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If you ever have a question about history, specifically WW2, I'm your guy. Right now I'm just making MoW commentaries, historical videos are forthcoming.
Rules/Stuff to remember:
1. Do not disrespect me or my friends.
2. There is nothing wrong with ignorance; there is something wrong with stupidity. Don't come here to be the latter.
3. The vast majority of Wehrmacht commanders were not Nazis; the Nazis were in the SS. Soldiers fighting for an evil regime are only evil if they TRULY believe and understand what they are fighting for.
4. Monty was a horrible tactician, operationalist and strategist; this is indisputable.
5. Communist/Soviet supporters will be flogged.
6. Nuclear arms are almost completely irrelevant when determining military strength.
7. Russia is not a superpower!
8. The Palestinians' claim to ownership of Palestine is completely fallacious!
Violating the rules will result in blocking.
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Description of my friends' channels:
WRH90059: One of my best friends on YouTube, a great guy and a great RTW player. He also does Vlog videos of him and his friends getting into all sorts of shenanigans. XD
Cliathairi: Cliathairi is a good friend of mine and an expert on Irish history.
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Awesome quotes:
Anyone who has to fight, even with the most modern weapons, against an enemy in complete command of the air, fights like a savage against modern European troops, under the same handicaps and with the same chances of success. -Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel
Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning. -Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel
A war is not lost until you consider it lost. -Generalfeldmarschall Erich von Manstein
Logistics is the ball and chain of armored warfare. -Generaloberst Heinz Guderian
From knowledge to competence it is a big step; from ignorance to to competence, an even bigger one. -Generaloberst Hans von Seeckt
War is the continuation of politics by other means. -Karl von Clausewitz
Tactics make the steps from which operational leaps are assembled, strategy points out the path. -Alexander Svechin
Tactics are based on weapons, strategy on movement and movement on supply. -Major General J. F. C. Fuller
You did not want war. You loved peace, work and progress; but you were forced into a struggle in which you have done great deeds, deeds that will shine for centuries in the pages of history. -Commander-in-Chief Carl Mannerheim
Until a very late late stage of the war the commanders of British and American ground forces knew all too well that, in a confrontation with German troops on anything approaching equal terms, their own men were likely to be soundly defeated. They were better than we were: that cannot be stressed too often. Every allied soldier involved in fighting the Germans knew that this war so. -Professor Sir Michael Howard
How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin. -President Ronald Reagan
Television brought the brutality of war into the comfort of the living room. Vietnam was lost in the living rooms of America-not on the battlefields of Vietnam. -Marshall McLuhan
The body of a dead enemy always smells sweet. -Titus Flavius Vespasian
If you want peace, prepare for war. -Flavius Vegetius Renatus
Except For Ending Slavery, Fascism, Nazism, and Communism - WAR has Never Solved Anything. -An unknown wise man
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. -Edmund Burke
Freedom is never free. -Unknown
The very idea of freedom presupposes some objective moral law which overarches rulers and ruled alike. Subjectivism about values is eternally incompatible with democracy. - C.S. Lewis
Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it into a fact. -Honore de Balzac
He who does not punish evil commands it to be done. -Leonardo da Vinci
Bullets change governments, far surer than votes. -Simeon Weisz
You know who is going to inherit the earth? Arms dealers. Because everyone else is too busy killing each other. -Yuri Orlov
One day, it will be you sitting here, telling some Young Turk the facts of life. You're born, you take shit. Get out in the world, you take more shit. Climb a little higher, you take less shit. Until one day, you're up in the rarefied atmosphere and you've forgotten what shit even looks like. Welcome to the layer cake son. -Eddie Temple
Our inability to distinguish a well spoken idiot from a genius has cost humanity dearly. -Me
A country run by a sane and competent dictator is infinitely more efficient than a country run by democracy's greatest minds. -Me
Neoconservatism has more in common with Fascism than true Conservatism. -Me
I'm not inherently against left wing economic theories, what I'm against are people who blindly believe in them. -Me
Rules/Stuff to remember:
1. Do not disrespect me or my friends.
2. There is nothing wrong with ignorance; there is something wrong with stupidity. Don't come here to be the latter.
3. The vast majority of Wehrmacht commanders were not Nazis; the Nazis were in the SS. Soldiers fighting for an evil regime are only evil if they TRULY believe and understand what they are fighting for.
4. Monty was a horrible tactician, operationalist and strategist; this is indisputable.
5. Communist/Soviet supporters will be flogged.
6. Nuclear arms are almost completely irrelevant when determining military strength.
7. Russia is not a superpower!
8. The Palestinians' claim to ownership of Palestine is completely fallacious!
Violating the rules will result in blocking.
______________________________
Description of my friends' channels:
WRH90059: One of my best friends on YouTube, a great guy and a great RTW player. He also does Vlog videos of him and his friends getting into all sorts of shenanigans. XD
Cliathairi: Cliathairi is a good friend of mine and an expert on Irish history.
______________________________
Awesome quotes:
Anyone who has to fight, even with the most modern weapons, against an enemy in complete command of the air, fights like a savage against modern European troops, under the same handicaps and with the same chances of success. -Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel
Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning. -Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel
A war is not lost until you consider it lost. -Generalfeldmarschall Erich von Manstein
Logistics is the ball and chain of armored warfare. -Generaloberst Heinz Guderian
From knowledge to competence it is a big step; from ignorance to to competence, an even bigger one. -Generaloberst Hans von Seeckt
War is the continuation of politics by other means. -Karl von Clausewitz
Tactics make the steps from which operational leaps are assembled, strategy points out the path. -Alexander Svechin
Tactics are based on weapons, strategy on movement and movement on supply. -Major General J. F. C. Fuller
You did not want war. You loved peace, work and progress; but you were forced into a struggle in which you have done great deeds, deeds that will shine for centuries in the pages of history. -Commander-in-Chief Carl Mannerheim
Until a very late late stage of the war the commanders of British and American ground forces knew all too well that, in a confrontation with German troops on anything approaching equal terms, their own men were likely to be soundly defeated. They were better than we were: that cannot be stressed too often. Every allied soldier involved in fighting the Germans knew that this war so. -Professor Sir Michael Howard
How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin. -President Ronald Reagan
Television brought the brutality of war into the comfort of the living room. Vietnam was lost in the living rooms of America-not on the battlefields of Vietnam. -Marshall McLuhan
The body of a dead enemy always smells sweet. -Titus Flavius Vespasian
If you want peace, prepare for war. -Flavius Vegetius Renatus
Except For Ending Slavery, Fascism, Nazism, and Communism - WAR has Never Solved Anything. -An unknown wise man
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. -Edmund Burke
Freedom is never free. -Unknown
The very idea of freedom presupposes some objective moral law which overarches rulers and ruled alike. Subjectivism about values is eternally incompatible with democracy. - C.S. Lewis
Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it into a fact. -Honore de Balzac
He who does not punish evil commands it to be done. -Leonardo da Vinci
Bullets change governments, far surer than votes. -Simeon Weisz
You know who is going to inherit the earth? Arms dealers. Because everyone else is too busy killing each other. -Yuri Orlov
One day, it will be you sitting here, telling some Young Turk the facts of life. You're born, you take shit. Get out in the world, you take more shit. Climb a little higher, you take less shit. Until one day, you're up in the rarefied atmosphere and you've forgotten what shit even looks like. Welcome to the layer cake son. -Eddie Temple
Our inability to distinguish a well spoken idiot from a genius has cost humanity dearly. -Me
A country run by a sane and competent dictator is infinitely more efficient than a country run by democracy's greatest minds. -Me
Neoconservatism has more in common with Fascism than true Conservatism. -Me
I'm not inherently against left wing economic theories, what I'm against are people who blindly believe in them. -Me
About Me:
I'm a Progressive Conservative leaning statesman and a Social Market Capitalist. Although being a Canadian makes me biased in favor of my country, I strongly believe that Canada has an excellent socioeconomic balance. Any intelligent person should see the extreme flaws of American and European societies, and I think that Canada is the best balance between the two that we can realistically achieve. I believe that the goals of the Socialist aspect of any socioeconomic system should be to provide equal opportunity to all citizens, and to provide help to those in need during tough times. Instead of unnecessarily high taxes, I propose that the government abolish all price controls (except minimum wage laws) and subsidies in the economy. The role of the government in a free market economy is to prevent exploitation, nothing more, nothing less. The beauty of the free market is that it always corrects it's self eventually, however if the government interferes then the market cannot function properly. By abolishing these poor economic systems and their associated costs the government will be able to provide plenty of services while keeping taxes at an acceptable level.
I'm also a humanitarian interventionist. I believe that in our global society, economic prosperity of one country is dependent on the prosperity of others. If we can solve the fundamental problems in 3rd world countries then we can raise their standards of living, thus increasing the economic prosperity of all. Aggressive humanitarian intervention is the solution to this problem.
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Favorite Military Commanders, in order:
1. Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel
2. Generalfeldmarschall Erich von Manstein
3. General Heinz Guderian
4. Commander-in-Chief Carl Mannerheim
5. General Arthur Currie
6. General George S. Patton
7. General Erhard Raus
8. Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky
9. Generalfeldmarschall Albert Kesselring
10. Field Marshall Helmuth Von Moltke
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FAQ:
1. What is your favorite game?
Answer: Probably WCIII, it's a classic, and I've been playing it longer than any other game. It will always have a special place in my heart. Although, I do like MoW a lot too.
2. What do you use to make your vids?
Answer: Fraps and Windows Movie Maker.
3. Can I play you in MoW?
Answer: I suppose so, I'm not making any promises about posting those games though.
4. Favorite country and unit in Mow?
Answer: Germany, and a tie between the Puma and M8 Greyhound.
5. Any tips for new MoW players?
Answer: Only play other noobs, stick to the basics, don't try to use the units that require heavy micro until you can use the simple ones effectively.
Hometown:
Toronto
Country:
Canada
Occupation:
Student
Companies:
Whores Unlimited XD
Interests:
Playing Men of War
Movies:
Anything related to History, War, etc. Although if asked to name some good movies I enjoyed, the list would include: Lord of War (Definitely my favorite movie, and definitely a movie that EVERYONE should have to watch. If the schools were required to show this movie we wouldn't have idealistic idiots anymore.), L4YER CAK3 (Another great movie, the best part is the message at the end. Understanding that message will set you up for life.), Collateral (I actually connected with Tom Cruise in this movie a bit, despite him being the bad guy. Like me, his character a realist, who feels horrible about all the shit going on in the world.), and of course Band of Brothers, SPR and Enemy at the Gates are also up there, but I won't list all the great war flicks. TV Shows: Basically every cop show ever made, however I think the best one ever is Southland, it's just amazing. Other greats are Flashpoint, Criminal Minds, Blue Bloods, Rookie Blue, Adam 12 and Law&Order, Hawaii Five-0 (New) and Raising the Bar.
Music:
All genres of music are good, even country, most of it is bullshit, but there's actually some decent country out there... However my favorite artist by far is Deadmau5. He is the definition of revolutionary. His music defines the 21st century. (¯`(0_0)´¯)
Books:
Soldier X, The Bully Boys, The Tomorrow Series, Stalingrad, When Titans Clashed, the West Point Atlases of War, Wages of Destruction and anything else related to history.
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