Would You Make a Good Soldier?

[rh1006]

no

 

[Paksenarrion]

A group of questionably-aligned Drizzt Do'Urdens. The only solution to that is "Rocks fall from the sky. Everyone dies."

That's another reason they had a rough time with me DMing - any carbon copies of book characters got rejected.

If you were running an online or play-by-email campaign, I would gladly participate.

Can't help you there, hung up my dice bag a few years back.

How about a purely roleplaying campaign? Basically, an RP thread. No game mechanics to worry about; DM says yay or nay arbitrarily. If you ever feel the need...

 

[Gigano]

I'd make an exceedingly poor soldier, individualism, cosmopolitanism, and a tendency to engage in strategical and ethical speculations over the overall goals of combat operations don't really go too well with the army. Nor would my physique or personality agree to the hardships.

My approach to military FPS's wouldn't see me survive long in genuine combat either. Not that I believe many of them would really be representative of what's important in an actual combat scenario.

I might get by as an Auditor though.

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

Can't help you there, hung up my dice bag a few years back.

How about a purely roleplaying campaign? Basically, an RP thread. No game mechanics to worry about; DM says yay or nay arbitrarily. If you ever feel the need...

If I get the itch to GM again, I'll probably start off with something light, such as Pokethulhu or Risus (big ups to S. John Ross).

 

[likalaruku]

Would Rush Limbah make a good Tai-Bo instructor?

 

[Contun]

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

lol are you serious as long as they dont die you really think you would matter

If I disobey an order I'm probably going to die anyways.

Whether it be the enemy killing me or my commander.

 

[Goodluf]

Plus, soldiers don't carry more then maybe 1-2 spare magazines of ammo. I'll give in and say that Yeah, MAYBE some people could headshot with a sniper rifle in real life.

I'm sorry? Holy shit I would not want to be a soldier with only 1/2 spare mags. We all carry a minimum of 5, but most of us carry 10, because realistically you're going to need it. Also, if you're shooting for the head, you're doing it wrong.

Dear god, the hell I would carry 10 extra clips of ammo. When I was doing my mandatory military service we were trained with 3 clips only, guess they estimated that's all we needed. Though we were also taught never to shoot automatic fire, 'cus it was a waste o something. Always one shot at a time.

OT: Well I dont like playing FPS-games much actually, "realistic" FPS games to be exact. But what I do play, I play more of a fire support role. Front line assaulting isn't my thing. I try to be careful when advancing.

 

[veloper]

Being a soldier is mostly just a dull, mind numbing grind. Most soldiers don't become rangers or special forces.
Almost everyone can be drilled into the ranks.

 

[spartandude]

well i have the soul of a warrior and the legs of a coward

 

[Valiance]

It seems that very little people in this thread have played a team-based game in a competitive way.

That said, in reality, I would not. However, I do follow orders, create plans, execute well...

 

[Yopaz]

I would make a terrible soldier. I am a pacifist, I am too smart, I don't like brainwashing, I hate following mindless orders.

Yeah, all in all, I would be kicked out of the army.

 

[PinochetIsMyBro]

No, I'd die several seconds into the first engagement. My idea of a good time in battlefield 2 was to play on the American team, strap multiple C4 to my jeep and then ram sand people(I forget what their faction was called) tanks while yelling AYIYIYIYIYIYIYI over my mic. Good times.

 

[Udyrfrykte]

Comparing your personality in games with a real life-death situation doesn't strike me as something that makes sense.

I think the 'tough' side my being a soldier would fit me well (I've gotten several comments that I would fit in the military), but I wouldn't be the one to run happily into a bulletstorm. Don't wanna die just yet/got too much to live for.

For a gamer I'm pretty horrible at FPS games, so if that's any indication, then no.

 

[The_ModeRazor]

Sir, no sir!
I fucking hate taking orders. It's just this crawling sensation in the back of my skull that I should be punching people in the face a lot. Not pleasant.

 

[mrF00bar]

I think that I would be a good solider in the sense that I would perform well although I don't like authority to much so I would probably get kicked out for telling my CO he is an idiot.

 

[Subbies]

Well in real life I already am a lieutenant. (I'm Swiss by the way, and milit. service is mandatory for all young men). But if I was a soldier and acted the same way I did in multi, I won't last more than two minutes in battle field. Not because i'm no teamplayer but more cause I charge recklessly head-on and serve as canon-fodder (which helps my team mates btu sucks for me)

 

[NLS]

My near-sightedness is quite bad, I failed the sight-test completely, so the guy at the recruitment office said "You're a danger to yourself and your co-soldiers". I don't care much whether I had to join the military or not, but I can't remember the last time both of my contact lenses fell out and the first thing that occured to me was "shoot myself and all my co-soldiers in panic".

 

[Latinidiot]

No. I can't do things I don't completely agreee with. I couldn't be any kind of soldier.

 

[llew]

if i was fit enough and dint have asthma yes, when i went paintballing the only time i got hit was when my team mates couldnt distinguish between the colour blue and yellow ¬.¬ (they give you arm bands to show what team your on) i also seem to have an extreme amount of luck when danger is involved so i recon i would do quite good

 

[Dark2003]

No, because i can see through most bullshit, authority figures try to tell me, and i have a really serious rebellion problem.