I was just highlighting the discussion seemed derailing to which one is the longest and this was maybe detrimental to the topic itself. I should have used a 'smile' to convey the actual tone behind my intervention and I'm sorry if this wasn't clear 

On 10/29/2020 at 4:30 PM, Steku said:

This may explain poor Asobo's results when it comes to quality, patch #5 and CTD issues. Full lockdown in France due to COVID. Hard to focus on the simulated world, when the real one is collapsing around you:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-europe-54716993

agree....and the Islamic Jihad attacks they've recently had

4 hours ago, RustyFlyer said:

Exactly. I regret that you did not understand my comment. Indeed, MFS (a ubiquitous abbreviation for Microsoft Flight Simulator in hundreds, if not thousands, of posts in this forum and others) is, as I indicated, not an aircraft. MFS is a virtual environment. Call it entertainment, call it a game, call it a simulator, call it a hamburger if you wish, these descriptions all fall under the umbrella of 'virtual flying'.

In any event I was not responding to you; I was responding to Moria's comment where his position is that, essentially, if the MFS platform does not precisely mimmic RL/RW (real life/real world) flying in all ways, then it is not truly a representative reflection of an aviation experience. My point was simply that, as an objective participant, possessing the bona fides to render comment (hence the abbreviations: PP = private pilot (an abbreviation used by many... take a look), long-term flight-sim user), MFS is indeed representative of flying from a variety of perspectives. I meant to say no more, no less and nothing other.

 

PP/SEP 2000

MFS 2.0 - 1985 (Microsoft is one word, not two, hence MFS vs. MSFS. How about MRSTFSMTR- there, is that better?).............. 

MS DOS 3.0 - 1985.................

RL participant, School of Hard Knocks - Jurassic Period lol (laugh out loud / online, in case you are equally unfamiliar with that ubiquitous abbr. 😉 )........

 

 

 

 

I gotta admit that MFS got me, It's just that MSFS IS the actual abbreviation for Microsoft Flight Simulator, & is used by Microsoft themselves, as well as within thousands, if not tens of thousands posts.

BTW, PPL is the more common usage, for a PP. FYI!

Obviously, a game/entertainment product used with gaming controls is not truly a representative reflection of an aviation experience. It's the immersion within the game, not the realism. 

We, as virtual simmers, ALL possess the bona fides to comment on the game. Holding a PPL does not a gamer/virtual simmer/expert in MSFS make.

BTW, SEP a contraction of September?

 

Edited November 5, 20205 yr by Wobbie

4 hours ago, Wobbie said:

I gotta admit that MFS got me, It's just that MSFS IS the actual abbreviation for Microsoft Flight Simulator, & is used by Microsoft themselves, as well as within thousands, if not tens of thousands posts.

BTW, PPL is the more common usage, for a PP. FYI!

Obviously, a game/entertainment product used with gaming controls is not truly a representative reflection of an aviation experience. It's the immersion within the game, not the realism. 

We, as virtual simmers, ALL possess the bona fides to comment on the game. Holding a PPL does not a gamer/virtual simmer/expert in MSFS make.

BTW, SEP a contraction of September?

 

Whatever.

(btw-  abbr. lessons #4 & #5:  SEP = Single Engine Piston; Sept. = September. Beware though that, should these lessons continue, I will have to send you an invoice for remedial education instruction.)

What on Earth has happened to this thread??

Edited November 5, 20205 yr by Christopher Low

1 hour ago, Wobbie said:

 

I see your explanation, & double....

A simplified employee pension (SEP) is an individual retirement account (IRA) that an employer or a self-employed person can establish.

abbr.

simplified employee pension (plan)..."

Wonderful!

Context matters though. This is not a Vanguard Group Investments forum, this is not a Fidelity Investments forum and this is not the IRS support page regarding tax questions pertaining to IRA's (Irish Republican Armies ;;). lol) This is a forum for computer-aviation enthusiasts.

I regret your stubborn, perhaps feigned, seemingly intentional, continuing & ongoing confusion regarding conventional vernacular language in this forum. Let me make it simple so that even you can understand:  Abbreviations used by members of this forum in their comments most often have to do with, um, [computer] aviation-related thoughts. They usually do not pertain to self-employment inquiries, to pension or retirement account inquiries, to the prospect of molecular life on the moon Titan or to the difference between seltzer and club soda.

So yes, you're correct, in my post, SEP refers to:  Super-hot Enchiladas & Peppers.

I'm done, no more responses from me. You win!  😉😎

Unless you want this topic locked I suggest you cease this chatter which adds nothing to the quality of discussion. The name of the title of the sim has nothing to do with what's being discussed. DROP IT.

THANK-YOU. By the way, he hasn’t been the sole producer of abject drivel in this thread.

Edited November 5, 20205 yr by cavaricooper

On 10/29/2020 at 8:40 PM, WarpD said:

Fortunately, those of you who think Asobo isn't up to the task have clearly produced your own replacement flight simulation product that we call purchase and enjoy today, without any issues!  Right?

No, I haven't. But I once spent several years of my life managing large projects where folks were doing some very technical high-level design and programming. And be assured, if any of those groups had released a product to production in the same sorry state of testing/completion as Asobo have done with MSFS I'd have fired the lot of them on the spot.

I haven't either. But I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night. 

1 hour ago, W2DR said:

No, I haven't. But I once spent several years of my life managing large projects where folks were doing some very technical high-level design and programming. And be assured, if any of those groups had released a product to production in the same sorry state of testing/completion as Asobo have done with MSFS I'd have fired the lot of them on the spot.

the publisher wanted its game to be released. So we could start with fire them I guess.

I'm including the "publisher" in my definition of "groups". That said, whoever made the dumb decision at corporate to go ahead with this should be among the first to go. That's what happens when you let a marketing guy call the shots instead of listening to the experts. Of course, I have no way of knowing what the internal politics at MS or Asobo may be but having worked for a very long time at what was once the largest corporation in the world I can make a pretty good guess.

The OP here: Seems that I was right. Asobo mentioning COVID in France under lockdown in the current development update:

https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/blog-november-5th-2020-development-update/315859

I believe we should adapt our expectations a bit. What happens in the real world is unfortunataly not a simulation nor another season of Pandemic board game.

Edited November 5, 20205 yr by Steku