I have 580+ hours playing Battlefield 2 now and decided to go for the Helicopter Service and Helicopter Specialist ribbons. The thing is that I’ve come close to the 19 kills in the helicopter. Yeah, I need more practice. But my efforts to get the kills and the 15 minutes in a round always seem to be frustrated by eager teammates crowding the helipads (the reason I haven’t tried sooner) or by solo pilots who spin around and fly off before I can jump in the gunner seat.

What kills me are the lamers who insist that you must be an ace gunner in order to be in *their* helicopter. What elitist nonsense! It’s a game, man. I’ll get there but I need the practice.