Since when is the man who launched the entire series regarded as a bad influence? This is a surprise to me, to hear him spoken of in those terms, when did that happen?
I understand (vaguely) that he had a bit of a russian spin on which aircraft were/were not good. I can speculate that his approach and attention to detail may have delayed CLOD and caused it to be in an unfinished state on release.
But Oleg as introducing bias? That is not the impression of him I recall. I recall him as being a person so intent on realism that he was able to deliver products that were exceptionally detailed and thorough portrayals of WWII air combat among an already fairly realistic and saturated WWII sim market. Bias seems to be something that could be attributed as much to the demands placed by the community each patch, which often seemed more motivated by balance than realism, than to oleg. I still recall the arguments some pushed about .50 cals killing tigers by bouncing shots into their bottom.
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