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Gaming HQ / Re: Europa Universalis V confi...
Last post by Legbiter - Today at 08:00:01 PMI'm jumping in this weekend. Soundtrack seems on point with this banger. 
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Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...
Last post by Grey Fox - Today at 07:59:51 PM
I'm happy to know the West can also be divide within itself.
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Gaming HQ / Re: Real RPGs, none of that ne...
Last post by Darth Wagtaros - Today at 07:25:43 PMI'd like to play more Dungeon Crawl Classics.
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Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...
Last post by Jacob - Today at 06:31:36 PMI know you're all absolutely riveted by the BC Conservative Party drama.
The current situation:
Rustad says he's still the leader, nothing's changed. Some MLAs say he's still their leader.
The new interim leader - Trevor Halford - says he's the leader. The party's board says Rustad is not the leader.
The logic of the removal is that the BC Conservative Party constitution says:
What the board did was to declare Rustad "professionally incapable" as grounds for removal.
Rustad has declared that that is a bunch of BS (he used the words "give me a break", which I think of as old school BC phrasing for "that's BS").
David Eby, the BC Premier (NDP) sticks the knife in a bit, saying:
That said, some of the rebels also seem to be coming from the centre-seeking Liberal-Conservative coalition wing of the party. It seems like both wings of the big tent are dissatisfied. There's also been some rumbling about Rustad's leadership having made fundraising difficult... whatever that suggests.
Stay tuned for more of "as the BC Conservative Party turns"
The current situation:
Rustad says he's still the leader, nothing's changed. Some MLAs say he's still their leader.
The new interim leader - Trevor Halford - says he's the leader. The party's board says Rustad is not the leader.
The logic of the removal is that the BC Conservative Party constitution says:
QuoteThe Leader can only be removed from office by resignation, death, incapacitation, or the leadership review vote resulting in less than fifty percent (50%) support of the Party Members in good standing who vote in a universal secret paper ballot."
What the board did was to declare Rustad "professionally incapable" as grounds for removal.
Rustad has declared that that is a bunch of BS (he used the words "give me a break", which I think of as old school BC phrasing for "that's BS").
David Eby, the BC Premier (NDP) sticks the knife in a bit, saying:
Quote"This is not a surprise that we continue to see this chaos," Eby said.
"The kinds of people the Conservatives brought into the legislature, the anti-vax conspiracy theories, the pro-Trump tweets, the YouTube bloggers — I don't know how you hold a group together with that kind of hodgepodge of craziness."
That said, some of the rebels also seem to be coming from the centre-seeking Liberal-Conservative coalition wing of the party. It seems like both wings of the big tent are dissatisfied. There's also been some rumbling about Rustad's leadership having made fundraising difficult... whatever that suggests.
Stay tuned for more of "as the BC Conservative Party turns"
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Gaming HQ / Re: Europa Universalis V confi...
Last post by Josephus - Today at 05:21:13 PMQuote from: Valmy on Today at 04:13:19 PMQuote from: The Minsky Moment on Today at 04:08:13 PMThey fixed up Vic 3 pretty good; they'll fix up EU5 once they calm down and stop course correcting by spinning the wheel wildly in the opposite direction. Like I keep saying, around 1.12 or so.
Sure. But EUV is perfectly functional and fun to play now. And even if there are balance issues the damn thing plays so slowly it will take you tons of hours for them to bother you.
And that last point isn't ever changing.
No. That's why what I want for Xmas 2026 is a later start date
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Off the Record / Re: The AI dooooooom thread
Last post by The Minsky Moment - Today at 04:41:15 PMQuote from: HisMajestyBOB on Today at 03:37:37 PMGonna have to replace my silicon chips with potato chips.
Just like we make computer in Soviet Russia!
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Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...
Last post by Jacob - Today at 04:19:42 PMSo Rustad said he's not going to resign because of the letter (apparently the names of the 20 MLAs aren't public). Arguments in favour of his position are that he recently got 70% of the membership votes in a leadership review*, and that the party's constitution allegedly doesn't have anything saying MLAs can remove a leader.
(* though the turnout rate was only 15% of membership)
Against that argument, apparently the Board of the BC Conservative Party say they've removed him from his leadership position as of a few minutes ago. They've also, it seems, appointed an interim leader.
At this time it is unclear who's leading the BC Conservative group in the BC Legislative Assembly.
Exciting times for the BC Conservative Party.
(* though the turnout rate was only 15% of membership)
Against that argument, apparently the Board of the BC Conservative Party say they've removed him from his leadership position as of a few minutes ago. They've also, it seems, appointed an interim leader.
At this time it is unclear who's leading the BC Conservative group in the BC Legislative Assembly.
Exciting times for the BC Conservative Party.
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Gaming HQ / Re: Europa Universalis V confi...
Last post by Valmy - Today at 04:13:19 PMQuote from: The Minsky Moment on Today at 04:08:13 PMThey fixed up Vic 3 pretty good; they'll fix up EU5 once they calm down and stop course correcting by spinning the wheel wildly in the opposite direction. Like I keep saying, around 1.12 or so.
Sure. But EUV is perfectly functional and fun to play now. And even if there are balance issues the damn thing plays so slowly it will take you tons of hours for them to bother you.
And that last point isn't ever changing.
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Gaming HQ / Re: Europa Universalis V confi...
Last post by The Minsky Moment - Today at 04:08:13 PMThey fixed up Vic 3 pretty good; they'll fix up EU5 once they calm down and stop course correcting by spinning the wheel wildly in the opposite direction. Like I keep saying, around 1.12 or so.
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