U.S. Army To Begin Second Life Recruitment

[ElArabDeMagnifico]

Guys...I think I've got it.

They don't want fighters or mechanics or whatever....THIS IS A CLEANSING PROGRAM! THEY ARE TRYING TO ERADICATE US SECOND LIFE USERS! Don't you see?! Of course the second life'ers are incompetent fighters! They'll kill THEMSELVES!

 

[Pigeon_Grenade]

hmmm well, they got a taste of gaming before... now they want the whole cake

 

[TsunamiWombat]

I dunno, if the Furfags want to go to war god bless them- i'm not.

I'm all for opening up the military to Emo's, Goths, Furfags, and 4chan'ers of all types. Serving their country will mitigate how goddamn annoying they are.

 

[Erana]

How would this be more effective than the plethora of war games that are already present?
I guess its a matter of audience, but... Somehow it seems a little redundant.

 

[niko79]

How would this be more effective than the plethora of war games that are already present?
I guess its a matter of audience, but... Somehow it seems a little redundant.

That's precisely why they're trying out SL. If they recruit retarded COD4'ers or Gears of War bullies, then the US Army will get beaten in combat, because their soldiers are all retards. If they however, tap the pool of creative and intelligent users of SL, then who knows, maybe it can place back the intelligence in "army intelligence" this time around.

 

[Killerbunny001]

How would this be more effective than the plethora of war games that are already present?
I guess its a matter of audience, but... Somehow it seems a little redundant.

That's precisely why they're trying out SL. If they recruit retarded COD4'ers or Gears of War bullies, then the US Army will get beaten in combat, because their soldiers are all retards. If they however, tap the pool of creative and intelligent users of SL, then who knows, maybe it can place back the intelligence in "army intelligence" this time around.

I hope you're joking with this comment, because your average Second Life player is just about as inappropriate as you can get for the military. The COD4 and GeOW players aren't much better, admittedly, but I don't see a Second Life player being very appropriate for infantry combat, somehow.

I don`t know if you realize this... but all AA wants is fresh met for the grinder, they don`t need rocket scientists... besides someone with a decent IQ may realize the futility of it all and start asking the embracing questions...

 

[Elurindel]

The U.S. army is about to get trolled and raided. It will happen, there is nothing stopping it.

Hell yes. I'm gonna have to pay a visit to any such sims myself, just to see what I can get out of it, and possible orbit as many people as possible.

 

[PlasticPorter]

Considering how often and how fervently the army pesters me to join you'd think I was fucking captain america

 

[Alex_P]

I think it's disgusting what measures the american army takes into action in order to get more recruits. I realize that they need recruits, but the way they pray on young kids and suck them in and ship them off to Iraq

Every military preys on young people. It's much easier to turn an 18-year-old into a front-line soldier than to turn a 25-year-old recruit into a front-line soldier. The whole reason we have all those international laws against child soldiers is that, yes, 15-year-olds make desirable recruits, too. It's a mindset thing.

-- Alex

 

[niko79]

BTW, I just have to add these observations. The average age of the Second Life user is 35. So basically this is a case of "wrong audience" and "wrong reasons" ...And RAK, you have the wrong notion of the average SL user--most people think it's the fat, cheetos eating person--no, these are precisely the people who try it out for a week and realize it's not for them--the ones who thrive (and STAY) in SL are the truly creative and intellectual...besides, how can a cheetos-eating fatso possibly appreciate the creativity and conceptualization that came about making something like this... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD7xXBInhqs&e ...makes you think, doesn't it?

 

[ChromeAlchemist]

Yeah you should join the army man! It's just like CS:source only no lag! No respawns though...

No seriously though, it is shameful the way the army is glorified, and the measures the army goes to recruit the young to go and fight whatever fight they feel is best for them.

 

[CoverYourHead]

I have a bet soon they're going to grab me in a match in Halo or TF2 and try to make me join before I shoot them for ruining my kill streak, then they hunt me down and do the same to me in real life... it's only a matter of time.

 

[Zeke109]

mmh. Again with the targeting of America's youth!
In my high school, a National Guard spokesperson comes over to our school, and sets up a table wherein a large capacity of fliers and other various handouts are kept, and subsequently handed out to the pimpled masses. Obviously America's Army is doing well, but I think that this Second Life thing goes a little too far in my book.

 

[Uskis]

Every military preys on young people. It's much easier to turn an 18-year-old into a front-line soldier than to turn a 25-year-old recruit into a front-line soldier. The whole reason we have all those international laws against child soldiers is that, yes, 15-year-olds make desirable recruits, too. It's a mindset thing.

-- Alex

Yes, but it doesn't make it any less despicable. You take 18 year old kids and put them through a short training, before send of to a completely unconventional "war", that, like any war, completely destroys their future, and traumatize them for life. I realize I haven't done the studies completely, but this is the impression I've built up during the last couple of years through documentaries, films, articles I've come across. The whole macho killing-machine "oh-rah" culture, that the army make so attractive through it's campaigning, make people think it's an adventure more than a war, and this we end up with with a group of kids, who end up like war-wrecks when they come home.

I realize it comes off a bit harsh, but I really think it's disgusting to destroy young poeples lives, people who don't necesarrily know what they are going in to

 

[Nurb]

I heard a while ago they were thinking of offering non-US residents the chance to join the US military, with the promise of citizenship if they survive the war on Ira... er.. Terror. Whatever happened to that?

They realized an army of non-citizens could backfire like it did for the later part of the roman empire.

 

[Devil's Due]

I dunno, if the Furfags want to go to war god bless them- i'm not.

I'm all for opening up the military to Emo's, Goths, Furfags, and 4chan'ers of all types. Serving their country will mitigate how goddamn annoying they are.

Insulting peoples' tastes and preferences with name calling and such is not very productive to the thread, Tsunami.

On topic, this is interesting. I don't know if this move by the US Army will work at all, but hey, I have to give them credit for trying. However, I do admit this is funny to watch happen. Lets see where this will lead to next.

 

[Aardvark]

They realized an army of non-citizens could backfire like it did for the later part of the roman empire.

The French seem to be doing alright with it.