What spurred the previous post was actually that I had a cultural epiphany while playing Unreal Tournament 2004 in Onslaught mode.
I realised that I get to fight against, and alongside, Germans, French, Americans, and the rest of the world. It’s fascinating seeing the subtly different ways the different countries view teamworking and leadership.
The Brits say “there’s a tank coming at 2″ and get a reply of “cheers”. If you’re in a vehicle that’s nearly out of health points, someone will stop off to replenish you.
The Americans say “You in the plane, shoot the tank at 2, I’m gonna hit 4″…”I’m on it”. If you’re in a vehicle that’s nearly out of health points, you’ve got to tell someone to heal you.
The Germans say “go! go! go!” and don’t have time to hang around healing weak vehicles.
The French say lots of stuff in French, and when they take strategic position 2 they put down a tablecloth and have a baguette where they can discuss the correct way to heal a vehicle. May not be true.
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Presumably the British make lots of tea and the Yanks stop for a burger at the drive-thru.
Just noticed you’ve changed your blog name! Does that mean an end to grumpyness?
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=bilious
definition 4 :-)
heheh! I see, trying to disguise the grumpiness by using words, us less literate mortals wouldn’t understand, eh!
I would have been very surprised if it was an end to grumpyness, in fact I would have suggested you visit you’re doctor as it would be a sure sign you were loosing you’re mind :-)
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