Not quite Sean Young level of batshi* but close.

I think Heather had a long term problem with benzodiazepines, like Stevie Nicks. Stevie was able to get help from treatment, Heather had a much harder time dealing with her issues. She unfortunately had a few very public displays of mental breakdowns. I have always hoped she could get the proper help she needs. Of course, I always thought she was a total smoke show in her younger years.

You can sort by age, that's how I have mine configured. I agree - the up/down rating system tends to promote a lot of stupid junk.

Let me know if this link works or not. The server is called "Sim" and it's owned by Master.

https://discordapp.com/channels/138718685589274624/139023753802678272/139023835549663233

Here is the original thread about it from a few years ago.
https://SimHQ.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/4218572/Searchpage/1/Main/403956/Words/%2Bdiscord/Search/true/discord-chat#Post4218572

The SimHQ forum software is dated and old-fashioned, like many of the views and opinions expressed here.

And this to me is the attraction.

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Same here but we also need to be aware that the average age of the SimHQ poster is probably between 45 and 55.

I have only 2 forums in my bookmarks and have had for quite a few years. I fail to see what's wrong with the format but then I am an old git.

I've been in the SimHQ Steam user group for years but apart from a very rare chat I've not had any interaction with it.

I'm just looking through it now, with its 300+ members and I see names that have long since departed here.

To name a few I see online right now, Ice, AggressorBLUE, Panzer (hi Panzer!), Meurig and Para_Bellum.

Nothing wrong with the format... to me it's like an old friend every time I visit, familiar and full of 'old gits'

Such is the price of progress - the old 'cool' internet where it was mostly built by technerds and small individuals is going the way of the dinosaur, to be replaced by push button apps and content from big 'trusted' companies. As to if this is a good or bad thing is hard to say...

My two cents as someone who never posted much but who at least frequented the site much more in the past: life goes on. In 2012 I moved overseas; I had to leave my gaming PC behind and left simming behind with it. Lack of space and -- thanks to a new career and new relationship -- lack of time meant that simming just never bounced back for me. If I game nowadays it's on the couch with a small living room PC and limited to stuff I can pick up and run with for a good 30-45 mins of fun. I also tend to do much more of my browsing and content consumption on mobile. SimHQ isn't especially optimized for mobile so I really just lurk here and there. I admit I do spend a lot more time on Reddit and other users are right, the voting system and typical user age means a lot of garbage floats to the top. The secret is to unsubscribe from many of the big default subreddits and instead find pages with the topics you like. I spend a lot of time on the subs that that align with my niche interests like chess, photography, and running, and the communities are all quite close and knowledgeable. Plus, I enjoy having a lot of the content localized in one place.

Whoa. Nice to see a post from you fatty. It’s been a while.

Came here during the great COMBATSIM site migration. Too old to move again. Not that I participat much beyond lurking about to try and keep up on sim stuff.

Hello Rump !! Long time no see

Hey Archie how ya doin?

I also used to really like to read AAR's for various sims, but I think youtube has replaced the need for written AAR's. There was a certain story telling element to an AAR, but otherwise watching an HD recording of the actually mission is a lot more fun than reading about it with a few screen shots.

There was a time when I went back and forth between combatace and SimHQ depending on what sim I was looking for info on. There's actually a different forum I go to now for info on flight sims. I just come to SimHQ to browse CH and PWEC.

That link takes me to an interactive Minecraft feed.

Really?!? Takes me right to the server....
I drop a note to Master to come to this thread and put up a new invite.

There isnt an official SimHQ discord. A bunch of us made an unofficial one a while back. I renamed it to just "sim" a while back to not confuse people.

Here is an invite link or someone could make an official SimHQ discord.

https://discord.gg/mRDkA4g6Uj

+1
I'm Feeling a lot like Charlton Heston these days.

I'm Feeling a lot like Charlton Heston these days.

Yeah, me too. Thank God I hate chariots!