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Off the Record / Re: Football (Soccer) Thread

Last post by Gups - Today at 12:13:36 AM

Welcome to my world! Last game of our worst season in a century. There's always next season...

#2

Off the Record / Re: Grand unified books thread

Last post by Gups - Today at 12:11:17 AM

I read that the show trial part at the beginning of the English translation is buried in the middle of the Chinese version as a flashback

#3

Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...

Last post by viper37 - April 30, 2024, 11:36:29 PM

PP has a short fuse.

And he's making a show in chambers, with another mp, to get expelled, then whine, as any good conservative would do this day.

Disgusting.

He's making a mockery of our institutions instead of attempting to reforming them

Your journey of turning into a liberal is coming along nicely

If PP keeps making clown moves he might force me to vote Bloc though.

I doubt Mark Carney can change 157 years of contemps toward French speakers.

Besides, he seems like a competent fellow who knows what he's talking about when discussing economics .  No chance the Libs would want someone like that and any chance of ever uniting the left would be gone.



In all seriousness, I don't think the angle of attack against Carney would be the same as Ignatieff, but more like "WEF" and " Bay Street Banker", trying to paint him as totally disconnected from the average canadian, with more clowneries.

And there's a good segment of the electorate who like that, left and right.  The PPC under Poilièvre has proven, in the polls at least, it cam attract young leftist voters.

Let's see if it translates to real votes with the general election.

#4

Gaming HQ / Re: Crusader Kings III

Last post by Syt - April 30, 2024, 10:44:18 PM

It's from the new dev diary.

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/developer-diary/dev-diary-147-some-words-from-our-game-director.1673686/

#5

Gaming HQ / Re: Crusader Kings III

Last post by jimmy olsen - April 30, 2024, 08:37:42 PM

Features list for Road to Power:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2671070/Crusader_Kings_III_Roads_to_Power/

The glory and might of the Byzantine Empire are yours to command in this expansion to Crusader Kings III. The unique politics and cultures of the heir to the Roman Empire are on display through new governing systems, new ways for characters to progress up the medieval ladder, and new activities for your characters. You can also explore a new exciting lifestyle as a landless Adventurer, seeking fame and glory across a living map of the medieval world.
Roads to Power features include:

Administrative Government: Experience medieval rule outside of the feudal system with new styles of empire management. A web of Governors jockeys for position in the empire with intrigue and power, sometimes rewarding merit and sometimes rewarding perfidy. Only a truly skilled Emperor can keep these squabbling forces in line.

The Family Estate: Run and manage a powerful Family Estate, the seat of your Houses' power. Construct new buildings and improvements to further your power and influence within the Empire.

A Life of Adventure: Freely roam the map, untied to any realm or holding, going where the winds of fortune blow you. Fulfil contracts as a landless adventurer, even through the generations, building up a reputation of your own. Earn gold, prestige and fame traveling the globe until you decide to settle down and claim a land you have earned through merit.

Influence System: Build up a character's influence within an administrative empire to climb even higher in the opinion of the Emperor, gathering more power to yourself. Start as a landless noble on an estate, and compete for valuable provinces to govern.

New Imperial Management: Run a sprawling imperial bureaucracy, appointing and directing the governors of your provinces.

Choose Successor or Caesar: The Byzantine Emperor can choose their heir from a list of Influential candidates or important family members, and even opt to co-rule if the burden of empire is too much.

New Byzantine Flavor Content: New events, monuments and activities built around the Byzantine theme, including chariot racing.

Cosmetic additions: A Byzantine-themed UI skin and new court fashions for your characters, as well as new 2D event art for activities like chariot racing, new on map monuments of the Byzantine and Roman worlds, new on map holding designs and a Byzantine throne room for Royal Court sessions, among other aesthetic improvements...

The "Life of Adventure", while an often requested feature, might end up really underwhelming, because without a demesne to rule, marriages to forge, wars to wage - what is there to do? Even as someone who leans more into the RP side of things, I expect this to be really lacking in features/content.

I saw on reddit earlier that there's a new start date at 1179. Is it true? Can't access steam from work

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Off the Record / Re: Vote for your favorite Aus...

Last post by Tonitrus - April 30, 2024, 08:27:34 PM

Guess I will vote #2. She seems like she would have orange slices and juice for all the kids.

I cannot help but notice how long her fingers are. I know it is not the same as pointy elbows, but still....

But for myself...I am a sucker for a lady in a sweater. 

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Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...

Last post by crazy canuck - April 30, 2024, 08:13:47 PM

I think this description from the Globe accurately describes what PP did

"When Mr. Fergus asked him to withdraw the unparliamentary term, Mr. Poilievre instead said he would replace the term with "extremist." But that's the kind of non-withdrawal the Speakers have been rejecting for decades, and Mr. Poilievre, a veteran of 20 years in the Commons, knows it. It would have been easy enough to say he withdrew the unparliamentary word – MPs do so it all the time, with wildly varying degrees of sincerity – but he obviously wanted to be suspended."

#8

Off the Record / Re: Vote in the Catalan electi...

Last post by Tonitrus - April 30, 2024, 08:13:47 PM

I think it depends on age for me.
20-something woman with a cross necklace: Probably a fundamentalist (assuming the rest of her clothes are conservative of course. I have ran across the occasional goth or other sort wearing one just for fashion).
50+ woman with a cross necklace: Very probably just something that belonged to her mother or she got as a teenager or the like and in no way indicative of her beliefs.

I have a work colleague from Lebanon who wears a cross. Given the particulars of that country, I would think that is an example of being very telling, if not necessarily of one's beliefs, but likely of one's identity/background.

#9

Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...

Last post by crazy canuck - April 30, 2024, 07:58:19 PM

The most rational thing is to be disgusted by the antics of both parties at the moment

#10

Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...

Last post by HVC - April 30, 2024, 07:50:26 PM

PP has a short fuse.

And he's making a show in chambers, with another mp, to get expelled, then whine, as any good conservative would do this day.

Disgusting.

He's making a mockery of our institutions instead of attempting to reforming them

Your journey of turning into a liberal is coming along nicely