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#61

Gaming HQ / Re: Victoria 3

Last post by The Minsky Moment - April 18, 2024, 01:43:42 PM

In a France game, playing 1.06.  The new ledgers and stuff are cool. Pretty stable so far except for one colonial war that spawned with no front.  AI America didn't go after Mexico until the late 1860s but did start a pointless war for Alaska in the late 1850s.  They didn't send an army to the front, but instead fended off some Russian invasions of the east coast until peaceing out. Sardinia made some early moves to unification then chickened ot.

The French choose your own dynasty adventure feature seemed pointless.  The Liberal Revolution however was fun, with lots of unrest, personalities and interest groups to juggle.  Politics generally seems to be working better, with two big party blocs forming, each of which is competitive and alternating in power.  It's the first Vic game I played where the election events seemed to actually matter.

One glitch I noticed - very small POP fragments seem to be stuck at "impoverished" SOL even if their wages are quite high.  The game seems to round down their small fractional consumption to zero.

#62

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

Last post by Grey Fox - April 18, 2024, 01:29:22 PM

FHSA only last 15 years tho and then the money gets transferred to a RRSP. It's not a long term investment vehicle.

#63

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

Last post by Jacob - April 18, 2024, 01:20:12 PM

As long as Smith and her successors don't indulge in using the pension funds as a political tool you'll be fine. Even if she does you may be fine, but with less certainty.

#64

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

Last post by Barrister - April 18, 2024, 01:05:40 PM

The CPP is well run, so I think you'll be fine.

I would be less sanguine if my pension got pulled into an Alberta run plan, but even so it's probably fine.

CPP is fine, but I couldn't live off a CPP pension.

My pension is through MEPP, which is part of AIMCO, which is what Smith wants to run a separate Alberta Pension Plan.

#65

Off the Record / Re: Quo Vadis GOP?

Last post by Caliga - April 18, 2024, 12:50:48 PM

They are still somewhat common to see in rural Kentucky, a state which did not secede, largely stayed loyal to the North with the exception of some of its southern reaches, and was repeatedly invaded by the Confederacy.

#66

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

Last post by Jacob - April 18, 2024, 12:49:26 PM

The CPP is well run, so I think you'll be fine.

I would be less sanguine if my pension got pulled into an Alberta run plan, but even so it's probably fine.

#67

Off the Record / Re: 2024 US Presidential Elect...

Last post by grumbler - April 18, 2024, 12:47:03 PM

I've long decided that trolls and idiots should be treated the same way, ignored.  Neither one will ever admit that they were trolling/wrong, so it really doesn't matter to me which it is.  It saves a lot of mental effort.

But it is so much fun egging them on to see how stupid they can sound.  It doesn't matter for entertainment purposes whether they actually are stupid or just pretend to be stupid.

#68

Off the Record / Re: Quo Vadis GOP?

Last post by grumbler - April 18, 2024, 12:40:02 PM

Agreed, but like it or not, they are the legitimately elected government of Mississippi.

I can understand the Loser State honoring the Loser Country, but I see Confederate battle Flags in states that didn't even bigly lose a war.

#69

Off the Record / Re: Quo Vadis GOP?

Last post by HisMajestyBOB - April 18, 2024, 12:09:00 PM

I don't get the infatuation with an organization known mostly for being supported and run by a bunch of losers.

Agreed, but like it or not, they are the legitimately elected government of Mississippi.

#70

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

Last post by Barrister - April 18, 2024, 11:54:38 AM

Yeah I drop some money into a spousal RRSP, but don't actively contribute to an RRSP for myself.

If my government-run pension plan goes tits-up I'd be completely screwed.