# Idea for new reality tv series

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idea-for-new-reality-tv-series/951023>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** reality-or-game-show\
**Created:** [September 20, 2021, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idea-for-new-reality-tv-series/951023 "2021-09-20T21:13:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idea-for-new-reality-tv-series/951023/1 "2021-09-20T21:13:30Z")

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Title- _Virtual/Reality_  
The show would involve taking the top players of simulation software and sticking them in real world situations to see how much their gaming prepares them for the real thing. A tank gamer would try to operate a real tank, an aircraft gamer would go up in a trainer(or attempt to), and war gamers could go against a real military team(paintball of course.)  
Ideas, criticism, brickbats etc?

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**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idea-for-new-reality-tv-series/951023/2 "2021-09-20T21:14:15Z")

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Sounds fun.

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**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idea-for-new-reality-tv-series/951023/3 "2021-09-21T15:06:22Z")

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> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> an aircraft gamer would go up in a trainer(or attempt to)

The Mythbusters successfully landed a 747 simulator with no experience, just by being talked down on the ‘radio’. Have a couple gamers (but not experienced on aircraft simulators) run through the same simulation as the Mythbusters once, then put them in a real 747 and try to land it. No backup pilots onboard, that would be cheating. I’d watch that!