Kiribati, home to the most MSFS players per capita

[Waldo Pepper 1,953]

https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/official-community-fly-in-friday-world-ocean-day/595608

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June 8 is World Oceans Day 6, an event to foster public interest in the protection of Earth’s oceans and the sustainable management of their resources! To recognize this occasion, our weekly fly-in will be an island-hopping tour of some Pacific Ocean atolls which received scenery enhancements in World Update 13: Oceania. This flight will also see us visit the island nation of Kiribati.  Our telemetry data shows that Kiribati is home to more Microsoft Flight Simulator players per capita than any other country!

 Kiribati.

"What, where?" 😄

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiribati

[Dillon 2,197]

10 minutes ago, Waldo Pepper said:

Our telemetry data shows that Kiribati is home to more Microsoft Flight Simulator players per capita than any other country!

With only two people living there, that's about right...😁🤪

I just found the island on a map and figured that.  In looking more closely it says the population is 119,000, go figure...🙃

Edited June 9, 2023 by Dillon

[fluffyflops 1,858]

wasnt this the place which was the first place (time zone wise) that people could buy ms2020 ?

Edited June 9, 2023 by fluffyflops

[virtuali 4,421]

22 minutes ago, fluffyflops said:

wasnt this the place which was the first place (time zone wise) that people could buy ms2020 ?

Of course it was. It's a very well know inside joke, that MS seems to be playing along with.

[Alvega 2,124]

12 minutes ago, virtuali said:

Of course it was. It's a very well know inside joke, that MS seems to be playing along with.

Funny times, lol. 

[jaytee73 132]

It's also the first Island country to go under water if the climate heating continues much longer 😟

[Toneal2 6]

I think Tuvalu might be leading. I believe the airport at Funafuti is flooded quite frequently.

I was at the airport on Tarawa when the first plane landed for some years in 1964. IIRC an amphibian from the Marshall Islands, US Navy? The runway was unlit and grass and definitely no fuel. The only regular callers were RNZAF Sunderland's using the lagoon. BTW on board these, freshly cooked steaks were served, cooked in front of you on paraffin stove.

Another claim for Kiribati is that it straddles the date line as Christmas Island well to the east is in that nation.

[darshonaut 237]

Hello my fellow Kiribatians.

[Farlis 2,287]

Fun fact: Kiribati may be spelled with "ti" at the end but it is pronounced "Kiribas". Confusing, isn't it?

[Fielder 3,680]

"313" square miles. That is like a square with 18 miles on each side. 

[garlicbread11 335]

Looks like I’m moving to Kiribati again in the near future 

[OneOfMany 314]

50 minutes ago, garlicbread11 said:

Looks like I’m moving to Kiribati again in the near future 

You will love it. Once here, no moving back!