You condescend to newbies. That's what they're there for.
I'm sorry, the latest wave of "AW refugees" might be good sticks, great squadron flyers and the rest from day one, but they are newbies here. And some of the diehards are going to have the hardest time -- for they spent years building up the respect and admiration of the community only to see it all dissolve and be forced to rebuild from nothing. Some will adapt quickly and become treasured members of the AH community. Some will try their hand at it, but never be able to get past their first love. Some will live under the delusion that the AH community is the AW community.
Go back and look at what kicked this off. Read Staga's little comment and this guy Gypsy "Airing the Orchid" Baron's response. Read all of his responses. (For fun, pornolize the first one -- I guarantee the result is revealing)
He comes across as a condescending, prepotent ass. So much so that, especially coming from someone unknown to most of the community (and, sorry, HT is not the guardian of this community any more than BB was), you have to assume it's a joke. Did you AW guys have to put up with this dude?
As for BB and history: well, yes, most of us know the stories of the origins of WB, AH and the rest. Some of us were even there. But until recently, we've all had a chance to be a part of the AW community, and instead we chose AH. And to be quite honest, I think the flight simulation world would be a much better place if we didn't uncritically accept every opinion of BB on MMP environments as the gospel truth.
So to recap:
A. We're sorry about your loss.
B. The "refugees" are now AH pilots, not AW ones, and that means more than a name change -- it means an entirely different culture and community to adjust to. And that, more than any chunk of code or knowledge of flight, makes them newbies.
C. History is a good thing. But it's different from Theology.
Don't be offended if AH players honor AW as Zeus did Chronos.
