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#21

Computer Gaming / Loco-Friday

Last post by Tripoli - Today at 08:18:53 AM

Grand Funk Railroad, 1974.  While I knew the song was first done by Little Eva in 1962, I did not know the song was co-written by Carole King (and apparently Little Eva was Carole King's baby sitter.  Apparently, Rock was a small world back in 1962)

Me?  BoC work.  Rule the Waves 3 AAR.  Working on a CMBN AAR.  Fight Club Work. And enjoying the weather.

[Western Front Panzer Campaigns]

#22

Wargame Design Studio / Re: Panzer Campaigns Thread

Last post by rahamy - Today at 08:17:12 AM

Updated versions of the Western Front Panzer Campaigns titles have been released. Read more in todays blog post:

https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/western-front-1944-panzer-campaigns-4-04-updates

#23

Current Events / Re: Russia's War Against Ukrai...

Last post by Jarhead0331 - Today at 07:05:35 AM

I'm in the ECM camp. I think drones will more often than not be targeted through electronic means. Point defense weaponry platforms would be too costly for targeting all but the largest drones and those are capable of flying at altitude.

With respect to direct attacks against smaller commercially available drones, outside of more traditional man portable kinetic arms, I think ultimately next gen weaponry will prove most viable, such as laser, sonic, etc.

#24

Current Events / Re: Russia's War Against Ukrai...

Last post by FarAway Sooner - Today at 02:13:37 AM

...I'm curious to know what lessons NATO has learned there and whether/how it will affect their own drone procurement strategies.

I imagine the proliferation of massive amounts of point defence weapons will be one thing

It'll be curious to see what sorts of point defense weapons emerge against what types of drones (e.g., flying how fast and how high?), and what happens to a given point defense weapon after it reveals its location by opening fire on a drone?  I also wonder whether we'll start to see a proliferation of slightly larger HK-drones armed with self-reloading shotguns or miniguns.

I assume that ECM will also work against drones, although I suspect that both sides are already using different types of ECM to different effect.  There must be a maddening cycle of measure and counter-measure evolving, as both sides just make the rules up as they go. 

Some ECM just jams a drone's ability to receive instructions--which might or might not yield the same result as a kinetic kill.  Other ECM confuses a drone's GPS, so it has no idea where it is and/or can't strike a target.  Other ECM simply blocks a drone's ability to broadcast signals back to a home base.

In the meantime, everybody is trying to figure out where each other's drones are getting their signals from.  Of course, it shouldn't be hard to rig an antenna that broadcasts from a long distance away from a command bunker, assuming both sides have time to build bunkers where a drone operator can hunker down.

And the kicker to it all:  The drones are probably all too small to destroy with the Jewish Space Laser.  And the collateral damage would be unacceptable in any event!

#25

General Discussion / Re: The Boring Thread

Last post by bobarossa - Yesterday at 07:44:59 PM

I ripped off a skin tag the other day. Man those suckers can bleed.

My father used to tie a string around them until they turned black and fell off.  I told my dermatologist that and he thought for a second and then said "That would work".

#26

General Discussion / Re: The Boring Thread

Last post by W8taminute - Yesterday at 06:31:44 PM

I ripped off a skin tag the other day. Man those suckers can bleed.

Ouch!

#27

General Discussion / Re: The Boring Thread

Last post by jamus34 - Yesterday at 05:59:30 PM

I ripped off a skin tag the other day. Man those suckers can bleed.

#28

Computer Gaming / Re: The Groginati Sales Thread

Last post by Pete Dero - Yesterday at 01:46:27 PM

Build your own Tabletop Wargame Bundle : https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/build-your-own-tabletop-wargame-bundle

4 games for €9.99 (or 11 games for €22)


Includes : Fantasy General, Field of Glory II and Field of Glory II Medieval (+DLC)

#29

Sports / Re: Josh Gibson - Now All-Time...

Last post by ArizonaTank - Yesterday at 01:32:12 PM

Sadly, over the last day, the addition of Negro League statistics has fallen to the political tribalism of our times.

Clearly this is the most sweeping change to official Major League Baseball (MLB) statistics ever. That is not hyperbole...EVER! So I can see that these changes rock the boat.

But when folks start equating these changes to "culture war" hot buttons...like "wokeism" (whatever that is), it really makes me sad.

The beauty of baseball is that in the end, players are only evaluated by their statistics. Pee Wee Reese, who was a southerner, and Dodger short stop as Jackie Robinson was coming in to the Major Leagues, encapsulated this idea. It was a time when some players were threatening to boycott Robinson's presence. Pee Wee said something like, 'if Robinson is a better player than me, he deserves my job.' Robinson probably was a better athlete, so fortunately for Reese, Robinson played first and second base and Reese got to keep his job. As a side note, Reese and Robinson famously became good friends.

#30

Computer Gaming / Re: Capes (Super Hero game)

Last post by ArizonaTank - Yesterday at 12:59:32 PM

I read that there is no base building of any kind either. What happens between missions?

There is a screen between missions that allows you to level up, choose new powers etc.

Mission selection screen usually gives one or two choices for new missions. They seem to be set piece affairs, not dynamically generated.

Interestingly, the mission screen also allows you to select old missions, that you have already completed...so you can play them again...but that just does not feel right in my case.

There is a story, for what its worth. But it does not seem to be dynamic.

No base building.