The last warning!

[robtek]

@ csThor

I really don´t care what anybody is thinking when he is on my six or i am on his.
i dont have to read the whining and i could not care less about it
and last but not least i fly most of my time the fighter-fodder (bomber) or fighter-bomber types who are mostly not equal to the pure fighters.
So i would be an opponent for you, i think.(at least more challenging than the ai)

[jasonbirder]

And, very important: To buy doesnt mean continuing to play after finding it was too hard
(at the beginning) or too boring (offline)

Now you....

The Poll I am quoting from has nothing to do with people that bought the game and no longer play it (Though I suspect that Oleg himself is glad they exist...selling your computer game to a few thousand commited long term fans is not going to keep his company in business very long)
It is a contemporary poll from the ubizoo...which of all the internet forums is probably the one which is most "online centric"
SO look at the evidence...
Even on an Internet Forum (so automatically excluding anyone that plays IL2 without an internet connection), in the English Language speaking section (traditionally the English speaking countries have the highest % of internet and broadband connections - introducing more bias into the poll results), on a forum which has historically been the most "online-centric" of all the IL2 forums (so likely to be seen and responded to by online players)...so for all of that the majority of responders are predominantly offline players...

[robtek]

@jasonbirder

did you actually read my post?
i quoted that from the responders 38% played less than 50% of their time online
and 63% played more than 50% of their time online.
so the majority is quite well on the online-player side.
What i see here there is a very vocal minority (as we are online) of offline players here.

[jasonbirder]

Nope...i'm sorry it must be my arithmatic...because if I add up 20% (100% Online) + 16% (90% Online) + 4% (75%) Online...I still online get 40% of people who are predominantly Online players...
And thats ignoring the obvious bias inherent in an internet poll about online usage...

[robtek]

@jasonbirder
i strongly recommend that you might use the refresh button at the poll page

[jasonbirder]

41 (27%) 100% offline

30 (20%) 90% offline 10% online

7 (5%) 75% offline 25% online

13 (9%) 50% offline 50% online

6 (4%) 25% offline 75% online

24 (16%) 10% offline 90% online

31 (20%) 100% online

Still unsure how you`re working out your quoted comments?

[robtek]

Sorry, didn´t see that the last point was offliner, i think that changes it:

Results (152 votes counted so far):
Given the choices below, please pick the one that most closely indicates your IL2 usage:

41 (27%) 100% offline
30 (20%) 90% offline 10% online
7 (5%) 75% offline 25% online
13 (9%) 50% offline 50% online
6 (4%) 25% offline 75% online
24 (16%) 10% offline 90% online
31 (20%) 100% online

but that still says that about73% play more or less online.