The Hostile Takeover of a Microsoft Flight Simulator Server

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Post by tmfi » Thu, May 27, 2021, 9:32 AM UTC

The Hostile Takeover of a Microsoft Flight Simulator Server
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Re: The Hostile Takeover of a Microsoft Flight Simulator Server

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Post by sosuke » Fri, May 28, 2021, 5:28 PM UTC

I feel like I'm missing most of the story. I only get the hero image and one paragraph of content.

Re: The Hostile Takeover of a Microsoft Flight Simulator Server

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Post by Bancakes » Fri, May 28, 2021, 5:28 PM UTC

Of course it has to be a disgruntled mod that ruins the fun.

Re: The Hostile Takeover of a Microsoft Flight Simulator Server

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Post by zatertip » Fri, May 28, 2021, 5:32 PM UTC

Like Freenode in the skies :-)

Re: The Hostile Takeover of a Microsoft Flight Simulator Server

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Post by steverb » Fri, May 28, 2021, 5:48 PM UTC

sosuke wrote: post #2

I feel like I'm missing most of the story. I only get the hero image and one paragraph of content.

I had to open it incognito to see the story.

Re: The Hostile Takeover of a Microsoft Flight Simulator Server

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Post by capitalbreeze » Fri, May 28, 2021, 5:59 PM UTC

Arturas Kerelis sucks wow

Re: The Hostile Takeover of a Microsoft Flight Simulator Server

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Post by gffbkugf » Fri, May 28, 2021, 6:06 PM UTC

Bancakes wrote: post #3

Of course it has to be a disgruntled mod that ruins the fun.

>they do it for free

Re: The Hostile Takeover of a Microsoft Flight Simulator Server

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Post by fnord77 » Fri, May 28, 2021, 6:23 PM UTC

> A community of air traffic control roleplayers gets torn apart by a lawsuit, and the founders scatter, trying to pick up the pieces.

it's kinda fascinating such a community exists

Re: The Hostile Takeover of a Microsoft Flight Simulator Server

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Post by monkeywork » Fri, May 28, 2021, 6:26 PM UTC

gffbkugf wrote: post #7

Bancakes wrote: post #3

Of course it has to be a disgruntled mod that ruins the fun.

>they do it for free

I would hope they "ruin the fun" for free because charging for that service isn't likely a great idea.

Re: The Hostile Takeover of a Microsoft Flight Simulator Server

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Post by bobthepanda » Fri, May 28, 2021, 6:35 PM UTC

fnord77 wrote: post #8

> A community of air traffic control roleplayers gets torn apart by a lawsuit, and the founders scatter, trying to pick up the pieces. it's kinda fascinating such a community exists

People like all sorts of things.

There are various reasons to enjoy this but not actually become ATC:

- its fairly common that people don’t want to ruin their hobby by making it their job

- ATC requirements are pretty strict for application

- US ATC is high stress and stagnant pay, and that combination means there is an ATC shortage which means that the employed ATCs are being worked very hard