One of those moments where veterans of the combat flight sim community will want to raise a glass and toast a service coming to an end after a very long run. Jiri, the author of HyperLobby, has announced that the service’s website and its associated services will be shut down in the the next couple of months.

Celebrating and mourning the end of a pillar of the community

HyperLobby, started up 26-years ago by community member Jiri, helped fill a void in the community for a reliable service that could track available IL-2 Sturmovik multiplayer servers. Alternatives did exist but HyperLobby was the community’s clear and most popular favourite hosting a list of accessible multiplayer servers and providing a chat room for people to organize and play together.

This website and all associated services will be shutdown within one or two months. Thanks to everyone you helped me building this site for last 26 years …

Jiri, Hyperfighter.SK

I myself took part in many of the Friday night co-op sessions, flew on the Battlefields UK server, participated in a co-op TB-3 fight session, and many other scenarios and experiences that were all organized and made possible by HyperLobby.

The service has, at this point, outlived its useful life with more modern sims having their own server browsers and lobbies in some cases. Still, the service remains a fond memory for me and many others.

Here’s to Jiri, to HyperLobby, and a pillar of the community that is now being retired. A hearty S!