[NGTM-1R]

commonly referred to as LARP'ers lunatics

D20-based systems are against my religion anyways.

* ngtm1r waves Palladium Books flag.

[Ace]

>IDF rolls D20 for initiative against Hamas
>Initiative successful, roll for damage
>IDF wields Superior F-16 of Asskicking, rolls for damage D10+2
>IDF deals 8 damage to Hamas

If you ask me, IDF command should switch their whole planning system to D20 for ease of use, intercompatability and verstility.

I'd make for much reasonable policies for Israel, the US, and Iran

[miskat]

I've been playing D&D and other rolyplaying games (World of Darkness, the Serenity RPG, I LARPed in a game called Ampgard, played different MUDs including Achaea and Dune3, roleplayed in EVE, WoW, and EQ, all to lesser extents) for about 6 or 7 years now.  I've seen all kinds in those experiences.  People who truly have lost touch with some points in reality, people who barely roleplayed at all and ONLY played for the nitty gritty aspect of D&D (power-gamers, all.)  And I've seen those who are very ballanced in their roleplay and their approach to the nitty gritty.

And I've realized something over time: yes... D&D does ATTRACT people who WANT to lose touch with reality, but not everyone who plays D&D has.  And those people who DO play in order to escape reality do so because of underlying problems in their lives, not because of the game.

As for the attack on LARPers, etc... I find it hilarious.  What are actors?  What is a war-game?  It's just silly to say that if you pretend to be anything you're not then you must have a weak personality.

[aldo_14]

the us army hasn't used traditional desensitization as it's primary anti hesitation weapon for years

in training they stress the family makeup of your unit, make you believe on some level you are family, a tribe, because the easiest way to get a person to defend someone else with deadly force, is to make that person their family

certainly there is a certain amount of desentization, but much less than there used to be, and that is because it is simply less effective

What about untraditional desensitization?

(...)

Also, combat isn't always about defence; you can't have soldiers hesitating to provoke conflict, after all.  Yes, of course they will emphasise team-bonding et al (it's useful for discipline, too), but I'd wager any money that you still need desensitization to get soldiers to use disproportionate force to a threat.

[Centrixo]

what ive learned if anything is a computer game is not life and some take it seriously, when im playing a of other games i carry my suicide tactic into everygame, except C&C renegade, i cant use it there. but who would want to carry that computer game tactic into rl?

only the hardcore gamer unfortunatly, and nothing can be done about it.
its a chamical misbalance in the brain , but there is nothing physically wrong with you. desensitsation is a must.

[miskat]

You know... after thinking about it, couldn't it easily be said that people who ar really into paintball are LARPers?  =/

[IPAndrews]

Yes.

[Quest_techie]

the us army hasn't used traditional desensitization as it's primary anti hesitation weapon for years

in training they stress the family makeup of your unit, make you believe on some level you are family, a tribe, because the easiest way to get a person to defend someone else with deadly force, is to make that person their family

certainly there is a certain amount of desentization, but much less than there used to be, and that is because it is simply less effective

What about untraditional desensitization?

(...)

Also, combat isn't always about defence; you can't have soldiers hesitating to provoke conflict, after all.  Yes, of course they will emphasise team-bonding et al (it's useful for discipline, too), but I'd wager any money that you still need desensitization to get soldiers to use disproportionate force to a threat.

that's why I said primary

[Getter Robo G]

You know... after thinking about it, couldn't it easily be said that people who ar really into paintball are LARPers?  =/

Not for D&D , but yes.. They are playing "Army" like you use to do as a kid with squirt guns...


I use to be 98c (Signals Intelligence Analyst) by day, and Star Dragon the Cavalier at night... Half our group was Army the other half was Air Force (we had one Token Navy guy...)


Seriously Sandwich (4 years, always wanted to say that  ) There's nothing like getting a headshot and yelling out "CRIT!" Unless you're in a black op situation or what not...  Try it sometime! 

[Sandwich]

Seriously Sandwich (4 years, always wanted to say that  ) There's nothing like getting a headshot and yelling out "CRIT!" Unless you're in a black op situation or what not...  Try it sometime! 

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[spartan_0214]

So, Sandwich, .40 cal, or .50 cal?

[Sandwich]

In my avatar? .50cal Browning. NOT to be fired from the hip unless one does not value said hip.

[spartan_0214]

Mounted on a tripod-deal right?

[Mefustae]

Mounted on a tripod-deal right?

Of course not; you tie it to your balls with a length of string and fire it from that position.

[spartan_0214]

Really? ........

[Polpolion]

the closest thing I ever did too any kind of role play that was like "I am this person; I must live like him" was in Freelancer. I joined the outcasts on this one RPG server, but I had a liberty battleship, so it was kinda null. IIRC, I was also a weapons dealer, but all that fizzled out after I remembered that I had a real life.

[Sarafan]

Okay, so if people who played RPGs cant get into the army, wouldnt people who played a lot of FPS or RTS games be actively searched for by the army?

[Quest_techie]

I think the idea may be that people who play a lot of fps and a lot of rts might seek out the army on their own

[Sandwich]

Mounted on a tripod-deal right?

Yeah, but more commonly found on a tank or APC.

[spartan_0214]

I prefer the P90 though.