This woman, Nena, was a childhood sweetheart of mine. I remember sitting watching the video to 99 Red Balloons back in 82(?)
Well....I don't know what she's singing about but I think this song is hauntingly beautiful (sorry about that - I'll read my "Book of Manly Sayings" over the weekend too!). I bought her album Live in Germany when I heard this song - in German.
Anyway - gaming this weekend...get on it guys.
This weekend I will be playing
The Drinking Game - Rugby is on and Scotland face off the All Blacks. It's likely not going to be pretty (for Scotland if you don't know much about rugby), but Stella will help
F1 2013 - I can't believe I'm about to finish my first ever season in all the F1 games I've ever had...my first complete season. I've got 2 races left with Texas being the next venue.
Warfighter - Still,
still trying to get the rules down pat. I'm very much likely over thinking things!
Combat Mission Shock Force:NATO - continuing my German advance through Syria
I think that is all. I want to nail
Warfighter so most of my time will go on that I think. Also, I have my bike to clean at the weekend and the car to wash, along with "other chores" I expect!
Enjoy
the Austin track should be awesome.
Nena looks pretty damn good at age 54!
99 Red Balloons - that sure brings back memories! I really preferred the German version over the English one, even though I don't speak German, it just sounded right!
I am out of town until late Saturday but should be able to game a bit on Sunday - just not sure what is on the menu. Maybe I will dive into my GOG library, which just grew with the addition of SPAZ and Sacred 2 Gold! :)
'Rock Me Amadeus' always sounded better to me in German instead of English, too. I took two years of German in high school and a year of it in college so some of it still sticks with me...I can still count no problem and curse well enough. >:D
Anyway, gaming this weekend...hmm. Played some more Field Commander Rommel this week; the 1940 campaign was rather easy and I won it in three turns. I guess the dice were good for me but I've read so many have had problems with that campaign. I'm worried now I might have not played it right.
I also want to break out Warfighter, but I have a mission to record for our B-17 game in the AAR section. Kept meaning to get to that during the week but side work kept me busy. So to that I shall get this weekend.
Also maybe some MP Warlock Sunday morning? I don't know, I gotta go bump that thread.
I'm in one of those weird gaming lulls where nothing is fun. :( All I want to do this weekend is ride my Royal Enfield but the "polar vortex" and my lack of winter riding gear means I'm stuck inside. Maybe I could break out Tide of Iron and play both sides just to learn the rules.
Bad weather outside is ALWAYS a good excuse for gaming. O0
Which is why I wish we had snowstorms in Texas.
Quote from: republic on November 14, 2014, 07:28:34 AM
I'm in one of those weird gaming lulls where nothing is fun. :( All I want to do this weekend is ride my Royal Enfield but the "polar vortex" and my lack of winter riding gear means I'm stuck inside. Maybe I could break out Tide of Iron and play both sides just to learn the rules.
I feel you...haven't had my best gaming mood this fall.
Anyway...i still try to plan something even if the result is just one or two hours over the weekend:
-
Omerta: city of gangsters...the second chapter of the Japanese incident.
-
Endless Space...have a lot Meklar ships (sorry Automatons ?) bugging me in my Eoladi territory (oh sorry...Amoeba)
- Maybe some
Storm over the Pacific as Japan.
TW Shogun - the bug has bitten deep again.
Hopefully Warlock with the gang on Sunday morning.
More work on gaming table.
More Ambush! fun with the squad.
Not sure what else... kind of a PC gaming funk too.... maybe some War of the Zombie on my iPad. They just made some pretty major changes including being able to build forward operation land bases, and the AI driving around in tanks!
Came back to Shadow of Mordor last night and got my arse whupped for 90 minutes. Hope to play some AoWIII again for a little bit and then clearing the deck for the release of Dragon Age: Inquisition.
Just about half my HD is on my list for this weekend.
Skyrim - Finish getting my mods sorted for the new play through I'm getting ready for.
EUIV - Continue my Austria game. When I last played earlier in the week I had just gotten Hungary into a personal union through an event. Didn;t even require me to go to war to enforce it.
KSP - With all the talk about the Rosetta mission this week has me wanting to jump back in.
WoW - I resubsribed last weekend after getting some pressure from some old guild mates. Not sure if i'm going to stick with it or not, but I'm enjoying my time so far.
Diablo 3 - Want to get a couple more levels on my season crusader before the season ends.
Command - More beta testing
FCRS
Will likely Space Hulk Ascension some more for a while; possibly more Buzz Aldrin, though the flight playthroughs (when I finally reached one) didn't seem nearly as gripping as in the original BARIS. Don't know why; logically they aren't any different. I must have an aesthetic problem with the art style.
I feel a rising need to play a triple-A title -- not necessarily the ones being released this season, but neither do I want to get involved in something that will blot my ability to play any game I get for birthday/Christmas. I may finally start the first Dragon Age game perhaps.
Or, I may just meander around in Lotro some more FOR ABSOLUTELY FREE. O0
(Though if I see Skyrim expansions going up on sale I may pick them up and start checking the S.T.E.P.S-CORE modding system.)
Quote from: bob48 on November 14, 2014, 08:07:51 AM
TW Shogun - the bug has bitten deep again.
first article we ever published to our front page :)
http://grogheads.com/aar-shogun21.html
Quote from: bayonetbrant on November 14, 2014, 09:19:14 AM
Quote from: bob48 on November 14, 2014, 08:07:51 AM
TW Shogun - the bug has bitten deep again.
first article we ever published to our front page :)
http://grogheads.com/aar-shogun21.html
There's a front page!? We publish??! :o
Quote from: bbmike on November 14, 2014, 09:21:18 AM
Quote from: bayonetbrant on November 14, 2014, 09:19:14 AM
Quote from: bob48 on November 14, 2014, 08:07:51 AM
TW Shogun - the bug has bitten deep again.
first article we ever published to our front page :)
http://grogheads.com/aar-shogun21.html
There's a front page!? We publish??! :o
Ooohhhh... you'll make Brant cry.....
I think it'll be several attempts to perfect my Linda Blair/exorcist impersonation if last night was any indication.
Quote from: bayonetbrant on November 14, 2014, 09:19:14 AM
Quote from: bob48 on November 14, 2014, 08:07:51 AM
TW Shogun - the bug has bitten deep again.
first article we ever published to our front page :)
http://grogheads.com/aar-shogun21.html
Aaaaah!
Back when Total War games included nice colorful artwork for the GUI and Unit Cards.
Quote from: Staggerwing on November 14, 2014, 06:06:14 AM
Nena looks pretty damn good at age 54!
Exactly! Well, anyway, I'm going to be continuing the eternal WitpAE PBEM and playing some Far Cry 3.
Working at an Oil Council Conference on Sunday
but between then and now
Elite
ProN PBEM with Tuna and the Exorcist
Like...a hot oil lingerie model wrestling type of conference?
I remember lusting after the girl singing that Luftballoon song back in the 80's when we had radios in our cars not telephones. I didn't know what she was saying and didn't care. That sexy voice could've been telling my ass was on fire in German and I would've just kept listening. Anyway, finally broke-down and got Market-Garden for CMBN and so far I like what I see. Nice mix of large, small, and medium battles. I can't wait to try the one with the M-18 Hellcats, one of all time favorites from the original CM1. So I'll be hip-deep in the Allied campaign this weekend. But I'll be thinking about Lena.
Quote from: Sir Slash on November 14, 2014, 12:00:16 PM
I remember lusting after the girl singing that Luftballoon song back in the 80's when we had radios in our cars not telephones. I didn't know what she was saying and didn't care. That sexy voice could've been telling my ass was on fire in German and I would've just kept listening. Anyway, finally broke-down and got Market-Garden for CMBN and so far I like what I see. Nice mix of large, small, and medium battles. I can't wait to try the one with the M-18 Hellcats, one of all time favorites from the original CM1. So I'll be hip-deep in the Allied campaign this weekend. But I'll be thinking about Lena.
Nena ;)
He's lovestruck, doesn't know what he's doing.
Quote from: Gusington on November 14, 2014, 11:57:52 AM
Like...a hot oil lingerie model wrestling type of conference?
sadly no
Quote from: Sir Slash on November 14, 2014, 12:00:16 PM
I remember lusting after the girl singing that Luftballoon song back in the 80's when we had radios in our cars not telephones.
^this. Also recall the 2 chicks in the Human League videos exerting a powerful fascination on my early/mid-80s prepubescent self. Back in the day when MTV...meant something...
Can't stop playing
CMx2 for some reason...you name it, Normandy, Fortress Italy, Red Thunder. Will likely continue that trend into the weekend...
Nena. Or Lena. Or whatever she wants. I might go south of the Equator for her. :smitten:
Anyway back to games....
Trying to play Denmark in EU four but my army level is so low that I can't maintain on these big enough to keep Sweden and the Honsa from teaming up on me and wrecking me
I'm also going to get some serious playing time to star ruler 2...I think they got the kinks worked out seems to be an interesting game and having seen "interstellar twice I'm in a sci-fi mood
Most likely I will be spending the weekend leveling my Hunter on the continent of Draenor in World of Warcraft. I will possibly work a few levels on my Witch Doctor in Diablo 3. I doubt there will be time for anything else, but if there is then maybe some 4x goodness with Endless Legend, Age of Wonder III, Civilization: Beyond Earth, Civilization V, Warlock, or Eador. I think I might have too many games.
Tonight, some Friday Roffing will be in the offing and probably one of my go to FPSs (DH, RO2, PS2). Tomorrow maybe a bit of CMBN, if I can face it. I'm halfway through a grim campaign with the Scots - their morale isn't good and I'm reaching "shaken" myself (maybe I get too involved in these things...) I also "need" to progress a bit in Battle of Stalingrad, so I'll likely fire that up for a few missions.
Now that I've jumped through all the extra controller setup hoops with my new hardware, I'm back at Wings Over Flanders Fields campaigning. Most likely dying within two virtual weeks with each pilot.
Gonna try weening myself into going full real for spotting purposes, ditching the Tac window when fighting. Although it's even more difficult in WOFF due to the darker earthy ground colors and lack of bloom.
I get the impression that the next big WOFF expansion is due out by the end of the year.
May give Endless Legend another go. Maybe Xenonauts or even X-Com since I picked up the X-Com expansion a short time ago. Need turn-based strategy fix whether it's these or something RPG like Wasteland 2.
May start a new AAR for Cards of Cthulhu or D-Day Dice or Victory Denied.. may ask the community.
I lost my logs off B-17 community AAR, so I have to start over.....
Play will be continue my ATW flights and try out the Aerosoft A318/319, EU IV, CK 2, Distant Worlds STM. Space Hulk Ascension is in my card. Asid I am sure is wondering where I am so if I can, I will try and hook up with DOW. My Saturday I am mostly out of town, so we will see.
PE
Quote from: Nefaro on November 14, 2014, 01:31:24 PM
Now that I've jumped through all the extra controller setup hoops with my new hardware, I'm back at Wings Over Flanders Fields campaigning. Most likely dying within two virtual weeks with each pilot.
This is exactly why I've had to put WOFF aside for a while. The constant pattern of (1) start new career, (2) fly a few missions, get a few kills, start to feel confident, followed invariably by (3) get killed -- really started to get discouraging. It's hard to get invested in your career when in the back of your mind is the thought, "yeah, I'll be lucky if this pilot lasts a month." After running a dozen pilots into the ground, a few on their first or second mission, I've kinda thrown up my hands with a "why bother?" attitude toward the game...
Course, that's how it really was in WWI. But man, WOFF is ruthless. Career mode in ROF is way, way easier (also, way less interesting, for other reasons).
^ I was thinking my career in Wings! is pretty damn similar to the above posts.
Even more reason why there needs to be a Red Baron remake.
Quote from: sandman2575 on November 14, 2014, 01:40:02 PM
Quote from: Nefaro on November 14, 2014, 01:31:24 PM
Now that I've jumped through all the extra controller setup hoops with my new hardware, I'm back at Wings Over Flanders Fields campaigning. Most likely dying within two virtual weeks with each pilot.
This is exactly why I've had to put WOFF aside for a while. The constant pattern of (1) start new career, (2) fly a few missions, get a few kills, start to feel confident, followed invariably by (3) get killed -- really started to get discouraging. It's hard to get invested in your career when in the back of your mind is the thought, "yeah, I'll be lucky if this pilot lasts a month." After running a dozen pilots into the ground, a few on their first or second mission, I've kinda thrown up my hands with a "why bother?" attitude toward the game...
Course, that's how it really was in WWI. But man, WOFF is ruthless. Career mode in ROF is way, way easier (also, way less interesting, for other reasons).
I kinda enjoy getting killed off reguarly.
The few times I actually get a longer streak, it's all the more satisfying. Plus, if I end up dying quickly, I can switch to a different squadron and/or aircraft type if I feel like it. There are so many to choose from, it makes my alt-tasticness thrive. Probably also why I enjoy roguelikes.
I
do turn on the manual time advance option, however. Anywhere near the time periods for historical offensives, you will usually be flying two missions a day. That lowers your life span quite a bit. I will often just do one per day or skip a day here & there. Give myself a week off every once in awhile. That tends to slow the action down enough so that every month of the war isn't as deadly as Bloody April historically was for the British.
I've played some ROF campaigns lately, but you know how ROF's single-player is. The official Beta Campaign has such repetitive patrol routes, and even worse the AI pilots just fly in a flat circle most of the time when they're on the defensive. ::) The AI pilots in WOFF are far more varied, with more maneuvers at their disposal. More fun to dogfight against by magnitudes. The enemy aircraft generation, in the middle of the 'dead world', also makes it feel too artificial. I'm sure you're familiar with the comparisons.
The PWCG is great for what it does, but the AI pilots and 'dead world' issues are still there from the core ROF. The majority of my time in ROF has been spent in multi-player (by now) and much of that is just flying around looking for targets and checking my six. Which is fun but I don't always want to MP.
I suggest using the Manual time advance option to lessen the rates at which you encounter the enemy since we end up running into them so much, especially at two missions a day. You can also adjust various accuracies (like backseat gunner accuracy) if those bother you. Fortunately there are lots of options that can be adjusted. It's single-player so set it up however you want. O0
Good points all, Nef. Completely agree with you about the "dead world" feel of SP ROF, which PWCG helps with but can't eliminate. There's nary a dogfight against ROF AI planes that I don't feel in control of. Such a different state of affairs in WOFF. Getting bounced by WOFF bandits can be genuinely frightening. There are times when you genuinely want to *avoid* combat, whereas in ROF, it's always "look, enemy planes! let's go get 'em!"
I particularly love the "just you and your wingman" patrols in WOFF. They're a cruel invitation to an early grave. I try to skip those. But sometimes when your squadron/jasta has been whittled down to like 5 active pilots, it's kind of a "Ok, I'm screwed no matter what now" situation.
OK, now I've talked myself into giving WOFF another go this weekend 8) Must be the masochist in me... But I'll take your advice about using the 'advance time' feature to see if I can manage to survive more than a week or two...
I smell freshly baked Zeppelins. Once that WOFF expansion comes out I may disappear and go underground for a while, doing nothing but play that expansion :)
Quote from: sandman2575 on November 14, 2014, 02:14:55 PM
Good points all, Nef. Completely agree with you about the "dead world" feel of SP ROF, which PWCG helps with but can't eliminate. There's nary a dogfight against ROF AI planes that I don't feel in control of. Such a different state of affairs in WOFF. Getting bounced by WOFF bandits can be genuinely frightening. There are times when you genuinely want to *avoid* combat, whereas in ROF, it's always "look, enemy planes! let's go get 'em!"
I particularly love the "just you and your wingman" patrols in WOFF. They're a cruel invitation to an early grave. I try to skip those. But sometimes when your squadron/jasta has been whittled down to like 5 active pilots, it's kind of a "Ok, I'm screwed no matter what now" situation.
OK, now I've talked myself into giving WOFF another go this weekend 8) Must be the masochist in me... But I'll take your advice about using the 'advance time' feature to see if I can manage to survive more than a week or two...
Use the time advance liberally, if you feel the need. Not like anyone's gonna complain. Since you end up encountering enemy flights in most missions, I think this is a good way of skipping days where your flight historically shouldn't have. It puts things into a more historical time scale regarding enemy encounters. Otherwise, you'll get into constant dogfights - almost every day - and that wasn't often the case. I'd still rather have the missions often end up finding something so there is less time wasted patrolling about in time compression, and just skip day(s) in between missions that do.
Unfortunately the WOFF 'workshop' is making me tear my hair out. I've followed the FAQ setup guide and got my rudder pedals, throttle, etc all working in the Quick Missions. But when I start a campaign mission, nothing works but the joystick. After spending a lot of time re-setting and re-testing, I'm gonna get away from this computer before my frustration comes out. :knuppel2:
Well Judge it seems we have another childhood sweetheart in common. First it was Blondie then for me too it was Nena. Here's a song (about a lighthouse) that particularly got me going when I was a young lad:
http://www.myvideo.de/watch/9205989/Nena_Leuchtturm
Couldn't find a high quality version of this rare video on YouTube but it's worth checking out if just to see Nena back then!
This could be an interesting weekend of gaming for me. Warthunder finally got a Linux version so I'm definitely going to jump back into that for a bit. I need to decide whether this will be the weekend I learn OOTP15 after buying it earlier this week. Also I've discovered that rarest of things - a MMORPG that is compatible with Linux - Wakfu. I'll probably give that a shot this weekend too. Oh, and I might continue my campaign in The Last Federation.
Quote from: W8taminute on November 14, 2014, 05:16:29 PM
Well Judge it seems we have another childhood sweetheart in common.
Neunundneunzig Luftballons...Works for me as well. Was in my late teens then and the song's prominence in the charts coincided with a school trip to Vienna which promised...Ahem, suffice to say, good memories. The irony is that the track is an archetypal example of the synth-led songs of the time, which I hated. If you can take your eyes off Nena, check the way the band play their instruments, the instruments they play and even how they are dressed - it's like an early-eighties theme park. I loathed all that stuff at the time, yet now it's nostalgia.
Quote from: Father Ted on November 14, 2014, 05:48:39 PM
Quote from: W8taminute on November 14, 2014, 05:16:29 PM
Well Judge it seems we have another childhood sweetheart in common.
Neunundneunzig Luftballons...Works for me as well. Was in my late teens then and the song's prominence in the charts coincided with a school trip to Vienna which promised...Ahem, suffice to say, good memories. The irony is that the track is an archetypal example of the synth-led songs of the time, which I hated. If you can take your eyes off Nena, check the way the band play their instruments, the instruments they play and even how they are dressed - it's like an early-eighties theme park. I loathed all that stuff at the time, yet now it's nostalgia.
Remember Flock of A$$holes (I mean Seagulls) with the dork hitting one key at a time.
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.giphy.com%2Fmedia%2FErjw0W6ujT9f2%2Fgiphy.gif&hash=519ae5ed8ba8c5fe2fc7659bccc53a200cd73141)
Quote from: W8taminute on November 14, 2014, 05:16:29 PM
Well Judge it seems we have another childhood sweetheart in common. First it was Blondie then for me too it was Nena. Here's a song (about a lighthouse) that particularly got me going when I was a young lad:
http://www.myvideo.de/watch/9205989/Nena_Leuchtturm
Couldn't find a high quality version of this rare video on YouTube but it's worth checking out if just to see Nena back then!
Aw man I loved that song! O0
Good call!
Here you go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfMYNpg2NM0
Modern day - but still looks hot, hot, hot.
Dude...I Ran is probably my favorite song.
I might go with "Tainted Love" myself.
Quote from: Gusington on November 14, 2014, 07:01:06 PM
Dude...I Ran is probably my favorite song.
I hated it with a passion, thus why I dubbed them Flock of A$$holes!!
I remember going to the Police in Sullivan Stadium in, I think 1984.. they were the back up along with the band that did "One Thing Leads to Another".. lol.. I purposely passed out during Flock of A$$holes!
I LOVED I Ran
I also loved that synthesiser stuff. I hated the fake on Top of the Pops/pop videos where they were quite clearly not using the instruments...but I LOVED the synthesiser music days.
^Me too. ROCK!
Ewwww.. bad 80s synth pop.
The "Eurotrash" synth was especially bad. A few exceptions, of course, but much of it still makes me cringe. :buck2:
Quote from: Nefaro on November 14, 2014, 09:00:21 PM
Ewwww.. bad 80s synth pop.
The "Eurotrash" synth was especially bad. A few exceptions, of course, but much of it still makes me cringe. :buck2:
+1
A Dufus hitting one key at a time, is just that a Dufus..
Quote from: Gusington on November 14, 2014, 07:01:06 PM
Dude...I Ran is probably my favorite song.
Space Age Love Song is another good FoS song, too.
We called'em Flock of Birdshit. Don't get me wrong, I could be pulled in by some of the worst music at that age, but, even I knew that I Ran was a TERRIBLE song!
Quote from: Tuna on November 14, 2014, 07:37:57 PM
the band that did "One Thing Leads to Another".. lol..
The Fixx.
'Reach the Beach' was an alright song.
Meh, I really do love me some cheesy 80s music. Synthe-crap, hair/glam metal...it's all good.
Poison Arrow by ABC...
Something About You by Level 42...
Even stuff like The Darkness, like their song You're Really Growing On Me...
Slade doing Run Runaway...
Hell, even some Toto, Supertramp, etc...
Yes, the 80s was a time of cheesy sh!t music, but it was a good time for me, so I have good memories associated with most songs from that time. Not that I go blasting that sh!t rolling down the road or anything; I save that for Metallica, Queen (especially the Flash Gordon soundtrack), Megadeth, The Hives...
Here's a bit of classic 80's Edge City Pop:
Now THAT is something you won't hear on the radio these days.
That, or this for that matter:
So, uh. To kinda keep this on track,
has anyone messed with this Steam music thing? What is it, you can play your music from your computer while you're in-game? Nevermind, I see it's not yet in beta.
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on November 14, 2014, 10:42:52 PM
Amateurs...
Don't get me started or I might start posting early Butthole Surfers and Art of Noise songs back to back.
Pepper! Dracula from Houston! 8)
For 80's pop.. Aimee Mann I am a fan of
Quote from: JudgeDredd on November 14, 2014, 06:21:49 PM
Quote from: W8taminute on November 14, 2014, 05:16:29 PM
Well Judge it seems we have another childhood sweetheart in common. First it was Blondie then for me too it was Nena. Here's a song (about a lighthouse) that particularly got me going when I was a young lad:
http://www.myvideo.de/watch/9205989/Nena_Leuchtturm
Couldn't find a high quality version of this rare video on YouTube but it's worth checking out if just to see Nena back then!
Aw man I loved that song! O0
Good call!
Here you go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfMYNpg2NM0
Modern day - but still looks hot, hot, hot.
Wow! She still looks hot, hot, hot indeed. This new version is just as enchanting as the original. Thanks for sharing. :)
Well I was going to tell you about my continuing efforts to rule Poland in Crusader Kings 2, but I see we digress.
What a great, epic game though. CK2 is just awesome. :smitten:
Also:
Now don't let
Starfury in here or I'll be up until 2am doing a video post-up competition with that fucker. I swear, does he sleep?
^It's 2am where I am now and I'm YouTubing in the '80s. ;D
Talk Talk was awesome, thanks for reminding me about them.
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on November 14, 2014, 10:40:22 PM
So, uh. To kinda keep this on track, has anyone messed with this Steam music thing? What is it, you can play your music from your computer while you're in-game? Nevermind, I see it's not yet in beta.
Eh? I've had the music app in Steam for a while now.
Baldurs gate 1 Enhanced Edition and some France '14
80's synth music is sort of my weakness.
I'm quite the fan of Tears for Fears (among others). This one usually comes on towards the end of my run on my "awesome ultimate 80's mix" followed by Pale Shelter:
Where is your new order blue Monday extended version?
Crusader Kings 2...I can't say enough about it. If you don't own it, shame on you.
In my top 3 games ever.
I get chills from this soundtrack...this song... seriously, put on some headphones, crank it up, and click the link. If you're not moved...you'll be moved, whatever.
I couldn't get into it (someone gave it to me - and thank you whomever that was and sorry for not remembering you :-* )
But I just didn't like it
^ There is something wrong with you then. Hang your head in shame.
One more amazing (non-80's) soundtrack and then I gotta hit the rack.
But seriously, how can you be playing this game and not be completely drawn into it by the soundtrack? A game isn't just about the story, the graphics, or the sound...it's the aggregate of everything. You play this game, how can you not be sucked in? It does everything right, at least for a little while.
I'll be looking for something to play today since over the last couple of days we have accumulated about a foot of snow, with 4-6 more inches on its way today...good day to stay inside and do nothing meaningful....will have to figure out what games can help pass the time.
I own CK2 but I just can't get my head around it. I don't fully understand the inheritance laws and I don't seem to understand combat either, losing a couple of battles in which I had overwhelming numbers. Maybe one day, but not today.
In other news Wakfu is turning out to be quite fun. Much deeper than it appears on the surface, although I am having a hard time figuring out some of the nuances of combat.
I'm on toonces ckii love bus, and do spend a lot of time map studying whilst listening to the soundtrack, I've tried to get huw to see the light I really have
Slightly different direction for me. As time warrants, I will be starting an EUIV game as Lithuania. And CK2 is a pretty good game, too.
Toonces is a man with a silly watch but he knows music. Talk Talk, Level 42, and Tears for Fears...all awesome. And of course NIN.
Finally broke down and picked up Kerbal Space Program so I'll be trying my hand a building rockets and space craft.
Quote from: Bison on November 15, 2014, 03:44:07 PM
Finally broke down and picked up Kerbal Space Program so I'll be trying my hand a building rockets and space craft.
hmm my son has it, let me know if I should try it..
Oh my head... :-[
Quote from: Tuna on November 15, 2014, 03:46:26 PM
Quote from: Bison on November 15, 2014, 03:44:07 PM
Finally broke down and picked up Kerbal Space Program so I'll be trying my hand a building rockets and space craft.
hmm my son has it, let me know if I should try it..
KSP is awesome.
'ave a bit of this, then.
...and some'a THIS too...
Fine. Now you've gone and done it.
And another. Because if I don't, someone else will.
And this one, too. Because I just heard it on a homemade CD in the car this morning. Made me smile.
Alright. ONE more. Then it's off to play Guitar Hero.
Quote from: Tuna on November 15, 2014, 03:46:26 PM
Quote from: Bison on November 15, 2014, 03:44:07 PM
Finally broke down and picked up Kerbal Space Program so I'll be trying my hand a building rockets and space craft.
hmm my son has it, let me know if I should try it..
Well I played for a couple hours doing the first few tutorials. I need to take the time to setup my keypad for the game since it'll make flight controls much easier, but it certainly will be something I go back too. I suspect it'll be awhile before I can wrap my thoughts around enough of the game's mechanics to make a craft and then control it to a successful launch into space.
Good job MD! when I saw the Madness video I thought some Specials were needed.
still my favorite Clash song:
Maybe we should have a "Favourite songs" thread with videos embedded?
we already have that but its where this thread went.
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on November 16, 2014, 01:44:57 AM
Good job MD! when I saw the Madness video I thought some Specials were needed.
still my favorite Clash song:
I liked their "Rudie" song much more than The Specials one. :P
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on November 16, 2014, 03:06:35 AM
we already have that but its where this thread went.
oh well....in for a penny
A few more, with no particular connecting theme:
Quote from: JudgeDredd on November 16, 2014, 07:27:09 AM
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on November 16, 2014, 03:06:35 AM
we already have that but its where this thread went.
oh well....in for a penny
If you're going with the Stranglers you can't forget this one:
So it's just any old shit from the 80s now?
Pretty much.
Of course, one man's shit is another man's Shinola. :))
The Friday thread will never be the same
There'll be puns next and then it's all downhill from there
I thought these were puns?
Quote from: undercovergeek on November 16, 2014, 09:24:18 AM
The Friday thread will never be the same
There'll be puns next and then it's all downhill from there
That's what makes me sad. I was hoping the song/video thing would eventually change to something else. It's reached hack (http://comedians.about.com/od/glossary/g/Hack-Definition.htm) status. :-\
What's with the music hate? I can understand puns, vile, despicable, perversions of the English language that should be stomped out everywhere, but, music?!?! EVERYone loves music...don't they?
MD I want Frank back.. you've
been Frank since Wargamer!
Quote from: MetalDog on November 16, 2014, 10:30:53 AM
What's with the music hate? I can understand puns, vile, despicable, perversions of the English language that should be stomped out everywhere, but, music?!?! EVERYone loves music...don't they?
in the music thread
this is twisting my OCD mellow man
Quote from: Tuna on November 16, 2014, 11:24:24 AM
MD I want Frank back.. you've
been Frank since Wargamer!
Your wish is my command.
Quote from: undercovergeek on November 16, 2014, 12:14:48 PM
Quote from: MetalDog on November 16, 2014, 10:30:53 AM
What's with the music hate? I can understand puns, vile, despicable, perversions of the English language that should be stomped out everywhere, but, music?!?! EVERYone loves music...don't they?
in the music thread
this is twisting my OCD mellow man
Understood. I will refrain.
Gaming-wise, I have nothing special planned. Just more Aragon in MTW/VI and Romulans in BOTF -- for me, the gaming equivalent of comfort food.
I have had to put my EUIV game aside for the moment to take care of some work. It was all going quite well until I declared war on Muscovy. I am Lithuania. I had numbers and a full war chest and max manpower reserves. It's four years in and I have achieved my war goal, but, my ally, Novgorod, brought my War Score down in the -40's and then made a seperate peace. In the meantime, Sweden has joined Muscovy in their war with me and I am bankrupt, with two loans out, no manpower and three armies on my soil, sieging MY territory.
Quote from: MetalDog on November 16, 2014, 01:44:45 PM
I have had to put my EUIV game aside for the moment to take care of some work. It was all going quite well until I declared war on Muscovy. I am Lithuania. I had numbers and a full war chest and max manpower reserves. It's four years in and I have achieved my war goal, but, my ally, Novgorod, brought my War Score down in the -40's and then made a seperate peace. In the meantime, Sweden has joined Muscovy in their war with me and I am bankrupt, with two loans out, no manpower and three armies on my soil, sieging MY territory.
I believe the Doors had this to say about your situation...
Quote from: Bison on November 16, 2014, 01:47:26 PM
Quote from: MetalDog on November 16, 2014, 01:44:45 PM
I have had to put my EUIV game aside for the moment to take care of some work. It was all going quite well until I declared war on Muscovy. I am Lithuania. I had numbers and a full war chest and max manpower reserves. It's four years in and I have achieved my war goal, but, my ally, Novgorod, brought my War Score down in the -40's and then made a seperate peace. In the meantime, Sweden has joined Muscovy in their war with me and I am bankrupt, with two loans out, no manpower and three armies on my soil, sieging MY territory.
I believe the Doors had this to say about your situation...
Now that's great music!
Unfortunately I'm suspecting the same song applies to my current game of Endless Legend. I'm getting mauled!
Dig your choice of music! And feel your pain on getting mauled.
I dare anyone to come in here now and tell us how The Doors sucked. Go ahead.
Quote from: Gusington on November 16, 2014, 03:45:29 PM
I dare anyone to come in here now and tell us how The Doors sucked. Go ahead.
Is that a battery on your shoulder I see?
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(Geezer alert if you remember this add and also the SNL spoof of it)
Quote from: Staggerwing on November 16, 2014, 03:50:48 PM
(Geezer alert if you remember this add and also the SNL spoof of it)
And loved him in the Wild, Wild West TV series!
My God, I do remember that ad...I am old{e} :(
Quote from: Gusington on November 16, 2014, 03:45:29 PM
I dare anyone to come in here now and tell us how The Doors sucked. Go ahead.
well, i was going to but then got busy at work
Quote from: Gusington on November 16, 2014, 03:45:29 PM
I dare anyone to come in here now and tell us how The Doors sucked. Go ahead.
Jim Morrison is an overrated drunken putz and the band decided that 'rampant keyboard noodling' was a replacement for 'good music'. They were wrong.
Quote from: Arctic Blast on November 16, 2014, 04:09:28 PM
Quote from: Gusington on November 16, 2014, 03:45:29 PM
I dare anyone to come in here now and tell us how The Doors sucked. Go ahead.
Jim Morrison is an overrated drunken putz and the band decided that 'rampant keyboard noodling' was a replacement for 'good music'. They were wrong.
hooray!!!
"By the second album it became apparent to quick listeners that the Doors were limited, that Morrison's vision, if we ever took it seriously in the first place, was usually morbid in the most obvious possible way, and thus cheap, and that the whole nightmare could translate into the parody it ultimately became so easily that, well. . .but when he shot and hit it straight and deep and full force:
People are strange when you're a stranger
Faces look ugly when you're alone
Women seem wicked when you're unwanted
Streets are uneven when you are down
"...You knew he felt the chill and lived it and that was perhaps the saddest part, that he recognized his own clown within too late to turn the tide, so like a true asshole and ultimate relic of his time he picked up the Lizard King cartoon and wore it like a bib to keep the drunkdrool from rolling down to stain his shirt and burn a hole through to his heart, absurd, absurd, as the tales proliferated and Jim Morrison, who symbolized the ultimate possibilities and terrors seething at the farthest shores of sexual adventure to an entire generation, just got drunker and fat and fatter and pretty soon the word was out all down the line and high school kids were scornful of the Doors."
^Who are you quoting?
I still love The Doors so you can both proceed to suck it.
its either Rolling Stone magazine or my Dad, i cant remember which
i love your hairy assed little self but its a no on the Jim front im afraid
Quote from: undercovergeek on November 16, 2014, 04:24:19 PM
high school kids were scornful of the Doors."
Not if you were in my High School in the latter half of 70's and didn't like Southern Rock.
Jim Morrison could knock out some pretty good Blues when he chose to. Check out this one made with John Lee Hooker (outstanding in his own right). :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYgLr2_o0Ck&feature=related
Quote from: undercovergeek on November 16, 2014, 04:24:19 PM
"By the second album it became apparent to quick listeners that the Doors were limited, that Morrison's vision, if we ever took it seriously in the first place, was usually morbid in the most obvious possible way, and thus cheap, and that the whole nightmare could translate into the parody it ultimately became so easily that, well. . .but when he shot and hit it straight and deep and full force:
People are strange when you're a stranger
Faces look ugly when you're alone
Women seem wicked when you're unwanted
Streets are uneven when you are down
"...You knew he felt the chill and lived it and that was perhaps the saddest part, that he recognized his own clown within too late to turn the tide, so like a true asshole and ultimate relic of his time he picked up the Lizard King cartoon and wore it like a bib to keep the drunkdrool from rolling down to stain his shirt and burn a hole through to his heart, absurd, absurd, as the tales proliferated and Jim Morrison, who symbolized the ultimate possibilities and terrors seething at the farthest shores of sexual adventure to an entire generation, just got drunker and fat and fatter and pretty soon the word was out all down the line and high school kids were scornful of the Doors."
Jesus christ, just tell us whether the new album is any good. Shit like this is the reason I stopped reading Q magazine, who are even further up their own arse.
im no expert, but i reckon from the subtext of the piece, the answer is no Huw
Quote from: MetalDog on November 16, 2014, 01:44:45 PM
I have had to put my EUIV game aside for the moment to take care of some work. It was all going quite well until I declared war on Muscovy. I am Lithuania. I had numbers and a full war chest and max manpower reserves. It's four years in and I have achieved my war goal, but, my ally, Novgorod, brought my War Score down in the -40's and then made a seperate peace. In the meantime, Sweden has joined Muscovy in their war with me and I am bankrupt, with two loans out, no manpower and three armies on my soil, sieging MY territory.
Always your damned allies screwing things up.
I try to keep as few as possible, but it's never few enough. Yet you gotta pick up at least one so your covetous neighbors, who have allies, will think twice. Quandary.
I started over. I couldn't figure out how to end the war with Muscovy and if taking over all my territory was the way to do it, I wasn't going to sit there and watch it. I gained a CB against Crimea in my new game. Already allied with Poland and seeing that the Crimea was at war with the Golden Horde, I declared war. I had four provinces sieged and occupied, won several battles, enough for a ticking warscore and then Crimea allied with the Ottomans. The best I was able to get was a White Peace as the Bashi-Bazouks sieged Moldavia and broke in to my undefended interior.
Quote from: undercovergeek on November 16, 2014, 05:18:58 PM
im no expert, but i reckon from the subtext of the piece, the answer is no Huw
Precisely my point...
I've been doing pure CK2 this weekend. There are some nuances of the game that completely elude me, though.
Continued PBEM PON with SDR and UCG.
Couple of FSX flights
Some AOW III
and CMBN (all the battlefront posts gave me an itch!)
Quote from: Gusington on November 16, 2014, 04:36:08 PM
^Who are you quoting?
I still love The Doors so you can both proceed to suck it.
+1
^Yes. YES! But whatever - if peeps don't like'em - I can't make'em. Subjective arguments like this are ridiculous.
Quote from: Toonces on November 16, 2014, 06:39:34 PM
I've been doing pure CK2 this weekend. There are some nuances of the game that completely elude me, though.
which ones Toonces
Well, the one that's got me right now is being unable to declare war on a kindgom (in this instance, Lithuania) because they are independent. Even if I fabricate a claim successfully, I can't declare war.
At any rate, all hell just broke loose in my game. My character just died of illness and within seconds the King of Poland also died so both I and my liege are starting with new characters. And there's some huge war going on with some other faction for Poland...not a country name I recognize. So it seemed like a good stopping point for the night.
Sometimes this game takes a bit to get going, but once it does, what a ride it can be!
Only managed to play one scenario of Glory of the Roman Empire... :(
Quote from: Toonces on November 17, 2014, 02:49:38 AM
Well, the one that's got me right now is being unable to declare war on a kindgom (in this instance, Lithuania) because they are independent. Even if I fabricate a claim successfully, I can't declare war.
That means you are a Vassal of someone else. Vassal laws mean that only the highest ranked lord can declare wars against outsiders. In other words your King is the only one who can start such wars. At some of the lower vassal law levels, you can declare war on fellow vassals of your same liege, so only internal wars are allowed. Even that is often nixed when your liege raises the the vassal law levels, to exert more control over his vassals.
You'll have to become independent yourself to get full freedom. This can be done in various ways but usually isn't easy. You also become easy pickings for larger expansionist neighbors if you do, so take that into consideration.
QuoteAt any rate, all hell just broke loose in my game. My character just died of illness and within seconds the King of Poland also died so both I and my liege are starting with new characters. And there's some huge war going on with some other faction for Poland...not a country name I recognize. So it seemed like a good stopping point for the night.
Sometimes this game takes a bit to get going, but once it does, what a ride it can be!
Yes, indeed!
Well I got practice in for Texas in F1 2013 - but it just showed I was going to have a sucky race!
I've been really enjoying my Combat Mission Normandy Market Garden campaign as the allies. I also fired up my Combat Mission Shock Force : NATO campaign for a few turns.
I used to think the BF games were superb played in WEGO mode (when they first came out) and when Shock Force came out, I changed my mind and ditched WEGO for real time. But having had a PBEM with a member on here and being "forced" to play WEGO, I actually am back in the WEGO mode. The only problem with it is it takes so much longer to get anything done. 1 turn can take 5 minutes because you spend another 4 checking out what's going on. But I can't see me going back to real time.
The Drinking Game went well and the only one I completed over the weekend.
Warfighter is going to have to wait until I've read the rules and the playthrough in the manual. I don't know why I'm having a hard time with it...the rules are definitely not as clear and concise as his Leader games. When it comes to the gameplay part, I need baby steps...clearly noting what you have to do. But for me there is ambiguity in there. Also, it's not always very clear what is meant on some of the cards.
I don't know - I'm just having some issues with the clarity of things. If there's the slightest ambiguity ina ule or a card, I'll over think things and go round in circles.
CMFI GL PBEM.
Fallout 3.
Also started playing the Roman campaign for Imperium Romanum which I am enjoying very much.
Quote from: Staggerwing on November 16, 2014, 03:50:48 PM
Quote from: Gusington on November 16, 2014, 03:45:29 PM
I dare anyone to come in here now and tell us how The Doors sucked. Go ahead.
Is that a battery on your shoulder I see?
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(Geezer alert if you remember this add and also the SNL spoof of it)
What about the Johnny Carson spoof? Does that make me old?
Quote from: JudgeDredd on November 17, 2014, 08:34:15 AM
I've been really enjoying my Combat Mission Normandy Market Garden campaign as the allies. I also fired up my Combat Mission Shock Force : NATO campaign for a few turns.
I used to think the BF games were superb played in WEGO mode (when they first came out) and when Shock Force came out, I changed my mind and ditched WEGO for real time. But having had a PBEM with a member on here and being "forced" to play WEGO, I actually am back in the WEGO mode. The only problem with it is it takes so much longer to get anything done. 1 turn can take 5 minutes because you spend another 4 checking out what's going on. But I can't see me going back to real time.
Yeah, WEGO is a blessing and a curse in the CMx2 games. Love being able to give detailed, precise instructions to many units, and especially the "rewind" feature, which I absolutely NEED, and almost never play RTS mode for that reason alone. But missions in WEGO take a *lonnnggg* time -- they become huge time sucks.
With the campaigns especially, the mission time constraints make playing RTS mode kind of untenable. You're almost always fighting the clock more than the enemy, which can be frustrating (not to mention unrealistic, often), and it means you have to pretty much maximize every 1-minute turn you have. So, I wish there were some way to turn off or relax the rigid time limits when you want to play RTS.