Hi everyone.
Biplane noob girl here getting ready to jump into to a place that I figure is going to be really deep and stinky, but after all, what else are noob girls for.
So ... I'm still kind of a noob when it comes to World of Warplanes. I've been around for a while, since about 2015 but I haven't really been all that active until a few months ago. However I am not a noob girl when it comes to World of Warships and I have some experience in World of Tanks as well.
I started a derailing subject in the "Who have you seen in game" thread because I saw a lot of people talking about bailing on games they were playing as if it were a commonly accepted practice here. As I said, most of my experience is in World of Warships where bailing on a battle is definitely not a generally accepted practice. In fact, WG took the step of actually putting in an automated penalty system into place in that game to penalize players who habitually bailed on their battles.
So, a part of my background on this subject is based on my ships experience, but the rest just comes from me and possibly my overdeveloped sense of responsibility towards others.
It's simple for me. When I enter a battle I am part of a team and part of that teams chance for success depends on me. My job from the moment that battle begins until I'm a flaming smudge on the mountainside or I soar off to victory is to do all that I can to make my team as successful as I possibly can during the time I am there.
Yes, there are times when things frustrate the poo out of me. I might be on a bad team, there might be a couple of planes on the other side in a flight that are just wiping me and the other green planes out of the sky seemingly without effort. I might even have a genuine team killer that I have to deal with or others who are just so stupid I wonder if they have functioning brains. There are people who don't care as much as I do, people who infuriate me by bragging what great seal clubbers they are and even people who are just flat out rude and unpleasant.
To me, none of that matters. My responsibilities to the team do not depend on the other members of my team and certainly not members of the opposing team, they remain my responsibilities and I have no excuse for not following through on them.
The reason for this is that a failure on my part harms others who just have the bad misfortune of being on my team when I hit the "back to hanger button". If its just me, and I want to bail on me, ok, the only one harmed is me however stupid that action might be. But it's not just about me, it's about everyone else I fly with and, even though this is just an electronic game flying around in electronic airplanes, it's still important for that 15 minutes those people are relying on me.
I completely understand the argument that if it's not against the rules, then I can do what I want. Well the first argument there is that I'm not so sure it's not against the rules, it certainly is in ships and I suspect the only reason its not here is that we've been the red headed step child long enough that WG doesn't care to put the resources into enforcing those rules here. It's simply bad for the game and what's bad for the game, to one extent or another, is bad for WG.
But let's put that aside for a moment. The Law (Rules in this case) does not define what our expected behavior should be, it defines the the minimum level of behavior that society is willing to tolerate. Even if this behavior did fit within that minimum tolerable behavior model, its still wrong, an abdication of responsibility on a personal level, it might possibly be within the rules, but I don't think it rises to the level of being acceptable or at least I certainly hope it doesn't. That's just a much higher standard that I think we should expect from each other and, for what it's worth, I certainly expect it of me.
So sorry if this ends up ruffling some feathers as I'm sure it will. After all, I am just the noob girl who is putting herself out there judging all the rest of you and I'm sure there are those who will take offense. But hey, I knew it was a stinky pile of poo when I decided to jump into it sooo ... .
noob girl signing off.
Edited by BB3_Oregon_Steel, 19 July 2019 - 11:21 PM.