"Thanks for responding again, Stickman..... however, looking through this thread, I see lots of very helpful posts..... one or two "bashers" maybe, but the majority of us have genuinely tried to help you. I'm sorry if you see this differently, but can assure you that I for one was only trying to help you understand the radio better.... and others have tried to help with other aspects. I do hope you are not tarring us all with the same brush.... There really is a great community here, which I am sure you will discover for yourself if you do decide to stay - nothing wrong with playing both WB and AH; I did the same with Air Warrior and AH before making my final, albeit enforced, move."I should've said there are certain portions of the community that are severely lacking, rather than state that the community as a whole was found wanting, you're right. At any rate, there are far fewer childish squables on the air in Warbirds than in Aces High. This was evident in the first 10 minutes I spent online (mostly because there is but a fraction of the playerbase in WB, vs AH), but that's not exactly what I was trying to convey in my initial post either.
And again, about getting questions answered online, I believe you're missing my point. Aside from the occaisional moron who jumps into a flight sim without knowing anything at all about flying and expects every little question to be answered by other players, I think it's perfectly reasonable for other players to be expected to be happy to answer simple questions about keystrokes, etc. that aren't the same from one sim to another. A good example is the key to expand the text buffer...in Warbirds it's the Tab key, in AH it's the Grave key. Without reading through and memorizing the entire keymapper, it's unlikely a former Warbirds player would know this, and asking another player should be perfectly reasonable. I asked, and a few minutes later another player gave me the answer, I thanked him and that was that. This was, I'm pretty sure, the only thing I found out from another player in-game. You see, I wasn't asking for help here, I was merely stating that it seemed difficult to get other players to be helpful in the game. Maybe the times I was on the other players were very busy, or not in the mood to answer my stupid questions, or maybe Lazarus was on and instructing everybody to ignore me. Whatever the case, I'm just trying to tell you, all of you who don't take the time to answer legitimate questions from new players, that it could prove to be more harmful than not. It was meant to be polite and constructive criticism. And instead of taking that for what it's worth, some people have decided to take it as a personal insult, and an opportunity to initiate a flame war on the forum.
"I sincerely hope you do continue to try Aces High and keep on playing once the free period has ended. If you ever see me in any of the arenas, please feel free to ask for any help you need directly."Thanks, the extended hand is appreciated.
"stickman... everyone here gets along fine... it is a lovefest but... We simply don't like you personaly.. so far.. you are the only guy that is universaly ignored. "Yes, of course they do. That's why so many insults are slung to and fro, both in the game and on this forum.
"Community "somewhat lacking"?? there are more former WB players in here than there are players in the current WB. Probly if they haven't made the move yet they're not worth having.
lazs"And thank you, lazs (is that Lazarus, or Lazyass?
). You're a shining example, ain't ya buddy?
