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I guess the thing that creeps me out about chopper videos etc is how incredibly easy and detached the person is from the actual killing. If you slit a throat, it takes a lot more mental 'strength' I believe, than it does to say just use say a bunch of bombs to blow up a few hundred people. I just think from my own perspective, it'd be far less tormenting for me to say shoot a guy from 200 meters using a sniper rifle, than it would be to actually slit his throat, feel him struggling against me, hear him gurgle etc..

Terrorists are people, heck what is or isn't terrorists varies from nation to nation, one nations "Freedom fighters" is another nations "terrorists". Besides, over here terrorism is per definition someone who intentionally targets civilians for political purposes, including during war time. During the Korean War, the US and SK military shelled Korean refugees that were fleeing southwards, because of fear that there might be communist spies among'em. So, was the US army terrorist then? They intentionally choose that a large group of civilians was worthy of death in order to prevent a possible spy from reaching them. Let's not forget during the Soviet-Afghan war, where the Soviets were supporting the communist afghan government against the talibans and mujahedeens, then the US choose to aid them, since their enemy was the 'victim', and not themselves. Also I'm not sure I would call US for a mature democracy, it's closer to a corporatocracy, at least in comparison with many other western democracies in my opinion. Personally I think strong and firm leaders like Putin are necessary to keep Russia together, without'em it would probably lead to a lot more ethnic tensions and violence. I was just hoping to get some angry reaction out of him for funzies.

Well, there was this one video from a US gunship in Afghanistan that gave me a very uncanny feeling, because you could hear the gunner and pilot talking and laughing as they killed the people, including laughing after one of the terrorists lay down on the ground with heads and arms stretched out(like he surrender), they wait like 3 seconds, then shoot him anyway, and laugh. Shit like that scares me, because it actually makes a mockery of human lives. Also, lots of love to the crazy Russian getting so worked up after I 'attacked' his nation! Reminds me of an Irish patriot I encountered a while back, I told him I thought IRA bombings of civilians etc was wrong, and he got soooo mad. Mad irishmen sound extremely funny. End of story: Russia isn't a properly democratized nation like say Schweiz, no matter how much they try to make foreigners believe otherwise.

So you believe might makes right?It's funny with Russians trying to pretend they're some sorta "Saviours" or "Democratic protectors", anyone recall what happened when Ichkeria tried to gain independence from Russia?:rolleyes: Oh that's right, Russia ****ed'em hard. And besides, during the first Chechen War, you got pretty owned considering the amount of manpower and military hardware you poured into Chechnya, and still they managed to put up a decently organized resistance etc. If anything, Georgia had just as much rights to do what they did with South Ossetia as Russia had with what Russia did to Chechnya. Also, I always find it weird to see real combat videos, I'm so desenzitized to armed conflicts so, from all the games I've played etc.. When I see real vids, it still feels like a game to me you know? It's so strange to think it's real, real people that might or might not have died during the actual conflict.

AFAIK Valve recently implemented a policy for ALL Steam games, even those that aren't their own, that they may not use third-party copyprotection apps on Steam, such as Securom of SafeDisc, because of the issues these programs tend to cause for their customers.

So, what's the general concensus on ARMA2 so far? On a bugginess scale, would you rate it better, or worse than ARMA1? I still have my pre-order placed but I'd like to know if you people think it's worth buying it on release for full price or waiting for a pricedrop, when many bugs will hopefully have been fixed?

Unlikely it will ever come out, it's incredibly ambitious, their first game as a team, and they don't have nearly the amount of financial backing that say World of Warcraft had during its development.I would nothing rather than for Infinity to come out, but I think it's unlikely.

Frontier: Elite 2 did multiple planets(in fact multiple solar systems), that you could land and fly around on, back in the 1990s, on bloody Amiga's! So, why the hell not?:D

Thank you all for the great tips, really appreciate you taking the time! Gonna start with checking out FDF! Thanks again!

To begin with, I haven't been on here since February 2008, so I apologize if this is the wrong area of the forum, I have the memory of a goldfish. Anyway, here's the deal, I loved OFP in SP, I've never been that much of a MP person, so I'm looking for recommendations on what are the most worthwhile ArmA mod(s) that add greatly to the single-player experience. Thank you for any helpful advice/replies! Regards Edit: I'd also like recommendations on the best custom made single-player mods etc :) Basically anything you can think off that will enhance my SP experience is greatly appreciated!

Have any of the standard missions been modified to include any of the extra units? Or will we have to make our own missions to use those?

i'm afraid i have to agree with this. it just lacks detail, dirt and scratches. now i feel bad criticising something i couldn't do better myself. Â I concur fullheartedly with you.. It looks more like a toy to me rather than a 'real' vehicle.

Does MCM come with any custom-made missions or does it like use the vanilla missions? Been away from OFP a while, just getting back into playing.

Actually, what he states is that it is the last major release for OFP, which seems to suggest that he's planning on perhaps moving onto Armed Assault. Ontopic, sorry for asking a question that's probably already been answered countless times, is it possible to play through the entire CWC(And/Or Resistance) campaign using this mod?

Are there any mods that come with missionpacks out there focused on aerial 'campaigns'? I've become a bit bored of infantry war in OFP, so was hoping someone could answer this question.