[quote=BlueRaven
If these niche gaming companies want to have any kind of future besides going bankrupt, they have to support their games and listen to the customers. They can't afford to just cash in and move on.
I seriously doubt that Jason and 777 picked ROF thinking they could cash in and make a quick buck.
[/quote]

I've also thought the same thing about neoqb...at least I hope this is the case! I think that their strategy is to keep building and expanding on this first venture and the sense I get is that they are in it for the long (and hopefully very profitable) haul!

Hello,

Just a historical FYI, since I'm a "rivet counter": Voss never flew a Dr.I. He flew the pre-production F.I 103/17 and died some 11 days before the first Dr.I reached the front. Nearly the same plane, although it had different horizontal stabilizers, different engine cowl and no wingtip skids.

Based on the ROF Alb D.III(OAW) release, wouldn't surprise me to see a Voss skin on a Dr.I. It's "close enough" and I suspect most won't care about that historical detail, anyway. If a faux Voss skin is provided I wonder if it'll be olive green streaked over bleached linen; olive green streaked over light blue; and, regardless of either, whether it will have an olive green cowl or yellow cowl? If the skin is included, the choice will be interesting.

In any event, I sure hope the Jasta 18 triplane (if included) is vermillion red and white and not blue and white!

Divorce is what happened Sim.

Jason

Sorry to hear it.

At any rate, thanks for putting your money down on the spot marked RoF and watching the wheel spin. You earned the buck twenty five from my purchase of RoF, as I've gotten many hours of enjoyment from the sim without having to import it from Europe or the CIS myself.

And thanks for being one of the faces in a suit of the simulation. It would be very easy to say "I'm just the distributor for North America, guys; I don't actually work for neoqb, and the only people I work with is their marketing and distribution," and not take any of the heat you have.

Unless, of course, you actually speak and write in fluent Russian and have degrees in software engineering, physics, or visual arts.

If so, I have a short but very meaningful selection of things I think are vital to be placed at the top of the work priority list.

HT,

Let's get one thing 150% straight. If you are going to quote me, get it right. My exact quote is as follows. "If not already happy with your purchase and investment in ROF, your initial investment will be more than fulfilled in just a few more short months thanks to the hard work of the dev team."

Why is it when I make a post about some inside info about what neoqb is working on turns into calling me a shill and I'm blowing smoke. I DARE you to find anything I have said to be purposely false or misleading or disingenuous. Give me a break. And while your at it look for over the top quotes from me that says ROF is perfect and the best sim ever. Find any supreme cheerleader quotes from me? If I was a car salesmen masquerading as a sim publisher that's what you'd find right?

I come here to share information, help people and carry on convs with a bunch of like minded simmers, I have been coming to SimHQ for over 12 years, both as a civilian and a proprietor. I remember back in the day whenever a publisher or developer would give the community some inside info everyone would be at a minimum simply grateful for the info. Now it's a game to try and find a way to shoot me down or the developer down and nit pick every single comment as false.

HT I challenge you to find the financing and then build your own sim and release it in absolute perfect condition with every feature possible included. That's my challenge to you my friend. Prove me wrong and show me that I and neoqb did such a terrible thing.

It's getting really, really tiring. We know what things you do and don't like about ROF. Endlessly second guessing neoqb and wanting answers about patches and then shooting the messenger when he gives you some answers is just plain dumb. All I was trying to do was tell you what is going on in a general way because an official announcement has not been made yet. Excuse me for trying to be positive. Should I not help neoqb announce this good news? Do you want me to only announce stuff via Press Releases? Do you not want me here? If the ad hominem atacks on my style of communication continues that how I will conduct business at SimHQ. I put my reputation on the line when I say stuff here. I mean what I say and only say what I believe to be the truth.

Mods close this thread please. I don't know why these discussions about simple things like new aircraft devolve into arguments like this.

This thread should not be about me. Only the Camel and Dr.1 which I know a lot of simmers were interested in seeing. This is the second thread that has gone in the toilet because people attack me when I bring inside news. I guess I should just stop doing it.

My apologies to those that feel compelled to defend me. I appreciate it, but when you do it only takes threads like this off course. Sorry to those that wanted to discuss the Fokker and Camel.

And don't give me the "Jason shows no respect to his customers because he argues with his customers" jazz either because I defended myself. Every company and individual has the right do so. I show you respect week after week by answering your questions, rewarding 3rd parties who help develop cool stuff and by sharing important information from neoqb. If I really was the "take the money and run type" don't you think I would literally take your money and NOT come here and instead resort to other impersonal means of communication?

And if you new how little I make off of this enterprise you'd probably not do it yourself. I do it because I like the hobby.

Jason

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