[Skybird]

That Orbiter trolling may be true or not, but it was a decision that costed them many potentially interest customers and sympathies that they kept the forums locked for everybody who had not already bought the sim. That their replying to potentially interested people who took the effort to ask them in emails about specific - and valid! - questions they wanted to see answered before they spend money on it, left much to be desired, did not make them any more customers, I'm sure.

I remember that there was a quite hostile thread at simHQ about it one year ago or even longer, and there were people agreeing with me when I pointed out this PR policy of theirs damaging their business interests, in neutral tone. One guy popped up and almost tried to shout me and us down in defence of how great the sim was, in his opinion, and that we all were just whining and the SSM crew is always right.

So I am wondering if it really was just the Orbiter fans trolling in the forum of theirs, or if maybe the SSM crowd has contributed it's share as well that the forum of theirs was described to be such a snake pit.