Helmut: I am looking for someone named 'Boris', Boris Yatamashenkov?

Man: Da,  am Boris.

Helmut: I'm here on assignment from 'Tap-Repeatedly,' a gaming...

Boris: Want sausage?

Helmut: Er... no thanks. Can you describe your job in this war?

Boris: Am former member of 45th Ninja Grenadier Cell, now discharged, loosely attached to Freedom Faction in Zone.  My
             job to put grenades next to peoples.

Helmut: I was in the campaign the other day and someone put  a grenade on a rock shelf right in front of my face from 100 meters. How is this possible?

Boris: Was taken from home age 3. First jobs was lifting pails of rocks, then pushing cars up hill to develop strength. After five years working with Anatolyi Smolensk (ED: Olympic 5 time shotput champion) to develop range and accuracy. Then six years of winner take all competition among 'nading teammates. What you describe is nothing special.

Helmut: How is that possible? I was on a ridge with a big drop behind me, rocks in front protecting me, yet I was repeatedly 'naded from 2x further than I could throw.

Boris: You pencilneck wimp. Never one day in life have you work like I work everyday.  I could tap you on head repeatedly from 100 meters with eyes shut. Sausage?

Helmut: You insist you can put a grenade onto the top of a meter wide shelf of rock from 100 meters?

Boris: Is nothing special.

Boris: can '''-BLAM-''' even detonate one right here with no harm to me.

Helmut: 'ahhhhhh (expires)'

Boris: Decadent Western Fool

Toger, I would love opening a restaurant called, “The Proffered Sausage.” The name has such resonance.  Here's a first pass for our sign: Do you think maybe New York?

Yapette, I was kinda making more fun of the game than any perceived real life training routine, but I did rip off the training quote from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.....er_Karelin The CBC runs a bunch of athlete profile films during any Olympics and this one was pretty funny. He was plowing around his farm through waste deep snow and I swear his quote during the film was closer to Boris' line than the wikipedia line, although memory fades, etc.

Steerpike: I died on assignment. Are there some forms I can sign to speed up payouts?

Got back to this and found my last save game five months old. Yeesh. Fellow stalkers, I need some tips. I'm just about to take on some soldiers near the latter stages (I think) in Limansk. I haven't kept up with many quests and have a rather threadbare piece of armor that's nearly consumed. Should I retrace some steps to try to earn a better set? Prices are high, and I have 67 rubles to my name so it would be quite a detour. Are there any bits laying around like in the first game? Anyone?

Hey thanks. I'm going to have to go back. Maybe I can do a bit of exploring in Limansk that I skipped on the way in. Although, come to think of it, I may have a hard time retracing some of my steps around the bubble problem. These games are best when you're simply exploring some new mystery area. They would make people happy by just creating more and more level area and put a few creepy sections in and drop the faction war stuff altogether.

Sausage?

I went back to the very first camp and fetched a 50,000 ruble reward for something. I guess I haven't been giving this game my full attention. I snagged a snazzy new suit but in all honesty it hardly makes any difference to impact resistance. I guess I might withstand more anomoly damage or something.

I'm using the 'Bulat' suit. Designed for assult operations in hightly anomalous areas. Supposed to be capable of stopping an assault rifle round. Scoring 27 in the impact resistance scale with 100% durability upgrade for bulletproof rating of 60. One shot and I'm bleeding and I'm currently all out of bandages.