Why are flight simmers so rude to each other?

[Dave Morgan 68]

I guess some of them need a colonoscopy eh?

Ron

 

... or a fencepost-ectomy.

... rarely will his or her posts be less than one or two paragraphs.

 

Looong post.

 

(Jim, you're a bad influence)

 

I was going to put a smiley in here to show I'm just taking the mickey but then thought better of it. Don't you find that :lol: often just says 'I'm being nasty to you but don't want any comeback'?

[HUSSAR 272]

Thanks for starting this great thread Wolfikespie.  I was away from the forum for over a week and yours was the first thread that I saw in the "Recently discussed forum topics" and I thought, "oh no here we go again."  I am glad to see that the topic has remained fairly amicable among the many people that I admire who've contributed to this thread. 

 

I recall after joining AVSIM there were many individuals who provided an incredible amount of help which has not been forgotten.  To be honest, as I began to learn more about the sim and the intricacies of all the addons I used I felt comfortable enough to provide help with others here at the forum.  Sometimes I forgot to check my ego at the door and on numerous occasions I made the forum a bad place for some people who asked a simple question.

 

I have been humbled by the patience and expertise exhibited by so many of the greats of AVSIM and I hope you will make these forums your home for a long time to come.

 

Robert

[Kaboki 437]

 

 

I got the joke also! Responded with a joke response and my post got deleted. Most have been a tough crowd last night.

 

Kinda figured your joke too :lol: I might have been the only one though... And I think you get downvoted now just for posting at all and not by it's content, and think that's kinda unfair... :mellow: +1 from me(not that you care though ^_^ )

[FloG 148]

 

 

And I think you get downvoted now just for posting at all and not by it's content, and think that's kinda unfair... :mellow: +1 from me(not that you care though ^_^ )

I agree with you. There are post where I would agree with voting Jim down (but since he doesn't care at all, I might as well leave that be - wait a second, maybe that's just what he wants us to do ), but here? As Kaboki said, it's most of the time not for what he says (in essence, probably not too much anyway -_-) but simply for his presence. Add another vote from me!

[Kaboki 437]

 

 

Sometimes I forgot to check my ego at the door and on numerous occasions I made the forum a bad place for some people who asked a simple question.

 

Too be honest, I think we all been there but It can be hard to admit own mistakes, no one is perfect, we are human beings after all :rolleyes:

[Ron Attwood 3,465]

I got it, that's why I gave you an upvote

Me too. :good:

[Lowflyer 97]

Because I am not into the Facebook mentality of click on +1, -1, thumbs up, thumbs down, reputation points, who do we love-hate the most, who's the best, you're so mean, I love/hate you, you make me sick, your posts are worthless, +1000000000/-1000000000.

 

It's all just a meaningless popularity contest, much like a Homecoming/Student Council/Prom vote in any school, at any time.

 

Edit: (Point proven. Maybe I should get all my friends to +1)

 

It's probably the first time since I joined Avsim that this happens but I strongly agree with Jim on this one.

[KingGhidorah 209]

I'm not a big fan of Jskorna,  but the fact that every time he posts something he gets a couple of downvotes just for saying something at all is complete b.s.  

[LHookins 3,103]

I have just shut down the Reputation System in its entirety. Too much of a drama drill for me to stomach.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled rudeness.

[Don t moderate me this way 882]

 

Tom said

 

I have just shut down the Reputation System in its entirety. Too much of a drama drill for me to stomach.

 

 

We now return you to your regularly scheduled rudeness.

 

 

I wish I could vote Tom up and Larry down for their respective statements ...   :wacko:

[Matthew Kane 1,343]

Thumbs Up....Thumbs Down.....Meh....I was never a big fan of Siskel & Ebert anyways.

 

If you don't like something, just ignore it. Works for me.  B)

[HiFlyer 9,359]

Thumbs Up....Thumbs Down.....Meh....I was never a big fan of Siskel & Ebert anyways.

 

If you don't like something, just ignore it. Works for me.  B)

Like a mugging. Lesson learned.

[LHookins 3,103]

I wish I could vote Tom up and Larry down for their respective statements ...

I'm sorry you can't, Oliver. But since you can't, people are pretty much free to say what's on their minds. Some of it is going to be fairly rude.

 

Hook

[HiFlyer 9,359]

Eh.

Well, that's never changed. Now people will just have to decide if they accept rudeness...... or return to the old time tested flames....... or even just look away..

[Matthew Kane 1,343]

Like a mugging. Lesson learned.

 

You get a +1 

 

Save those as they might be worth something someday  :lol: