Does playing military FPS intice you to want to join the Armed Forces?

[QUOTE="V4LENT1NE"]Not to be a pain but why are all the threads you make nothing to really do with 360, everyone you have made has been about do video games effect this or why did you pick this company? Sounds like a marketing guy to me...........Dogmatic923

lol no, not at all, although back in the day when some of the first SWAT games came out it made me research what SWAT does and thier methods. but definately not the military, not my thing.

Machine guns can fire 5 bullets + a secound, imagine being pinned down by 10 people with automatic machine guns. This is not Vegas, 1 bullet, YOU ARE DEAD! You see, being shot in the leg, they will kill you as no escape, arm, can't fire a gun.

And I don't wanna kill people....

Not hardly, because while I love to PLAY war based GAMES, I really do not particularly enjoy the thought of being stuck on the other side of the planet for God knows how long, sleeping in the sand with nothing around you but 1000's of other swinging d!cks, while bullets and RPG 'S are whizzing by on a daily and nightly basis. Not to mention that if you live long enough, you will get to see many of your fellow soldiers get splattered all over the place by car bombs. And if you are really, really lucky....you might even get to lose a limb or two yourself, hey....maybe even die! Sounds like a real blast, aye?

All this for what? For some greedy, narrow minded war monger's oil agenda that he calls "the war on terror", that's what. So nah, I think that I will just stick to PLAYING THE GAMES....that way nobody, including innocent civilians, my friends or myself get killed for some corrupt leaders insane ideology. :wink:

I am a Major in the U.S. Air Force and have been on active duty for 13 years. 

No, playing FPS's didn't make me want to join the military - service to my country, being part of a great "fraternity" of others in the service, leadership opportunities, great benefits, and retirement at age 43 all made me want to join the military. 

Anyone who would go out and join the military based on games like Rainbow Six, GRAW, etc. would be in for a huge wake-up call when they went off to boot camp.  The small percentage of servicemen and women who actually DO put themselves in harms way and "come close" to experiencing anything near what you see in these games will tell you that these games are laughable at how they depict conflict, tactics, etc.

Still, these games are great fun for what they are, but should not be used as an example of military service.

i think it shows me the horrible things that happen to people in war and therefore encourages me to NOT join. paullywog

has the exact opposite effect on me. Why the hell would I want to be shot at or kill people in real life? thats messed up.TheFoot

im joining up in spetember, not because of video games though, im a bit of a patriot. video games could probably spark yourt interest because they show how cool the army is but i dont think they'll make you wanna enlistkyle_1865

im joining up in spetember, not because of video games though, im a bit of a patriot. video games could probably spark yourt interest because they show how cool the army is but i dont think they'll make you wanna enlistkyle_1865