[areafiftyone]

Sorry - Title should read: "Similated Sniping"

[Fred Mertz]

Jack Thompson, a father and a Miami attorney is fighting the Pentagon. He says it's wrong for the military to unleash this game on America's youth.

Does JackPeace still post here?

[JakeWyld]

Thanks.

[Larry Lucido]

I'm concerned too. I think kids should be developing their marksmanship skills with real rifles.

[aeronca]

"David Walsh, of a media watchdog group called Media and the Family, says that's a dangerous recipe for young teens.

An even more dangerous recipe for teens is being able to drive CARS at age 15. Some parents can't even imagine the potential for carnage that a collison could have, by giving their immature, show-off, party-dude kid a set of car keys. The world is filled with whacko's, and blaming their crimes on guns, and games, doesn't really solve the whacko problem.

[Sloth]

'Deadly Dozen' is a pretty good WWII game with lots of sniper opportunities.

[x-navy seal]

Cool, Sounds better than Quake!

[RightWhale]

What was that movie where they recruited starship pilots by putting computer flying/combat games everywhere and noting who got good scores?

[finnman69]

This is nothing. People who play Counter Strike have been sniping at each other for years now. I hate getting nailed by AWPers.

[Prodigal Son]

The Army also has a couple of simulation games they use to enhance marksmanship training. One, called the "Weaponeer" (if I recall), looks like a pinball machine. You lean into it and hold a mock M16. You have to zero it first by getting a shot group. Then targets pop up and you ping away at 'em. It simulates recoil as well. It's fairly realistic and afterwards it can evaluate your shots on the different targets.

The other is less realistic but focuses on weapon hold, breathing and sight picture (I can't remember the name of it). You hold a mock up M16 again (but a less realistic one) and you shoot at a monitor. Afterwards, the program will show you how your point of aim changed as you aquired the target, aimed and squeezed the trigger.

Not for pubic consumption though- I'd reckon there aren't that many of those systems out there and they're big and bulky. Just throwing it out there for trivial purposes.

[glc1173@aol.com]

I'm all in favor of it. Any change in military recruiting that portrays the military as a combat force - rather than a glorified Job Corps or a community college - is needed in order to get suitable recruits.