Comments by "MarcosElMalo2" (@MarcosElMalo2) on "Is this Anti-Armor Ambush Real?" video.

  1.  @_John_P  It is very interesting, but it has more to do with how realistic games/simulations have gotten than how dumb non-game players are. Keeping in mind that when I saw first saw the video in question, I was pre-informed that it might be from a game, so I was perhaps watching with more attention. And on the first viewing, I think I saw what you saw although I couldn’t put my finger on it as precisely as you. My overall impression was that everything was too smooth. The vehicles seemed to follow the one ahead of it to precisely, like they were literally on a string pulling them forward, all on the same track. There was something off about the ATGMs (that you explained very well). Back to the vehicles: the headlights seemed to be on a perfect track, as if the road had no dips or variations in its surface. A perfectly flat road. That jumped out at me. But here’s the thing: the next generation of games might fool me. The generation after that might be sophisticated enough to fool you. With that in mind, Ryan’s approach is very helpful: the tactics of the video vs real tactical fundamentals. This approach will be ever more helpful as simulations get better. Fwiw, I don’t play these sorts of games. I’m really old school—I used to play with little cardboard chits on maps defined with hexes. Sometimes we’d play with miniatures on modeled terrain. All turn based. Nowadays I prefer similar turn based strategy games. But I have seen these more realistic games played and I am aware of the evolution of graphics and physics simulations that hace pushed them ever forward. I don’t blame “normal” people for being fooled. But news shows still have a responsibility and need to use “experts” to filter the real from the fake to reject the fake.
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  2.  @idkitsprobablysuntzu9530  Until he does, check out LazerPig’s video about the Moskva. Also I think Perun did one on Russian Navy. Both are worth watching, although they have VERY different presentation styles.
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