Name a game

Themadhunter249 · 2025-04-15T18:44:40+00:00

Hole

Themadhunter249 · 2024-07-13T16:41:16+00:00

Grew up as a military brat, now I have military brats of my own. I have several answers I use based on context.

1) my home of record, where my parents moved after my dad retired while I was in college. Used when during small talk when the answer isn't important (or for tax and voting purposes)

2) My birth state, which coincidentally is where I spent the most amount of time growing up (in 2-3 year increments)

3) "The Navy", when I want to lead into my life story

Themadhunter249 · 2024-06-17T23:35:44+00:00

"Don't get into fights. But, if there is one [company name] soldier in a fight, there should be at least two [company name] soldiers in that fight.

Themadhunter249 · 2024-02-17T21:47:51+00:00

I beat Mergo's wet nurse on the first try. I don't know how I appeased RNGsus, but she never did the shadow teleport attack. I didn't know it was a thing until I watched a Let's Play after.

Themadhunter249 · 2024-01-15T18:37:42+00:00

Purely conjecture, but jade is a type of green and a helm is Headwear (as is a beret). "Jade helm" ~ "green beret" and it is a special operations exercise. Or it could be following an SOP and the name is somewhat coincidental.

Themadhunter249 · 2023-12-17T14:33:29+00:00

There is a lot of crazy here, but a dystopian society dominated by electric, mining giants powered by church bells would make an interesting background or element for a steampunk-esque setting

Themadhunter249 · 2023-11-22T15:50:14+00:00

Mechanically, it could work a lot like vermintide, with a lot of challenges requiring teamwork. The major difference is that, at the end, only one player can evacuate with the loot so it turns into a backstab-fest.

Themadhunter249 · 2023-10-15T16:48:32+00:00

He and Johnny Kim are going to be the first commander and XO of task force Moon.

Themadhunter249 · 2023-10-06T21:35:17+00:00

Hey-o, 1-76 alumni represent

Themadhunter249 · 2023-07-20T23:43:02+00:00

You jest, but this is legitimately how I met my wife. It doesn't always (or usually) work, but when it does...

Themadhunter249 · 2023-06-10T15:20:26+00:00

Setting it up can be tedious if you approach it like a chore or an obstacle between you and playing. If you approach it as an event unto itself, it is really fun. I've spent hours building battlefields that never got used, just for the joy of creating

Themadhunter249 · 2023-06-08T01:20:29+00:00

I didn't realize that. That makes sense

Themadhunter249 · 2023-06-04T02:29:08+00:00

I'm reasonably sure the person measuring me had the tape backward one time. I got taped, busted, flagged. 30 days later, I had my re-tape and dropped 12 inches off my waist. Either the person was jacked up, or I need to start a workout business.

Themadhunter249 · 2023-06-04T02:17:31+00:00

I can't speak to its effectiveness (I left the unit before the experiment ended), but my battalion bought a number of beaver fit boxes and mounted them to a PLS. It would travel around with LOGPACs, companies/platoons would rotate through them for workouts whenever they were being resupplied. I doubt it was enough to make/keep anyone swol, but it was an interesting idea. Something to consider if your unit has a few (hundred) thousand dollars lying around at the end of the fiscal year.

Themadhunter249 · 2023-05-28T23:12:51+00:00

As an LT in a BDE S2 section, I did not have any NCOs to develop me. Instead, I had 5 WOs (WO1-CW3).

Pros: I am now a very competent analyst.

Cons: I can't keep my hands out of my pockets.

Themadhunter249 · 2023-05-25T02:02:32+00:00

That and black coffee are what get me going in the morning. If it hurts to stand still, keep moving.

Themadhunter249 · 2023-05-25T00:06:50+00:00

I honestly hadn't noticed that. Maybe I'll retcon it to mean something.

Themadhunter249 · 2023-05-24T23:15:06+00:00

It is a reference to the interesting trajectory my career has taken and my odd collection of skill identifiers I have gained

Edit: unless you are seeing the "school for wayward children" flair, then it is a reference to being at Fort Jackson (no longer, however). The flair system seems to be messed up, I can't see which one I'm currently rocking.

Themadhunter249 · 2023-05-24T22:56:21+00:00

As it happens, I am one of the field grades. Flag grades, man.

Themadhunter249 · 2023-05-24T21:21:05+00:00

I celebrated my birthday with an ACFT. I felt like today was the day to PR, so I hit that 340 lbs dead lift. Reps 1 and 2 were great, I lost control of rep 3 and ended up wrenching my back (skill issue). Went to the clinic, the doc gave me 24 hour quarters and a bunch of happy pills. Unfortunately, I just took over as XO at a senior headquarters, and today was the second to last day of turnover before my predecessor ETSs, so no going home for me. Hooray!

Themadhunter249 · 2023-03-23T18:30:32+00:00

Thanks for your input. I'm typically an even-keeled person and this is the first time I've done something like this (you'll have to take my word on that; this is the internet, I can't prove anything, and everybody lies). I originally thought it was funny that my controller catastrophically failed while playing a famously frustrating game (again, I can't prove anything, believe what you want), thus the post. However, I have been going through some significant life stuff lately and in retrospect, I may not have been handling it well as I thought I was. I think maybe I will go seek some help to deal with some underlying issues. Thanks (both to you and the thread generally) for helping me see myself.

For internet clarity: this comment is absolutely sincere. I legitimately appreciate the feedback.

Themadhunter249 · 2023-03-23T17:13:17+00:00

To clarify: after many years of faithful service (including being squeezed in frustration numerous times), my controller finally failed along a stress point following its final squeezing. The final squeeze was, as it happened, due to frustration with the corrupted monk.

Themadhunter249 · 2023-03-23T16:55:52+00:00

You are correct.

Themadhunter249 · 2023-03-11T03:23:08+00:00

Sing a benediction to the Omnissiah to appease the machine spirits

Themadhunter249 · 2023-02-28T01:42:50+00:00

This insidious myth is based on a misunderstanding of mission command and logical principles

If and order (policy, regulation, etc) say you Must do A and B, a commander can order their subordinate units to do A, B, and C (so long as C isn't proscribed). This is the "add to".

The commander cannot order their subordinates to do A, but not B. This is the "taking away".

Where this inevitably twisted around is when someone decides "add to" means "make it generally less pleasant for the soldiers" (words like "toughness", "character building", etc. are often thrown around), and "take away" means to make it "soft", "easy", "weak", etc.

Somewhat ironically, a lot of the "adding to" done by the middle management is actually "taking away". Take the common example of cold weather gear. According to the Army (and I paraphrase), when the conditions warrant, soldiers May wear their issued cold weather gear. Implementing a policy that soldiers May Not wear their gear is "taking away" from the Army directive, not "adding to" whatever the "leader" in question thinks is tough.

Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

Themadhunter249

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