Informing me of "realism"? Realism according to whom? By what standard are you determining what is "real enough"? Is there a listing of acceptable callsign and aircraft pairings that I can reference? Is this realism policy something that is written down somewhere, or is it just according to the current controller's whims on that particular day?

Well, realism according to a real-world airline pilot. As stated several times, there is no "realism policy" and nowhere did Mr. Reiter express that there was.

As I stated in my email response to your feedback, the first time I flew on this network, I connected as DEL032. I mistakenly believed that callsign was for Delta Airlines. A controller private messaged me informing me of the fact that Delta flew under "DAL", and I appreciated the information. Most want to simulate realism, and we like to educate pilots in case they are unaware of the nature of their callsign (or other information).

We've sent these types of messages to dozens and dozens of people over the years. You are the only one who has had such a negative reaction, gotten so offended, and thrown such a temper-tantrum over it. Doesn't that tell you something?

I had invested a lot of time combing the Wikipedia pages and picking out realistic callsigns that I thought were interesting.

Again, for the sake of education, I highly suggest against using Wikipedia as an official source of information.

Based on all the gradations of "realism" I don't think that any controller should be using their position to express their personal opinions about realism while in the sim. If you express an opinion about realism in the forums I can choose not to listen. When a controller PM me in the sim I don't have any choice, I'm forced to listen. And if they use that position to push their own personal views on realism that aren't supported by any policy then they are over-stepping.

The reality is that the majority of people on this network are interested in being realistic, hence why they're here and not on a random gaming multiplayer server like the ones we all see on YouTube. With that said, we all offer our opinions constantly - in regards to realism and a lot of other subjects. That is what makes us a community. We are a collection of individuals with common interests who venture online to make contact with each other, discuss, and simulate (which implies realism) real-world air traffic control and pilot procedures. This entire forum is primarily comprised of discussion filled with opinions, and hundreds of opinions are shared via private message each day over the network, as that it our primary form of communicating with one another while connected.

You don't think its possible that ol' Richard charged a C172 to the company account and took it for a spin one day?

Well, if he did, I'm sure he'd be smart enough not to use the "VRD" callsign, or else it'd be pretty obvious that he was taking advantage of the company's account for personal benefit 

Controllers, you'd do the same if the pilot filed "KJFK DCT KMIA" or requested a VFR arrival into an airport under IMC, correct?  I'm not sure why this is being seen differently.

Exactly. Great point, Rob.
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Overall, Chris said it best in his last paragraph above. This seems to have been blown out of proportion, as you have taken it far too personally and fail to see the benefit of sharing such information.

I recently was reminded that I was essentially told that I couldn't attend the ZMA Live event and ignored

No need to publicly call out ZMA. Not everyone is openly invited and welcome to facility live events - there are venue size restrictions among other complexities.

I don't think he gets the joke.

Good thing I pre-ordered this document from the FAA...   

Joke's on you. The X isn't available for pre-order yet.

Lol. Do we call it "ex" or "ten"?

The controllers and administration at Boston Virtual ARTCC want to thank all of the pilots who supported the 18th annual Boston Tea Party.

We are excited to announce that we reached over 230 operations at Boston Logan International (BOS) in the 7 hours that we were staffed - this number does not include the dozens of other airports that had coverage. This number also matches the real-world traffic numbers that real-world Boston Logan controllers were handling during the same time period.

Please stay tuned for more information regarding the results of the Tea Party Airport Poker competition. We had over 40 participants, and will reach out to the winners via email within the next few days.

Without your support, we could not accomplish such a spectacular event for 18 consecutive years. Thank you, and we hope you enjoyed as much as we did!

Tomorrow is National Aviation Day in the United States. What better way to celebrate than by joining Boston Virtual ARTCC's biggest event of the year?
 
Starting at 12pm ET tomorrow, BVA's controllers will be staffing up our entire airspace for 7 straight hours of air traffic control, most of which will be provided live! Tea Party is usually the busiest event of the year, and more than 30 controllers will be coming together in person to support it.
 
As you know, pilots participating in Tea Party are eligible to win great prizes just by flying our airspace! For each landing within ZBW, pilots can private message Burlington Approach (type ".msg BTV_APP" in your pilot client) to request a card. The more flights you do, the better your chances. To be eligible, flights must terminate in ZBW airspace, and internal flights that start with one Approach facility (e.g., Boston Approach) would need to land within another approach's airspace (e.g., Bradley Approach) to qualify. For all of the details, rules, and a list of the great prizes available to be won, visit the Boston Tea Party page of our website.
 
While our main airport (KBOS) is always a popular draw, we encourage pilots to visit ZBW's many other regional airports. We are planning to have full, top-down coverage at Bradley (KBDL), Providence (KPVD), and Nantucket (KACK), and will have staffing at several other airports across the ARTCC.
 
Join us online beginning at 12pm ET tomorrow.

Sad that there is so much distrust and suspicion that we can't even trust when a bright individual such as Derek, with real-world experience, wants to provide online training/education to others. Let's not go snooping on each other via the Airmen database (note that is an airmen database - ATC certificates are not included...) just because someone offers online Twitch training.