Today I decided to try the career mode and choose LGHI, an airport on the Greek island of Chios. The owner of the flying club that greeted me had a Turkish name … Would be really nice if this could be fixed so there are no misunderstandings …
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There happens to be a Turkish guy on a Greek island, and this is a problem? Yikes
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Not funny.
The question is if this applies to everywhere in Greece or only in that airport?
There are Turkish people in Greece, and vice versa even if there is a bit political tension between the two countries, so this could happen if its random. However it might be something related to a problem they already raised here: All names in Israel during career mode are Scadinivian
Delivered with sarcasm by Skip, but a fair point Montgomery; are you really wanting MSFS, a flight simulator to alter names of in game characters to match geopolitical malcontent. If that was the case we wouldn’t have career flights from western europe into Russia or Belarus, no planes over Ukraine, no flights from the US to Cuba. It’s a flight simulator not a world simulator and whereas I understand and empathise with you regarding the situation between the Greeks and Turks I think it best to leave these geopolitical conversations parked well outside the flight simulator community, we are one community bound by a single hobby. Just my opinion and I of course respect yours.
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Thank you for taking the time to contribute with your opinion. It is at least politely expressed.
The issue is very simple. The airport code is LGHI. LG means Greece. At the same time the island of Chios is very close to Turkey. It would be good to confirm that the people who are choosing these parameters for the sim do not have a different understanding.
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@MontgomeryB28 has a point. Greece and Turkey specifically aside, a large number of players will understandably try operating out of their home regions. They want to enjoy the sim, not be triggered by it. I’m not Japanese, but if my boss at a little airport outside Kyoto was named “Jose Capistrano”, I’d find it odd even if technically possible in the real world. A Japanese player would find it somewhere on the spectrum of laughable to highly disappointing. It’s easy for the AI to use names common to the place for NPCs. Keep everyone happy and do that.
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Turks live in Greece don’t they? Maybe there’s a family of Turks that has been handling aviation business on the island for decades. Did you ask them? There’s probably a good story there.
I actually do think this is really silly. For two reasons:
A. It’s a personal problem not a Flight Simulator problem if it bothers you to encounter a person of a particular type in a video game location. In most places you wouldn’t think twice of, let alone have a problem with who is running a shop unless you’re woefully racist.
B. Given the state the simulator is in right now, this should be one of the last things to worry about. Large sections of the game are unfinished, the stability results in regular crashes for players, aircraft and airports are in varying broken states, and we’re worrying about the NPC demographics on a tiny island? That’s where you want Asobo to focus their attention? And if it really does affect your gameplay that much, please see A.
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In ‘western’ nations, it’s not uncommon to have citizens who might be nationals of another country or have a foreign country of origin, especially neighboring countries. I wouldn’t think it odd if someone with a Polish name was my UK instructor. If there is a single Turk in Chios or Greece in general, then Asobo isn’t wrong.
Even for Isrel, that country famously has a large amount of dual citizens (even Icelandic!), so it wouldn’t shock me to see a “foreign” name there.
I don’t think Asobo even has the ability to fine tune regions, it’s probably a country-wide general setting.
Only in “western” nations…?
I don’t know if this topic is funny or sad…yikes anyway
Who said only western nations?
You forgot this bit “it’s not uncommon”. Things tend to make more sense when you read through to the end of the sentence, definitely recommend it for you.
I get it. And maybe you are right. I am just sympathetic to the guy’s position. It his position nationalistic, bordering on racist? It could be argued, yes. But as someone who has lived in Greece I tried to understand it from his perspective, and to him, maybe, it felt intentional on Asobo’s part. That’s why I used the word “triggering”. But of all the things about the world that keep me up at night, this game and Asobo’s choices within it, have zero relevance. Like this post, it’s just a diversion.