Top 7... ways games can transform you into a superior human being

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If there was ever a greater feeling in the world than that of levelling up, we are yet to experience it. From the chorus that chimes in World of Warcraft to the heavy rock riff of Modern Warfare 2, you know that for all your hard work you just got a little more badass.

Whilst this is true of your in-game avatars, it’s also true of you and your own abilities themselves. Increasing with each and every game, your own attributes are advancing as gaming teaches you to ‘level-up’ yourself in ways that make you almost super-human. Look below to see just what abilities video games enhance to transform you into a superior human being.
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too true, If we have to go to war, you know gamers will get all the medals :D
 
Indeed very true. But you will more than likely find the gamers actually arent that good when it comes to the real thing. On PC versus real life is completely difference. People may act or macho etc. in games. But more than likely wouldn't handle it in real life.
 
Rob-Dynamix said:
Indeed very true. But you will more than likely find the gamers actually arent that good when it comes to the real thing. On PC versus real life is completely difference. People may act or macho etc. in games. But more than likely wouldn't handle it in real life.
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LOL True.

Kewl aritcaly. A lot smart of people on Mygaming :)
 
Rob-Dynamix said:
Indeed very true. But you will more than likely find the gamers actually arent that good when it comes to the real thing. On PC versus real life is completely difference. People may act or macho etc. in games. But more than likely wouldn't handle it in real life.
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I dont think its about being macho. Games, especially ppl who spend alot of time playing online games like SC or COD or Halo get condition to think a certain way. Think about it, in a game like SC when playing online the player has to out think another human being and if this is done on a regular basis the player starts to think in terms of strategic advantage and so forth. Similarly Online FPS players are conditioned to react a certain way. Now im not talking about the noobs that spray and pray but the teams that work together with deadly efficiency. Also games have to make split second Friend or Foe identification, their brains are then trained to process visual information alot faster than regular people. So i think in the real thing alot of people will be Scared shitlless but thats why you have Basic training and are not just booted into the field with a rifle and told to "get the enemy flag"
 
Maplassie said:
/me gets flag.
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!!!Run I will cover you.!!! :p

I agree OmegaFenix game can make you think more strategic and can maybe even improve you reflexes. But then again most gamers I know will probably not even be able to lift up a 5-10 Kg gun. :D
 
Sgt said:
!!!Run I will cover you.!!! :p

I agree OmegaFenix game can make you think more strategic and can maybe even improve you reflexes. But then again most gamers I know will probably not even be able to lift up a 5-10 Kg gun. :D
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Thats why there is basic training...
 
I agree games - especially team and strategy orientated games - could probably boost a person's abilities in those areas, but it won't help you out in the field. Your average soldier carries several (20 - 40) kilos of equipment around with him at any one time - a majority of the gamers I've seen would probably fall over backwards the minute he puts on the backpack.

And make no mistake, soldiers live rough when they're in the field. You do long distances by foot, you're stuck in heat, mud, rain, completely exposed to the elements (depending on where you are) - games romanticise things a lot, and its far cry from the actual experience.

A mate of mine did a tour with the British forces in Iraq - his description of getting caught in an ambush was over the top. And some gamers will probably charge into live fire anyway - somehow convinced they'll respawn if they get shot :p
 
shadowfox said:
I agree games - especially team and strategy orientated games - could probably boost a person's abilities in those areas, but it won't help you out in the field. Your average soldier carries several (20 - 40) kilos of equipment around with him at any one time - a majority of the gamers I've seen would probably fall over backwards the minute he puts on the backpack.

And make no mistake, soldiers live rough when they're in the field. You do long distances by foot, you're stuck in heat, mud, rain, completely exposed to the elements (depending on where you are) - games romanticise things a lot, and its far cry from the actual experience.

A mate of mine did a tour with the British forces in Iraq - his description of getting caught in an ambush was over the top. And some gamers will probably charge into live fire anyway - somehow convinced they'll respawn if they get shot :p
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A good way to thin the idiot ranks a bit.
 
Thats why there is basic training...
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weeks of hell training and lets not for get the john rambos from games, the lone army. Just remember the are no respawn points in real life.
 
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I've said this in another thread. I know how to hold, aim, shoot and reload a real gun from watching how it's done in games like CoD. Games can teach you that, but what it doesn't teach you is that guns tend to be alot heavier than they look in games. And us scrawny gamers can't cope.

FPS games can train you mentaly about how to fight in wars, but when it comes to physical training there tends to be ALOT left to desire. As much you want to be, you are NOT Solid Snake.

Strategy games are great for training the Generals of the future, but the generals just have to remeber that real life is not like a video game, your tanks don't have health bars.
 
Raven Gold said:
I've said this in another thread. I know how to hold, aim, shoot and reload a real gun from watching how it's done in games like CoD. Games can teach you that, but what it doesn't teach you is that guns tend to be alot heavier than they look in games. And us scrawny gamers can't cope.

FPS games can train you mentaly about how to fight in wars, but when it comes to physical training there tends to be ALOT left to desire. As much you want to be, you are NOT Solid Snake.

Strategy games are great for training the Generals of the future, but the generals just have to remeber that real life is not like a video game, your tanks don't have health bars.
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I don't know. In real life - I'm a much better shot than in a game. And a game is not going to teach you how to reload a gun. The animations are slick and shiny, sure, and mimick the actions pretty well, but I don't think I'm going to find a FPS player who can reload a gun in the same time as in CoD4 for instance, especially under fire.

And there's no way a game can mentally prepare you for anything like true warfare. Even in the most intense free-for-all matches, you're sitting secure behind a monitor, with your biggest danger either wetting yourself of suffering an epileptic attack, and its nothing compared to what happens when you're in a real combat situation and the sh!t hits the fan - and the only thing on your mind is just staying alive and hoping to god nothing hits you - and people get religious very suddenly in situations like that - and at the same time trying to poke your gun out from behind whatever cover you've got and trying to shoot back at whoever is shooting at you in the first place.

Go play in a paintball game someday, just that on its own will convince you of the difference - it won't kill you, but you know sure as hell that one of those things hitting you is going to HURT!! - and at the same time you're trying to be aware of everything around you, hoping no-one pops a paintball into your back.

Oh dear no ... no matter how good they look - games are very very very far removed from reality.
 
shadowfox said:
Go play in a paintball game someday, just that on its own will convince you of the difference - it won't kill you, but you know sure as hell that one of those things hitting you is going to HURT!! - and at the same time you're trying to be aware of everything around you, hoping no-one pops a paintball into your back.
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I have to disagree, the 1st time I played Painball my hours on CS helped me alot :D
 
I think you are all missing the point. Games are never going to prepare you for actual life or death situations as Shadowfox said. What i was saying is the mental conditioning, the strategies used. Like Tpex said with his CS exp. The tactics used by a well oiled clan are not far removed from actual combat strategies such as taking up of defensive positions, ambushes and covering a retreat as you run with the flag. By its self these things mean nothing and would probably afford a gamer a few extra seconds in a live fire situation. However with these mental conditionings already in place then coupled with the actual combat training given in basic gamers could make formidable soldiers. This is exactly the reason the US Army and Marine core did recruitment runs at LAN events and specifically targeted Online FPS gamers.
 
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