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Digital Gaming => Computer Gaming => Topic started by: Jarhead0331 on November 16, 2018, 05:32:35 PM

Title: When the FRIDAY Breaks
Post by: Jarhead0331 on November 16, 2018, 05:32:35 PM
We're back!!!!



Armored Brigade, Warhammer 40,000 Mechanicus, Star Citizen 3.3.5 and ARMA 3, oh my!

Enjoy everyone!
Title: Re: When the FRIDAY Breaks
Post by: Lowenstaat on November 16, 2018, 05:44:59 PM
Finally, some decent game time as my weekend downtime won't end until after Thanksgiving. Armored Brigade then going back to some oldies: Tanks!, Steel Panthers III, Red Dead Redemption (1), NFL Head Coach 2009, and Civilization Revolution.
Title: Re: When the FRIDAY Breaks
Post by: Huw the Poo on November 16, 2018, 05:55:48 PM
Warframe!

And possibly some GalCiv 3 if I get the time, along with the rather beautiful Chess Ultra that I just bought.

But mostly Warframe!
Title: Re: When the FRIDAY Breaks
Post by: Father Ted on November 16, 2018, 06:39:53 PM
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on November 16, 2018, 05:32:35 PM
We're back!!!!


Well TF for that - was feeling a little bereft.  Gaming-wise I'm re-visiting Command Ops - always something more to learn and appreciate
Title: Re: When the FRIDAY Breaks
Post by: nelmsm on November 16, 2018, 06:48:29 PM
Have all next week off so going to dig in with some long gaming sessions. Going to continue with the Flashpoint Campaign AAR that I started. Want to spend some time with EU IV and CMANO and work on playtesting with JTS.
Title: Re: When the FRIDAY Breaks
Post by: Tuna on November 16, 2018, 06:58:45 PM
Yay, did GoDaddy finally come through?
Title: Re: When the FRIDAY Breaks
Post by: JasonPratt on November 16, 2018, 07:12:53 PM
PRAISE GOD FROM WHOM ALL BLESSINGS FLOW!!  :bd:
Title: Re: When the FRIDAY Breaks
Post by: bbmike on November 16, 2018, 07:15:55 PM
Quote from: Tuna on November 16, 2018, 06:58:45 PM
Yay, did GoDaddy finally come through?

:DD
Title: Re: When the FRIDAY Breaks
Post by: JasonPratt on November 16, 2018, 07:29:44 PM
...do you WANT someone around here to hunt up old GoDaddy commercials?

Because this is how you get old GoDaddy commercials.
Title: Re: When the FRIDAY Breaks
Post by: RommelFox on November 16, 2018, 08:10:10 PM
Watching a tutorial so I can have a slight clue as to what's going on in Graviteam Tunisia. 

I have a coupon from Slitherine, so I went ahead and grabbed Germany at War.
Title: Re: When the FRIDAY Breaks
Post by: -budd- on November 16, 2018, 08:20:11 PM
Armored Brigade and the usual PBEM game turns, CTGW, BA2, and OOB.
Title: Re: When the FRIDAY Breaks
Post by: Gusington on November 16, 2018, 09:02:03 PM
Thank you to JH for dealing with this. And I love that Zeppelin song...one of my favorites.

This weekend may see some ASSCREED Rogue, Pike and Shot - Campaigns, and Empire: Total War, Warpath campaign.
Title: Re: When the FRIDAY Breaks
Post by: Toonces on November 16, 2018, 09:28:16 PM
Yeah, that's a toon I can totally get behind!   :notworthy:

Probably not much gaming if any.  My next couple of weeks are clobbered.  Damn I hate the holidays.

But, if I get in some gaming, it will certainly be something I have total comfort with.  I'm in a naval warfare mood, so likely Cold Waters, Silent Hunter 4 (just started getting into this again), and maybe CMANO.
Title: Re: When the FRIDAY Breaks
Post by: WYBaugh on November 16, 2018, 09:31:56 PM
Man I missed this place!

Downloading RDR2...need more info on Armored Brigade.
Title: Re: When the FRIDAY Breaks
Post by: JasonPratt on November 16, 2018, 09:45:04 PM
Hm, this reminds me to wonder when (if?) Matrix will send out my yearly loyalty discount... (But usually this happens around the time they start their Christmas sale, which I stack with. ;) So I'm not worried yet.)
Title: Re: When the FRIDAY Breaks
Post by: Jarhead0331 on November 16, 2018, 09:49:34 PM
Quote from: Toonces on November 16, 2018, 09:28:16 PM

Silent Hunter 4 (just started getting into this again)

Running any mods?
Title: Re: When the FRIDAY Breaks
Post by: Sir Slash on November 16, 2018, 10:52:14 PM
It's been a bad week for me. On top of the site being down, AGEOD has been beating me up in ACW 2, Birth of America 2, and Alea Jacta Est. It's pretty bad when French games are kicking your ass.  :pullhair:   So it's back to Pillars 2 to hunt some bunny rabbits or something for me.
Title: Re: When the FRIDAY Breaks
Post by: Toonces on November 16, 2018, 10:52:59 PM
I was planning to, but I was too lazy to download and install any.  So, right now I'm vanilla, with the U-boat Missions DLC installed.

I want to try Real Boat and Trigger Maru, but I need a lot more time to get into those.
Title: Re: When the FRIDAY Breaks
Post by: Toonces on November 16, 2018, 10:54:06 PM
Nice thing about mastering the Ageod system is having all those fantastic games to play.

Someday, I'm going to sit down and figure them out.  I have all of those, but I'll be damned if I know how to do anything with them.
Title: Re: When the FRIDAY Breaks
Post by: GroggyGrognard on November 16, 2018, 11:19:56 PM
Happy to find the forum is back up and running, warts and all.

Thank you Jarhead, and your brother for making this happen. It is tremendous that you made it a priority for our wargame community here to get back on track. I'm sure it wasn't easy.

I just bought Armored Brigade. Hopefully between looong shifts this weekend I will be able to try it out. This is complete conjecture, but it appears that it very well could be a potential candidate for PC wargame of the year.

I'm also trying to finish up Return of the Obra Dinn. Great game.


Groggy
Title: Re: When the FRIDAY Breaks
Post by: Crossroads on November 17, 2018, 06:15:58 AM
Great to have the forum up and running again  :bd: <:-) :peace: :smitten:

So, Armored Bde's out, where's me anniversary coupon, again...
Title: Re: When the FRIDAY Breaks
Post by: Skwerl on November 17, 2018, 09:57:30 AM
Great song choice Jarhead.

I picked up Armored Brigade last night.  Figuring it out is my task for the weekend.  My (very ill-informed) trial run last night was a disaster!  Carefully reading the manual on this one is a necessity.
Title: Re: When the FRIDAY Breaks
Post by: IICptMillerII on November 17, 2018, 12:23:55 PM
Glad to see the forum back in action.

A friend of mine recently got me back into Darkest Hour the Hearts of Iron game/mod. Been having a lot of fun with it. It's also inspired me to launch CMANO to put together some of my naval task forces from DH and have them duke it out with enemy fleets.

I also picked up Armored Brigade and I'm enjoying it a lot so far. The potential for this game is outstanding. They've made it so easily moddable and accessible. I'm sure its only a matter of time before we see some Arab-Israeli War and Desert Storm mods out. That said, I do wish there were more scenario's campaigns. There are 15 scenario's that ship with the game, but they're all a demo of a game feature. Hopefully this will be remedied by the community or future DLC. Overall I'm really liking it.
Title: Re: When the FRIDAY Breaks
Post by: Gusington on November 18, 2018, 02:41:03 PM
This literally has never happened to me before - I inexpectedly finished the main story of AssCreed Rogue with 45% sync a few minutes ago. I let the credits roll and then puttered around a bit but there is not much left to do that is interesting after the main story is done. Bit disappointing - wanted to explore the world more but there's just not much to it.

So while exploring UPlay I saw that AssCreed Unity is on sale for about ~13.00 complete. The hellish launch kept me away for Unity but it looks like all the bugs and issues are ironed out now, 3+ years later. I don't think there is any naval combat in Unity, but it's good timing nonetheless. For 13.00 I can't complain...going in 👍
Title: Re: When the FRIDAY Breaks
Post by: Dammit Carl! on November 18, 2018, 11:29:15 PM
As per usual as of late, I've just played RS2 but a short stint in RO2 and an mistake on my part showed me how wonderfully salty some people can be over a video game.  Glad I don't run with a mic but admittedly my typed response to the pissbabies was less than kind too.0
Title: Re: When the FRIDAY Breaks
Post by: MengJiao on November 19, 2018, 07:54:31 AM
Quote from: Father Ted on November 16, 2018, 06:39:53 PM
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on November 16, 2018, 05:32:35 PM
We're back!!!!


Well TF for that - was feeling a little bereft.  Gaming-wise I'm re-visiting Command Ops - always something more to learn and appreciate

Yes!  Thanks to all who got the grogginess back online!  I spent the week-end mostly winterizing the farm.  The barn's a wreck (for which I am thankful since pregnant mares will have to go elsewhere), but perfect for storing old games.  I downloaded the 8 dollar special Rising Storm Vietnam, which might be interesting.  I don't have a mic so I'll have to be extra helpful and pretend I don't speak the English and/or just get kicked off the teams a lot.
Title: Re: When the FRIDAY Breaks
Post by: Dammit Carl! on November 19, 2018, 11:12:52 AM
Quote from: MengJiao on November 19, 2018, 07:54:31 AM
I downloaded the 8 dollar special Rising Storm Vietnam, which might be interesting.  I don't have a mic so I'll have to be extra helpful and pretend I don't speak the English and/or just get kicked off the teams a lot.

In my experience, the European servers are all pretty good folks; I've a not too shabby amount of time spent on the 2829th ID, 509508th and Bloodbath servers to be more precise.

Lack of mic is no real deal breaker but it is useful if in Squad Leader or mandatory Commander role.

Title: Re: When the FRIDAY Breaks
Post by: MengJiao on November 19, 2018, 11:41:26 AM
Quote from: Dammit Carl! on November 19, 2018, 11:12:52 AM
Quote from: MengJiao on November 19, 2018, 07:54:31 AM
I downloaded the 8 dollar special Rising Storm Vietnam, which might be interesting.  I don't have a mic so I'll have to be extra helpful and pretend I don't speak the English and/or just get kicked off the teams a lot.

In my experience, the European servers are all pretty good folks; not too shabby amount of time spent on the 28th ID, 509th and Bloodbath servers to be more precise.

Lack of mic is no real deal breaker but it is useful if in Squad Leader or Commander role.

Good to know!  thanks!