... or does anyone else find it a little tactless to offer a Japanese Zero to fly around over Hawaii?

.. yes it is just you ...  one else knew this   ....  ;D ;D ;D

Seriously?  Only me? :-[

Considering the history of Hawaii I did find it a questionable choice.

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...and it's not only you. There has been quite a bit of attention to this subject in other forums and on the Flight website.
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"Questionable choice" seems to sum up MS Flight quite nicely.

The nicest thing I can think of to say.. At least Flight wasn't 'made in Japan.'

Controversy is the marketting strategy of choice in gaming these days  ::)

Since when was MS tactful? ::) ;D

I'm glad I made the decision to not play around with this "game". I find it insulting. IMO, it's like offering New York city instead of Hawaii to fly over.....then offering to add the World Trade Center(s) for.........Insulting........ >:(


Mike....Nice on M$.....

Mike.. wrote on Apr 1^st, 2012 at 11:09am:

I'm glad I made the decision to not play around with this "game". I find it insulting. IMO, it's like offering New York city instead of Hawaii to fly over.....then offering to add the World Trade Center(s) for.........Insulting........ >:( Mike....Nice on M$.....

+1

I haven't messed around with Flight at all, and when I first read this post I thought it was a joke. Then curiosity got the better of me and I went to the site to see for myself.  :o

Unbelievable! >:(

https://www.microsoftflight.com/en-US/ContactUs/

Tell them what we think!

Yes I find it tactless too. Wonder if it would be ok to shoot it down on December 7th?

Groundbound1 wrote on Apr 1^st, 2012 at 1:16pm:

Mike.. wrote on Apr 1st, 2012 at 11:09am: I'm glad I made the decision to not play around with this "game". I find it insulting. IMO, it's like offering New York city instead of Hawaii to fly over.....then offering to add the World Trade Center(s) for.........Insulting........ >:( Mike....Nice on M$..... +1 I haven't messed around with Flight at all, and when I first read this post I thought it was a joke. Then curiosity got the better of me and I went to the site to see for myself.  :o Unbelievable! >:( https://www.microsoftflight.com/en-US/ContactUs/ Tell them what we think!

+2


I didn't understand travis's thread at the beginning ,I think I get know thanks to MIke and Groundbound1 

does M$ is refereeing the zeros the one who attack pearl Harbor ?

I) mean this ones? the Mitsubishi A6M “Zero?

http://www.japanesezero.net/resources/mainpic.jpg

I find it insulting..ahh of course Its M$ we're talking about here

It definitely is a bit tactless. At least MS didn't give us a Kate Torpedo Bomber or a Val Dive Bomber.

If they made those they could have made a scenario where you had to sink the US Battleships. :o

What are MS going to do next? Give us a scenario where we fly a 747 round 2001 NY?

I'm another that hasn't bothered with Flight. But seriously, I doubt MS intended to insult anyone. It's just error #619877hr33cx4i19k. It just means 'whoops!'

When they gonna offer a B-29 to fly around over Hiroshima?

Steve M wrote on Apr 1^st, 2012 at 6:08pm:

I'm another that hasn't bothered with Flight.

+1



andy190 wrote on Apr 1^st, 2012 at 4:59pm:

What are MS going to do next? Give us a scenario where we fly a 747 round 2001 NY?

Nope. With the 747 you'll have to take off from Tenerife, with all the unfortunate implications that follow.



KDSM wrote on Apr 2^nd, 2012 at 7:06am:

When they gonna offer a B-29 to fly around over Hiroshima?

Give'm time. They're trying very hard to displease everyone, but the success of their attempt needs its time.

Let's not get carried away with this guys.  It's a faux pas, yes; but not THAT big of one.  And to get it straight, if they did offer a 9/11 scenario, it would have to be a 757 and a 767.

The whole conversation should end before it gets REALLY tasteless...

Hmmm... "faux pas"? Nice  ::)

faux pas (noun): a blunder; especially : a social blunder

uh-huh...  8-)

Everything tastes better with a little French dressing..... :D

Wing Nut wrote on Apr 2^nd, 2012 at 3:09pm:

Let's not get carried away with this guys.  It's a faux pas, yes; but not THAT big of one.  And to get it straight, if they did offer a 9/11 scenario, it would have to be a 757 and a 767. The whole conversation should end before it gets REALLY tasteless...

thats French for ' its a screw up' isnt it? the kind of thing that happens when you dont have adequate quality controls in place. The PR folks at MS must be really happy with this one :(