PS-SCUD

Tonight, and for the first time this decade, I decided fire up Steel Beasts and get back in the proverbial saddle. Sending some virtual DU down range definitely brought back some fond memories and made it pretty obvious I hadn't played this simulation in 5 years lol. I'm not sure why I randomly decided to fire it back up, but I"m glad I did.

It's been a long time since I hopped on this forum, and a lot of life has happened in between, but I'm glad there are still some familiar faces around, and Nils is still improving his masterpiece. I can't believe this thing has been around for almost 15 years now.

I'm certainly a lot busier now than I was when I started playing as a teenager, but when I get the rust scraped off, I look forward to mixing it up with you guys again.

-SCUD

German MPs sure suck.

All MPs suck.

Yesterday I got pulled over for driving too slow. I'm driving down a street on base where the speed limit is like 25 MPH, and I'm going like 10-15 and pass an MP. He does a U-turn behind me and pulls me over.

The conversation goes like this:

MP - "Why you driving like 10 MPH on my street 'bro?" (Note how he calls it "my street" because obviously MPs own the base and I'm just priviledged to live and work there.)

Me - "Well, my chain of command put out that the next guy to get a speeding ticket on base is going to be crucified." (The previous guy did a 26mi. road march w/45lb. ruck. The next guys, PSG, SL, and TL will have to come to work on Sat.)

MP - "Well, you know you can get a ticket for driving too slowly too."

Me - "Yes, what is the speed minimum on this road." (I know there isn't one.)

MP - "Well, there isn't one, but you can still get a ticket for impeding traffic" (My car was the only vehicle on my side of the road.)

Me - "Was there anyone behind me?"

MP - "No, but I can still give you a ticket for impeding traffic." (I fucking dare you. You fucking douche bag. Give me a ticket for impeding imaginary traffic.)

Me - "Ok....."

MP - "Well....just drive like 25 man you'll be good."

Me - "Ya, ok, have a nice night."

Please note, I like law enforcement officers, and all the ones I have delt with have always been reasonable, but MPs are just faggots. (At least the ones on Ft. Benning. Sorry if you are an MP somewhere else, you are probably a decent guy.)

Back on topic:

One of over 70 LOLs I created that the assholes at ICHC didn't allow off my profile page. I thought it was a good de-motivational poster to get back on track.

On a related note, Sabaton has a good song titled "Panzer Battalion" : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeE3Twf6B1I

Here is another couple that will drink to that.

LOL, and I'd almost forgotten about that picture.

I remember waiting, and waiting and waiting, and then there was something about toast........then there was SB Pro :-D

Army camo sucks our is way cooler why do you wear mint green in the desert?

Actually, I recently read about an Army project which will fix the problems with the ACU camo. Most people have suggested adopting a different uniform, such as one that will actually blend in with the environment, however the Army has a better plan. They are just going to spray paint everything in Iraq with ACU textured spray paint. It's an ambitious project but the DoD says it can be completed by 2015, and for a mere $26 billion. If reality doesn't match your perception...change reality.

And to think people complained about ACUs....

Hey thanks guys. Looking forward to playing on Saturday. Hopefully everything will work out.

Now I just need to do some re-training before I embarrass myself....

I'm back!

I'm trunk as hell right now, but watch out this weekend. SCUD is back in the game.

Love you guys.

In honor of your wise decision, I'm going to add a new line to my signature:

Steel Beasts...You know it's more important.

My Dad actually read a review of it at SimHQ in late 2000 (He doesn't play Sim games though, so I don't know why.) He downloaded the demo of it and I played the hell out of it all next year. He got me the full version as a Christmas present in 2001. I was 15 then....now I'm 22. Damn, doesn't seem like that long ago.

Of course, I pre-ordered the Pro version ;-)

Here are some specs:

C-17

Payload: 170,900 lb

Length: 174 ft (53 m)

Wingspan: 169.8 ft (51.75 m)

Height: 55.1 ft (16.8 m)

Max takeoff weight: 585,000 lb (265,350 kg)

Powerplant: 4× Pratt & Whitney F117-PW-100 turbofans, 40,440 lbf (180 kN) each

Fuel capacity: 35,546 US gal (134,556 L)

Cruise speed: Mach 0.76 (450 knots, 515 mph, 830 km/h)

Range: 2,420 nmi[71] (2,785 mi, 4,482 km)

Service ceiling 45,000 ft (13,716 m)

C-5

Payload: 270,000 lb (120,000 kg)

Length: 247 ft 1 in (75.3 m)

Wingspan: 222 ft 9 in (67.89 m)

Height: 65 ft 1 in (19.84 m)

Wing area: 6,200 ft² (580 m²)

Empty weight: 380,000 lb (170,000 kg)

Max takeoff weight: 840,000 lb (381,000 kg)

Powerplant: 4× General Electric TF39 high-bypass turbofans, 43,000 lbf (190 kN) each

Maximum speed: Mach 0.79 (500 knots, 570 mph, 920 km/h)

Range: 2,400 nmi (2,761 mi, 4,445 km) with a 263,200 lb payload

Service ceiling 34,000 ft (10.4 km)

Nice pics.

If you think the C-17 is big though, you should check out a C-5.

I remember getting out of our C-17 in Ramstein and seeing one sitting in a hangar. Thing was rediculous.

Reminds me of that tank from Command & Conquer.

it could have been awkward

More like, gunner, sabot, troops. :-D

Actually, international law forbids to wage aggression wars, and the security council is supposed to intervene if a UN member state attacks another

Unless your country happens to be in Africa or South America, then it's ok to slaughter people wholesale.

you wouldn't last 24 hours.

LOL

Wish we could bet on it.

i suppose you haven't been in a solitary confinement after a wet night out on town.

doesn't take more than an hour before you start walking on the walls.

I'm betting that in 6 days time I'm not going to forget its just an experiment. I think the problem was they were all a bunch of hippy psychology students that couldn't handle the harsh realities of the real world.

stanford prison experiment:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KXy8CLqgk4

long version:

http://www.guba.com/watch/3000048452

pretty shocking stuff.

Wow, they had to do 10 pushups...how barbaric.

And they were stuck in a shitty room for 6 days. I don't know how they survived. :roll:

I think I love Arizona:

How much does 7.62mm NATO/308 cost over there?

Dude 5 to 9 round bursts if you want to hit anything....

The escort girls who were released without charge, told the arresting officers something was up when the kids said they would rather play Xbox than get down to business.

Wow, he's gonna be kicking himself for that one in a couple years.

Other than that, pretty squared the fuck away.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=VYVBlXGuVYg

Hehehe.

Sounds like he needs some forced hydration to me :-D

Grab me some Cera Sport and a couple 2-quarts....

sry i missed u man.....im still here till the 9th.

Darn, sorry I didn't give you a heads up man. Oh well, I'm sure our paths will cross again.

Ya, I was looking at some posters of it in Orbson hall where we were staying. It looked like a really nice MOUT site. I don't know why we didn't use it.

Hey guys. I just got back from some training up at Ft. Knox.

For an armor base you guys sure have alot of nice MOUT sites.

We did force on force at Redwing and Anaconda, FRIES near the Redwing HLZ, PLT livefires at Kennedy range, mortars at Scott MTN, Strykers at Yano, heavy weapons at Heins, demo at Steeles, and CQB at Andrews and Burcham.

Any of you guys from that kneck of the woods? Maybe next time I'll be able to link up with you.

550 Cord??

That Detonator tape?

No Det Cord is Det Cord.

ECT is explosive cutting tape.

550 cord is type 3 nylon cord rated to hold 550 lbs, and it useful for anything that needs to be tied down.

Here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/550_cord