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EHM-1199 Philip:
Ooo ... went to work for a few days and came back to find my post seemed to have started something.
For what its worth here's my synopsis and I speak only for myself:
- I am ever grateful for the hard work that all MT do to keep this VA interesting and exciting.
- I acknowledge that the work involved in bringing the UNHCR event into being is substantial.
- It seems crazy that all this hard work would be done for such a 'small' number of participants and smaller number of completions.
- The VA exists to make the 'hobby' of flight simulation more engaging ... but it is a hobby. Many of us including MT have a life outside of the hobby that places demands on our time whether it be work, family or a combination of both.
- The previous event 'US Airmail Pioneers' had a demanding schedule. There was about three days for each flight to be made. This was demanding but just about possible. This UNHCR event had a schedule that made a daily flight necessary and this is an impossible schedule for many of the VA members.
I don't know what the goal of the events are but I would expect that they include encouraging participation of members and providing an engaging experience. If I'm honest, despite the hardwork in preparation of this event, if the above were part of the goals then it failed to reach these goals. The participation of members was a few diehards with clearly the advantage of being able to put their hobby before other parts of their life. The engaging experience also falls down when (and I know I'm speaking for myself here) the participation becomes stressful and not a relaxing and enjoyable experience. In this case, the flights I did make at the start of the event were poorly planned because with such a tight schedule I didn't have the luxury of making practise flights or of trying to provide a realistic flight plan.
Shame really ... not a rant ... not even a moan, just an observation of how this event looked and felt from my own perspective.
I would be grateful if the voices commenting here could be acknowledged and if future events which must take many hours of organisation would provide a more relaxed time schedule and encourage therefore greater take up and be more successful in making the event an enhancement to our great hobby.
EHM-1671 Ben:
Indeed, I agree entirely with what Philip says. Although I have the ability (since I'm not exam leave) to fly each event daily, I find that the little voice in the back of my mind saying 'fly the leg today or you'll fall behind' makes the event a little more stressful. I certainly do appreciate the work going into this tour, but I think the US Airmail Pioneers event (which gave us three days to complete each leg before moving on) was a better idea. Although, keeping that in mind, it did take us a couple of months to complete the tour!
I am impartial, I will follow through with what the management decides in the forthcoming events and, if for any reason, I can't complete any future events then I will simply drop out, sometimes that's just the way it goes.
Will there be an avatar badge for this event, just like the Airmail Pioneers Event?
EHM-0654 Murray:
--- Quote ---Originally posted by EHM-1671 Ben
...Although, keeping that in mind, it did take us a couple of months to complete the tour!
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Which was the big problem we had with the timing for this event, there was no way to stage this event and (I'm not about to spill any of the beans)... just like PhilN ;)
Suffice to say, expect news...
EHM-1703 Philip:
Well guys,
This is only the third ProPilot event and the previous ones had similar but not as demanding schedules..... Understood.... We take your points and will consider this on future events. This one is done now, we can't change it!
Before we move on, I would like to emphasise here is that this event is a challenge with a reward at the end. (albeit a badge on your avatar!) It is not expected that everybody can/will make it to the end!
Now I know I am adding fuel to the fire by saying this as most are going to say that the challenge was too great for the majority of the Pilots. We will see at the end when the badges are handed out. I think it comes down to a matter of commitment in "most" cases as only 1 or 2 of the flights have been longer than 1 hour and most have been about 45 minutes. For those whose RW lives are too busy to allow you the time to do the event, I am very sorry, we had no choice this time.
The legs have been added at a fast pace on this event, but you still have three days to complete each flight, so you could do as some including myself have done and on days where we do not have time, we store the legs until we are about to run out of time and fly for a couple of hours and complete three legs at once!
Once again, for those who have found the event too much of a burden due to the time constraints, I appologise, you have made your point, we will adress this in future events.
For those that rose to the challenge and have or are about to complete it.... Well done, you get a well deserved pat on the back! There are many people on the continent of Africa that wish you could have done it for real!
Regards
EHM-1671 Ben:
This was a great event with a great purpose to it, thank you very much for organizing it ;)
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