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  1. SeanNewman

    Afghan Operations Game Announcement

    Something fishy going on here...not so sure how the owner was able to get so many points so quickly... ;)
  2. SeanNewman

    Feature Requests

    Now that I have 4 x more medals in this game than I do in real life, how about some sort of ribbon rack under your game status bar in the signature block?  I know at first this might seem like glory hunting, but if you actually look at the types of things you get medals for it's kind of...
  3. SeanNewman

    "The Canada-Iraq myth"

    Why would he ever fight that perception, though?  All polls have indicated that right or wrong most Canadians hated Bush with a passion, so Chretien's popularity soared after the myth took off that he played pokey chest and said "No, F you guys" and I imagine after that he just hoped that nobody...
  4. SeanNewman

    The Mountain and Ironman Merged Thread

    Ahh, you are correct (edit) I did mis-read your statement. I saw temps and early times and thought you were talking about the faster competitors getting more of the race done in the early morning hours before it got hot/humid thus harder.
  5. SeanNewman

    Feature Requests

    Agreed, that's what I thought it was too (?) Waiting ~40 minutes for a single point is basically going to make this game real-time and take decades to conquer Afghanistan. Just working out the numbers here, you'll be able to run about 10 points' worth of missions in the morning, when you get...
  6. SeanNewman

    Afghan Operations Game Announcement

    No I don't sorry I was basically just button mashing, buying the kit I needed and doing the missions.  Then clicked on the PER screen and started adding attributes before I looked up and saw that the number was obviously ridiculously high. But to answer the question, I haven't done anything...
  7. SeanNewman

    Afghan Operations Game Announcement

    I started adding some points to my attributes and it seemed silly like it was going too high, so I looked up and saw the gigantic number beside my PER points. Added: Noooooooooo, back down to 24 PER points again  :( now that seems a lot closer to real life.
  8. SeanNewman

    Afghan Operations Game Announcement

    While I appreciate any sort of competitive advantage, as the Unit Ethics Officer I think I should report a bug.  This line just showed up: Merit Points available to spend: 4294967278 Something tells me I have not earned 429 million Edit: 4.3 billion PER points, in this game or real life.
  9. SeanNewman

    Lightweight Small Arms Technologies (LSAT) Machine Gun

    AR, You'd be impressed if you saw some of the staff work coming out of the people in charge of the soldier systems project.  There might be a perception that Ottawa officers are far removed from the realities of hardships facing modern fighters but they are fully up to speed and all of their...
  10. SeanNewman

    The Mountain and Ironman Merged Thread

    Strike, For the water, it's all about how much the unit supports it. I was very fortunate at 3 RCR to have the unit support the team so much, because we got the days to train, the canoes to use, and the funds for supplements. Good point too about the faster you are the more advantages you...
  11. SeanNewman

    Soldiers squander disability payouts

    To me it seems absurd to make the members pay it back, interest or not. First, it was given under the assumption that they were fully entitled to it, secondly it could be tied up in investments or a house, and lastly it's dumb to pay it back when the monthly payments will eclipse it at some...
  12. SeanNewman

    Why the Drawdown in Afghanistan might make sense

    Canada had thousands of soldiers posted to Germany until not that long ago, unless we get a guarantee that we won't be deploying anywhere else in large numbers I can't see us being stationed anywhere else permanently because it's everything we can do to man our tasking bricks now.
  13. SeanNewman

    tie strings & the fit of combat uniforms (Split: Need for a new Army dress uniform)

    Has already been mentioned that however well-meaning, there are enough straps that make up the parachure harness and holding your reserve and equipment on that the shirt/jacket isn't going to billow anywhere. Besides, it was one thing for the CAR to have their own specialty clothing back in the...
  14. SeanNewman

    Soldiers squander disability payouts

    None taken, but I don't see how a wounded vet couldn't take it as good news. Under the current system, a Vet has been told that they are getting a large cheque and that is the end of it.  They are thus in the mindset that's all they're going to get for their injury forever. If they go back to...
  15. SeanNewman

    The Mountain and Ironman Merged Thread

    My friend, 8 hours is nothing to be ashamed of.  Just doing it is something that 90% of the CF never attempts, and 8 hours is still a top half time for those who do.
  16. SeanNewman

    The Mountain and Ironman Merged Thread

    Even the Pet one is only harder because of combat boots though, so even its not as hard as it used to be when it was FFO. The distances are all generally similar though, but 5 hours covering 50 km including a portage and canoe is flying however you're covering it.  Typically the Ironman winner...
  17. SeanNewman

    All eyes on Ignatieff

    I'm not the biggest Iggy fan, but he's certainly doing an effective posturing job. His Info Ops campaign has effectively painted his enemy as unapproachable and not wanting to be in touch with common folk, and then he effectively did the bus tour thing all summer answering unscripted questions...
  18. SeanNewman

    Soldiers squander disability payouts

    This is just my opinion and not based on anything official whatsoever, but since they received that lump sum expecting no more money from that point forward, wouldn't it make sense to to continue paying them nothing until that lump sum would have been paid and then start giving them the monthly...
  19. SeanNewman

    All eyes on Ignatieff

    That is incorrect other than the Greens.  Bloc is about the same and NDP has also gone down. The Liberals have gone up a bit over the summer but Greens were the biggest gainers, being almost equal with the NDP now (although really spread out so they still might not get any seats).
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