Five years ago today and for some months before and after this community was on the verge of a meltdown. Friendships were broken.. Insults and accusations were flying around and "cheaters" were found everywhere.. I look back at the last 5 years and where we are today.. particularly in light of Bob/Clod and all the other WWII sims that have been released over the last 5 years... and it just pleases me to no end to see that .. we are still here. Yes we are fewer in number but I would dare to say that there are still thousands of folks worldwide who still get their kicks off of this sim.. offline and on.. While there has been an undeniable impact of modding at this point it can be debated that that impact has been for the better overall and considering where we are now with TD .. 4.12 on the horizon and Oleg's departure from the scene I can't help but wonder if we would even be here were it not for the new breath that mods breathed into the sim.. It is certainly something that can only be speculated on at best.. but what cannot be speculated on is that this sim is still STIILL pound for pound the best overall WWII Combat Flight Simulator ever made to date. Yes .. the newer stuff promises to surpass it and in many ways has already rendered it obsolete but this sim just keeps on ticking.. I am really pleased and amazed at A) the fact that I can still get so much enjoyment from it.. and B) whether or not we realize it .. so much of what was once thought unlikely, improbable or downright impossible is now a part of the sim or has been proven to be possible (Zuti cut us some slack and make the MDS a part of the stock sim PLEASE!!:confused:) . While there are many who have left.. there are many just like me who still get a real rush out of the sim.. and there are many newcomers who are just now discovering this 12 year old gem. Kudos to Oleg.... and to all those modders .. some who are now with TD who have kept this sim growing and to us.. I am glad that for the most part my faitn in this community was not misplaced. Yes we have conflicts.. and yes to some extent the sim is fractured.. but I still think that had there been no mods at all .. we probably would not be here..
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The end of the world.....
The nightmare is coming true!!
So is that it!!?


