Albert Schweitzer

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Red Oct @ Jan. 08 2003,03:44)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">i don't have CS (and by the sound of it im glad i don't) so what is the big deal when somebody gets stab w/ a knife? dose it kill somebody instantly or something? what other things piss the CS players off?<span id='postcolor'> I can only talk about other multiplayer games. For example soldier of Fortune 2 has the USAS and M4 grenade launcher in it. Basically every longterm player never uses them cause they are cheating-guns that compensate bad aiming. Still every new player uses them. What is so anoying about it is that even though the game has reached patch 1.4 this problem has not been dealt with yet. Are the developers ever playing their game?

Thank you honourable Mr. Frag. This is a highly accurate translation. Okay here comes a tougher one: Es ist jedenfalls ein sehr modernes Joch, das Goethe in genialer Wortschöpfung als "veloziferisch" bezeichnet: als Verschränkung von Velocitas (die Eile) und Luzifer. Faust ist immerhin "avant la lettre", er will bereits mehr als er weiß. Er erscheint als der moderne Blitzkrieger der Erfüllung jener Wünsche einer Forderungs- und Anspruchsgesellschaft, die alles will, und zwar sofort. Und was Luzifer alias Mephisto der Ungeduld Fausts andient, sind denn auch schon jene Instrumente des Veloziferischen, deren Erscheinungsformen am Ende des 20. Jahrhunderts zwar andere Namen tragen, aber dieselben Dinge meinen: der schnelle Degen, die schnelle Liebe, der schnelle Mantel, das schnelle Geld und zum Schluß: der schnelle Mord (an Philemon und Baucis). Und Fausts globales Dorf, von Mephistos Gnaden, gebietet bereits perfekt über virtuelle Welten, wie wir sie heute mit Videoclips und beim Zappen zwischen TV-Kanälen kreieren. Sein virtuelles Arsenal reicht von Walpurgisnächten aller Art bis zur heraufzitierten schönen Helena, von den archaischen Tiefen der Mütter bis zum Lärm längst geschlagener Schlachten. Es sind immer rascher wechselnde Filmschnittsequenzen einer Beschleunigungskultur mit Luzifer als omnipotentem Artifex einer (kaiserlichen Hof- und) Unterhaltungsgesellschaft, die sich bereits im Zeichen grandioser Oberflächlichkeit und eines perfekten Zeitmanagements zu Tode amüsiert.

As for after the war, the US actually has a good record for rebuilding defeated nations, Germany, Japan, Afganistan As far as Germany is concerned I totally agree with you. And the Germans will always be greatful for that. Especially those in the Eastern sector. Of course a strong germany was considered as a good barrier to stand against the sowjet union and so the US had more in mind than just saving lifes. But to beat that argument you can say that the Americans neither raped german women nor did they commit great crime against humanity. And this considering the fact what germany had done to the world. Also was Germany quickly given back its independance. It wasnt only Germanies success to be World Power 3 allready 30 years after the war. Ich bin ein Berliner and please Mr. Gorbatchow tear down that wall!

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Paratrooper @ Jan. 08 2003,00:25)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (cam0flage @ Jan. 08 2003,00:21)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Llauma @ Jan. 08 2003,00:53)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">USA recently stated that they will use nukes if they are forced to. Does that mean that USA would use them if they were being invaded by an other country? I believe Saddam is pretty aware of the consequences that would follow a chemical attack. He is not that stupid.<span id='postcolor'> Isn't there a treaty which bans the use of nuclear weapons against a nation which doesn't have them that the United States has signed? Correct me if I'm wrong.<span id='postcolor'> Nations are bound to the Geneva convention in war, but thats about it.<span id='postcolor'> Only if you regard your oponent as a military force. However you define them as terorist you can do whatever you want. So since the war on Iraq is called a "preventive step against terorism" I would rather die than ending up Guantanamo bay. On the other hand they got nice wheather there and a beach and stuff!

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (cam0flage @ Jan. 08 2003,01:11)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Sorry for being a nitpicker, but I suppose he was captured in Stalingrad during years 1942-43, not in 1945 like you said I'm sorry if he did hide in Stalingrad for 2 years - that must have been good practice for further hiding in the Siberian tundra. I have a faint memory of reading a book about this when I was like 10 years old; something like the guy digging himself under several meters of snow to avoid the dogs which the Russians used to track him? Not sure, might be a different story. Here is a story of a German soldier who escaped the encirclement at Stalingrad after the German defences collapsed.<span id='postcolor'> No, you are absolutely correct! What happened in 1945 was that all the captured soldiers were rounded up and send to syberia, actually 1945 was the year of the RAPID RUSSIAN TRIALS when basically all soldiers got a punishment of 25 years in a working camp! "Im Herbst 1945 werden 3.000 deutsche Kriegsgefangene von Moskau nach Sibirien verschickt, allesamt zu 25 Jahren Zwangsarbeit verurteilt"

okay no icecream and no Muppet-show for both of you this evening, you will go straight to bed so you got time to think about what you did wrong. This thread is getting to hot for me and I gonna go into a SOF2 MP session

I think he will try to use it but as with the missiles against Israel I doubt its effectivness. The Americans would be smart enough to be prepared, and the Iraqis would be prepared but simply not smart enough!

Too bad it does the opposite of what was intended Dont say "it does" if all you can know is "it could".

Noone ever talked about the potential casualties this war might cost. Urban warfare is the worst that can happen to civillians. Now this is not an accusal or something I am just surprised noone ever put that factor into the IRAQ-war formula. Lets not be foolish, we talk about at least several 10'000 civillians!

The problem about the gun issue is rather the perception than the actual  practicability. As Die Alives puts it we can see that a great amount of people do not fully trust the police to be able to ensure their security. And this no matter whether the criminals are armed or not. So many american gun-owner actually perceive it as an insult and punishment to be taken away the tool they think gives them the security the police cant give them. They feel that this then will give a competitive edge to criminals. However perception does not necerssarily reflect to the truth. Maybe some people are so negative since their  country has such a long long and deep history of gun-ownership and they fear a total insecure and inverted future. Still, the INITIAL AIM OF GUN-CONTROL is to reduce the amount of arms in the hands of criminals and irresponsable people and not from law-abiding citizens. If this is the goal, and the goal is good, then you have to find the best way to get there, and the best way is the one that reduces the negative side-effects. The side effect I always hear is: "criminals will still always have arms". This is true, but from european point of view I can assure you that after a decade only the worst mafia-criminals will still be armed, and not the silly DVD-burglar or drug-dealer beneath your window. Of course, in the beginning it will be the brave people that will give up or register their guns first and of course they will take a risk cause criminals with guns will still be out there. But that is why "sense of responsibility" is a virtue of moral courage cause it asks brave people to take risks. And without moral courage you cant change a society and also have no right to complain about criminality.

You like good movies. I got some for you. And they are even related to OFP cause they show perfect gun-handling. Go here TO STUPID TO SHOOT and download the videos from the first section called THE CHAMPIONS!

eupsss! right now I see equal results! 25% on every choice!"

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (brgnorway @ Jan. 06 2003,05:44)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Albert Schweizer @ Jan. 06 2003,05:41)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><span id='postcolor'> </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">But let me tell you one thing: german isnt! German is a crappy language with lots of grammatical irregularities! So if I meet  a foreigner who speaks german I know that either he was stationed here as a soldier, he is a scientist, he  is the son of an german ambassador or he is a school-freak!  <span id='postcolor'> Believe me I know! I had German language in school and hated every moment! Bloody kasus! Ich mřchte gern sitronenzprudel trinken!  <span id='postcolor'> lol you write like you would speak it, but your spelling is xxx. Anyhow, I think most people are safer off with starting woth french or spanish! Dont bother learning german, me as a German I can say that we are pleased to learn your language so we will never have communicational problems

I would lile to add my Mr. Know-it-all comments but unfortunately I am toooooo lazy to read all that stuff, so just ignore me!

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Tex [uSMC] @ Jan. 06 2003,05:17)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Oh, I took some Latin, and it does help, but I usually see the benefits in being able to recognize words in my own language lol.<span id='postcolor'> Oh yes, english is also a very good base to learn languages. But let me tell you one thing: german isnt! German is a crappy language with lots of grammatical irregularities! So if I meet a foreigner who speaks german I know that either he was stationed here as a soldier, he is a scientist, he is the son of an german ambassador or he is a school-freak! BTW: It started to snow here one hour ago and I went on a trip to the nearest parking lot to play around with my BMW 320 6V touring. If you disable the automatic track control it speeds around like a snow-vehicule....sooooo coooool!

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (USMC Sniper @ Jan. 06 2003,04:39)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I think it's pretty fun, but i've got some gripes: -The AI are VERY stupid, sometimes they don't shoot at me, they just try to crawl and stay out of sight when they are right infront of me. -There are no savegames!!! WTF were they thinking making long levels and if you die than you have to start all over again. Â -cars blow up when you fire 5 rounds into them. -low framerate and the graphics isn't all that great. -no tactical feeling. Besides that it does have that "Somalia" feeling to it, and the city looks pretty good. It's pretty good for a demo, hopefully they get things fixed soon. <span id='postcolor'> Again YEAH! I noticed that I can beat best OFP if I behave the way I am not supposed to. If I go into close combat noone of the AI can beat me. Savegames? I simply kept the explorer open and I deleted the savegamefile whenever I wanted to save a new position. So I simply ignored that constraint! Low framerates? Yeah, that doesnt even change with a great CPU!

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Tex [uSMC] @ Jan. 06 2003,04:27)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Albert Schweizer @ Jan. 06 2003,03:40)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">What are you gonna specialise on? that is the interesting part you never told us about! As silly as this might sound but I think it is realy interesting. Do you ever think about taking a trip to europe? Do you think about living in a different State? What other language besides spanish would you like to learn?Do you have a beautiful sister at the age around 21?  <span id='postcolor'> Let me hit your questions in order. I don't know, but language and history are the only things that really light my fire at the moment. I've been to Europe twice, I love Spain (I really admire their work ethic  ). I like Texas, but my main goal is to get out of my hometown as soon as possible- no real preference as to a state. I speak a small amount of French. And for the last one- no  <span id='postcolor'> No beautiful sister? Hell why am I hanging around in this forum? French is a great language but tough. In europe we learn that the best way to start a multi-linguistic career is to learn latin. I never realy got the language but my knowledge of latin-grammar enables me to learn any language within 3 monts. Spain is cool, I admit that, and the most beautiful girlfriend I ever had was spanish. She was blond (I guess a fake though)!

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (FSPilot @ Jan. 06 2003,04:23)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Thats why I didn't like any of the special ops missions. Â I hated stealthing around the place, taking down an entire enemy squad.<span id='postcolor'> Yeah yeah yeah!!! I hated those missions as well. The great thing about the first mission in OFP was that you can even succeed if you dont shoot anyone. I loved this first feeling that you hate your shitty M16 and that you dont hit shit with it! I am sure Codemasters got this message and I bet they gonna reward us in their next game.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Ex-RoNiN @ Jan. 06 2003,04:05)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Albert Schweizer @ Jan. 06 2003,03:40)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Do you have a beautiful sister at the age around 21? Â <span id='postcolor'> Sad git <span id='postcolor'> Hey! I am gonna work on Malta (not in Thailand, I canceled the contract) and there you find realy realy beautiful girls with a sicilian touch. So please dont pitty my sexual life! And I will even try to learn surfing! Malta has great waves!

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (FSPilot @ Jan. 06 2003,03:45)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">That's another thing that will bring be back to OFP. Â It's like a real war. Â You're not going bouncing anywhere. Â You can only take down a whole squad if you get them by surprise.<span id='postcolor'> Yeah, in OFP I feel like a new young recruit (which I would be in a real life scenario). I love the first mission where you got to learn that you are not the hero of the battlefield. The first mission basically tells you to keep in the back and keep your head low in the mud otherwise you die. Isnt that pure realism?

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Tex [uSMC] @ Jan. 06 2003,03:34)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I'm a student in high school at the moment. I thought I already told everyone that  <span id='postcolor'> What are you gonna specialise on? that is the interesting part you never told us about! As silly as this might sound but I think it is realy interesting. Do you ever think about taking a trip to europe? Do you think about living in a different State? What other language besides spanish would you like to learn?Do you have a beautiful sister at the age around 21?

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Tex [uSMC] @ Jan. 06 2003,03:23)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">You aren't gettin' off the hook that easily<span id='postcolor'> At least a texan is still online Hey Tex. You never told us what you are doing in your ordinary life. We all already came forward with our shitty careers but I dont remember your Curriculum vitae summary.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Tex [uSMC] @ Jan. 06 2003,01:56)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Jester983 @ Jan. 06 2003,01:32)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Tex [uSMC] @ Jan. 05 2003,04)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">The SP demo is pretty fun, I liked it way more than the MP demo. It's still got that Novalogic gayness (AI stupidity- especially your buddies), and the clumsiness of the engine: inside, the framerate goes to hell unless you dial your resolution way back.<span id='postcolor'> well at least the ai "attempts" to shoot at you from more than 3 feet away. Its an improvement oveer previous ones.<span id='postcolor'> These are Delta soldiers, right? Best of the best that Uncle Sam has to offer and all that, right? Imagine my surprise when I see these crack troops shooting at the ground in front of a tango that was 8 feet away for 30 seconds ( <!--emo& ). The only reason they survived is that the tango was just as dumb.<span id='postcolor'> Funny to say this but I prefer games such as OFP where you play an "ordinary" soldier with an "ordinary" gun. I can rather identify myself with an average soldier than with a Delta-Duke-Nukem overperformer. Still, the sounds in the game are great, the sniper capabilities in multiplayer are better than in any other game I played so far. No bunnyjumper is gonna survive if he is rushing into battle without advancing from cover to cover.

Why didnt you make a poll out of this thread? Maybe someone can make it after we have brainstormed the major ones. And please leave OFPR out of it cause I think we all agree that this expansion was the greatest we have seen for years. There should be a poll for best singleplayer game and one for multiplayer game. Maybe someone can take the initiative. There was also a game that I got for free from my PCgame magazine. It is called tropico and has a great scenario. You are a bad communist leader of a small tropical island and have to make it flourish. Great cuban music mixed up with a touch of prejudice on southamerican working-athmosphere. Great game to play. You should spend a week on it.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (denoir @ Jan. 06 2003,02:22)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">1--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Koolkid101 @ Jan. 06 2003,011)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">We love Denoir<span id='postcolor'> He was either pulling my leg or offering me man love. Either way I wasn't pleased <span id='postcolor'> It happens all the time. You learn to meet someone over the internet, you sympathise but then comes the day you meet him physically. And finally you are dissapointed. Let me tell you one thing so you know beforehand. Denoir is 1.45m and is nearly bold, he wears knickebockers and glasses of 234 dioptrin. his teeth are slightly misproportioned and ... Just kiddin, hopefully I get banned so I find my way back to ordinary life.