Supreme Cmdr Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 So much for my tax paying dollars. And get this, I have to PAY - yet again - to play the game I already paid to develop through my tax dollars. OK, so whats wrong with this picture? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Grayfox Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 quote:In the late 1990s, the Army created a $45-million research program to tap into the entertainment industry's high-tech expertise. The money established the Institute for Creative Technologies at the University of Southern California, which conducted research and hired game companies and movie studios. theres the problem... a so cal university... they should have gone with berkley. at least everyone KNOWS theyre engineers are high when they come up with crap. they will NEVER be able to properly simulate urban combat. they used to try it with miles gear and send us through killhouses and ghost towns, but its never the same. once that first live round pops right next to you into the building youre up against, and youre picking ricochet debris out of your grille, you start to think "hey this isnt like training at all!" my suggestion: miles gear doesnt hurt... paintballs hurt... pain teaches the ultimate lesson lol nothing wrong with paying twice SC. its for the good of the US army youre tax dollars WELL spent [ 02-22-2005, 06:43 PM: Message edited by: Grayfox ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eclipse Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 If FSW doesn't ct it I highly doubt that Ghost recon can even hold a candle to it. Ghost recon you have freedom to do what you want to complete a scenario... FSW is very strict in the methodology you employ even if it isn't quite "the Army way." As a training tool, FSW does at least drill the priciples into your head, something GR does not do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kreij Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 Hmmm ... let's do some math. Because as computer geeks and UC fans we like math .... Here is a breakdown of 2003 US tax returns. Total Individual Returns filed 130,728,360 Total Estate & Trust Income Tax Returns filed 3,688,043 Total Partnership Returns filed 2,380,618 Total Corporate Returns Filed 5,890,821 Total Estate Tax Returns Filed 91,679 Total Gift Tax Returns Filed 287,456 Total Employment Tax Returns Filed 29,916,033 That's a total of 172,983,010 tax returns filed in 2003. Divide $5 Million dollars that the Army paid for this "training tool" by the number of tax returns and you get .0289 (rounded to thousanths). So equally divided we US people paid almost 3 cents each for this little research project. I am sure that the IRS will allow you to deduct that 3 cents (if you buy the game) off of your 2005 taxes -Kreij Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Trotter Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 you guys got too much time on your hands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swalker Posted February 24, 2005 Report Share Posted February 24, 2005 The president of the company was called "Resnick"? Resnik-Resnig........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kreij Posted February 24, 2005 Report Share Posted February 24, 2005 SC, I sense a lucritive contract for you making combat sims as training tools for the military once they start moving battles into space. Perhaps I have just read "Ender's War" too many times. -Kreij Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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