April 17, 201511 yr I am thinking it will be a permanent fixture if the rest of the board agrees. It's nice to see Tom when I'm looking around AVSIM. Anyone who is better than me at Photoshop is welcome to design a memorial banner for him. Sincerely, Chase My 2017 Build: Liquid Cooled i7 7700K CPU idle @ 4.2GHz | MSI GTX 1080 Gaming X 8G | 16GB's DDR4 4000 RAM | ASUS 27" 144hz Gaming Monitor | MSI Z270 M7 Motherboard | Windows 10 | Samsung 960 EVO M.2 500GB SSD
April 20, 201511 yr I am new here, so I don't want this to appear as disrespectful. I find the idea of that picture with a black RIP ribbon being on the front page permanently to be morbid. I didn't know Tom Allensworth personally. Perhaps he would like perpetual mourning of his death. But, I bet he would prefer that everyone recognize his great contributions and then move on with life. I didn't have my late wife buried on our front lawn so that I would have a reminder of her death every day that I drive up the drive. I visit her and chat once a week. I have even been known to miss a day once in a while, but she doesn't seem to mind. I suggest a reasonable period of mourning (perhaps a month or two), and then, as with Tom, we move on. Of course there should be a permanent memorial to the man and to his contribution to our hobby -- just not on the front page. From my perspective, that is almost disrespectful in a Madison Avenue sort of way. RIP Tom Allensworth. FWIW
April 20, 201511 yr I would like to see the photo stay on the front page, but I agree that the black ribbon should be removed after a suitable period of time. Christopher Low AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU / 64GB DDR5-6000 RAM / 12GB Nvidia RTX 4070 Super GPU / Gigabyte X870E Aorus Elite Wifi 7 / 1+2TB Samsung Evo Plus M2 Nvme UK2000 Beta Tester
April 20, 201511 yr Moderator I would like to see the photo stay on the front page, but I agree that the black ribbon should be removed after a suitable period of time. Agreed. No-one mourns forever. Ray (Cheshire, England). System: P3D v5.3HF2, Intel i9-13900K, MSI 4090 GAMING X TRIO 24G, Crucial T700 4Tb M.2 SSD, Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Hero, 32Gb Corsair Vengeance DDR5 6000Mhz RAM, Win 11 Pro 64-bit, BenQ PD3200U 32” UHD monitor, Fulcrum One yoke, Fulcrum Throttle Quadrant. Cheadle Hulme Weather website.
April 20, 201511 yr Author Hi, After an appropriate amount of time, the mourning band can be removed. But I believe, his photo should remian, with a subpage to Tom's/ AVSIM's history. With all due respect to the new gentlemen here at AVSIM, there is a big difference between burring an individual on your front lawn and a photo on a web page. Lets keep things in perspective, I'm sure you didn't remove all the photos of your wife from your home. Former Beta Tester - (for a few companies) - As well as provide Regional Voice Set Recordings Two: AMD-9950X | One: AMD-7950X3D | Three: Asus TUF 4090s | Three: 64GB DDR5 RAM 6000mhz | Three: Cosair 1300 P/S | Three: 990Pro 2TB NVME One: Eugenius ECS2512 - 2.5 GHz Switch | Three: Ice Giant Elite CPU Coolers | Three: 75" 4K UHDTVs | One: Boeing 737NG Flight Deck
April 20, 201511 yr I would like to see the photo stay on the front page, but I agree that the black ribbon should be removed after a suitable period of time. Yes. That sounds reasonable to me.
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