the first/only response to the accusation by that individual
Message begins:
Dear Dark Angel,
Firstly, Id like to say I quite suprized at the amount of effort you have put into this thread along with messaging my friends on the Line App trying to get an explantaion for my action last thurday afternoon.
Its true, for 2 hours Thursday, after being extremely frustrated with the game and not being able to squad with my new lower level clan members because my damage stats push the group of 7/8 pilots I have been training up into the upper tiers and seeing entire squads of max clan I decided to throw in a hangar of cassocks and just cap beacons instead of trying to inflict damage. I didnt involve anyone else in my clan and I acted on my own.
Because I have been playing gold tier for the past couple of months and have never tried to intentionally "tank" my stats, it took quite some time for me to see even high silver tier in my cassocks so that it I knew it would be safe to squad with my lower members.
After lowering my stats, I squadded with my clanmates and we had much more balanced games because of it, We still would see players with stats equivelent to mine, but not in the great numbers we had before. That was the whole intent of my lowering or "tanking" my damage stats.
I apologize if my actions over a couple of hours "ruined" your game play. You and I have had converstations in the past about the old MM systems and our definitions of "clubbing". As I stated then and Ill say again for the record, I do think that intentionally using lower weapons to get into what was Bronze tier was wrong and I NEVER engaged in that activity, As I stated then, I do feel the use of 4/12 geps was fair and does NOT put the pilot in bronze but in High Silver, Which has been the subject of many arguments here.
You have flamed on this and the old wiki page incessanty about "fairness" in the game, Its efforts like yours that helped make the current MM system what it is, But that still isnt good enough for you. You blamed gepard clans for taking the fun out of your game play in the past and now that that is gone, You want to blame the "tankers" for ruining your fun.
I propose you take a look at your own tactics and hangar first before casting blame on others for your current positon. when you applied to my clan months ago after a post I had made looking for clan members on the wiki page, Activity was the one reason I passed on you as a canidate, but another reason was strong opinions on how pilots should play the game and what bots/weapons you felt were "fair".
It seems to me if you spent as much time playing and growing your weapons and tactics as you do posting on forums about the game you would be a much better pilot and not suffer from a 28% win rate as you told my good friend Random in the Line App message you sent him.
Your in a clan, why dont you just group squad more if your worried about people quitting on your side? This happens at every tier now and is the main reason I play in squad matches now instead of solo.
In the past months I have grown and moved up into gold tier and taken my licks as they say from the tough competition it offers, Ive spent money on the game to have the tools to be able to be as competitive as I can. It was a bad call to tank my stats last thursday, these are the frustrations with trying to play at the higher levels of the game but, at least I am trying.
The only reason you saw me thursday is because I tanked. You dont play upper gold tier and dont see me in your lower teir any other time and you know it. If you have had your clan leader watching my hangar as you stated in your message to Random, you also know I went right back to gold tier after thurday, and havent had anything but my normal gold hangar in since, so the accusations of me dropping down regularly are simply not true.
From your previous post you stated your still running the same 6/8 hangar you had almost 6 months ago. I know you enjoy playing what i call the "curiousity killed the cat" tactic of hiding and hoping some light robot with a new player will try and challange you, so you can destroy his bot and get the "satisfaction" your looking for in the game. I saw you ply this tactic months ago in silver, but of course most of us have naturally progressed and dont play in the lower tiers anymore, but yet your still down there preying on new players who havent yet leaned your tactics. Personally, I think its that stagnant behaviour is why you wont raise your weapons/bots up and fight players that have been playing as long as you have.
Lastly, I want to thank all of my friends from other clans who posted here and attempted to defend my character, You guys are the best and are the main reason why I play the game.
Firstly, Id like to say I quite suprized at the amount of effort you have put into this thread along with messaging my friends on the Line App trying to get an explantaion for my action last thurday afternoon.
Its true, for 2 hours Thursday, after being extremely frustrated with the game and not being able to squad with my new lower level clan members because my damage stats push the group of 7/8 pilots I have been training up into the upper tiers and seeing entire squads of max clan I decided to throw in a hangar of cassocks and just cap beacons instead of trying to inflict damage. I didnt involve anyone else in my clan and I acted on my own.
Because I have been playing gold tier for the past couple of months and have never tried to intentionally "tank" my stats, it took quite some time for me to see even high silver tier in my cassocks so that it I knew it would be safe to squad with my lower members.
After lowering my stats, I squadded with my clanmates and we had much more balanced games because of it, We still would see players with stats equivelent to mine, but not in the great numbers we had before. That was the whole intent of my lowering or "tanking" my damage stats.
I apologize if my actions over a couple of hours "ruined" your game play. You and I have had converstations in the past about the old MM systems and our definitions of "clubbing". As I stated then and Ill say again for the record, I do think that intentionally using lower weapons to get into what was Bronze tier was wrong and I NEVER engaged in that activity, As I stated then, I do feel the use of 4/12 geps was fair and does NOT put the pilot in bronze but in High Silver, Which has been the subject of many arguments here.
You have flamed on this and the old wiki page incessanty about "fairness" in the game, Its efforts like yours that helped make the current MM system what it is, But that still isnt good enough for you. You blamed gepard clans for taking the fun out of your game play in the past and now that that is gone, You want to blame the "tankers" for ruining your fun.
I propose you take a look at your own tactics and hangar first before casting blame on others for your current positon. when you applied to my clan months ago after a post I had made looking for clan members on the wiki page, Activity was the one reason I passed on you as a canidate, but another reason was strong opinions on how pilots should play the game and what bots/weapons you felt were "fair".
It seems to me if you spent as much time playing and growing your weapons and tactics as you do posting on forums about the game you would be a much better pilot and not suffer from a 28% win rate as you told my good friend Random in the Line App message you sent him.
Your in a clan, why dont you just group squad more if your worried about people quitting on your side? This happens at every tier now and is the main reason I play in squad matches now instead of solo.
In the past months I have grown and moved up into gold tier and taken my licks as they say from the tough competition it offers, Ive spent money on the game to have the tools to be able to be as competitive as I can. It was a bad call to tank my stats last thursday, these are the frustrations with trying to play at the higher levels of the game but, at least I am trying.
The only reason you saw me thursday is because I tanked. You dont play upper gold tier and dont see me in your lower teir any other time and you know it. If you have had your clan leader watching my hangar as you stated in your message to Random, you also know I went right back to gold tier after thurday, and havent had anything but my normal gold hangar in since, so the accusations of me dropping down regularly are simply not true.
From your previous post you stated your still running the same 6/8 hangar you had almost 6 months ago. I know you enjoy playing what i call the "curiousity killed the cat" tactic of hiding and hoping some light robot with a new player will try and challange you, so you can destroy his bot and get the "satisfaction" your looking for in the game. I saw you ply this tactic months ago in silver, but of course most of us have naturally progressed and dont play in the lower tiers anymore, but yet your still down there preying on new players who havent yet leaned your tactics. Personally, I think its that stagnant behaviour is why you wont raise your weapons/bots up and fight players that have been playing as long as you have.
Lastly, I want to thank all of my friends from other clans who posted here and attempted to defend my character, You guys are the best and are the main reason why I play the game.