First of all, you make wayyyyyyyyyy to many asumptions about me.
Really? How so? I just give my opinion on yours. I never judged your skills or anything like that.
2nd, I have no problem countering. No problem whatsover. So for the future, thanks but no thanks for your combat advice.
Then why don't you just beat them and move on? Shouldn't take much time and it's an easy win. Sure, there is a lack of challenge but do you really expect the community to be full of experienced players? I have a tendency to check the profile of the player and more often than not, I find out they only completed about 2 story sagas at most. Those are never good players. There might be an exception out there but I've yet to see one.
3rd, I disagree on your vision of legitimate strategy. What you are describing to me sounds like legitimate nonsense.
Really? How is it nonsense? There are noobish tactics in every game, doesn't make it cheating, it's just lame. Trying to find players who stick to the honor code is going to be hard in almost all games on public multiplayer. You will need a community that focuses on the competitive scene I'm afraid. Do you know what cheating is? Things like glitching, modding and hacking. That's cheating.
4th- I d/c on these fools even when I'm winning. What do you make of that?
That's rather stupid IMO. You may think it's honorable. Personally, I think it's a really disrespectful act towards your opponent. But by all means, do whatever you desire. Who am I to tell you what to do or not do?
To me, it's all about HONOR, but I don't expect everyone to share my views. I was simply offering a counter argument to the OP and that's completely within my right.
I see where you're coming from, but don't you think it's more dishonorable to disconnect? I have years of multiplayer experience. Mostly shooters and RTS but I tried everything. I've had about the same mindset as you had at one point. But I've come to the conclusion that only in RTS people in pubs can be honorable gamers. And even in those games there will be cheapskates and douchebags. Many gamers who take it seriously will exploit the system if it means having a good W/L or K/D, faster ranking or whatever. It's something you cannot avoid.
And yes, fighting someone who spams is a complete waste of time for me as I am so ridiculously good at this game (IMO) that I need to fight people with REAL skill. Not cheap tactics.
Wanna see for yourself? Just ask.
Go to Shenron's Wake then if you haven't already: http://s1.zetaboards.com/Shenrons_Wake/index/
That's about as good as it gets when you wanna play Raging Blast competitively. I figure there are quite some skilled people over there. Maybe try Gamefaqs? But if you're looking for truly competitive battles, pubs are not the way to go.
Bottom line- I'd rather someone d/c on me rather than use spam the whole match.
I don't agree with this but that's my opinion.
I didn't really expect anyone to understand the "code of honor". Not when "kids" play this game more than adults like myself.
I suppose in the end I should expect childish things from children, including tactics.
Sure, I might d/c on these people but let me ask you this:
If I take the upper hand in battle against a spammer, do I really think that this person WON'T D/C on me?
I've had tons of spammers not disconnect on me.
I put that to the test countless times before I started to d/c...and guess what happened? The spammer d/c'd everytime... thus spammer=d/c'er IF they are about to lose.
Not in my experience I'm afraid, guess I'm lucky since your theory does make sense.
I do things different. I end the match IMMEDIATELY as soon as the spam fest begins.
There is a HUGE difference.
That sounds like a waste of a match to me but suit yourself. I'm not in any position to tell you what to do like I already said. I'm just giving my opinion on the matter.
I will continue to d/c on injustice in my one man fight against spam.
While I find that admirable, I think you're making things more annoying for yourself. People online will always be assholes, especially when the penalty system is flawed. Like in this game.