Originally Posted by
Great Ozzie
Hi "RaceCon",
May we be permitted to do this either Verbally or via a Teammate?
TIA,
Rob O.
Another trip through the glass door and into Miss Nellie's office. She looked at me with a blank expression. She paused. And then got that stern expression and looked at me twice. (I thought about my options for a moment and hoped that the door had not shut behind me…)
The Committee has set the Multi-Player chatbox as the dedicated channel for communication between incoming pilots and the official scorers, "RaceCon," on the ground at Republic Field KFRG. TeamSpeak may be noisy and a pilot's messages may get lost in the general conversation of many other pilots doing many other things. In the buzz of the finish, we expect RaceCon to focus on the chatbox and more-or-less ignore the banter on TeamSpeak.
For FSX pilots, the MP chatbox is part of the standard FSHost setup.
However, if the pilot cannot make the chatbox work, then he may attempt to communicate either through a teammate or through TeamSpeak. There are no guarantees in any case, but anything that confuses communications will make for mistakes in a busy environment.
Remember, the observers on the ground cannot "see 20nm away" and thus cannot reliably know that a pilot is approaching KFRG. Part of the reason to use the chatbox is to test the communications and confirm that MP is working for everyone. And the second reason is to alert those observers so that they are ready to mark the pilot's flying finish. The pilot in question seems to be a long-time veteran and might be among the pre-race favorites. If he arrives before the competition, he should be keen on having the official scorers ready to acknowledge his flying over the finish line. It would be a shame for them to miss the winner because he failed to communicate clearly with RaceCon regarding his imminent arrival.
That said, we shall ask RaceCon to make every effort to work with pilots for whom the MP chatbox is a challenge. If everyone makes an honest effort here, we are confident that things will work out well.
Any other special requests…?
I mumbled no, not at the present time. Then a quick thank you. And quickly left the office.
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