"Remember that time you started a Genestealer Cult just to annoy me? You dick."
Improvised Munitions Handbook ftw
"I got a lot o' problems with you people, and you're gonna hear about em!"
One of my favorite episodes of TV ever 😂
Ollama was dirt easy to set up myself and it's super free.
If you're gonna talk to a bot, make sure it's not telling tales.
Donate to Anarchist Black Cross
Some hero needs to be at the right airport before they manage it
Fuck this encounter SO MUCH
Rant incoming:
This is the part in Vessel of Hatred where you fight a series of ghosts while they spam one-shot-kill attacks and it is SO FUCKING BADLY DESIGNED. Some of the attacks are only telegraphed by barely glowing spots on the floor that you can't fucking see because of all the shit around you. Getting past it just felt like luck, I was dodging everything to the best of my ability and just. Kept. Dying.
I took a break from D4 for a while so I've been enjoying all the QOL improvements and such, but my god the difficulty design compared to Path of Exile 2 is just night and day. I'm not crazy about PoE2 but I respect how it respects me. When I struggle on a boss there, it's very clearly always a skill issue that I can overcome.
This? This is just being instantly killed out of nowhere with no hope of avoiding it, just because game thinks my armor number isn't big enough. If that's even my problem. Edit: it wasn't, I had it capped lol
Really fuckin souring my enjoyment tbh. It
Yeah, I know. But I've got a life here that I've worked hard for. House, business, family. I like the region I live in, it's home. And I know a lot of good people here, relationships I've developed over decades.
Current plan is stick it out. My wife is an immigrant but not a citizen (like it matters), so we're keeping her away from airports etc till the regime falls.
I wanna fight for my home and family tbh, I just need to keep her safe.
That's great! I'm proud of you, you got this.
If/when it gets hard, just focus on the day you're living and get through that. Put your hands to work on something. Distract yourself and try not to think about the future. And remember that there's always someone here cheering for you.
The Left is typically critical of the "nuclear family" because most of us want the rest of the family back in the picture. It takes a village to raise kids and only in the last century or so has this notion of "two working parents can manage it" arisen.
So we want to abolish the family by making our families bigger, with cousins etc playing more of a role in our lives than Western media typically portrays.
REVOLUTION TIME FOLKS LETS GOOOOOO
Why do I even want to be the best?
Like no-one ever was? To catch them is my real test, to train them is my cause...
... I don't think that's normal bud
My god that's a lot of damage in the front arcs.
the Prodigy at Red Square 1997 - THEIR LAW
FUCK EM
This song has been a protest song every side of every ocean since it came out. Let's bring it back. They knew how to do it right.
Ran an ethernet cord in my house the proper way
Am electrician and live in a double-wide so I haven't tinkered with it beyond swapping some devices. Feels good to be able to just do stuff like this, as simple as it is. I was not raised to be very handy so learning all this has been a deliberate process.
Uh, this doesn't count as a legal, professional consultation and you should always seek a licensed professional when it comes to electricity in your home.
POV: you decided to look into your spouse's retirement accounts
At least she has some lol
...
......I've gotta get my shit together
...and it's gonna be a bear market... so buy honey, got it
My Crusader just one-shot an Atlas standing a level below him with a kick to the face
I love this fuckin game
A moment of self-aware crisis from an aging cis male punk with a blue-collar job
I found more inspiration from Public Enemy, Corporate Avenger, and Run the Jewels
Hover pack + bugged quasar is just too much damn fun rn. if you haven't tried the combo I highly recommend it.
Helldive Bots no problem. Don't have LOS? Just jump! Not sure where to throw that strat? Fly up and chuck it with confidence! Need a good vantage point for your sentry? No problem! Even good for emergency stims if you're overwhelmed (they might shoot you down tho if it's too hot, their aim isn't great other than Rocket Devs but with enough lasers in the air something is bound to hit eventually).
Combined with the Quasar currently being arguably better than RR right now and free 380s I'm having a GREAT time, especially now that we're done with that ion storm bullshit
What have you been having an unexpectedly good time with recently, Helldivers?
MFW I read the Incineration Corps are trying to take the Creek
Mfw I see a cowboy-themed warbond at last and it's missing my COWBOY HAT
Why is that first helmet even there! It's alright I don't hate it but I NEED MY COWBOY HAT PILESTEDT
What better excuse to learn spreadsheets than BattleTech?
So I've thrown this together after some effort. It's not very well-written or styled atm but it functions! Thought it would be an interesting excuse to familiarize myself with available variants. Work in progress, I'm pretty sure I've changed some things just since this screenshot (like unnecessary decimals) but the PC is down for the night lol.
Any input/advice? The picks are all kinda with ComStar in mind fwiw. Models from AGOAC, Mercenaries, and some force packs.
Mercenaries Campaign game 1 battle report
Year: 3020 Location: New Antioch, Duchy of Andurien, near the Capellan front
Briefing:
The mercenary company Fired Bolt has been garrisoned here now for several weeks, under contract with the Duchy of Andurien out of convenience for both - the mercenaries were there, and the Duchy had apparent suspicions the nearby Capellan Confederation could make a play for the world soon. The world is largely a cultural trophy, not a military installation, but is considered valuable to the Duchy and the Free Worlds League all the same.
Those suspicions were confirmed as Capellan-aligned mercenaries jumped into system while the regent was meeting with a ComStar delegation earlier today. Their dropship was just sighted several kilometers east of the major city in which the meeting took place.
Stop the invaders and buy time for the VIPs to reach safer ground.
Formations: From left to right
Von Belcher Mobile Front: (Southern edge)
- Louise, Locust
- Commander: Bob, Battlemaster
- Lind
First game of my Mercenaries campaign (set in 3020) later today with my brother-in-law. The Von Belcher Mobile Front is invading a cultural world in the FWL for the Capellans. Wish me luck!
Neither of us have played more than a couple games so just trying to figure out what Mechs to start with was an ordeal but we got what we've got lmao. Pray for Tina, she's stuck in a training Mech with half the usual armor and zero heatsinks. But hey, it was cheap. If she survives we'll try to get her in a newer variant soon.
Gene runs ops from the dropship btw
I'll post later with a report if yall like :) it should be a more or less weekly campaign that'll go till we feel like stepping out of Introtech, at which point we'll use all the additional rules and move into 3050ish, and I'll play ComStar. But for this campaign we're keeping it simple, I rolled battlefield support units into BV and we opted to use BV1 for now since we're not using much beyond the basics for now. Starter campaign basically, then we'll get into the "full" game.
I didn't paint them with any scheme in mind for now, I just felt like using some nice orange paints I had ;D
Yall ever play this fork from the late 90s? Knights have long-range missiles. it goes off the rails eventually (they straight up DELETED WHITE yes you read that right)
This outage is destroying me, I've faced inner trauma, I've cleaned the van, I'm all out of other ideas
Suggestions for fun beginner-friendly lances built from AGOAC and Mercenaries?
So I'm new to the game, just have a couple under my belt, and I've got a friend coming over this weekend to learn the ropes. I know there's a lot more nuance to the game than just "match Battle Value as close as you can", but are there any things I should know when trying to compose two fairly balanced teams against each other?
So far I've got
Team A: AWS-8Q, CPLT-C1, WVR-6M, LCT-1E
Team B: CLN-7Z, OTL-4D, CES-3R, LCT-1V
Their BV is pretty close, and they seem all like reasonably good Mechs. But am I setting one player up to get steamrolled? Are there better lists I could make given what I've got (and assuming we keep it pre-Clan)? What would you change for a noob-on-noob brawl?
Picked up A Game of Armored Combat and played my first game, was fun, will do again
Played the first scenario. Defenders had a good advantage for 5/6 of the game, until some surprise crits took out a key Mech and the attackers claimed an uphill (literally) victory.
Played a lot of WH games in the past, migrated to OnePageRules, now I'm dipping my toes into this it seems. I'm sure we missed some rules (I don't think I made enough piloting checks, for one) but overall I think we both got the feel for the game quite quickly.
Now, for the seemingly impossible task of deciding how to paint these guys... that doesn't really matter in this game, right? I mean, it doesn't really matter in 40k either, but you know what I mean. In other words, as long as they look cool and possibly coherent, we good, right?
Thanks 💜
I was not prepared for how unreasonably awesome Darktide's soundtrack is.
PS5 player so a little behind. My god I thought Mechanicus had the top tier 40k game soundtrack but when that PIPE ORGAN ELECTRO HOUSE hits I am SO INTO IT. My first mission was as Ogryn and I swear his boomstick lines up so well with the beat it turned into a rhythm game.
Apply headphone, turn other volumes down, and MASSACRE THE ENEMIES OF THE GOD EMPEROR TO A FILTHY HOUSE BEAT LIKE YOU DESERVE
That is all thanks for coming to my Ted talk
Idk where else to post this but I've finally kicked Windows for good and I'm SO EXCITED
I've also got the Linux Basics for Hackers book but it's at home while I'm on vacation.
I'm just really happy rn yall :) this install took some work, SecureBoot kept getting in the way and I'm not the most savvy person so there was a lot of Googling and trial and error in the way of getting here.
Baby Huey - Hard Times
As a middle-aged white dude discovering Baby Huey, I feel robbed. This whole album is amazing and it should've been part of my life before. The breakdown at around 2:05 is like being electrified through my soul.