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Thanks Mack -- I appreciated the advice. I'm going in as an E-4, so I'm sure I'll get the PG role, at least until I get fired. I'm actually looking forward to it. I've exceeded the PT requirements by quite a bit, so I don't think that will be my biggest challenge. Reg. drill sergeant job -- I think they have the hardest job in the army. I know I would not want to have to train a bunch of confused, hormonal 17 year olds with high power semi-automatic rifles. I have enough context to realize that the DSes have a tough, tough job and they volunteered for it because they *want* to be mold the future soldiers.

Holy retarded assumptions batman! Let's try this on for size: I'm 32, married, work successfully at the top of my profession in the software industry, have decided to put my civilian skills to work in the Reserves at no small sacrifice to myself or my wife, and the only reason my pants are baggy is because I've been working out and running like a fiend for the last 6 months, oh -- and if you say the Clash are s***y music, then you might be right, but f*** you anyway. :=) Motivation and focus will not be my problem. My big challenge is going to be keeping my mouth shut around opinionated pr***s, but you made this thread good practice. Ooops, just failed the first test. I was just having a little fun in the forum.

Someone pee in your cheerios this morning? I was just having a bit of fun at my expense.

You may be right. :=) 38B, Civil Affairs, Reserve. It's going to be an interesting ride at 32...

I have a tough decision in front of me. Should I: 1) Buy CMSF at earliest opportunity, and play it for all 9 days before I ship to Army BCT and AIT, thus damming myself to 6 months of misery while I dream of playing CMSF, or 2) Don't buy CMSF until I return, thus damming myself to 6 months of misery while imagining playing CMSF for 6 months? Opinions?

I'll reserve judgement until I play it, but Steal Beast PRO PE uses a roughly similar sort of system (minimal unit AI, branching setup by scenario designer). The downside of this system is that the AI is really only as good as the scenario designer makes it. Even with multiple, branching AI paths, it still feels kind of canned at best. But I have no doubt that the CMSF system is different, and hopefully better.

Maybe that explains the brown stains on his butt?

For sure. The Illiad is a gorefest. I believe that some English coloquilisms, such as 'bite the dust' originated in the Illiad. That's food for thought. And ruminate on the fact that Akhilles would be excluded from our current day military due to 'don't ask, don't tell.' :=) OTOH, I guess he'd probably end up working for Blackwater or something. It's a terrific read in any case. Just skip the chapter where it enumerates each and every Akhaian host. Holy 3300 year old boredom batman!

Find a Mosin Nagent and own the complete set!

Ow. Guess he forgot to wear 'protection'.

I recall that, with a .25g bb, and the max fps you could geneate safely (around 500), you'd get about a 75 ft effective range. Any past that and the shots would hook everywhere. Additionally, the hits quickly get too light to feel. Surprised to hear that the MILES gear is so horked.

In Soviet Russian, no one ever need more than 64kb.

So many words. Brain shutting off.

Seattle has good beer, and you can put up a tent in our back yard, and leach our wireless. If you wanted to move to Seattle, that is.

Alizee. Nekid.

Is that the mission with Alizee in it?

You're aiming too low. Mord. [/QB]</font>

Holy f***, I want to be those knee high socks in my next life. Or at least practice my 'french' with her in this life.

I think the graphics are nice, although they may not measure up to Bioshock or the like. Not a problem. :=) The only graphics thing I see that bugs me is the color timing of the bitmap used for the horizon does not seem to be the same as that of 3d batlefield portion of the graphics. It makes the background bit maps slightly more distracting than they would otherwise be. Very minor. Oh -- where are screenshots from the night battles?

That. Is. Fecking. Cool.

Nah, you're not thinking outside of the box. A much better solution is to beam the badniks about a mile up.

This is from a movie of short stories all about the Iraq war. It just came out this fall; it got good reviews.

Praise Jesus.

... but perhaps more likely to wear speedos?

I wasn't suggesting that we players be made to play in the MOP suits. :=\ That makes it hard to hit the right keys and get the beer and cheesits in.