Do you remember when the BBS was fun to check out?
- The threads were fun and the disagreements witty.
- Name-calling was at a minimum
- Every thread was either RAM quitting or about an anti-LW conspiracy.
- People would get excited about new versions and updates, no whining about stuff we hadn't seen yet.
- There were actual intelligent topics being discussed (well, except the RAM quitting threads)
Some of the threads that I remember fondly:
- RAM's "Wrong guy for the community"
- Creamo's "Art application"
- XBAT's "Pudding finger"
- The "Kurt Tank invented the F8F thread"
The list goes on. Most threads now a days are people squeaking about stuff that hasn't even been released. Other threads are perpetuated by people trying to show that they got the bigger sack of nuts than the next guy.
As Yeager has mentioned in almost every thread, this is just a game. Games are supposed to be fun. This BBS is an extention of the game, and it is nowhere near fun anymore. Hell, the Isreal-Palestinian threads are more fun than the ones here in the General Discussion.
Hell, people are being even bigger amazinhunks in the game than ever. Before, you only had to worry about Cit calling you a name if you managed to shoot him down. I get called a squeak because I say that I am learning to use rudder pedals again after taking the last 6-8 months off from using them.
Sometimes I wonder if this whole damn thing is worth the $15 I am paying a month. The game is worth it, some of the people aren't.
Oh well, enough ranting. See you guys in the virtual skies (maybe)
