Please Join vatsim

[Zeanuck]

@Chaezaa

I have watched some streams from vatsim ATC’s and some users are having a massive accent. Quite often i don’t know if they are speaking English or klingon.

Everyone has an accent, only worry about what ATC is saying, if you can’t understand ask for text.

@Chaezaa

I don’t want to annoy the life out of ATC because i screw things up under pressure.

Everyone makes mistakes, best place to learn is under pressure.

@Chaezaa

I don’t fly daily and i just want to jump in, use my mods and fly the trip. I’m not in the mood of going hardcore with ICAO phraseology for my casual flights.

Don’t blame you there, but it really adds to the realism and immersion.

@Chaezaa

Traffic on vatsim would be limited by other users. The amount of users and the language barrier in the radio is too unpredictable. Without vatsim i can pop AIG and there i go.

Actually most the default airports are pretty good, except for the taxiways, they are completely messed. But if you fly in the US most airport charts are free, and there are great alternative chart programs which cover the rest of the world. Personally I use Navigraph and have for years, there are some exciting new updates coming down the pipe too.

@Chaezaa

Traffic on vatsim would be limited by other users. The amount of users and the language barrier in the radio is too unpredictable. Without vatsim i can pop AIG and there i go.

This statement is completely false.

@Chaezaa

The need to buy airport scenery so the visuals are actually matching the charts and what ATC is telling me. The Asobo autogen airports are probably not optimal for Vatsim.

Again, most of the default airport are pretty good.

At the end of the day, use it or don’t, but if you are looking for realism, immersion, etc, than VATSIM is the way to go. YES there are issues, but there are issues with any system, you gotta take the pros and the cons and work out how they fit into your personal experience.

[Chaezaa]

@Zeanuck

This statement is completely false.

It’s 10:20 pm in Germany and i want to fly in Japan. Let me check the Vatsim map for the traffic…oops, doesn’t look too hot.

[Portalearth420]

Hey i have this same problem. I can only really fly after 6p local time since i work a full time job. Sure would be nice to fly in some exotic places with atc coverage.

So i fly in those places anyway. Flew out of Kolkata the other day with a buddy and there was exactly one other person and i’m pretty sure he couldnt understand me when i said “taxing to runway 01R.”

fwiw, theres is absolutely nothing you can do about a language barrier. Except not play on vatsim which it appears you’ve chosen to do. Which is okay too