This War of Mine

Onkel Neal · 12-01-15, 12:14 AM

Well, I'm totally sucked into the game, but struggling to get past Day 7. I have cleaned out the easy pickings and Marko my scavenger keeps getting shot when I try to raid a place with food. I wish one of these guys was a prepper and had some of the essentials before the war broke out.

Oberon · 12-01-15, 12:49 AM

Some people don't get the luxury of prepping.

And some preppers don't get the luxury of survival.

I must pick this one up sometime though, it does look very good, very on point given the situation in Syria and the Ukraine at the moment...but then again, I guess with the subject it has picked you can't really go wrong because there'll always be a war somewhere, and there'll always be people having to survive in the middle.

Betonov · 12-01-15, 02:22 AM

Bosnians never expected that Yugoslavia would be torn apart like that. Prepping was an unknown concept back then (and it still is)

Onkel Neal · 12-03-15, 12:20 PM

Well, "prepping" does not necessarily mean going crazy and building a bunker. As I suggested back in the now deleted Preppers thread, taking a few common sense precautions against a relatively likely situation is the kind of prepping that could and should be done. For example, if you live on the Gulf Coast like we do, you certainly prep each spring for hurricanes (extra water, canned food, batteries, lights, fuel and generator). I am sure most people in Sarajevo began prepping as things got worse, it is just not reflected in this game.

Betonov · 12-03-15, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Well, "prepping" does not necessarily mean going crazy and building a bunker

Don't worry, I'm a prepper too. I have a light bug out box, a collection of knives, I sleep with an axe near my bed and I have a contingency plan to raid my neigbours house for his rifles (and prevent him from raiding my well stocked pantry).

The war in Bosnia started after a decade of economic decline. Bosnia was also the poorest republic inside Yugoslavia and having a full pantry was a luxury even the wealthiest republic (Slovenia) had some trouble realising.
Couple that with the fact you're a low wage worker in downtown Sarajevo and having stocks ''for an emergency'' means you'll be spending money you'd otherwise spend on things like heating and children.

Onkel Neal · 12-03-15, 01:14 PM

Seriously? You plan to rob your armed neighbor?

That's kinda messed up. Ok, turn in your Morality Badge.

12-01-15, 12:14 AM	#1
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,385 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	This War of Mine Well, I'm totally sucked into the game, but struggling to get past Day 7. I have cleaned out the easy pickings and Marko my scavenger keeps getting shot when I try to raid a place with food. I wish one of these guys was a prepper and had some of the essentials before the war broke out. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

12-03-15, 12:20 PM	#4
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,385 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Well, "prepping" does not necessarily mean going crazy and building a bunker. As I suggested back in the now deleted Preppers thread, taking a few common sense precautions against a relatively likely situation is the kind of prepping that could and should be done. For example, if you live on the Gulf Coast like we do, you certainly prep each spring for hurricanes (extra water, canned food, batteries, lights, fuel and generator). I am sure most people in Sarajevo began prepping as things got worse, it is just not reflected in this game. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

12-03-15, 01:14 PM	#6
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,385 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Seriously? You plan to rob your armed neighbor? That's kinda messed up. Ok, turn in your Morality Badge. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

12-01-15, 12:49 AM	#2
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Some people don't get the luxury of prepping. And some preppers don't get the luxury of survival. I must pick this one up sometime though, it does look very good, very on point given the situation in Syria and the Ukraine at the moment...but then again, I guess with the subject it has picked you can't really go wrong because there'll always be a war somewhere, and there'll always be people having to survive in the middle.

12-01-15, 02:22 AM	#3
Betonov Navy Seal Join Date: May 2009 Location: Slovenia Posts: 8,647 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	Bosnians never expected that Yugoslavia would be torn apart like that. Prepping was an unknown concept back then (and it still is)