Airspro-
I had to take a hiatus- I couldn't seem to find a decent connect to HTC. I had a bad spell or two before, but this one was a show-stopper. Funny thing was, my brother plays on the same ISP and he has no trouble at all! The only difference is he is dial-up and I am ISDN... anyway, I knew it was my end giving the trouble, so there was no need to squeak at HTC for something that wasn't their fault and they couldn't fix. I was hanging on because I believed cable was coming in December, but it turns out it will get here in August.
The pull is strong though, and perhaps I will try again and just dedicate myself to the navy.
I did try my old haunts at DoA, and while I enjoy that community very much (very cool group of guys BTW- you almost never see any derogatory remarks on the open buffer, and the fights are spirited) it is a sim that has been forgotten by their company. A real shame, I always felt it was a diamond in the rough.
Yes, there is inner peace to be had by relaxing enough to enjoy the moment. The trouble with adults and play is that adults sometimes try so hard to qualify the parameters for their "fun" that they lose track of the simple act of having fun. In the "realism vs. arcade" argument there is no clear winner, as both sides will have strong lobbies. That of course won't stop one side from deriding the other for not playing by their rules. It's a self-destructive path; here we have a new guy who is revelling in his newfound ability to be successful in this difficult to master simulation/game, and he is immediately pounced upon for using a crutch. That IMHO is just wrong. To make an extreme analogy, why not chastize a ten-month-old for using a walker to learn to walk?
