daRock: I'll say a few things and then let sleeping dogs lie.

You're a moderator. This is a thread for people with questions about FSOne, not a thread called "debate on what's a good sim".

If we're fan boys, it's for a good reason. FSOne is a technically superb sim with or without mountains of addons and planes. And it's those mountains of addons that generate much of the community activity you speak of. And further, I've found that most FSOne users are quite low key anyway. There's not much to say except it's an excellent sim (unless the owner of another sim jumps in and starts debating that with you "because it does not have oodles of addons" which is often the case).