Can you...can you FRIDAY like I do?

[kludger]

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Also some Race Room Racing Experience to test out their new Formula Junior cars that came out this week
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I gave up on this a long time ago when I saw what they were doing with their strategy. It was all DLC and very piecemeal. I also didn't like the "buy virtual coins" because they damn well knew every purchase would leave you with "some coins" which would nip at yer heed until you bought more to try and use them up. Real money would've been just fine. It's just been cars and money grabs with nothing to actually keep you in the game (no series for example)...just cars and tracks. 

DTM was ok - but lacked something.

I didn't agree with a some peoples view on the driving model - I thought it was pretty good. But their pricing format pushed me away.

Yeah I agree with you, R3E is really great now graphics, physics and FFB wise, but their poor choice of funding model using the Free 2 Play + Buy DLC via magic points that confuse you on how much it costs, might make some money but really confuses the user base and segregates them into small groups of who can race together.

Yeah the DTM and WTCC series are a bit boring due to the limited car manufacturers in those real world series, but I really enjoy some of the unique series and cars that R3E has compared to some of the other race sims I drive (iRacing, pCARS, AssettoCorsa), I especially like the GT3 cars in the ADAC GT Masters, and the classic beasts in the Group5, Classic Touring Car, and DTM 1992 DTM packs, most of those are not available in other top sims at this point.

I managed to buy most of the tracks/series/cars I care about little by little when they have had them on sale and using VRC points that I bought from their web site in chunks at a 30% discount, but that's a terrible way to have to purchase content for such a great game, and not many people would have the patience to do it that way.

I'm hoping at some point they realize that their crappy economic funding model is keeping them from being as successful as pCARS and Assetto Corsa, and they switch to a more normal purchase model. For now it's a bit of a mess which is a shame for such a great game that has overtaken iRacing and Assetto Corsa on my list of favorites.

[Martok]

Been playing the hell out of my Steam version of Medieval Total War/Viking Invasion the last few days, especially now that I finally figured out how to install the venerable XL Mod. 

Am attempting to conquer one of my personal bogeymen, which is win (or at least get a reasonably good campaign going as) the Bohemians, one of the playable factions introduced in XL.  Bohemia starts out as a completely landlocked, single-province faction, plus it doesn't border any "rebel" provinces at the beginning (they're completely surrounded by the Polish, Hungarians, and Holy Roman Empire), so both income and expansion are a real challenge. 



Otherwise, may possibly play some Polaris Sector, maybe even Stardrive II. 

[JasonPratt]

I shall perhaps take another step or two toward losing DC3:Barbarossa if Barth so deigns.  ;D :P

It would be pretty hilarious to start a multiplayer AAR with Barth on Twilight Struggle (look, I won Barbarossa after all!  >:D ) But I'm a little unsure whether that can be played asynch or if both players have to be signed into the game at the same time. Which is an issue I need to work out anyway if I do any mping. At any rate I'll be playing against the AI at least a little.

I've been messing around with playing one of the ass-bottom Chinese factions in Victoria 2 as a way of easing into its gameplay.

I've been playing quite a bit of 40K: Soulstorm recently, partly because I found some local multiplayers, and partly to refamiliarize myself before getting into the super-mod Ultimate Apocalypse.

[Barthheart]

At least one turn coming at you this weekend... maybe 2 but the weather is supposed to be good so my Honey -Doo list might take over...  :P

Sure we can try an MP Twilight Struggle game... I have no idea what I'm doing in it but that would be half the fun.  O0

I'm pretty sure we can do async but need to check maybe tonight.

[JasonPratt]

Sure we can try an MP Twilight Struggle game... I have no idea what I'm doing in it but that would be half the fun.  O0

DITTO!!  O0

Also half the fun: having long-time players advising us absolute newbies.

[Nefaro]

The struggle is real....

Twiglight Struggle

Is that the new forest survival horror game??? :D

It's the new Twinkly Vampire game.

Featuring blood-sucking Commies.

[Barthheart]

Sure we can try an MP Twilight Struggle game... I have no idea what I'm doing in it but that would be half the fun.  O0

DITTO!!  O0

Also half the fun: having long-time players advising us absolute newbies.

There you go, we have 3 halves of the fun.  O0

[JasonPratt]

I suppose I would volunteer to play the Early Chinese Civil War variant, where the Soviet Union has to activate the China Card instead of being given it for free out of the gate. This helps balance the early game which has a slight advantage for the Soviets. I'm okay with using the 7 optional cards, too, since I don't know any better.  :D

The game seems to allow asynch play, but still uses a game clock -- albeit one that can be set for 21 days between turns rounds. (7 days seems a bit too optimistic for us. ;) )

[Barthheart]

Errr....ummmm.... why not try a vanilla game first....  ???

I'd promise to try and be faster than that...but probably the 21 day setting is best....  :P

[JasonPratt]

I am perfectly fine with getting the China Card for free, too.  :D

The 7 optional cards just help the US balance better in the early game, and add things that seem topically relevant but which will be left out of the vanilla game, like NATO and Che Guevara.

Of course, the added historical emphasis makes it easier for the US to win as historically happened. So there's a legitimate dispute about whether to play with the early balancing options or not, since vanilla is balanced on the long run but the options, by balancing in the early game to keep an experienced Soviet player from crushing an early war win, make the overall game notably skewed toward the US (since there is no similar late-game balancing in favor of the Soviets).

[JasonPratt]

I'd promise to try and be faster than that...but probably the 21 day setting is best....  :P

I think in practice it would just be like the DC3 option to claim a victory after 30 days of no acTHIS IS NOT A SNEAKY WAY FOR ME TO WIN AT DC3 AFTER ALL!

>:D


But of course rounds go much, much faster so we'd likely get several done per week/end.

[Raied]

I will continue some ARMA 3 camping, trying to fly something in IL2- Sturmovik BOS, and will play some Legened of Eisenwald.

[IronX]

I'm slowly making my through the CM Final Blitzkrieg scenarios (I've yet to start any of the campaigns). I'm really digging the maps.

Off to Germany next week. Hope to check out some more of the Bulge battlefields if I have time - perhaps follow KG Peiper's route.

Very tempted to pick up Twilight Struggle, even though I've never played the boardgame.

[airboy]

Fallout 4.

Order of Battle: US Marines

[jamus34]

Some Heroes of the storm if there are people around.
Stardew valley if not.

Beyond that maybe some civ 4 with MD, millipede and Barth.

Polaris Sector and SOTS2 are also strong possibilities.

Managed to hit on 2 of the above - Stardew & SOTS2 tonight