Would You Make a Good Soldier?

[Jackpot524]

No, either I'd get killed for being the only soul brave enough to attack the objective or I'd get discharged for not sticking with the platoon and running behind enemy lines.

I could likely never be the soldier I am in the 'gaming world', I'd have to be braver or just stupid to do the stuff I normally pull.

If there's any games that reflect how I'd be if I actually was a soldier, it'd be ARMA. I'm extremely cautious, I rarely take the direct route and only attack when I have support... Things that aren't really reflected when I play CoD or Battlefield.

 

[hopeneverdies]

I'm a fairly good shot with a rifle and 9mm pistol. At 25 yards and 10 yards respectively. However, I know that a .22 rifle is different from something like an M16, both in weight and accuracy. I tried to fire a Thompson machine gun, but it's a lot more weight than I'm used to, and burst fire recoil is pretty hard to control.

If I keep practicing, I'll be a decent marksman. But I just don't have the killer instinct and too much empathy. I'll constantly hesitate, realizing that the people I kill have families, and I would be taking that away from them. I also would probably cave under pressure.

 

[PeePantz]

I am THE team player. I follow orders in zeal, and communicate very well. Plus, I have a damn good eye. (Shoots real guns)

Are you one of those multiplayer Wizards? Like those absolute freaks that leave you with your head scratching?

How do you mean?

There is always that one person in every second or third match that is a Beast and just dominates. The player that is so good you're left scratching your head saying, "How the fuuuu.....?"

 

[Paksenarrion]

There should be an inverse thread of this for veterans: Would you make a good FPS player?

...which is why I play Portal or Harvest Moon.

 

[Jfswift]

Maybe. My success rate with Airsoft for example is about 50-50. Sometimes I'm able to sneak up behind my friends undetected, but some of them are better at hiding and sniping than I.

 

[almostgold]

Sure hope so. I'm leaving for Quantico this May. (Of course, that probably means I'll start preferring the term 'Marine' instead of soldier, even though now I don't see a difference. Getting myself psyched up for some mild brainwashing!)

 

[Kiba The Wolf]

I am THE team player. I follow orders in zeal, and communicate very well. Plus, I have a damn good eye. (Shoots real guns)

Same. I follow orders really well, I have decent aim, I have good leadership and could most likely command a small squard ( not right away, but eventually). Of course, I would need basic trainning but who doesn't.

 

[LogicNProportion]

I am THE team player. I follow orders in zeal, and communicate very well. Plus, I have a damn good eye. (Shoots real guns)

Are you one of those multiplayer Wizards? Like those absolute freaks that leave you with your head scratching?

How do you mean?

There is always that one person in every second or third match that is a Beast and just dominates. The player that is so good you're left scratching your head saying, "How the fuuuu.....?"

I don't like to brag, but my kills in the game are usually one, if not THE highest. In game modes where dying doesn't do anything in the long run (CTF) (DOM), I don't mind sacrificing myself.

I hate people who care more about their K/D ratio than just about anything else. It restricts and limits your actions so much.

 

[shootthebandit]

in online gaming i die alot but my strategy holds up in real life as i hide in bushes and try to stay out of sight

 

[Frozen Donkey Wheel2]

Wait...Are you people actually judging your soldiering ability based on GAMES? Really? Jesus, what the hell happened to you guys? Go watch Full Metal Jacket or Saving Private Ryan or something...There's a difference between war and a fucking paint ball game, it takes more then being a good shot and..."communication skills"....

I, personally, would make a terrible soldier.

 

[Nouw]

Of course in Multiplayer games no one follows orders so it'd be difficult to say whether or not you're a good soldier.

"Respect the rank, not the soldier." Feel me?

But overall at times I guess so. In Bad Company I just go around killing things where possible so that'd be a B- and in Combat Arms I run in to capture the flag or stay behind my base defending/camping/turtling so that'd be a B.

 

[ChippedShoulder]

I would probably get to the battlefield then ask my superior where the spawn points were XD

 

[Contun]

I would do whatever my commander told me to so I wouldn't die.

 

[Aureliano]

Are you kidding? I would never willingly die for any cause, whatsoever. The moment my commanding officer orders me into a situation where I have anything greater than a 10% chance of death I am defecting/going AWOL/going Rambo on my own goddamn base.

Hell, imagine if your manager at the KFC ordered you into a suicide mission for the good of the company. You should by all rights kick her so hard in the uterus her grandkids could feel it and you should quit that job, in that order.

 

[HigherTomorrow]

That, and I'm not so good at blindly following morally questionable orders.

*Groans*

Obviously I wouldn't act out battle in real life as I would a video game. I'd hope I could make a good soldier though, since that's where I'm turning to to pay for college.

 

[dicai]

I had a go with some friends at paintball... We all sucked(me the most) although we're used to play online FPS... Also I wasn't really in shape so I ended up hurting myself from being crouched all the time...

But with training, who knows?

 

[Shock and Awe]

I would be dead faster than Carmine, though I would take some of those bastards out with me! Unless we are fighting Al-Qaeda, than I would be fine, because they can't shoot for shit.

 

[Wing Dairu]

I'd make a poor grunt, due to my light body composition.
HOWEVER, I'd make a good sniper. I'm a decent shot (yes, I'm talking about IRL, not in games) and I always get a little grin of satisfaction when I know I've cleared a path for my teammates to complete an objective.

 

[e2density]

Yes, and being an active owner and firearm shooter, I'd have the necessary aim. But I doubt anyone can realize the amount of stress a real soldier endures, not showering for days, constant physical tests, being in the most brutal areas in the world, the emotional stress of being very much alone and away from your family, etc.

And no one here can really level with that aspect, unless they have truly experienced it. Also the fact you will see a lot more death than you are used to.

 

[PeePantz]

There should be an inverse thread of this for veterans: Would you make a good FPS player?

...which is why I play Portal or Harvest Moon.

Are you saying that you're an experiment that happens to farm?