Where's all the players?

[The Fugitive]

I re-subbed after being gone for two years and the first impression I got was the same.

I was hoping popular games like Warthunder might actually indirectly make the sim community larger by attracting players who would want to be more and more immersed in the genre but I guess that is not happening how I thought it might. 

They may not KNOW there is a game that they can get more immersion from.

[LePaul]

Good to see you back despite the state of the union LePaul.  One of the real "good guys" I remember from long ago. 

Despite all the problems, perceived, real, or otherwise, there is still fun to be had, so it's good to see guys like yourself coming back.  Hopefully even more will do so once the beta of the new version is running.

I remember the good ole days, many names still come to mind..Ripsnort and many others.  I'm hoping to sign on this evening and find a fun mission or two, the group efforts were the most fun for me.  I was always one who liked the strategy aspect of the game.  If many folks worked together...fighters, bombers, GVs...you could advance the front a lot.

[Lazerr]

Hello LePaul,  still like p38s i see.  Try the G out, it is an animal.

[Banshee7]

I've been too busy with my first semester of classes as a teacher

[Triton28]

Welcome back.   

[Brooke]

a lot like Detroit.

I grew up in a suburb of Detroit from the early 1960's until the mid 1980's.  I went back to visit a couple of months ago.  It might finally have hit bottom and be on its way up (although it has a long way to climb).

[Zerstorer]

Edit: AH is like the Katatonia of the music world. Amazing in almost every aspect of their musicianship and range, yet are not well known and have a small fan base due to their pride of not signing a record label.
 

Who or what is "Katatonia"?   

Kidding of course... even if I haven't heard of the band it's a good analogy.

 I agree with almost everything else but I only know of one person who was banned from the game itself and that needed to be done given the circumstances. I know I didn't shed any tears for him. There may have been others I'm not aware of but still it has to be a very small number.

[Max]

I dunno...it seems the "I'm back" BBS posts outnumber the "I'm leaving" ones.

[DmonSlyr]

Who or what is "Katatonia"?  

Kidding of course... even if I haven't heard of the band it's a good analogy.

 I agree with almost everything else but I only know of one person who was banned from the game itself and that needed to be done given the circumstances. I know I didn't shed any tears for him. There may have been others I'm not aware of but still it has to be a very small number.

Grizz
Irishone
Bluberry
Hlbly

To name a couple:
it's not really that much and I think there are a couple more, as well as, the people who quit because of the issue. But most did play for years and this can lag in them getting their friends to play/extra revenues.

Yeah, Katatonia check em out, the best band you never heard of
 

We all want this game to succeed. And while WT did bring a huge amount of people into the genre, HTC has to be able to find a way to steal players from there.

As you can tell from WT, there is a huge market for flight sims and combat scenarios in WW2. With the whole complexity that AH offers (world map, tanks, bombers, fighters, flight model, general war concept,) it should be the game of the century. It is just lacking marketing, graphics, and discount incentives to sucker new players in.

[Zacherof]

Good to see you back despite the state of the union LePaul.  One of the real "good guys" I remember from long ago. 

Despite all the problems, perceived, real, or otherwise, there is still fun to be had, so it's good to see guys like yourself coming back.  Hopefully even more will do so once the beta of the new version is running.

We're all scoundrels!!!!

[Changeup]

Grizz
Irishone
Bluberry
Hlbly

To name a couple:
it's not really that much and I think there are a couple more, as well as, the people who quit because of the issue. But most did play for years and this can lag in them getting their friends to play/extra revenues.

Yeah, Katatonia check em out, the best band you never heard of
 

We all want this game to succeed. And while WT did bring a huge amount of people into the genre, HTC has to be able to find a way to steal players from there.

As you can tell from WT, there is a huge market for flight sims and combat scenarios in WW2. With the whole complexity that AH offers (world map, tanks, bombers, fighters, flight model, general war concept,) it should be the game of the century. It is just lacking marketing, graphics, and discount incentives to sucker new players in.

Grizz and Irish weren't banned from the game.   They were banned from the BBS.  They choose not to play for that reason

[wpeters]

I understand Bluberry was banned due to some hacking. That is all I know.

Their are a quite a number from our squad that havent been playing much. Hoping that some of the new stuff will be out this month

[Stampf]

LePaul <S>

Long time.

[Changeup]

I understand Bluberry was banned due to some hacking. That is all I know.

Their are a quite a number from our squad that havent been playing much. Hoping that some of the new stuff will be out this month

That is incorrect

[Hap]

When I fly, the #'s of friends and foes suit me.