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Subject: Best games as practice for combat
Godofgamblers    5/8/2006 4:34:15 AM
What games are best to prepare men for war? The skills could be anything from conditioning, orienteering, toughness, teamwork or strategy.

Rugby is a good game that teaches teamwork while demanding incredible stamina and speed. It is excellent for adrenalin rushing exercise.

Some may argue that orienteering exercises in teams is an excellent 'game' to build on survival skills, woodsmanship, etc.

For commanders, some may choose something like Chess since it teaches strategy and teaches one to value the different powers and values of different pieces.

I myself would choose an Indian (or is it Sikh?) game whose name eludes me. I saw it played once and it looks like the most punishing, pulse pounding game i have ever seen. It looks a bit like Rugby, martial arts and Aussie Rules all rolled into one except that you have to hold your breath when you play (!). (I am counting on our Indian friends to enlighten me on this one)

Your views, as always, are much appreciated, Gentlemen.

GoG
 
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Thomas3    RE:Seriously - Thomas3   5/10/2006 8:00:00 AM
Well: Any armed force that has been to war recently will apply common sense. The Danish Armed farces haven't done anything but a bit of peacekeeping the last 150 odd years. And I've never assumed they even aspired to mediocrity. Do you understand the Danish army has recruiting problems. Actually I suspect the armed forces in Denmark use "profiling": That is the only explanation for assigning a colonel Høy-Hansen to the personel department in the Air Farce: He was a good operational man; but absolutely hopeless as a leader of men, assign a man to a post he is certainly incapable of filling .... I do wonder: As the NCO and Officer carriers of the Australians are very much parallel - including pay, why is profiling not done on a from the most basic level; perhaps it has something to do with the relatively small size of the Australian armed forces. My idea for the Danish forces is that every man in peacetime should be trained for the next higher position, so in case of a buildup the command structure can be augmented by the simple expedient of lining the force up. Walking along with a box of chevrons, stripes and stars!
 
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Galrahn    RE:stupid queston galrahn jimme   5/10/2006 9:01:18 AM
$14/month allows you to play on line, i assume, jimme? Many of those games are online only, meaning $14 or whatever per month per account just to play the game, period. Many players have more than 1 account too, meaning many are paying $28+ a month to play a game with 2 or more accounts. On top of that, many are buying currency from trading sites, which might mean they spend another $100 every few months to 'deck out' their character. The only Company I am aware of that actually does sell stuff in their own game is Sony with Everquest 2. Most companies do not, frown upon it, and ban players involved in the RMT world citing it as a violation of the Terms of Service, thus why I say black market. You want to see the bleeding edge of this wild industry, check out Second Life, where $50,000 gets spent daily buying and selling property that is completely virtual, all inside the game itself. link You can't make that up. I think on their homepage they track how much money is spent per day on the trading of property. Many media sources have covered it. link link The online gaming industry is much bigger than porn online. If I remember right, it is something like a 25 billion dollar industry as of 2005 (I might be wrong, but it would be because I am shorting online gaming). Porn is a 9 billion dollar industry last I heard.
 
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gf0012-aust    RE:Seriously - Thomas3   5/10/2006 9:31:17 AM
"My idea for the Danish forces is that every man in peacetime should be trained for the next higher position, so in case of a buildup the command structure can be augmented by the simple expedient of lining the force up. " well, in theory thats what AustGov profiling is supposed to achieve. Middle mgt are recruited on the basis that they will be able to migrate to senior mgt without falling off the rails on the way. senior mgrs are supposed to be best suited for exec roles etc.... maybe we should just stick everyone on a specfor qualifying course to measure them up ;)
 
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Ehran    RE:stupid queston galrahn   5/10/2006 11:28:19 AM
the company that runs the mmorpg game charges a monthly fee to play the game. they almost all seem to frown on selling stuff for real world dollars though it's very difficult to police that sort of thing and i don't think they really worry about it much. the game i play is called anarchy online and they have actually made changes in the game designed to frustrate the asian farmer brigades.
 
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buzzard    RE:Golf: need advice   5/10/2006 12:29:42 PM
"if only i knew how to play... are the clubs expensive? how do you learn how to play?" In an effort to get me to play, my parents (who now play since they are old) paid for me to get some clubs and golf lessons. This was back in grad school when I had plenty of free time. I picked up some used clubs at Play It Again Sports for cheap and had a series of lessons. I got OK on my long game, but never really had a knack for the putting. In any case the whole business bored me to tears. I do have plenty of friends, though, that are ardent golfers. In regards to clubs, you really don't need a whole set. You can get by with 1 driver, the odd numbered irons, and a putter. The nine iron can sub in for a sand wedge. Thus if you can pick up clubs used individually, you should be able to deck yourself out fairly cheap. I do reccomend lessons as proper technique is important and is certainly not as simple as it looks. buzzard
 
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Thomas3    RE:Seriously - Thomas3   5/10/2006 1:32:39 PM
Where do You think I got the idea??
 
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Godofgamblers    RE:Golf: need advice buzzard   5/10/2006 7:56:58 PM
i went to the green one day and was bored to tears too. however, i think it would be good for me to de-stress. i need something boring, if you know what i mean. in indonesia, actually, golf is like a front for a bordello to tell you the truth. all the caddies are young girls and a strange number of guys 'slice' the ball into the woods where they head off for an hour or so with their caddy to 'look for it'. and in the clubhouse it's a whole other matter too...:) i think this is a game i should check out:)
 
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Godofgamblers    RE:stupid queston galrahn jimme   5/10/2006 7:57:42 PM
thanks for the education. this has opened my eyes to something new.
 
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jastayme3    RE:What is the most popular sport in the United States?   5/10/2006 8:51:10 PM
It is a lot like Canadian-the main difference I remember is it has eleven players instead of twelve. American football depends a lot on constructing and memorizing complicated maneuvers. Each team has it's own "playbook" outlining these and would kill to get another team's(metaphorical of course-but it would make an interesting murder mystery. That is the most fascinating part of football, one that is not obviously visible to the uninitiated. It is an intense contest of wits, like chess. Unfortunatly you can't see that properly from the stands as neither team reveals what it is doing. Thus it does look rather like a primitive display of brutishness. Someone who is fammiliar with the tricks, can understand what is going on somewhat, but the most interesting part is inside the heads of the rival coaches and team officers-the quarterback on offense and if I remember the middle linebacker on defense. It must be noted that the role of quarterback has of late been reduced as it has become more and more the fashion for coaches to use substitution players as couriers. I may be wrong as I don't keep up much. I still know though that the Oregon Ducks are good and the Oregon State Beavers are bad. Death to the Beavers!
 
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jastayme3    RE:What is the most popular sport in the United States?   5/10/2006 8:56:19 PM
What, no mention of NASCAR, buzzard? Or is that just a "hick-ified" wannabe sport? Gotta admit though: if trying to gain and maintain the lead in a pack of aggressive drivers traveling at over 150mph doesn't hone one's reflexes and situational awareness, I don't know what would. But of course, it's also about conditioning the body, not just the mind (although many drivers say the inside of their cars on a hot day on a hot track reaches sauna-like temperatures, and it's not uncommon for a driver to lose 10 pounds throughout a race, purely by sweating it out). Mind you though: most of these sports are only any good if you're actually the one playing them! Just doing the couch potato thing and watching doesn't do you any good (at least video games do teach a little more hand-eye coordination than just hitting the mute button on the TV remote when commercials interr upt the game). ------------------------------------ What's wrong with being hickified? At least Nascar fans are doing no harm, while many quite scary people are quite cultured.
 
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Godofgamblers    new sport in the US   5/10/2006 11:17:02 PM
i am watching closely as the UFC becomes mainstream in the US. it is interesting to see the birth of a new martial art. i'm a big fan of boxing, but the UFC is much more interesting and much more international.
 
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buzzard    RE:Golf: need advice buzzard   5/11/2006 8:58:42 AM
You know GoG, if Golf were like that here, I would surely be playing it. buzzard
 
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Thomas3    buzzard   5/11/2006 10:27:33 PM
on all 18 holes????
 
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buzzard    RE:buzzard   5/12/2006 9:12:30 AM
Damned if I wouldn't try. buzzard
 
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FloydKim    RE:buzzard   5/12/2006 12:33:01 PM
Hello
 
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