Army recruiting gamers in UK

you could have a lot of worst jobs in the army then flying an Apache...

Maybe if they redesign the controls of the Apache to be reconfigurable and designed like a DualShock (complete with rumble)...

Diabetes prevents me from joining the army. Hah.

And they couldn't find a better way to spend the cash...

It's a shame the army pay less than working in Tesco :P

ps3 pwned everything

too bad most gamers wudnt wanna join the army. theyve too much gaming to do

Oh no, I better hide before the army finds me.

Im 17 and if i wanted to die i could jump of a cliff i dont have to join the army to do it -------anyways im amazing in battlefield 2 at flying helicopters so if they wanted me to recruit they should give me loadsa dosh

funny one

interesting..as a brit im thinking about it...no wait, second thoughts im only 16 friendly fire might be an issue :P

To bad my Eyesight is Terrible I would love to get out there.

this is sick

"The UK Army is looking for teenagers who extensively play video games, as their hand-to-eye coordination and other abilities used while gaming apparently make them a perfect fit for piloting Apache helicopters." That's one of the best pro gamer arguments that I've ever heard.

im definitely willing to try flying 37 million pounds worth of apache

count me out

i hardly think CS source is going to make me good for the army. to quote fpsdoug "what if i get lag out there? i'm dead! and i hear there are no respawn points in RL either"

hehehe, i am a british, teenage gamer, look out Iraq, or afghnanistan or wherever we attack next.

I took the flying lessons in GTA San Andreas and passed all of them with flying colours... enroll me Uncle Sam, wait that's the American army guy, who this guy with the moustache?

Hey, i know how to do a barrel roll, im in! As long as i can save my game first

nah hard core gamers probley will compain about the auto-aim crouching their style. and yes they are £37 million each and thats what happens when you have a device which is not mass produced or sold to a wide market. Also they fit with a better tech than a standered helicopter in the way of part so that it wont fall out of the sky in battle feild conditions. then you have all that advanced radar and wepoan systems. And for the finaly their are the arms dealers profits. it easly comes up to 37 million

hehe us gamers wouldn't stand a chance in a real life combat situation. We would have the "How many extra lives do I have left?" mentality lol

now all I need is a drivers licence

hopefully this will get gamers in the UK fit enough to play the Wii for extended periods without puffing out

It's our time to shine and teach Osama whose boss!

OMIGOD! Must be Tony Blair?s idea poor guy...not! They should keep in mind what goes up it comes down even harder!!! As far as I know Afghani and other "battle hardened" war mongers have been trained with stingers and other similar antiaircraft man carried missiles since 1980's. I don?t think "Apache Kids" stand a chance!!! Sure you get to blow up things, but like someone already said be4, no reset button!

So I can fly a helicopter but I have just past my driving test. COOL!

maxxorz "what on earth are they thinking? Sure, playing videogames has made my hand-eye coordination with firearms unparalleled, but there is no way that makes me or anyone else MORE qualified to use a multi-million dollar flying tank." It's all about the ability to process information. If they have found a correlation between how the brain handles video game information and flying, then why not recruit those people? I mean a good Halo player, for example, has to keep track of radar (possibly multiple enemies), his equipped weapons (knowing when/how to use them), map layouts, where the uber weapons are and how to deal with players using them (swords, rocket launchers, snipers, etc), health/sheilds, vehicle strategies, team considerations (friendly fire, covering flag carriers, attacking/defending bases), and maybe above all team communication and coordination. That's a ton of stuff going on when you think about it, yet good gamers learn to do all that stuff without batting an eye.

Cool, i'd fly an Apache.

Great, send little kids whose partents get pissed at them for spending their whole time playing games to a foreign country so that their parents would really want them to spend their whole time playing games.

Terrorist: *fires Ground-to-air missle" You: *dodged the missle in time* "Hey no missles NOOB! Don't make me kick you out of the server!" Hell yeah, and all this time my parents said nothing good will ever come of video games lol.

That`s it, I`m joining the army! (j/k) :D Seems kinda strange to hear this. It`s like I`m in a Sci-Fi movie or something, where the world isn`t like it used to be. Army recruiting gamers? It`s like hearing army recruiting teenagers and kids to fight their wars and kill each other. I know I`m exaggerating, but that`s what it comes to mind.

I am suddenly reminded of the ending of Snakes on a Plane, what with the guy flying the plane with only PS2 flight simulator experience

Last Starfighter FTW? I can see it now... "We @re $0 g0ing t0 pwn th@t n00b in N0rth K0re@!!! W00t!!! @ll y0ur b@$e @re belong t0 u$!!!" Who says video game violence doesn't pay?

you can't just be a hardcore gamer...basic training is 6 months..then you learn to fly the chopper. a lot of people are saying they don't want to kill themselves but...silv3rsix is right...apache versus man with ak47....unlikely to die there

"look at them youngsters with their gameboys and skateboards and pierced eyebrows! i bet those blokes would make terrific assault aircraft pilots and gunners!" what on earth are they thinking? Sure, playing videogames has made my hand-eye coordination with firearms unparalleled, but there is no way that makes me or anyone else MORE qualified to use a multi-million dollar flying tank.

Kids should be fighting over the chance to fly these things... The new Longbow variants are about as unfair an advantage as it gets.

mine mine mine mine!!!! lol i'm gonna tk you!!! no don't you'll get kicked, no we won't lol i just got monster kill!!! knife him knife him!!! lol jk stfu or we'll get kicked lawl they can't kick us!! we have best scores!!! lol i tk'ed joo!!! but irl...

WOW im a british teenager COUNT ME IN DUDE!!!

wtf £37,000,000 per aircraft.... no way in hell does that cos 37 million, ne ways, way to target kids to supplement the need for pilots... Just pull out ffs

boom headshot lol

I used to be the biggest video game player and didn't know what to do with my life, so I took up flying and now I'm a pilot and a cadet in the US Air Force. Some people just can't be pilots, but from a huge gaming background (halo, rogue spear, cs) I can say video games have helped me fly. If they make the cut then so be it. Its time games do something worth while for us in the real world.

holy **** i want me an apache

TEAM KILL IS ABOUT TO GO TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL!!! XD

Worst idea ever.....take a bunch of people who for the most part play video games to escape reality..then put them in the most dangerous realistic situations in human history (war)...thats a recipe for success my friend.....on paper this idea is sound. But then again so is communism. Call me American but the best way IMO is how we do it in the states.....brainwashing disillusioned HS kids who arent sure if college is the right step for them or HS dropouts who need "direction" in life..

Piloting Apache helicopters. :lol:

Kids don't be fooled the apache helicopters don't come with a RESET button!

Um... lol, thats fun.

If ever I feel the need to commit suicide, I'll give them a call.

I feel used. this is almost like saying: u can fly a jet in bettlefield 2, go and destroy a real army base in the desert with cruise missiles. its v strange.