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[–] lka1988@sh.itjust.works 107 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

My coworker is an air force vet. I just told him, with zero context, "it wasn't the war thunder forums this time". He closed his eyes, sighed, and shook his head, then went back to what he was doing.

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 month ago
[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 42 points 1 month ago
[–] ramble81@lemm.ee 39 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Serious question: how does war thunder end up with the leaks they do all the time?

[–] Finadil@lemmy.world 62 points 1 month ago (1 children)

People who work on the equipment claiming it's not accurate in-game and posting (classified) proof.

[–] teagrrl@lemmy.ml 38 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Gotta win that war thunder discord argument at all costs.

[–] Thebigguy@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 month ago

The internet is a stupid place.

[–] Bldck@beehaw.org 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

People who like war thunder tend to be military folks. Some of those military folks have access to sensitive materials. Some of those people make bad choices about sharing sensitive materials

[–] Cocopanda@futurology.today 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If you’re going to share classified information on your discord server. You’re going to have a bad time.

[–] FlihpFlorp@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

At least they didn’t pizza when they should’ve French fried

[–] DogWater@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

My guess is that people are nerdy and passionate.

There's going to be a lot of overlap of people who have access to the info and want to play that same tank/jet/boat/whatever in war thunder.

And when the game isn't right or someone is telling you you're wrong the allure of playing the forbidden knowledge card gets too enticing to resist lol

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

A leak and the war thunder counter is above zero. Interesting times.

[–] P1k1e@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Hahahaha yea, it's been a while

[–] Xttweaponttx@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] PiJiNWiNg@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 month ago

The War Thunder video game forums have been host to over a dozen military intelligence "leaks" https://taskandpurpose.com/news/us-military-sensitive-info-war-thunder-leak/

[–] EvolvedTurtle@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

What was the leak?

[–] AFallingAnvil@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago

It brings me comfort knowing they aren't competent enough to surprise attack Canada