WC does surely bring a lot of people to this forum, despite geographical location.
Kids, teens or even adults like us would really like to live up to certain ideals, suck as Chris 'Maverick' Blair.
In WC Academy we noticed that Blair is a by-the-book type of guy, in the contrary with Maniac who's is trying to compete with Blair in every sense. Oftenly Maniac consorts to insults and name calling... and even tries to provoke Blair's anger.
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Blair just sat on his cockpit when a voice yelled at him.
"Hey Maverick! We know who's better in the flight simulator..."
'Not again,' thought Blair. 'That's it. I'm going to teach him a lesson he would never forget...'
---- Wing Commander Academy Episode 1: The Red and Blue---
But, guess what... even though they had their own ways and differences and even principles, they still manage to unite together when a real Kilrathi destroyer was hiding in the nebulae nearby.
If people start insulting you and name calling, so what?
Why not ignore them and think of the principles we adore and try to live to it?