Thoughts on Kato's thoughts, AA?

There's a world of difference between USMC Kato's point about compromising physical standards for combat units simply for the sake of allowing women to qualify, and the idea that military decision making is inherently compromised by the presence of bewbs.

My thoughts are that when men statistically demonstrate superior upper body strength, women have better hand-eye coordination and faster reflexes, and they're both selfless enough to put their lives on the line for their country, I suspect there are enough roles on the battlefield to go around.

Of course, Kato has forgotten more about military tactics than I'll ever know, so if there are compelling reasons why a women can't load torpedo tubes on a submarine, pilot an A-10 Thunderbolt, or command an Abrams tank, I'll defer to his knowledge on the subject.

-Autistic Angel

To specify a little bit, I'm talking about regular ground pounding Infantry units.  A 60 to 80 pound rucksack, weapon, ammo, body armor and bubble gum is a hell of a lot to carry. And in some cases, we need to carry all that and quickly drag a poor bastard out of a kill zone or lift another bastard out of a burning Humvee.  There are women that are extremely capable of doing this, but for now this is uncommon.  If physical standards are met for infantry or line troops by females, then the military needs to stop complaining about integrating them into specific combat roles.

Really enjoying the game except my thumbs are pretty tired.  There are a ton of weapons and moves in the game and unless you are watching a cut scene you are doing some crazy things with the controller.  I'm playing on the hard difficulty and it hasn't been too bad, I've died a couple of times but I'm getting some S and SS ranks pretty regularly. 
The graphics are really good and they have some terrific levels.

Everytime I start the game I have to spend a few minutes in the training room to warm up my hands. The combos you can do are seemingly endless

Also what gaming systems do you own?

Congrats Staticstrike, you probably have the most Hark points in the GT community. Which is zero, everyone else has negative points

I am paralyzed by how much free time I now have

Always looking for writers at GT....

I am 98.6543 percent sure you are joking. My intelligence and writing skills are way below of your current and past writers

Each service will be charged with developing policies to integrate women into every military job. For instance, the defense official said, it's likely the Army will establish a set of physical requirements for infantry soldiers. The candidate, man or woman, will have to lift a certain amount of weight in order to qualify. The standards will be gender neutral.

Seems to me that the women that qualify will have no problem pulling their own weight, as it were.

Yep and it is also time for them to start registering for Selective Service.

Like I said before, I am for having anyone serve in a line company. Gender, sexual orientation, or whatever else. We need all the talent we can get. All they need to do is make all physical tests and requirements at the same higher standard.

I've always hated this scenario in the Marines and in the Army:

Lets say a male Marine goes up for a meritorious promotion board, and it's down to him and a female Marine. Both have identical shooting, awards and education points. However the male Marine has tested at a 2nd class personal fitness score while the female scores a 1st class. She wins the board and gets promoted.

1st class PFT score for males is (was)
3 mile run at 16 minutes
20 dead hang pull-ups
100 sit-ups in two minutes

1st class PFT score for females is (was)
1.5 miles at 12 minutes
Hang on a pull up bar for two minutes for max score
60 sit-ups in two minutes

Is there a good guide as to which pets the community think are the best ones?

This may help

http://m.ign.com/wikis/ni-no-kuni-wrath-of-the-white-witch/Handy_Starter_Familiars

Shogun XBLA and already purchased Dungeonland for the PC

Yoink! I grabbed one

Oh and ill give Fitocracy a go

Damn it, Arizona is scheduled for late Feb. I need at least 3 months to get back into shape after surgery

Wish the Arizona event was more that 3 months out

Yeah, February is way too soon for me as well.  But next year?  Team GT?  I'm game.

Pete, if you're serious about this I will make it to Arizona. You, me and Knightshade would be awesome.

Anyways off to the swimming pool I go

I love the 3 stoner dudes that hang out in front of the school.



"Loser" hahahaha

Damn it, Arizona is scheduled for late Feb. I need at least 3 months to get back into shape after surgery

Wish the Arizona event was more that 3 months out

I'm not running it this year, but I hope next year to be able to run the "Tough Mudders" event in Phoenix.  Any takers to run it with me? 

Is there a date for the Phoenix event yet? Was just talking to Pete about doing the Tough Mudder in June at Southern California.
However doing an event like this with a partner would be awesome, so maybe I can go to Arizona instead for the event

Me. Need to fix my pc, bit i am in!

Roger, sending it your way. I figure that an evil dungeon master is up your alley anyways

Wow, soundtrack is incredible. Now I wish I bought the Wizard edition, from a third party of course

Cool MsDuncan, sent you a steam friend invite so I can send it to you directly.

Anyone else want in on Dungeonland for some DM or Co-op action with Jarrodhk and I?

I hope Platinum Games is able to get Darksiders

7 dollar make you holllar

Count me in.    let me nkow the details.   Paypal or something?

I'm going to purchase the 4-pack tomorrow.

7 dollar make you holllar

Study chemotherapy of infectious disease.
Study pharmacogenomics.
Study the top 300 prescribed medications, including brand, generic, ADRs, and consultation.
Study medical terminology.
Cook and eat dinner.
Study pharmaceutics.
Study patient assessment/diagnosis, practice physical exams.
Study drug literature evaluation and statistics.
Research current week's case study.
Open a beer. 
Open another.
And another.

Lather, rinse, repeat. Daily.

No time for being Fabulous anymore?

I am paralyzed by how much free time I now have

I'm having a great time with this, but contrary to Soulchild I am having more success and enjoyment with the Xbox controller rather the mouse and keyboard. Nice soundtrack btw

I'm 75.67 percent sure I'm getting the 4 pack. One for me and one for Jarrodhk, so I'll end up giving the last two away methinks

There is a 4 pack available......Jarrodhk and I are already sold on it.....ninja

I'm sort of torn on this issue...  One of the worst thing to fuck up unit cohesion is throw women and sex into the mix, but faster advancement in the US military comes with frontline combat experience and women should have access


I don't know..  US Infantry training was pretty fucking brutal when I served and I just have a hard time seeing women dealing with that shit

I too have a hard time seeing women actually perform at the regular infantry level, but I'm glad they will have the chance.
The problem is that frontline troops might start refusing combat orders if they suspect that their fellow women counterparts cannot perform to their own level. I wouldn't want someone next to me going out on a mission that could not carry all their own equipment, plus a wounded infantryman on their shoulders for a med evac.

My crystal  ball tells me when and where exactly a regular women soldier/Ranger/Marine/SOCOM will fail.

Looking good!

(Throws wallet at computer screen)

I agree wholeheartedly with this, I just hope the standards for combat units are not lowered.

I've gained 15 pounds since my back surgery and finally back in the saddle. Currently working out early in the morning (weights and medium cardio) and at night I swim.

My Top 10 most anticipated:

1. Dark Souls 2
2. Bayonetta 2
3. Metal Gear Rising (After playing Anarchy Reigns, I know this will be a blast to play)
4. Shadowrun Returns
5. Tomb Raider
6. Watch Dogs
7. Remember Me
8. Aliens Colonial Marines
9. Company of Heroes 2
10. Gears of War Judgement

Playing it on 360 with Kato.

Haven't touched the MP, but the co-op is really great (with Jarrodhk of course).

Played only and hour so far early this morning, but I have to say that the English dub is outstanding. I usually play my JRPG's in original Japanese with subtitles given the option, but for Xenoblade, Last Story, and now this game I prefer the dub.

I've always thought that bigger is always better?

Lololololol

Sweet! I'll be sure to pick it up soon

Mine says "shipping soon" now. So it'll probably make it, but if not I'm going to be using best buy for more release purchases :-P

My copy arrived at around 1:00pm EST

Those who pre-ordered from Amazon, have yours shipped yet? Mine doesn't say it has, yet says delivery on Tuesday. Hope it's not using USPS :-P

I got my Amazon shipping confirmation yesterday morning, delivery Tuesday.

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Was just wondering about this after I saw The Grue was playing it. Just checked and it has a Metascore of 86, Giant Bomb gave it a 100 and yet you have user reviews that go all the way down to 0... but par for the course nowadays, I suppose. May just have to pick this one up.

This game is really good. Can't understand why so many anti-fan boys hate so much on an undeniably good game.

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Was just wondering about this after I saw The Grue was playing it. Just checked and it has a Metascore of 86, Giant Bomb gave it a 100 and yet you have user reviews that go all the way down to 0... but par for the course nowadays, I suppose. May just have to pick this one up.

This game is really good. Can't understand why so many anti-fan boys hate so much on an undeniably good game.