What Does The Military See In Gamers?🎮 | Forces TV

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Gaming has become a go-to leisure activity for many in recent years, with lockdowns due to coronavirus boosting online numbers further.
Military personnel, all coming from a 'civvy street' of their own, have been no exception - logging on while off-duty more and more as games develop. However, those behind official strategy are also taking notice of the virtual phenomenon.
We even jumped into a virtual online platform, where worlds have been created by military enthusiasts, to find out more.
This video was filmed prior to current coronavirus guidelines coming into place. Our interview with Major Tim Elliott was filmed in January 2020.
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[@cammysmith7562]

“I’ve got two boys, they are major gamers.” I didn’t realise gamers got military ranks.

[@meme4one]

In general terms, they don't. But being that pedantic deserves corporal punishment.

[@josephporcheron195]

@@meme4one that took me a moment

[@owenseaborne3517]

The most underrated comment

[@mxrco2706]

😂

[@michielw.8101]

LOL good one

[@dangiles-diaz1903]

Never did I think that I’d see roblox on the army news

[@m3rkthat309]

I was a bit shocked when they showed Roblox as an example, as I was thinking of ARMA or Squad as being games that might peak the interest of the Military. However, what they said about it made sense.

[@notapplicable4567]

S A M E

[@RyanTheHero3]

You’d be surprised at how many military or military-style groups they have. I mean if it’s not hard to find groups depicting the SS then it’ll be no problem finding people trying to depict real non-warcrime forces.

[@johndoe5440]

Roblox has a large military community, a decent chunk consisting of people who are inspired by SQUAD or Arma and try to make military simulators. However, its rare to find actual veterans or military personnel in these communities. They're usually made up by teenagers or people who might join in the future, and are generally somewhat toxic. This is coming from my own experience.

[@carc_779]

@@johndoe5440 I can agree with this statement since I lead a socom group on roblox before.

[@connorhinde]

If they're impressed by this, just wait until they see what my boys and I do on Arma 3!

[@jakehughes6087]

squad gameplay be like

[@connorhinde]

@@jakehughes6087 Squad is a fantastic game, and I think you can't beat it for sound design. If ever it receives the level of customisability as Arma 3 I'd probably switch. But right now, Arma 3 with it's assets, Mod support and 3DEN editor, hosting a MilSim community on there is just the best option!

[@jakehughes6087]

@@connorhinde Aye I wish my PC Could run either both games, right now I'm stuck on Fireteam a Roblox rip off of Squad lol

[@connorhinde]

@@jakehughes6087 Honestly mate, save the coin where you can and get it ASAP. An old game but an absolute gem!

[@meme4one]

I have played and loved the whole series since OPF back in the day.

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

What does the military see in gamers? Cannon fodders.

[@cammandogunner4011]

Ah yes you would know great Bonaparte

[@yes-vu8zp]

@Pecker Dúnling San Patricio Space Dolphin Brigada Not many people are when they join the army.

[@ethanYT_1219]

Military's got lots of desk jobs they need to fill 😂😂

[@chrishopwood6938]

All good till your troops start rage quiting in the middle of a fight.

[@yes-vu8zp]

That doesn't happen often and when it does they get punished

[@xenobestx8423]

69th liker

[@KingSnakeYT]

im with them and they never rage quit

[@MayorJordy2023]

Ro-nation does not act like a warclan

[@MayorJordy2023]

AND NEVER WILL BE!

[@kptvfilmsofficial]

WW3 is going to be fought on Roblox Phantom Forces

[@echoarmando2024]

1v1 me putin

[@Coldnessupreme]

Will phantom forces isn't really a realistic game I'd say something like landsite:Sryia

[@wimpylegend2590]

bruh the fact roblox was added into this vid makes it 100% funnier lmaooo

[@charlesfalcone6507]

Lol fr the whole MILSIM Community of Roblox they showed was true. But also false. They want to but they can’t join the military, as they don’t want to. Fact is that most people in MILSIM fake military experience and everybody is law enforcement seal team 6 who is not serving right now and got blown up in Afganisthan most usually out of all Middle East countries, they’d rather tell how to join this and that which they found on the internet or would pull out a non-existent application to make us believe they are really in the military with ww2 military profile pictures on discord. I ain’t seen big wannabes like these. The amount of real military personnel in MILSIM/Military Simulator(not vikinglaw’s, the community im talking about over here) Community is just like any other community on roblox or other games and communities. I just hopped in and looked at 3 kids bragging on how they got blown in Afganisthan and were Seal Team 6 and all 3 were Law Enforcement. It is funny for it no cap, I mean Arma 3 would’ve been an even better example as people who don’t know Roblox would be laughing and wheezing hard for different reasons compared to ours, reasons being it’s lego, etc.

[@thatonedude216]

Its called roblox milsim my guy

[@gotiyn7194]

Yeah

[@crossshattered5709]

Well there are "British Army" groups or Military groups that rp being the Army.

[@burmeseempire5241]

In order to organise such a Roblox group is extremely impressive and difficult, it’s funny from the outside but if you try it yourself, your group won’t be getting anywhere unless you got impressive skills. You got either develop the games yourself or find excellent developers, write training handbooks, documents, host trainings for a huge crowd of people which is very difficult, etc. Definitely hard and can be applied to real life, it will definitely teach you basics in terms of fighting strategies, logistics, leadership, organisation, etc.

[@iPepy]

As someone who’s played both Roblox and Arma, Roblox involves a lot more administrative work. It also more closely resembles a chain of command in which Colonels have different duties than an NCO. I honestly think they did a better job featuring Roblox, though Arma is great too.

[@SlaaneshiChaplain]

The choice of highlighting Roblox as opposed to games like Arma, Combat Mission and Steel Division is a bit of a strange one

[@firstordersaint7659]

I'm pretty sure it's because of the broader audience but other than that I gotta agree with you

[@tams805]

Roblox has a wider audience by far, can be persistent (unlike instanced games like you listed) and is much easier to mod.

[@rocky6058]

Especially as the models, assets etc are based on ArmA assets

[@adamatch9624]

@@tams805 you haven’t played arma if you think roblox has a big modding community,

[@rajkumarimeena1510]

@@adamatch9624 ye das true .

[@PepsiCubes]

if anyone is interested, the game names are Sangin District, Helmand Province and Westbridge

[@calvinbutterworth5394]

looool

[@jeremyclarkson5548]

Which ones which.?

[@tomAS-27]

What’s the group name?

[@raz3274]

@@tomAS-27 it is a ro-nation (Roblox Nation). It's [UK] United Kingdom btw

[@defendtheblueline5998]

When you upgrade from being a lego army soldier to actually joining the army.

[@justme6907]

Best part

[@fegemarsilang5746]

and then start jumping and firing because thats what roblox military combat is like

[@matjov]

I play World of Warships. Does this mean I'm set for Captaining a Type 45 Destroyer?🤔

[@matjov]

@James McGrath great! If I can Captain HMS Hood, a Type 45 should be no sweat!

[@No-cx4ls]

@@matjov good luck captain (salutes)

[@theaverageitaliandon998]

@@matjov just pay attention to the Bismarck captain

[@matjov]

@@theaverageitaliandon998 will do!

[@ieuanellis6143]

Can u fix a skate board

[@ScottNguyenRCAC]

News: Let me represent you Roblox as an example. Squad, ArmA and other Milsims: Am I a joke to you?

[@Shadow_Hawk_Streaming]

it's because if they showed those games it would scare people off, it's like if they showed the air training corps as their main focus being on drill and other strict/ "boring" things they'd get a lot less recruits (potentially why my old squadron struggled with recruitment seeing as they'd always have a squad on show at open nights), Roblox makes the idea of military discipline and rules not only approachable cost wise due to being a free game almost any pc can run, but fun and relatively casual due to the limitations of the game. meanwhile arma can be modded to have realistic radio coms, a fairly elaborate medical system, ballistics/windage to account for and so on.

[@latch9781]

They already use a version of arma for training

[@accountforschool12321]

@Cyber Scout, you do realize Arma and Roblox both have a realistic style of gameplay. You could argue roblox is stricter and more open due to the fact you can script in the game, place models in the game. We use Discord and Zello to properly communicate. Arma and The Roblox Miliarty Community both have the same realism and actual military tactics.

[@tasentriessomething7965]

Another big thing is that ROBLOX is free.

[@Vandicoup]

It's just 1 example of many masterpieces out there. And it's a great example. Roblox is a masterpiece, it's just the facts. You have to sift through all the rubbish, but there are indeed gems underneath. They showcased just a few here. It's also highly inclusive to anyone wanting to start their own military RP community, or any community whatsoever. People have created entire government/city systems for literally $0, including me. I've amassed 100K+ plays over 7+ years and can't wait to reach 1MIL+ visits and beyond, eventually. It's a ton of fun and so extremely detailed. Sky's the limit on here. You can create whatever you want, train however you want, form all these diff agencies, departments, governments, alliances, etc, etc, etc. And make endless games of various and vast levels of quality and detail. All games are for fun. Nothing will prepare you for IRL military until you actually join. The important part is what inspired you to join them in the first place. Roblox is one of those inspirations for many out there. Personally know an Infantry Team Leader that joined because of Roblox. The thing is Roblox gets at some points so realistic, can't imagine. It can teach you actual stuff. I've been playing military roblox games for 4 years and I've learnt so many skills. Some that I use my every day life like doing presentations to many people without getting nervous or making documents. Roblox is great. You just haven't found the masterpieces underneath all the rubble quite yet. Do some more digging. --A 12+ year veteran Roblox gamer and developer.

[@thevortex7075]

I want to see a video on the Army Esports Squad server.

[@Angel_423]

Yeah boi

[@christopherhyncik8851]

They got a US army Esports server already 🤫

[@Jorn-gy3yc]

I believe Some regs already do.

[@riderofthewhitehorse8879]

There is already a British Army ESports squad

[@Maxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Oh god, i see kids going "I WAS A MAJOR GENERAL IN [insert name here]'s BRITISH ARMY AND WAS EX SAS,CAG,SBS,GSG9"

[@johnnygray2801]

LOL.

[@meatiest1989]

I'm pretty sure they're joking

[@Maxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

@@meatiest1989 I sincerely hope they are

[@weatbixx947]

And don't forget, "OH I WAS IN STEELER'S RED SQUADRON YEAH"

[@Maxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

@@weatbixx947 steeler? more like stealer

[@SlopedOtter]

As an ex-infantryman, the game Squad has massive real world traning value. The current system (at least when I was in) was based on Bohemia Interactive's ARMA, it may be good for strategy and the HQ side of things, but for the men on the ground it is clunky and boring. Squad would be a far better and more realistic alternative.

[@SlopedOtter]

To follow up, I know it's training and not designed to be "fun", but at the bottom line keeping a platoon of 18 year old infantryman interested and focused on a laptop is tricky. If the training was actually fun, and even competitive, there would be far more engagement at the low level. Think about the effort the lads apply on a section attack with blanks, vs a peer to peer training scenario with simulations. Put them against eachother and watch them flourish.

[@ericshin121]

The Australian Army currently trains with a system called IBS (Interactive Battle Space)

[@divine8018]

To be honest, I’ve been in these types of games in fact, once I was able to see a truly experiences group focusing on the United Kingdom’s army, I was able to serve as a carrier operator, and I could see airplanes and helicopters boarding and taking off. In that moment I thought.. This was how the Military was, but in a virtual game.

[@PervonHarke]

I died when the Roblox part came lmao.

[@Vandicoup]

It's just 1 example of many masterpieces out there. And it's a great example. Roblox is a masterpiece, it's just the facts. You have to sift through all the trash, but there are indeed gems underneath. They showcased just a few here. It's also highly inclusive to anyone wanting to start their own military RP community, or any community whatsoever. People have created entire government/city systems for literally free, including me. I've amassed over 100,000 plays over 7 years and can't wait to reach 1MIL visits and beyond, eventually. It's a ton of fun and so extremely detailed. Sky's the limit on here. You can create whatever you want, train however you want, form all these diff agencies, departments, governments, alliances, etc, etc, etc. And make endless games of various and vast levels of quality and detail. All games are for fun. Nothing will prepare you for IRL military until you actually join. The important part is what inspired you to join them in the first place. Roblox is one of those inspirations for many out there. Personally know an Infantry Team Leader that joined because of Roblox. The thing is Roblox gets at some points so realistic. It can teach you actual stuff. I've been playing military roblox games for 4 years and I've learnt so many skills. Some that I use my every day life like doing presentations to many people without getting nervous or making documents. Roblox is great. You just haven't found the masterpieces underneath all the rubble quite yet. Do some more digging. --A 12 year veteran Roblox gamer and developer.

[@Vandicoup]

It's just 1 example of many masterpieces out there. And it's a great example. Roblox is a masterpiece, it's just the facts. You have to sift through all the trash, but there are indeed gems underneath. They showcased just a few here. It's also highly inclusive to anyone wanting to start their own military RP community, or any community whatsoever. People have created entire government/city systems for literally free, including me. I've amassed over 100,000 plays over 7 years and can't wait to reach 1MIL visits and beyond, eventually. It's a ton of fun and so extremely detailed. Sky's the limit on here. You can create whatever you want, train however you want, form all these diff agencies, departments, governments, alliances, etc, etc, etc. And make endless games of various and vast levels of quality and detail. Roblox is great. You just haven't found the masterpieces underneath all the rubble quite yet. Do some more digging. --A 12 year veteran Roblox gamer and developer.

[@crime_wave1262]

This is amazing that they actually put a video together on roblox milsim, I own a few groups myself.

[@startrooper2345]

LOL NO

[@weatbixx947]

Yeah like I thought no one even knew about the roblox milsim community lol

[@rhysturner7922]

I got into the idea of the armed forces thanks to Roblox you’d be surprised how much effort it takes to co ordinate in that game or at least 5 years ago

[@barnaclejones822]

It changed and got worse. Everything in it is easily gained and there's almost no work or effort put into it beyond doing obstacle courses for training and being given unfair advantages with better equipment than the enemy team. They may say that ROBLOX translates to real life, but the opposite is not true at all. People tried applying real life logic to ROBLOX and it only made ROBLOX worse

[@Rafting900]

@@barnaclejones822 Maybe you haven't joined the correct group. I've joined units in roblox that are mostly made of current service or former service members.

[@richardtheeighth4431]

"What does the military see in gamers?" Amongst many exciting things recruitment!!!! 🇬🇧👍

[@lucasward9506]

Arma 3 players: *oh yeah its all coming together*

[@j0hnnyquango606]

don’t they know how many times we restart missions, in real life u can’t just press on restart

[@ScottNguyenRCAC]

One-life event can handle this.

[@michielw.8101]

training is key, as they said themselves, for now its only the mental that matters.

[@irishspark9931]

Hats off to Sovs UK (the roblox group) glad to see the lads making progress since I left them in 2014/15

[@carwyngriffiths]

Get a TGe going butt

[@Ahahdhfj]

The fact they used roblox in this video is just, i have no words on why they think it was a good idea to include, its just full of 13 year old furrys

[@michielw.8101]

@@Ahahdhfj wow majority of milsims are actually going to ban for being a furry or even if u have a different sexual orientation, i wouldn't worry about that

[@Ahahdhfj]

@@michielw.8101 lol roblox is just aids, its alright to play but the milsims are just something else

[@SoapThunder]

Don't congratulate them, those interviews were cringe worthy.

[@bish9158]

GTA Pilots when they take control of a drone 🥶Stall on the enemy

[@eyctic7128]

The next war is in bo2 lobby saying the n word

[@bobmartin9918]

Lmfao

[@karasujap9241]

Admit it, this is just for a bit of fun, not for the added benefits of playing roblox milsims to be applied in the field

[@Vandicoup]

All games are for fun. Nothing will prepare you for IRL military until you actually join. The important part is what inspired you to join them in the first place. Roblox is one of those inspirations for many out there. Personally know an Infantry Team Leader that joined because of Roblox.

[@aleks9677]

The thing is Roblox gets at some points so realistic, can't imagine. It can teach you actual stuff.

[@Rafting900]

I've been playing military roblox games for 4 years and I've learnt so many skills. Some that I use my every day life like doing presentations to many people without getting nervous or making documents.

[@Kuro-UWU]

Escape from Tarkov players: Just wait until you see me modding weapons and camping for hours

[@Potato-mn9er]

The Roblox group shown even has an organized group called Westbridge where people can do more than military. They can join the Police, London Fire Brigade, London Ambulance Service, or private companies

[@Proto_is_noob]

I got nearly 700 hours in Battlefield 4 does that qualify me for special forces?

[@meme4one]

If it keeps the REME lads from creeping about primary schools and absolute nuggets off tik tock, the military top brass are going to love it.

[@Gryllssy]

LOVE THIS REMF's

[@princeplayz4148]

I can't believe the mans spent money to get a press outfit XD

[@unepicness8881]

I served as the 25th ID's Delta Company First Sergeant during the Vietnam War In Roblox So does that count now?

[@mattysee159]

I am a gamer in Roblox myself for the Military community, and I can tell you, we are fast thinkers, it's like with all the scripts, it shows us how we navigate through those scripts into the game. It's amazing how far we've come with games.

[@simonmutsaers9532]

SQUAD would be a cool game for them to play

[@TR8RA33A3IN]

They do, they have a server: British Army Esports

[@simonmutsaers9532]

Oh sick! Thanks for the info.

[@willsgriffin7988]

I developed for British army groups from 2013 to 2017 and something that neat in reality is very painful. That chinook that was bugging out. That's every vehicle

[@Fredwood-yq2kb]

What’s the group btw

[@barnaclejones822]

Trust me dude, they don't really know what they're doing when it comes to ROBLOX. For starters groups have completely dropped doing PvP almost entirely, and when they do, they try to apply real life logic to it by giving themselves better weapons than the enemy in literally every engagement on every base making it basically pointless for you to raid another group unless you're well trained enough to fight against nearly impossible odds. Not to mention most of the time they're incredibly biased and free rank members along with a whole armada of pedophiles, predators and scammers that literally live and breathe off of military groups

[@thelightlord6081]

I've played video games since i was about 4, PC obviously. Now 17 and its a very large part of my life. This is especially good to see as i do plan on joining when i leave sixth form. Plan on joining as a tank crewman into RTR so maybe 5 years of War Thunder only playing the british may of helped XD. On a serious note if you do get into it, it can teach you a thing or two about tanks. My friend once said he was amazed at how i just knew where to shoot most tanks in order to kill them, as well as general knowledge about tanks and larger weaponry.

[@fruitella196]

Of course war thunder isn’t training, but I get where you’re coming from. 8.7 German right here and I plan to join as a tanker too 😉

[@Magnus-fq2pr]

You're 19 now, how are you doing man?

[@thelightlord6081]

@Magnus things are very, very different to how I ever could of imagined them two years ago. First of all, I didn't end up joining, things changed and I ended up going to Univeristy. As I said, I've always played video games so I'm currently studying Video Games Design, 1/4 of the way through the course. On a personal note, I'm the happiest I've ever been. Things aren't the way I thought they'd be, but I wouldn't change a thing. Recently I got a girlfriend whom I've known for 8 years, we've been best friends all the way through, something definitely lasting the long term. I feel alive, I see a future and I've got someone so amazing to share it all with; everything is really good. Been thinking of using my degree to look at policing if video games doesn't work out, either way, very hopeful for the future. Thanks for asking 👍

[@accountforschool12321]

me and all roblox milsimers when we see all the arma comments 🙄

[@outlaw3875]

Yh lol not everyone have good gaming pcs plus there’s mostly and age limit in arma like 506th which the age limit is 16

[@rtixboi4193]

Because Arma has more realistic military aspects

[@Princeton5]

@@outlaw3875arma 3 doesn’t really need a good pc to run as long as you don’t get gallery’s of mods

[@ishlazz1307]

Bruh, stop whining why Roblox instead of Arma, Squad etc. indeed those game are far more realistic, but most of player in Roblox still a kid, or a student. You can't expect them to own a powerful gaming PC to pump up those game. Not everyone is fortune enough. Beside this video talking about possible recruitment of these players by video games. Look for positive and beneficial perspective.

[@adamatch9624]

I am 17 I play arma I know ton of people under 30 who play arma and arma isn’t that hard off a game to run

[@Airburn1507]

More importantly roblox is a game for kids, kids who are not even old enough to serve in the cadets which is 14 yrs old btw. The fact they are trying to recruit these kids keeps making me think of child groomers, they are gunna promise these lil kids the world, a world where they are mentally unready to see the darkside of it all.

[@ishlazz1307]

@@Airburn1507 start em young they say...

[@TK_FHW]

@@Airburn1507 most of the playerbase thay funds the game and the company itself, and runs most of the actual games substance is between 17-23 years old. Most of them have played since they themselves were kids

[@Vandicoup]

Yeah duh! So many complainers. Couldn't be truer. It's just 1 example of many masterpieces out there. And it's a great example. Roblox is a masterpiece, it's just the facts. You have to sift through all the trash, but there are indeed gems underneath. They showcased just a few here. It's also highly inclusive to anyone wanting to start their own military RP community, or any community whatsoever. People have created entire government/city systems for literally free, including me. I've amassed over 100,000 plays over 7 years and can't wait to reach 1MIL visits and beyond, eventually. It's a ton of fun and so extremely detailed. Sky's the limit on here. You can create whatever you want, train however you want, form all these diff agencies, departments, governments, alliances, etc, etc, etc. And make endless games of various and vast levels of quality and detail. Roblox is great. You just haven't found the masterpieces underneath all the rubble quite yet. Do some more digging. --A 12 year veteran Roblox gamer and developer.

[@dawg6408]

What do they say about Arma 3 and Squad?

[@muhazreen]

Whya didn't they go for arma instead roblox?

[@Shadow_Hawk_Streaming]

my guess is that they wanted milsim gaming to look simple and approachable, if I'd known just how complex a milsim unit in arma and arma itself can get I may not have gotten the game, let alone joined a unit on there, they even do organised training with revision material, safety supervisors on all "live fire" training, they even have blanks and BFAs on the rifles for a lot of the training, the unit is 18+ so not much good for recruitment into the real forces but got a decent bunch of serving personnel dotted around the unit, they even have an entire home rotation of a month or so for training ATM 2 nights a week for a couple of hours a week in preparation for the next big campaign.

[@wins8275]

they use arma 2 i've seen vids of it

[@aa-qj8jr]

Roblox milsim can do more stuff then Arma. Forexample, To be a E2 you need to pass Basic Trainings. And there is a court case if they did something bad.

[@r_emerasynth]

@@aa-qj8jr lol that can happen in arma

[@aa-qj8jr]

@@r_emerasynth nope.

[@Joe2033]

Former Colonel Commandant of the Royal Military Police in TUK(largest UK at the time). Proud to have served my country well!

[@bestlofibeatstochill4680]

So much value from these videos

[@Vandicoup]

Amen to that.

[@SmileyFace-_-]

Have a look at vr gamers. Plenty of civi talent that could possibly be used in army roles.

[@catgamingftw8239]

the problem with that is physical barriers

[@SmileyFace-_-]

@@catgamingftw8239 For now

[@papalisgaming5658]

hAvE yOu sEen ArMa 3?

[@homelessblaze3362]

i remember hearing about this when i was in those roblox british army groups. the ones they featured all died out. the owner never paid his developers or admins so they all left. it left us all clueless. everyone made their own groups and adaptations of buk. i was rear admiral of the submarine service in a block game. as embarrassing as it was, i found it funny that an american outranked brits in a british army group.

[@Tickerion]

Who owned the UK group? britishsovereign?

[@homelessblaze3362]

@@Tickerion briteggnimaco or something. they were the biggest at one point with like 400k

[@trainsandmechanics3912]

There is a group now that is an armed forces British group

[@pr_cision8318]

@@trainsandmechanics3912what group?

[@hvxy]

@@Tickerion that groups still active

[@thestolenmhrproperty2102]

I've never of thought that the British Army would use Roblox for training

[@Vandicoup]

It's just 1 example of many masterpieces out there. And it's a great example. Roblox is a masterpiece, it's just the facts. You have to sift through all the rubbish, but there are indeed gems underneath. They showcased just a few here. It's also highly inclusive to anyone wanting to start their own military RP community, or any community whatsoever. People have created entire government/city systems for literally $0, including me. I've amassed 100K+ plays over 7+ years and can't wait to reach 1MIL+ visits and beyond, eventually. It's a ton of fun and so extremely detailed. Sky's the limit on here. You can create whatever you want, train however you want, form all these diff agencies, departments, governments, alliances, etc, etc, etc. And make endless games of various and vast levels of quality and detail. All games are for fun. Nothing will prepare you for IRL military until you actually join. The important part is what inspired you to join them in the first place. Roblox is one of those inspirations for many out there. Personally know an Infantry Team Leader that joined because of Roblox. The thing is Roblox gets at some points so realistic, can't imagine. It can teach you actual stuff. I've been playing military roblox games for 4 years and I've learnt so many skills. Some that I use my every day life like doing presentations to many people without getting nervous or making documents.

[@bigloopsie]

Hi, I work in one of these games, Commanding officer in the Grenadier Guards, nice to see we were in this!

[@dangiles-diaz1903]

I really wish roblox on Forces News was a joke... but it’s not

[@marrrmite]

i thought it was a joke

[@ishlazz1307]

well its a good way to spice up patriotic will in child's mind, so they can grown up and became a good soldier in future

[@Vandicoup]

All games are for fun. Nothing will prepare you for IRL military until you actually join. The important part is what inspired you to join them in the first place. Roblox is one of those inspirations for many out there. Personally know an Infantry Team Leader that joined because of Roblox. The thing is Roblox gets at some points so realistic, can't imagine. It can teach you actual stuff. I've been playing military roblox games for 4 years and I've learnt so many skills. Some that I use my every day life like doing presentations to many people without getting nervous or making documents.

[@Vandicoup]

It's just 1 example of many masterpieces out there. And it's a great example. Roblox is a masterpiece, it's just the facts. You have to sift through all the rubbish, but there are indeed gems underneath. They showcased just a few here. It's also highly inclusive to anyone wanting to start their own military RP community, or any community whatsoever. People have created entire government/city systems for literally $0, including me. I've amassed 100K+ plays over 7+ years and can't wait to reach 1MIL+ visits and beyond, eventually. It's a ton of fun and so extremely detailed. Sky's the limit on here. You can create whatever you want, train however you want, form all these diff agencies, departments, governments, alliances, etc, etc, etc. And make endless games of various and vast levels of quality and detail. All games are for fun. Nothing will prepare you for IRL military until you actually join. The important part is what inspired you to join them in the first place. Roblox is one of those inspirations for many out there. Personally know an Infantry Team Leader that joined because of Roblox. The thing is Roblox gets at some points so realistic, can't imagine. It can teach you actual stuff. I've been playing military roblox games for 4 years and I've learnt so many skills. Some that I use my every day life like doing presentations to many people without getting nervous or making documents.

[@Vandicoup]

It's just 1 example of many masterpieces out there. And it's a great example. Roblox is a masterpiece, it's just the facts. You have to sift through all the trash, but there are indeed gems underneath. They showcased just a few here. It's also highly inclusive to anyone wanting to start their own military RP community, or any community whatsoever. People have created entire government/city systems for literally free, including me. I've amassed over 100,000 plays over 7 years and can't wait to reach 1MIL visits and beyond, eventually. It's a ton of fun and so extremely detailed. Sky's the limit on here. You can create whatever you want, train however you want, form all these diff agencies, departments, governments, alliances, etc, etc, etc. And make endless games of various and vast levels of quality and detail. All games are for fun. Nothing will prepare you for IRL military until you actually join. The important part is what inspired you to join them in the first place. Roblox is one of those inspirations for many out there. Personally know an Infantry Team Leader that joined because of Roblox. The thing is Roblox gets at some points so realistic. It can teach you actual stuff. I've been playing military roblox games for 4 years and I've learnt so many skills. Some that I use my every day life like doing presentations to many people without getting nervous or making documents. Roblox is great. You just haven't found the masterpieces underneath all the rubble quite yet. Do some more digging. --A 12 year veteran Roblox gamer and developer.

[@importantname]

drone pilots who do what they are told to do.

[@samuel9272]

With battlefield 6 coming out I think it might be a good game/platform to use for combat exercises. But that's my personal look on the game

[@fluffls]

Just wait for the moment when they realize that games like DCS, Arma, Squad and VTOL VR exist, it’ll blow their brains out

[@Vandicoup]

It's just 1 example of many masterpieces out there. And it's a great example. Roblox is a masterpiece, it's just the facts. You have to sift through all the trash, but there are indeed gems underneath. They showcased just a few here. It's also highly inclusive to anyone wanting to start their own military RP community, or any community whatsoever. People have created entire government/city systems for literally free, including me. I've amassed over 100,000 plays over 7 years and can't wait to reach 1MIL visits and beyond, eventually. It's a ton of fun and so extremely detailed. Sky's the limit on here. You can create whatever you want, train however you want, form all these diff agencies, departments, governments, alliances, etc, etc, etc. And make endless games of various and vast levels of quality and detail. Roblox is great. You just haven't found the masterpieces underneath all the rubble quite yet. Do some more digging. --A 12 year veteran Roblox gamer and developer.

[@whizzofthenorth7438]

Aye tbh they said something good there, the army will help you get fit. One of the main reasons I haven't joined up. ls cause I don't wanna waste the armies time trying to get my fit lmao

[@malcolmspeakman9699]

You also need conventional troops more because do not forget one EMP weapon could take out all you tech weapons.

[@jax-cycloneshortfilms1534]

I was a Brigadier General in an Australian Army, you can learn a lot from these ROBLOX games and groups, it will most likely help people doing cadets.

[@rtixboi4193]

While it boosts the amount of people who want to join the army, it in no way helps people with training

[@elevengriefers]

Amazing video.👍

[@Fin.waddrz]

This is so cool, and I play roblox some when I’m bored most of the time, I wish I could join one of the games during drill and see what there upbto

[@anmise]

Fair they highlighted roblox, from an actual view of reaching a larger audience of the youth who may not have games like Arma, roblox is VERY useful due to how flexible and easy to code things to make the game more realistic it is, and how easy it is to get a wide audience thanks to how low specs you need to play it. Not actually a bad idea, as someone who plays roblox milsim games often that isnt actually that dumb.

[@anmise]

Also believe it or not, roblox groups teach even the young quite alot of army discipline, even a young lad will learn to respect someone without much hesitation even if they have never met them. Simply joking around is enough to get you kicked.

[@barnaclejones822]

@@anmise It's funny because they may teach discipline, but none of them know how to fight, not on the game or in real life. If you look at their breaching technique, it's almost always just made to look cool and they don't have any standardized battle drills. This is why you see groups giving themselves better weapons than the enemy team because if it was fair, the odds would be somewhat leveled. I don't like it when people try to apply real life logic to ROBLOX because most of them haven't been in the army long enough to actually use what they teach and understand that ROBLOX is a video game and things need to be watered down for the game to still be fun.

[@anmise]

@@barnaclejones822 but regardless, discipline is discipline, you cant expect to teach a child genuine breaching and CQB tactics efficiently, however these things are indeed good stepping stones

[@barnaclejones822]

@@anmise I just think it's bad for the game. Video games shouldn't be training tools for real life, real life should be a training tool for itself. I think groups should detach themselves from real life more and stop trying so hard to be realistic.

[@absodell5872]

one time I was playing onwards vr and was opened fire upon by other players and was so immersed that I literally dived to the ground forgetting I was in vr

[@properjob2311]

I remember Battlezone in the arcades - that started as US Army tank simulator

[@FatFroggers]

With all the Military groups and Milsim units on Roblox I am not surprised.

[@maoense5]

I have played Roblox since 2013 and have seen Roblox becoming more and more active and popular each day that goes by. It is really funny and interesting at the same time to see Roblox military groups (aka Ro-nation) Trying to become more real each day that goes by. I have been part of multiple different groups like this one where they all are trying to replica the real-life military by organizations, Doctrine, Air, Sea, Land battles. In voice calls, they all communicate by using Air traffic control for Air battles or Zello for ground communications and basic discord communications. The funny part about all this is that this is made by the community only. This can also been seen in other genres within the Roblox such as Star Wars even tho it's far different.

[@rajatdani619]

7:53 what the hell that right side plane trying do?? 😂

[@sus5976]

should have included fireteam game from roblox, its similar to squad and arma

[@duckquackerson3079]

I see a lot of talk about modern military groups but where’s the love for us colonial and napoleonic groups?

[@killer3935]

It’s not modern-day. Wym. They’re talking about modern military communities.

[@rtixboi4193]

Because it’s not 1812

[@janetconteh6476]

Military should start giving potentaik recruits full gaming pc with rtx 3090 with an i9 processor And like 200 hz monitor with 4k and all the other stufd

[@bigmanchungie8685]

0:13 could be mistaken but pretty sure that’s the regiment i may be heading to, the good old royal Irish regiment/rangers

[@MrMonkey11]

Would've thought they would use a game like Arma 3 which is an actual military sim rather than roblox.

[@weirdcheesey]

It’s pretty crazy how much some of these people detail responses, on the question about why a military group I’d probably respond ‘idk it’s just cool’

[@ethanYT_1219]

5 minutes into the video and I still thought it was a joke 😂😂

[@Oob144]

"Ahem, arma and squad"

[@accountforschool12321]

roblox has the same realism, if not more

[@Oob144]

@@accountforschool12321 not even close.

[@darkmemes953]

@@accountforschool12321 Are you in crack, or what durgs are you taking?

[@yes-vu8zp]

I've been in this roblox group as they said the graphics aren't impressive but the tactics they use are very realistic and the vehicles and assets are surprisingly good for roblox on arma yeah its got better graphics but you can still have the same amount of realism tactics wise on roblox.

[@darkmemes953]

@@yes-vu8zp Just a question, does roblox have 100 player groups?

[@s_outh453]

I am a Roblox player i am a part of the MILSIM community and Roleplay (such police) And I have noticed a lot of current armies, marine, airforce members joining! I have learned a lot. It is really cool if you like the military or the police. Join Roblox. Might take some digging to find good and active groups but they will come up. And also on roblx you can low key run the game on some potato computer. I have a pretty nice PC but when I started playing roblox I used a 5 year old computer...

[@JB-zd5nz]

Now the question is, if i join the navy will i be able to play world of warships?

[@theohisherik2524]

Me who plays war thunder : I am four dimensions ahead of you

[@Dwango00]

Christ Roblox? really? Could they not afford Arma 3 or squad?

[@LordKitchenersKitchenUntensils]

I was just thinking that, surely Arma would be a better subsititute

[@ishlazz1307]

surely they do, except a gaming rig that powerful enough to power it up. most of them still a student, what do you expect? Unless they were spoiled child

[@camerstew2111]

No that's Not how Sovs Work We do Play Arma 3 And Squad But we Mainly Play on Roblox Due to The More Player Count We may Not Always Have Most Proffesonial Of NCOs But We can Change that With Drill Because Like in Real Life Drill is thair To teach Discipline And A lot Of us Are Apart Of the Cadets Program And Call us Childish But Its A lot More Fun When it's Not Always Military Its Also Civil Services Such as The London Fire Brigade Or the Metropolitan Police Or the London Ambulance Service Its More to Be spread out.

[@taurox5846]

The reason why they show Roblox is to lure in all the 6-13 year olds. Make them feel like they can be a soldier while they roleplay as Cowboys Vs Jihadi's

[@camerstew2111]

@@taurox5846 Would say the Same Thing For Arma 3 Oh Wait were almost all wanting to Go in armed forces And it's our choice Oh yea Lure em In like a Pedo Ooooo scary.

[@danpal6382]

im in the army where can i sign up for esports ??

[@Forbes_dufc16]

I’m a general in a roblox group for the 1st ground forces and I have the distinguished flying cross in that game as well with the dream of joining the army, your telling me I can do the two things I love and get paid? Sign me in

[@Shadow_Hawk_Streaming]

hate to say it but I hope you ensured there was some kind of safeguarding adhered to when interviewing some of these people, roblox can have a lot of younger individuals that really you should have endeavoured to have either multiple people witnessing whether online in the game or witnesses in the form of their parents at their end. can't exactly copy the BBC panorama playbook of harassing cadets when they left their cadet buildings for interviews a few years ago unaccompanied.

[@nou2923]

Most of people in this video said they was in studies and pretty sure they would of asked for permission?

[@loonsin3466]

I'm proud to see us Military Roblox Soldiers/Marines are in this video, just join us and you will have a fun time in deployments

[@Proletrolliat]

War is stupid, be smart and don't risk your life unless absolutely necessary, cheers.

[@TinyBearTim]

Advertising and training soldiers in vr probably

[@milothehunk4688]

im in the process of joining the military and i also game time to time. ive played alot of realistic tactical modern warfare type games such as squad. and the last game id expect this video to show was roblox ahaha

[@SafeRemain]

yep, didnt expect that either

[@barnaclejones822]

It didn't fit at all. the game looks realistic but none of what they do works and it's mostly just to look like the army in their procedures.

[@Vandicoup]

It's just 1 example of many masterpieces out there. And it's a great example. Roblox is a masterpiece, it's just the facts. You have to sift through all the trash, but there are indeed gems underneath. They showcased just a few here. It's also highly inclusive to anyone wanting to start their own military RP community, or any community whatsoever. People have created entire government/city systems for literally free, including me. I've amassed over 100,000 plays over 7 years and can't wait to reach 1MIL visits and beyond, eventually. It's a ton of fun and so extremely detailed. Sky's the limit on here. You can create whatever you want, train however you want, form all these diff agencies, departments, governments, alliances, etc, etc, etc. And make endless games of various and vast levels of quality and detail. Roblox is great. You just haven't found the masterpieces underneath all the rubble quite yet. Do some more digging. --A 12 year veteran Roblox gamer and developer.

[@ltcmdrtobyfox3969]

GAMERS. RISE. UUUPPP

[@arronross0418]

Just wait till this guy hears about Arma 3 and not CoD/CS:GO or Roblox

[@abu.umar.attunsi]

Bro, it's not about realism, It's about the recruitment demographic. There are more people of recruitment age (16-18) playing ROBLOX than Arma 3. It's just there are more people playing Roblox then Arma, and no, there doesn't always have to be kids of the age of 10-12 playing Roblox "Military games" usually, actually I'm 17 and I still do Roblox MILSIM.

[@Vandicoup]

It's just 1 example of many masterpieces out there. And it's a great example. Roblox is a masterpiece, it's just the facts. You have to sift through all the trash, but there are indeed gems underneath. They showcased just a few here. It's also highly inclusive to anyone wanting to start their own military RP community, or any community whatsoever. People have created entire government/city systems for literally free, including me. I've amassed over 100,000 plays over 7 years and can't wait to reach 1MIL visits and beyond, eventually. It's a ton of fun and so extremely detailed. Sky's the limit on here. You can create whatever you want, train however you want, form all these diff agencies, departments, governments, alliances, etc, etc, etc. And make endless games of various and vast levels of quality and detail. All games are for fun. Nothing will prepare you for IRL military until you actually join. The important part is what inspired you to join them in the first place. Roblox is one of those inspirations for many out there. Personally know an Infantry Team Leader that joined because of Roblox. The thing is Roblox gets at some points so realistic. It can teach you actual stuff. I've been playing military roblox games for 4 years and I've learnt so many skills. Some that I use my every day life like doing presentations to many people without getting nervous or making documents. Roblox is great. You just haven't found the masterpieces underneath all the rubble quite yet. Do some more digging. --A 12 year veteran Roblox gamer and developer.

[@Vandicoup]

It's just 1 example of many masterpieces out there. And it's a great example. Roblox is a masterpiece, it's just the facts. You have to sift through all the trash, but there are indeed gems underneath. They showcased just a few here. It's also highly inclusive to anyone wanting to start their own military RP community, or any community whatsoever. People have created entire government/city systems for literally free, including me. I've amassed over 100,000 plays over 7 years and can't wait to reach 1MIL visits and beyond, eventually. It's a ton of fun and so extremely detailed. Sky's the limit on here. You can create whatever you want, train however you want, form all these diff agencies, departments, governments, alliances, etc, etc, etc. And make endless games of various and vast levels of quality and detail. All games are for fun. Nothing will prepare you for IRL military until you actually join. The important part is what inspired you to join them in the first place. Roblox is one of those inspirations for many out there. Personally know an Infantry Team Leader that joined because of Roblox. The thing is Roblox gets at some points so realistic. It can teach you actual stuff. I've been playing military roblox games for 4 years and I've learnt so many skills. Some that I use my every day life like doing presentations to many people without getting nervous or making documents. Roblox is great. You just haven't found the masterpieces underneath all the rubble quite yet. Do some more digging. --A 12 year veteran Roblox gamer and developer.

[@Vandicoup]

It's just 1 example of many masterpieces out there. And it's a great example. Roblox is a masterpiece, it's just the facts. You have to sift through all the trash, but there are indeed gems underneath. They showcased just a few here. It's also highly inclusive to anyone wanting to start their own military RP community, or any community whatsoever. People have created entire government/city systems for literally free, including me. I've amassed over 100,000 plays over 7 years and can't wait to reach 1MIL visits and beyond, eventually. It's a ton of fun and so extremely detailed. Sky's the limit on here. You can create whatever you want, train however you want, form all these diff agencies, departments, governments, alliances, etc, etc, etc. And make endless games of various and vast levels of quality and detail. Roblox is great. You just haven't found the masterpieces underneath all the rubble quite yet. Do some more digging. --A 12 year veteran Roblox gamer and developer.

[@alexm.5537]

Love how it is acs. Is it bad that I know what gun system it is?

[@T_BG_TRRR]

I have over 1000 simulator games in War Thunder and nearly 4000 air kills. I hope this means i can fulfill my passion in aviation!!

[@swaglee6503]

Any Milsim gamer after watching this: 😑

[@Vandicoup]

All games are for fun. Nothing will prepare you for IRL military until you actually join. The important part is what inspired you to join them in the first place. Roblox is one of those inspirations for many out there. Personally know an Infantry Team Leader that joined because of Roblox. The thing is Roblox gets at some points so realistic, can't imagine. It can teach you actual stuff. I've been playing military roblox games for 4 years and I've learnt so many skills. Some that I use my every day life like doing presentations to many people without getting nervous or making documents.

[@Vandicoup]

It's just 1 example of many masterpieces out there. And it's a great example. Roblox is a masterpiece, it's just the facts. You have to sift through all the rubbish, but there are indeed gems underneath. They showcased just a few here. It's also highly inclusive to anyone wanting to start their own military RP community, or any community whatsoever. People have created entire government/city systems for literally $0, including me. I've amassed 100K+ plays over 7+ years and can't wait to reach 1MIL+ visits and beyond, eventually. It's a ton of fun and so extremely detailed. Sky's the limit on here. You can create whatever you want, train however you want, form all these diff agencies, departments, governments, alliances, etc, etc, etc. And make endless games of various and vast levels of quality and detail.

[@meatiest1989]

Why is ROBLOX, out of all the games you could've chosen, in the tags

[@Vandicoup]

It's just 1 example of many masterpieces out there. And it's a great example. Roblox is a masterpiece, it's just the facts. You have to sift through all the trash, but there are indeed gems underneath. They showcased just a few here. It's also highly inclusive to anyone wanting to start their own military RP community, or any community whatsoever. People have created entire government/city systems for literally free, including me. I've amassed over 100,000 plays over 7 years and can't wait to reach 1MIL visits and beyond, eventually. It's a ton of fun and so extremely detailed. Sky's the limit on here. You can create whatever you want, train however you want, form all these diff agencies, departments, governments, alliances, etc, etc, etc. And make endless games of various and vast levels of quality and detail. All games are for fun. Nothing will prepare you for IRL military until you actually join. The important part is what inspired you to join them in the first place. Roblox is one of those inspirations for many out there. Personally know an Infantry Team Leader that joined because of Roblox. The thing is Roblox gets at some points so realistic. It can teach you actual stuff. I've been playing military roblox games for 4 years and I've learnt so many skills. Some that I use my every day life like doing presentations to many people without getting nervous or making documents. Roblox is great. You just haven't found the masterpieces underneath all the rubble quite yet. Do some more digging. --A 12 year veteran Roblox gamer and developer.

[@Vandicoup]

It's just 1 example of a great many masterpieces out there. And it's a great example. Roblox is a masterpiece, it's just the facts. You have to sift through all the trash, but there are indeed gems underneath. They showcased just a few here. It's also highly inclusive to anyone wanting to start their own military RP community, or any community whatsoever. People have created entire government/city systems for literally free, including me. I've amassed over 100,000 plays over 7 years and can't wait to reach 1MIL visits and beyond, eventually. It's a ton of fun and so extremely detailed. Sky's the limit on here. You can create whatever you want, train however you want, form all these diff agencies, departments, governments, alliances, etc, etc, etc. And make endless games of various and vast levels of quality and detail. Roblox is great. You just haven't found the masterpieces underneath all the rubble quite yet. Do some more digging. --A 12 year veteran Roblox gamer & developer.

[@meatiest1989]

@@Vandicoup I was like 14 when I wrote that comment but cheers lad ❤️

[@ennergyspotato5566]

Arma for NAV and equipment training would be amazing

[@x1z323]

I've been in many military groups on roblox, and I must say they have done well. I have been an Air Chief Marshal in a Royal Air Force, Major in a Grenadier Guards (1st Battalion) And Royal Marine Commandos Brigadier. Honestly roblox has done people good.

[@x1z323]

@@noone-dq9wd Nice, I’m Head Administrator in Nemzys United Kingdom!

[@rtixboi4193]

No matter how high your rank is or how big military groups get, they still wont change the army as it’s too unrealistic. You don’t rank up by doing a training, you don’t respawn, you don’t have a health bar, guns are extremely heavy along with recoil, you don’t have a health bar, PTSD exists, and you would probably go deaf without ear protection.

[@PlautiusEra]

I am in the Roblox navy that it showed, the Warrant Officer wanted it all to go smoothly now I understand why.

[@spry4543]

Me and the boys on Blackhawk rescue mission 5 on roblox raiding a town be like

[@minor1822]

Wow that's actually a really impressive BA, a carrier, a400m, tons of people, wow... drop the link

[@Fin_The_Shark]

5:31 sorry bud but I dont think you'll be able to use :fling or :kick in real life military

[@Fin_The_Shark]

@Monolith Rising you need to learn to understand humour

[@MrJ_Vibe]

If you can for fitness can you channel for the eyesight?

[@phantom_yt5176]

I can now brag that I am in the special reconnaissance regiment on roblox sharkuses British army

[@swagcat4040]

Bruh I love how they put lego gamers in here LMAOO

[@Vandicoup]

It's just 1 example of many masterpieces out there. And it's a great example. Roblox is a masterpiece, it's just the facts. You have to sift through all the trash, but there are indeed gems underneath. They showcased just a few here. It's also highly inclusive to anyone wanting to start their own military RP community, or any community whatsoever. People have created entire government/city systems for literally free, including me. I've amassed over 100,000 plays over 7 years and can't wait to reach 1MIL visits and beyond, eventually. It's a ton of fun and so extremely detailed. Sky's the limit on here. You can create whatever you want, train however you want, form all these diff agencies, departments, governments, alliances, etc, etc, etc. And make endless games of various and vast levels of quality and detail. Roblox is great. You just haven't found the masterpieces underneath all the rubble quite yet. Do some more digging. --A 12 year veteran Roblox gamer and developer.

[@Mattwon]

Me thinking of getting DCS and wanting to join the RAF: Well i guess that's settled then

[@yes-vu8zp]

Actually, if you learn to use the typhoon in DCS you would have a boost if you join RAF because I've heard a lot about the realism of that game and the cockpit mechanics are like real life.

[@Mattwon]

@@yes-vu8zp yeah same thinking sbout getting it but trying to find a PC with good enough specs for a low price is kinda hard

[@YouGotToStayFrosty]

"Sorry kid it's larp or be larped, and you didnt larp enough."