greycap.raf
Charter Member
If this thread gets reported and/or locked it tells a lot about the forum.
Lately I've managed to get both Tailwind and SLIP STREAM quite royally pissed off. The first because he said CFS3 works in Windows 7 just as well as it does in XP, I disagreed as the Nvidia specular shine is missing. Because it is and as the result the game doesn't work as well. The second because I disagreed about his idea of a P-51D with an engine critical altitude of 41.000 feet and unlimited WEP being "as it should be". Because it simply isn't. Everyone is entitled to their opinion but facts are facts and they override opinions in cases like those.
I've also noticed that just about nobody ever says anything negative about anything new being made. Well, it's nice that people like the new add-ons but I can't understand why absolutely everything is accepted. I've seen bombers that barely unstick in a clean configuration from a 2000m runway, fighters that stall and fall into the ground tail first in a tight low altitude turn, large all metal aircraft that weigh about the same as a Tiger Moth and turn like one too. They all got highly praised for their flight modelling. I've seen skins that have never even been close to an anti-aliased one and they got highly praised too.
Seriously people, being the only Thing X in the world admittedly means being the best Thing X in the world. It still doesn't mean that Thing X couldn't use quite a lot of improvement and if nobody calls the problems out they'll never get corrected. The downside is that from what I've learned even constructive criticism is shot down with implying that I'm doing things wrong, name calling and what not. No wonder there's ever very little criticism if the reception is like that.
From one of the best in the business: "I'm pretty sure these days I could send a RAF neon green and yellow camo scheme out, and they would all say it's perfect!"
And sadly I think he was right. Is it really the unwritten rule that only positive feedback is allowed or is there something else going on? This thread is very much of a poke in the beehive but hell, if we can't talk about things, why do we have a forum in the first place?
Lately I've managed to get both Tailwind and SLIP STREAM quite royally pissed off. The first because he said CFS3 works in Windows 7 just as well as it does in XP, I disagreed as the Nvidia specular shine is missing. Because it is and as the result the game doesn't work as well. The second because I disagreed about his idea of a P-51D with an engine critical altitude of 41.000 feet and unlimited WEP being "as it should be". Because it simply isn't. Everyone is entitled to their opinion but facts are facts and they override opinions in cases like those.
I've also noticed that just about nobody ever says anything negative about anything new being made. Well, it's nice that people like the new add-ons but I can't understand why absolutely everything is accepted. I've seen bombers that barely unstick in a clean configuration from a 2000m runway, fighters that stall and fall into the ground tail first in a tight low altitude turn, large all metal aircraft that weigh about the same as a Tiger Moth and turn like one too. They all got highly praised for their flight modelling. I've seen skins that have never even been close to an anti-aliased one and they got highly praised too.
Seriously people, being the only Thing X in the world admittedly means being the best Thing X in the world. It still doesn't mean that Thing X couldn't use quite a lot of improvement and if nobody calls the problems out they'll never get corrected. The downside is that from what I've learned even constructive criticism is shot down with implying that I'm doing things wrong, name calling and what not. No wonder there's ever very little criticism if the reception is like that.
From one of the best in the business: "I'm pretty sure these days I could send a RAF neon green and yellow camo scheme out, and they would all say it's perfect!"
And sadly I think he was right. Is it really the unwritten rule that only positive feedback is allowed or is there something else going on? This thread is very much of a poke in the beehive but hell, if we can't talk about things, why do we have a forum in the first place?
seriously, say what needs to be said, but do so in manner that is respectful, accurate, and intended to make what we have better (not saying you didn't, since I have not read those posts). 
I can try quite a few things myself too if something needs solving as an "outsider" usually can spot something that the original maker hasn't even thought about.
