The delay isn't because of the delivery of goodies. There is a steady stream of things coming in. YAP 2 is done as are the next two mission sets. YAP 2 will be sent out via CD because even as an installer it is 500 megabytes. MSN 1120 is only 80 megs as an installer. There is an aircraft carrier in every set as well as several aircraft. It's the only way we could delivery this much data. We are going to send a coupon to YAPpers so they get a break getting it.

The delay is the website. It is a huge undertaking to accurately portray for a total newguy what we are presenting. If it was just you guys, we would have plastered up a picture and stuck it on Paypal two months ago. We are going after people who are not as sophisticated in dealing with Third Wire games as you guys.

Deuces is a magician but even magicians have day jobs. It's pretty frustrating to be sitting on refueling, jungle, villages, carriers, oceans, clouds, lights and extremely realistic stories for these details but it has to be right. We owe it to all the people who told us their stories or who put their effort into this to not be some cheesy arcade. Deuces and I did refueling over a year ago. Mike must have tested and installed it on every possible airplane a million times. And there it has sat.

Another problem is that we don't know any A-5 stories. I might find one through a friend from the Ranger but since I don't know any, I cannot just create one out of thin air. In the case of the RF-101C, my stepfather was squadron commander at Tan Son Nhut and a cousin was shot down near Sam Neau in one.

While I respect your approach, I can't say I agree with it. In my humble (and irrelevant) opinion, your loyalty should be first and foremost to the guys who shelled out over $100 on YAP1 and who have been patiently, an d eagerly awaiting the release of YAP2. Its sort of a "slap in the face" to hear that YAP2 is ready to go, but isn't being released just so you can finish some "window dressing" on the website. The more I think about this, the more absurd it sounds. How many "new" customers do you think you're going to get by sprucing up your website upon release? You've got a core of YAP1 guys ready to lay out their hard earned cash NOW. But instead, we're told we could have had it 2 months ago, and now have to wait even longer so that you can implement a more intensive marketing strategy in order to get new customers who aren't familiar with thirdwire products. Maybe its just my cold making me grumpy, but this just doesn't seem right, or fair to the guys who have been with YAP since the beginning.

I really understand the importance of maximizing your sales, but you aren't going to be selling YAP to guys playing FPS games on the xbox360. I'd be willing to bet my next paycheck that the vast majority of potential YAP customers already know about it, and if they are going to buy it, its going to be because they received feedback from the hardcore YAP enthusiasts like myself and all the other guys who have been waiting for YAP2.

I'm not trying to start a flame war here. I appreciate everything the YAP guys are doing and you can count me in as the first guy in line to buy YAP2, but the above is how I honestly feel and I believe I am justified in expressing those feelings.

Semper Fi