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The war with Russia is highly plausible. Tensions are still high with our cold war foe. As far as the game being too realistic, it's not. Even if it was that's not a problem. The game itself didn't appear to be that difficult but it is huge. My friend said you could fly jets at some point. I'll stick to X-Wings. :D
Possible? Yes. Highly plausible? Not in my estimation. Our current relationship with Russia is more a whiny detente than anything else. True, nationalism does have the potential to start a war, but neither we nor they have someone gutsy or crazy enough to actually spark conflict. Newt Gingrich would probably be the guy to start a war with Russia; he might decide that a few assassinations are in order (given that he approves of the rising number of dead Iranian nuclear scientists). If the Kremlin found out about that, I can see trouble brewing. However, we never actually fought a war with the USSR, for the same reason we probably won't fight them now; it'd be a waste of time and probably wouldn't accomplish anything (except, perhaps, a bolstered Chechen insurgency if we follow the logic we followed in Afghanistan in the 80's). We could get into a proxy war with a country like Syria where Russia supplies the weapons. Now there was that incident where Russia invaded Georgia, but that proved to be pretty irrelevant in the larger picture, especially since almost no one recognized the new states of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. I think the worst we can fear for is if Russia starts handing out nuclear materials. I think my dad would like the Battlefield games. You die in about 2 shots from what I remember.
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Possible? Yes. Highly plausible? Not in my estimation. Our current relationship with Russia is more a whiny detente than anything else. True, nationalism does have the potential to start a war, but neither we nor they have someone gutsy or crazy enough to actually spark conflict. Newt Gingrich would probably be the guy to start a war with Russia; he might decide that a few assassinations are in order (given that he approves of the rising number of dead Iranian nuclear scientists). If the Kremlin found out about that, I can see trouble brewing. However, we never actually fought a war with the USSR, for the same reason we probably won't fight them now; it'd be a waste of time and probably wouldn't accomplish anything (except, perhaps, a bolstered Chechen insurgency if we follow the logic we followed in Afghanistan in the 80's). We could get into a proxy war with a country like Syria where Russia supplies the weapons. Now there was that incident where Russia invaded Georgia, but that proved to be pretty irrelevant in the larger picture, especially since almost no one recognized the new states of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. I think the worst we can fear for is if Russia starts handing out nuclear materials. I think my dad would like the Battlefield games. You die in about 2 shots from what I remember.
I don't see Newt starting a war. Not to say he couldn't, but I just don't see it. Ya, that's one thing I love/hate about Halo. You can take plenty of hits before your die but the same goes for your enemies.
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Re: gaming well in Halo it does depend on the weapon and placement of your shot for example the rocket launcher will instant kill on a direct hit, or instant kill with splash damage if it's close enough, the battle rifle can kill in two shots if both are head shots (which really means it's killing with six since it's a three round burst weapon) the sniper and beam rifles instant kill with headshots, and you pretty much always die when hit by vehicles

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well in Halo it does depend on the weapon and placement of your shot for example the rocket launcher will instant kill on a direct hit' date=' or instant kill with splash damage if it's close enough, the battle rifle can kill in two shots if both are head shots (which really means it's killing with six since it's a three round burst weapon) the sniper and beam rifles instant kill with headshots, and you pretty much always die when hit by vehicles[/quote'] I am the guy who gets killed with two bullets yet can empty two clips into someone without killing them.
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I am the guy who gets killed with two bullets yet can empty two clips into someone without killing them.
AAARRRGHH. Me too.
You have to hit them if you want them to die...
By that time they're already in my face and have hit me with the all-powerful butt of whatever weapon they're using. If your weapon is more effective as a club than a gun you may want to send your engineers back to the drawing board...
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Re: gaming Well, I had an awesome idea for a game inspired by Halo, but I haven't played much lately. Need For Madness 2 is a great online racing game where you can also win by smashing the other cars into wrecks, so I might start playing that again sometime.

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Re: gaming I just got Lego Batman II: DC Superheroes and it was a waste of money. It has actual voice actors instead of the general grunts, sighs, etc... that Lego is known for and there is no cohesive structure to the game. There is no central spot to buy upgrades, characters, etc... The map (for lack of a better word) is a joke at best as it doesn't tell you what direction you're going when you're trying to find a location. I should've gotten the Lego: Clone Wars game. I've been told the Lego Lord of the Rings will also have voice actors and what not. I'm probably not going to buy it because of this.

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