Anatomy of a thread in the DCS Black Shark forums

[Stretch]

This is strictly for laughs ... don't take it personally.

 

Post 1: The Question. Typically a totally innocent question. ("The EKRAN told me to turn on rotor anti-ice ... what do I press and why?")

 

Posts 2 through 9: Helpful Answers. The best of our community ... detailed, helpful explanations. ("You need to turn on the anti-ice switches on the overhead panel. Aircraft collect ice at high altitudes which impacts performance and can cause rotor disk intersection. To combat this the rotors, engine, and windshield all have anti-icing equipment.")

 

Posts 10 through 100: Arguing over Minutiae. Even though the previous posts were technically correct, they weren't detailed enough for the hardcore junkies, who require exacting precision in all answers. So they quabble over minor points. ("Actually it's not altitude that causes icing, it's the presence of visible moisture at below-freezing temperatures." Nevermind that the guy never actually said altitude CAUSES icing.)

 

Posts 100 through 10,000: Detail Junkies Arguing with other Detail Junkies. Now the other hardcores start reading the objections of the first hardcores and, desperate to show off their knowledge, start finding flaws in these responses. ("ACTUALLY, icing can occur at temperatures above freezing as well; it depends on the presence of suitable nucleation sites which provide the impetus for liquid water to become solid.") The OP has long since given up on following the thread.

 

Posts 10,000 through 100,000,000: Argument Moves to Something That Doesn't Even Have to Do with Black Shark. Now we've gotten to a level of detail that is irrelevant to Black Shark. Any hope of extracting useful information is now lost -- it's just a war between flight sim junkies to see who knows the most. ("You guys are forgetting about CARB ICING, the most lethal kind of icing, which can happen at ANY temperature WHETHER OR NOT there's moisture." Does the Ka-50 Black Shark have a carburetor? Of course not!)

 

(Remember, strictly for :megalol: !)

[AlphaOneSix]

Awesome. And so true. Naturally, I'd like to think I fall into the "Helpful Answers" category most often, but sadly I admit that I am probably most often guilty of being a "Detail Junkie".

[Ramstein]

anyone remember the 'Stupid answers to stupid questions' in Mad Magazine?? I haven't read the Mag for many, many years. Do they still have that feature, it was funny as hell..

:megalol::lol:

[Case]

This is strictly for laughs ...

This made me smile!

 

Excellent analysis and very truthful! :thumbup:

[71st_Mastiff]

so so so true, I give up trying to pull teeth with those guys, when I ask. so I stopped asking questions at all and just learn myself.. :thumbup::doh::lol: