Post by
RickW | 2015-01-13 | 23:54:38
I applaud these comments and hope Cvetan reads them, as I like the attitude here. Also, in another post I pledged support to him with each leg for the effort and service he has provided to a community enjoying vicarious sailing experiences. I am new to this and without this sim I would not be here and writing this.
The VR business model makes no effort in marketing the product with detailed and suggested use of the product. Most of the resources presented by the moderators are lacking in educational information or do not work (bad links) at all and, they should know this. This has been left to previous efforts like, the Nav Guide, VR and Paco Tools and what was apparently a valuable French website now gone. The forums (the only resources) are outdated or no longer available. There appears to be a cadre of followers with knowledge of how these resources work but seen little evidence in sharing.
The lack of sharing is a great departure from hobby RC sailing and conversation within yacht club groups. All can have fun, learn and participate in sports and competition if they feel they are a part of it and then choosing the resources and effort to the level that interests them. Those at the top are always driven.
The point I am making, sorry it is long, is that I would like to see more assistance in learning like has gone on here; then we become a community not a social group. I know that it can make us all more credible in the game and take it where we like.
Leaving the Med I knew nothing but that before me on the game main screen. I studied wind out to 36 hours and watched those appearing to do well and running off from me. Where they were going and why was what I wanted and needed. Meanwhile, I was studying VRTool and reading the forums. I got to the point that VRTools was a good reference but higher use was defeated by its complexity and my lacking ability to learn by osmosis than by a manual. This has not changed but it is useful for data comparison. Though some educational math (Trig) to predict angles from the wind chart information, I finished 8900. It was a lot of work and hours during the night.
Continuing my education half way through leg 2 I found a tiny link to here on Paco’s calculator site. This was a huge find, as I could see the future that would allow me to lessen the navigational load to more study. By increasing the green friends on my screen I could begin to see the importance of the router in their behavior. I finished 2059.
Now I am running with the leaders in a 2000 boat bubble, getting sleep and having fun, mostly because of a simple simulator my grandchild can understand (not so simple in the background I am sure). Sometimes it is the simple things before you that are not seen. I will most likely never win but then that was not the point. Because of this sim I learn about new things, that VR servers are slow, schedulers are problematical, the wind is fickle pending where you look. An exhilarating experience to remember was the highlight of pouring through a three pixel hole in an island on the point of Hormuz with 500 other boats.
Thanks Cvetan; we do not know where you are, what your days are like or where you apply your skills. We do know you are respected and we are greatly appreciative of you every day.
Sorry again for the length. Rick.
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