America's Army ...
 

Hey guys I dont know how many of you like games or how many of you live in the U.S (i think it's only for U.S, not sure though) then you might find this interesting, today I got this e-mail from the Army.

AA:O 'RECON' AVAILABLE JULY 4TH

From the time that America's Army was offered for distribution from our website, over 150,000 requests have been processed. As a result of this overwhelming demand, rather than waiting to release the complete AA suite later this summer, we are offering the 'Recon' version of America's Army: Operations via download from our website on 4 July. No registration will be required! Simply download the game, install, and begin your journey!

The 'Recon' version isn't a demo. And it isn't a beta version. The 'Recon' version includes all the features that you've come to expect from AA:O -- the complete set of weapons, equipment, features are all there. You'll have a variety of both single player and multiplayer maps. In the 'Recon' version of AA:O, you'll find a host of scenarios, such as Basic Rifle Marksmanship, the Obstacle Course and Tactical Training -- to name but a few. There are several multiplayer scenarios on a variety of maps, including The Bridge, the Alaskan Pipeline, and Insurgent Camp -- and several others.

Even as we speak, HomeLAN is standing-up dozens of game servers from coast to coast, in anticipation of serving multiplayer games near your home.

WHAT DOES AMERICA'S ARMY HOLD IN THE NEAR FUTURE?

...and this is just the beginning! In the weeks that come, additional training schools, missions, and tours of duty will be introduced to complement both single player and multiplayer gaming. With the 'Recon' version, you'll begin with the first of the U.S. Army's classes: the Infantryman. But that's just for July! In the weeks that follow, you'll be introduced to many more more missions, more training, more scenarios. You'll find that both AA:O -- and AA overall -- is not just a "play it and leave it" game. Rather, its the beginning of a simulated and exciting journey into America's Army.

Information on the game can be found at:
http://www.americasarmy.com/

Screenshots can be found at:
http://americasarmy.com/ops/sshots/

I personal can't wait for it to come out :D

Intersting. Sounds cool.

After you download it, come back and tell us how much info you had to give - I'm figuring they are using this as some sort of recruitment tool.

I wonder if there is a 'friendly fire' mode :D

that's fucked up, i don't think they ought to make it seem like war's a computer game . . . i have to get out of this damn country

whatever, i've already learned how to talk down a military recruiting officer. you just have to be willing to drive them nuts.

i spent half an hour on the phone with one when i turned 18. it turned out my friend (who was in the marines) had put my name down for recruitment. so i spent half an hour talking to this guy, pretending to be interested in what he was saying, giving reason after reason of why i didn't want to join, and listening to his arguments for each reason (he had some good ones)... but in the end, after i just kept giving valid reasons and listening to propaganda etc, HE said he had to go... YOU try getting a military recruitment officer to hang up on you... it's next to impossible.

i say sign up for this game (which looks awesome, btw), and give them all the information they want. then see if you can beat my record. remember, that's 00:30:00 for getting a recruitment officer to say "listen, i have to go."

if you succeed in doing it under 30 minutes, please, post here and let me know. :D

[edit]and telling him you're communist, terrorist, gay, handicapped, or anything else that automatically disqualifies you from service DOES NOT COUNT in this game. you have to make him believe you're perfectly qualified and still have him hang up.[/edit]

i've gotten at least 6 calls from recruiters in the last year, i always tell them i'm a pacifist, and if they have enough braincells to know what a pacifist is (about half don't), then they finish up really fast, otherwise, i have to explain it them in very small simple words . . . btw, i'm not really an absolute pacifist, it's just the simplest way to put it in such a situation . ..

Everytime i have been approached by recruitment officers, i feel like i am being bullyed into joining. i usually make my excuses and walk off.

I can't wait for the Navy's recruiting game!

Ahh, the fun of peeling potatoes, buffing passageways(floors), polishing brass and painting every damn thing you can gray.

Brings back memories:igor:

America's army features:

Take your pick of one of 30 overall wearing toothless inbred rednecks.

Arm your self with a variety of weapons such as a broken bottle, a pitchfork and the old favourite the pump action shotgun.

Vehicles are included in this game ranging from a 1956 ford pickup truck to the 1970 model.

Team play is essential and communication between team mates is the order of the day with hog calls such as "sueeeeeeeeeeeeee".

Oh yeah this games gonna roxor :D

Don't forget to bring your sister...

"that sure is a purty mouth...."

I'm impressed! I made the mistake in high school of taking the military aptitude test (I forget the name) just to get out of one class and for years after that I was getting calls from recruiters telling me "we need guys like you on our nukes". Thank goodness for caller ID.

By the way, my stepson just started high school this year, and we got a note from the school about a month ago about some law that passed recently called "no child left behind" - the school is required to give the contact information for all the students to military recruiters unless you specifically request they don't.

i forget what the penalty is, but there IS a huge penalty if you don't sign up for army recruitment (the "draft roster") when you turn 18 here in the u.s... it's something ridiculously huge too, like you can't get a job or you're not qualified to vote. something like that.

so might as well let them get your son's info. there's no way he's going to avoid them.

(you know, getting a temporary job as a telemarketer or door to door salesman really helps too... they teach you all about sales pitches and if your i.q. is higher than 30 you can reverse engineer them to figure out how to deflect a sales pitch too. i call it mental kung fu (good self-esteem title)...

usually when they start off a pitch, they're reciting some sort of memorized speech. they're also programmed for possible or likely answers. so if someone asks you something like "would you like to make more money?" they're expecting you to answer yes. if you say "no, i think money is the root of all evil" or "i don't care about money, as long as i have friends who love me", you just ruined their whole pitch right there. if they're really inexperienced, you might even see them break down crying!

as always, here's the triGEAR motto: "try it yourself, and let me know how it goes."

registering for the draft is different from recruitment, you don't get in any trouble for not letting recruiters have your info . . . if you don't register for the draft, you can't vote, get government jobs, or get federal aid for college

I think ethan has confused the game that the exiled CSA is running on their website ;)

The south will rise again...

[QUOTE]Originally posted by triGEAR

if you succeed in doing it under 30 minutes, please, post here and let me know. :D
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I once had a woman recruiter call me. Generally their plan of attack is to find your college major and then say "well theres plenty of need for _____ majors in todays army"

So she asks me my major and I go "Art History" and she like goes "uhhhhhhhhhhhhh........ is that like education?." "No I want to curate museums"

*click* :)

One called my brother who introduced himself as staff Sgt. Slaughter.... uh.... scary!:eek:

Pft. I did it in about 5 or 10 minutes. :p I don't think he really tried his best, though. I just kept telling him that I liked my freedom, and that I had no intention of letting the army tie me down for 5 years. There was no way for him to get around the argument, so he gave up in frustration. There's no way for a recruiting officer to argue his way around the "I like to be able to quit" argument. That single argument outweighs every benefit they told me about.