Has Warbirds ( totalsims.com ) Gone Dead?

[Yeager]

There are many reasons I left WarBirds.  Those reasons I will not go into.  Like all games you have there are those who seem to make it a personnel crusade to be caustic and irritate others with their shinning personality.  WarBirds does have these people to but on a lot smaller scale.  It seems to be a more civilized community in the way most interact in the game.

Look at it like this: A tiny villiage can be a slower, more quiet, more pleasent experience as you simply have fewer people and far fewer A-holes to deal with.  But, there are reasons why tiny villiages are tiny.  Now, look at the big city.  Lots of fun and excitement, many more people to meet and interact with.  Unfortunately that means more A-holes as well.  Its all a percentages game.

Ehh.....take your pick.

[phatzo]

It appears to me that sleepy and finn have been left holding the baby without the power to do anything about it, I feel its only a matter of time until it goes belly up. Its unfortunate because its where a lot of us cut our teeth.

[Amaazee]

Most people in a Warbirds Arena now-a-days is about 20-30 people. Feel like MidWar in AHII, I still have my Warbirds account, I don't know why, just can't leave Warbirds to get shut down like FA.

[CptTrips]

Has Warbirds ( totalsims.com ) Gone Dead?

How would you tell the difference?

[Penguin]

  Warbirds, may your memories rest in peace in our hearts.

-Penguin

[Ardy123]

Guys,
Its imperative to embrace new people and any Warbirds converts if we are to prevent the same fate. I know for some, being a chann 200 Tower Jokey or a a-hole to noobs is how you want to speed your 15 bucks, but it is detrimental to the longevity of the game and we should not continue to tolerate it. Basically if you are giving your middle finger to noobs, your giving it to the game in the long run and discouraging new people from playing the game. "noobs" are what keep the vitality of the game and the community alive.

My two cents...


ok flame on....

[Ack-Ack]

That would seem to appear true. My trip into the latest upgraded Super WalMart had a 3 foot section for PC games. The rest of the aisle was console games. Very sad day indeed.

As for AH Vs Wb, AH is truly a superior product. I have flown aircraft in RL and WB is *not* it.

- Dan.

kabayo doesn't think so...lol. 

However WB is much better then Aces High 2, however will never be as good or as great as IL-2 Sturmovik 1946. WB does not have the money or resources like IL-2 does, or the man power to bring the sim up to date.

ack-ack

[Vulcan]

Back to your point about Warbirds: I was involved in the free beta, played it on a Commodore 64, 'Confirmed Kill' and played WB till 2003 when I could no longer stand the Axis/Allies setup. Their people who now run Warbirds just dragged it into the gutter. I assume the people who are still there are Mac users who cannot afford a second computer.

Errr CK never ran on a C64?

[Gman]

Good Vulcan, so it wasn't just me.  I'd thought I'd had every flight sim ever offered on the C64 included the crap from Novalogic.....I thought I'd missed out on something big for a second.

[Dichotomy]

Guys,
Its imperative to embrace new people and any Warbirds converts if we are to prevent the same fate. I know for some, being a chann 200 Tower Jokey or a a-hole to noobs is how you want to speed your 15 bucks, but it is detrimental to the longevity of the game and we should not continue to tolerate it. Basically if you are giving your middle finger to noobs, your giving it to the game in the long run and discouraging new people from playing the game. "noobs" are what keep the vitality of the game and the community alive.

My two cents...


ok flame on....

indeed

[Stalwart]

Believe me, I'm not trying to hijack this thread; but, since you mentioned Steam, I just have to say this: Steam sucks.

While living on the road for three months, I dropped fifty bucks to download Napoleon Total War, only to get involved in this Steam garbage. When the game wouldn't open, their tech said update the drivers. Duh.

I've just uninstalled the whole mess and consider the $50 a write off and lesson.

Back to your point about Warbirds: I was involved in the free beta, played it on a Commodore 64, 'Confirmed Kill' and played WB till 2003 when I could no longer stand the Axis/Allies setup. Their people who now run Warbirds just dragged it into the gutter. I assume the people who are still there are Mac users who cannot afford a second computer.

This whole quote reads better, if you just read it in the voice of Hank Hill.

[Ack-Ack]

Errr CK never ran on a C64?

Maybe he's confusing C64 with one of the PC compatible Commodores like the Colt or the 486SX-LTC, though I doubt either of them would have been capable of running the CK beta. 

ack-ack

[Vulcan]

Maybe he's confusing C64 with one of the PC compatible Commodores like the Colt or the 486SX-LTC, though I doubt either of them would have been capable of running the CK beta. 

ack-ack

I dunno, the german made Commodore PC's were some of the best on the market.

[TEShaw]

Amiga

[Ripsnort]

Good Vulcan, so it wasn't just me.  I'd thought I'd had every flight sim ever offered on the C64 included the crap from Novalogic.....I thought I'd missed out on something big for a second.

Holy crap! Who the heck dug up this poster?
Good to see you Gman!