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Treblaine

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OK, I've watched a lot of American TV in my time, like most non-yanks, I think I'm pretty familiar with the country, but enough to care about it being invaded by Koreans? What if they mess up things that I didn't even know existed?

My question to Americans is what really significant things about your country do you KNOW that other countries don't know about or just don't get. Things that don't make it onto The Simpsons and other shows that are exported globally.

Like who the hell is Carson Daley? I hear American shows/songs/movies mention him all the time, what has he done? Who is he?

NB: revenge for Non-Americans, drop as many obscure local references as you can, I know Americans don't know ANYTHING that has happened on ITV, so that's Ant & Dec, Parky and Corry, and Police Camera Action I know about and they don't know crap about! HA!
 

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Treblaine said:
NB: revenge for Non-Americans, drop as many obscure local references as you can, I know Americans don't know ANYTHING that has happened on ITV, so that's Ant & Dec, Parky and Corry, and Police Camera Action I know about and they don't know crap about! HA!
I think Americans should consider it a blessing if they aren't aware of Ant & Dec. Yeurgh.
 

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These games are 'Fuck yeah, America!' based.

To be honest I think it would be more interesting to see a country like Australia invaded. We're tiny and we don't need excuses as to why our defence for couldn't fend off a third-world nation.
 

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Xzi said:
Treblaine said:
Xzi said:
TBH a better question is: who really cares? There are a lot of Americans who can't even pick out America on a map...
What?
Yea, I'm not kidding. Sad but true.
But who? And not people caught out by trick questions as in "Nope, I meant continent" or people with obvious mental disability.

(I suppose if you look hard enough in any country you can find a few individuals unfamiliar with the map of the world)
 

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Trolldor said:
To be honest I think it would be more interesting to see a country like Australia invaded. We're tiny and we don't need excuses as to why our defence for couldn't fend off a third-world nation.
Cause it wouldn't have to, the geography does that anyway?

America might be uninteresting, in that it's done to death, but its the single largest target audience for such games, and so they are tailord to suit them.

Alternatively, how American is the game going to be? I could imagine a very generic game with, say, some US flags stuck on, which could easily swapped for the flags of the players choice with minimal effort.
 

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Trolldor said:
These games are 'Fuck yeah, America!' based.

To be honest I think it would be more interesting to see a country like Australia invaded. We're tiny and we don't need excuses as to why our defence for couldn't fend off a third-world nation.
And we have enough uranium mines to give people a valid reason too! It's genius..

Although we wouldn't want an Aussie as the protagonist. Way too many cliches, most of them true that companies would jump on. -.-
 

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Trolldor said:
These games are 'Fuck yeah, America!' based.

To be honest I think it would be more interesting to see a country like Australia invaded. We're tiny and we don't need excuses as to why our defence for couldn't fend off a third-world nation.
Yeah, but Americans wouldn't understand why everyone isn't a giant knife toting bushmen.

Aren't knife laws in fact incredibly strict in Australia now?
 

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Treblaine said:
Yeah, but Americans wouldn't understand why everyone isn't a giant knife toting bushmen.

Aren't knife laws in fact incredibly strict in Australia now?
Well, "reasonably strict" from an Australian point of view.

Fun fact though, it's perfectly legal to carry a screwdriver, and it's perfectly possible to sharpen the end of one. It also is good for driving screws.

But yeah, Australia characters in a game made by Americans...no thanks.
 

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Cyberjester said:
Trolldor said:
These games are 'Fuck yeah, America!' based.

To be honest I think it would be more interesting to see a country like Australia invaded. We're tiny and we don't need excuses as to why our defence for couldn't fend off a third-world nation.
And we have enough uranium mines to give people a valid reason too! It's genius..

Although we wouldn't want an Aussie as the protagonist. Way too many cliches, most of them true that companies would jump on. -.-
This brings to mind "Tomorrow When The War Began".......
 

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As mutch I would like to believe that 10% of the Americans cant point America out on the map. It is pretty mutch a lie/rumor going on to make them look stupid.

Sure every country has its retards and perhaps America has a "higher percentage" of them. But still 10%? That is pretty a significant amount of people. That would mean that atleast 25 million Americans couldnt point out their own country on the map.

I remember the rumor started somehow when a few college students asked in Starbucks to around 100 people if they could point out America on the map. Around 7/10 did it and 3/10 couldnt point it out. But then again that question is pretty ridiculous and I am sure that atleast 1/10th did it wrong on purpose because it was such an idiotic question they were simply "trolling" them. More people just cba to point it out for again that is a pretty stupid question to ask an American citizien. Ofcourse they know the location of America on the map. For one this is a "coffeeshop'(not the fun ones in Holland) people come here for their morning/afternoon coffee and just cba with bullshit questions like this.

To clarify I just took the 10% as an example I have been hearing a lot on multiple forums. (Some people claim its like 50% but that is just retarded).
 

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A few things, I'm an American from Virginia and I'll freely admit that a lot of us are idiots but if we're being honest with ourselves, most human beings are idiots. That's neither here nor there, so let's not start a flame war about who is the stupidest.

While most of the population lives in cities, the majority of America's landmass is comprised of small towns. These stereotypical kind of towns you see representing the image of America in the 50s, with the malt shop, the drive-in movie theatre, all of the mom and pop stores, and less than 10000 people. Of course, almost all of these places have a Wal-Mart now.

Furthermore, everyone has guns, lots of guns. In fact, a lot of Americans have a rather unhealthy obsession with guns that borders on the homoerotic and they should really talk to their shrinks about that.

Finally, we like these games because we've got self-esteem issues. We're really partisan and it shows, our politicians spend a lot of time screwing around and bickering over party lines rather than actually doing things; but if you don't like what we have to say, then fuck you (that's pretty much how we feel about most things).

I think you were looking for some of the smaller nuances of what it is to live in America, so I may have glossed over some. Also, Carson Daley is like Ryan Seacrest, although that probably doesn't help, so he's an idiot with lots of hair gel. As for Australia being invaded, check out "Tomorrow When the War Began", it's mostly a series for kids, but it's interesting.
 

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Crazy_Dude said:
(Some people claim its like 50% but that is just retarded).
[footnote]Moderator edit: Avoid low content posts such as this in the future.[/footnote]
 

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Xzi said:
Well it's not strictly North vs South, I just like it when that gets a rile out of people. I love this country as much as the next guy, but can you blame me for loathing some of the recent actions it has taken? Electing Bush? Iraq? Bailing out the very bankers who caused the recession when it goes against the principles of capitalism; the principles this country was founded on?

Our government and ruling class has a lot of double-standards, so surely you can understand why our feelings towards the country as a whole can sometimes be bi-polar, in a sense.
For someone who claims to facepalm at your relatives I "faceplamed" about five times through reading that.

You talk like my mum.
 

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because noone invades britian (and lives) have you played resistance:fall of man? the chimera didnt even try and invade scotland they knew we would stab them, deep fry them, serve them with cream soda and a single cigarette for £3.50. Also the chimera invaded grimsby, york, manchester and london, that would be a bad mistake today have you been to any of these cities?

britian is the only country where we use the word "glass" as a verb. "train hard and fight easy" - british army
 

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Cyberjester said:
Trolldor said:
These games are 'Fuck yeah, America!' based.

To be honest I think it would be more interesting to see a country like Australia invaded. We're tiny and we don't need excuses as to why our defence for couldn't fend off a third-world nation.
And we have enough uranium mines to give people a valid reason too! It's genius..

Although we wouldn't want an Aussie as the protagonist. Way too many cliches, most of them true that companies would jump on. -.-
Totally could. He can restore health by eating Pie Floaters.

And to clarify my earlier comment:

"Fuck yeah, America!" is a genre. It's where characters are obliterated for mindless, baseless action with no real purpose, and claims of realism are substantiated by a man who can soak bullets like an alcoholic soaks whiskey, and then pull a Wolverine by regenerating behind a wall.
They just happen to be mostly games involving the US Military. Hence "Fuck Yeah, America!"
 

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America is probably the most familiar country to the world that is probably why they pick it. How much more does everyone know about American culture than any other country besides their own? You also cant make games that are to similar to real life or people get sad and think about things actually happening, since the last people to actually invade America were the British about 200 years ago I dont think anyone will be upset with the idea.
 

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shootthebandit said:
britian is the only country where we use the word "glass" as a verb.
Actually, no, glassing is a popular event at pubs in all sorts of places. Mind you, if you do it wrong, you end up with a fistful of broken glass, so perhaps it should be left to the British.
 

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Trolldor said:
To be honest I think it would be more interesting to see a country like Australia invaded. We're tiny and we don't need excuses as to why our defence for couldn't fend off a third-world nation.
Actually...I think that everyone is pretty much afraid of you. With the amount of poisonous creepy crawlies there...you're definitly safe.