Jesus Christ on a pogo stick!
Look, I'm glad to see the AW crowd here. I hope more are on the way. Its going to take some adjustment and time but it'll all work out.
I DO think GB should take that big corncob out of his bellybutton though and lighten up a bit. And while I have a great respect for BB and the contributions he's made, I find the borderline pagan idol worship a little...creepy.
And Wulfie my friend, I think you got jumped on in this thread unfairly, but now you've let them push your buttons and you're saying stuff just to score hits.
I know you don't feel the same reverence for the history of AW as others do but bud, you're just as bad about Fighter Duel. You know how many times I've had to sit and listen to you and Feen drone on about how Fighter Duel was the greatest game ever made, about how you guys got your start and learned to fly in Fighter Duel etc..etc..
Hey, thats kewl. Everybody is going to feel that way about the MP sim that started them on this long, strange trip we're all on. For you and Feen and others it was Fighter Duel. For me and a whole toejam LOAD of others it was AW.
I was one of the little dweebs that got pulled in with the boxed svga version with the $50.00 coupon (which didn't go very far a $6.00/hr). I played for 5 hours straight my first night on. And after dying countless times I finally got a victory. Kaboom..."A kill has been recorded". I just stared at the screen realizing a life changing event had just occurred. I could never agian be satisfied with just single player sims.
I don't think any reasonable person could deny the effect the history of AW has on the development online filghtsims in general. The relationship is fundamental. And its going to take some time for the new guys to slowly feel more like AH player than AW players but it WILL happen.
Besides, any way you slice it the influx of AW guys HAS to be good for AH. And what is good for AH is good by definition.
Regards,
Wab