Three Grumpy Simmers - EP19 - Microsoft Did What Now? Just The Facts!

Microsoft did WHAT NOW?!?!?!?

So in a bombshell that has rocked the simulation community, just hours after the end of FSExpo and hours into E3, Microsoft released the trailer to their reboot of Microsoft Flight Simulator.

Having abandoned the genre in a less than stirling exit following corporate and community mismanagement (and some help from our own community to shoot ourselves in the foot) 7 years ago, the original pioneers of the flight simulation genre are returning.

In this episode of the Three Grumpy Simmers we distil down to the facts and try to minimize the speculation. We also reflect long and hard on where we are now and where we may head. We also reflect on some members of the community who seem determined to trash something on literally no evidence and counsel against being hasty in judgement (deja vu anyone?).

Do you want to get involved in shaping the new sim and providing positive feedback? Head over to https://fsi.microsoftstudios.com/insider-program-sign-up/ and sign up to be an insider!

Want more information and engage in the discussion of the new sim? Join our Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/MSFS2020/

 

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We can be found at https://www.threegrumpysimmers.com/

 

 

Who are the Three Grumpy Simmers?

Tristan "Novawing24" Ayton is a highly opinionated YouTube content creator with a focus on the Simulation genre. Believing that giving back to the community is important, he provides open and honest commentary and feedback on developments in the simulation genre. He has also tried his hand at texture design, with content available at his website and at the AVSIM Library, as well as writing for numerous websites. When not simming he can be found training or competing in Obstacle Course Racing or Triathlon events around the world.
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Sérgio has been a flight simulation enthusiast for nearly 20 years. His passion with helicopters developed during MSFS 2000 when he discovered the complexity of these aircraft and the challenge it was to control them. Since then he has been primarily a helicopter flight simmer, trying his best not to crash and kill all his virtual passengers. Sérgio is HeliSimmer.com's editor and writer.
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Drew "Bel Geode" Bolton has been a flight simulation enthusiast since 1986, and has been an active member of the community since 2005. A former virtual airline CEO, Bel has embraced many aspects of flight simulation, and understands how to connect with the community at large, through his YouTube
channel, and various collaborations with fellow simmers. Bel Geode can be found often in FSX in his F-14 Tomcat "Valkyrie", in X-Plane in one of his many helicopters, or in DCS World in anything he can get his hands on, to make targets go "Boomflowah"!
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