02-03-2016, 04:40 PM
My 2 gold dragons from one authors point of view:
I design my missions for fun, not as political statements. I'm not political person in the least and I don't usually participate to (political) debates in forums. Enough of that in other medias. While I am not the most politically incorrect mission maker (I don't need to mention names : P ) of the house, no faction is safe in my missions. In fact I have just finished a mission where you play as Russian infantry in Finland. Yet I have certain people, usually from certain nation, complaining in my workshop why I put them as OPFOR blablabla. I don't like it when people bring nationalistic BS to gaming. In my missions, there are no good or bad factions, just soldiers doing their duty on both sides.
That said, Arma may not be only a game, but it still is a game. People play it to forget troubles and toils of rl. I don't mind playing missions like Oil Leak now and then, while the setup is tongue in cheek enough, but I am not sure I would find it fun to play certain factions.
I do strive for certain authenticity in my missions and like to get as much details right as I can. I usually tell player what is his unit, and what unit he is fighting and why. In A3verse those are fictional but when I involve RHS stuff, I use real existing units and try to cook up even a small background story why conflict is taking place. But those islands are still fictional, and the conflicts are fictional.
I do read quite much and I do have decent knowledge of the , say Syrian conflict. It is messy ugly cauldron with zillion factions and I don't know if I want to dip in. I don't want to play a moron shooting AK from hip or killing his buddy with a RPGÂ backblast. Ok I can choose another faction, but still. That is a one extremely ugly conflict which can have potentially even uglier consequences. It isn't political correctness, and it isn't like I can't RP a bit and get it on. I am not sure if I can explain it. Technically it isn't any different than US vs Isil in Takistan. Lets just say if someone makes missions there and they end up on our server, ok I'm in, but not my first picks.
Of current missions:
If you want not-so-far fetched scenario, my Winter missions aren't that much scifi. If Thirsk Winter really existed in Baltic, like the fictional lore in my mission background dictates, my winter missions wouldn't be entirely unrealistic (operationally they are very downscaled as island is small as heck but that's another issue). Unfortunately, as that conflict would likely involve me personally.
10 years ago worst thing to happen in Baltic Sea would have been oil disaster. Now, it is entirely different thing. Russian politics,military buildup, tensions, willingness to project power outside its borders, Ukrainian incident/incursion, etc. In case of conflict, Baltic countries will be likely very uncomfortable places and certain islands of Finland and Sweden can expect visitors from VDV who won't be using passport and I likely have something to do with it if thing hits the fan. However I still make missions for VDV as no faction is safe in Stag missions : D
I design my missions for fun, not as political statements. I'm not political person in the least and I don't usually participate to (political) debates in forums. Enough of that in other medias. While I am not the most politically incorrect mission maker (I don't need to mention names : P ) of the house, no faction is safe in my missions. In fact I have just finished a mission where you play as Russian infantry in Finland. Yet I have certain people, usually from certain nation, complaining in my workshop why I put them as OPFOR blablabla. I don't like it when people bring nationalistic BS to gaming. In my missions, there are no good or bad factions, just soldiers doing their duty on both sides.
That said, Arma may not be only a game, but it still is a game. People play it to forget troubles and toils of rl. I don't mind playing missions like Oil Leak now and then, while the setup is tongue in cheek enough, but I am not sure I would find it fun to play certain factions.
I do strive for certain authenticity in my missions and like to get as much details right as I can. I usually tell player what is his unit, and what unit he is fighting and why. In A3verse those are fictional but when I involve RHS stuff, I use real existing units and try to cook up even a small background story why conflict is taking place. But those islands are still fictional, and the conflicts are fictional.
I do read quite much and I do have decent knowledge of the , say Syrian conflict. It is messy ugly cauldron with zillion factions and I don't know if I want to dip in. I don't want to play a moron shooting AK from hip or killing his buddy with a RPGÂ backblast. Ok I can choose another faction, but still. That is a one extremely ugly conflict which can have potentially even uglier consequences. It isn't political correctness, and it isn't like I can't RP a bit and get it on. I am not sure if I can explain it. Technically it isn't any different than US vs Isil in Takistan. Lets just say if someone makes missions there and they end up on our server, ok I'm in, but not my first picks.
Of current missions:
If you want not-so-far fetched scenario, my Winter missions aren't that much scifi. If Thirsk Winter really existed in Baltic, like the fictional lore in my mission background dictates, my winter missions wouldn't be entirely unrealistic (operationally they are very downscaled as island is small as heck but that's another issue). Unfortunately, as that conflict would likely involve me personally.
10 years ago worst thing to happen in Baltic Sea would have been oil disaster. Now, it is entirely different thing. Russian politics,military buildup, tensions, willingness to project power outside its borders, Ukrainian incident/incursion, etc. In case of conflict, Baltic countries will be likely very uncomfortable places and certain islands of Finland and Sweden can expect visitors from VDV who won't be using passport and I likely have something to do with it if thing hits the fan. However I still make missions for VDV as no faction is safe in Stag missions : D