The two main things I didn't like about VW were technical. Even when I had the "Email Notification" checked I never got any E-mail about replies to topics on VWBB. I also got script errors when moving the mouse cursor over the VB Code buttons while trying to quote someone via the "Quote" link that's after every post. Their FS2 forums, AFAIK, were rather new too while HLPs have been around a while. If the E-mail notification worked (and VWBB was up) I'd be visiting it more, now that I have an account there, since those E-mails are how I usually get back to the forums and to topics I'm interested in. (Like this one.
) For forums (like EZ Board ones) where there isn't an E-mail notice, I tend to forget about them for a while.
I don't have anything against VWBB itself or the people there. First time I visited it was when HLP went down. I've been to their site before, but don't remember what else was on it. (Would have been between several months and a year or two ago.) I've only recently gone from D3 mission editing to FS2 modding. And the Robotech MOD is what really got me interested in FS2 modding. (Wanted to make some Zentradi ships and send them to the mod staff 'cause there aren't many Zentradi ships in the mod yet.) My initial attempt in TS1 was a dismal failure. Imagine a sideways cylinder with rounded ends, one more "flat" then the other and not actually attached. And it had a bad axis location to boot. But it was textured.
