As soon as I heard Vietnam I was done and moving on.
HTC already had their team and just stuck to personal projects and player. I was so pssed I bought into the hopes of EA that I didn’t take the last flight of AW. My middle finger wasn’t big enough. A waste of my time.
I just converted everything I had for AW into AH. Made golden AH wings for AH tech hangar site and my sounds worked in AH. HT offered to buy my work, I just donated it. Got a free account for it anyway. He was real cool about it.
For the most part I’ve been here since. Kind of a one horse man. I put everything I can into one choice, instead of spreading too thin.
I don’t remember if TC offered me a spot here. But after all that I needed a break from tech forums and 30-120 emails per day. It didn’t matter. My job had already spiked, barely had time. Doing both was a challenge. The brain never got a rest.
When I picked up AW I was just getting over a GF who was killed. I was going to do something happy. I had a choice on the shelf Fighter Ace or AW, I grabbed AW. AW was my sanctuary to keep my brain on other things.So I went deep. Same when lost my wife and son 2010, took a break then came back for reset. Unfortunately, it’s been a nightmare. I was never sht on like here by half-wit ego man-childs. They can’t top what I already lived. Complete wasted effort. Its damn near funny. The effort just to spin wheels in mud.
For many like AW AH is a sanctuary. It’s a great break from RL. All entertainment is a break.
Been in this world since 89. But 37 years! Damn that went fast. Its not just the game it’s 37 yrs comradery with most of the same people. We all grew “old” together, many didn’t make it this far. I started at 29, which I thought was too old for games, I’m going in 67 now. That’s just bat sht crazy, in a kewl way. Sorta, some here lack all forms of respect and comradery. It’s cut throat hysteria, panicking their ego may get bruised.
Us older ones look back at the newish generation and start with “ya know, when I was your age, we crawled across a desert on our hands and knees, through crushed glass and razor blades, just to get to a functioning PC to play the game… and furthermore…..”
Relax
