I think the main reason we see this going on is the Flight sims community has lost it's way. Back in the day, in FR AW & WB the community largely lived for the next scenario. The MA was just a place to kill time till the next historcal event, the game was more about the history of air combat and the next scenario's. We talked some smack back then, but in a nicer way.

Because that guy maybe your wingman in the upcoming scenario. In AW I never played any other sides besides B land, but most of my friends was Az or Cz, because of the events community.
Here in AH we have lost that..... the game has become about the Main arenas. Not about the historical events.
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