Here's a lovely video I made a while back, it has gotten very popular on the ArmA 2 : OA steam hub, its been pretty successful for a YouTube video on my channel.
Friday, June 19, 2015
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
How I got into ArmA
As this is my first post on the blog, it would make sense to tell me story of how I got interested in ArmA in the first place.
I watched the video with awe and shock. I never thought such a game existed, and even if it did, it certainly wouldn't run on my piss-ant laptop. I watched, did a bit of research on PC parts and lost interest. I went on to play Xbox 360 games like Halo: Reach and Battlefield 3, but the thought of that game remained in my head.
Roughly a year later, I was in a better financial situation with a slight chance of having a decent PC, I planned to use it to play Minecraft and a Gmod. I was (again) browsing YouTube, I had noticed a few popular videos about a lovely thing called DayZ, though initially I ignored them, dismissing them as another generic zombie game. A few days later, I finally gave it a try, I loaded a video about DayZ whose name I do not remember, and let it play. The video I watched totally changed my view on the game, I now knew why a game like this was getting such attention, it was a completely different genre from what I had encountered before. The mechanics like a huge map, surviving in a post Soviet state with limited loot that I would have to compete with others to gather.
I had learned more about the game and quickly realized it was a mod for a PC game by the name of ArmA II. I then also noticed that this game, ArmA II and its expansion, Operation Arrowhead, was similar to the video about a hardcore military sim I had seen when I was twelve. I made the connections and my motivation to get a decent PC was that much greater. I watched mainly ArmA II with some DayZ vids and learned more, I learned about the lore of ArmA II's campaign, Harvest Red and I loved it for some odd reason, even though it looked lackluster from a pro gamer's view.
It wasnt until October 12th of 2012 that I first got to play ArmA II on my fathers laptop. I was nervous the game wouldnt run well or even be compatible with Windows 8. It ran smoothly for a $900 laptop, I launched a basic training mission where I did First Aid, target practice, MOUT and used AT launchers. I had a blast and knew this game was what I had always wanted, that I would make my PC gaming career here. I proceeded to play on my fathers laptop until roughly February of 2014, when I finally had built my own PC. I used a computer that my Dad had given to me second hand and upgraded it with a GTX 660 GPU, liquid-cooler heatsink, safer PSU and better case. I flipped my PC on with both an excited mind and shaking hands. "did I shock the motherboard?", "what if the PSU frys the something, my parents will be livid!" and other thoughts raced through my head. It booted properly. I logged in, launched ArmA 2 Operation Arrowhead and played a coop game of Escape Chernarus with a few pals.
Since then, I've put over 1,470 hours into ArmA II (ArmA 3 not included) . The majority of that is DayZ Mod, Domination, Wasteland, Armory, Editor and Co-op. I didnt get much into the "Life" mods, though pissing off the police and locking down a town from the po-po is a fun business for when I did play it.
Overall, I expect to spend many more hours playing this brilliant game, with all the laughs, WOAH's and WTF's that happen. Im glad to be a member of this games fantastic community.
Thank Yous
-Bohemia Interactive, developing such a dynamic, modular and enjoyable product.
-My Father, for allowing me to play ArmA on this laptop
-My friends Matt, KEBAB_REMOVER, Will, Chewdog and countless other for spending time with me in this game.
-The ArmA community, for continuously creating new videos, mods, maps, vehicles and other content for the rest of us to enjoy and make our own.
-And finally, You, the viewer of this post. I hope this blog educates you more about the ArmA 2 game and ArmA series. Please, enjoy.
Thank you all
It was roughly 2011 , I had a shite PC ,that needed an external (wall plug in fan) to keep from overheating, which I used for playing Roblox, watching YouTube and other stuff. I was wasting time on Youtube when a particular video caught my eye.
I watched the video with awe and shock. I never thought such a game existed, and even if it did, it certainly wouldn't run on my piss-ant laptop. I watched, did a bit of research on PC parts and lost interest. I went on to play Xbox 360 games like Halo: Reach and Battlefield 3, but the thought of that game remained in my head.
Roughly a year later, I was in a better financial situation with a slight chance of having a decent PC, I planned to use it to play Minecraft and a Gmod. I was (again) browsing YouTube, I had noticed a few popular videos about a lovely thing called DayZ, though initially I ignored them, dismissing them as another generic zombie game. A few days later, I finally gave it a try, I loaded a video about DayZ whose name I do not remember, and let it play. The video I watched totally changed my view on the game, I now knew why a game like this was getting such attention, it was a completely different genre from what I had encountered before. The mechanics like a huge map, surviving in a post Soviet state with limited loot that I would have to compete with others to gather.
I had learned more about the game and quickly realized it was a mod for a PC game by the name of ArmA II. I then also noticed that this game, ArmA II and its expansion, Operation Arrowhead, was similar to the video about a hardcore military sim I had seen when I was twelve. I made the connections and my motivation to get a decent PC was that much greater. I watched mainly ArmA II with some DayZ vids and learned more, I learned about the lore of ArmA II's campaign, Harvest Red and I loved it for some odd reason, even though it looked lackluster from a pro gamer's view.
It wasnt until October 12th of 2012 that I first got to play ArmA II on my fathers laptop. I was nervous the game wouldnt run well or even be compatible with Windows 8. It ran smoothly for a $900 laptop, I launched a basic training mission where I did First Aid, target practice, MOUT and used AT launchers. I had a blast and knew this game was what I had always wanted, that I would make my PC gaming career here. I proceeded to play on my fathers laptop until roughly February of 2014, when I finally had built my own PC. I used a computer that my Dad had given to me second hand and upgraded it with a GTX 660 GPU, liquid-cooler heatsink, safer PSU and better case. I flipped my PC on with both an excited mind and shaking hands. "did I shock the motherboard?", "what if the PSU frys the something, my parents will be livid!" and other thoughts raced through my head. It booted properly. I logged in, launched ArmA 2 Operation Arrowhead and played a coop game of Escape Chernarus with a few pals.
Since then, I've put over 1,470 hours into ArmA II (ArmA 3 not included) . The majority of that is DayZ Mod, Domination, Wasteland, Armory, Editor and Co-op. I didnt get much into the "Life" mods, though pissing off the police and locking down a town from the po-po is a fun business for when I did play it.
Overall, I expect to spend many more hours playing this brilliant game, with all the laughs, WOAH's and WTF's that happen. Im glad to be a member of this games fantastic community.
Thank Yous
-Bohemia Interactive, developing such a dynamic, modular and enjoyable product.
-My Father, for allowing me to play ArmA on this laptop
-My friends Matt, KEBAB_REMOVER, Will, Chewdog and countless other for spending time with me in this game.
-The ArmA community, for continuously creating new videos, mods, maps, vehicles and other content for the rest of us to enjoy and make our own.
-And finally, You, the viewer of this post. I hope this blog educates you more about the ArmA 2 game and ArmA series. Please, enjoy.
Thank you all
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