@Scooter24
I think a problem with the task you mentioned, a "Senior" person who "employs" others based on a quiz...well, you must realize also that there are current/prior soldiers in the OFP community that come from various nations, and also carry different ranks or time in service. The purpose of a "quiz" to choose who is selected would be to determine if they are prior military, or if they have enough knowledge to give correct advice? If it's to determine if they were former military, a quiz would not work too well because of the variety of job duties and skills learned throughout the forces of the various nations. And if the answer is one easy enough that all former soldiers from anywhere could answer, then there's not much trouble for a non-military person to just look that info up. And if the quiz was meant to see if the person knows enough knowledge, then you face the same issue. While one person might know a lot about flight operations, they might not know crap about infantry weapons. And in that case, there's nothing going to prevent that person from trying to answer weapons questions just because they think they know the answer.
So I would have to agree that method would be very difficult, if not impossible, to make work.
@Dmakatra
I think this idea is a good one, but in a limited sense. I think that a seperate section in the forums for Military topics would be good, but strict rules would have to be worked out and put in place. There are just some questions or discussions about OFP military realism that I don't think belong in any of the other topics. The addon ideas and mission ideas areas are nice, but some questions don't quite fall into a specific category.
If a new area could be opened for military discussion, I think a few rules like below would have to be used. This would help keep the topic around for its intended purpose, and assist the moderators out in having to constantly lock topics.
Example Rules:
1) No discussing current or past events in a political or religious sense.
2) No posting speculation or opinion, unless directly asked by the original poster.
3) Back up your claims or information with real data when ever possible. If you can't provide proof of your claim, don't get angry if others fail to recognize it.
4) No discussing of classified or confidential weapons, vehicles, equipment, etc.
5) Obviously, no flaming or starting fights about anything.
Mostly this area would be used to ask questions about real military topics such as tactics, weapons, vehicles, uniforms, etc. as needed for OFP addon or mission making. Posts could use links to other military sites, photos, data tables, quotes from sources such as manuals, etc. I understand that most of the questions regarding missions or addons can just be asked in the other areas, but it might be nice to have an area where realistic military addons and missions can be discussed away from the others. If the moderators feel that opening a new section in the forums is not needed, then maybe we can start a topic where all current and former soldiers post their contact information and area of experience? It wouldn't work as well, but it's another option just in case.
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