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Gaming HQ / Re: Europa Universalis V confi...

Last post by Josephus - Today at 09:06:17 AM

From the hotfix:

- Added two late-game advances to give malaria resistance.

I guess Europeans still didn't conquer Africa quick enough?

I'm not sure how they can. I am playing as Castille and i just don't have the money to do anything. Exploration is very expensive (mind you I'm running an inflation) and then the maintenance alone is more than I can afford. And in the end, is it worthwhile. I've gotten the Azores so far

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Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread

Last post by Josephus - Today at 09:04:21 AM

Saw an interesting movie on TCM the other day. A German movie made in 1946 in the Soviet zone. It was called something like The Murderers Among Us and was about a German soldier who feels remorse for a killing aktion in Poland. Interestingly the main actor was an ex SS officer.

The ending was meh---but I read the occupying powers didn't like his original ending

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Off the Record / Re: Football (Soccer) Thread

Last post by Josephus - Today at 09:01:39 AM

I like Canada's chances of getting out of their group.

32 of 48 teams make it to the next round, so yeah, odds are with them. they really need to beat Qatar and that should be fine. That said, everyone said Canada would beat Morocco last time and that did not happen.
Canada will struggle both against Switzerland and certainly Italy, if that's who they play.

Looks like I'll be going to see Germany v. Ivory Coast.

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Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by Richard Hakluyt - Today at 07:31:09 AM

Does not compute for the totalitarian mindset.

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Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by Norgy - Today at 05:47:17 AM

Soccer organisations give peace prices. So let's all settle down.

Trump called out the Norwegian PM it seems. I am less than impressed by neither the PRC nor the USA actually knowing that the Nobel Peace Prize is not handed out by our government.

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Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by Richard Hakluyt - Today at 05:26:54 AM

I would have thought that money is very important to 100% of the population 

It would be pretty shit not to have any money in a modern economy after all.

But in what way is it a "value" anyway    ?


As regards the rest of them I think that the long term consequence will be the death of the welfare state and the NHS (loud cheers from Magaland no doubt).

Shame that the replacement seems to be an oligarchy based on financial wealth.

#7

Off the Record / Re: The EU thread

Last post by Tamas - Today at 05:15:53 AM

Yes it's too americanised but also the whole world economy depends on how America is going to handle wealth inequality and the billionaire ketaminite ruling class they have created, so to some degree it should be.

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Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by Crazy_Ivan80 - Today at 05:07:13 AM

Smells like a partially covid induced change.

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Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by Josquius - Today at 04:40:35 AM

Top 2- Meh
Bottom 3- bad.... But I would wonder about eggs and chickens.

I don't think that the top two are being shed because people now feel an enlightened post-nationalism or confessionalism feeling an equal or greater obligation to all humanity. I think it's that they don't feel obligated or beholden or connected to anyone.

I can't remember where I read it.... I might have heard it on the rest is politics or somewhere like this. But it rang very true of what I've seen in person.

In local communities the people running the local food bank, doing voluntary litter picks, and generally doing all the really great stuff that helps communities get by- these tend not to be the frothing nationalist Tory/Reform voters who endlessly moan about the decline of community and blame it on the immigrants/trans/whoever.

Rather they tend to be the pretty hippyish, zero care for the flag, Green/Labour voters.

Big difference between patriotism and nationalism of course. A decline in patriotism isn't the thing to celebrate that a decline in nationalism would be (hence meh). But I don't see that its particularly necessary for people to live a good life. The 2 at the bottom left meanwhile...

Money is a funny one as.... The obvious in seeing it as a very important value is sad and depressing. But it is of course a cornerstone of society and necessary to do good things. Lots of interpretation there.

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Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by The Brain - Today at 04:03:11 AM

Biden body-slammed the desire for community involvement into oblivion.