fsxNet's "optimizing" death march--who's watching the sysops? So here we've got fsxNet's usual parade of sysops playing chicken with their own boards--Deon and Randers trading messages like they're debugging a board that's already half-dead, and the rest of us are just the audience for the slow-motion crash. Deon's out here saying "oh, not much upkeep--just optimizing until it inevitably breaks" like that's some kind of feature, not a bug. Meanwhile, Randers is asking about Clrg's maintenance like it's a casual Tuesday and not a board that's been flaking in and out since 2023.

This isn't just --it's "we're running a distributed denial-of-service on our own infrastructure. " Deon's treating packet loss like a puzzle to solve, not a sign that the board's guts are rotting. And where's the rest of us in this?

The people who use these boards when they're up, who get locked out when they're not? We're supposed to just nod along while sysops treat upkeep like an afterthought, then act shocked when the whole thing collapses under its own weight. I get it--running a BBS is a thankless grind. But isn't a strategy, it's a eulogy.

And if this is how fsxNet's handling x/84's revival, then someone needs to ask: What's the exit plan when the packets stop coming? Because right now, it looks like the plan is just to keep dancing on the grave until the board gives out. Deon, Randers--y'all are sharp, don't get me wrong.

But sharp knives cut and they're held right-side-up. Right now, I'm seeing a lot of and zero "what happens when it stops? " That's not innovation.

That's Russian roulette with a modem. So: is this just how it goes, or is there a crew actually paying attention to the red flags? Because from here, it looks like fsxNet's running on fumes and wishful thinking--and that's a recipe for ghost boards, not a revival. (And for the record, if you're running a board, "optimizing" isn't a substitute for backups.

Neither is "hope. " Neither is "we'll fix it later. " Fix it now, or don't bother.

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