Been a while....

Bearcat · #1 01-01-2009, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by LEXX

Yough Bear, I was not referring to the "official" Simhq stance, but the "in the street" community stance, as Simhq members didn't buckle under from the anti-mod bullying which was allowed to happen by the Simhq moderators. I think for two reasons....(1) the "street" Simhq community has a higher proportion of Offline players, and (2) is a higher form of life in general -- lacking a better term -- and they generally found refuge there from the Romper Room at ubi.com.

Failure to moderate snotty behavior forced Oleg out of ubi.com, even if that behavior was not related to modding. The ubi.com forum was left unmoderated since the start, at least back as far as the Trim Wars and RBJ

and all the snotty insults against customers asking Oleg for functional trim controls. You remember...these customers were accused of; take a guess...

...wanting to cheat online.

That basic snotty behavior in general is why Oleg found a new home in the somewhat more polite, and more Offline oriented, and more hack-mod friendly, Simhq community. Strange but true. Life works that way sometimes.

and Oleg told you this no doubt..

If you recall Oleg began to get scarce shortly after the whole PF debacle...

LEXX · #2 01-01-2009, 04:24 PM

He finally left for good in what, 2007? And he went to the more mod friendly Simhq for his English language forum until he founded the Yellow Wallpaper Site.

I'll try again: The snotty behavior is not restricted to "mod" issues. I'm sure there was much ubi.com snot dripping after PF, after everything actually, and about things other than modding.

flyingbullseye · #3 01-01-2009, 04:28 PM

Didn't Oleg not really care much for the PF addon? Heard that he didn't really want to do it as his interest was more for the eastern front but was kind of pushed in way as it was seen more of a business move?

Flyingbullseye

LEXX · #4 01-01-2009, 04:34 PM

Seems so. Its a shame too cos Pacific is kinda a semi-forgotten war, and when you sit on carrier deck, you can see the sim engine is *great* for Pacific ops. Many have noted the strange similarities between Pearl Harbour and Barbarossa -- both surprises or...were they?

Bearcat · #5 01-01-2009, 05:10 PM

Remember the legal issues with PF.. why we couldn't get an official Avenger... ?

I think that Oleg's departure from UBI had more to do with business than the folks at UBI even if that may have played some role, but I dont think he was "run off" . The man has a life.. don't forget he had a kid.. who should be what.. @ 4 or 5 now? Then there were the accidents... I think Oleg has pretty thick skin... most guys who can do what he did with this sim do. You don't come up with a product like this being a thin skinned wuss.. He took on M.S. and smacked them like Tyson in his prime on a 5 ft golddigger... and at the time... MS was more like Tyson and he was more like the golddigger as fart as size goes... LOL... .

LEXX · #6 01-01-2009, 05:19 PM

Bearcat::

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I think that Oleg's departure from UBI had more to do with business than the folks at UBI even if that may have played some role, but I dont think he was "run off."

uh...I'll go with that from now on. That makes *alot* of sense.

I remember those doubled up accidents. I always thought of that when I read this...

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The aircraft stalled immediately and crashed from 20 m, injurying the pilot K.K. Artseulov.
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IL-2 [NOT the Il-2 we know, lexx] flew on July 1924, the pilot being again K.K. Artseulov, who had recovered from the previous injuries.

~ http://mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/i-1/i1.html

That was a neat plane. What developer will be the first?