A POLE: How long have you been flying IL-2

[il_corleone]

Fliying from i was 8 Years old , when the first Il2 come out, i remember studing like a beast , becose my pc was too old, i remebmber going to a clasmate class to play il2 whit him and his brother, i remembet well how it was, when i do it all the exams well and my father buyed me the pc and the game for surprise, wow, i still amazed how all the "options and the il2 world opened" to me that day, i thinked, one day this game will have all the optons and hunders of players playing it in one online game (it was rare to me more than 4 or 5 players in a mathc lol)

[mazex]

I remember the long wait for the IL2 Demo hanging in the forums reading Olegs updates from the development and my feverish hands when I took off in that 109 in the first demo... Just the first take off from that grass strip made me realize this was something that completely wiped the floor with the competition...

I've been flying most sims since Fighter Pilot on the Spectrum, and I've been searching for the Grail ever since. The only time I've had a real scent of the Grail was when Red Baron (the original VGA version) was released, Falcon 3.0 - and IL2 version 1.0... Then after a while you realize even the sun has it's spots too and start dreaming of the Grail again. Maybe CloD version 3.0 in 2014 will reach immortality, if MG survives to do it?

[kilosierra]

Since demo days. I was into Rowans BoB at that time, but was getting annoyed of it, as official support seized and you had to fiddle with many thing to get the thing working.

Was blasted away because Il-2 worked out of the box and immediatly joined a online squad of former Warbirds veterans. First time I discovered online-gaming. A blast.

I`m still member of said squad, however I quit flying Il-2 a few years ago, as I didn´t have enough time to be more than a target.

I still hope, CLOD will bring back that old times again. Some day.