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Post by warbaby on Jan 21, 2015 13:09:05 GMT -5
I watch a lot of simming on Twitch, just watched a 48hr marathon in a real home built simulator, fascinating. But what I have noticed is simming is huge in the UK, and Germany. I've been simming now for 15 years (ever since FS 2000), but I have never personally met a fellow simmer here in states. It's a socially acceptable hobby it seems, like the popular video games are here. But when people ask what I do for fun, I tell them and they look at me funny and wonder if I could do something else with my time. We need to get some of you UK blokes over here to help evenly distribute this hobby. It would be nice to enjoy a conversation with someone and not have to justify my spare time to someone. This is a hobby, not a game! Sorry, this is turning into a vent. Keep it up Tom. Thanks, Al
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Post by FSMuseum on Jan 21, 2015 13:53:05 GMT -5
My thoughts exactly. I would absolutely love to meet a fellow simmer and have a discussion, but here in the states it doesn't seem like a very well known/respected hobby.
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Post by jacklyon on Jan 21, 2015 16:26:06 GMT -5
in France also is a huge hobbie and i am member of a club of "crazy like me", the "Rhone Alpes Simulation" club, but, there are many, almost in each city of France,
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Post by warbaby on Jan 21, 2015 17:33:33 GMT -5
I'm jealous Jacklyon
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Post by acourt on Jan 22, 2015 7:18:53 GMT -5
Amen! I've had the good fortune of meeting a few other Simmers over the years, but only for quick, single visits. While I was in Dallas a few months ago, I got the grand tour of the Frontiers of Flight Museum from one (sorry I never got back to you, Chris T., but I got into the sim portion of training, got really busy, then left. My bad. ) Where in the country are you, chris34? I might pass through sometime!
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Post by Bjoern on Jan 22, 2015 9:17:48 GMT -5
I've always dreamed of meeting someone with just about my taste in music, but every time I did, they only know a few songs or a single album of a particular band or an entirely different album than I do or...it was a bit anti-climatic.
Meeting other flightsimmers is just about the same. One will go on and on and on about payware crap while I would go on about FSX 1980. Let a prophead join the discussion and you've got three different flavors of one and the same basic subject.
It's far more fun telling people you've just met that you're a flightsimmer. Although most will assume that you're one of the home cockpit owning lunatic they've read about or seen on TV...
I've studied three semesters (18 months) of aeronautical engineering and logistics. I was one of two flightsimmers in a class of 20+. I was the only one who knew about the post-deregulation era chaos in the USA after 1978. I was the only one who knew stuff about 727s and early 737s. In a class of 20+. Labels are deceiving.
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Post by FSMuseum on Jan 22, 2015 13:47:30 GMT -5
Amen! I've had the good fortune of meeting a few other Simmers over the years, but only for quick, single visits. While I was in Dallas a few months ago, I got the grand tour of the Frontiers of Flight Museum from one (sorry I never got back to you, Chris T., but I got into the sim portion of training, got really busy, then left. My bad. ) Where in the country are you, chris34? I might pass through sometime! I live just about an hour north of Houston
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Post by hermankreimes on Jan 23, 2015 12:22:38 GMT -5
Hello...I have meet 3 flight simmers at the local British Columbia Aviation Museum. Try your local museum if there is one.
Herman
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Post by thomas on Jan 27, 2015 15:52:46 GMT -5
Here in Durban, South Africa we have the Durban Flight Sim Group (DFSG - find us on Facebook). We have about 10 hardcore members and a bunch of loose hangers on. We meet on the 2nd Saturday of every month in one of the function rooms at the Westville library.
We bring our PCs along, set-up and power-up. We have an hour's worth of flight lessons or flightsim hardware or software lessons or something else aviation related. The brother-in-law of one of our members flies A340-600s for SAA and every couple of months he comes along as a guest speaker. We end the discussion-phase with a 15-20 minute tea break and then get down to some flying, usually some or other exercise, possibly related to the earlier discussion. By about lunchtime the group disperses.
What's missing from this activity is interconnectivity, something like IVAO or similar, for our halfday session. It seems not all such hard- & Software is compatible with both FS9 and FSX.
Similar groups exist in both Johannesburg and in Cape Town and possibly in other centres as well.
Cheers Thomas
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Post by abbotsford on Jan 28, 2015 5:22:22 GMT -5
Have a looksee at the SOH member map www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/dcMembermap.php and I think you will agree that there are a lot of USA simmers. It is a huge country compared to Eu nations and simmers more spread out. Bear in mind this is only one site and not everyone is open enough to plant their location on a map It amazes me it is as popular as it is up here in Canada but again we are spread out. I know what you mean about the strange looks. I get it too with my musically tastes. Frank Zappa? Jerry Garcia & Grateful Dead? Scriabin? Beethoven? Hey they're all dead guys I just realise. lol Oh yeah and I drive a Suzuki Grand Vitara, guess I'm just a contrarian.
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Post by milspecsim on Jan 28, 2015 12:24:09 GMT -5
I watch a lot of simming on Twitch, just watched a 48hr marathon in a real home built simulator, fascinating. But what I have noticed is simming is huge in the UK, and Germany. I've been simming now for 15 years (ever since FS 2000), but I have never personally met a fellow simmer here in states. It's a socially acceptable hobby it seems, like the popular video games are here. But when people ask what I do for fun, I tell them and they look at me funny and wonder if I could do something else with my time. We need to get some of you UK blokes over here to help evenly distribute this hobby. It would be nice to enjoy a conversation with someone and not have to justify my spare time to someone. This is a hobby, not a game! Sorry, this is turning into a vent. Keep it up Tom. Thanks, Al The problem is that flight simulation requires intelligence, patience, focus, and a higher level of computer competency and these are thing the average American lacks these days.
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Post by zswobbie1 on Jan 29, 2015 2:04:49 GMT -5
Hi guys, Here in Cape Town, we have 'Cape Virtual', our virtual flying club. We have our clubhouse at Ysterplaat Air Force Base. We pitch up every 2nd Saturday when we mentor "The Young Falcons". These are a bunch of kids that are passionate about any form of aviation. It's a 2 year project, 30 juniors & 30 seniors, & they get lectured by either one of our instructors, or a member of the Air Force, on subject that include navigation, ATC, safety, survival etc. We are all volunteers, & it is free for the kids.
At the end of the year, we have a 'Wings Parade', where we get private pilts from surrounding clubs to fly in & fly the kids. The kids get actual hands on flying. Also, the pilots donate their planes & time for the day. During the year, the kids also go to Worcester Gliding Club, where the club also sponsors gliding for the day.
At our club, we also have 2x simulators that we have built.. A twin seater AermacchiMB-326, known as 'Impala' here in South Africa. This was a trainer used by the SAAF. Our other sim is an Avro Shackleton. We also have a small hard core bunch with a few that pitch up occasionally.
As we are based on an Air Force base, we also have a museum with a few aircraft being restored. We have a Buccaneer currently being done, with a great restoration team, with a few of our Young Falcons as well, an historical DC-3 that flew the Coelecanth fossil fish to Cape Town about 60 years ago, A Sabre as well as heli's & a bunch of other stuff. So, on one spot, we can sim as well as see (& play, well, see) the real stuff.
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Post by warbaby on Jan 29, 2015 12:00:13 GMT -5
My time on Twitch has been downgraded, I have come to realize that everyone on there fly's 737s or A320s. I fly modern stuff to, but seriously that gets boring.
I agree with you too milspecsim on patience and knowing something about lcomputers. I'm always tinkering and adjusting. After all, we're not just throwing a disc into a game console and going at it.
I've done a quick search locally for clubs in my area, but came up nothing. Oh well.
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Post by nastymasty37 on Feb 6, 2015 15:41:07 GMT -5
DC3 AIRWAYS IS ONE OF THE BEST PLACES TO MEET FLIGHT SIMMERS,WE FLY THE DC3 AND DC4 .....THEY HAVE MULTY PLAYERS EVERY TUES,SAT,SUN,AND VATSIM ON FRIDAYS...GO HAVE A LOOK .....http://www.dc3airways.com/
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Post by milspecsim on Apr 2, 2015 5:20:17 GMT -5
I know two folks that sim here in Florida. One runs a Computer store, the other is a flight instructor. They have BIG machines that can run FSX, P3Dv2 ect. Im just on FS9 as my Little Machine cant run either worth a dang. I even bought PMDG's 777 for FSX, but cant use it. darn x86 memory limitations...
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