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  1. Joined the military IRL

    in Mess Hall

    Posted

    So I haven't been around for a long time, but I joined the Air Force 3 years ago. I know there might be some younger people here who are thinking of going that route and I'd be happy to answer any questions. For me, it was a great choice - I had just finished college and wasn't looking to do my major for a career. I'm from up north where joining the military has a stigma about it being a terrible job with low quality of life - but that is not completely true. Each branch of the military and the specific shop you work in embody different life styles. I have a great chain of command, supervisors, airmen and a base that takes care of you/your family. I also have friends in other jobs/branches that have to embrace the suck. It is luck of the draw how it might end up for you, but if you do research - you can stack the deck. For 4 years, it's also a pretty damn legit transition to adult life.

     

    Pay is damn great for anyone coming out of high school (even college). The benefits are great and are worth $$.

    I'm pretty reachable through steam rather than on these forums if anyone wants more information.

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  4. Ban Request :: Captain Cat

    in Military Police Archives - DoD:S

    Posted · Edited by Magic 1st MRB

    Name: Captain Cat

    Steam I.D: STEAM_0:1:184613338 [U:1:369226677] ||||| Possibly: STEAM_0:0:183558828 (Last Connect:Sep 30, 2016, same name, same country, both unfinished player profiles)

    Reasons for the Ban: Rampant Teamkilling. Joined when there were no admins on twice. And left server as soon as one joined. ~150 TKs today.

    Recommended duration of ban: Permanent

    Demo Provided?: No

    http://1stmarineraiders.gameme.com/player_histories/events/219228

     

  8. Ban Request :: RaCeRiOt + Turdo

    in Military Police Archives - DoD:S

    Posted

    Name:RaCeRiOt

    Steam I.D:STEAM_0:0:31132460

    Reasons for the Ban:Was called to the pub and player had a score of -54

    Recommended duration of ban: Was banned for 1 week, please make it 3 months or longer.

    Demo Provided?: No, Gameme history should suffice: http://1stmarineraiders.gameme.com/player_...s/events/146103

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    Name:Turdo

    Steam I.D:STEAM_0:1:31116097

    Reasons for the Ban:Was called to the pub and player had a score of -45

    Recommended duration of ban:Was banned for 1 week, please make it 3 months or longer.

    Demo Provided?: No, Gameme history should suffice:

    http://1stmarineraiders.gameme.com/player_...es/events/99325

  9. The European Debt Crisis Visualized

    in Politics?

    Posted · Edited by Magic 1st MRB

    A big reason why a lot of the country governments don't want Greece to leave is because it is a big social experiment. To see if our world can take the next step toward a united government. Of course problems would arise on the way, but the point was to see how they were handled.

    A few things this video didn't mention was the unemployment rate of Greece. It is something like 50% for people under 25. And 26% nationally. That is worse than the great depression the US had. Greeks just had a population vote to go back to drachma (80% voted no, but it was a loaded question). Greeks have a CULTURE around avoiding paying taxes and it has been this way for some time now. Corruption is HUUUGE in greece. Also last biggest point is that Greece lied about its financials when attempting to enter the euro. If they were honest they wouldn't of been accepted.

    The ECB can't force Greece to stop using the euro. That would be hard and would take an extreme amount of effort, they kinda can kick Greece out of the EU tho.

    The way iceland fixed its problems would be a similar fix for Greece. They'd need to freeze all nation banks so people can't withdraw money. Convert themselves back into the drachma, print a SHITTON of drachmas to pay off its debts (and be super inflated) and then steadily make their way back to a normal economy. A great thing for greece is that it is a super known tourist spot. So it'd be a very cheap tourist destination which would help Greece get back on its feet faster.

    However if Greece doesn't convert away to the drachma, they would hurt the rest of the EU as well. The Greece are using this as a card on their side of the table so they can negotiate for better terms of austerity for themselves.

    The problem is both sides are looking to protect themselves first rather than fixing the big picture. And that was against the point of the EU. Either the EU will eventually break down, or every country will accept the bigger picture and allow for an EU legislature (like the video explained).

  12. 2,053 Nuclear Explosions

    in The Slope Chute

    Posted

    Pretty scary stuff, eh? Even scarier that not many people seem to care. I posted this on my Facebook a little while ago and not one single comment.

    Well I mean, I'm extremely happy we've been doing all this testing. All that data gathered has definitely benefited our understanding of nuclear physics and how it affects our environment. Atleast all the countries been doing it in safe areas for testing (deep underground, in the sea, completely unpopulated military areas). The endgame of all nuclear power research is cold fusion (ie fusion that doesn't need to be in 10 billion kelvin) which would provide ridiculous amounts of power for extremely little downside. If only everyone wasn't so scared of nuclear power, humanity's future would be much brighter.

  14. Unban Request :: Arachnid

    in Military Police Archives - DoD:S

    Posted

    Name:Arachnid

    Steam I.D:STEAM_0:1:6122950

    Date & Time of ban: 6 Months previous

    Admin who banned you: N/A

    Reason we should Unban: I am no longer in the 1st SAS (It has died) and would like an unban. Never took part in any trolling.

    For reference this was my previous unban report: http://www.1stmarineraiders.com/index.php?...c=30734&hl=

    Magic note: Arachnid asked for me to post this since there is an issue with his account.

  16. Bomb Hills

    in Mess Hall

    Posted · Edited by Magic 1st MRB

    Thanks for sharing the video. This reminds me of my only day I've ever skated.

    Story time:

    At the end of highschool a few of my friends were skaters/longboarders so they wanted to teach me how to skate. I of course for some reason said sure and I got picked up and went to this neighborhood-on-a-hill. At the very top of the hill there was a Cul de Sac, and I was given a skateboard and I learned to move on my own and turn by leaning the skateboard/my body. I didn't need any protective gear other than some gloves and my tshirt because I was all safe in that nice little circular road. By the time lunch rolls around we grab some pizza and they tell me I'm ready to get some real skating lessons.

    So we go back to the top of the neighborhood and go to the Cul de Sac. This time they tell me to turn around and point me down the street. We go and this fucking street is a huuuge downward slope (20 degree slopes) thats starts ontop of a goddamn mountain and goes 1/2 mile long road that has small twists and turns. The pavement was really smooth tho ill give it that. It was a super-rich neighborhood. They tell me some basic rules:

    You know how to turn, so do it.

    If you start going too fast, jump and run it off.

    If you're about to hit the curb/car, jump and run it off.

    And with this bible I was left ontop of the hill as the other skated down. I was like *welp* and went off myself.

    example 20 degree slope for anyone interested.

    slope_0.jpg

    As you start going down you can turn a little as you aren't going too fast. But eventually you just start gaining speed and you keep turning and it seems like it is an easy act. Just push toes and lean body, right? But the confidence soon faded as I felt the beast of the board trying to get out. Once you pick up speed it starts vibrating so hard I thought there was an atom bomb reaching critical mass under my feet. I got scared and jumped off the board. It didn't end there as soon as I touched the ground again my legs went in overdrive mode running faster than humanely possible just attempting to keep myself from falling forward from all of my momentum, and in the end I somehow made it and my board hit a curb and landed in some dudes lawn. Needless to say after a minute long breather, I was completely hooked. I grab my board and continued down the hill and eventually made it down. My friends were waiting and laughed their asses off as they saw me sprinting faster than Usain Bolt down the hill to prevent myself from getting that faceplant. We hiked back up the hill and were ready for round 2.

    Eventually I got the hang of turning decently fast enough to make it to the end of the road with the others. But there is one thing you guys must understand. I couldn't slow down except for the flat parts of the road. So when you're going down you only have one option: stay on the atomic bomb as long as you can handle it and hope that no car comes up the road unexpectedly.

    After another half day of going up and down the hill I finally got caught. I was speeding down and a car came up the left side of the road and I had to jump off and run right. My board went under the car and I missed it too, but there was a car parked right in my running trajectory that I hit it at such a speed I did a roll-over the card and landed on the other side of it. I somehow didn't get any injuries other than scraped knees so I finished the rest of the road and at the bottom I called it a day after that and I've never touched a skateboard since.

    It was an amazing day that I had great fun on but, looking back HOLY FUCK it was the 2nd most dangerous thing I've ever done and I escaped it with negligible injuries when I deserved so much more.

  20. DOD-Draft (Weekly Prizes!)

    in Public Affairs Office

    Posted

    I'll go over how 12 mans works:

    It is 6v6 with both teams in separate vent channels. It is pub style gameplay with heavy emphasis on flag capping (you win by capping out). 2x 20 min (1x halves on each side).

    Everyone on the team is going a specific route on the map, and there is alot of people doing calls(enemy positions) in vent. If you don't know what a location is named, you should ask what something is called if you don't know the map. It is very intense and a ton of fun.

  21. Ban Request :: Lolkstew

    in Military Police Archives - DoD:S

    Posted · Edited by Magic 1st MRB

    Name:Lolkstew, Jake's Big Ass, The Nig Ranger

    Steam I.D:STEAM_0:0:33341590

    Reasons for the Ban: Continued Using racial slurs after warning. After a kick warning, came back twice under new names and TK'd me + some more slurs.

    Recommended duration of ban: Currently 1 week. Please upgrade to 1 Month or higher

    Demo Provided?: No. Gameme logs:

    Mar 26, 2015 6:14:14 pm Disconnect left the game [this one I banned him]

    Mar 26, 2015 6:14:13 pm Team Kill killed teammate United StatesTSgt. S. Magic [1st MRB] with MP44 Assault Rifle dod_donner

    Mar 26, 2015 6:12:36 pm Disconnect left the game dod_donner

    Mar 26, 2015 6:12:34 pm Team Kill killed teammate United StatesTSgt. S. Magic [1st MRB] with MP40 Machine Pistol dod_donner

    Mar 26, 2015 6:12:33 pm Team Kill killed teammate United StatesDeadBot with MP40 Machine Pistol dod_donner

    Mar 26, 2015 6:11:53 pm Team Kill killed teammate UnknownTristan with Butt Stock Hit dod_donner

    Mar 26, 2015 6:11:23 pm Team Kill killed teammate AustraliaKILL4SKILL with MP40 Machine Pistol

    Mar 26, 2015 6:02:06 pm Disconnect left the game dod_donner

    Mar 26, 2015 6:01:56 pm Team Kill killed teammate United StatesTSgt. S. Magic [1st MRB] with MP40 Machine Pistol

    Mar 26, 2015 6:01:20 pm Connect connected to the server dod_donner

    Mar 26, 2015 5:59:04 pm Disconnect left the game [initial kick warning]

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