5 hours ago, Blueline308 said:

Just because they are French doesn't mean that they can't hire an American. 

You asked for native English speakers, Americans don’t qualify 😉

5 hours ago, Blueline308 said:

Thank you, but why?  They never seem to grasp what is being said to them by the moderator.  It must be a language issue.  I think they need new blood.  Just because they are French doesn't mean that they can't hire an American.  Let them practice some diversity.  American companies are forced to do so.

Not for long if Trump has anything to say about it!!

11 hours ago, Blueline308 said:

I would like to see all three replaced with some younger, high energy native English speaking people.

No way in "word not allowed"LL I want Jorg Neumann replaced as the leader (and speaker) of MSFS he seems more energetic about the product (MSFS) than any young  clueless "short attention span" leader that we could imagine would be and his English seems fine to me. I like Seb also but not partial to Martial I just don't know about that guy, maybe he should just stick to programming (I take what he says with a grain of salt) and let someone else speak on his part.

Edited March 15, 20251 yr by JBDB-MD80

Very weird that this thread turned into a Martial bashing thread at one point.  I have said in the past that at these Twitch Q&As, Martial doesn't always seem to be aware of the issues and I think part of that might be because English is his second language, and he is not as good at English, as say Jorg is.  But ultimately, my primary concern is the quality of MSFS and Twitch Q&A is only one facet that leads to the quality of MSFS.  And we have a track record of Asobo now with MSFS 2020 and that track record is, they developed the best civilian flight simulator after 4 years working on MSFS 2020.  Yes, I am going to use that word "best" again and I don't care what the complainers say 🤣.

So the actual product that I use is what I judge Asobo on, and their track record is pretty good with MSFS 2020. That tells me that despite all the hiccups Martial had at the Twitch Q&A in the last 4 years, he was able to do his job, and he did his job well enough for MSFS 2020.  Seb in particular has enough confidence in Martial and I have confidence in Seb, so Martial is definitely up to the job.

Now that's not saying Asobo is perfect.  In fact, if I were to score them for MSFS 2020, I would give them an 80%.  The reason I am deducting the 20% from Asobo is that MSFS 2020 had a pretty bad launch too.  If MSFS 2020 had a near perfect launch, then I would score Asobo closer to 100% but they didn't, so I cannot give them the extra 20%.  But after 4 years of MSFS 2020, if Asobo gets an 80%, is that really a bad score?  80% is an honor student from where I come from.  That's a pretty good score if you ask me.

And to be honest, the state of MSFS 2020 and MSFS 2024 on release is partly the fault of Microsoft imposing a schedule on Asobo.  Jorg recently said in a recent interview, that a release like MSFS 2024 needs about 1 year of testing, and that all the code from all the external parties working on MSFS 2024 should have been submitted and ready, 1 year before MSFS 2024's actual release, so they could start combining the code into MSFS 2024, 1 year prior to release, rather than a few months before release.

And people talk of replacing Asobo with another game company. But realistically, the percentage of game companies out there that have the size and expertise/capability to pull off an MSFS 2020 is a lot less than the missing 20% from Asobo's score.  I wouldn't be surprised if less then 3% of all game companies world wide (including game companies that develop mobile games, etc) have the size and expertise/capability to make an MSFS 2020.  So that's a very small percentage of game companies you have left that are capable to make an MSFS 2020, and I am being very generous because it's probably even lower than that.

Yes, it's possible in the 3% of all game companies that are capable of making MSFS 2020, there are some in there that would end up making a better MSFS 2020 and doing a better job.  But then there would be a lot game companies in that 3% that are a lot worse than Asobo as well.  With everything considered, we have an honor student developing MSFS 2024 and while this honor student isn't perfect, they are pretty decent in my books.

So if Seb has confidence in Martial, then I do to, and based on Asobo's track record for MSFS 2020, I don't see a problem with Martial.

 

11 hours ago, Blueline308 said:

I would like to see all three replaced with some younger, high energy native English speaking people.

Replacing Jorg is the worst idea ever.  Jorg is one of the reasons we have MSFS 2020 in the first place. It was Jorg's and Seb's foresight and ingenuity that allowed MSFS 2020 to be developed.

We are in the golden age of flight simulation because of Jorg. And you want him to be replaced?  🤣

 

Edited March 15, 20251 yr by abrams_tank

8 hours ago, Blueline308 said:

Thank you, but why?  They never seem to grasp what is being said to them by the moderator.  It must be a language issue.  I think they need new blood.  Just because they are French doesn't mean that they can't hire an American.  Let them practice some diversity.  American companies are forced to do so.

I suggest you drop it before you dig the hole you are already in any deeper.

 

Jorg doesn't need to go, but like I've said (many) times he needs someone alongside him helping lead Asobo & the rest of the project better. The years of regressions, the poor implementation & use of Beta periods, the dreadful QA and the state of MSFS24s release are just some of the factual proof that he's out of his depth trying to "Lead" this massive project. Sure he has the passion, the drive, the excitement, but that alone doesn't make you brilliant, he needs a hand to get a grip over the whole project. There's no shame in asking for nor needing that help, but he clearly wants to be the sole leader so we're going to be stuck in an endless cycle of regressions & poor QA etc forever more. Yes he has created something brilliant - but that same brilliant product is also riddled with countless issues & problems.

As for Martial I'm not buying the "lost in translation" excuse, the bloke is word not allowed, uninterested and IMO not good enough to push development of the title forward fast enough. Look at how long DX12 was (still is..?) in Beta, look at his disgraceful response to the Shutdown Bug, VR users (and I'm not alone in thinking this) are convinced he's the reason VR has suffered with complete neglect for 4+ years, along with proper multi screen support, look at the way he responds to questions with a shrug and a complete lack of willing to try and even understand the question just a fob off and move onto the next question he can ignore. I personally have zero time for him and would prefer someone else to be in his seat, once a bloke called Davide was there and he was actually very insightful, Martial just seems bored and he does not bleed confidence that he's there for the good of the sim as a whole and just merely there to do a job he cares little about, almost like he'd prefer to be back working on Disney Games instead.

It's funny, I see this in a similar way (us) football fans view Managers/Head Coaches and The Board of football clubs. We're all dreadfully passionate about our love for  the MSFS/Football Team and all of us want nothing but the best, but when there's things that need fixing and personnel not doing their best from our points of view, then these discussions start to appear. With that in mind I still consider MS/Asobo to be a lower end Premier League team, they got a deserved promotion with MSFS2020, over the years they've stumbled to avoid relegation to be mid table and questions were asked of the management (yes we've been here before!). But then with MSFS24 released they only survived relegation on the final day of the season because of SU1, had that of been a disaster they would've been relegated. So at this time, much like in football, people are questioning the Managers/Head Coaches ability along with whether the players are actually good enough to lead the team forward and climb the table. Hopefully that begins with SU2, time will tell - UP THE MSFS!

11 hours ago, Cpt_Piett said:

Do we expect this to be improved, though? I don't - and I'm not too fussed spending a bit of money testing the various 3rd party addons which are constantly being improved. 

whta they need to impruve is the SDK for ai traffic and add better way to inject traffic  in a more native way so we would have much better fps  with beyond atc and fshud traffic injection cause they using working around to inject the traffic now

3 hours ago, abrams_tank said:

And we have a track record of Asobo now with MSFS 2020 and that track record is, they developed the best civilian flight simulator after 4 years working on MSFS 2020.  Yes, I am going to use that word "best" again and I don't care what the complainers say 🤣.

That's not going to work. You have to write BOLD AND IN CAPITAL LETTERS TO BE BELIEVED AND TO GET MORE THAN (CURRENTLY) 2 LIKES. 😆🤣

1 hour ago, MarcG said:

But then with MSFS24 released they only survived relegation on the final day of the season because of SU1, had that of been a disaster they would've been relegated

Utter garbage. You’ve been shrieking about what a disaster the whole platform is from launch and how it’s years away from being remotely worthy, and now just one SU a few months later and already it’s saved itself from relegation?! We all know as soon as VR gets fixed in SU2 you’ll declare it’s now ready.

1 hour ago, flying_carpet said:

That's not going to work. You have to write BOLD AND IN CAPITAL LETTERS TO BE BELIEVED AND TO GET MORE THAN (CURRENTLY) 2 LIKES. 😆🤣

Seriously, what's wrong with you? All you do is come to the MSFS forum to bash MSFS.  And that's my opinion only of MSFS (which is also consistent with the Navigraph survey results).  

For someone like you who dislikes MSFS so much (you were continually bashing MSFS 2020 in the last several years while praising your "other" simulator), you sure spend a lot of time here in the MSFS forum 🤣
 

Edited March 15, 20251 yr by abrams_tank

15 hours ago, Blueline308 said:

I would like to see all three replaced with some younger, high energy native English speaking people.

Some utterly strange Make Asobo Great Again attitude. We should keep MAGA out of this discussion and return to a content driven discussion. 

1 hour ago, michael8 said:

whta they need to impruve is the SDK for ai traffic and add better way to inject traffic  in a more native way so we would have much better fps  with beyond atc and fshud traffic injection cause they using working around to inject the traffic now

You think adding better AI traffic injection will improve on better FPS. LOL keep dreaming you will be losing more frames if anything and it doesn't matter if its coming native or an from an outside source Its known to be one of the most FPS killers (AI traffic) in flight sim history .

Edited March 15, 20251 yr by JBDB-MD80

22 minutes ago, abrams_tank said:

For someone like you who dislikes MSFS so much (you were continually bashing MSFS 2020 in the last several years while praising your "other" simulator), you sure spend a lot of time here in the MSFS forum 🤣

rent free 🤣
 

Despite some of the nonsense personal attacks on Asobo/MS staff around here, and the usual hyperbole from the usual suspects, I very much doubt they care about these low level trash comments (if they even see/read them), nor should they. Yes there is lots to criticize about 2024's release state without getting into the gutter or indulging in extreme exaggerations, but there is still lots to like. Despite how some of the usual suspects try to discount 2024's advancements, those with an ability to exercise objective thinking know that it advanced in a lot of areas from 2020, which was and still is an amazing sim. SU1 is already out with numerous fixes, and SU2 beta is just around the corner... There are lots of us who're able to use it without major issues and deal-breakers, and yes there are others who're not as fortunate, and hopefully the SUs get those folks to a better place soon.

One thing for sure, I am extremely glad Jorg and MS reinvigorated the flight sim genre with MSFS 2020 (and now 2024)... and there is no better person to be at the helm than Jorg, and no better tech expert/lead than Seb + Asobo. I am also very glad they have the expertise of Matt Nischan + WT on board their core team, that they have such close partnerships with various 3rd party devs (and commercial partners in the aviation industry), that the majority of 3rd party devs are exclusively or mostly focusing on developing for 2020 and now 2024, etc, etc. The amount of passionate chatter about the sim platform (both negative and positive) just speaks to how significant a sim platform MSFS is now in this genre and hobby of ours, and that can only be a good thing.