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#21

Gaming HQ / Re: The Miscellaneous PC & vid...

Last post by Solmyr - November 29, 2025, 11:18:32 AM

Quite a lot actually, there are flavorful mission trees for even fairly minor countries.

#22

Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...

Last post by Josquius - November 29, 2025, 10:59:08 AM

I am glad their main focus revolves around what truly affects British people.

See the greens.
I'm loving Polanskis approach of ridiculing woke to focus on actual issues.

#23

Gaming HQ / Re: The Miscellaneous PC & vid...

Last post by Crazy_Ivan80 - November 29, 2025, 10:33:14 AM

The main issue people had with Imperator, I think, was that it sort of lacked a goal for the player outside of playing the Roman Republic. It seemed a bit bland at first, but I admit I really enjoyed a few runs on later patches and with some DLC. There were not that many DLCs.

It was the second time Paradox tried its hand at Roman history. It is better than the first.

invictus add a number of goals to several countries iirc

#24

Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...

Last post by Richard Hakluyt - November 29, 2025, 09:57:50 AM

They are irrelevant, best not to dwell on them too much unless it gives you entertainment.

#25

Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...

Last post by Tamas - November 29, 2025, 09:37:41 AM

I am glad their main focus revolves around what truly affects British people.

#26

Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread

Last post by celedhring - November 29, 2025, 09:15:04 AM

AHA!!! I caught Kubrick in a continuity fuckup.  Around 58 min of FMJ, they're riding a Sea King or some large copter,  but the shadow they cast is a small copter, like a Kiowa Scout.

 

I'm bored enough to check - and the shadow seems correct. I'm no chopper expert but it matches the one they are supposedly riding. Definitely not a Kiowa, note the wheels, not skis.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S06nIz4scvI

Shadow at 1:41.

#27

Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...

Last post by Josquius - November 29, 2025, 08:50:31 AM

Probably. Corbyn was around back when zionism wasn't a toxic ideology, back when there were big left wing links with the kibutz movement and all that.
Sultana is young enough she's only ever known zionism in it's modern sense as the expansionist Israel far right.

But funny to attack Corbyn for not being anti Israel enough when being too pro Palestine and not hard enough on anti semites was a big thing that brought him down.

#28

Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...

Last post by Sheilbh - November 29, 2025, 08:27:39 AM

Judean People's Front should be on the short list of names.

I have seen that there's a growing trend of calling Corbyn insufficiently pro-Palestinian and disrupting his meetings over this.

I think part of it is generational. So Sultana has said she is anti-Zionist, while Corbyn still frames his position as being in total solidarity with the Palestinian people and taking his lead from there. Sultana had a pre-conference rally last night and there were leaflets (not from her) on every seat questioning whether Corbyn was really anti-Zionist (eg he has praised the PA and talked about a two state solution in the past).

At Corbyn's pre-conference rally he was sharing the stage with Len McCluskey (former General Secretary of Unite, a very big powerful union) who's a close ally. There was quite a lot of disruption prompting McCluskey to shout (jokingly) at the disrupters "Saboteurs! MI5!"

Some Sultana supporters have since said they've been barred from the conference and said there's a purge underway.

As I say I think there is a generational angle which is  interesting - but generally I just think it'd take a heart of stone not to laugh.

#29

Gaming HQ / Re: The Miscellaneous PC & vid...

Last post by Norgy - November 29, 2025, 08:19:39 AM

The main issue people had with Imperator, I think, was that it sort of lacked a goal for the player outside of playing the Roman Republic. It seemed a bit bland at first, but I admit I really enjoyed a few runs on later patches and with some DLC. There were not that many DLCs.

It was the second time Paradox tried its hand at Roman history. It is better than the first.

#30

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

Last post by Josquius - November 29, 2025, 06:52:18 AM

Shooting at boats because of drugs, talking about invading Venezuela because of "drugs" but also this:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1kpm0rvxepo

No no no. Those were GOOD drugs.