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Originally Posted by nearmiss
The principal attraction to IL2 was the fairest online play. The cheats were eliminated and the IL2 online game was carefully watched to keep it fair.
Up until IL2 the online servers for games were just wild, unbelievably crazy.
The MSFT Zone for CFS2 was so full of cheats it was kiddie land. The zone has been history for many years. It was an intolerable mess for air combat.
No one gave away anything, IL2 was excellent online game and people bought it.
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Up until IL2 the only fair (no cheating) online flight sims were the pay-to-play flight sims like Air Warrior and Warbirds.. IL-2 was the first flight sim you could by for ~$40 and not have to pay a monthly fee to play it online, and not worry about cheaters. Prior to IL-2 I was a big time Warbirds fan and player.. I use to spend at least a couple of hundred bucks a month playing it.. Which was a lot cheaper than my early Air Warrior days! Back when Air Warrior was on the Genie network it use to cost $12/hr to play! I got a bill for over $1,000 one moth!! At which point I realized I had an addiction!
