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What do you think of FILSCA?
Just wondered what people's thoughts were on the whole FILSCA thing?
Good, bad, indifferent, never heard of it? Cheers. Bombshell. |
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> Just wondered what people's thoughts were on the whole FILSCA thing? > > Good, bad, indifferent, never heard of it? > > Cheers. > > Bombshell. > > I remember the start of Filsca, It seemed to me at the time that it was a bunch of guys who wanted to draw power in the sim racing world to themselves. I think filsca is good for the founders of filsca, they are people who want to be important. |
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"Dan_Leach" > wrote in message ... > >> Just wondered what people's thoughts were on the whole FILSCA thing? >> >> Good, bad, indifferent, never heard of it? >> >> Cheers. >> >> Bombshell. >> >> > I remember the start of Filsca, It seemed to me at the time that it was a > bunch of guys who wanted to draw power in the sim racing world to > themselves. I think filsca is good for the founders of filsca, they are > people who want to be important. > Who, exactly, wishes to be "unimportant"? Can someone explain to me why so many people are so suspicious and threatened by this FILSCA "mob"? What threat do they pose exactly? As long as sim companies make sims with direct IP and maybe also offer free lobbies for use by all, then what possible threat is there? My view - FILSCA ---> a good place to look for a league and a good way to see the performances of other drivers. From a leagues point of view it's a good way to advertise for free (atm at least - ooooooOOOOOOooooooo - scary stuff) and give it's drivers more exposure. Quite simply, it's all good from what I can see. All the paranoia it seems to be generating is quite amusing too! |
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I second you, Byron.
FILSCA is an attempt to organize things in the sim world, in I simply cannot see why it is not a good idea. Both for league organizers and new people. Gathering loads and loads of people under the same umbrella organization is worth a lot, and can achieve things accordingly, because they have the numbers for argumentation. If the sim world was completely organized, I believe game developers and software houses would pay attention, and potentially adjust, to this organization. And would it at all be possible to implement sponsoring in our sim "sport" without a collective and huge collection of people? I don't think so. Organizing can be a great, great thing, and I have problems seing why anyone should be paranoid about it. What is the worst scenario imaginable concerning FILSCA, really? I cannot come up with any! ---Asgeir--- Byron Forbes wrote: > "Dan_Leach" > wrote in message > ... > >>>Just wondered what people's thoughts were on the whole FILSCA thing? >>> >>>Good, bad, indifferent, never heard of it? >>> >>>Cheers. >>> >>>Bombshell. >>> >>> >> >>I remember the start of Filsca, It seemed to me at the time that it was a >>bunch of guys who wanted to draw power in the sim racing world to >>themselves. I think filsca is good for the founders of filsca, they are >>people who want to be important. >> > > > Who, exactly, wishes to be "unimportant"? > > Can someone explain to me why so many people are so suspicious and > threatened by this FILSCA "mob"? What threat do they pose exactly? As long > as sim companies make sims with direct IP and maybe also offer free lobbies > for use by all, then what possible threat is there? > > My view - FILSCA ---> a good place to look for a league and a good way > to see the performances of other drivers. From a leagues point of view it's > a good way to advertise for free (atm at least - ooooooOOOOOOooooooo - scary > stuff) and give it's drivers more exposure. Quite simply, it's all good from > what I can see. All the paranoia it seems to be generating is quite amusing > too! > > |
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> Just wondered what people's thoughts were on the whole FILSCA thing?
> > Good, bad, indifferent, never heard of it? > Organization, like fast women and rich food, is a good thing in moderation. I agree with many of Asgeir's thoughts about FILSCA's potential benefit however I fail to see how they'll reach critical mass required to achieve them in their current form. Their first white paper, http://www.filsca.com/1000253/812 discussed raising Sim racing to a professional level and the need for a sanctioning body to govern/promote the sport towards that end. Their current mission statement, http://www.filsca.com/1000253/386 has dropped the "pro" aspect but still calls themselves a sanctioning body. While I personally feel the percentage of sim racers who are likely to "turn pro" is infinitesimally small (about the same size as the potential audience who might pay to watch), I think a sanctioning body could do many useful things for the rest of us: lobbying graphics card, wheel and sim manufacturers so that they knew what our specific issues were; setting standards and rating 3rd party tracks/mod etc. However when I suggested that line of thinking to the then-current FILSCA officers they clearly indicated that not only were they personally not interested in it (which I can accept), but that essentially that wasn't what FILSCA was all about. The latter aspect was troubling to me in what I presumed would be an association that would, after a necessary initial dictatorial period, be democratically run by it's member leagues and therefore it's ultimate goals subject to change. Perhaps coincidently most of the initial people who did the setup work for FILSCA still seem to be the principal officers (those who are still sim-racing at all). To me that says they've either been continuously re-elected thru fair and democratic processes (the results of which have been kept entirely within the private FILSCA forums) or they haven't.. Searching their public forums on the words "elect" or "election" returns virtually no results, something I'd thought they'd want to advertise at least as much as a race result. Personally I'm suspicious of why the rules/guidelines for potential member leagues aren't posted on the public side of their pages, I can't think of a good reason for keeping that close to the chest. From purely hearsay posts I understand them to be fairly draconian. I personally don't know, as even though I've exchanged emails with FILSCAers they haven't outlined the rules to me, so I won't take the matter to my league. Not that it bothers me, but I think in some people's eye's they've set themselves on their back foot to begin with by picking a very Euro-centric name. Much the same way that most NASCAR, IRL or CART teams couldn't spell FIA. If their goal is simply to maintain driver stats and produce a news letter (not that that's not a lot of work in itself), then democratic leadership is less of an issue, however I personally don't see how they can call themselves a "club" with out it. Magnus the GPLrank folk have provided an invaluable service to the community but they make no pretence about being a club. Neither service is one that any of the drivers in leagues I'm involved with have been asking for. Worst case FILSCA scenario Asgeir: Irrelevancy. |
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>Magnus the GPLrank folk
Sorry meant to say Magnus's track database and the GPLrank folk |
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"mcewena" wrote: > > Just wondered what people's thoughts were on the whole FILSCA thing? > > > > Good, bad, indifferent, never heard of it? > > <snip> > Worst case FILSCA scenario Asgeir: Irrelevancy. Excellent post. I agree with most of your points but most specifically that the stated aims and the delivery are very far apart. It seems harsh to criticise because I am sure it is well meaning and the tools for leagues and newsletters are a good service which no doubt takes countless voluntary hours. However, as a sanctioning body and being a voice of sim racing it has not delivered. Possibly because there is a lack of will within the sim community and maybe it is an impossible task. What will be interesting is what happens once the Federation of International Racing and Sanctioning Trust, the FIRST in FIRST-Racing.net gets going with its aims to incorporate new technology to heighten the realism as well as a sanctioning body to launch a truly global online sport. The sim racing community is pretty niche to start with so splitting it with multiple sanctioning bodies would seem more than a bit daft. I would expect FILSCA to recognise its aims are now different and drop the sanctioning and sponsorship goals, but it remains to be seen. Cheers Tony |
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Tony Rickard wrote:
> The sim racing community is pretty niche to start with so splitting it with > multiple sanctioning bodies would seem more than a bit daft. Sounds like a realistic sim to me... CART/CCWS vs. IRL GARRA vs. ALMS Bernie vs. Automakers Etc. ;-) -jde |
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I agree, mr. McEwan. Worst case is irrelevancy, definately.
One thing *is* for sure, if there is any meaning in setting up an organization like FILSCA, it must be to achieve influence over the sim racing industry, and market value towards potential sponsors. It will be pretty much impossible to gather all under one umbrella with any other goals than these, IMO. So, in order to get that influence and market value in a niche activity, every little corner must be searched, every league, racer, organizer, affiliated people must join, simply because the numbers is the best argument in any cooperation or communication with sim developers and software houses. If we are to be met on any point, it must be because someone can make money of it. Now, in order to gather all sim racers around this globe, organizers and competitors alike you can use several models. One is to be dead serious about any aspect of sim racing, refuse working with the leasure drivers, be rigid about ruling etc etc. This model may indeed work, since people will aspire to getting under the wings of this exclusive ruling body. Needless to say, democracy will not be one of the primary goals... A different one is to be loose, large and including, gathering the flock, and then start building things from there when you have the numbers behind you. When you look at the diversity of the sim racing community it becomes apparent that the "flock" is widely spread, both geographically, in goals, and in methods. It will be impossible to gather all this under the same umbrella *unless* you have just a few goals behind which everyone will stand without hesitation. And I am sure an organization like this, including say 100 000 people, will achieve things eventually. And as soon as sim racers around the globe see that their affiliation body is working *for* them, I am sure that the racers will be liable to act *for* their affiliation body as well. Boycots of certain products spring to mind, for instance. This is essentially what we normally call "consumer power", really, where the key is the numbers. I would expect the latter model to be the vastly most efficient in this, and it may seem that this is a bit different way of doing things than FILSCA have done. I am in no position to judge or evaluate FILSCA, though, since I have little experience with them. ---Asgeir--- mcewena wrote: >>Just wondered what people's thoughts were on the whole FILSCA thing? >> >>Good, bad, indifferent, never heard of it? >> > > > Organization, like fast women and rich food, is a good thing in > moderation. I agree with many of Asgeir's thoughts about FILSCA's > potential benefit however I fail to see how they'll reach critical mass > required to achieve them in their current form. > > Their first white paper, http://www.filsca.com/1000253/812 discussed > raising Sim racing to a professional level and the need for a > sanctioning body to govern/promote the sport towards that end. Their > current mission statement, http://www.filsca.com/1000253/386 > has dropped the "pro" aspect but still calls themselves a sanctioning > body. > > While I personally feel the percentage of sim racers who are likely to > "turn pro" is infinitesimally small (about the same size as the > potential audience who might pay to watch), I think a sanctioning body > could do many useful things for the rest of us: lobbying graphics card, > wheel and sim manufacturers so that they knew what our specific issues > were; setting standards and rating 3rd party tracks/mod etc. > > However when I suggested that line of thinking to the then-current > FILSCA officers they clearly indicated that not only were they > personally not interested in it (which I can accept), but that > essentially that wasn't what FILSCA was all about. The latter aspect > was troubling to me in what I presumed would be an association that > would, after a necessary initial dictatorial period, be democratically > run by it's member leagues and therefore it's ultimate goals subject to > change. > > Perhaps coincidently most of the initial people who did the setup work > for FILSCA still seem to be the principal officers (those who are still > sim-racing at all). To me that says they've either been continuously > re-elected thru fair and democratic processes (the results of which > have been kept entirely within the private FILSCA forums) or they > haven't.. Searching their public forums on the words "elect" or > "election" returns virtually no results, something I'd thought they'd > want to advertise at least as much as a race result. > > Personally I'm suspicious of why the rules/guidelines for potential > member leagues aren't posted on the public side of their pages, I can't > think of a good reason for keeping that close to the chest. From > purely hearsay posts I understand them to be fairly draconian. I > personally don't know, as even though I've exchanged emails with > FILSCAers they haven't outlined the rules to me, so I won't take the > matter to my league. > > Not that it bothers me, but I think in some people's eye's they've set > themselves on their back foot to begin with by picking a very > Euro-centric name. Much the same way that most NASCAR, IRL or CART > teams couldn't spell FIA. > > If their goal is simply to maintain driver stats and produce a news > letter (not that that's not a lot of work in itself), then democratic > leadership is less of an issue, however I personally don't see how they > can call themselves a "club" with out it. Magnus the GPLrank folk have > provided an invaluable service to the community but they make no > pretence about being a club. > > Neither service is one that any of the drivers in leagues I'm involved > with have been asking for. > > Worst case FILSCA scenario Asgeir: Irrelevancy. > |
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>"David G Fisher" > wrote
> Any more details about this "Federation"? > > My initial reaction to a developer of a sim also acting as a "sanctioning > body" is skepticism. Why do I get the feeling it's going to be the old > papy > crowd crowning themselves kings of sim racing or some other nonsense. :-) > -- > David G Fisher I prefer my own "Federation of all-things-simracing-united". I declare myself the king, the tycoon, the magnate, the baron, the czar, the emperor, the sovereign and of course the leader of this federation. All simulated leagues have to go within these rules : 1. You bow to me and my fascist rules (which are a simply copy/paste of the Filsca ones) 2. You bow to me again after the qualification (with a preset message) 3. 10% of all your income goes to me Thank you have a nice day. -- -- François Ménard <ymenard> -- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimago-Dominguez Corporation - helping America into the New World... |
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