Major_Lennox t1_j26yxjn wrote
Reply to comment by SpiritedSoul in TIL that footage from the video game Arma 3, a military sandbox game, has been mistaken for actual combat footage and has been used in news reports a number of times due to the realistic nature of the game. by No_Comparison2778
A couple of years ago, a solider in the UK was charged with disobeying orders for teamkilling in a VBS training exercise.
> “We were supposed to imagine we were travelling in armoured vehicles through a really hostile built-up area. One of the lads just lost his rag and ‘opened fire’ as it were, killing the soldier next to him.
> “He then drove down the street deliberately smashing into cars. It's safe to say the officers in our battalion did not find it as funny as we did.”
CygnusX-1-2112b t1_j2728c4 wrote
A Reddit mod just creamed his pants at the thought of being able to punish someone in real life for not playing by the rules of their game.
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