full-real in SoW...

[Novotny]

Originally Posted by WTE_Galway

I simply base it on the number of offline players I have known over the years (especially older ones) that simply are not online at all, not even connected to the internet, or rarely go online.

I personally have no internet at all at home and only use the net when stuck with nothing to do at work to fill in time. (yeah i have one of those jobs)

Well, if I may say so, that's quite unusual these days. I'd be really stuck to think of anyone I know who doesn't check their mail, news etc online at least once or twice a day; apart from two older fellows who never really got into it, they being 66 and 92 years of age.

In many European states, such as Finland or Estonia, it's considered a basic human right to have an internet connection. It's certainly something the UN is pushing.

I grew up before we had internets and now simply can't imagine having to do without it.

Perhaps I'll also mention that I now get very little pleasure from beating AI routines but I still do play offline, in much the same way that I used to play a chess computer if I couldn't find a human opponent. Never once did I ever turn down a human opponent to play the chess machine. And nowadays, I would never choose to play the computer at anything I could instead play a human at.

I still really enjoy IL-2 offline, and many other games too. But the thrill for me, in any sort of game/competition, is in outwitting the human opponent (hopefully).