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Name Doc Häagen-Dazs
Email Address haagen.dazs2009@gmail.com
Website URLhttp://opencontainerii.blogspot.com/
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  • 2010-07-28 15:04:19
    Re: Comparing SailingOnLine with VirtualRegatta
    Board » Sailonline Yacht Club
    Thx for the offer! I'll take you up on it, for sure!
  • 2010-07-28 14:34:40
    Re: Comparing SailingOnLine with VirtualRegatta
    Board » Sailonline Yacht Club
    Thx Toño! Very helpful. The relearning curve will be steep for me. But I'm definitely seeing the light. I can't tell if my membership has expired. (Maybe I'll be informed?) I'll give it a go!
  • 2010-07-28 13:12:17
    Re: Comparing SailingOnLine with VirtualRegatta
    Board » Sailonline Yacht Club
    I have to thank Toño for a GR8 comment! I'll make two responses:

    1. MP-VR has improved their game controls considerably since the VORG days. Give them credit. OTOH, it may have been too much, too soon of late. Last night's crash was maybe the next-to-last straw for me.

    2. Please correct me, if I am wrong about SOL. In SOL one can't be AFK too long, compared to MP-VR? That's my recollection from one very fun race some time ago? That format doesn't work well for my life style.

    3. What does SOL charge for each race?

    (sorry: 3 points)

    --- Last Edited by Doc Häagen-Dazs at 2010-07-28 13:12:57 ---
  • 2010-07-28 12:52:28
    Re: Comparing SailingOnLine with VirtualRegatta
    Board » Sailonline Yacht Club
    I'll read Toño's comment in a minute. First I will have to post my extreme displeasure at MP-VR's crash in the Solitaire du Figaro race. The software shut down in the middle of the night and then resumed hours later. I was in 100th place. Now I am in 13,500th place, having crashed. I am just too .... out of sorts at the moment to comment further.
  • 2010-07-25 23:22:31
    Re: Comparing SailingOnLine with VirtualRegatta
    Board » Sailonline Yacht Club
    Thanks for keeping this thread alive, Danny. I enjoyed my single SOL race. I think I like the graphics. I disclose I am much more of a sailor than a gamer. I am much more experienced with MP's VR software, and especially the extras which have recently been vastly improved. I am also familiar with the characters and adversaries I encounter there. I do not find anything negative to say about SOL. Far from it!
  • 2010-05-13 14:06:05
    Re: Comparing SailingOnLine with VirtualRegatta
    Board » Sailonline Yacht Club
    I appreciate this comment too! I enjoyed my first and only sail on SOL. I soon got used to its format and liked the frequency of the racing. Much easier to log on, too!

    Virtual Regatta has improved and still is improving. That's where my ' virtual' friends are. Most importantly, longer races are more in tune with my real-world schedules. I'll probably stay there, going forward.

    I really am impressed with Jacob's ombudsmanship, however. And finally, when competitors are critically assessing the way a regatta - or any other sport/game - is managed, I always pay attention to their ranking on the leader boards. In this case, I find myself well below most skippers commenting on this thread!

    Enough said!
    :-)
  • 2010-02-24 16:22:42
    Re: Comparing SailingOnLine with VirtualRegatta
    Board » Sailonline Yacht Club
    I agree!
  • 2010-02-23 16:06:39
    Re: Comparing SailingOnLine with VirtualRegatta
    Board » Sailonline Yacht Club
    I do have to credit the SailingOnLine Forum with more cred than Virtual Regatta's Forum. In the latter case, my topic was just frozen. Some questions are not to be asked over there? Is it professional courtesy? Whatever! SOL Forums win by an horizon job!
  • 2010-02-23 03:28:32
    How Does One Withdraw from a Race...?
    Board » Technical Support
    ...before it starts? I entered the Caribbean Sprint 2010 before I realized it was a weekday race. I cannot indulge in that madness and still keep my job. I hate to take up another's position. Is there a way I can withdraw my boat?
  • 2010-02-23 03:21:51
    Re: Comparing SailingOnLine with VirtualRegatta
    Board » Sailonline Yacht Club
    Many thanks to all for the responses to my honest question. I thank Aethereal, especially, because he drew for us a distinction with a difference.

    I look forward to my next SOL experience.

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