Part IV - Behind the Screen
Since some of the vary wonderful comments have pointed out that my research is very realistic, I would like to share some of my sources with you. This is especially for my #1 FAN @olivetreeyale! ▬ι══> Check out their works, they are incredibly well written!
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ♦️ Characters One of my most used sources for Ghost are the comic book series "Modern Warfare 2: Ghost" from 2009 which is detailing the original backstory. ♦️Language
As the members of the Taskforce 141 are all from the United Kingdom, they are most certainly using slang, terms, phrases, idioms, and proverbs that are specific in British English. As for Soap's linguistical footprint I use various sources. One for Scottish dialect (basically messed up English) and another for actual Scottish Gaelic. His swearing and standard phrases I try to keep close to the actual lines he uses in the games, deviating only so far. Ghost is a bit more complicated as the Mancunian dialect isn't too different than the Scottish one, therefore I use it more sparsely. Essentially, I try to recreate the way he speaks and got inspired a lot from the way he talks in the games as well as the Ghost comics. ♦️ The British Military / SAS
Every military has abbreviations and acronyms that are supposed to make their daily life and communication easier. Some of them are internationally used or overlap with other countries that share a similiar language but it can also happen that the meaning differs greatly. The Taskforce 141 is part of the SAS and with that closely tied to the Royal Air Force (RAF). The slang is a little bit different than the general British military one and more specific to the field.
♦️ Game related sources
Another obstacle seems to be the translation between in-game guns and on what real-life version they are based on. If for example the game information do not elaborate on the type of ammunition or cartridges, the maximum fire rate, or other technical details, it is helpful to look it up on the weapon it is based on.
For looking up what exactly a person had said during the game without searching through every video or having to fast forward/backward the whole time - try the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II Transcripts.
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