ArmA 3 Is Not Real Life (Video Essay)

[@ArgusQuadocular]

What I'm hearing here, is running an ARMA game is a bit like running a LARP, Dungeon Mastering, and running an RTS game at the same time?

[@justiceforjoggers2897]

Yes

[@popitrekker1543]

Yes

[@tehbeard]

Throw in a little sysadmin for those weird bugs and yeah, seems pretty much like that.

[@GerackSerack]

Definitely. I've always approaches Arma as a rol playing game. Specially if you're in command, your primary task is not to complete the objective, but to make sure your players have fun.

[@Sir_Bucket]

Except you don't exclusivly have fat neck beard and very skiny peoples in your cqmp

[@arashparthian_112]

Arma3 is not real life Are you justifying war crimes

[@gubadagoober]

Yes its justifying my war crimes

[@naenaemister5048]

Assassinkill _112 yea

[@hafann]

yes

[@ObligedUniform]

No no. Not justifying. BUT....if they do happened to accidentally misplace some mortar shells or weaponized gas, in a nearby village weeeeeeeell...

[@Sir_Bucket]

"WE WERE CORRECT IN COMITING HATE CRIME!"

[@sirasc]

It's always cool to see a serious Rimmy video, because it's always easy to be like "Haha funny Aussie yells at pixels" but then you remember that he actually knows a lot about what he's talking about.

[@blakeverdon4492]

"Funny Aussie yells at pixels" You sir are beautiful

[@Sir_Bucket]

@@blakeverdon4492 very beautiful, I suggest we kidnap him for ourselves

[@Coldfront15]

Siras Cortage No, he doesn’t know much of what he’s talking about. He’s talking out his ass during the first and second section, and using anecdotal evidence.

[@Rojoyerf]

@@Coldfront15 First and second section just sound like he's explaining something to critics of tacsim/milsim rather than a serious part of the essay. As long as you accept his anecdotal evidence as it is it still has its validity, however I do agree that his citation is pretty lousy.

[@RimmyDownunder]

@@Coldfront15 >have played milsim for years, played at all levels, in different groups and now run a massive group of my own >have no idea what I'm talking about yeah okay. excellent critique of my work there.

[@thelordofforeheads2839]

“Stop trying to be SovietWomble” that one hurt.

[@nikovlogs9837]

I'm definitely more like a DominantChris.

[@AnInsaneOstrich]

On the topic of Soviet Womble, notice that he is often the straight man and constantly trying to reassert order even during the wACkY aNd ZaNy moments.

[@RimmyDownunder]

Precisely. That's core to most funny moments, you need someone to be the straight man. You can't all be the ones going "haha warcrimes"

[@genetichell]

Yeah, you need some serious fighting in-between warcrimes, or they'll become less fun. Gotta have some contrast so the actual fun (warcrime) moments stick out.

[@Happythought774]

Indeed. He said so himself in one of his streams that whenever he and Cynide gets together, he automatically becomes the straight man.

[@ecophreak1]

Every time I watch soviet womble I'm reminded of 'The Road to Mars' by Eric Idle, in which he puts forward the theory that every comedian can be classified either as a 'red nose' i.e. the chaotic, infantile one who wants to have fun, or a 'white face' i.e. the serious guy, trying to maintain order - it works for nearly every comedy duo or troupe you can name

[@AnInsaneOstrich]

@@ecophreak1 Some of the funniest moments I can remember is with one of my friends, who is undoubtedly a 'red nose', and me, who is undoubtedly a 'white face', just for the juxtaposition.

[@AnimarchyHistory]

That moment when you realize that all Rimmy is.... is a glorified DM with anger issues

[@Jane_Jackson]

No, most dms are this mad... Just gotta grin and bear it when yer face-to-face round the table!

[@Alvi410]

Its might not be real life... but i still hear them... the voices... TWO, ENGAGE THAT... MAN. FOUR IS DOWN They dont stop screaming. I cant stop engaging... make it stop. Please make it stop.

[@thepotate053]

RIFLEMAN, FRONT, 100 METERS

[@thetrustyscavenger]

MRAP, WEST, 500 METERS.

[@JDL0021]

unknown MAN, Front, 200 meters

[@chris210racer]

HOLD YOUR FIRE, FRIENDLIES

[@utzius8003]

negative

[@popitrekker1543]

Arma 3 is not real life *Arma physics exists* You don't say lol

[@bigmanjenkinslittlemanjenk9196]

Cody Mcginley bold of you to say that physics in arma exist

[@rubenjanssen1672]

@@bigmanjenkinslittlemanjenk9196 they do altho the have no fundation in the real world

[@Mystickrage]

@@rubenjanssen1672 they dont even have a foundation in the game 90% of the time

[@TheWorldEnd2]

Funny fact, ArmA 3 physics are not arma physics but instead Nvidia physics

[@mr.badnade3309]

@@TheWorldEnd2 It runs on an engine from 2001, can we expect much?

[@Canadian_Zac]

Womble: I'm working on a video essay Rimmy: Releases a Video Essay. Wow, you were right, you are the Chinese SovietWomble - Faster and Cheaper Edit: Holy crap this synergised with a lot of people apparently

[@hughmannity747]

I'm not sure whether that is a compliment or an insult

[@Rebumai]

@@hughmannity747 yes, yes it is.

[@danielhansen7118]

@@hughmannity747 Pretty sure it's a mix of both ;p

[@mr.badnade3309]

@@danielhansen7118 I mean Rimmy tries copying arguably the most popular Arma 3 youtuber. Most people who try other things just fail.

[@MrFalloutforlife]

Yeah but rimmy actually puts out more content that's also a lot more enjoyable IMO

[@theodoremccarthy4438]

Merry Christmas Rimmy

[@RyanDudeTrolls]

Merry Christmas Theodore McCarthy

[@faxmachine3337]

Merry Christmas McIntosh

[@SuspiciousEntityYT]

@@faxmachine3337 Merry Christmas!

[@doctordoc2351]

Do you guys have any rocks I can eat? Oh and merry christmas

[@sickobamba3214]

Merry krisler

[@Tichondrius1]

Why is there an adult man's voice coming out of that young child's body?

[@elasolezito]

Cause he's talking about war and stuff.

[@icedwhitechocolatemochafra9851]

Stfu fucking furry

[@TheMaxORyan]

@@icedwhitechocolatemochafra9851 Bruh chill

[@icedwhitechocolatemochafra9851]

@@TheMaxORyan if he wants to be an animal i will treat him as such

[@TheMaxORyan]

@@icedwhitechocolatemochafra9851 You're fun at parties, aren't you?

[@wb8211]

What Rimmy said: ‘The players within them behave’ What I heard: ‘The players belong in The Hague’ I mean I’m not entirely wrong

[@Redditaurus]

That avatar... You're a nazi

[@ryanturner9057]

@@Redditaurus I’m afraid that is the complete polar opposite of a nazi on the political spectrum, and yes it has been a month and I’m calling you out on your lack of knowledge on the difference between fascism and communism

[@Redditaurus]

@@ryanturner9057 i was being sarcastic

[@LupusAries]

@@ryanturner9057 eh, both were authoritarians.....😉😋

[@hughmannity747]

Aussie Officer skips military draft to yell at gamers and teach them how to properly yell at other gamers

[@Cheezymuffin.]

Uhm... this sounds quite a bit like real life. Officers keeping men in check. Proper briefing allows soldiers to know what to do. Command being knocked out creating disarray. Soldiers looting when order is low. Yup, seems about right.

[@Brandon34098]

there are people that you need to tell them that its not real life and there are some that dont know/care/get the points that are now in this video

[@Coldfront15]

Brandon And then some people that have experience realize a lot of this video is anecdotal evidence

[@Brandon34098]

most people make units without experience and it hurts the community, pretty much everything in the video is obvious if you've been around in the community and have put enough hours in this misses a lot of other things that can be picked up though, hopefully this makes units not perish so often since newbies keep trying to make units and quit or cause other people to quit

[@Coldfront15]

Brandon entirely correct. The video comes off as pretentious though, and relies on anecdotal evidence. On another comment he deflected my criticism by saying he has a big unit. Thats not how it works, 100 pennies is equal to four quarters, but the four quarters are more efficient. The video comes off as a “I know everything and this is how you should run a unit because i’m expetienced” when in reality his unit is only a thing because of his YT channel, otherwise it would have burnt out long ago but it keeps pulling people in, I bet you the attrition rate is exponentially higher than most units.

[@Brandon34098]

i agree about the video it could have been scripted WAY better or not at all in a video form cause feeding trollish comments isnt the smartest thing also could have been written so it wasn't just a lot of words with no real meaning however the angle he takes is when you get a sustained inflow spike where the unit infrastructure cant handle the people coming in you have to swap over to a higher attrition rate style, youtubers in units bring a lot of people who don't think about if they will like the game on its own when they are joining a unit because it has a youtuber in it causing a lot of wasted work for new people who will never play the game again causing existing member burnout if you go with most of the better styles of doing things, when you get to the point where people get trained properly and the exp to handle themselves you have the same end result just takes more people and normally more time all because there is a youtuber in the unit. normal growth allows for the better styles of running a unit building a more solid community when the video covers things it is mostly only the very basics of running a operation although there is a failure of addressing all the exceptions of having fun in the operation when there isnt much going on then there is things you can do with smaller units that you cannot do with a larger organized unit witch this is mostly is aiming at and he fails to state or imply and says the opposite at the start

[@johnpertwee9121]

"Factors such as looting" - flashbacks to Spiffing brit looting power armour while also having a leman russ

[@HolyFurryFish1998]

11:00 the Lindybeige oozes from your story; love it.

[@nickthelot]

The order segment of this has applications in so many hobbies. I'm a historical re-enactor and our stuff uses a non-scripted combat system, and almost all of the stuff about order and leadership directly applies to keeping our lines engaged and/or having fun. Really fascinating watch, mate, well done.

[@Paveway-chan]

It's very interesting what you're talking about with the Zulu mission, Rimmy, with how organized everything was and how easy keeping control is with big and compact line formations - this was actually a huge debate among military theorists and scholars around the early to mid 1800s. Avocacy for open-order formations (scatter and find cover, basically) was increasing with the increasing firepower of modern weapons, arguing that a dense line was no longer feasible as they would just get gunned down instantly. However there was strong pushback for EXACTLY the reason you state in the video: because the soldiers are a helluva lot easier to control when in closed-order formations compared to in open-order formations. When in open order, a soldier could just sneak off whenever an officer wasn't looking, so desertion and insubordnation would be much higher than in closed order. Here is a video that Military History (not) Visualised made on the subject: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4SZg2t3a5Z5iJo

[@richardbledsoe1339]

It's the question plaguing since the revolution Bernhard is discussing there: how much unit cohesion do you sacrifice for tactical flexibility? The major answer is certainly the fire team (first employed large scale by the USMC in late WW2 "G-series" organization), multiple small units with a lot of cohesion, but able to operate separately. Ironically, it mirrors those open-order skirmishers of Napoleonic tactics as they could collapse into small groups of 3-5, typically while under cavalry attack. (ACW manuals often mention them as "comrades-in-arms and/or a "mess" or the like).

[@미쿠오]

I don't know about the exact text and lingos like that, but I think with the advent of modern communication technology allowed a transition between keeping a physical formation into a virtual conceptual formation. It's not that the modern armies are in less strict formation, in some ways I believe they are in a tighter formation than they used to. It's just they are able to stretch the definition of what it means to be in formation while still having mostly similar tactical effectiveness. They are able to stretch the boundary of what it means to be in "tight formation" by using the technologies to give them a little more legroom to stretch. And well, hopefully be able to save your ass when a grenade is popped in front of your face because you kept proper spacing. Actually lets add on to the notion of grenades. Modern weaponry able to create destruction in an area of effect was unheard of during the late times and if there is no technology that breaks the war, then there is no need for them to break the strategy that works. Just as you don't have to account for a game breaking meta, if that meta don't exist. It's not that the previous leaders were wrong or their tactics were any more effective, but they did not have the reason to account for a tactical bomb that can wipe a squadron with a press of a button because it simply did not exist at the time. Losing leadership is a big loss, even more so middle of the fight. Allowing the leaders to stay behind and keep giving orders in safety might be the defining reason why a war or a battle is won. However this of course creates some level of detachment that is felt by both the squadron and the leader. However just as the video said some level of unrealism may just be more acceptable than full realism. There usually are never fully perfect solution. Just where you are willing to draw the line. The tide is always changing in war except when it doesn't. It's the reason we sometimes use stupidly old convention while we change some of them like the new hot iphone that will be released every 6 months. Back then leadership dies soldiers die and hell breaks loose. It takes too log to regain control of the what is left of the troops. Nowadays they can call in medevacs for casualty control and while the squad will be smaller if they are deemed to in operational capacity, the soldiers will know who to contact to ask for orders and in essence "keep their formation" and also discipline. Tl;dr this comment was interesting and I just wanted to pitch in my two cents.

[@buckplug2423]

This is precisely why the quality, cost and discipline of a soldier increased dramatically from the 19th century. Fighting a modern war is a matter of skilled professionals that trust each other, which is one of the reasons all those Middle Eastern conscript armies and militias fight so poorly against an actual Western army. It wouldn't have been a problem if they were fighting in line (at least not that much of a problem). This is obviously a lot different from the warrior, who remains relatively the same throughout millenia (as we see in Afghanistan).

[@TarkNorthwind]

One example of a guy with the impressive voice and commanding presence was Captain Gromit with his French Accent out in Holdfast.

[@yochaiwyss3843]

Hon Hon Hon!

[@TheLTG]

Man, Lindybeige's wargaming went downhill when he moved to Australia, drank from the fountain of youth, threw away his beautiful crossfire props and started to play ArmA

[@officertwinkie8364]

Ahh the most famous quote of rimmy "who doesn't love gunning down teenage militants".-rimmy

[@somewan3079]

This reminds me of that school presentation that no one wants to go after because it was so good

[@nuclearattackwombat8390]

I desperately want the lines, "That's a friendly space marine. I'm in a lot of trouble," to show up in an actual Games Workshop game at some point. Edit: Also, I feel like "Just repeating something funny somebody else said doesn't make you funny" should be a loading tip in literally every video game ever. Even the ones without a multiplayer component.

[@remisus352]

Rimmybeige

[@the_fallen_dan]

This may sound weird, but I hadn't seen your face before this, and I'm a little shook. Your voice sounds like it belongs to a great ol' beard...

[@popitrekker1543]

He's Australian, so he has an excuse

[@goofy851]

@@popitrekker1543 There is no excuse for having such a magnificent voice and still having babyface.

[@caspramio]

I thought more like he would be like FLashman

[@Brandon34098]

he'll still have that voice when he is older

[@bearwolffish]

Dude, for about a year I thought Operator Drewski was an effeminate black dude. Then I see him on cam.

[@Jeroen734]

"ArmA 3 Is Not Real Life" ... Bet

[@PaulEIvory]

Is it just fantasy?

[@inconspicuoussalad7730]

@@PaulEIvory caught in a landslide, No escape from reality

[@sand0decker]

69th like

[@inconspicuoussalad7730]

@@sand0decker you broke the chain on the 3rd comment you should feel ashamed

[@jandammrasmussen3699]

@@sand0decker bastard, how dare you ruin the chain

[@RemiScutlet]

Wow, he looks like a weak private soldier that meet the protagonist for character building and thats going to die in the 2nd act for plot reasons, Buts still sounds like someone who commands said private in a army Movie.

[@hafann]

is that an insult towards Rimmy?

[@RemiScutlet]

@@hafann i have no idea

[@chrisyaworski2080]

One method that has worked for me in keeping organization. Always give the people around me something to do and give them a reason WHY we are doing this. This works more on the NCO level but has applications higher up too. If I lead a squad of men, unless someone is going out of their way to be disruptive, I can get my men to sit and hold a point and keep it from being too boring. Normally if you just say "sit here and hold alpha." Most people are going to check out in about a minute and get bored. Then they're going to try and "find the fun." Stuff falls apart when people go to "find the fun." Now if you say "alright we need to sit and hold alpha because we need to protect 2nd squads flank while they attack Bravo. Look to the north and east." You get people who can hold a point for much longer. They hold it longer because 1. Sitting still is no longer just sitting still. Now they're hunting for incoming enemies. 2. They know it's to protect second squad's flank so they have a reason to stay other than "sarge told me to." 3. If you can tell people what you are doing and why, people think you know a lot and are good at your job. If they think you know a lot and are good at your job they start to listen and give some of their "find the fun" autonomy to you. "Sarge knows what hes doing so I'm just gonna sit here like he says and look for someone to kill in the direction he asked me to." This wont last forever if nothing happens but it helps. Also. Once you get them to listen, and if you tell them the right way, you can tell you squad to do stupid stuff like charge straight at machine gun nests and take positions that have armor with no AT. If you're real good they wont even realize they're doing something stupid unless you tell them afterwards.

[@535phobos]

Always tell your men why they do something. First because of what he said, second: If all Leaders suddenly die (which happens) some poor Private has to lead the rest, and mostly that Private isnt necessarily an idiot but simply uninformed. If everyone knows the objective they can than accomplish the mission on their own if they keep order.

[@Coldfront15]

Chris Yaworski Plan, Brief, Execute. Three simple words.

[@matthewjones39]

Local arma player discovers leadership techniques

[@arcm4210]

9:40 that lindybeige impression is bang on :D

[@mees4582]

Oh god rimmy really is low budget womble

[@Cuber-3000]

Don't you remember? He's Chinese Womble Cheaper, faster, better and a couple other things.

[@math3000]

You mean Womble that actually posts videos?😑

[@Mafiafro]

awesome vid rimmy.

[@1good100]

What this essay has taught me is that I must execute my squadmates who flipped their car to preserve order. Thanks Rimmy!

[@Jaminhawk]

Would recommend Lindybeige to anyone who would be interested in some of the more specific aspects of military history or reasoning. Or if you're just really into Hannibal Barca.

[@zicomitchell]

"Arma 3 Is Not Real Life" ArmA III: Contact: *Am I a joke to you?*

[@Magicoffee]

Hard to beleive Arma 3 is almost 7 years old at this point, goes to show how much modders have done to keep the game alive.

[@POTUSJimmyCarter]

So, there was a Steam achievement added when they did a big overhaul update in 2020 (coincidentally when you posted this comment), that was awarded to anyone who booted up the game AFTER the 2.0 update. If I remember correctly, around 58% of the people who own Arma 3 have this achievement. That means 58% of people who ever purchased or were gifted this game that came out in 2013, have played it sometime between 2020 and today. There's not a lot of games that could say that.

[@_lysimache4832]

This is making me reflect on 90% of my time playing ARMA and mainly being a pilot. My guys always had fun bullshitting while we were inevitably going to be called in for pickup, but with TFR's ability to use alt channels made that a lot more feasible without clogging the net. Man do I enjoy the communities I'm in. I've seriously met some life long friends, playing the game, and when we all get together and don't play any fuckfuck game we're amazing. Now I'm forced to eat my words because there's a video of my entire unit sitting around a campfire prop while I'm playing Medium Pace by Adam Sandler.

[@nebsie3010]

I would love to see a video on you actually putting an OP together.

[@furinick]

Id watch that

[@redengineer4380]

A while back, I was a member of a post-soviet bloc armor PVP unit. For every tank we spawned in, the enemy got an additional vehicle they could crew. Ops were simple. There are enemies on the map. Kill them. Don't die. Single life. Those operations were easily some of the most exciting, and fun, that I've had with any unit. There would be fury-esque situations where your tank has broken down and is no longer capable of operating properly or moving. There are friendly troops coming, but they're far away, and you need to hold that single point. Because there are enemies coming. And the objective is very clear. You are trapped in situations where there is absolutely no hope of survival beyond the next few minutes, but while you're there, you're having a blast racking up kills and gunning down enemy crews as they bail out of their own fatally damaged vehicles, trying to attack a choke point. Then you get knocked out from the side. Ordered chaos sets in. Vehicles are exploding around you. Shots are ringing out constantly. Smoke, corpses, and disabled vehicles, both yours and the enemies, surround you. Your only goal? Destroy the enemy ahead. We never really had problems with disobedience. Due to the fact that the enemy was always players, it wasn't like the Arma AI, who tend to just stand around. If you disobeyed, especially while crewing a vehicle, your commander wouldn't likely have time to kill you, as the enemy would just do the job for them, and destroy the vehicle with everyone inside. As these were PVP players, they understood that not complying means instant death and shame. From this simple objective, the best operations came. The most exciting, brutal, fast-paced, and engaging.

[@pendingauthor2536]

I excepted Rimmy to have a large bushy beard-it must be the voice.

[@Savsgames]

Not only is morale unimportant, but players LOVE to be vastly, hopelessly outnumbered. A good moment in an op is when stuff really hits the fan. One squad remains, they're pinned down, and have lost contact with command and their neighboring squads, who are also either helplessly pinned down, or beong turned into kebabs. The feeling of "shit. We're next. On two fronts" really get the milsimmer senses tingling in a lot of folks, and can ironically raise morale. But only if done right. That last squad HAS to survive for at-least 5 minutes or they'll never play another op with ya.

[@hagnartheviking6584]

A video essay that isnt trash (I hope).

[@starstudy8752]

Idk if you are suggesting all video essays are trash or most, but Ahoy I feel does them the best if you have not watched him.

[@hagnartheviking6584]

@@starstudy8752 The issue is a lot of the video essays I've watched suffer from saying a lot of nothing. I suggest watching EFAP as they pretty much show a ton of these essays are complete garbage better then what I can type in a comment.

[@moondusk53]

hagnar the viking Lol EFAP is literally made up of the same people it trashes.

[@mr.cup6yearsago211]

hagnar the viking reminds me of a joke I heard once. Two politicians are taking to each other, the first one asks the second one a question. “What did you say in your speech? I missed it.” “Nothing, as usual.” “I’m aware of that, I mean to ask how you phrased it.”

[@hagnartheviking6584]

@@moondusk53 How so?

[@TheR00k]

Little tips to becoming a better player in Arma. 1. YOU ARE NOT ALONE. 90% of the time you will only be having fun as a part of a team. Always assume your priorities are lower than theirs, and they will love you. While a bad advice for real life, this works miracles in the game. 2. SHOW INITIATIVE. Even if you don't know what your squad lead is planning, ask them whether you should grab that cover there or get on a roof or shoot at the bad guys or pop smoke. No matter how inefficient your suggestion may be, it shows that you're invested in the game, which in turn keeps their sense of obligation towards you. Also it helps them cycle through more plans on the fly. Maybe you actually made a useful suggestion. Maybe it was a Zing! moment. Or maybe it was not what they want and now they will tell you what to do instead. Once they do, apply Tip 1. 3. STICK WITH YOUR MATES. Unless you are completely alone by design, it is a rather good idea to stay close to anyone else around. Applying Tip 1 and Tip 2 would also make this guy an impromptu leader, and whether they are good or not, you will share your failures and successes together. You won't be berated for a missed rocket, because it was their order, so they would feel obligated to help you improve - maybe range the target, give a tip about a rocket launcher, or just encourage you to try again. And should you succeed - it would be nothing but high-fives and good-jobs, because your success is his success, and his success is yours. I hope someone reads this and gives their critique, but this style of gameplay has both allowed me to become a great team player in my unit, made me a number of game friends and had me become a better player overall through emotional investment.

[@theovoldjopus4272]

Merry Sanguinala everyone!

[@Sailboat_]

I don’t know what that is but a very merry one to you as well

[@theovoldjopus4272]

@@Sailboat_ that is a holiday in 40k Imperium, like a local Christmas, but for Sanguinius, glorious primarch-angel-hawkboy

[@leelicayan2180]

Getting a serious case of voice disassociation because I hear Rimmy but he's a physical human being and not a floating voice. I've had this happen a lot lately. With Spiff being the weirdest one. How can men with the voices of gods sound look so human?

[@dodgy1779]

13:34 That said, if a person in your squad doesn't follow your commands directly, there's always a reason. You can judge how good it is, but when I command, I usually try to give people a bit of leeway, because they might have a better way to do something. It also might be that they either misunderstood something (if it was complicated), or forgot/didn't hear parts of your directions. Most of the people I play with are either friends or people on Discord, and always do a good job, even if they don't follow orders to the letter. And they know when they need to as well.

[@udfbino]

"stop trying to be sovietwomble" should be applied for many things,youre completely on point with that - not just womble,stop trying to be miniladd,nordern,cyanide,etcetc

[@rockerfox7105]

This video has been the realest shit as both a Zeus and a player. It outlined a lot of my personal observations, problems I’ve had, and why I choose to do things a certain way into a neat 16 min package. Seriously I can go back and look at the ops I’ve both played and Zeused and see EXACTLY the moment where things went wrong or why they went so well. Next time someone goes “why do you get mad when x or y happens?” I can just point back to this video.

[@mellonello3792]

Rimmy, you actually inspired me to get Arma III and play it. I'd have to say it was one of the best experiences I've ever had.

[@Whale_stream]

Merry Christmas Rimmy! Happy to pilot the most broken vehicle ever featured in TIOW. It was awful and we died. But it was fun! Much like Arma.

[@PrinceSilvermane]

Really does cement how much effort you and other command players put into keeping everything running smoothly.

[@Davros-vi4qg]

The Christmas Lecture, courtesy of Rimmy. Or Dissertation material? Cheers for a year of grins and laughs.

[@SirDuckyOfAlfheimr]

I loved this essay, very fun and informative. I like that you mentioned Lindybiege, another of my favorite KZbinrs, especially since you gave some serious "Lindy-vibes" when you were explaining the Cromwell failure at 10:58. Also, Merry Christmas!

[@aaronb2334]

A fine line is always the best ride. Bet you're a good DM.

[@idsbraam]

That 'cleaning the latrines' moment is so important for so many games. Looking at all the people who constantly suggest 'what about going to the toilet' as realistic features to various games.

[@cnlbenmc]

Seriously; Rimmy needs to do the Enclave Reborn mod again. The Reformist Tree is finally here and there are an Artillery Officer named after him.

[@sexhavoc782]

Plenty of people do say that, and as much as I do agree, I think we should respect he doesn't want to do anymore HoI4. Man worked his way up from HoI4, and now he's here doing ArmA with so many others.

[@cnlbenmc]

+@@sexhavoc782+ Except it's a truly awesome Decisions Tree with two major branching paths, One which leads to a potentially epic multi front war of the Re-United States versus the Washington Brotherhood and the Legion. Also; They Named an Officer after him that's an artillery specialist, c'mon man!

[@sexhavoc782]

@@cnlbenmc Still, just gotta respect what the dude wants and want what not to make. He didn't wanna keep beating a dead horse.

[@cnlbenmc]

+@@sexhavoc782+ This ain't no dead horse, Old World Blues has rolled out another update with all kinds of interesting content to play with.

[@sexhavoc782]

@@cnlbenmc Still, respect what Rimmy wants to do, he'll probably play it on a stream and not give a FULL uploaded video on it. Never tuned in for the streams, but he'll probs. So, i'd recommend you tune in on his streams.

[@gogogomes7025]

11:03 fun fact, That's why they usually gave smg's for squad leaders in WW2, they are suposed to lead not engage the enemy directly, so they gave them a weapon fit for it.

[@aidannaylor917]

Dear God he looks exactly what I thought why am I surprised

[@hafann]

well yeah..its the first time i've seen his face clearly and he seem to have that good leadership traits

[@elongated_musket6353]

This is actually one of the few vids of this type thats actually worth watching. Merry Christmas mate

[@kepone3121]

arma 3 is effectively the life of many though

[@ReformedRedpill]

The analogy of the tanks getting recked was the breakdown of the big three rules of millitary combat. Shoot, move, and communicate. If you do those three when the chain of command breaks down, you still have a punchers chance of winning.

[@El__Leche]

you're not as handsome as digby jk I love you

[@RAFMnBgaming]

He's handsomerer

[@alhena11]

Watch Rimmy skyrocketing in high CEO positions in life, because he naturally understands the basic principals of leadership, human behavior and importance of discipline and communication, not to mention the importance of cost vs effectivness balance. You go, man. Your Arma achievements are just a start.

[@raltor40]

Everyone I play Arma with are discussing this Video and how these things translate to the different units we've been in. Also I forgive you for yelling at me about moving Ho Chi Min, Can't follow an Order if you didn't hear it.

[@ScribeTheGrey]

Oh my god, you went full Lindy! And it's glorious!

[@DutchVidya]

I've been missionmaking for Arma for a long time (less Zeus stuff like Rimmy might usae, more ST-esque) and the Tim to Realism/Gameplay thing is so true,. The thing you can skimp on tends to be like Uniforms. We're blessed to have nerds who actually want to do stuff like be Logi, and that benefits the rest of the operation's players who don't. We've also moved to wave respawning, except in missions where they are told "DIE AND YOU ARE DEAD". You also HAVE to know who the competent leaders are. They don't need to be complete losers about it, but SLs and FTLs who won't spend 10 minutes fucking about thinking about an attack or a flank are crucial to keeping things fun.

[@insomniac6079]

Great video, would love to see more of stuff like this, deconstructing your fusterclucks is a fascinating topic

[@shakeysmokes6557]

Mate what are you on about I lost good friends in Takistan. Chernarus. All over.... You ever heard of Operation Arrowhead??? Granted, a lot of them re-spawned but some never made it back to the server.

[@pebpebington8219]

Rimmy explaining the art of War with arma good job

[@thatoneguy4864]

Damm first person to watch this kind of surprising

[@xxchaosxx3076]

The video was amazing. I'd love to see more like this. It's nice to see a arma video similar to lindybeige.

[@hughlowis3868]

15:20 if you salute a SGT he will beat you as he is not an officer merry christmas

[@philippstetter5611]

I didnt think i would ever read Rimmy and video essay on the same video. But its good.

[@old-worldghost3451]

Is it just me, or does Rimmy look like a younger "The Chieftain "

[@CTBaron]

I'm often the platoon XO or CO of Arma units that I join because I always manage to be as calm and collective as possible when under heavy resistance from the opposition. This video was a hug factor in helping me become a good leader when it came to order. I carry a strong voice and good head on my shoulders to help maximize effectiveness while minimalizing casualties. Thank you for this video Rimmy, it's really helped me during ops.

[@yellowgamer5308]

Interesting watch, I would be interested to hear your thoughts about authenticity vs realism if you get a wild hair to do another one of these.

[@mrdoot0730]

people need to learn that we need enough order so we can have organization to have long lasting fun, but not too much order so we can enjoy freedom

[@nathanwood2369]

Where are Rimmy's legs?

[@michaelwills1926]

This pretty much ties it up with a bow. Combat software engineer: “solid copy”

[@varthalgamekiin4931]

Is this the real life? Is this just ArmA 3? Caught in a firefight with no respect for authority! Open your eyes, stop killing your own damn teeeeaaaam! I'm just a poor boy, can't afford a PC. Loads of lag, low graphics, There is no easy fix. Any way the wind blows, I can't play ArmA 3....ArmA 3.

[@ashtonhoward5582]

Just for reference, what song does this go to?

[@kthen9670]

@@ashtonhoward5582 Bohemian Rhapsody

[@varthalgamekiin4931]

@@ashtonhoward5582 Bo Rap

[@danielstec853]

This was actually really cool and informative. Makes me wanna grab Arma 3 and try my hand at it.

[@alexanderthekriegsofficer2645]

HAPPY CHRISMAST BOY ! FOR ALL PEOPLE OF THE WORLD ! BUT MOST FOR ITALY AND AUSTRALIA

[@alexanderthekriegsofficer2645]

And happy Christmas for all GUARDSMEN LIKE ME WHO FIGHT ON THE FRONTLINE , LET THE EMPEROR BE WITH ALL OF YOU

[@thenewfireguy5658]

aw i see that Scythe/Iron Harvest painting. lovely stuff that is right there

[@znx8424]

nice

[@gr1m375]

I keep coming back to this vid to remind me how the game needs to be played for max efficiency and fun. Great vid rimmy

[@Youuuuuu]

Looks like Womble now doesn't it?

[@The_Murder_Party]

You did rimmy call himself the Chinese womble? Because he works faster, harder, and for less?

[@RexOedipus.]

@@The_Murder_Party harder is debatable. Womble does a lot of things that are man hour intensive and nobody would notice nor care that he did that sequence frame by frame and not key framing it.

[@Youuuuuu]

@@RexOedipus. Bet you got that quote from Project Kino

[@gpenicaud]

What an excellent video essay! I'm not an Arma player, but this representation of time/realism/gameplay is a very synthetic and understandable way to describe what makes a good roleplaying experience. Congrats!

[@aaronmcconnel3994]

Dunkirk should be your next arma 3 op. Ps its going to be hell.

[@thefiresworddragon927]

That moment when Digby gets offended by being told the truth in this video

[@willybur7779]

22 views and 38 likes. *Alright.*

[@cloudmcfox2620]

Do more of these videos, Rimmy, they are extremely fun, enjoyable and informative to watch

[@Hendlton]

You really got Lloyd's style of speaking down to a tee, and I don't say that as a bad thing. I like it.

[@El_Presidente_5337]

Thia video mentions a lot of things that me and my friend have noticed while we were making missions for half a year by now around once per week. The disorder experienced from a like half of all players really tears down the experience.

[@FogHorn1911]

I have never had any luck leading in Arma, I always keep getting people who decided they need to offer suggestions of what we could do instead of what I say. Example me:"give me a staggered column going down the road" Some jackoff: "how about we just do a regular column, there isn't supposed to be any contacts along the road."

[@LTBLACKCOAT]

Insightful, you have boiled down a complex issue into a easy to understand and digest package.

[@Coldfront15]

LTBLACKCOAT yet its still incorrect.

[@LTBLACKCOAT]

@@Coldfront15 Got any specifics?

[@beepbeeptaco92]

I've run more Arma 3 ops than I can keep track of at this point yet I keep coming back to this video

[@connorlamble241]

Hey Rimmy, thanks for an awesome video. I recently got into setting up and zeusing ARMA games for my group of 10 or so friends who play, and this video will be a be great to reference for me to keep them entertained and in the moment. So once again, thanks, and a Merry Christmas to you.

[@tibetorona3366]

Ah, yes. The state of the operation. Infinitely spawning vics and sheep because SOMEBODY had a clientside mod. Very good example of order going to the wolves.

[@luriss694]

The idea of disorder really rings true to me. Although I'm not an Arma 3 player, the idea of disorder vs order is really prevalent in games like Squad and Project Reality (even more so in PR as it's the better of the two for this reason.) In PR games where squad leaders don't lead, players won't follow, they won't know what they're doing, and ultimately the server will die after a couple matches. I've found that going as commander and forcing squads to communicate can create order in a way that builds on itself and ultimately gets a server rolling. Really relevant point for milsim-y kind of games!

[@legionnaire_blaze7138]

That last line was great "Its not real life, no. It's a whole nother basket of bullshit you have to deal with" Merry Christmas Rimmy

[@c0baltl1ghtn1ng]

I think the lack of actual irl death plays a part in the moral/order bit; A lot less incentive to behave wisely if the only consequence, at worst, is that you can no longer play with that specific unit, they'll just find another. Whereas if an operation is fun by all, even if you end up in an extremely stressful situation (example 12man squad gets surrounded in a town, outnumbered 4:1, 4 men down and 6 severely wounded) then order will be maintained to the best of everyone's abilities. Also communication is key; If you're the quiet type, speak up when you're asked to check in, otherwise you will give your medics a panic attack.