The civil war has had all sorts of unique tactics used, because it's an asymmetric war between multiple armed groups and the government. The military has had some success countering the nonstate actors with hit and run tactics utilizing knowledge of the terrain to counter the insurgencies. The military is also going scorched earth to suppress dissent. Arms are coming in from Russia to support the Junta.
Meanwhile, the insurgencies are supporting the populace and successfully fighting the military.
I guess that still just sounds like an insurgency to me? Sorry, I'm not arguing with you or doubting you, just clarifying that none of what you've said really conveys what's new or unique about the situation.
I mean, you don't owe me shit, if it's too much to get into or whatever you're free to just tell me to fuck off. I'm genuinely curious about what you're seeing that's different here, but it's not not my place to make any demands of your time if you're not looking to get into it.
I'm not a military expert and don't know much about the situation either, tbh. But I've heard from people I trust online that served in the military (not Myanmar's, fwiw) talking about how unique the tactics are and how the war is reshaping military tactics across the world
Eternal war is just what empires do. We stopped smashing the empires together directly every couple decades because of nukes, but the eternal war angle is nothing new to humanity.
they are skippable but there is so much story going on there is no point in skipping them because you get confused very fast and it gets annoying. MGSV was such a breath of fresh air in that regard.
That's fair. If mgs4 came out today I would feel the exact same way. But I came across it at the exact right time in my life for Kojima's style of overwrought exposition.
Every character is dripping with idiosyncrasies like a FF protagonist drips with belts
funny that you say that - i've played MGS4 all the way back and it was the shit because i was just starting at the university and we studied a lot of stuff that MGS2 and 4 tackled and much of what Kojima showed in those games was very clean readings of Marcuse, Adorno, Baudrillard, Foucault and you can literally illustrate Derrida's and De Man's deconstruction with it. And now that MGS4 is finally available on PC and i booted up again - words can't describe how over i was the never ending stream of cutscenes but i still can't bring myself up to skip any of them.
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Thanks, I hate it.
Blowing up elementary schools near you!
"Blowing up elementary schools near you (new)" or "Blowing up elementary schools near you (classic)"?
Rolling release warfare.
"Bleeding edge"
Israel, approx 80K, Syria 600K, Ukraine over 2 million, USA vs. Iran God knows. Ongoing wars in Nigeria, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen, Ethiopia and more.
Russia, USA, Iran, and Turkey (at least) are all fighting in Syria right now.
Myanmar is going to be studied for military tactics for at least the next 50 years
I'd actually be interested in hearing you elaborate on that. What's going on in Myanmar specifically that's different from previous conflicts?
The civil war has had all sorts of unique tactics used, because it's an asymmetric war between multiple armed groups and the government. The military has had some success countering the nonstate actors with hit and run tactics utilizing knowledge of the terrain to counter the insurgencies. The military is also going scorched earth to suppress dissent. Arms are coming in from Russia to support the Junta.
Meanwhile, the insurgencies are supporting the populace and successfully fighting the military.
I guess that still just sounds like an insurgency to me? Sorry, I'm not arguing with you or doubting you, just clarifying that none of what you've said really conveys what's new or unique about the situation.
I mean, you don't owe me shit, if it's too much to get into or whatever you're free to just tell me to fuck off. I'm genuinely curious about what you're seeing that's different here, but it's not not my place to make any demands of your time if you're not looking to get into it.
I appreciate the reply either way.
I'm not a military expert and don't know much about the situation either, tbh. But I've heard from people I trust online that served in the military (not Myanmar's, fwiw) talking about how unique the tactics are and how the war is reshaping military tactics across the world
Gotcha. Totally fair answer. I'll try to look into it more myself.
Eternal war is just what empires do. We stopped smashing the empires together directly every couple decades because of nukes, but the eternal war angle is nothing new to humanity.
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We've been on rolling release war my whole life.
i think they use claude instead of copilot for war
I thought OpenAI sniped that contract
it's probably some customized qwen by now
So basically the plot of MGS4
with unskippable cutscenes ALL THE FUCKING TIME
I thought they were skippable. I remember skipping a bunch on a replay and being like whoa I guess I'm in Europe or something now
they are skippable but there is so much story going on there is no point in skipping them because you get confused very fast and it gets annoying. MGSV was such a breath of fresh air in that regard.
That's fair. If mgs4 came out today I would feel the exact same way. But I came across it at the exact right time in my life for Kojima's style of overwrought exposition.
Every character is dripping with idiosyncrasies like a FF protagonist drips with belts
funny that you say that - i've played MGS4 all the way back and it was the shit because i was just starting at the university and we studied a lot of stuff that MGS2 and 4 tackled and much of what Kojima showed in those games was very clean readings of Marcuse, Adorno, Baudrillard, Foucault and you can literally illustrate Derrida's and De Man's deconstruction with it. And now that MGS4 is finally available on PC and i booted up again - words can't describe how over i was the never ending stream of cutscenes but i still can't bring myself up to skip any of them.
Now with Co(makazie)Pilot
I wonder how people with an IQ of a potato will survive if even a small conflict starts in their locality, let alone a world war.
By acting fucking vile? Exploiting others is incredibly easy, conscience is what stops most people from doing it.
Wouldn't lower IQ make it easier?
Actually not, it only happens in YouTube videos that say "a dull sword is more dangerous than a sharp one".
Fascinating analogy. But I meant like easier to cope emotionally.
The low IQ people are gonna be the ones duped into starting the conflict.