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The "anything" thread

In Ostmanns defense (wow, that feels wrong...), that was all he did...
Thank you. It makes you wonder how anyone reading what my first post said could misinterpret it.

Of course the brits have to do it at the beginning. They're basically apologizing for it. Everyone else has to wait until the end date. Them's the rules.:IS2:

(besides, for a near-professional troll you're real easy to rile up)
What do they have to apologize for? Videla invading the Falklands? Pfft.

I get riled up when someone can find something wrong with me expressing condolences to those that died in conflict. The dead are sacred, especially those that died for a cause, and I find it extremely disrespectful to question my sorrow for them.

Edit: Got my guys mixed up. I meant Galtieri.
 
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I get riled up when someone can find something wrong with me expressing condolences to those that died in conflict.
You're not expressing it to them. The dead are dead and the bereaved are over it - and if they're not they sure as **** aren't looking for condolences on the Tripwire Interactive Community Forums, buried in The "anything" thread in the Podium section... You're expressing this to us and to us only.

If you want to make this a private thing between you and the dead buy a Ouija board!
 
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You're not expressing it to them. The dead are dead and the bereaved are over it - and if they're not they sure as **** aren't looking for condolences on the Tripwire Interactive Community Forums, buried in The "anything" thread in the Podium section... You're expressing this to us and to us only.

If you want to make this a private thing between you and the dead buy a Ouija board!
Jesus Christ you're really technical. No **** I'm not expressing it to them. They aren't here to hear us, so I guess I have to ask you this: Should we just not wish the dead to rest in peace with an "RIP" or Pax, including those killed in the Holocaust? The Holodomor? The Native Americans we massacred? The Boers in British concentration camps in South Africa? What about the NATO allies that stopped the DPRK from invading South Korea? Or how about the British civilians killed in the Battle of Britain? Even the poor Iranian chump told to charge heavily defended Iraqi positions? Just stop all vigils, ceremonies, and never wish condolences to those who died publically again?

How do you know someone on here didn't lose someone in the Falklands?

Why don't you actually think about other people instead of thinking just of ways to prove me wrong.
 
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Should we just not wish the dead to rest in peace with an "RIP"
We should, but we should also realize we aren't doing it for them, but to express to the people we're talking to that we respect the dead.

When I post "RIP Michael Jackson", I'm not adding a +1 on the rip-counter so he can get into the big after-life spa for free some day when he accumulated 250 non-transferable bonus RIPs... I'm saying "I respected the dude as an artist and I'm sad he died".
By that we also show that we too are affected by the loss and this sense of being in the same boat, feeling the same, helps us cope. That's why funerals are an important factor in dealing with death, whether you're religious or not.

No, there are many justifiable reasons for wishing someone to RIP.

You know what's creepy though? When I'm someone who is unhealthily fascinated by war and I try to bring up and get close to the naughty subject under the guise of honoring the dead.
Someone who is proud about how well the Volkssturm did, someone who plays a Nazi soldier, not in a reenactment group but in a community where basically no one else does, someone who is a nationalist who is eager to join a war himself... someone like that, in my opinion, can't genuinely honor the victims of a war.

Unless it hit him personally. I have no problems with a hundred year-old nazi praying for dead comrades in front of a statue, because he has a reason. I don't care about his political affiliations in that moment.

When you do it though, it feels wrong to me. Less like "I'm genuinely sad these people died, or at least I condemn the reason for their death" and more like "wasn't it heroic when these guys gave their lives?".

Who knows, maybe you're not as horrible a person as I think you are, based on your behavior here, lol, but in my little black-and-white world you talking about war and honoring the dead irks me.

And I don't care if someone posts his condolences at the anniversary of the beginning or the end of a war, btw. That's no more a rule than any ridiculous dating rule some sitcom character explains and everyone knows about it except the explainee...:rolleyes:
Kudos for digging around the BBC for evidence to the contrary, though, and for proudly posting it here with a huge font, CAPS, bold and underlined, though. That's a level of dedication I wish some sitcom characters had.

Besides, if you're genuine about it you can post your condolences on Christmas, for all I care.
My problem is, I don't think you are, so I took a small jab at you.
Critical hit, I guess... Maybe I hit a weak spot for massive damage?

including those killed in the Holocaust? The Holodomor? The Native Americans we massacred? The Boers in British concentration camps in South Africa? What about the NATO allies that stopped the DPRK from invading South Korea? Or how about the British civilians killed in the Battle of Britain? Even the poor Iranian chump told to charge heavily defended Iraqi positions?
Exactly. Got some dead to honor that didn't die in horrific wars?

Why don't you actually think about other people instead of thinking just of ways to prove me wrong.
I guess I could think about ways of proving other people wrong. Would that be an acceptable compromise?
In fact, I'm hard at work on that front anyway and soon I shall harvest their responses.
 
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We should, but we should also realize we aren't doing it for them, but to express to the people we're talking to that we respect the dead.

When I post "RIP Michael Jackson", I'm not adding a +1 on the rip-counter so he can get into the big after-life spa for free some day when he accumulated 250 non-transferable bonus RIPs... I'm saying "I respected the dude as an artist and I'm sad he died".
By that we also show that we too are affected by the loss and this sense of being in the same boat, feeling the same, helps us cope. That's why funerals are an important factor in dealing with death, whether you're religious or not.

No, there are many justifiable reasons for wishing someone to RIP.
I'm not looking to add a +1, I'm simply saying that as an American, I too care about the loss of soldiers of foreign countries, not just of our own. I'm also sure at least someone forgot that war happened 30 years ago, so it's also to refresh everyone's memory and not let them forget. That's the only way we can prevent history from repeating itself.

You know what's creepy though? When I'm someone who is unhealthily fascinated by war and I try to bring up and get close to the naughty subject under the guise of honoring the dead.
Someone who is proud about how well the Volkssturm did, someone who plays a Nazi soldier, not in a reenactment group but in a community where basically no one else does, someone who is a nationalist who is eager to join a war himself... someone like that, in my opinion, can't genuinely honor the victims of a war.

Unless it hit him personally. I have no problems with a hundred year-old nazi praying for dead comrades in front of a statue, because he has a reason. I don't care about his political affiliations in that moment.

When you do it though, it feels wrong to me. Less like "I'm genuinely sad these people died, or at least I condemn the reason for their death" and more like "wasn't it heroic when these guys gave their lives?".
I wasn't going to talk any more about the Falklands other than giving my condolences. Frankly, I don't care to really talk about it at all.

You are completely taking what I said in that other post way out of proportion. I'm not praising the "last great Nazi defense" against the "Bolshevik horde." I'm simply saying, it's an amazing feat to think that a bunch of untrained civilians with a bunch of Fausts could destroy so many tanks and an army in shambles at that point could inflict so much damage on an overwhelming enemy. I am by no means a Nazi. I don't believe in national socialism, or the racial hierarchy, or any of that BS.

I simply describe myself as nationalistic because patriotic is only a word I consider to be used back at home. It's not fooling anyone outside the US, as that's considered "nationalistic", and it looks like the majority of users here aren't Americans. As cruel and horrible I'm told war is, since I've been young, I've always had the need to go experience it myself. I'm sure I'll hate it, but I have to go. I don't play in a realism unit anymore, and I'll have you know, none of the guys I played with were Nazis, either. Maybe in the closet, but not publicly.

And I went to my first reenactment a few weeks ago and portrayed a soldier from the 3. Panzergrenadier-Division. I'm never going back. It was so messed up and disrespectful, I will never "reenact" again. No one was a Nazi there nor was anyone heiling either, but it's just a really perverted mindset to be in, and I can't do it.

Who knows, maybe you're not as horrible a person as I think you are, based on your behavior here, lol, but in my little black-and-white world you talking about war and honoring the dead irks me.

And I don't care if someone posts his condolences at the anniversary of the beginning or the end of a war, btw. That's no more a rule than any ridiculous dating rule some sitcom character explains and everyone knows about it except the explainee...:rolleyes:
Kudos for digging around the BBC for evidence to the contrary, though, and for proudly posting it here with a huge font, CAPS, bold and underlined, though. That's a level of dedication I wish some sitcom characters had.
The only reason I posted that was because you literally just said earlier:
We usually celebrate the ends of wars, not their beginnings. But then, we aren't Alexander Ostmann.
So now that we've established that I'm not celebrating anything, is it okay or is it not okay to offer condolences at the beginning or end according to you? Because my stance is: it shouldn't make a difference. It's showing respect regardless.

And it wasn't really digging. It was headlines.

Besides, if you're genuine about it you can post your condolences on Christmas, for all I care.
My problem is, I don't think you are, so I took a small jab at you.
Critical hit, I guess... Maybe I hit a weak spot for massive damage

Exactly. Got some dead to honor that didn't die in horrific wars?
Yes, but my family life isn't important to anyone here so I am not going to post RIP every time someone dies. The anniversary of the Falklands War is different.
 
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