# If WWII had been an RTS game: the chat log **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 28, 2008, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-wwii-had-been-an-rts-game-the-chat-log/469939 "2008-10-28T14:43:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grey\_area](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Grey\_area](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey_area)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-wwii-had-been-an-rts-game-the-chat-log/469939/1 "2008-10-28T14:43:35Z")
Not sure if this belongs in CS, MPSIMS or here but [linky](http://www.strategypage.com/humor/articles/military_jokes_20057151.asp). This has been floating around on the internet for a while so don’t know if it had been posted already, but if it hasn’t it’s a lot of fun. ---
**Author:** ![Discordia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Discordia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Discordia)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-wwii-had-been-an-rts-game-the-chat-log/469939/2 "2008-10-28T14:49:19Z")
Ah that brought back memories. Love the end 😛 ---
**Author:** ![jk1245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jk1245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jk1245)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-wwii-had-been-an-rts-game-the-chat-log/469939/3 "2008-10-28T17:02:31Z")
I love the exchange: Hitler[AoE]: america hax, u had depression and now u got a huge fockin army Hitler[AoE]: thats bullsh1t u hacker and the tru\_m4n: NUKES! HOLY \*\*\*\* I GOT NUKES Stalin: d00d gimmie some plz tru\_m4n: no way i only got like a couple Stalin: omg dont be gay gimmie nuculer secrets “Gimmie nuculer secrets” should be a new catchphrase ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-wwii-had-been-an-rts-game-the-chat-log/469939/4 "2008-10-28T17:35:38Z")
It’s scary how accurate an account of history it is… I guess you can explain a lot by assuming that world political leaders are a bunch of immature dweebs. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-wwii-had-been-an-rts-game-the-chat-log/469939/5 "2008-10-28T22:09:47Z")
And the inevitable early; > [@](#): > > _deGaulle has left the game._ 😛 ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-wwii-had-been-an-rts-game-the-chat-log/469939/6 "2008-10-28T22:20:54Z")
[Here’s an animated gif](http://creepygif.com/images/full/429.gif) to that discussion. ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-wwii-had-been-an-rts-game-the-chat-log/469939/7 "2008-10-28T23:13:58Z")
> [@](#): > > Stalin: d00d gimmie some plz > tru\_m4n: no way i only got like a couple Shouldn’t this part be more like: Stalin: d00d gimmie some plz tru\_m4n: no way even though i got lots, a lot more then 2. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![AllWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@AllWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllWalker)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-wwii-had-been-an-rts-game-the-chat-log/469939/8 "2008-10-29T06:04:25Z")
There are _heaps_ of these over at [Uncyclopedia](http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/World_War_II_%28video_game%29). Plenty of other wars covered, as well. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-wwii-had-been-an-rts-game-the-chat-log/469939/9 "2008-10-29T11:26:33Z")
A history of modern warfare, from an American perspective, done in [foodstuffs](http://www.touristpictures.com/foodfight/index.htm). (Here’s the [cheat sheet](http://www.touristpictures.com/foodfight/cheat.htm) for the food used to represent each country.) ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-wwii-had-been-an-rts-game-the-chat-log/469939/10 "2008-10-29T14:49:12Z")
> [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](#): > > Shouldn’t this part be more like: > > Stalin: d00d gimmie some plz > tru\_m4n: no way even though i got lots, a lot more then 2. 😉 Not really. When Hiroshima and Nagasaki got slagged, those were the only two atomic bombs in our inventory. Had Japan not surrendered, it would have been months before a third bomb could have been dropped. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-wwii-had-been-an-rts-game-the-chat-log/469939/11 "2008-10-29T15:03:51Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Not really. When Hiroshima and Nagasaki got slagged, those were the only two atomic bombs in our inventory. Had Japan not surrendered, it would have been months before a third bomb could have been dropped. That’s the point though. We knew we only had two and only had two for a while, but we wanted everyone else in the world to think we had hundreds. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-wwii-had-been-an-rts-game-the-chat-log/469939/12 "2008-10-30T04:16:42Z")
> [@jk1245](#): > > I love the exchange: > > Hitler[AoE]: america hax, u had depression and now u got a huge fockin army > Hitler[AoE]: thats bullsh1t u hacker That bit made me giggle out loud. I never laugh out loud.