I agree Tree, that is really what is missing most on these forums, and I am not sure if its difference in cultures, or languages, but some common courtesies for customers are lacking somewhat.

Giving a time to expect something on an internet forum is a formula for disaster. He should have played that one a little safer, like, I will answer those questions sometime between tonight and 2013 :)

My response gives him a cushion of between now and Dec 31 2013 :)

Many of the "questions" were just thinly disguised insults. That might be a factor in the slow response.

That is a good point too... people trying to get shots in, he has been away from the forums for awhile, while I find it hard to believe he hasnt peeked in here its possible he hadnt seen how jaded the forum has become... he might be in the fetal position on the floor of his apartment cuddling a pillow pet right now...

The questions are easy to see, ditto with the insults.

It's just appears to show the usual contempt the paying customer is held in today.

He is the head of the company developing this game and he can't answer the questions that have been asked over and over.
If you went into a factory to talk to someone high up i would expect that person to be able to answer the most asked questions off the top of there head.
2 or 3 people sorting the wheat from the chaff on the questions thread would'nt take more than a couple of hours and between them they SHOULD know the answers.
If they were getting ready to put the final patch onto it then surely they must know what's in it - - don't they??
If the patch does'nt repair this beta sim then it remains a beta sim.

From what I have seen on this forum the contempt is well deserved.

Well...you reap what you sow, David.

Yes, you do. Who do you think is going to produce a good WW2 flight sim if you force this team out of business?

David Hayward said:

(I'll bite, since I forgot to log-in and so Ignore not working...)

Absolutely. You may want to consider in which direction, and who the recipient is.

As are many, if not all, of the reactive 'commentariat' remarks.

This forum has many different levels of insult, from the carefully deployed and implied, to the overt. The high-ground is great, but the game itself occupies the low ground. Lording it over such a disaster is never going to work. It would onyl work if the game invited high praise and a uniform respect - it doesn't, sadly.

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