Bang a gong, FRIDAY on

[Ubercat]

As far as gameplay..will defiantly be visiting 7 days to Die ...

Who's trying to stop you?  ???

I'll be continuing to perfect my storage solution for all the beautiful battalions of Last Blitzkrieg, while getting in a little bit of Titan Quest: Anniversary Edition on the side.

[Gusington]

The latest Silent Disapproval Robot update disturbs me greatly.

[Toonces]

Last night I played the hell out of Scourge of War: Gettysburg.  After some tinkering I got a sandbox Army v. Army scenario going on the large Gettysburg full map.  I jumped in with both feet as Meade, using couriers only, single objective, and the objective had to be held for 90 minutes to get a win.  I played about 2 hours of real time, and the battle was pretty much approaching climax when I just couldn't stay awake anymore and had to call it a night.  While I was winning quite handily with over 3000 points, looking around the battlefield when I quit I'm pretty sure I didn't have the schlitz to retake the objective from the Confederates.  The AI had put up a really nice defense and I don't think I had the manpower to push them off.  What a fantastic battle, though.  I saved it to finish tonight, but you know how you kind of lose the drama when you take a break. 

Matrix was nice enough to send my an 18% off coupon for 5 loyal years with them, so I just spent that on Scourge of War: Waterloo and Quatre Bras.  I've been slowly studying Napoleonic warfare, an era I am completely unfamiliar with, and after watching some videos, plus how much I love SoW:G, I decided it was time to join the bandwagon.  I redeemed my steam keys and it's installing now!

I also played some multiplayer Mount and Blade: Napoleon, but just couldn't get into it and quit after a couple of rounds.  I think that might be more of a drinking game.

[YosemiteMark]

This weekend is a little bit of Elite: Dangerous, a bit more of my XCom 2 Commander Ironman campaign.

[kludger]

Will be space trucking in Elite Dangerous, some F1 2016 and some Battlefleet Gothic Armada.

[Nefaro]

I also played some multiplayer Mount and Blade: Napoleon, but just couldn't get into it and quit after a couple of rounds.  I think that might be more of a drinking game.

LOL.  Funny you say that.  It's exactly how I've played it, many times in the past.  Quite fun and you can still one-fist it more often compared to other multi-player games, freeing the other paw for lifting 12oz weights.

It can still be quite amusing sober, if there are a lot of people on the server.  I always get some great gut laughs at seeing all the ways people die.

[Toonces]

Yeah, having a full server is definitely key.  I switch between the miniseige and role play servers.  I prefer the miniseige, but it has to be full to really be the most fun.  I think it was 79/130 when I logged on, and while that sounds like a lot of people, another 40-50 people would have made it more fun.  I was just sucking.  If I really play hard I can maintain about a 1:1 k/d ratio, but last night I was 1:16...just couldn't get a rhythm going.

Fun game.  It just lends itself to not being taken seriously, which is a nice change of pace.  The music is fantastic.

[Moreb]

And an even better song off of that album.

[GJK]

Last night I played the hell out of Scourge of War: Gettysburg.  After some tinkering I got a sandbox Army v. Army scenario going on the large Gettysburg full map.  I jumped in with both feet as Meade, using couriers only, single objective, and the objective had to be held for 90 minutes to get a win.  I played about 2 hours of real time, and the battle was pretty much approaching climax when I just couldn't stay awake anymore and had to call it a night.  While I was winning quite handily with over 3000 points, looking around the battlefield when I quit I'm pretty sure I didn't have the schlitz to retake the objective from the Confederates.  The AI had put up a really nice defense and I don't think I had the manpower to push them off.  What a fantastic battle, though.  I saved it to finish tonight, but you know how you kind of lose the drama when you take a break. 

Matrix was nice enough to send my an 18% off coupon for 5 loyal years with them, so I just spent that on Scourge of War: Waterloo and Quatre Bras.  I've been slowly studying Napoleonic warfare, an era I am completely unfamiliar with, and after watching some videos, plus how much I love SoW:G, I decided it was time to join the bandwagon.  I redeemed my steam keys and it's installing now!

I also played some multiplayer Mount and Blade: Napoleon, but just couldn't get into it and quit after a couple of rounds.  I think that might be more of a drinking game.

I really enjoy SOW:G and the other battles.  I have SOW:WLoo but haven't gotten into it much.  The battle of Quatra Bras interests me more at this point.  How'd you get the 18% discount coupon, by being a subscriber to the mailing list?

[MengJiao]

Weekend plans include:
1) finish building tool shed in my back yard.
2) checking to see if there are any hardcore KOTH servers up and running yet for Arma 3
3) playing a couple of dynamic recon missions in ARMA 3
4) downloading some scenarios for SteelBeasts
5) maybe playing one or two final games of World of Warships before I delete it from my hard-drive

  Possibly some ARMA3.  In other news, the conference in Las Vegas was kinda not very exciting. 

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

The latest Silent Disapproval Robot update disturbs me greatly.

You and I both sir. 

[mikeck]

Last night I played the hell out of Scourge of War: Gettysburg.

Matrix was nice enough to send my an 18% off coupon for 5 loyal years with them, so I just spent that on Scourge of War: Waterloo and Quatre Bras.  I've been slowly studying Napoleonic warfare, an era I am completely unfamiliar with, and after watching some videos, plus how much I love SoW:G, I decided it was time to join the bandwagon.  I redeemed my steam keys and it's installing now!

To each their own but I enjoyed the Waterloo and QUatre B games much better. Especially with the "toolbar mod" or better, the "flags and bugles mod" which includes it. Without those, the command system is a bit weird and limited. You can order a division into column or attack but that's it. With the mod, you can select a regiment and have it move into columns. Just allows more control. You WONT REGRET IT

[Nefaro]

Yeah, having a full server is definitely key.  I switch between the miniseige and role play servers.  I prefer the miniseige, but it has to be full to really be the most fun.  I think it was 79/130 when I logged on, and while that sounds like a lot of people, another 40-50 people would have made it more fun.  I was just sucking.  If I really play hard I can maintain about a 1:1 k/d ratio, but last night I was 1:16...just couldn't get a rhythm going.

Fun game.  It just lends itself to not being taken seriously, which is a nice change of pace.  The music is fantastic.

It gets fun at around 80+ on the siege server.  The deaths tend to increase in frequency, though. 


As for the music in M&B: Napoleonic, I have some great memories of those old classics playing in the background, while people are being shot & bayoneted next to me.   ;D 

Surreal scenes such as charging through the brush outside the fortified farm house, bayoneting people while Beethoven's Ode To Joy is blaring in the background.   O0  Still makes me laugh, thinking about it.   :))

[MetalDog]

And an even better song off of that album.

I love the whole album.  Planet Queen is one of my favorites, too.

[Toonces]

@GJK- They just mailed it to me.  It was a 5 year anniversary since registering with them or something.  Judge Dredd got one not too long ago, too.