Where is Jason?

[ShampooX]

Clearly, he is getting ready for Halloween

[oc2209]

3 hours ago, SuperTurboTurkeyPuncher said:

 

Well, hitting magnesium alloy wing spars with properly model .50 cal. incendiary can accelerate that process....

 

"Think lightly of self-sealing fuel tanks, and think deeply of the furrow you will plow into the world." (mi o asaku omoi, yo o fukaku omou)

 

--Miyamoto Musashi.

 

 

 

 

It's possible that I took liberties with the translation.

[Ribbon]

5 hours ago, SuperTurboTurkeyPuncher said:

I going to be hopeful.  Jason is in Japan, studying under a sensei on a journey that may take many years.  Ultimately, he will be able to fluently read the manuals and docs that are in the "lost technical language" and relate them to the team, giving us the Japanese aircraft and vehicles we so hunger for!  Be patient!

 

Also Hatori Hanzo is making a new joystick for him

Edited October 19, 2022 by =VARP=Ribbon

[Robli]

16 hours ago, DBS said:

I just don't subscribe to the notion that an executive producer not posting for a couple of weeks means the company is crumbling.

 

Of course the discussion here is not so much about the company crumbling, but about Jason being out. If one and a half months of radio silence (except for one farewell-sounding message to a trailer maker) during a period, when a major DLC is released, with all the previous releases being announced by Jason himself, seems normal to someone, then that sounds like someone is in deep denial. What makes it extra awkward is the fact that there is no communication about the matter. 

[EAF19_Marsh]

[oc2209]

1 hour ago, Robli said:

 

Of course the discussion here is not so much about the company crumbling, but about Jason being out. If one and a half months of radio silence (except for one farewell-sounding message to a trailer maker)

 

There is absolutely nothing 'farewell sounding' about Jason saying 'was a pleasure working with you.'

 

Regardless of any other causes for alarm, that particular statement means nothing. There is nothing to infer from it. Any speculation regarding it is entirely unrelated to any kind of logical deduction. Pure blind guesswork instead.

 

1 hour ago, Robli said:

during a period, when a major DLC is released, with all the previous releases being announced by Jason himself,

 

Well, the next installment hasn't been announced yet, has it? When it is, and Jason still doesn't say a word, then we can all say something is 100% confirmed to be weird.

 

Until then, there's zero evidence of anything.

 

If we really want to analyze the timeline, he was talking frequently and normally up to September 8th. Then the long gap until the 'farewell' message of the 30th. Now it's been almost 3 weeks since then.

 

Basically there was also a 3 week gap between his last two messages. Unusual? Yeah, I guess, though I haven't really studied his posting habits until now.

 

***

 

Edit: Looking through his posting history, there was another big gap from August 18 to September 2 (which was a very brief message, just saying there was no DD planned), then the activity surrounding the Sept. 8 release of Normandy.

 

I went back further than that, and the longest gaps he had were generally 5-7 days, nothing longer.

 

Infer from that what you will.

Edited October 19, 2022 by oc2209

[DD_Crash]

1 hour ago, oc2209 said:

 

There is absolutely nothing 'farewell sounding' about Jason saying 'was a pleasure working with you.'

 

 

Was is past tense if he had said IS then no one would be saying it was a farewell.

[CCG_Pips]

When you are so involved in a project and for so many years.

That you are, in a way, the "creator" of the project, it seems me that the least of courtesies towards all those who have followed you for these years, would be to come and say 'goodbye, I'm leaving this project for certain reasons and I wish you good flights for the future'.

 

On that way, I am extremely disapointed by Jason's attitude.

 

End of my comments

[Robli]

2 hours ago, oc2209 said:

There is absolutely nothing 'farewell sounding' about Jason saying 'was a pleasure working with you.'

 

Haha, okay. Well, I have seen farewells with pretty much these exact words.

 

[Strewth]

[Trooper117]

14 hours ago, Wardog5711 said:

I have been assured that an answer to the ‘Where’s Jason’ question is forthcoming.

 

Thanks Wardog... good to know something has been acknowledged and we will get an answer... That's the reason I started this thread.

And yes, many of us have been 'with' (so to speak) Jason for years, through RoF and BoS and as it's known now, the GB series. 

For me, I've always thought he was a good communicator, and for him to seemingly drop off the scene without a word certainly appeared odd.

If he has moved on, or even if he hasn't, I hope he 'is' on that motorbike riding across America, and I hope it's a Harley!  

[Guest deleted@83466]

Oh, that’s for the byrds, Trooper, and you know it..

[DD_Crash]

The Byrds? Wasnt Born to Follow

[BOO]

15 hours ago, Wardog5711 said:

Guys

Im liking this guy more and more . And I dont like anyone but muh dog usually.  

[Trooper117]

5 minutes ago, BOO said:

And I dont like anyone but muh dog usually.  

 

Are you sure you're not me?...

[WIS-Redcoat]

5 hours ago, oc2209 said:

 

There is absolutely nothing 'farewell sounding' about Jason saying 'was a pleasure working with you.'

 

Until then, there's zero evidence of anything.

 

 

Maybe you are not a native English speaker, but I assure that there is something "farewell sounding" in that statement.

 

Further, it is clearly incorrect that there is "zero evidence". 

 

[Dagwoodyt]

48 minutes ago, WIS-Redcoat said:

 

Maybe you are not a native English speaker, but I assure that there is something "farewell sounding" in that statement.

 

Further, it is clearly incorrect that there is "zero evidence". 

 

Maybe a bit of humor in a very uncertain situation ?

Edited October 19, 2022 by Dagwoodyt

[Denum]

Guys! Jason update!

 

What a rebel!

[FuriousMeow]

2 hours ago, WIS-Redcoat said:

 

Maybe you are not a native English speaker, but I assure that there is something "farewell sounding" in that statement.

 

 

 

 

 

You all are trying to see something that isn't there, at least with this. It was a one-off project to make a trailer to advertise the release of BoN. Maybe in a few years when the next module releases they'll work together again, or not. Who knows, but when you work with someone on a project and it ends you tend to say it was great working with them.

[Noisemaker]

9 hours ago, oc2209 said:

If we really want to analyze the timeline, he was talking frequently and normally up to September 8th. Then the long gap until the 'farewell' message of the 30th. Now it's been almost 3 weeks since then.

 

Basically there was also a 3 week gap between his last two messages. Unusual? Yeah, I guess, though I haven't really studied his posting habits until now.

 

***

 

Edit: Looking through his posting history, there was another big gap from August 18 to September 2 (which was a very brief message, just saying there was no DD planned), then the activity surrounding the Sept. 8 release of Normandy.

 

I went back further than that, and the longest gaps he had were generally 5-7 days, nothing longer.

 

Infer from that what you will.

Wait, that got me thinking.  When was the last time we heard from Janson?

#FreeJanson

[Gambit21]

9 hours ago, oc2209 said:

 

Until then, there's zero evidence of anything.

 

lol
Hence my tongue-in-cheek joke about all y’all’s Kim Kardashian level detective skills (with a few exceptions)

 

? 

 

 

 

[BMA_FlyingShark]

Don't know if you guys have noticed but Han has changed his avatar.

Stuff is happening.

 

Have a nice day.

 

 

[[CPT]milopugdog]

2 minutes ago, FlyingShark said:

Don't know if you guys have noticed but Han has changed his avatar.

Stuff is happening.

 

Have a nice day.

 

 

Good observation. A knight? What could it mean?

 

Perhaps IL-2 GB's knight in shining armor?

[Denum]

Han, I'm jealous.

 

I want a set of armor!! 

Edited October 19, 2022 by Denum

[GiftZahnsSteigern]

As an alternate explanation, what if we remember the creative ways IL2 has divulged new tech in the recent past, and consider what a 'splash' it would make if the J Man were to disappear for a prolonged, some might say exorbitant, period of time to build up tension, anxiety and frustration, only to reveal the new and improved Jason v2.0 with the New Expansion.

[AndyJWest]

32 minutes ago, [CPT]milopugdog said:

A knight? What could it mean?

 

Perhaps IL-2 GB's knight in shining armor?

 

What does it mean? Two steps forward, one step diagonally. Obviously a clue.

 

Or misdirection... 

[Guest deleted@83466]

What was it before, like a Tie Fighter or something?

 

LoL, what’s up with all the Cosplay guys lately, anyway?

[oc2209]

3 hours ago, FuriousMeow said:

You all are trying to see something that isn't there, at least with this. It was a one-off project to make a trailer to advertise the release of BoN. Maybe in a few years when the next module releases they'll work together again, or not. Who knows, but when you work with someone on a project and it ends you tend to say it was great working with them.

 

This is exactly what I mean.

 

It's 100% the same thing as saying "was nice chatting with you" to a casual acquaintance. It's a superficial pleasantry, nothing more, nothing less.

 

The 'was' is referring to the specific and brief period in time in which they worked together. There isn't an ongoing process, thus the past tense usage.

 

Like I said, if we want to speculate in other areas, fine; but this particular bit of 'evidence' is a non-starter.

[WIS-Redcoat]

4 hours ago, FuriousMeow said:

 

 

You all are trying to see something that isn't there, at least with this. It was a one-off project to make a trailer to advertise the release of BoN. Maybe in a few years when the next module releases they'll work together again, or not. Who knows, but when you work with someone on a project and it ends you tend to say it was great working with them.

Sure, and since that was clearly the single biggest and most important comment for the man to make post release of a several year long project and nothing else warranted another past tense comment in any manner it is clearly nothing more than a passive "thank you."

 

I think the harder case to make is "Jason is hard at work and simply lost his desire to communicate for the first time in a decade."

[oc2209]

6 hours ago, WIS-Redcoat said:

 

Maybe you are not a native English speaker, but I assure that there is something "farewell sounding" in that statement.

 

Further, it is clearly incorrect that there is "zero evidence". 

 

 

English is my first and only language. I also scored 800/800 on my SAT verbal, so I have some grasp of nuance in the English language. This is not an issue of syntax, but of speculation.

 

As for the evidence, would you (or anyone else reading this) mind reiterating it for me?

 

Obviously the long gaps in communication are an aberration. The lack of an announcement for the next project is also uncustomary. But none of this is concrete evidence pertaining to Jason's future with the company. That is still an unknown.

 

13 minutes ago, WIS-Redcoat said:

I think the harder case to make is "Jason is hard at work and simply lost his desire to communicate for the first time in a decade."

 

This is true.

 

I would guess that he might be supremely irritable about something. Maybe some financial news, maybe some restructuring of the company he has little control over, maybe the fact that he can't travel to Moscow now or anytime in the near future (I'm assuming he can't--it strikes me as inadvisable for any American to set foot on Russian soil right now)... I mean, take your pick. The upheavals going on right now make the Covid lockdown era look like a cakewalk in comparison.

 

Point is, he probably has a lot going on, not much of it good, and he just might not feel like responding to our often insipid, nagging questions and commentary.

 

That is a possibility.

 

If/when the next module is announced, and he still doesn't say much/anything, then we can start weeping and gnashing our teeth in earnest. Until then... whatever.

[LukeFF]

3 hours ago, FlyingShark said:

Don't know if you guys have noticed but Han has changed his avatar.

Stuff is happening.

 

Han would have to fill you in on the details, but years ago he talked about how he also does medieval reenactments. ⚔️ So, it's probably related to that.

 

 

Edited October 19, 2022 by LukeFF

[Denum]

Is this how they settle interoffice disputes? 

[BladeMeister]

What would really blow everyone's mind is if Jason made a coded secret sypher post. The place would come unglued!!!

 

S!Blade<><

[oc2209]

18 minutes ago, LukeFF said:

 

Han would have to fill you in on the details, but years ago he talked about how he also does medieval reenactments. ⚔️ So, it's probably related to that.

 

 

You're doing this wrong.

 

Your speculations need to either be batsh** crazy or an augury of apocalyptic annihilation.

[AndyJWest]

2 minutes ago, oc2209 said:

 

You're doing this wrong.

 

Your speculations need to either be batsh** crazy or an augury of apocalyptic annihilation.

 

Why not both?

[oc2209]

17 minutes ago, BladeMeister said:

What would really blow everyone's mind is if Jason made a coded secret sypher post. The place would come unglued!!!

 

S!Blade<><

 

While he has toyed with us in the past, and as comforting an explanation as this'd be... I kind of doubt it this time around.

 

10 minutes ago, AndyJWest said:

 

Why not both?

 

Well, given the 'situation' in the world right now, any generic 'the sky is falling' predictions are more likely to be true.

 

But I still think it's silly to jump the gun. We can always get depressed/disappointed/scared for the future of the franchise, later.

Edited October 19, 2022 by oc2209

[AndyJWest]

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[oc2209]

1 minute ago, AndyJWest said:

I've just received this cryptic message...

 

 

Sure.

 

My reply:

 

-_-

[MajorMagee]

 

Perhaps he was captured by Tron.

 

[oc2209]

Guys, I'm sorry to be the one to inform you, but...

 

Normandy is cancelled. It's not going to happen. Going through Jason's posts, I found this from June 8th of this year:

 

Quote

Things are looking pretty good in most areas. We always have unwanted slowdowns, but Normandy was our most ambitious project to date. Jason

 

Notice the wording. He clearly should've said 'Normandy is our most ambitious project [...],' but instead said, 'Normandy was our most ambitious project.'

 

Saying was before it's complete and released can only mean they stopped working on it months ago.

 

Normandy is dead in the water.