I'm going to US Marines, but I'm sure it's not much different. I'll be doing Combat Support which here is Tanks, Artillery or Air Support. I'm hoping to get into Tanks, but that's not much choice.
TANK!!!! omg I hope you love hard work then, I was part of the 3rd Armoured Division and we had tracked vehicles for our comms, you are constantly working on the bastards and they always have to be spotless for the brass when they walk around, you'll soon learn to hate all tracked vehicles I can assure you, they seem to attract dirt even when parked in the Garages.
Then when you go on exercise if your not obviously out on a tour you will find that your either on the move every 4 hrs or 8hrs and believe you me it's hard work setting up and dismantling all the time, if you've got no muscles now you'll have plenty after a few months with tracked vehicles.
Oh and you'll love the first time you throw a track hahahahahahahaha.
All in all it's bloody hard-work on any tracked vehicle, oh and make sure you never ever ever sleep near the tank or on it, ppl have usually been squashed or died from carbon monoxide poisoning from the exhausts, seen it happen on exercise twice and in Bosnia.
Sounds like what I'm expecting to be honest! I was hoping to get into infantry (I qualified for all MOS because of my scores) but here in US Marines nearly all jobs are taken by re-enlisties. Next best thing I found was Tanks, although I exactly envision what you are saying. In addition to what you said, let's not forget the scorching heat inside if I get deployed to Afghanistan during summer time! I heard the brutal heat stories from tank crewman from Iraq. Also, I'm in a pretty good shape, but I still hope, or rather am sure Marines will get me into even better shape
The way, I see it, if I'm going to do this, I want to be the closet to combat as it gets, at whatever cost! I'm crazy like that.
I'm going to US Marines, but I'm sure it's not much different. I'll be doing Combat Support which here is Tanks, Artillery or Air Support. I'm hoping to get into Tanks, but that's not much choice.
TANK!!!! omg I hope you love hard work then, I was part of the 3rd Armoured Division and we had tracked vehicles for our comms, you are constantly working on the bastards and they always have to be spotless for the brass when they walk around, you'll soon learn to hate all tracked vehicles I can assure you, they seem to attract dirt even when parked in the Garages.
Then when you go on exercise if your not obviously out on a tour you will find that your either on the move every 4 hrs or 8hrs and believe you me it's hard work setting up and dismantling all the time, if you've got no muscles now you'll have plenty after a few months with tracked vehicles.
Oh and you'll love the first time you throw a track hahahahahahahaha.
All in all it's bloody hard-work on any tracked vehicle, oh and make sure you never ever ever sleep near the tank or on it, ppl have usually been squashed or died from carbon monoxide poisoning from the exhausts, seen it happen on exercise twice and in Bosnia.
Nothing worse than changing a track in the freezing cold and 4am.
Prepping your tank for a pack lift is pretty hard work too....stripping off all those louvres and deckplates...oof.
I remember one of the units on the garrison losing a guy because he went to sleep out of the rain under a Challenger tank...it sank in the night and crushed him.
Runaway engines always made me giggle though. With the old Chieftain tank the fuel lines would sometimes break from vibration and spray diesel into the engine air intake. You knew it was happening when the engine would start revving faster and faster and the crew has popped the fire control system and bailed out....it usually ends up with the pack exploding if the fire system didn't suffocate the engine first.
Well you'll get both extreme's with tanks, either too bloody cold or too bloody hot, but it's the Army, you not there to have a good time, well thats what they tell you but you do none the less.
As a kid my only focus was joining the Army, was an Army Cadet at 13 and remained so until I signed up for 9yrs service that was the max you was allowed to sign for, used to be the whole 22 and I would have signed it if I hadn't been given the chance, ended up serving 11yr because I got married and as soon as that happens things change, the career suddenly becomes a job and thats when the little things that never bothered you before, like being away from home for 6 months at a time start to. Plus it never helps when the wife thinks you was getting a home posting and you end up getting posted to Germany, then again I did cancel my wedding so I could do a 6 month tour of Belize CA, hehe talk about explaining that one to the soon to be wife.
Anyway the forces are a wonderful way of growing up and seeing the world through very different eyes, it's not all black and white out there and you can make some life long friends along the way who you know you can count on when the chips are down.
If my sons wanted to join the forces I would not try to BS them about no bullying in the army, it happens and sometimes if your face doesn't fit it can be pretty bad, it's part of the forces and will always be there, when you first get in it's best the be the "Grey Man" ex-forces should know what I'm talking about there, basically don't be the one that sticks out, those that stick out usually do so for the wrong reasons and become the targets.
Once you get past the basic training and can survive the BS you will constantly hear you should be ok, the forces live on BS.
Wow, this thread has really shown how people can see things differently when they find a common bond. I think the recent discussion just goes to show how trivial griefing in a game actually is. The army stories were a great read, thanks for posting!
Heh you get ex-army or those still serving talking about the army and you have a hard job to stop them .
Hand on heart it was the best time of my life and I always enjoy talking about it, just sad that I couldn't do the full 22 like I had planned, but I wanted to stay married so had to do as the wife ordered .
Heh you get ex-army or those still serving talking about the army and you have a hard job to stop them . Hand on heart it was the best time of my life and I always enjoy talking about it, just sad that I couldn't do the full 22 like I had planned, but I wanted to stay married so had to do as the wife ordered .
Its true...get 2 squaddies together and the stories fly.
Being ex-military is like being in a big worldwide club because the only people who really understand what it means to do service are those who have done it themselves.
You also develop a pretty unique mindset. The forces can expect you to do some pretty unpleasant things and part of the coping mechanisms that this encourages is a sense of belonging to something bigger than yourself so that you're never truly alone and a sense of humour dark and grim enough to deal with most situations.
The upshot is that when you meet another serviceman, even if you've never met before, you have a bond..you're both part of the brotherhood...you're both soldiers.
I owe everything that's good in my life to my time in the army. I'd never have met my wife and I'd never have travelled.
Heh you get ex-army or those still serving talking about the army and you have a hard job to stop them . Hand on heart it was the best time of my life and I always enjoy talking about it, just sad that I couldn't do the full 22 like I had planned, but I wanted to stay married so had to do as the wife ordered .
Its true...get 2 squaddies together and the stories fly.
Being ex-military is like being in a big worldwide club because the only people who really understand what it means to do service are those who have done it themselves.
You also develop a pretty unique mindset. The forces can expect you to do some pretty unpleasant things and part of the coping mechanisms that this encourages is a sense of belonging to something bigger than yourself so that you're never truly alone and a sense of humour dark and grim enough to deal with most situations.
The upshot is that when you meet another serviceman, even if you've never met before, you have a bond..you're both part of the brotherhood...you're both soldiers.
I owe everything that's good in my life to my time in the army. I'd never have met my wife and I'd never have travelled.
Something I'm truly hoping and looking forward to experiencing
Hello all! Recently me and a group of friends started working on a community website for typical PvP/PK/Griefer assholes and gentlemen. The goal of the website is provide a neutral community for the PvP gurus, griefing assholes, and clan organizations representing such people. We won't be focusing on any particular game, we want this place to become a piss and bragging fest for all PvPers across all games. Along with the forums, we'll cover and review all major MMO PvP game titles through our main website and personal blogs. Currently we are looking for a number of staff volunteers to help us get this project on the feet. To make it all simple and neat, the forums will be using SMF forums and the core site will be managed through Joomla CMS. We find both systems simple, clean and easy to customize and mod. If you'd like to join the team, PM me, and let me know what you can contribute. We need people with abilities to skin the Joomla/SMF parts, customize the website and proficiently write articles. The only thing we require is that you clearly have a PvP/PK history, and are not afraid of very minimally moderated community. Seeing how this game turns out, we could add some specific Darkfall related forums and let it become a perfect alternative to the moderated Official Clan forums.
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I had an idea similar to this, but instead of a forum, it was an island.
An island inhabited by starving hyenas and surrounded by sharks.
Oh, and video cameras, wouldn't want the rest of the world to miss the heroic actions of your l33t selves
In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move. - Douglas Adams
Who here can honestly say they haven't dabbled in a little griefing?
I'm a fair play kinda guy but I'l put my hand up and admit yes I have griefed a couple of times in games when I've been in a a crappy mood, rather than take it out on ppl around me in RL I took the easy option and did it in-game for example;
EQ1 I played a Mag gnome, used to get a lot of stick for being a gnome, those that took it too far I would grief, the obvious method was to train mobs onto ppl but you usually got seen doing it, I took it a step further.
I had jboots to give me a run speed buff, would collect as many skeletons as I possibly could in the area and then run off as far away as possible, then I'd cast invis on myself and head to the ppl that had been taking the piss out of me, run over their camp and then sit back and wait for the Skeleton army to arrive, a few mins later you suddenly hear the zone liven up with "WTF who trained these skellies onto our grp, you killed us" my other favourite was when we got the Monster summon spell, I would go to the Oasis of Marr and cast a waterstone so I could breathe underwater, then I would keep summoning monsters until I got a Sand giant, the spell used the monsters in the zone and Sand giants where feared in Oasis of Marr, well they where long time ago, then I would swim alongside the beach and wait to hear all the newbies screaming "RUN TO ZONE, SG ON THE BEACH" now that was funny, ofc ppl eventually realised that the SG's had mag pet names hehe.
Anyway I used to enjoy doing it to get my own back on ppl or to just have a little chuckly without causing anyones demise, I couldn't do it full time though, just once in a blue moon for me.
Anyway lets cut the guy some slack, if he wants to create an enviroment for ppl that enjoy doing as he does whats wrong with that, we all have a dark side we like to let out now and then, none of us are holier than thou are we?
I find it ironic that someone who claims to mock people who are too attached to the internet is expending this much effort to build up an internet community. And failing at that. Resorting to bumping your own post now, are you? "HeY!!! Look at me!! Please? I'm still here, I'm still badass!"
I find it ironic that someone who claims to mock people who are too attached to the internet is expending this much effort to build up an internet community. And failing at that. Resorting to bumping your own post now, are you? "HeY!!! Look at me!! Please? I'm still here, I'm still badass!"
Sad.
Because I'm a badass and I don't spend much time building my wonderful community at all
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TANK!!!! omg I hope you love hard work then, I was part of the 3rd Armoured Division and we had tracked vehicles for our comms, you are constantly working on the bastards and they always have to be spotless for the brass when they walk around, you'll soon learn to hate all tracked vehicles I can assure you, they seem to attract dirt even when parked in the Garages.
Then when you go on exercise if your not obviously out on a tour you will find that your either on the move every 4 hrs or 8hrs and believe you me it's hard work setting up and dismantling all the time, if you've got no muscles now you'll have plenty after a few months with tracked vehicles.
Oh and you'll love the first time you throw a track hahahahahahahaha.
All in all it's bloody hard-work on any tracked vehicle, oh and make sure you never ever ever sleep near the tank or on it, ppl have usually been squashed or died from carbon monoxide poisoning from the exhausts, seen it happen on exercise twice and in Bosnia.
Sounds like what I'm expecting to be honest! I was hoping to get into infantry (I qualified for all MOS because of my scores) but here in US Marines nearly all jobs are taken by re-enlisties. Next best thing I found was Tanks, although I exactly envision what you are saying. In addition to what you said, let's not forget the scorching heat inside if I get deployed to Afghanistan during summer time! I heard the brutal heat stories from tank crewman from Iraq. Also, I'm in a pretty good shape, but I still hope, or rather am sure Marines will get me into even better shape
The way, I see it, if I'm going to do this, I want to be the closet to combat as it gets, at whatever cost!
I'm crazy like that.
www.TheGriefer.net - PvP/PK MMO Community, Admin/Manager
TANK!!!! omg I hope you love hard work then, I was part of the 3rd Armoured Division and we had tracked vehicles for our comms, you are constantly working on the bastards and they always have to be spotless for the brass when they walk around, you'll soon learn to hate all tracked vehicles I can assure you, they seem to attract dirt even when parked in the Garages.
Then when you go on exercise if your not obviously out on a tour you will find that your either on the move every 4 hrs or 8hrs and believe you me it's hard work setting up and dismantling all the time, if you've got no muscles now you'll have plenty after a few months with tracked vehicles.
Oh and you'll love the first time you throw a track hahahahahahahaha.
All in all it's bloody hard-work on any tracked vehicle, oh and make sure you never ever ever sleep near the tank or on it, ppl have usually been squashed or died from carbon monoxide poisoning from the exhausts, seen it happen on exercise twice and in Bosnia.
Nothing worse than changing a track in the freezing cold and 4am.
Prepping your tank for a pack lift is pretty hard work too....stripping off all those louvres and deckplates...oof.
I remember one of the units on the garrison losing a guy because he went to sleep out of the rain under a Challenger tank...it sank in the night and crushed him.
Runaway engines always made me giggle though. With the old Chieftain tank the fuel lines would sometimes break from vibration and spray diesel into the engine air intake. You knew it was happening when the engine would start revving faster and faster and the crew has popped the fire control system and bailed out....it usually ends up with the pack exploding if the fire system didn't suffocate the engine first.
Well you'll get both extreme's with tanks, either too bloody cold or too bloody hot, but it's the Army, you not there to have a good time, well thats what they tell you but you do none the less.
As a kid my only focus was joining the Army, was an Army Cadet at 13 and remained so until I signed up for 9yrs service that was the max you was allowed to sign for, used to be the whole 22 and I would have signed it if I hadn't been given the chance, ended up serving 11yr because I got married and as soon as that happens things change, the career suddenly becomes a job and thats when the little things that never bothered you before, like being away from home for 6 months at a time start to. Plus it never helps when the wife thinks you was getting a home posting and you end up getting posted to Germany, then again I did cancel my wedding so I could do a 6 month tour of Belize CA, hehe talk about explaining that one to the soon to be wife.
Anyway the forces are a wonderful way of growing up and seeing the world through very different eyes, it's not all black and white out there and you can make some life long friends along the way who you know you can count on when the chips are down.
If my sons wanted to join the forces I would not try to BS them about no bullying in the army, it happens and sometimes if your face doesn't fit it can be pretty bad, it's part of the forces and will always be there, when you first get in it's best the be the "Grey Man" ex-forces should know what I'm talking about there, basically don't be the one that sticks out, those that stick out usually do so for the wrong reasons and become the targets.
Once you get past the basic training and can survive the BS you will constantly hear you should be ok, the forces live on BS.
Wow, this thread has really shown how people can see things differently when they find a common bond. I think the recent discussion just goes to show how trivial griefing in a game actually is. The army stories were a great read, thanks for posting!
Heh you get ex-army or those still serving talking about the army and you have a hard job to stop them
.
Hand on heart it was the best time of my life and I always enjoy talking about it, just sad that I couldn't do the full 22 like I had planned, but I wanted to stay married so had to do as the wife ordered
.
Its true...get 2 squaddies together and the stories fly.
Being ex-military is like being in a big worldwide club because the only people who really understand what it means to do service are those who have done it themselves.
You also develop a pretty unique mindset. The forces can expect you to do some pretty unpleasant things and part of the coping mechanisms that this encourages is a sense of belonging to something bigger than yourself so that you're never truly alone and a sense of humour dark and grim enough to deal with most situations.
The upshot is that when you meet another serviceman, even if you've never met before, you have a bond..you're both part of the brotherhood...you're both soldiers.
I owe everything that's good in my life to my time in the army. I'd never have met my wife and I'd never have travelled.
Its true...get 2 squaddies together and the stories fly.
Being ex-military is like being in a big worldwide club because the only people who really understand what it means to do service are those who have done it themselves.
You also develop a pretty unique mindset. The forces can expect you to do some pretty unpleasant things and part of the coping mechanisms that this encourages is a sense of belonging to something bigger than yourself so that you're never truly alone and a sense of humour dark and grim enough to deal with most situations.
The upshot is that when you meet another serviceman, even if you've never met before, you have a bond..you're both part of the brotherhood...you're both soldiers.
I owe everything that's good in my life to my time in the army. I'd never have met my wife and I'd never have travelled.
Something I'm truly hoping and looking forward to experiencing
www.TheGriefer.net - PvP/PK MMO Community, Admin/Manager
I had an idea similar to this, but instead of a forum, it was an island.
An island inhabited by starving hyenas and surrounded by sharks.
Oh, and video cameras, wouldn't want the rest of the world to miss the heroic actions of your l33t selves
In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move. - Douglas Adams
Who here can honestly say they haven't dabbled in a little griefing?
I'm a fair play kinda guy but I'l put my hand up and admit yes I have griefed a couple of times in games when I've been in a a crappy mood, rather than take it out on ppl around me in RL I took the easy option and did it in-game for example;
EQ1 I played a Mag gnome, used to get a lot of stick for being a gnome, those that took it too far I would grief, the obvious method was to train mobs onto ppl but you usually got seen doing it, I took it a step further.
I had jboots to give me a run speed buff, would collect as many skeletons as I possibly could in the area and then run off as far away as possible, then I'd cast invis on myself and head to the ppl that had been taking the piss out of me, run over their camp and then sit back and wait for the Skeleton army to arrive, a few mins later you suddenly hear the zone liven up with "WTF who trained these skellies onto our grp, you killed us" my other favourite was when we got the Monster summon spell, I would go to the Oasis of Marr and cast a waterstone so I could breathe underwater, then I would keep summoning monsters until I got a Sand giant, the spell used the monsters in the zone and Sand giants where feared in Oasis of Marr, well they where long time ago, then I would swim alongside the beach and wait to hear all the newbies screaming "RUN TO ZONE, SG ON THE BEACH" now that was funny, ofc ppl eventually realised that the SG's had mag pet names hehe.
Anyway I used to enjoy doing it to get my own back on ppl or to just have a little chuckly without causing anyones demise, I couldn't do it full time though, just once in a blue moon for me.
Anyway lets cut the guy some slack, if he wants to create an enviroment for ppl that enjoy doing as he does whats wrong with that, we all have a dark side we like to let out now and then, none of us are holier than thou are we?
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No more fierce carebear resistance?
www.TheGriefer.net - PvP/PK MMO Community, Admin/Manager
I find it ironic that someone who claims to mock people who are too attached to the internet is expending this much effort to build up an internet community. And failing at that. Resorting to bumping your own post now, are you? "HeY!!! Look at me!! Please? I'm still here, I'm still badass!"
Sad.
I find it ironic that someone who claims to mock people who are too attached to the internet is expending this much effort to build up an internet community. And failing at that. Resorting to bumping your own post now, are you? "HeY!!! Look at me!! Please? I'm still here, I'm still badass!"
Sad.
Because I'm a badass and I don't spend much time building my wonderful community at all
www.TheGriefer.net - PvP/PK MMO Community, Admin/Manager