I get really annoyed when people that I play with try to make every armed force in the online sci-fi based games I play into the United States Army.

Quote from: p4nic;398161I get really annoyed when people that I play with try to make every armed force in the online sci-fi based games I play into the United States Army.

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I like to play on different star wars mushes, and I can't think of a single one that had staff actually try to go with the costuming or ranking that was in the movies for the different armies being played.

For instance, one rebel army had everyone in green fatigues with arm chevron insignia for NCOs and bars and such for the officers.  I suppose it's a minor thing, but for me it turned into a peeve and eventually ruined my fun there because people were acting like they were in the army, rather than star wars heroes.

Others publish specific terms that they wish us to use that are ripped off of military slang glossaries found on the internet, and ignore star wars slang that's quite easy to find.  It gets pretty lame and tiresome.

It also leaks into the their thinking about how to have fun, as well.  Before you do anything, you have to go through a maze of bureaucracy meant to enhance the realism of your flying space commando experience.  

And they wonder why people just hang out in the out of character areas to talk about the last movie they saw?

Frankly I have no issues with these style players. Although it has given rise to a new type of gamer around my table:

Magical Engineer Commandos

Yeah, I can't stand roleplaying with fucking "Armchair Commandos". Particularly the ones who act like they're all kick-ass and you just know they would crap themselves and cry like girls if they were ever in anything even resembling a real war.

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Yeah well, there are extremes in everything. Every player as a schtick though, or a bunch of schticks. When you know as a GM how to play them, you can get the fuckers engaged, and after, that's a cakewalk as far as the entertainment is concerned.

Arm-chair commandos are fun though, especialy if you learn to channel their efforts. Like I said, Magical Engineer Commandos. These players LOVE a in game challenge of logisitics like you wouldn't believe. Like a locked room mystery, I can find a fairly mechanicl crunch game, limit their resources and just sit back when I give them concrete challenges. They do all the work for me.

I just quietly not flaws in their logic and preset them as adendium challenges that show up in the middle of the mission. It's especially fun if you hear them bringing up "Oh but if X happens, we'll be in trouble" and then have X happen.

I love these guys. They make my job easier. I guess growing up in a town full of engineers and ex-military folks kinda changes you view of the matter.