Using PR for RL stuff

KP · Post by KP » 2008-01-20 09:17

I have learned that there are many dumb people in the world.

I have also learned that if you drive a motorbike inside a Merlin, it will bounce around for a few moments and then they will both explode.

FoW_Strummer · Post by **FoW_Strummer** » 2008-01-20 15:54

unrealalex wrote:Makes me wonder if having played PR would make one more experienced in a real military conflict. I think it would.

ROTFLMAO...yeah..until mortar shell explodes near you and you cant quite seem to move fast enough because your pants are full of excriment. Then of course we can all remember are PR training as we try to dry out our socks to avoid trenchfoot. I know that the PR training will come in handy too as a nasty bout of dysentary strikes my unit. All I can think of is how lucky I am to have played this game..uh em..simulation to better prepare me for battle.

NO THANKS. My hats off to ANYONE in the military. The day to day things that are taken for granted, are all shot out the door during wartime. Little things like HEAT, HOT FOOD, A WARM BED when you have a cold, TOILETS, I can go on and on. Not to mention the ever looming fact that this might be your last moment on earth.

In my perfect Utopian world, leaders of all nations would play PR rather than expend and waste lives in a war....

PEACE OUT
STRUM

<1sk>Headshot · Post by **<1sk>Headshot** » 2008-01-20 16:12

ryanb43 wrote:And PR, at least to me, is just as much fun as spending seventy bucks to get drunk and then get punched in the face because my friends are idiots

QFt. It really is sad but totally true man :/

SuperTimo · Post by **SuperTimo** » 2008-01-20 16:35

i learnt... that im even more awesome than i thought i was, wait no that didnt happen

G.Drew · Post by **G.Drew** » 2008-01-20 16:38

the_12_gauge wrote:yeh i went for paintball with my friends and i was leading...we kicked 455
I used tactics i learned playing PR

x2

my knowledge of weapons and equipment now includes present arsenals (which before only consisted of many WW2 :razz

Post by **Bob_Marley** » 2008-01-20 16:43

I've learnt there are only two peolpe more right than me, [R-DEV]EddieBaker and Kenwayy

Seriously though, VOIP use has come in handy with my current job (working in a call centre), as I find it fairly easy to understand people even over a bad phone line or if they have a thick accent. Pubbing and being in the tourney with people who have all differnt accents, levels of English and whatnot makes it simpler to understand people over the phone.

SuperTimo · Post by **SuperTimo** » 2008-01-20 16:51

it also taught me there are other people who hate this:
YouTube - Euro Force Famas

not the gun the person's actions!

boltcatch · Post by **boltcatch** » 2008-01-20 23:30

PR gameplay is quite similar to Operation Flashpoint (haven't yet played ArmA, so I can't comment there). The OFP engine is used for real military small unit training, and for good reason - it's an excellent simulation of small unit combat.

PR has similar attributes, but in both cases I think you need to learn these things in real life before attempting to apply them in-game, let alone learning them *from* the game. The way certain things are in-game won't make sense until you've tried them in person.

On the other hand, applying real lessons to the game works great, which speaks well for PR.

Side note - paintball, is like playing Deathmatch quake, and has little application to real life (simunitions aside). Also, I hear a lot of griping about weapons attributes, the G3 being a prime example. I'm willing to bet most of the complainers have never fired one.

Freelance_Commando · Post by **Freelance_Commando** » 2008-01-21 03:22

most of the complainers have never fired one.

Amen to that brother

Michael_Denmark · Post by **Michael_Denmark** » 2008-01-21 10:51

BeerHunter wrote:Kinda like MS Flight Sim preps you for a qualifying flight on a 747 under IFR conditions :mrgreen ?

I think you to a certain extend can learn content from playing PR, that is covering parts of the basic military stuff out there.

Your body and mind cannot learn what’s military life actually is, but when it comes to tools like focus, communication, awareness, organisation and coordination, stuff can be transferred, although not completely.

On the other hand, if you already have military experience, PR can be a test ground for ´what if´ stuff. And if you’re into war-robots, PR can to some extend be useful too.

Actually i think there is a lot of stuff that can be learned from PR and transferred to Real Life. No, not true, i know there is.

All one needs to do is view the cheese as so much more than just a cheese. Cause the cheese is yesterday, today and tomorrow.

It’s probably too early to name it, but ill just go for it anyway; games like this, communities like this are the new frontier of our time. It still does require personal robots though, before everybody will be able to actually understand what it is.

All the good stuff is still ahead.