Three Grumpy Simmers - EP16 - Of Kickstarters and Developers

Your favourite cantankerous trio of simmers are back and at least one is grumpy as hell. In the wake of the announcement by Military Visualizations of their intention to use Kickstarter to fund the port of their upcoming ATR72 to X-Plane 11 from ESP. Together we look over the motivations and the impact that this new development could have on the community as well as delving in detail to the project itself. Links that you may find of use to allow you to make your own decisions: MilViz Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/atr72/atr-72-600-addon-for-x-plane11/description FSElite News Story on the launching of the Kickstarter - https://fselite.net/news/milviz-looking-to-use-kickstarter-to-fund-atr-72-x-plane-development/ FSElite News Story on the announcement of the price of the ATR - https://fselite.net/news/milviz-reveal-proposed-p3d-atr-price/ Novawing24's OpEd on the situation - https://novawing24.com/2019/03/ned-kellys-not-dead-yet/ MilViz response negative commentary on the Kickstarter - https://www.facebook.com/Milviz/photos/a.274798289231220/2255057017871994/?type=3 Podcast also available on Podbean We can be found at https://www.threegrumpysimmers.com/ Who are the Three Grumpy Simmers? Tristan "Novawing24" Ayton is a highly opinionated YouTube content creator with a focus on the Simulation genre. Believeing that giving back to the community is important, he provides open and honest commentary and feedback on developments in the simulation genre. He has also tried his hand at texture design, with content available at his website and at the AVSIM Library, as well as writing for numerous websites. When not simming he can be found training or competing in Obstacle Course Racing or Triathlon events around the world. Find me on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/novawing24 Follow me on Twitter - http://twitter.com/novawing24 Watch me on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/ Find me on the web - http://www.novawing24.com/ Sérgio has been a flight simulation enthusiast for nearly 20 years. His passion with helicopters developed during MSFS 2000 when he discovered the complexity of these aircraft and the challenge it was to control them. Since then he has been primarily a helicopter flight simmer, trying his best not to crash and kill all his virtual passengers. Sérgio is HeliSimmer.com's editor and writer. Find me on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/Helisimmer Follow me on Twitter - http://twitter.com/Helisimmer Watch me on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/Helisimmer Find me on the web - https://www.helisimmer.com/ Drew "Bel Geode" Bolton has been a flight simulation enthusiast since 1986, and has been an active member of the community since 2005. A former virtual airline CEO, Bel has embraced many aspects of flight simulation, and understands how to connect with the community at large, through his YouTube channel, and various collaborations with fellow simmers. Bel Geode can be found often in FSX in his F-14 Tomcat "Valkyrie", in X-Plane in one of his many helicopters, or in DCS World in anything he can get his hands on, to make targets go "Boomflowah"! Find me on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/BelGeode2015 Follow me on Twitter - http://twitter.com/BelGeode Watch me on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/BelGeode