Lurker > Mackorov

shockthemonkey posted...

Did someone make fun of you for sounding like an incel or something? Thats the only time I ever see someone criticized for calling women females.

No but I recall seeing a topic here some time back basically telling people not to use the word "females"

I still see the word "male" being used all the time. Yet in the past few years, certain...things have changed and somehow it's wrong to use this very simple neutral word "female" now?

Also most people use the word "female" simply because

1. It's more grammatically correct. You don't say a woman co-worker. Or a woman gender. Because woman is a noun. NOT an adjective.
2. A woman does not encompass all of this gender, since it is restricted in age to those older and above. How about referring to teenage girls, tweens, young adults? Are we supposed to say "women and girls" instead or what?
3. Why the hypocrisy. Somehow it's still completely OK to use the word 'male' but apparently using the word 'female' is gonna get you stoned by the triggered feminists in an instant

Damn_Underscore posted...

CoD has done every modern war

They need to go back to the Napoleonic Wars or Ancient Greece or something

Problem is the gun technology fades away by that time. You wanna play a game where you spend 10 minutes reloading a rifle that will only fire one bullet later?

UnholyMudcrab posted...

I know it was was too much for me to expect something like Red Orchestra where 90% of players have a bolt-action rifle, but dammit, it was still disappointing that they found excuses to give everyone automatic or semiautomatic weapons. It just didn't feel authentic.

In WW1, only the Germans had access to the first ever portable submachine gun, the MP-18. But yet in Battlefield 1, we see literally everyone carrying the MP-18 lmao

Zikten posted...

There was something like this I think. Like 15 years ago

I remember sometime in the mid 2000s I was watching an episode of XPlay. They did a review of a Vietnam game that had 2 campaigns. One for an American, and 1 for a Vietcong. I have always wondered why they can't do that for ww2 as well. Let us play as Japanese, German and Italian soldiers. It would be interesting

Because most players won't be able to relate. Imagine as an American you see yourself playing as the Nazis and mowing down your fellow Americans

FL81 posted...

Battlefield Vietnam had a bunch of great ideas that I'm disappointed that they weren't re-explored for later games.

probably too much jungles and trees lol

Most game devs like WW2 due to the varied environment. Nevermind the fact that we've been killing Nazis since the dawn of time

g980 posted...

Dumb topic

Like 3 of the 10+ Battlefield games are WW2

remember a time when each game sequel tries to be different in setting and originality?

Damn_Underscore posted...

CoD has done every modern war

They need to go back to the Napoleonic Wars or Ancient Greece or something

no they haven't. They havent done WW1 up till now

How many stupid same renditions of WW2 do we need from the CoD/Battlefield franchises? Seriously.

It's like the devs ran out of ideas, yet there's a million out there staring back at 'em. CoD could have tried WW1. Or how about the Korean War? The Afghan-Soviet conflict? The Sino-Japanese war? The Boxer Rebellion? The Russian Revolution? The Irish War? The Mexican Revolution? The Spanish Civil War? The Japanese conquest of Asia?

NOPE. Instead they say, "LET'S GO BACK TO WW2 KILLING DEM NAZIS SHALL WE". As if there arent already 1 gazillion other WW2 video games in the market already, here's another one for you!!

yeah but I find it funny how everyone is acting like that wont happen and no one wants to buy this possibility.

Those Afghans even risked their lives on a plane just to escape the Taliban

Maybe we can draw parallels to the Vietnam War here. After all, the commies were portrayed as bad too by the Americans. But look at Vietnam now. Still a commie state but the government ended up being OK in the end.
They even drove out the dictator Pol Pot in Cambodia and relieved the genocide happening there. (a genocide the US indirectly supported, ironically lol)

muchdran posted...

Stop, this is all on Biden. His exit strategy was a complete disaster.

Dude the Taliban were nearing the capital. What else is he spposed to do than to rush evacuate all that's left?

bump.

nexigrams posted...

I mean Trump was the one that set this situation up, Biden just followed through. Either way this is something most Americans have wanted for a long time now because everyone knew the war was pointless and the second everyone left it would go right back to being ruled by local warlords. This shouldn't change anyone's opinion on the war, indeed, it should affirm that they were correct all along.

Biden's hands definitely aren't clean though. He voted to begin this mess as a Senator, and history will remember him as such.

THIS. Trump was the one who pulled out most of the troops in the first place. What was Biden spposed to do? Send all the troops back in again??

Are Americans this dense or something. Blame current president for what past presidents did.

As much as the Afghan fallout sucks, it's not like Biden had a choice. Obama was slowly pulling out troops during his term. Then Trump went even further and pulled out almost all of the troops during his term which gave Taliban consolidation in power. Before this, the Taliban already were occupying more and more territories.

Biden is just gathering the rest of the dust. What else can he do? Send in more soldiers to fight the overpowering Taliban and become the next Bush?? The time he took over, the Taliban were almost winning already

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbS3nV3hZrY

imagine risking your life that much just to escape that hellhole of a country

As much as the Afghan fallout sucks, I dont think Biden had a choice. Trump already pulled out most of the troops during his term which gave Taliban consolidation in power. Biden is just gathering the rest of the dust. What else can he do? Send in more soldiers to fight the overpowering Taliban and become the next Bush??

NatsuSama posted...

The moment the TC said "outdated medieval spears" it became clear the TC never watched Black Panther.

TC is more invested in sounding edgy. Also evident by the TC going way off topic about apparent fanboys, that have absolutely nothing to do with deliberately getting fundamental details completely wrong.

I'm not a super fan either, but normal spears is literally not even kind of true.

I did watch Black Panther. But I forgot most of it because it's BORING AF.

Yes they have the tech but it's stupid because they dont freaking use it even in the war with Thanos

Mackorov posted...

Horrid movie. Anyone that reads the comics know how Ultron is truly like. This movie is an utter joke to the character

But of course, almost no self-proclaimed MCU fan has actually read Marvel comics lol.

Horrid movie. Anyone that reads the comics know how Ultron is truly like. This movie is an utter joke to the character

Collat posted...

Yes.

Skilled enough that they somehow think assembling foot soldiers is more feasible than building armored tanks and planes

nativengine posted...

Dude, youre thinking WAY to logically for a superhero movie, K? You dont have to like them. They dont make sense, they dont have to because its fantasy.

I only made that comment as a way of telling any fanboy trying to rationalise the sense of disbelief in the movie... 'well, then rationalise all these'

CommonJoe posted...

Have you never watched movies before?

You see, the difference is before MCU, superhero movies only consisted of one superhero existing in the world (or at least as we're made aware) and maybe one unlucky fella that becomes villain. It's basically a very brief 'what if...' scenario these movies use. Eg. Spider-man, Daredevil, Batman. FF

If you add in aliens, zombies, and overstuff this same world with even MORE superheroes, vivllains and unbelievable magic whammy, and somehow expect this world to mirror our world... no it doesnt make sense at all.

Did you see the Black Widow movie or Falcon & Winter Soldier? Some of the enemies holding guns have to literally stop firing for no reason other than to act as cannon fodder and wait to get close-up and get kicked in the face. Also why do the enmies all take turns attacking 1-by-1? Also why does Captain America just carry around a shield and punch people? At least wear spiked knuckles? He was already using a gun in the first WW2 movie. Why does Hawkeye use arrows for when he's been shown perfectly capable of being accurate with guns too and guns have far higher penetration power, mode-of-firing, ammo capacity, firing rate and is less cumbersome to carry? Why doesn't Iron Man share his suits or at least some technology so that everyone else's power can be amplified? If you want to talk about comparative firepower and how Bucky is so cool, why not just let Captain Marvel, Thor, Hulk, Iron Man and War Machine solo the army? Also half of the GotG members are useless space pirates, just like Black Widow.
What happens to all the collateral damage that happens in every movie? It's like every structure gets rebuilt like nothing soon after the big grand fight scene. Also I can't imagine the world would mirror ours in terms of politics, religion, culture, societal norms, fashion and science when you have aliens, whammy zammy magic and a new villain threatening to blow up the world everyday. Cities would be empty because no one wants to die in the next big alien invasion so they all move to the countryside thus starting an agricultural revolution. Militaries should be using Stark tech already. The whole concept of physics would break down when you have levitating monsters. Religion breaks down when you realise your god is actually this bearded dude that bonks people with his hammer. I could go on and on.

Also, huge spoiler alert: Marvel superheroes were created in the 1950s,60s back when it was marketed at children and the creators completely disregard logic.
It's funny how we now have full grown adults trying to rationalise these same superheroes, like how a hardcore DC fan has to somehow rationalise a logical reason why Superman wears his underwear inside out.

lolife67 posted...

Yes you did.

Good thing nobody does that in the MCU either. Since Black Widow and Bucky both use guns, not just "fanciful kung-fu" lol

But a better question than this topic is why are you continuously watching films you clearly hate?

I don't. Endgame is the last one I tried to enjoy. It's epic but at least I'm willing to admit it's utterly ludircrous.
Black Widow was even dumber. So was Falcon and Winter Soldier. I havent started on Wanda but unlikely I'm gonna bother.

lolife67 posted...

You clearly didn't actually watch the film since you already thought Black Widow was there lol But Strange and Wong have an exchange showing they were in contact with each other.

I never said Black Widow in this instance of the battle. I just used her as an example of how superhero logic does NOT make sense because in the real world, no one with at least a working brain would favour fanciful kung fu crap to fight over using a gun.

NatsuSama posted...

@Mackorov
Okay, couple things....
Skimpy? Really?
Wakanda doesn't just use normal spears. You clearly never have seen Black Panther. Which is fine....but it shows.

I did. And it's dumb AF. Also the CGI sucks.

Also Endgame isnt the only instance this happens.

I'd love to see the fanboys defend EVERY SINGLE MCU movie where it seems like the military is basically non-existent.

We all know the real reason. Disney just wants the suspension of disbelief so we can all go 'wooo aaahhhh' over our favourite superheroes without realism involved.

But hey, fanboys will fanboy

lolife67 posted...

Not a coincidence. As I already stated, Strange contacted them. He had no need to contact the U.S. military since they wouldn't bring anything more to the table. It's pretty simple.

since when? show me where Strange contacted them???

Xethuminra posted...

Like I said, hiding from the Avengers XD

there was public outrage, and then they ARRESTED the Avengers lol

cool story

look more baseless speculation.

https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/logicalfallacies/Hypothesis-Contrary-to-Fact

Xethuminra posted...

Actually, on that note

Doctor Strange could have issued a message instructing Fury & the army to hold back, on the grounds that they were witnessing the tail end of a temporal displacement that would work itself out shortly related to the reversal of the blip which just occurred.

so

yeah, the whole thing took maybe an hour?

oh no. we're getting there...
baseless speculation.

lolife67 posted...

I already did. but you're ignoring they didn't pick Bucky over the US military. They chose to open a portal to bring the Wakandan army, of which Bucky was a part. You'd have a point if they just opened it for him alone but they didn't, so you don't,

no, Strange somehow opened a portal for every single MCU superhero (obviously) but somehow completely disregarded all the possible military interventions in the world.

You're telling me by some coincidence only every single MCU superhero gets to partake in this battle because they're totally not clueless whatsoever about just reappearing after the Blimp?

Xethuminra posted...

Lets look at it from the militarys perspective

* Blip is suddenly reversed, restoring the lost half of life on earth.
* Unknown alien capital ship immediately attacks the Avengers HQ.
* Over the next hour or two, multiple large groups of other superhumans appear to aid the Avengers.
* Iron Man quickly formulates a plan & wrestles the gauntlet from Thanos, effectively ending the encounter.
At what point was bombarding or deployment considered a viable option?

Ok. So where's the military in Avengers 1 when the aliens invaded New York? Or basically almost all the time whenever there's a world threatening event like every single day?

IMNOTRAGED posted...

Is this worth the additional resources it would take to add something that 99% of the audience has no problem overlooking

It's only laughable MCU fanboys have to somehow make sense of this oversight like it's not an oversight as you can see here

lolife67 posted...

You do realize that Bucky came alongside the entire Wakandan army, right? They didn't send just one portal for him alone. Nice try focusing on just him to attempt to make a non-point, though.

I just said the same thing about the Wakandan army. They're using medieval weapons. Tell me whcih part of that is technologically advanced? I know they have a bunch of lasers and stuff in their actual city, but the whole concept is nigh ridiculous and I pity if MCU has robbed you of common sense to think realistically

LightHawKnight posted...

He tried and made Ultron.

I said wearable suit.

lolife67 posted...

Yes, in this instance. Carpet bombing the area would only serve to kill your allies (see: Rain fire.) Plus, the equipment you're talking about is far inferior to the ships/armaments they already had. You'd be creating an even more chaotic battlefield.

And lol @"just peak human." I take it you don't actually understand how that would vastly increase his rate of fire/accuracy and maneuverability. Most of the soldiers you want would fall to friendly fire under these circumstances.

Tell me how is one single guy firing a f***ing normal rifle better than hundreds of trained troops firing f***ing normal rifles?

I think you watch too many superhero movies to have somehow distorted your worldview to think soldiers are like babies learning how to walk while your superhero can kung fu his way through a hail of bullets via stormtrooper fallacy effect

IMNOTRAGED posted...

What would visualizing some random soldiers bring to the movie

logic.

BeyondWalls posted...

I can accept that the military couldnt get there in time. But given that half of Earths population was killed last time, I cant believe 20 nukes from around the world werent inbound the moment Thanos showed up in a satellite feed.

And Wandavision kind of shows that the military isnt really decimated. Sword apparently went on just fine.

obviously they're not. We almost NEVER even saw the military at all in the MCU. Or hardly.
these sorta oversights that MCU fanboys shrug off as logical make me pissed

lolife67 posted...

Black Widow wasn't there, Bucky is better than any person in the military and the Ravagers bring in MUCH better equipment/weaponry than the military. Next nitpick?

And numbers don't matter if those numbers include people who only going to serve as canon fodder. The U.S. military isn't mentally nor physically equipped to deal with these types of attacks. More bodies would just add to the collateral damage.

Bro, wtf kind of person that just punches and kicks and carries a single rifle that apparently has infinite ammo (cos thats just one rifle i see on him??) can somehow make more reasonable sense to be fighting and replace an ENTIRE MILITARY?

Is Bucky superman now?

Also why doesn't Iron Man just build everyone else mechanical suits too to wear or y'know, build up an armada of other drones at least?

lolife67 posted...

Most of them, yes. And they're most certainly better equipped.

You are aware that Bucky is a super soldier, right? So his physical attributes would also play a part in keeping him alive. Thinking all he did was "point and shoot" is kinda silly.

You telling me a supersoldier that's basically just peak human and only holding one rifle and knows kung fu stuff is worth thousands of fighter jets, battleships, drones and airdropped tanks that can obliterate an entire city?

Also what does Black Widow do again? Kick and punch people and sometimes shoot that hand pistol of hers?

lolife67 posted...

Yes because Strange contacted them and, again, their military is a lot better trained than pretty much anyone else's.

Right, because this battle is an invitations-only for 'suparherrooos'.
It's an exclusive party.

lolife67 posted...

Well, the other factions knew more about what was going on thanks to Strange. The U.S. military isn't as well equipped or trained for space tyrants like the Ravagers, Wakanda and wizards are.

Right. Because let's include the 'superheroes' who shoot guns like most of the GotG characters, Black Widow, Bucky and totally disregard that numbers do matter here too? Also again, you're telling me a multi-trillion dollar war machine of fighter jets, tanks and drones are useless here but a bunch of outdated warriors throwing spears and magic buddies are OK?

cuttin_in_farm posted...

I mean. every other faction seemed ready to mobilize and march out of Stranges portals. Claiming the snap made them not prepared seems like a cop out.

It is. A common trait among your typical MCU fanboy is that he completely disregards all logic to defend his beloved disney franchise

lolife67 posted...

The military was likely decimated after the Snap and then in disarray when everyone returned. They wouldn't be able to mobilize instantly.

yet Wakanda can assemble straight ass on the spot?

Do militaries even exist in Disney lalaland MCU universe or what??
We hardly even saw any soldiers in Avengers 1 either.

And before you say guns dont work in superhero movies, let me remind you here we have a unpowered woman in a skimpy outfit with a handgun, Bucky using a rifle and a bunch of Wakanda soldiers using outdated spears like it's medieval times.

Sayoria posted...

You know, North Korea's people are also oppressed right now. Why haven't we intervened there? :thinkingemoji:

Because

1. China actively supports NK
2. Getting into war with NK means embroiling with China
3. China is an evil asshole
4. US probably stands more to lose than gain by fighting NK and NK has one of the largest militaries in the world
5. Using nukes arent allowed and only sets a precedent
6. Since when did anyone ever cared about anyone that didn't affect matters within their own country's borders?

Mibahlzitch posted...

Incels hate it before it even comes out for the same reason. Not that you're one of course.

didn't know advocating for movies to be judged by its own sole quality means I'm 'incel'?

Am I allowed to say this word called 'feminism' these days without being called 'incel'? Do you also happen to know what 'incel' means or have you forgot??

Collat posted...

Apparently you dont. This is a movie with Polkadot Man in it.

which was done on purpose.
the whole point of the movie was intentionally to be like that.

do you feel whooshes over your head everyday?