The other day, me, Triv, and someone else (Sorry for forgetting your name  :'( ) were on a weekly patrol of the Outlands when we suddenly got ambushed.  Twice.  Every time, no matter how hard I tried, I could not help but lolheadshot them.  There are two reasons for this:

1.  The training we receive (Both the OTA and CCA) focuses on S2K.  It is completely unrealistic (In RP standards) because we are never trained to shoot to miss.  You can tell us and punish us in the field to make us S2M, but when our training instructs us to S2K, you can't fix instinct.

2.  WHAT ARE YOU ALL DOING SHOOTING AT US IN THE FIRST PLACE?!  Seriously, the two people that I "accidentally" headshotted suddenly cried out in OOC as if I had just pulled a Gordon Freeman on them.  The first time might have been instinct, but the second time I was definitely shooting to miss.  In either case, my statement to all anti-citizens is:  If you shoot at us, you are putting forth that you are just as willing to die as you are to kill us.  If that is the case, then don't bitch in OOC when we shoot to miss and end up killing you with a lucky headshot.  On top of that, you can't always expect us to shoot to miss, especially when, realistically, we have the capability to put a bullet through your head from 100 meters away.

Master Chief VS Commander Shepard

Lone Wolf Cyborg Badass VS The Galaxy's Last Hope

Discuss.

Full Name: James Wong
Citizen identification(CID): 51149
Last Assigned Apartment Number: A1
Total Loyalist Points: 0
Sex: Male
Age: 48

How long have you been in City45:
It will be three weeks tomorrow.

Why do you want to join the CWU?:
To offer my medical expertise to the city.  I studied medicine at Stanford and I wish to share it with the community.

Have you ever been detained before?(If so why):
No.

Past experience with work/labor:
None.

Name 4 things the CWU Can possess, and 4 things we cant. Also state why.:
Can possess: Radios (To communicate), medical supplies (For treating injured citizens), machines (For increased ease of work), and UU marked food (To sell or consume)

Can't possess:  Weapons (Level one contraband), vortigaunt slaves (CPs only), kevlar (Again, CPs only), non-UU food (Level three contraband)

Tell us about what you can do.:
I was a surgeon pre-war, and I wish to put it to use.  My specialty was trauma, but I can do other things.  I wish to be of good use to this city and aid care for it's citizens.

If a citizen asks for help and is new to the city, what would you do?:
As a civil worker, it would be my duty to show them around and orient them with the different districts, unless it interferes with important business.

Name: Hazard Time
Timezone: GMT -8
SteamID: STEAM_0:1:23502890
Roleplay Experience: Three years
Serious Roleplay Experience: Two years
Detail a regular day as a worker of the CWU?:
  It depends on your division.  As business, most of your time would be spent selling general goods and food to the citizens.  At the end of the day, profits would be counted, inventory taken, and all sales would be reported to the organizer.  Business is the largest division of the CWU (//I wonder why...) 
  I plan to go into the Medical division.  As a medical CWU, I will be spending most of my day manning a clinic.  On slow days, I might treat mildly injured citizens, but most of the time I will only be able to treat those who are critically injured.  Medical workers are the only citizens allowed medical equipment.

Character Backstory:
  James Wong was born in Seattle to Taiwanese immigrants.  As time went on, he applied and received a scholarship to Standford University, where he studied medicine.  It was here that he took an interest in and soon majored in trauma care.  After graduating, he worked at local hospitals in the trauma centers. 
  At the time of the Seven Hour War, James and several other doctors hid in the basement, where the electric generators were able to sustain them for some time.  They were eventually found by a CP patrol that took them to the nearest train station.  Several trains and boat rides later, and James found himself somewhere in Eastern Europe in a city known only as City 45.  Having never been to Eastern Europe, James was awed by the beauty of the architecture.  While not supportive of the Combine's policies, he isn't courageous enough to resist, wishing instead to use his knowledge to help ease his fellow citizens' pain.

I know people already do this in their signatures, but I thought I'd make a thread for everyone to show them off.

Alison Moren:
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDRWdNn_nLk" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDRWdNn_nLk</a>
Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copeland (Sooooooooo soothing....)

C45.CCA.SHIELD-OfC.350:
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5yR5XhCIeg" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5yR5XhCIeg</a>
Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath (Scariest fucking song ever.  Skip to 4:30 to find out what happens when he gets angry.)

Borislav Blagorodna:
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0UAno0Fgd4" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0UAno0Fgd4</a>
Live to Forget by Firelake (Makes me wish that my computer could run STALKER: CoP

I just read this article today, and I am more than satisfied with this.  The original article is here: http://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in/bioware-change-mass-effect-3-ending-194431568.html

If you're not European, chances are you probably have Mass Effect 3 at this current date (3/6).  I know my friends have it, and it would be an understatement to say that they were foaming at the mouth the entire day.  When I got home and went on Yahoo, wouldn't you know it that there was an article on how awesome Mass Effect 3 is.  I was reading the comments and one comment popped out at me.  The commenter talked about how the user ratings for the game were tanking like MW3.  I went on metacritic and sure enough there were hundreds of unfavorable user reviews.  I did some research and I found another article claiming that metacritic had been coming under attack recently by trolls who would purposefully rate new games 0.  I doubt that over 300 trolls would organize and purposefully rate this game 0 for the lulz, but still, I can't tell who to trust.  If any of you have Mass Effect 3, could you perhaps give me your review?

     Let me just start this off with a well-known fact:  The modern music industry has been tanking as of late.  I don't care if you like pop, rap, metal, or some underground experimental band that you are self-assured that no one else has heard about, everyone can agree to this.  This is why I write my thesis:  The modern music industry is tanking because of lack of emotion, dishonesty, and profit motive.
     Firstly, let me just get down to the lack of emotion in modern music.  Back in the seventies, music was driven by the artist's emotions at the time that he/she was writing it.  For exhibit A, let me introduce Queen's "Under Pressure".  I still get chills every time I hear the crescendo.  In modern music, I'm just not getting any "vibes" (I will make an exception for "M4 Part 2" by Faunts).  There's no emotion in it, it's just DANCE DANCE ALL NIGHT LONG or I LOVE YOU, BABY.  It's like the "artist", and I used that word in a very loose sense, sat down at their desk, took out a piece of paper, and wrote a crappy love poem to no one.  There's no societal message, no deeper meaning, and no feeling.  It's like a First Person Shooter with no replay value.
     Segwaying into my next argument, most "artists" are dishonest.  When I say this, I am speaking of bands like Slayer and Nickleback (Not that I in any way, shape, or form put them in the same category).  Slayer, for those of you who don't know, is a seminal thrash metal band, famous for songs like "Raining Blood" and "Seasons in the Abyss".  They are also famous for their very frightening and satanic themed album covers.  In spite of all this, the band members of Slayer are devout Christians.  Now, I do not hate Christianity, nor do I hate Slayer (I could listen to Seasons in the Abyss all damn day), but if you're going to talk the talk, then at least walk the walk (Upon looking up Norwegian Black Metal, I take that back).  Now for a much better argument, why does Nickleback suck?  Nickleback was and still is part of the post-grunge movement of Nirvana/Pearl Jam spin-offs.  Despite claiming to be the torch bearers of grunge, Nickleback, along with its sister band, Creed, are nothing more than losers who are riding the gold mine that was the Grunge movement.  Back in the late 80s/early 90s, Nirvana wrote songs that were inspired by Kurt Cobain's teenage angst.  The songs that he wrote came from his heart, and he put every ounce of emotion and feeling into it.  In other words, he was legit.  Nowadays, I feel more respect for Lady Gaga than Nickleback.  You are probably thinking WTF? right now, but as one of my all-time favorite lead singers, Geddy Lee, once sang, "All this machinery making modern music can still be open-hearted.  Not so coldly charted, it's really just a question of your honesty, yeah, your honesty.  One likes to believe in the freedom of music, but glittering prizes and endless compromises shatter the illusion of integrity. "  (Rush, Spirit of Radio)
     Using that last quote as a transition, another problem with music industry is that most bands/artists nowadays are motivated by profit rather than message.  Just look at every pop/rap/hip-hop artist to come out in the last decade:  No talent, yet they somehow make millions.  How?  The answer is simple:  The music industry looks for puppets, people who they can use to milk money out of a target demographic.  Look at Justin Bieber:  He cranks out cheap and corny love songs and prepubescent girls eat it up.  Who WOULDN'T take advantage of that cash cow?  Rebecca Black is another example:  I am not sure whether it was all her idea to get into the music industry, but what I do know is that she definitely didn't write "Friday".  In short, my message to them:  Don't stop making music, just make your own, without autotune (I have yet to regret this statement).
     In conclusion, the music industry needs a slap to the face to cure this chronic lack of emotion, dishonesty, and profit motivation.  Going against my thesis, however, I will say that there are some new bands that refresh my faith in humanity.  Amongst them, the most famous is Adele, which I would hope requires no explanation.  There are also multiple small bands, which is where most of money lies.  My message to you all:  Support your local artists.  Remember that Queen, Pink Floyd, and Iron Maiden didn't start by playing to sold out audiences.