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Microsoft should allow sharing of information on forums

Should Microsoft let the testers talk on forums 46 members have voted

  1. 1. Should Microsoft let the testers talk on forums

    • Yes
      23%
      11
    • No
      76%
      35

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I voted yes but I can understand no.

Especially since, here, whenever we have new information, no matter how amazing it is, the positivity lasts about 15 minutes before people start poking holes in every little thing.

I’m not sure how useful that would be to have the general public doing that throughout the beta process. 

That also lends itself to losing control of the product narrative among the general public before it even releases, which is not a positive thing.

I voted No, for the reasons already mentioned by others, however what I would like MS to allow is for Alpha testers to post what their PC specs and Internet connections are, and what kind of fps they're were getting with different setups. That way we could get an idea of what hardware and Internet we need. Maybe when the forum comes up on the Insider site, MS could monitor the posts, before they were posted to be sure that nothing else was revealed. Maybe the forum will be a closed one just for Alpha / Beta testers, but let's hope not.

Jorn Lundtoft

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28 minutes ago, jlund said:

however what I would like MS to allow is for Alpha testers to post what their PC specs and Internet connections are, and what kind of fps they're were getting with different setups.

That's almost certainly one of the top reasons they don't want people posting about their testing. It's far too early for this info to be accurate and it would almost certainly be turned into evidence the new sim is an unoptimized disaster by some.

Yeah - I can think of lots of reasons we would want information out...

I can't think of any reasons MS/Asobo would really benefit from it though (unless we really start stretching).

Yeh?  My wife's grandfather had a frequent saying.  Cr*p in one hand and predict in the other and see what you have more of!  Take some time off, focusing on flying today's simulators.  Then let's see what comes on release and quit all this speculating and fantasizing. 

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5 hours ago, cepact said:

we have now so many members with access to MSFS and yet they won't be able to talk and share any information ? 

There is a forum "coming soon" within the insider area.

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10 minutes ago, fppilot said:

Then let's see what comes on release and quit all this speculating and fantasizing. 

Speculating is fun though!

18 minutes ago, fppilot said:

focusing on flying today's simulators.

Been out of the current sims for quite a while now honestly.

Full focus on MSFS at this point.

Edited by irrics

I closed this poll as it is premature and unnecessary at this juncture. 

If you are selected for Tech Alpha one or two you will be under NDA which Microsoft takes very seriously. 

Thank you.

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