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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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bobthepanda wrote: post #10
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

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Re: The Hostile Takeover of a Microsoft Flight Simulator Server

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Post by dkarp »

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

For those interested, I think these are the main virtual ATC services:

https://www.pilotedge.net - paid service, used by student pilots

https://www.vatsim.net - totally free with regional chapters all over the world. Have their own certification system for pilots and ATC.

Both of these work for multiple different flight simulators and not just MS FS. They work through an in game plugin that connects to their servers. Both take things pretty seriously.

Re: The Hostile Takeover of a Microsoft Flight Simulator Server

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Post by Mountain_Skies »

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

Many do it to get practice speaking English, which makes it mostly a win-win as players get to have controllers who take the game seriously and the controllers get to hone their language skills. It's only a problem if someone's accent is very heavy or they haven't achieved enough English skills yet to be able to communicate the basics of ATC but neither happens very often.

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Post by mulmen »

Mountain_Skies wrote: post #14
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

Many do it to get practice speaking English, which makes it mostly a win-win as players get to have controllers who take the game seriously and the controllers get to hone their language skills. It's only a problem if someone's accent is very heavy or they haven't achieved enough English skills yet to be able to communicate the basics of ATC but neither happens very often.

Sometimes I can tell where my ESL coworkers learned English based on phrasing and idioms. It would be interesting to come across someone who honed English skills with such a domain-specific application.

Re: The Hostile Takeover of a Microsoft Flight Simulator Server

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Post by zentiggr »

Another story of

  Anyone can get involved in just about anything on the internet

  Some of those people are misguided or unstable or actively malicious

  Chaos ensues in all its various forms
We humans are just an interesting bunch. With a technology that gives everyone access and a voice, we get to see the whole range of human behavior.

Re: The Hostile Takeover of a Microsoft Flight Simulator Server

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Post by atatatat »

mulmen wrote: post #15
Mountain_Skies wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Many do it to get practice speaking English, which makes it mostly a win-win as players get to have controllers who take the game seriously and the controllers get to hone their language skills. It's only a problem if someone's accent is very heavy or they haven't achieved enough English skills yet to be able to communicate the basics of ATC but neither happens very often.

Sometimes I can tell where my ESL coworkers learned English based on phrasing and idioms. It would be interesting to come across someone who honed English skills with such a domain-specific application.

Look up "do the needful". It's not a myth, just regional.

Re: The Hostile Takeover of a Microsoft Flight Simulator Server

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Post by zeropoint46 »

atatatat wrote: post #19
mulmen wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sometimes I can tell where my ESL coworkers learned English based on phrasing and idioms. It would be interesting to come across someone who honed English skills with such a domain-specific application.

Look up "do the needful". It's not a myth, just regional.

Oh man this is a flashback to a previous job that I did not need.
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