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Originally Posted by scrapser

I've been playing sims since 1985. I never got into playing online mainly because I like working within the parameters set up by the sim itself. When you introduce online capability, you have to deal with all the idiots out there who want to tweak, cheat, or simply go off on their own and try to show off. Yes, there are some sincere players out there but truth be told, I bet they would prefer a LAN based engagement over the Internet option. The main point here and what I think I've accidently been lucky enough to avoid is the "watering down" effect of having every Tom, Dick, and Harry suddenly be part of a sim. I can think of other examples where the Internet has had a negative impact by introducing a flood of people into what was until then a tight knit group. Too much of anything is not a good thing.

scrapser

i agree i used to really look forward to multiplayer games---spent months online in combat flight simulator--and just as long in Red baron 3d--a stunning game on line!--but the never ending parade of clever dicks all of them coming out with the same insulting rubbish (and belive-ing them selves to be unique in this clever ness lol) finally became so intrusive that it was no longer worth the effort of trying to keep them out--
i didn't mind this sort of thing when playing Quake -as it is allmost part of the game lol but my brain can't cope with quake anymore---a couple of hours and i'm in need of medication !


since then i have given up entirely on multi-player--