I love this quote "The airport in question is Lagoa Nova, which in the real world is a little airstrip in Rio Grande de Norte and not an actual hellmouth." 

Wait a minute. Where were all the MSFS fans when the news media were fawning endlessly over the beauty of MSFS? Don't start complaining now when legitimate issues have been covered.

Who is complaining exactly?  I’m an msfs fan, I think it’s funny,  let those whose sims have no weird anomalies caused by funky data cast the first stone.  It was also discussed in the q and a yesterday.

37 minutes ago, w6kd said:

So criticizing CNN is political? 

I was thinking, for example, about a CNN banner that said "Breaking News: Boeing 777 will struggle to maintain altitude when it runs out of fuel"

There are plenty of examples of CNN's rush to fill bandwidth with poorly-vetted stupidity that have nothing whatsoever to do with politics.

And this is why I never believe a word CNN writes or says without serious fact checking.  This is beyond politics but some can't see that.  I wish I could find a FOX or OANN writeup about Flight Simulator and see what people will say then.  There's always cover for liberal news agencies if you dare say anything about them at the expense of every other news outlet.  Your comment was not political just an honest observation of poor reporting in general.  

Edited October 2, 20205 yr by Dillon

33 minutes ago, ShawnG said:

Love how one mod says no politics, and then another one immediately jumps in with politics.  Rofl

There is nothing political about the post you're talking about. In fact, the only thing about politics here are the complaints about the supposed political post... Someone was talking about the hypocrisy of the mods which is rather strange because members are making something up right now that isn't there in order to complain about the mods...

So wouldn't that be an anomaly opposed to a "failure"?  CNN never used the word failure in their article at all making this entire post a bit of clickbait...  Must be a REALLY slow news day when CNN is reporting on an apparent typo creating a "chasm" in MSFS scenery and the OP somehow spinning that into "CNN article calls out Microsoft scenery failure"  

In Fact they appear to think it's really really terrific the best scenery hole ever better than any scenery hole that ever existed... 😉

(CNN) — Microsoft released its rebooted Flight Simulator program in August 2020, immediately wowing gamers with its hyper-realistic scenery, digitally distilled from satellite imagery.

The sim gives its users the ability to fly anywhere in the world, with our planet reconstructed with real-time weather conditions using Microsoft Bing mapping technology.

 

Edited October 2, 20205 yr by psolk

Really? A slow news day? What is your idea of a fast news day?

Just now, jabloomf1230 said:

Really? A slow news day? What is your idea of a fast news day?

 

30 minutes ago, jabloomf1230 said:

Wait a minute. Where were all the MSFS fans when the news media were fawning endlessly over the beauty of MSFS? Don't start complaining now when legitimate issues have been covered.

It was tongue in cheek, your attitude and tone, not so much...   Have a WONDERFUL Friday!   

17 minutes ago, Dillon said:

I wish I could find a FOX or OANN writeup about Flight Simulator and see what people will say then. 

Here you go:

https://www.foxnews.com/us/can-a-home-computer-teach-you-to-fly-a-real-plane

Eventually the Onion will cover MSFS or there will be a Downfall parody video.

Will someone please talk politics and get this goofy thread shut down?  😁

jk

Just now, Greggy_D said:

Will someone please talk politics and get this goofy thread shut down?  😁

jk

Thanks for the laugh 😅.

https://news.avclub.com/4-theories-regarding-this-creepy-sinkhole-airport-found-1845242019

 

here's a few other takes.

And we wonder why the media is guilty of over sensationalized articles! 
I’m sure this one will be rectified in the next patch.

Edited October 2, 20205 yr by Doering

Well...MS did say this is a game for fun and entertainment. We now know that there are some really tall buildings as well as clouds and over cast down there in hell. It is also good to know that it at least has an airport with a couple of nice airplanes to fly. That should give some of us a bit of relief. Well done MS!! 😈

Given the way 2020 has been going... has anyone checked to make sure that airport hasn't been sucked into a void?  😄