Xenris
Member
+1|7057|Michigan
If u think deeply enough, it has everything to do with bf2. Because agree or not, we are practicing killing. Dont get me wrong, i enjoy this game and its ultimate purpose, but dont forget the effect on the subconcious. After all, this game should be fun because its a game, but everything has an underlying sociological price to pay.





Helicopter blades spinning, cutting through the air like a sword of God. Light flickers as the cockpit becomes hot and humid while the blades spin faster. Faster and faster they build momentum, a chant that erupts louder and louder until the crowd cannot contain their hatred any longer. Like the building up of tension that can only be felt when you hear people crying for help on the radio. You hear explosions, cursing, yelling screaming. Those are friends, brothers, fathers, and sons. They are you.

With the tension finally built up for not being able to do anything as you wait on the carrier to take off the helicopter magically slighty jumps and the butterflies start erupting in your stomach.

Will you be killed? Will you be shot down? These thoughts pass through the head of anyone who would be in the same seat, but the passion and the tension to help his brothers shut the door to lingering doubts and the voices shuttered to a whisper.

Without wasting anymore time Mark punched the throttle on the propellor blades and slightly tilted the helicopter forward, feeling like he was on fire. On fire with justice, fear, uncertainty, authority. Normally Mark would say something moderately catchy like, "let's do this" or let out a whoop of excitement. But today, he couldnt speak. Something was different about those screams. Something that wasn't anything necessarily out of the ordinary. After all, Mark has been in the military for over 6 years now with veteran status in the first Persian Gulf War. But something in his gut that he couldn't attain for was talking to him. In whispers he couldnt hear, and words he couldn't understand.

Usually he flew the helicopter like an adrenaline junky, doing flips and barrel rolls on the way to his target zone, but today he was steady, calm, and deadly serious.

"Missles up", said his gunner.

In his brain he thought he said acknowledged. But his body wouldnt say it. It was focused on winning, it was focused on the screams. But above all, it was focused on surviving. The body has an interesting way of slapping your brain across the face and taking over, all without your soul knowing that there was even a coup.

But once that muscle memory kicked in, his brain was tapped into the helicopter.


He suddenly heard no sound, everything slowed down to a crawl. Time stood still, and the dying soldiers muffled their screams, and the panicking private on the radio wasn't calling strike coordinates. It was a calm and peaceful world for Mark. A world he would visit in times of hardship, like during the time he witnissed his mother being repeatedly beaten by his father. He learned to stop time. He learned to disassociate himself from the world and would be able to step back and look at it, as if he was God himself. He learned to mold life using his subconcious.

Everything finally was quiet. He looked to his left and right, as if he was finding some answer that was promised to him. Some message that would come forth from this dimension of life. He felt calm and at peace. At that moment, he noticed over the horizon that land was nearing so he grudgingly let his dimension, his world that he created to slip past once more. Again he heard the screaming private yelling coordinates of enemy positions. He could see in the distance of 3 A-10s coming in from the north west at a 35 degree angle in eicholon formation littering the ground with bullet casings and filling the sky with smoke. Mark always wanted to be an A-10 pilot for as long as he could remember, but since he wasn't born with perfect vision, he learned to love his cobra the way you learn to love women. Nervous at first, but once you get comfortable with her, you can push her buttons and after a while you dont even really consider each other as 2 seperate creations, but one continuous thought, one being.

When Mark flew that day, he didn't have to think about moving his hand left or right on the joystick to bank in either direction, all he had to do was thinking of moving to the right and the chopper copied his thought. The chopper and Mark were one, each copying the other, each loving the other, each being useless without the other. And each died together when an AA missle ripped through the tail of the chopper ripping apart the chopper with the heated edge of hatred, of cruelty, of hell itself cutting through the very fabric of life. The missle cut through the chopper without thought, without remorse, and without mercy.

It's kind of interesting to think about it, but that could be used to describe a pycho killer. But this was no insane human that had pulled the trigger, no person getting fun from it, just a regular father of 2 daughters who was told to fire at someone he never knew, would never know. They might have been good friends if they had met at a baseball game. But fate would have it that God would be absent there that day. That it was the day men turned their backs on one another and the price was life. The most precious commodity that nobody owns or can control. The only hold man has on life is its very end. It is this last grasp for power that men desire. Men who feel like they are trapped because they thought it was the right thing to do or they were ordered to be there. Men who take the deep breath before the plunge. Men who would have otherwised led productive, caring lives, would die that day.

It was the day that the last tortured, decent man died.





post what u think.

Last edited by Xenris (2006-04-13 02:05:31)

Ty
Mass Media Casualty
+2,398|7241|Noizyland

Umm...
[Blinking eyes thing]
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Talon
Stop reading this and look at my post
+341|7227
I think this proves that 300+ hours on Battlefield is a little too much. Especially when 170 of them are Karkand...
TheEternalPessimist
Wibble
+412|7086|Mhz

"Helicopter blades spinning, cutting through the air like a sword of God." <== At this point I stopped

You need a hobby or summin mate.

No offense but it'd take a very weak mind to be affected by a simple game.

EDIT: Typo

Last edited by TheEternalPessimist (2006-04-13 03:27:10)

imdead
Death StatPadder
+228|7235|Human Meat Shield
scroll, scroll, scroll; nope nothing interesting, but you definately need to see the sunlight. Go outdoors and breathe some fresh air, then go back into your M*A*S*H camo tent and put your WW2 helmet on and go back playing BF2.

Charlie 6 o'clock!! Just kidding. You can stop hiding now..
Xenris
Member
+1|7057|Michigan
wow, apparently not the right crowd, im a full time college student AND i run a business, so please dont go throwing insults around like a chimp with crap in its hand. I figure i might share something i read online with the community, but apparently 12 year olds cant handle much seriously or maturely. I wanted to take a moment from all the hazing on these forums to present something philosophical, some people like that kinda thing, some people don't. And when i read it it reminded me a little of bf2 so i thought about it, and i came to the conclusion that people lose at least some piece of their former self by becoming desensitized or whatever by playing war games. I know i have.

Last edited by Xenris (2006-04-13 03:47:46)

BF2Craglyeye
Member
+72|7139|Australia

TheEternalPessimist wrote:

"Helicopter blades spinning, cutting through the air like a sword of God." <== At this point I stopped
I was the same, i then also saw the length of it. 

Listen mate if you wrote it urself, then you've done a fantastic job.

Other than that...well i dunno
imdead
Death StatPadder
+228|7235|Human Meat Shield
Oh I didn't know it was a book report...Yeah, those damn 12 year olds, can't understand nowadays the facts of real-life I tell you, nice report though, doing it for college. Oh what, you judging me? Well Son, got some news for ya, if you in college I know I am older than you unless you've flunked.
Xenris
Member
+1|7057|Michigan
lol well i submit something that makes some people think and i return not too later and there's nothing but blah blah i didnt read it, if u didnt read it dont post about it. and imdead, i wasnt necessarily referring to u as much i was to others.
TheEternalPessimist
Wibble
+412|7086|Mhz

Well you asked what we thaught, I told you... that story had no bearing on the topic and was far to long for anyone to bother reading.

I did actually end up reading it as I'm bored at work... Its nicly written... but, as I say you asked what we thaught about the game having an underlying sociological effect... TBH barring an underlying mental problem it wont have any effect at all... which is basically what I said before in more detail.
Picouz/VoiD
The Insomniac
+39|7131
gg.
EvilMonkeySlayer
Member
+82|7118
Next thing you know he'll start writing Brokeback Battlefield.
Breez
AKA: badhq
+937|7099|Derby, England

Well I personaly sat thereand read every single Bit of it Cas I like to be different to everyone on here I personaly can tell you this, not my cuppa tea but I did enjoy reading it Keep doing what you doing Peace Boris
pure_beef_69
Banned
+186|7113
Yes i see what your saying. but that kind of made me think that your crazy about this game as your writing what sounds like a poem about a game and how it is making someone into a mad killer. I dont think this will go down to well as previous posts have shown.
Snipedya14
Dont tread on me
+77|7161|Mountains of West Virginia
Coming from a big tom clancy fan, i thought it was well written.
XBurnerX
Member
+5|7071|MS - US
I fucking liked it.  To hell with the ignorant kids who know no reality other than what they see on their eleventy-billion inch HD monitor.  Honestly, you got exactly the response I would have expected in this venue. 

I am however, a little confused about the context you intended for the readers on here. Did you post this as a comparison for a gamer to experience the real emotion of actual battle?  Or did you post this as some sort of personification of whats going on inside the virtual BF2 character's head?  I think the latter is a little silly, but I commend the former. 

Did you write this yourself?

Good work.  Well written.
Buzzsaw
Member
+0|7057|UK
Good story, but i'm afraid I don't see what it has to do with BF2.
People who become influenced (in a bad way) by a video game (where there is not even blood!) should not be locked up.
Xenris
Member
+1|7057|Michigan

XBurnerX wrote:

I am however, a little confused about the context you intended for the readers on here. Did you post this as a comparison for a gamer to experience the real emotion of actual battle?  Or did you post this as some sort of personification of whats going on inside the virtual BF2 character's head?  I think the latter is a little silly, but I commend the former. 

Did you write this yourself?

Good work.  Well written.
well i wanted to try and show people that i didnt write it so i could step back and get real opinions, however apparently nobody read that part so i think people assumed i wrote it anyway, so i might as well just give it up and say yes, i did write it, i was bored and wanted to create a short story.

as far as the meaning, its open to interpretation, but the aim i was going for was more of a realistic story, putting in things that bf2 gamers could identify with in all aspects such as emotion, the thrill of going into battle, and one of the fundamental basises for playing a game, that long wait while you're being transported to the target zone whether it be in a helicopter, or car or if you're running, it gives u some downtime and some time to think. Also, the overlying message was that good people die in war, and good, productive, respectable people die in this game too and its a shame. die not necessarily in the literal sense but more so in the way how people change, games ARE addictive and a person's former self can be caught up in this world that mark created where he doesnt think about anything and is peaceful. i have computer games as an outlet for the world but it must be controlled, or it controls you.

But like i said open to interpretation, kinda like a painting, other people can post and say what it meant to them.

oh and thanks to all who actually took the time to read it, i appreciate it.
(and how many hours ive played on this game is completely irrelevant to the topic if u read what i just said)

Last edited by Xenris (2006-04-13 11:31:57)

Ilocano
buuuurrrrrrppppp.......
+341|7134

Snipedya14 wrote:

Coming from a big tom clancy fan, i thought it was well written.
There is something to be said about reading the book version, instead of just watching the movie version.  Tons of good "military" novels out there.

And kudos to the OP.  Far less kids are reading books these days, and not appreciating the well written word.  Immersion of the mind being replaced by immersion of the eyes (video games).
DeadFin
Who are we to argue with Taller Ghost Walt?
+27|7130|Finland

EvilMonkeySlayer wrote:

Next thing you know he'll start writing Brokeback Battlefield.
xD
KingLou
Banned
+79|7090|Las Vegas

Xenris wrote:

lol well i submit something that makes some people think and i return not too later and there's nothing but blah blah i didnt read it, if u didnt read it dont post about it. and imdead, i wasnt necessarily referring to u as much i was to others.
Well, I DID read it.........but the only way I think it would relate to BF2 is if at the end it said ".....then he respawned 15 seconds later, and launched 8 rockets up that AA gunners ass, and called him a 'n00b'."

As for the piece itself, it was a little too "poetic" for me.  I've never really liked that style of writing.  Not insulting anyone.....or at least not intending to........just not my cup of tea.

KiL
Mason4Assassin444
retired
+552|7129|USA

Xenris wrote:

wow, apparently not the right crowd, im a full time college student AND i run a business, so please dont go throwing insults around like a chimp with crap in its hand. I figure i might share something i read online with the community, but apparently 12 year olds cant handle much seriously or maturely. I wanted to take a moment from all the hazing on these forums to present something philosophical, some people like that kinda thing, some people don't. And when i read it it reminded me a little of bf2 so i thought about it, and i came to the conclusion that people lose at least some piece of their former self by becoming desensitized or whatever by playing war games. I know i have.
You'll find out, if its over 100 words....the shitty smart-ass comments will out weigh the philosophical mature comments your were hoping for.

I understand what your getting at. The writing is just on the cheesy side.
MaddOps
Who the hell elected you leader of this outfit?
+55|7064
I did take the time to read through all of it. 

A few thoughts. 

Do I personally think the game turns people off to killing?  Not that I can say.
I grew up with perfectly violent cartoons like Transformers, Voltron, GI Joe and all the others of the 80's ilk.
I also had the Incredible Hulk and Dukes of Hazzard, Magnum PI, Miami Vice.  Raised on Violence.

Secondly, this had a little too much Christain bend for me. 

I did think the writing was good overall but some of the similies were a little unelegant, others about the chopper handling as an extension of his unconscious mind were good.

And the other thing, I don't know about all the screaming on the radio.  Usually they've got an objective or a mission and they aren't typically called in directly for tactical strikes.
Kmar
Truth is my Bitch
+5,695|7067|132 and Bush

"Because agree or not, we are practicing killing."

Hey i think they used that theory as a defense on Law and Order once..lol
Normal people have a switch to differ from a game and reality.
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XBurnerX
Member
+5|7071|MS - US
I wish the gunner would've been like "Enemy boat spotted"

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