yankyaeger wrote:
Do I have to be Italian to get an average of 4 or better on my dice rolls?

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-Yankyaeger
Yanky,
I do remember you in league
http://www.youplay.it/play/tn_Status.asp?GameID=483 and your dice average, even if surrounded by Italians, was above normal. So your problem doesn't lay in nationality.
So let me report you a similar case. In the on going league
http://www.youplay.it/play/tn_Status.asp?GameID=867 there is a player wit a problem like your. It is Nick. Before having the chance to play with him I heard that he was dreading the
Pilot Killed! chit. Well, now I start yo understand why. In that league, so far, he has been shoot down 6 times. In 4 cases the first time that he received some reds, one of them was a pilot killed, in one other case he received just one red, but it was a fuel explosion, in the sixth case he went down after receiving 10 reds.
He will probably tell you that 'his problem' with the chit is more important and touching (to him) than your with dice but, believe me, if there is a person that can solve "your problem", that's him.
Ciao
BlackSheep