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Off the Record / Re: Football (Soccer) Thread
Last post by Zoupa - Today at 02:54:19 AMIndeed. The Europa League final last year was 2 English sides, ranked 16 and 17th...
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Off the Record / Re: Football (Soccer) Thread
Last post by Norgy - Today at 02:18:28 AMThat was the end of a magical run by Nottingham Forest. A solid, well-deserved defeat at the hands of an Aston Villa side that rolled over against Tottenham. Forest have so many injuries at present, it was almost a C-side that Vitor Pereira brought onto Villa Park.
That an EPL side at the lower end of the league can reach the Europa League semis, though, speaks volumes about a worrying gap in European football. This should be competitions for the Sturm Graz, Ferencvaros, Villareal, Rapid Wien, Legia Warszawa type of clubs to shine. But it always comes down to the English sides.
That an EPL side at the lower end of the league can reach the Europa League semis, though, speaks volumes about a worrying gap in European football. This should be competitions for the Sturm Graz, Ferencvaros, Villareal, Rapid Wien, Legia Warszawa type of clubs to shine. But it always comes down to the English sides.
#3
Off the Record / Re: Iran War
Last post by Norgy - Today at 02:13:02 AMQuote from: Sheilbh on May 07, 2026, 06:35:01 PMAnd more openly. One example cited was a company that manufactures engines used in Shahed drones. Their website has an image of what appears to be a Shahed drone with the slogan "innovative solutions for aviation engines". The company's line was that they don't supply them to Russia or Iran and that they may have used AI to generate marketing material.
Not that my experience in advertising companies is more than three years, but AI for marketing? Christ.
#4
Gaming HQ / Re: Europa Universalis V confi...
Last post by Norgy - Today at 02:10:25 AMGetting there is a tough long slog, though.
I think I read somewhere that levies were supposedly a bit better in this version. Not in my experience. They have a tendency to get stackwiped easily.
While the mechanics are there in most P'dox games, that fighting in hills and mountains will be costly, I'd say only HoI has been as thorough when it comes to making sure you will feel that those snowy hills can't really support your troops or be taken easily.
I think I would like an HRE game to see how the overhaul of mechanics work.
What I can say is that the game runs stable, some small niggles still about a lack of good tooltips that you really need to search YouTube for, and a worrisome trend that historical outcomes do not come easily. I looked to the Russian lands, and by 1419, Novgorod is utterly dominant in a mish-mash of small states. I can blame no-one but myself about the Balkan situation, as there are no Ottomans, so Bulgaria and Serbia sort of exist. Very little blobbing in the HRE, and the Hundred Years War has not consolidated France much.
I think I read somewhere that levies were supposedly a bit better in this version. Not in my experience. They have a tendency to get stackwiped easily.
While the mechanics are there in most P'dox games, that fighting in hills and mountains will be costly, I'd say only HoI has been as thorough when it comes to making sure you will feel that those snowy hills can't really support your troops or be taken easily.
I think I would like an HRE game to see how the overhaul of mechanics work.
What I can say is that the game runs stable, some small niggles still about a lack of good tooltips that you really need to search YouTube for, and a worrisome trend that historical outcomes do not come easily. I looked to the Russian lands, and by 1419, Novgorod is utterly dominant in a mish-mash of small states. I can blame no-one but myself about the Balkan situation, as there are no Ottomans, so Bulgaria and Serbia sort of exist. Very little blobbing in the HRE, and the Hundred Years War has not consolidated France much.
#5
Gaming HQ / Re: Victoria 3
Last post by Syt - Today at 01:35:43 AMQuote from: HisMajestyBOB on May 05, 2026, 10:42:00 PMAnyone have any recommendations for good tutorials? I bought Vic3 ages ago, no DLC, and never played much, but now I have a computer that can play it so I'm gonna give it a go.
No idea, tbh.
@Zanza, from what I've seen, the bug situation is better, but the AI is still struggling a lot. I'd say if you want to play a session, revert back to 1.12, tbh. Another hotfix with some AI improvements is supposed to come next week. Also, they said they'll focus on bringing the AI up to speed in general ahead of the next DLC release.
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Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...
Last post by Valmy - May 07, 2026, 10:13:53 PMAs I said back in 2024 the stakes are enormously high. Labour must save Britain.
And they are fucking it up completely.
I am not sure why Starmer needed to hang around just long enough to be slaughtered, as if we needed to see it play out.
Only three years left Labour. Clock is ticking. The time for urgency was two years ago.
And they are fucking it up completely.
I am not sure why Starmer needed to hang around just long enough to be slaughtered, as if we needed to see it play out.
Only three years left Labour. Clock is ticking. The time for urgency was two years ago.
#7
Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...
Last post by Sheilbh - May 07, 2026, 08:06:18 PMWon't be many results tonight but the BBC was reporting that Labour's vote had fallen 50 points in Halton in Liverpool. David Lammy said he didn't believe that would hold up.
It has
Patrick Maguire of the Times (and, crucially, Southport) suggeting this might be the night Scouse exceptionalism ends. But Labour losing seats they previously had 80% of the vote in to Reform now on 50%+ is not great. There's been a few more seats in that area going in a similar way. This is Liverpool commuter belt territory. Across the entire council, Labour have held on - but only a third of the seats were up for election so Reform won 15 of the 18 possible:
The briefing from Number 10 yesterday was that they were going to fire Shabana Mahmood and do a "progressive" reset and I think they're going to see the challenge of that because they're losing to Reform, Greens and Independents. It's more "Manchester United must improve in a number of areas, including passing, creating chances and defending."
Again very early but Professor Sir John Curtice saying Reform look like they're about where you'd expect given the national opinion polls (but quite a lot of evidence of direct Labour-Reform swings). Labour are doing very bad (on average down 20 points) - but also on very limited evidence at this stage, even worse, in areas with significant Muslim communities. Tores doing better than expected and only seem to be down 5 points (and some evidence of Lib Dems and Labour possibly voting tactically Tory to stop Reform in some areas). Too early to say on the Greens (and the areas you'd expect the Greens to do well in won't start counting until Friday morning).
Edit: Labour also lost control of Hartlepool council (Mandelson's former seat, incidentally) - again only a third of the seats were up. But Reform won 11 of those 12. The local MP's wife (who was council leader) lost her seat. He has now been the first to come out calling for Starmer to go - "timetable for departure" is code for Burnham (as is the line about a full breadth of talent being able to stand):
It has
Patrick Maguire of the Times (and, crucially, Southport) suggeting this might be the night Scouse exceptionalism ends. But Labour losing seats they previously had 80% of the vote in to Reform now on 50%+ is not great. There's been a few more seats in that area going in a similar way. This is Liverpool commuter belt territory. Across the entire council, Labour have held on - but only a third of the seats were up for election so Reform won 15 of the 18 possible:
The briefing from Number 10 yesterday was that they were going to fire Shabana Mahmood and do a "progressive" reset and I think they're going to see the challenge of that because they're losing to Reform, Greens and Independents. It's more "Manchester United must improve in a number of areas, including passing, creating chances and defending."
Again very early but Professor Sir John Curtice saying Reform look like they're about where you'd expect given the national opinion polls (but quite a lot of evidence of direct Labour-Reform swings). Labour are doing very bad (on average down 20 points) - but also on very limited evidence at this stage, even worse, in areas with significant Muslim communities. Tores doing better than expected and only seem to be down 5 points (and some evidence of Lib Dems and Labour possibly voting tactically Tory to stop Reform in some areas). Too early to say on the Greens (and the areas you'd expect the Greens to do well in won't start counting until Friday morning).
Edit: Labour also lost control of Hartlepool council (Mandelson's former seat, incidentally) - again only a third of the seats were up. But Reform won 11 of those 12. The local MP's wife (who was council leader) lost her seat. He has now been the first to come out calling for Starmer to go - "timetable for departure" is code for Burnham (as is the line about a full breadth of talent being able to stand):
QuoteIt has been a terrible night for the Labour party. What I've seen here is extraordinarily good, hard-working, Hartlepool people lose their seats. I've seen canvassers working night and day in this election and it's all been for naught and the reason has absolutely nothing to do with them.
They are delivering for this town, they have been delivering for this town and the reality is we need change at the top of the Labour party.
I think the very best thing the prime minister could do now is address the nation tomorrow and set out a timetable for his departure. We can then have an orderly transition, one that, by the way, ensures the full breadth of talent within the Labour party is able to stand, should it want to.
#8
Off the Record / Re: Iran War
Last post by Sheilbh - May 07, 2026, 06:35:01 PMAnd more openly. One example cited was a company that manufactures engines used in Shahed drones. Their website has an image of what appears to be a Shahed drone with the slogan "innovative solutions for aviation engines". The company's line was that they don't supply them to Russia or Iran and that they may have used AI to generate marketing material.
#9
Off the Record / Re: A Collection of Unimitigat...
Last post by jimmy olsen - May 07, 2026, 06:30:44 PMRaising Carthaginian Armies, Part III: Generals, Warlords and Vassals
https://acoup.blog/2026/05/01/collections-raising-carthaginian-armies-part-iii-generals-warlords-and-vassals/
https://acoup.blog/2026/05/01/collections-raising-carthaginian-armies-part-iii-generals-warlords-and-vassals/
#10
Off the Record / Re: Iran War
Last post by crazy canuck - May 07, 2026, 06:13:20 PMQuote from: Jacob on May 07, 2026, 03:31:02 PMQuote from: Sheilbh on May 07, 2026, 01:20:20 PMAnd reporting that China is now openly allowing the supply of dual use (often German designed and then Chinese built - no doubt the IP extracted via a JV) material, particularly for drone and missile manufacturer, to both Russia and Iran.
Bad news for Ukraine
Shielbh got it part right. The reports are the China is continuing to supply drone parts.