COLD WAR OPEN SERVER RULES (edited by J18Dread 26Feb06)
1) ONLY BOMBERS AND TWO-SEATERS BOMB
2) SALUTE! SALUTE! SALUTE!
If you are shot down then "Salute" your opponent. Even if you die due to a collision
or something you feel was unfair just Salute! and carry on. Sure they had five guys on you, sure he hit you from behind, sure
you were out of ammo, sure you were landing -- it's a game and it's not worth arguing or explaining -- start a new life and
carry on. If you argue you will make enemies and will spend your time typing and not flying. Some players will not salute
if they are shot down by a group of enemies, or they will give a small "s" salute to indicate their contempt. I feel this
is very bad manners - if you got shot down by a group of enemies then I think you probably picked a bad fight. Maybe you should
have run away, climbed, found a wingman, or taken some other action rather than diving into a 12 plane furball at the end
of the enemy runway.
Salute! your opponent or opponents and fly smarter next time.
3) APOLOGIZE FOR EVERY COLLISION
It takes two to crash and often factors like lag, stalls, damage or high
speed make avoiding a collision impossible for you or your opponent. Sure he hit you from behind, but how do you know your
plane didn't freeze for a second due to Nets or lag, making a collision unavoidable? Don't argue, just say "Salute! Sorry
for collision" and carry on. If they have any class at all they will reply "No Problem. Takes two. S!"
4) DON'T BE A "VULCHER" BY PUTTING THE LAST BULLET IN SOMEONE'S KILL
Often a skilled pilot will spend 10
minutes getting altitude, 10 minutes patiently tracking an enemy, and another five minutes battling them down to nearly ground
level. By all means come to their rescue if the battle is going against them but if they are on the enemy's six, let them
finish their battle on their own. It is disappointing to shoot the wings off an opponent and then have some opportunistic
player put a few bullets in the wingless crate as it plummets to the ground and end up getting credit for the kill. If you
do happen to do this in the excitement of battle be sure to Salute your opponent and tell everyone in open chat which pilot
really deserves the kill credit. This happens to everyone once in a while so don't be too quick to accuse someone of being
a "vulcher"-in a team game your team may save your butt by finishing off an enemy quickly so you can run before the next wave
of enemies drops down on you from the clouds. Also remember that Internet lag may mean YOU see a wingless crate plummeting
to the ground but your team sees an enemy with all his wings making an evasive dive.
5) DON'T ATTACK OR BOMB PLANES ON THE RUNWAY OR TRYING TO TAKE OFF
It is bad manners to attack someone who
is trying to take off, and not fun for the person on the ground. To be fair, let them get airborne and wait until they make
their first turn before attacking them. Even better is to ask them if they are ready. Anybody can shoot down an enemy by jumping
him as he takes off. It takes a skilled pilot to down an enemy who has been allowed to get some altitude and turn to face
you.
6) DON'T SHOOT WHILE TAKING OFF
If you are the person taking off, get some air and then KEEP CLIMBING STRAIGHT
WITHOUT SHOOTING until you have some altitude. When you are ready to fight you can turn around and come back. Don't fire from
the runway please or someone will shoot back at you and then the whole game turns into a series of 3 second flights punctuated
by ‘shootdowns’ at the end of your runway. This is hardly sporting and you don't learn much, if you don't get
airborne.
7) NO ROCKETS AIR-TO-AIR PLEASE
Some servers allow "anything goes", but CW servers do not. Leave the rockets
and bombs for the bombers. If you are out of ammo, then RTB and get some
more. If you have used it all up on your opponents then don't expect any mercy
-- you should have aimed better and planned your escape route before you clicked empty. Also, rockets create smoke graphics
which can spoil peoples frame rates and cause freezes. It is tempting to use a rocket if you are out of ammo but in reality
rockets in WW1 were mostly flares that were used to ignite observation balloons. Rockets were not used on ground targets or
on other airplanes. If someone rockets you keep in mind it MAY be accidental. The R (rocket) key is right beside the E (enemy)
key. If you don't want to risk ‘rocketing’ someone by accident, some players fire off their rockets into the ground
and away from other players before entering battle. It may prevent accidental rockets but it may also mess up your frame rates
while you do it...
8) IF YOU FLAME THEN "START NEW LIFE"
Flame graphics degrade server performance to the point that other players
get booted out. If your plane catches fire then please hit ESC and "Start New Life" as fast as you can to avoid getting your
whole team kicked off the server while they are at a critical moment of offense or defense. Unlike SP (single player) you
can not extinguish flames by diving in MMP (multiplayer). You are dead so Start New Life and salute your opponent. Also, if
you see someone "riding a flamer" they are probably a new player. Suggest to them that they do not do this and educate them
rather than berate them for their transgression. You were a new player once and
someone had to tell YOU not to flame, right?
9)LET TWO PLAYERS FINISH THEIR 1v1
If you see just two fighters in a dogfight far away from a "gangbang",
stay high and do not disturb their fight! It should be their adventure.
10) SET A GOOD EXAMPLE AND IGNORE BAD EXAMPLES
Try to play fairly and have fun. If you see someone strafing
planes on a runway or cursing then by all means suggest to them that this is unsportsmanlike behavior. Set your own good example
and don't be lowered to their level.
