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Arma is the only game where I can get yelled out by a 14year old kid telling me to follow the chain of command while watching a car spaz out into the stratosphere all while I hearing another squad mate explain how to make napalm in a public server. 10/10, amazing community.

Had an ARMA experience where some 10 year old kid was having fun blathering out orders to the whole squad for like 40 minutes, his older brother came back laughing how cooperative the team was.

honestly the way the Zeus was watching yall the entire time and guiding you along the way is so sweet but fucking hilarious lmaoo. Bros gotta be sitting there like "holy shit these guys have NO idea what they're doing but by god theyre doing it!"

moral of the story: if you have a friend anything is fun (even though they literally didn't have a single firefight in a milsim game)

I must say the Czech scenery and architecture is absolutely on spot. I'm absolutely stunned by how precise and beautiful it looks.

Reforger is not bad as a starting point for ARMA noobs. It's quite fun.

The French server was pure Kafka 🤣

10:28 : "Heeyy bastard ! You drive like a dick" 11:07 : "The Humvee stop for a few secondes (please!) ... Heeeeyyy!!" So sad he seemed like a nice man

6k hrs in A3 and 2k in Reforger here - imo the biggest problem with these games are the server owners and the way they have an inherent need to absolutely flood their servers with inane BS that you'd likely never use, in the way of mods. When you find a server or group that DOESN'T do that, the quality of experience skyrockets, but they're very few and far between because the game already requires so many mods just to be good. Fantastic video showing that the game can be fun, but it's not (and never will be) great. And I love it :)

one of the most genuinly entertaining videos from slorgs 🤣

Hey !!! You forgot the OG game ; Operation Flashpoint ! You know Slorgs ! You're like me, balding, you know this "older game" ;)

Oh my god that was me blasting music in the harbor 😂😂, That was a real fun night glad you boys enjoyed yourselves, you’re welcome on the whiskey one server any time lads it was a blast 😂 I’ve just realised that was me in the truck that was cursing civilians driving past you 😂

“It looks like I’m free but I’m not, like America” the most true statement of 2024

Had a great time with this! Would definitely watch moar silly adventures :D

You passed by the map so many times😂

"...you missed" I'm in fucking shambles lmao this video is amazing

how does slorgs still only have 30k subs, the man deserves way more

this started of painful to watch, but you made your own story arc of silly antics and this was worth the watch. Great job at keeping it funky and fresh dad.

peak british humor right here

Man wth Arma 3 is ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. I just don't think people understand WHY. You basically have INFINITE possibilities due to their absolutely HUGE amount of different functions available meaning you can script pretty much anything. I understand your gripes with mods but it is because arma is so configurable and open to everyone that mods are easy (relatively) to make and the reason their is SO MANY of them. No it isnt a game with a set gamemode and what not but that isnt what its designed for. Arma is more of a sandbox where people can utilise the tools provided to them such as 3den editor or Zeus to create hundreds of thousands of unique scenarios and experiences. That is the reason I love arma though for people who are used to stuff like squad with its standardised gamemodes I get why they may struggle to understand it.

Forgive me, but as a fan of the franchise for more than 2 decades now, I'll come in with some clarification. "I was there, Gandalf..." The story actually starts with the original title from Bohemia Interactive, called back then "Operation Flashpoint", released in 2001, which is now available on Steam as "Arma: Cold War Assault". We played that in college a lot. The tagline for that title was "If you see the flash, it's already too late", highlighting the high level of realism and how you could get killed with a single bullet. It was probably the first full Battlefield Simulator on this planet, where you could drive every vehicle, equip dozens of weapons and tools, order every AI soldier in your squad, could use a map and a compass to navigate, and it also had accurate night sky, so during night missions you could navigate by the stars. It also had an amazing soundtrack. That same engine was also used for the Virtual Battle Space military simulator, which was used by armies around the world for training purposes, and was not sold to general public. The rights to the original "Operation Flashpoint" title were being held by the publisher - Codemasters, with whom Bohemia Interactive parted ways due to some disagreements around the sequel. Basically Codemasters didn't like the fact that BI had been spending time scanning real-life weapons and modelling the character's eyeballs, while pushing the deadline further and further. So they stopped cooperating. In 2006, when Bohemia Interactive's was releasing a sequel, it was named "Arma: Armed Assault". Much later, the original first game was re-named to "Arma: Cold War Assault", to get it in line with the later titles. In 2009, Codemasters made a very bad attempt at their sequel named "Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising", trying to capitalize on their rights to the name, but that game was all hype and no bang, and for many it was the grand-proof to never again pay for a preorder of an overhyped game. It is a popular misconception that ARMA is an acronym of "Armed Assault" but it's actually from latin, where "arma" stands for "war", "weapons", "soldiers". Therefore, it's not an "Armed Assault" series of games, it's "Arma" series of games, where only one title was named "Armed Assault". Hope that helps :)

WHAT LMAO I JUST REALIZED THAT YOUR YT PROFILE PIC IS SUPPSOED TO BE YOU, i always thought its some egg or smth lmaaaaao

Sorry, i know that you probably know this, but i have to say it: the first Arma game is "Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis", later renamed "Arma: Cold War Assault" (even if it had a different name, due to legal reasons, it's exactly the same, apart from graphics). It was a completely innovative/visionary/ambitious game for its time. And even with all its flaws and the hard access to its gameplay, i just can't avoid the unique feel this franchise still has, different from other milsims (that i also play). For the full multiplayer experience, i recommend joining a community/unit (it also depends on which type of teamwork you look for). They will help you to make the game more accessible. And a very unpopular oppinion, that not many people will agree with, but: i love the official story campaigns and the Armaverse lore. They are hard and glitched, but they're an emotional experience that Call of Duty will never give you; even with moments of similarities (ex: stealth; secret conspiracies). You get to do missions of regular infantry; special forces; armoured vehicles; helicopters and jets; doing sabotage; sniping; being captured and escaping; surviving alone in enemy territory; directing airstrikes; using drones; commanding troops or vehicles; doing recon; patrolling; fighting with nightvision; guerrilla warfare and gathering supplies; retreating; watching the map change through the campaign development; constantly making choices that affect the future missions and the ending... Even hunting mines and reconstructing history ("Remnants of War" DLC) or making contact with aliens ("Contact" DLC). Or sometimes living as a civilian (different moments from different campaigns).

@00:10 im not into "maths", but i am into math. Yes, i will die on this hill 😂

Man I just stumbled onto your channel and I gotta say, I don't think I've laughed this much at a video in a long time. Made my night. The self-deprecation is so thick and appreciated 😆Subbed.

W.C.S servers are the best good community and if you are new you will learn fast and others are really helpful, game mode is also simple.

I’ve never seen a more generic British white man and I live here good lord you go lad

i like this and would like more videos

Yeah, for Arma you kinda need to check stuff out first, learn some basics (because Reforger doesnt have a tutorial really) and then check out what you actually want to play. Of course the Server Browser shows you all. After you know what you want (and what its called), you can choose your favourite server again and play.. jumping blindly into Arma.. not that useful. Its a sandbox and you just wont know whats in it and how much sand you are getting in your shoes.

You are my absolute favorite "milsim" KZfaqr. You play these games the way I do, wanna be badass but have no freaking clue what I'm doing.

Please make more reforger vids this was hilarious 😂

It actually started with Operation Flashpoint. I bought ARMA3, because I thought they had gotten rid of all the jank. I was wrong. Maybe Reforger is gonna be the miracle everyone has been waiting for. If it is, I'll give BI my money.

3kliksphillip is gonna have a few words with you after this one 😂

My man if you want to find enemies and do some shooting you should try the conflict game mode in reforger. As for the time spent in-menu and waiting to join server: all I can say is that the total time spent in reforger waiting to join server and setting up kit is comparable and quite often significantly shorter than the wait to join a good squad server especially since you only have to create a kit once per server.

Arma, despite being a niche milsim game, has always been a pretty important part of gaming since through Arma 2's DayZ we got quite a lot of survival games (Rust lists it as inspiration) and through DayZ Battle Royale it helped inspire a lot of games. Player Unknown of PUBG fame got his start making DayZ Battle Royale. It's all super dependent on finding servers making use of the creativity it allows. It honestly sounds like the server you guys joined was pretty good with god/"Zeus" (the Arma 3 term) making things on the fly and helping out. Don't forget your map though. It's quite easy to get lost in the beauty of reforger's maps, literally and metaphorically.

This was genuinely hilarious to watch and editing was fire! Captures the best bits of gaming with mates. Hop on WCS servers some time and people will help you with getting the basics down. I think most people find one or two servers and then regularly play on there, where you’ll then encounter the same players and hook up with people

Well you’re in luck slorg. Arma has decided to not be hardcore anymore and has now instead decided to be as casual as possible. This should prove to no longer be and issue anymore

That bit with the French was so relatable. Who hasn't gone into a language server in desperation thinking "I'll just go out and shoot" for it to go terribly wrong?

"It looks like I'm free, but I'm not actually free. Its like living in America." hit a little too close to home.

"Errrr Lads, I'm lost" is the definitive Arma Experience.

"It looks like your free but you're not, sort of like living in America" best quote of the gaming month!

The thing with any Server or ARMA group is to find one that has the right mix between "seriousness" and screwing around a bit. I've been playing since ARMA 1 and I tend to avoid the "serious" Servers with rank calling, etc like the plague. Where most of my enjoyment for the series came from was having a smaller group of players and playing self made Missions. Also the editor isn't as complicated as some people think. Just plonk down some weapon crates, sprinkle in a few enemies in a Town or wherever you like, grab a respawn script and Bob's your uncle. Of course you can get all fancy with missions but even barebones ones can be a ton of fun with friends.

Glad you liked the Darker nights mod! I really didn't put much thought into naming it🤣

23:16 Its fun, but we haven't played the game yet 1) Story of my life 2) My Experience with ARMA and Reforger in general 3) great zinger

i absolutely love arma reforger, i cannot get over it. it feels so immersive

"Serious" is quality, people today just play trash and repeat to themselves "I am playing a videogame in front of a screen" instead to understand that quality is fun, it is the best thing, it is the only way to play well games, casual or not call it as u want you need to be knowledgable of what you are doing what you are playing ,the context and so on (with any game... The problem is that people do not understand how important is having unique gameplay sessions WITH SOULD MATES LIKE MINDED PEOPLE. I created my small crew project and I am all about this since years. No HUD Team is the way. Arma 3 anyway for the win.

the admin was giving me big stanley parabel vibes 😂😂

Virtual Battle Simulator 3 was the peak

Roadtrip Simulator

@slorgs Great to see you playing Reforger, if you don't want to download tons of mods just try the official servers, they can be funky and fresh too!

ArmA seems like the sort of game I'd love to play, especially those 6 hour long huge operations with a GM setting up scenarios for 100 guys organised into a Company have to fight through. Never had the computing power for it but I'm always impressed by the videos that come out from those events.

This was probably the best way i've ever seen of someonebwho doesn't know shat about the game and learning it in the funniest way possible

26:16 "Game Master cDRUNKENmonkey sends ping, targeting player BigBigBigJeff" Well that was indeed god lmao

That admin had probably as much fun as you guy did

I almost fell off my chair when he asked you for a map wtf hahaha 23:35

seriously considering reforger consider how absolutely terrible squad has become, just a horrifically bad player base to what it used to be, no tactics used, no one tries to get revived, theres rarely a commander and just generally completely degraded gameplay

Arma 1 was also considered a placeholder stepping stone on the way to Arma 2, according to the devs. Their heart was never in that title.

26:16 Samir....You're breaking the car!!!

pr 1.8 just dropped!!!!!!!!! its so cool added stailngrad and brostok new maps and new suprssion efeect

If u guys went into this with zero idea of how to play . Then you shouldn’t have joined modded servers and should’ve started with official.

"It looks like im free, but im not actually free; it's like living in america." As an american, i can confirm.

The best video ever, also the drama 😂

i have to say joining in under a hour is record time

The French community has a great experience in Milsims

Guys just play official vanilla conflict mode to get started, no mods to download either 👍

Arma can mean armed assault or it can mean barracks shop in czech military slang.

I tried to get into arma. By that, i mean i played the tutorial and then immediately became lost as i over-analyzed myself into indecision. Figuratively, I was a man in wal mart too stoned to remember wtf i was there for

17:04 It's literally right next to the compass. Like...HOW did you miss it? The white and blue paper thingy on the immediate left. Kinda looks like a folded map? that one.

“Looks like you free but you’re not. It’s like living in America”😂😂😂

My guy, Iv been on Reforger since Launch. I have tens of thousands of hours in Arma and OFP. Reforger is the Way and I am glad its finally getting traction. I uninstalled ARMA3

i came for the arma gameplay but man "the destroyer of ball hair" is why i stayed

These sessions were insanely funny

Picturing the GM watching from the sky of all of this unfold, it really tickles me.

2:38 #triggered. Reforger is more or less a 1:1 remake of the original Arma, it's the same couple of maps released with that original game engine which laid foundation for Arma 2 and 3, thus the 'reforger' gimmick title having the same maps remade on the new engine. I suspect you said that intentionally knowing we'd bite and you were absolutely correct. Great vid as always ❤‍🔥

the project reality update was also pretty fun

32:30 IF I DIE YOUNG BURY ME INSIDE LAY ME DOWN ON A BED OF ROSES TAKE ME TO THE RIVER AT DAWN SEND ME AWAY WITH THE WORDS OF A LOVE SONG

The first game was originally called Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis

I'm Russian so didn't understand nearly half of the conversations, but I was laughing harder than I expected 👍 :⁠-⁠)

Arma has been my fave game by far, there's a reason that years later it still has a 22,000 player base

That OP leader lol, what a proper chief

Their first game was Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis (OFP for short) but since Codemasters owned that name/franchise as part of their publishing deal, they had to rename - so it was Arma. Arma is the 2nd game in the installment. Also OFP was set in Everon/Malden as well (same as Reforger), and it had a re-release 10 years later, known as Arma: Cold War Assault. /nerd-rant

I reccomend operation Tactical Barbie on reforger. More laid back, and fun. It got its name for the fact people basically just play tactical dress up for 2 hours. Goes into the action and dies after the first contact. (Not everyone dies nearly instantly though)

a genuinely very entertaining video, might actually try out reforger even though i've never played any arma game

Was not expecting slorgs to be jacked😭

We wouldnt have good ol DayZ without Arma

slorgs really fit in his youtube channel profile picture lmao

I like ARMA but mainly because I loved the drama they created in Operation Flashpoint (1) I don't think they've really recreated it since, but that's because they're a serious company with many national defence contracts so they can't pitch real countries against each other any more This is why Squad, Red River, and Ground Branch are my main games for now in the face of Reforger

I dont understand how you struggled so much to understand the game at the start, its so simple to understand how everything works lol

Best slorgs video EVER

19:56 that's a war crime right there mate

Reforger is awesome, but there's so many bugs that drive me nuts I had to step away from it. The more you get into it, the more it starts to chafe.

“Spend 35 hours a week just to read the map”. My brother that’s just called a map. Like a regular paper one.

BRO I LOVE UR UNFILTERED BRUTAL TRUTH ABOUT ARMA ARTICULATED IT BETTER THAN I COULD

I think you were the one taking arma 3 too serious. There were servers just like reforfers game modes on arma

The first game was Operation Flashpoint: Cold ar Crisis in 2001. Bohemia Interactive lost the rights to the name when they split with Codemasters and thus the next release was Arma.

As a guy with 4000 hours on Arma 3 you made me laugh hard. Great video dude! Got love the random bs on arma servers lol

DofE was sick mate, bong rips in a tent in the middle of snowdonia

That was a fun one SLogs. When the game works it is fun. When you get low server FPS and end up using a mag to kill one NPC and get killed in return, that is when i refunded it. Was like 2 months ago. We'll see after summer.

yaknow although currently reforger is still kind of hard to get into (no queue.......................) and enjoy, i think the fact that we are starting to see some progress could be a good sign. The more eyes and ears intrigued into the game means the more people here to make some good mods. Passion projects and what not. who knows where it might be in 2 more years.