The "Ubi-Zoo"

[X]

I think Evgeny is a breath of fresh air: imperturbable, impartial, rational, good-natured, and ruthless. The perfect moderator. I am amused to see the worst moderator on the Ubi IL-2 forum complaining about "negativity" on the Ubi forum when his witlessness constantly causes umbrage and consternation, and is instrumental in creating the chaotic atmosphere on that benighted forum. Well done, Evgeny, keep up the splendid work. May this excellent forum flourish.

[NeuralDream]

By the way, talking about the UBIZoo, could Bearcat kindly lift the apparent 48 billion years ban on me there, instead of the 48 hours that it was supposed to be some months ago ?
Evgeny took the pretty cool approach to show his face in his avatar, which may generally be a bad idea for forumers, but helps when you are a mod .

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by NeuralDream

By the way, talking about the UBIZoo, could Bearcat kindly lift the apparent 48 billion years ban on me there, instead of the 48 hours that it was supposed to be some months ago ?
Evgeny took the pretty cool approach to show his face in his avatar, which may generally be a bad idea for forumers, but helps when you are a mod .

Did I ban you.... ? If I did and I forgot I apologize.. but I don't remember banning you... and I don't see a reference to it anywhere.. but I am sorry for the apparent 25 day ban...

[NeuralDream]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

Did I ban you.... ? If I did and I forgot I apologize.. but I don't remember banning you... and I don't see a reference to it anywhere.. but I am sorry for the apparent 25 day ban...

Hehe, no problem . You had banned me for 48 hours for causing a stir by posting a slightly political tongue-in-cheek joke . Strangely the ban was never lifted.

[Fearfactor]

Originally Posted by Schwarz.13

I just wanted to clear up a few misconceptions about the Ubi forum...

I have only been registered there about 7 months or so but in my experience the vast majority of regular users there are mature, friendly & helpful devotees of Oleg's wonderful sim.

Yes, i am aware of the past history of the Ubi forum but to me that is like comparing Nazi Germany to modern-day Germany - most of the asshats have either grown-up, moved on or had the shit kicked out of them in their home towns hehe.

And yes while there are still a lot of off-topic threads there, people who have had bad experiences there in the past should let bygones be bygones and newbies here should not be prejudiced by others' opinions of the "community that ousted Oleg" blah, blah. They are, most of them, good guys!

We are, all of us (generally) mature - regardless of age - WWII, aviation and IL2 buffs so let's not let the big kids who were never cuddled enough spoil our party!

/group hug

(and RIP to all the pilots/aircrew who never came back to enjoy the petty squabbles of our cyber-world)

A Happy & Peaceful Xmas!!!

What's wrong with a few off-topics threads as long as people enjoy them and they stay civil? No, they sould not allow a topic on porn or something that off topic but an occasional off topic thread is not a big deal. And most user agreements do not actually say you can't post off-topic. Try reading them.

And the mods are most of the problem there, not contributors. For instance Bearcat, who has even posted in this thread, is a mod over there and started a thread about Battlestar Gallactica ( for cryin out loud ) right after a ton of contribs got off-topic threads locked for no real reason. At Ubi, do as they mods say, not as they do. For the love of....................