November 2021
The best players have the best game sense, best aiming skills, and so on. Would these players tend to be the better soldiers on a real battlefield? Does the fact I suck at apex mean I would likely die more quickly in a real war? If so, could the military use BRs like apex to identify the weaker soldiers and then put them through rigorous training to give them a fighting chance of real life survival or to assign them to safer positions while assigning the better gamers to the front lives?
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As a veteran and gamer I can tell you that generally the answer is no. Games are for gamers and soldering is for soldiers.
There are some computer based simulators that are used for military training that can be game-like but that is still not like gaming.
There are some sports that translate better, paintball for one.
However soldiering is not all about physicals skills.
Good soldiers are leaders, followers, supporters, moral and personally fit. They are doctors, mechanics, cooks, engineers, Lab techs, musicians, and pilots, they come from all walks of life, some are even gamers good or bad.
Again Games are for Gamers and Soldering is for Soldiers.
November 2021
@Frosty20203moving a mouse, clicking a keyboard, clicking and moving controller
ain't the same as actually walking, running, looking around, carrying gear,
guns have some weight, the scopes don't zoom the whole field of view, iron sights look prob different
you can't train by dying over and over again in duty, stamina, hunger, strength, height
and more things can be different from real soldier work.
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November 2021
Nope.
Did you know the US Military now has to include training in basic to try to get people trained out of what they've learned to do in video games?
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@Frosty20203No, not at all. These are 2 different things entirely. I can imagine that for example some fighting games can somewhat improve combat sport skills, as learning to be methodical and learning about behavioral patterns can help (this doesn't translate to real outside the ring scenarios well), though spending your time practicing outside of games would be a better use of time. Other than that, i doubt any case can be made. There are simulators but they are used to "show" how to behave and react to certain circumstances, think of them as glorified training videos, not to hone any skill that requires extensive practice.