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Take the F-15 and Su-27 - sale still on

 

Many people are being told to self isolate who cannot work from home. Also think of all the businesses that are being forced to close - all bars & restaurants in Spain as just one example. Many people will be at home, many not getting paid.

 

Right, so we need a sale.

 

Su-27 and F-15 are on sale right now :)

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This Threat in one word

 

 

Disgusting!!!

 

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Il-2 Sturmovik has a "cabin fever" sale that is tied to ones

account, its a sale for already customers, so its not an open sale.

 

 

I dont see any harm ED doing the same.

 

Stay safe, stay indoors, fly a plane.

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why so serious

 

Who cares, just another thread showing what's wrong with the world lol. Customers fighting to not have a sale. There's no end to the white knights. OMG ED, please don't offer us a sale, I'll pay full price I promise. My selfish situation has me working from home with full pay, I don't care about the others. I have lots of TP too. Just unreal. Who the hell would label a video game sale a panic buy!? Whatever your smoking, I want some... any relief from the real world and joining the one your living in sounds amusing for the short term.

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i think that something in the lines of the f-15 su-27 free weekend would be a great step towards the people that can only stay at home... in my dreams would be like, for each country affected by coronavirus, ONE free airframe of your choice, free for a month/two

pleeeeease :P

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I dont see any harm ED doing the same.

 

Stay safe, stay indoors, fly a plane.

It seems a fair question. Obviously needs handling sensitively not to be twisted as trying to take advantage in any way but could be a genuinely nice thing to do in a very difficult time for many people who will be at home with a lot more time on their hands and little in the way of entertainment given the cancellation of most events.

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This thread hits most of the key concerns.

I feel DCS is struggling with the current challenges that COVID-19 has created, just like all companies and places of work are adapting.

Hard to ignore the fact that millions of people are home and limiting contact in the hope of reducing risk of spreading the virus.

Re: A special Sale. The easiest thing DCS can do is start the Easter Sale early.

Another option is to release the Supper Carrier in its current Alpha to give customers a reason to stay home and explore the new ship and features. Maybe a short term release and all the bugs it would expose can help the development team squash issues sooner.

I am sure Eagle Dynamics will consult with their mentors and coaches and will make a good decision. (Hopefully it won't take two weeks)

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https://github.com/FoldingAtHome/coronavirus

 

Dunno if you can log your efforts but perhaps Airmiles in return for every hour putting our very overpriced GPUs to some other good use when we are not putting them to DCS use.

 

 

Nvidia Wants Gamers to Fight COVID-19

 

Enthusiasts typically use their graphics cards to play games, mine cryptocurrency and use creative tools. Nvidia asked them to branch out yesterday by lending their GPU's power to Folding@home projects related to novel Coronavirus (COVID-19).

So what is Folding@home? Its organizers describe it as "a distributed computing project for disease research that simulates protein folding, computational drug design and other types of molecular dynamics" on its official website.

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https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-wants-gamers-to-fight-covid-19

 

 

 

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I remember when the PC rags were all making a big thing of folding back in the early noughties - I never had the GPU power to do it back then (and my PCs were old defunct things, too) but I had no idea it was still going.

 

 

IIRC they used to give away prizes to the geeks who folded the most hours a month. I say"geeks" because it wasn't just gamers and I can't think what to call computer users in general... :music_whistling:

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considering the name cockpit is a macabre joke comparing pilots to expendable chickens in a blood sport.

i would save your anger and disgust for something else.

 

macabre humour is in the very essence of the simulator.

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Some people here are ridicoulus, stupid or both, in addition to totally unable to discern really uncivic behaviors with this. Some of us request an action which in itself and if anything at all, just helps people to stay at home, hurts no one, and even helps ED to earn some money needed in a halt to the world economy situation and they criticize in the name of a purposedly poorly chosen title trying to get some laugh out of a quarantine, just to call it disgusting (#facelpalm).

 

So just to know it, what is exactly wrong with the request apart from the title? Are sales not allowed in difficult times? How is selling a videogame taking advantage of a pandemic? Some people here are making it look like i'm suggesting to store medicines and food to re sell it at twice the price. We are talking of a VIDEOGAME here, just in case anyone forgets. Even if somehow they decided to call it coronavirus sales (which obviusly they would not), whats wrong about that?

 

Can you name just one thing in which they aren't actually helping get somebody distracted in a quarantine? They are actually doing a great thing by re-scheduling a sale. I've been 3 days recluded at home and i still have at least 12 more ahead if not more... Dont you dare evil ED and evil people to suggest a sale that lets me gets a bit more distracted... oh my gosh...

 

 

 

 

 

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Some people here are ridicoulus, stupid or both, in addition to totally unable to discern really uncivic behaviors with this. Some of us request an action which in itself and if anything at all, just helps people to stay at home, hurts no one, and even helps ED to earn some money needed in a halt to the world economy situation and they criticize in the name of a purposedly poorly chosen title trying to get some laugh out of a quarantine, just to call it disgusting (#facelpalm).

 

So just to know it, what is exactly wrong with the request apart from the title? Are sales not allowed in difficult times? How is selling a videogame taking advantage of a pandemic? Some people here are making it look like i'm suggesting to store medicines and food to re sell it at twice the price. We are talking of a VIDEOGAME here, just in case anyone forgets. Even if somehow they decided to call it coronavirus sales (which obviusly they would not), whats wrong about that?

 

Can you name just one thing in which they aren't actually helping get somebody distracted in a quarantine? They are actually doing a great thing by re-scheduling a sale. I've been 3 days recluded at home and i still have at least 12 more ahead if not more... Dont you dare evil ED and evil people to suggest a sale that lets me gets a bit more distracted... oh my gosh...

 

 

 

 

 

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THIS^^. Some people are SO overreacting to the suggestion of a sale. I get that nerves are on edge and the world has gone to Sh*t is many places. But a legitimate and valid way for people to deal with crises like this is to use humor. Calling it "disgusting" completely misses the point. Given that there are actual companies out there price gouging on critical items and clearly taking advantage of the situation for pure greed, putting out a suggestion that a company offer a DISCOUNT to possibly bring a bit of joy to folks stuck inside is certainly nowhere near the threshold of "disgusting". Its not even in the same universe, much less ballpark as what is actually going on out there.

 

My suggestion for some of you humor challenged individuals is to go find a pair of needle nose pliers and attempt to extract the panties from your person that are clearly bunched into a ginourmous wad.

 

Just saying.

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I'd be more inclined to call it STOP eating bat sale.

 

https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/health-wellbeing/coronavirus-origin-chinese-blogger-filmed-eating-bat-soup-breaks-silence-c-668143

 

This is not good, but it could be WAY worse with all the animals collected from around the world and put into small rooms. Not just China's wet markets.

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This hurts me as a consumer, but helps ED...

 

I bought modules BECAUSE I am stuck at home irrespective if they were on sale... Just saying...

 

Though you COULD convince me to purchase more..

 

To others points, it would be kind of tasteless to market it as a 'virus sale'

 

Maybe something like ... I dunno Im not really good at marketing , but there probably IS something clever to do


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Before most of the western countries will force everyone to stay at home.

 

I think that is already happening....

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Staying at home doesn't mean I need to play video games because there's nothing else to do. So I'd like a sale to get modules cheaper.

 

Of course we all love that hobby and ED/DCS but that instant logic doesn't sound like the brightest. Just my opinion, obviously.

 

A dedicated thread with the links and details for Folding@Home and similar projects might be interesting for those of us who have powerful computers.

 

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Yup. Good move. Being prisoner at home for 2 weeks maybe a month from today but still get paid lol. Unfortunately I have almost all DCS jet modules except the Viggen and its not participating in free trial, darn......

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Having something to focus on other than the news could be seen as a positive thing in the current crisis.

 

Encouraging people to spend a few hours distracted by DCS could be good for their mental health, as well as helping ED in a difficult time.

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