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</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Yes indeed. Soldier of Fortune was even a step beyond that. If you killed civilians in the NYC subway you failed the game while killing Arab and African civilians was ok. <span id='postcolor'> I haven't played the game, but I'm guessing that it was some kind of bug. Since most of the terrorists/revolutionaries in the game would probably be muslims or blacks, they might have used the same models for the Arab terrorists as they did the Arab civies but put different skins on them. Just a guess. </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">The Saudi government awards sizable monetary compensation to the families of suicide bombers in Israel<span id='postcolor'> Didn't Saddam give about $25,000 each to the families of 'martyrs' that blew themselves up? I never knew the Saudis were into that as well, at least not officially.

Why must you waste our time?

Language in games? Can't think of many that haven't already been mentioned. I like it in AA, when an OPFOR guy throws a grenade, he says it in what I beleive is some kind of Slavic dialect. Russian maybe? </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">English may be the pre-eminent language in the world today, but the fact is that it's one of many. <span id='postcolor'> Yeah, but it would be alot easier if the whole world spoke one language. If they spoke English, it would be alot easier on me. I should learn some French, but I don't wanna' Tyler

I haven't used any of those weapons ( ), so I will vote based on world-wide usage, ie: FN-FAL. If it was such a bad weapon, then 90 some countries wouldn't have used it. Don't you think?

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">FAS is not so good however - it's full of technical errors. It's good as a quick reference but terribly inaccurate. <span id='postcolor'> True, it's a good site for quick references, but I haven't found anything better as of late. In alot of their articles, they usually quote government sources, which usually works for me.

This isn't supposed to be in this thread, but I'm just adding to the current conversation. In my opinion, when the war is over, it won't really matter if Saddam was hiding chemical/bio/WMD afterall. The real judgement on wether the war was just or not will ultimately fall to the Iraqi people. If they are happy, then we'll all be happy. I just saw the eleven o'clock news, and they were showing videos with coaliton troops advancing towards Baghdad, with all kinds of people lining the road waving and smiling at the Americans as they drove by. I just hope that Iraq will stay stable after the war, looks like a job for the U.N. Â Â Hey, maybe I can grab a tour over there if Canada decides to go. I really should learn some Arabic. Tyler [edit] P.S. Hey Avon, what happened to your postcount? </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Posts: 3151<span id='postcolor'> You posting in the negative now?

If you count expansions, from the past few years, I own: Games listed, year bought.... [*]Operation Flashpoint (2001) [going on 2 years!, seems like yesterday] [*]OFP:Red Hammer (2002) [*]OFP:Resistance (2002) [*]Mafia (2002) [*]Hidden and Dangerous (1999) [*]Rainbow 6: Rogue Spear (1999) [*]MS Flight Simulator, 2002 (2002) [*]Swat 3 (2001) [*]Hitman 2: Silent Assasin (2002) [*]Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (2002) [*]Combat Flight Simulator 2 (bought 3, then returned) (2001) [*]Delta Force 3 (2000) [*]Delta Force 2 (1999) [*]Delta Force (1998) [*]Armoured Fist 3 (1999) [*]F22 Raptor (2000) [*]SU-27 (1997-8) [*]Commanche 3 (1998) [*]A-10 Cuba (1996) [*]Rainbow Six: Covert Ops (2001) [*]Project I.G.I. (2001) [*]Hind (1996) [*]Apache (1995-6) [*]Air Warrior 3 (1996) [*]King's Quest V (1993-4) and of course, [*] America's Army: Operations (2002) Waiting for: Hidden & Dangerous 2, SWAT 4,........OFP 2. I can't beleive some of the stuff I own, it's funny to discover games you've long forgotten about. Some were just so bad... Hitman 2, IGI, MOH, R6:Covert Ops, Armoured Fist 3, Delta Force 3, F22 Raptor......some titles are just so forgettable, the rest were good though. What is it with Czech developers anyway? Tyler

The article seems to be about console gamers only, and I would agree with that assesment. I spend more time reading 'Time' magazine than I do playing console games, because I have never owned a console, ever. Consoles suck! That's why I waste my money on PC hardware and software.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I learned the tactic from players here on the forum. <span id='postcolor'> Only more evidence that OFP is such a realistic game. Those tactics are being used in real life.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">The Iraqis must have OFP! :o <span id='postcolor'> LOL, Saddam might be using it to create his strategy. Anyways, that's what we were told in MBT/AFV recognition class in basic.

I'm going to correct some factual errors here, regarding the M1A1 in GW1 From FAS.org, which lists this reference to a book. </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">During the Gulf War only 18 Abrams tanks were taken out of service due to battle damage: nine were permanent losses, and another nine suffered repairable damage, mostly from mines. Not a single Abrams crewman was lost in the conflict. There were few reports of mechanical failure. US armor commanders maintained an unprecedented 90% operational readiness for their Abrams Main Battle Tanks. <span id='postcolor'> </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I wonder why the Iraqis fired the RPGs at the rear of the tank? Do they think there's too much armor everywhere else, so they were just hoping for a disabling shot and got lucky?<span id='postcolor'> Rear end of an Abrams. The Abrams series of tanks aren't as indestructable as some people think, yes they are among the best tanks in the world but like every piece of Armour, there are always weak spots. At the rear of the Abrams is the engine grill, this is where the armour is thinnest, so a couple of shots from an RPG might be able to do the trick of taking out the engine, turning the tank into a 70 ton pill-box. Shots at the engine grill, tracks, and optics on top of the turret can be made to disable the tank or reduce it's effectiveness. So there. Tyler

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">don't take the cheap option and get a low end Radeon or a GF MX, you'll only regret it later,<span id='postcolor'> So true. But it was only $70 (CDN) and I make more than that in a day's work anyway. I upgraded to a GeForce 2 MX440 from a VooDoo3 a couple of months ago, now I am already looking for a new card. What's the best vid card that will go with a K7AMA motherboard (4x AGP slot) and an AMD 1700 CPU? Also, is the 'GeForce' an actual brand made by one company, or is it made by more than one manufacturer? Tyler

Well, nothing about the Maine can be said for sure, but I doubt it was blown up as part of a big conspiracy to start a war. Saying that is like saying the attacks of September 11th were huge government conspiracies, made in an attempt by arms suppliers to get rich. Tinfoil hats anyone?

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">'Englander!'<span id='postcolor'> 'Der Tommy!'

I got my original copy in November of 2001, I didn't even know the game existed until a few weeks before.

Holy crap! It's only taken them 2 years to get this far. I hear that we will see the game in 2004. The graphics in 'Mafia' amazed me, and the people who made (Illusion Softworks?) it are making H&D2, so I can't wait to see it.

Good luck with the Army, Pins. Take care. Oh, don't forget to shave off the goat' before you leave. Tyler

You mean the 'stonehenge' replica on Malden?

I just reinstalled OFP after is was off my system for a few weeks. There is a certain problem that I have with regards to the game freezing for no reason. It seems to freeze (looks like a slide show) and unfreeze at regular intervals of 10 or 15 seconds each. It does this no matter if my settings are high or low or if I'm playing 1.46 or 1.91. This never ever happened before. I used to be on Win 2000 and the game worked fine, now that I am on XP this seems to happen, that is about the only coincidence. Any solutions? Tyler

Thanks for the help so far guys, I'll give it a try this weekend when I have the time to uninstall, re-install, and so on. I uninstalled my older driver for my GeForce 2 card and installed the newest one, and things only got worse. I hate computers.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Smoking is a privledge that must be earned first, so if you are a smoker i highly recommend stopping now before you are forced to stop in boot. You will already have plenty of stress to deal with, no need in compounding that with the stress you will get from nicotine withdrawals. <span id='postcolor'> He he he he...... There were a bunch of smokers in my platoon during basic training, we always got in shit for cigarette butts lying around. As things got strict, they made the smokers write their names on the butts, when that failed, they prevented the smokers from buying cigarettes, it was funny to see them pissed over something so trivial, to me anyways. </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">5) In the field, beef jerky and sunflower seeds are your friends.<span id='postcolor'> Scooby snacks rock! Sunflower seeds are good to pass the time at an OP, just don't spit the seeds everywhere. BBQ flavored are my personal favorite, Dill Pickle is up there too. As for shooting, I was always into target shooting with my pellet rifles when I was younger, I still do it. I was the top shot on both of my courses. Though I never touched a 'real' rifle until I got in, but there was nothing they told me that I didn't already know in a basic sense. As for 'shin-splints' avoid them at all costs, they hurt....alot. As for going places, yeah, I got a call last week asking me if I wanted to go to Kabul, Afghanistan, under the U.N. My name is in the system, but it's too early to tell if I'm going or not. Pins, good luck with the Army. xmurderx, good luck with the Marines. Remember: Army = HUA! Marines = Hoo-ra! Tyler

I said yesterday: </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">If anything, I think they should bomb the Iraqi government controlled media sources, like TV and radio stations. Didn't they do something similar in Kosovo? <span id='postcolor'> I read the news today: Iraqi TV bombed. Boo yaa! I must be able to predict the future. A few hours before it happened anyway.... Tyler

The U.N. doesn't make things legal. The U.S. and NATO went into Kosovo without a U.N. security counsel resolution, so I guess we should charge Clinton with war crimes, right? I sort of wish that the U.S.S.R. was still in power, they kept the "third world" in line without giving a shit about bad press, do you think Osama bin Laden would still be wasting air if the KGB wasn't writing traffic tickets? Tyler

Can you guys see this? I'm not sure if MSN allows hotlinking. Caption reads: </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Soldiers of the U.S. 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, pay last respects Monday during a memorial service for Capt. Christopher Seifert at Camp Pennsylvania in Kuwait. Seifert was killed when a grenade was rolled into tents early Sunday, allegedly by a fellow U.S. soldier. The attack left 15 other soldiers wounded.<span id='postcolor'> Apparently, Capt. Seifert was shot in the back by Akbar as Seifert was putting on his gas mask, a standard procedure if the camp is under threat. I don't beleive those frags killed anybody. I know this sounds callous, but it goes to show you how ineffective frag grenades are. Tyler

Bahh! This isn't a political thread! Post this in the Iraq thread before a mod gets a brain hemorrhage.