Originally posted by Masherbrum
They've pretty much SHOWN the rest of the Community not one thing.
Who is "they"? I may not pay, but I offer help to any NewU who will respond to me, which makes them more likely to continue playing the game and possibly move on to the main arena. I also do everything in my power to keep my server (which helps provide advertisement for the actual game) free of the kind of players who make this game unenjoyable for others. Lastly, I've provided quite a bit of word-of-mouth advertisement for the game; there's almost not a single forum I frequent on which I haven't made detailed explanations of why Aces High II is the best aerial combat simulator on the market, not to mention those I've made to all of my friends.
I also do as good of a job as any paying member at following the rules. So do many of the other "freeloaders," including respected hosts such as Croduh, 1K3, Merlin, Xena, and Pbdy. We may not pay, but it's quite wrong to say that we only take and give nothing back. We take nothing that is not offered, we are grateful for what we have, and we give back as much as we can. Don't insult us for that.