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[QUOTE="quiglythegreat"]The recoil on most guns is not nearly as much as people expect.quiglythegreat

I've taken more than 20 people shooting and I've always observed the opposite.

The first thing they're shocked by is the sound. Even when wearing ears most people cannot believe how deafening the higher caliber (357 mag, .45, .44 mag, etc.) handguns and even regular rifles (.308, .223) makes. The second surprise is the amount of recoil..... most people who haven't used firearms expect little to no recoil - like that of a .22. This is because they're so used to seeing guns in movies (guns in movies have ZERO recoil because they don't actually fire bullets, the complete opposite is true for live ammo) with no recoil and toyish "pop" sounds. I've had people nearly fall backwards shooting a Ruger Redhawk .44 magnum because they were so unaware of the impending recoil.

I don't even know what you're saying. Your last post you said people expect more recoil than they actually receive the first time the fire a handgun but the opposite true. I worked in a range for over 5 years and have been shooting my entire life. People are so used to the Hollywood notion of how a gun works they're often overwhelmed by the recoil produced by larger calibers and extremely startled by the noise even when wearing ears.

What calibers are you referring to here? What guns do you have experience with?

The recoil on most guns is not nearly as much as people expect.quiglythegreat

I've taken more than 20 people shooting and I've always observed the opposite.

The first thing they're shocked by is the sound. Even when wearing ears most people cannot believe how deafening the higher caliber (357 mag, .45, .44 mag, etc.) handguns and even regular rifles (.308, .223) makes. The second surprise is the amount of recoil..... most people who haven't used firearms expect little to no recoil - like that of a .22. This is because they're so used to seeing guns in movies (guns in movies have ZERO recoil because they don't actually fire bullets, the complete opposite is true for live ammo) with no recoil and toyish "pop" sounds. I've had people nearly fall backwards shooting a Ruger Redhawk .44 magnum because they were so unaware of the impending recoil.  

what takes more skill, I say swords, any man can aim and shoot a gun, it takes a true man to master the sword.Film-Guy

Coming from a man who has never shot a gun.

The only gun "easy" to shoot is a scoped rifle on a rest.

Becoming accurate with a handgun requires immense skill and constant practice. I guarantee that if you went to the range you wouldn't be able to keep a .45 on a 12 inch target from 50 yards. It's nothing like the movies.... there's a lot more to it then just pointing and shooting.

I don't know what the Home ones look like.

If you're going to make a thread like this, include pictures.

That was posted by this gamespot user not an editor.
cakeorrdeath

He works for Gamespot, an editor.

It happens to me constantly (and for several days.)

I was going to reply in this topic about the specifics but when I hit submit I got

One or more words within your message were automatically censored.

Then my entire post was lost.

Friggin' sloppy. This forum is more riddled with errors than any other I've ever used. Half of the time it's so slow it isn't usable (and it isn't my connection.... I use the forum at work and the connection speed here is on par with a T1,) and the other half of the time it just flat out won't let you post. Is this forum a college student's final coding project? Feels like it.

I'm constantly getting the "one or more of your words were automatically censored" when I go to post, when I am not using any foul language. When I try to repost the same post it keeps giving me the same prompt until I just go click happy on the Submit button until it works. Please fix.njdss4

I am too, it's obnoxious.

I am constantly getting the censored message, and I am constantly getting HTML errors when there are none in my posts.

I know everyone else is too, because you'll read posts where suddenly the post stops and it says for.bidden and then the rest of the post is deleted (that's what the forum does to a post when it returns the error.)

Friggin' sloppy.

Well, great. Maybe now that our system is "back" our games can continue being reviewed as games and not as "games on that one system." Seriously, if this doesn't provide insight into how GameSpot viewed the PS3 over the past months, or even year, then I don't know what does.
KeyWii

It's how everyone viewed the PS3 but die-hard Sony fanboys (for example - you.) Even ignoring GS - look at GR's, the compilation from all credible game reviewers on the web and in print, the PS3 has yet to get a 9.0+ game. That sets a record in the industry for the longest a console has gone post-launch without one.

The launch was a disapointment. PS3 was ridiculed by even the mainstream press. Things will improve for the PS3 not because "Gamespot used to be biased," but because the PS3's launch was a terrible disapointment from a software perspective.

Get. Over. It.

lol, ONLY TWO AAA EXCLUSIVE games on the 360... (note: i said exclusive)...

and they are just shooters... if you search for all the 360 games above the score of 9.0, there is ONE, which is not a shooter... and that aint even exclusive...

So 1 year = 2 exclusives

Cows, sure, we aint got none, but omg... 2 is hardly a difficult score to beat in a year!

Stumpt25

GRAW for the 360 is also exclusive.

The versions on the PC and the XBox/PS2 are completely different games. Same name, different game.

The only way to get the 360 version od GRAW is on the 360.

Other.

A tie between the Delta Force (here in the US) and the SAS (over in the UK.)

Most technologically advanced and deadliest warriors the world has ever seen.