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Originally Posted by Feathered_IV
Flight sim fans are mostly paranoid conservatives. Frightened of change but always crying for more. They will usually bite the hand that feeds them, then say I told you so when the hand is withdrawn. I've often mused that if I didn't like aircraft so much, I'd normally go far out of my way to avoid such people.
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Originally Posted by Feuerfalke
Why don't you put the finger right on it?
This community is growing *OLD*.
It's rusted, full of prejudice, afraid of young newcomers, changes and new ways of thinking, stubborn to the bitter end and unwilling to change their minds, no matter how wrong it is. And of course always just seeing the catastrophe, being threatened or exploited in everything. Especially by everything new coming their way.
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Gentlemen i am in awe...you have achieved a feat which i thought was impossible...you have manged to befriend and interview EVERY MEMBER OF THE IL2 community! how did you ever have time to fly? and on top of that amazing feat you have manged to accurately (with no personal bias of course) size them up and conveniently break it down in less than a paragraph for us to easily digest.
I however do not remember meeting you (a loss for me tobe sure) and I have been around for...10 years? I wonder were I was while the IL2 community was basking in your radiance...hmmm perhaps this rusted paranoid conservative was sitting in a dark corner swatting at the invisible demons of progress and change..or perhaps I was Learning
how to install a CMS (content management system) for an il2 website
how to install a dedicated server for use on hyperlobby
how to install a SQL DB that was being used by the stat program that was monitoring the server and feeding real time info to the stats page on the website
how to install a TS server on a linux box and have it attached to a module on the front page of the website and accessible 24/7
hw to install blind deaf (no monitor,keyboard,mouse) server(s) behind a lan for 24/7 interconnectivity and functionality of afore mentioned items.
There are people in this community that have contributed 100 fold more than I have or ever will and for you to make a blanket judgment about the community on the whole is nothing more than exceptionally naive and insulting.
The il2 community is one of the strongest most mature and most dedicated I have ever seen and nothing will change that.