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Title: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: djinn on 21-09-2009, 10:09:20
I believe this was on the former site... Was fun

What I wanted to start off with has kinda slipped me though.. someone get the ball rolling



Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Rawhide on 21-09-2009, 10:09:54
When you drop by the forums and being amazed by how this thread is not started by FEARBEFORE_
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: DLFReporter on 21-09-2009, 11:09:10
When you drop by the forums and being amazed by how this thread is not started by FEARBEFORE_

Amen to that brother!
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: djinn on 21-09-2009, 11:09:14
Just thought it was a good thread :-\
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: NTH on 21-09-2009, 11:09:31
When you drop by the forums and being amazed by how this thread is not started by FEARBEFORE_

Amen to that brother!

Hallelujah Brother! The Lord shall save a special seat for you.
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: djinn on 21-09-2009, 11:09:42
Wow, wow, ok... someone please close and delete this thread before I infuriate the entire community :-(
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: DLFReporter on 21-09-2009, 11:09:06
Calm down jin, you did nothing, we are just praising the forum gods so that they restore law and order! AMEN!
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Rawhide on 21-09-2009, 12:09:21
Just thought it was a good thread :-\
It is mate! We're just amazed FEARBEFORE_ didn't make it :D

When you scream "SPAWN ON ME!" while playing paintball with Capture the Flag.

When you look for your binoculars to spot for artillery when the line to the cashier is longer the the store itself
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Fearbefore. on 21-09-2009, 12:09:08
It's a good thing you lot aren't trying to earn a living as comedians.
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: NTH on 21-09-2009, 13:09:49
It's a good thing you lot aren't trying to earn a living as comedians.

Amen to that Brother!
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Norman Rockwell on 21-09-2009, 13:09:14
When you move your head (or your whole body) over to try to look around a corner (and it helps!)
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: von.small on 21-09-2009, 13:09:38
 ;) http://fhpubforum.warumdarum.de/index.php?topic=119.0

btw I was bummed to find this thread had been moved to off-topic, because it broke forum rules.
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Natty on 21-09-2009, 14:09:15
When you're scared of bushes and hedgerows IRL  :o
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: FatJoe on 21-09-2009, 16:09:32
upon loaning your sister your car, you throw your car keys to your sister and shout "GRRREEEEENNNAAAADDE!!!!!!"

Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Fuchs on 21-09-2009, 17:09:40
upon loaning your sister your car, you throw your car keys to your sister and shout "GRRREEEEENNNAAAADDE!!!!!!"


Why do I get the idea you actually did this?  :-\
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Tiny on 22-09-2009, 00:09:36
When you're wandering about IRL thinking where is my minimap.  :-\
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Thorondor123 on 22-09-2009, 00:09:49
Walking past a hedge and planning a good spot to ambush tanks.
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 22-09-2009, 00:09:42
When you drive a bike and constantly keep ringing the bell while trying to run people over.
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Eat Uranium on 22-09-2009, 00:09:29
When you walk around town trying to keep out of direct line of sight to the sniper in the church tower.

When everywhere around you is the perfect place to ambush those panzers that are surly just minutes away.
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Cory the Otter on 22-09-2009, 01:09:36
When you walk around town trying to keep out of direct line of sight to the sniper in the church tower.

caught myself doing that once.
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Fearbefore. on 22-09-2009, 03:09:21
When you understood a fair bit of the movie Tali Ihantala 1944, just from playing FH1's Karelia so often.
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 22-09-2009, 03:09:27
So... what did you understand, exactly?
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: samnadine on 22-09-2009, 03:09:12
when it's not erected anymore.
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Ionizer on 22-09-2009, 03:09:10
When you understood a fair bit of the movie Tali Ihantala 1944, just from playing FH1's Karelia so often.

Heh heh.  You just pushed Flippy's Berserk button.

So... what did you understand, exactly?

There he is.

Hint: FH1's "Karelia" Map is fairly inaccurate.  And Flippy will tell you that "Karelia" is an entire territory covering several dozen square kilometers.  It's like naming a map "Normandy" and leaving it like that, even though it only showcases a small battle in that territory.

Flippy, I'm sorry if I got any of that wrong.  I mean no disrespect, of course.  Please don't stab me with your puukko.
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Havoc2090 on 22-09-2009, 03:09:49
You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....You Look Up In The Sky And See A Plane And Shout "Enemy Plane Spotted!"
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Gl@mRock on 22-09-2009, 03:09:18
You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when... Your girlfriend says so.   :-\
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Cory the Otter on 22-09-2009, 03:09:09
You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when... Your girlfriend says so.   :-\

you shouuldnt tell someone with an awesome beard such things.

(http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll139/drglamm/Image0081-1.jpg)

...that was you, right?
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: [F|H]Taz18 on 22-09-2009, 04:09:51
When you drive into farm fences and think you'll just bounce over them.  ;D
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Desertfox on 22-09-2009, 04:09:28
When in your dreams you don't see women but you do see yourself with a Gewhr43 looking through nicely made 3-D iron sights downing soldier after soldier (true story)
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Zoologic on 22-09-2009, 06:09:41
When you walk in the middle of big cities, you gazed at the skylines and looking at church towers instead of skyscrapers.

Even worse, you're starting to dream about FH2 thingy when you're sleeping.
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Ziggy on 22-09-2009, 06:09:29
When you EAAATT LEEEEEAAAAADDD!!!!

then die of lead poisoning.
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: :| Hi on 22-09-2009, 06:09:36
When you accidently cut yourself and walk on a band-aid expecting to be healed
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 22-09-2009, 14:09:34
When you understood a fair bit of the movie Tali Ihantala 1944, just from playing FH1's Karelia so often.

Heh heh.  You just pushed Flippy's Berserk button.

So... what did you understand, exactly?

There he is.

Hint: FH1's "Karelia" Map is fairly inaccurate.  And Flippy will tell you that "Karelia" is an entire territory covering several dozen square kilometers.  It's like naming a map "Normandy" and leaving it like that, even though it only showcases a small battle in that territory.

Flippy, I'm sorry if I got any of that wrong.  I mean no disrespect, of course.  Please don't stab me with your puukko.

Oh you got me all wrong. There was no rage or hate involved within that question at all. Just curiosity. Always interested to know what non-finns think about our wars and how do they see and understand them.
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Invincible on 22-09-2009, 16:09:05
...When you girlfriend joins the surfer just to see you.
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Fuchs on 22-09-2009, 16:09:20
Actually, about people dreaming about FH2, that doesn't indicate at all your doing it too much. Your brains jsut memorize everything you did the past days and create a nice dream of it. This could include things we would rather not see in our dreams, like games and stuff as it feels like you can't think about anything else, hehe.
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: 9.Pz Benz on 22-09-2009, 16:09:09
...When you girlfriend joins the surfer just to see you.

Hahaha, i recognize that one  ;D
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Havoc2090 on 22-09-2009, 16:09:50
You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....You Shout "Requesting Reinforcements!" and yet you don't get any :P
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: NikolaiNL on 22-09-2009, 16:09:39
You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when you painfully find out that in real life you don't respawn.
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Eat Uranium on 22-09-2009, 17:09:16
You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when you painfully find out that in real life you don't respawn.
Silly you.  In real life you can respawn at women with a spawn time of 24,192,000 seconds.
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Havoc2090 on 22-09-2009, 17:09:11
LOL! amen to that!
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Roden on 22-09-2009, 19:09:31
You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when you make topics containing "You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when" are made  ;)
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 22-09-2009, 19:09:18
..you tell your war stories to your friend who clearly doesn't give a damn.
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Thorondor123 on 22-09-2009, 19:09:31
You tell your war stories to your friend and s/he joins the war story telling session.
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 22-09-2009, 19:09:50
when seeing this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmwwXpNvzBw) video you think that song would be great when rumbling through a forest in a tractor crushing small trees under your tyres.
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Havoc2090 on 22-09-2009, 20:09:27
You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....you shout "TAKE COVER!!"
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: flyboy_fx on 22-09-2009, 20:09:39
When you post in this tread. lol
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Gl@mRock on 22-09-2009, 22:09:46
You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when... Your girlfriend says so.   :-\

you shouuldnt tell someone with an awesome beard such things.

(http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll139/drglamm/Image0081-1.jpg)

...that was you, right?

Nope, hairs to short, try again!!!
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: djinn on 22-09-2009, 23:09:54
you know you've played too much FH when... you need to hold yourself from asuming a military stance/ performing an 'I'm holding a gun and firing it military style'-impersonation, evidence that you are daydreaming about some past action on a FH server

you know you've played too much FH when... you find yourself jump a puddle or something and get concerned you might run out of stamina in the event you need to dash helter-skelter from some marauding tan... oh, ya... real life
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Havoc2090 on 23-09-2009, 00:09:51
You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....You Shout "MEDIC!!!"

You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....You Shout "FIRE IN THE HOLE!!!"
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Tedacious on 23-09-2009, 00:09:11
You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....You Shout "MEDIC!!!"

You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....You Shout "FIRE IN THE HOLE!!!"
When in real life is there ever a situation that you shouting "fire in the whole" would be appropriate? :P
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Hresvelgr on 23-09-2009, 01:09:55
You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....You Shout "MEDIC!!!"

You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....You Shout "FIRE IN THE HOLE!!!"
Congratulations! You win the award for least-original and least-funny jokes on the thread! Seriously, all you've been doing is saying "...when you shout (insert random commo-rose option here)!!!"
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Eat Uranium on 23-09-2009, 01:09:28
...you actually start wanting to own and go to war with the POS that is the breda 30.

...you've - no, wait, you can never play too much FH ;D
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Ekalbs on 23-09-2009, 07:09:21
lol i day dream of playing fh2 while im surfing the web......or trying to make models lol, heck ive played fh2 and watched a movie at the same time.
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: trakpin on 23-09-2009, 08:09:09
don't know. havn't had it all that long
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: NikolaiNL on 23-09-2009, 19:09:00
You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when you take a tank to the zoo to shoot the tigers.
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Desertfox on 23-09-2009, 22:09:27
You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when you take a tank to the zoo to shoot the tigers.
This is my favorite so far ;D
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Havoc2090 on 24-09-2009, 03:09:28
i was only trying to be funny by inserting the radio commands sheeshh not my fault i can't come up with anything funny :/
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Cory the Otter on 24-09-2009, 03:09:32
Youve played too much Forgotten Hope when you think that the street is a little far for your panzerfaust.
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: flyboy_fx on 24-09-2009, 05:09:05
You use meters and say I think I could get that with a piat.

Playing baseball I dolphin dived back to second. PUHHH that nocks the wind out! 
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Fearbefore. on 24-09-2009, 07:09:34
When you understood a fair bit of the movie Tali Ihantala 1944, just from playing FH1's Karelia so often.

Heh heh.  You just pushed Flippy's Berserk button.

So... what did you understand, exactly?

There he is.

Hint: FH1's "Karelia" Map is fairly inaccurate.  And Flippy will tell you that "Karelia" is an entire territory covering several dozen square kilometers.  It's like naming a map "Normandy" and leaving it like that, even though it only showcases a small battle in that territory.

Flippy, I'm sorry if I got any of that wrong.  I mean no disrespect, of course.  Please don't stab me with your puukko.

Hehe, I wasn't clear enough. I meant I understood a decent amount of the dialogue in the movie (I am trying to learn to speak Finnish) because of playing FH1's Karelia so many times.
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: NikolaiNL on 24-09-2009, 09:09:49
i was only trying to be funny by inserting the radio commands sheeshh not my fault i can't come up with anything funny :/



“If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.”
Mahatma Gandhi
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Rycon on 24-09-2009, 13:09:37
When you watch 3 episodes of band of brothers and then go play fh to try re-create the battles.
When you register for a waw tourney and let everyone know in rl that your a private.
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Rawhide on 24-09-2009, 14:09:33
When you watch 3 episodes of band of brothers and then go play fh to try re-create the battles.
When you register for a waw tourney and let everyone know in rl that your a private.

Haha, I have had so many flashbacks from Band of Brothers while playing PHL

"It's a whole other company!" (EP5 Crossroads)
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: NoCoolOnesLeft on 24-09-2009, 17:09:16
Crossroads was in Holland, mind.
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Rawhide on 24-09-2009, 17:09:15
Crossroads was in Holland, mind
Oh god, thank you Mr Einstein for inventing the A-bomb you have saved the day.
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: djinn on 24-09-2009, 22:09:29
When you watch 3 episodes of band of brothers and then go play fh to try re-create the battles.
When you register for a waw tourney and let everyone know in rl that your a private.

Haha, I have had so many flashbacks from Band of Brothers while playing PHL

"It's a whole other company!" (EP5 Crossroads)

It was Carentan outskirts... So you're more right than you think... ya, best episode for combat... I do this too... watch SPR or BoB or even History and go to play for the nation involved... Did that for Poland maps after the anniversary of the start of the war.. kinda cruel, but I'm human, and impusive
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Fearbefore. on 24-09-2009, 23:09:17
When you finally gave in and accepted that your computer can't handle FH, yet you still make time to drool over FH2 screenshots on this forum.
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: :| Hi on 25-09-2009, 00:09:07
When you finally gave in and accepted that your computer can't handle FH, yet you still make time to drool over FH2 screenshots on this forum.


Yup im in the same boat, i have to save up for $300 to get myself a useable XP.
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Devout_Crusader on 25-09-2009, 20:09:14
You're hiking with friends and tell them where you would place a sniper, machine-gunner and riflemen platoon ... and possibly an AT gun.

Quote
When in real life is there ever a situation that you shouting "fire in the whole" would be appropriate?

Throwing a frosty into the drive-thru window is often accompanied by 'FIRE IN THE HOLE!' as you laugh and speed away. 
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Fearbefore. on 25-09-2009, 22:09:49
When you are planning to spend 2 months next year living off the land in the woods on a semi-spiritual journey in northern Canada (which I am), and then having a dream about fending off relentlessly 'spawn camping' bears from capping the flag on your tent with a PTRS.
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Eat Uranium on 25-09-2009, 22:09:18
When you are planning to spend 2 months next year living off the land in the woods on a semi-spiritual journey in northern Canada (which I am), and then having a dream about fending off relentlessly 'spawn camping' bears from capping the flag on your tent with a PTRS.
Damn Flippy, always spawn camping.

;D
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: :| Hi on 26-09-2009, 00:09:16
When you are planning to spend 2 months next year living off the land in the woods on a semi-spiritual journey in northern Canada (which I am), and then having a dream about fending off relentlessly 'spawn camping' bears from capping the flag on your tent with a PTRS.


I dont know whether to laugh my ass off or check you into the nearest gun store and get you some ammunition
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Capten_C on 25-02-2010, 23:02:01
.... you get tennis elbow   :(

Quote
Causes
Why did I develop tennis elbow?

Overuse of the muscles and tendons of the forearm and elbow are the most common reason people develop tennis elbow. Repeating some types of activities over and over again can put too much strain on the elbow tendons. These activities are not necessarily high-level sports competition. Hammering nails, picking up heavy buckets, playing too much FH2, or pruning shrubs can all cause the pain of tennis elbow.
   >:(




Here's to game night tomorrow!  ;D
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: THeTA0123 on 25-02-2010, 23:02:32
Months ago, i was terribly ill. I had a fever of 39.3 Degree's, and headache, runny nouse and you can name it.

Before i went to bed,   well, went from my Couch downstairs to the bed, i decided to play a bit of FH2. We had one round of Operation Totalize. Wich was one fantastic round. Teamwork on BOTH teams, constant figthing over flags (not flaghopping) At both teams 100 Tickets left, we turned the tie, by stationing our 17PDR beasts (and me with the churchill MK IV 6PDR ofcourse!) on the railroad tracks under the bridge at Comm's HQ

Truly great round, and before i went to bed, their was a discussion about the ratte/maus

I then had this weird goddam night, i woke up, i fell asleep, and half between. I dreamed off totalize.........but i was at  the arty battery i dunno, and in front of me, over the river, a    Frakking ratte. But it was such a hallucinating dream that it actually felt like i was fucking their! (the doctor later said this is possible when you have a feaver)

But this wassent the weird part! First of all, the Ratte had a PERFECT sherman olive green color. This with BLUE swastika's, and   some  turret on the Ratte HIS turret. Now this image came back all the time, waking up, falling back asleep.

It was such a weird dream, but it felt so real. I waked up for real, and i truly was catching my breath and sweaty. I could still hear explosions. I swear, Dafalgan is the most common medicene, but it truly fraks up your mind


When i told my experience to my (ex)Girlfriend back then, with minor details, She got an almost same dream as i had days later, with her, standing on a hill, seeing a 2 story high Tank over the river.........





Trust me, i dint played FH2  for 3 weeks after that
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Kelmola on 25-02-2010, 23:02:36
This with BLUE swastika's
Ah-ha! Proof that the devs are going to include Finnish Air Force Rattes in the future versions of FH2!
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: THeTA0123 on 25-02-2010, 23:02:51
This with BLUE swastika's
Ah-ha! Proof that the devs are going to include Finnish Air Force Rattes in the future versions of FH2!
YES YES! finnish blue swastika's!  Excactly like you saw on FInnish panzers and Planes!  And also in the same angle!
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 26-02-2010, 00:02:05
Finnish swasrikas on tanks were black.
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Cory the Otter on 26-02-2010, 00:02:05

Here's to game night tomorrow!  ;D

Prost!
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: THeTA0123 on 26-02-2010, 15:02:31
Finnish swasrikas on tanks were black.
well they where blue
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Thorondor123 on 26-02-2010, 15:02:39
Finnish swasrikas on tanks were black.
well they where blue
Yeah
(http://www.andreaslarka.net/ps531006/2004_53100604.jpg)
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: THeTA0123 on 26-02-2010, 15:02:38
so,   An sherman olive painted ratte,   with Finnish airforce swastika markings?



Dear god! This is what truly happend in WW2! Nazi germany was simply a puppet of the finish!
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 08-04-2010, 22:04:48
lol @ TheTao

...your boss comes yelling to you at a garage: "Why aren't you working?!" and you answer "I'm waiting for my wrench to recharge"  ;D
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Capten_C on 08-04-2010, 23:04:25
I forgot about this thread, was gonna make apost a few weeks ago...

'When you're passing a truck on the motorway and you hover just that little bit too long alongside for your squadmates to toss their sticky's/gebalte landungs'  :D
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Desertfox on 09-04-2010, 01:04:13
When you begin expecting 1 hit kills
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: willredd4 on 09-04-2010, 05:04:05
yeah, now i expect 1 hit kills in every game
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 12-04-2012, 03:04:53
Got a summer job working at a 'nature resort' (basically a park in the woods with a load of campsites, a hotel, a couple pools, hot tub, that kind of thing). My job for the past month or so is to get it ready for summer, raking leaves and cleaning the pool out and that kind of thing. I've been introduced to a great many tools, plenty of which make for great air guitars but nothing that even remotely reminded me of Forgotten Hope, even though I tried as hard as I could to make that happen, until today, when I got to trade in my trusty shovel (which now that I'm sitting here writing this out probably should've reminded me of a good few spaten assaults on enemy flags) for a fancy kind of shovel. I don't know the exact name of it but it's a long broom handle with a lightbulb-shaped thing on the end, and stick it in the ground and by pulling a lever instantly dig a small hole, perfect for fence posts, which is what I was installing today.

The thing is, this tool, whatever it's called, looks like a panzerfaust. The silhouette is nearly identical. You stick the fausty end of it in the ground, press the lever (near where the trigger would be), and voila, in goes a fence post. Except I wasn't building fences today, I was hunting Shermans in Normandy. I wasn't digging holes in the ground today, I was sneaking across a field in Russia on the hunt for some T-34s. It's been a long time coming, but I've finally found a tool I use at work I can manage to bullshit myself into daydreaming of FH for. The gun for the power washer looks nothing like my trusty G43, the leaf rake doesn't look anything like a PIAT, but God damn, all it takes is a little imagination and this fence-hole digging thing can blow up any tank for miles around.
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: sheikyerbouti on 12-04-2012, 04:04:06
 The last time i used one it was called a "post hole digger"...

good one, I think the bush is getting to your head though.
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Flyboy1942 on 12-04-2012, 16:04:29
You should be getting your head in some bushes if you're working at a nature resort for summer... ;)

I posted this in IRC the other day:

Basically, a while back I was driving through a parking lot and coming around a corner, and was almost past the pickup parked in the corner stall when I noticed it backing up, straight for my passenger (right) rear door. Instict kicked in an I gassed it and tried to straighten out. I got out of the way of the backing pickup...and found a pickup bumper in front of me (couldnt turn wheel fast enough, was angled towards parked cars). Nothing major, just a ding, but I was confused for a while as to why I didnt think to honk or something else.

Then, it came to me. That instinctual reaction was my inner FH tanker taking over. Spotting an enemy tank sighting in on my flank when there is cover ahead invokes that reaction: full throttle for cover, everything else lower priority. You see, I learned to tank in FH long before I learned to drive a car...
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: Fuchs on 12-04-2012, 17:04:59
Andrew's story really reminds me of The Shining. The loneliness is making you insane!
Title: Re: You know you've played too much Forgotten Hope when....
Post by: TASSER on 12-04-2012, 19:04:43
Haha love the Shining reference!

You know you've played too much FH when you relate bumping into an ex on campus to meeting a Tiger II head on. Then later kick yourself for engaging it rather than popping a smoke shell to hide your retreat like you should have...