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This isn't something new: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Army https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Army

by gundmc 6y ago

blueboo 6y ago
Streaming video channels featuring children’s idols strikes me as meaningfully different than a computer game.
- Waterfall 6y ago
  Is Joshua “Strotnium” David a children's idol? I bet most kids never heard of him. Unless they're getting pewdiepie to tell people to join the navy this seems like reaching too far.
switz 6y ago
I played this game a bunch in the mid 2000s. A sizeable number of people that I played with went on to serve in the military, evidently due to their experience playing the game. So, anecdotally, it was effective.
xzel 6y ago
I played this game as a kid for a lot of hours and knew it was a recruitment tool. I played in lots of small TWL tournaments and was in a clan, so I was pretty involved. While my KDA was pretty good, the D part always sacred the shit out of me, so I don’t think it was a particularly effective tool for recruitment for myself. Pretty well made game though. The map design was great imo; I still remember the map of Mount McKenna. I think I only met one person through the game involved in the military and he was enlisted before its release.
sixothree 6y ago
At least that was an overt recruiting tool. Strangely, the one thing that sticks out to this day is they shunned the convention of using red and blue team indicators and instead chose red and green which made the game strangely difficult to get used to. I think I am remembering those little tick icons hovering above a player or maybe the reticle. I guess the reason I'm pointing this out was because at the time I kept thinking if they can't get this one simple thing correct, what plethora of other things are they getting wrong. edit: I have no idea how this adds to the conversation. Just thought vomit I guess.

This isn't something new: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Army https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Army

by gundmc 6y ago

This isn't something new: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Army https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Army

blueboo 6y ago

Streaming video channels featuring children’s idols strikes me as meaningfully different than a computer game.

Waterfall 6y ago
Is Joshua “Strotnium” David a children's idol? I bet most kids never heard of him. Unless they're getting pewdiepie to tell people to join the navy this seems like reaching too far.

switz 6y ago

I played this game a bunch in the mid 2000s. A sizeable number of people that I played with went on to serve in the military, evidently due to their experience playing the game. So, anecdotally, it was effective.

xzel 6y ago

I played this game as a kid for a lot of hours and knew it was a recruitment tool. I played in lots of small TWL tournaments and was in a clan, so I was pretty involved. While my KDA was pretty good, the D part always sacred the shit out of me, so I don’t think it was a particularly effective tool for recruitment for myself. Pretty well made game though. The map design was great imo; I still remember the map of Mount McKenna. I think I only met one person through the game involved in the military and he was enlisted before its release.

sixothree 6y ago

At least that was an overt recruiting tool. Strangely, the one thing that sticks out to this day is they shunned the convention of using red and blue team indicators and instead chose red and green which made the game strangely difficult to get used to. I think I am remembering those little tick icons hovering above a player or maybe the reticle. I guess the reason I'm pointing this out was because at the time I kept thinking if they can't get this one simple thing correct, what plethora of other things are they getting wrong. edit: I have no idea how this adds to the conversation. Just thought vomit I guess.