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#31
Off the Record / Re: Hungarian Politics
Last post by Tamas - November 15, 2025, 11:14:28 AMOrban has started a "roadshow" campaign, I have seen the Guardian has an article on it: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/15/viktor-orban-hungary-2026-election-campaign-fidesz
I am not sure if they mention, but Peter Magyar decided to shadow him and hold public rallies in the same cities/towns on the same day as Orban is having his events.
The first city, Gyor, tells you all you need to know about the momentum of the two sides and how foregone a conclusion this election would be if it was an actual democracy.
This is Magyar on his event:
This is the building where Orban held his event, I believe you had to pre-apply to enter and they installed this black plastic "curtain" around it a day before the event:
Oh, and the police installing CCTV on the public square Magyar held his rally, I guess you can wave it away by caring for public safety:
Oh, and some polling showed that the majority thinks that the Tisza party (Magyar's party) candidates for Parliament (who have not been selected) are more competent than the Fidesz ones.
I wonder what will happen if in April Orban manages to get a victory either simply by having his overwhelming media and budget (state budget and party budget are inseparable) superiority, or by cheating.
The people fed up with him have tried everything these last 15 years. Voting separately on parties - disaster. Public pressure on these parties to ally and run as one - a bigger disaster. Now they are trying putting aside their personal political views and rallying behind the charismatic mid-Right candidate because they see the momentum. A lot of people will feel out of peaceful options if this fails. Whether that pushes apathy to unseen levels, or starts the violence, I have no idea.
I am not sure if they mention, but Peter Magyar decided to shadow him and hold public rallies in the same cities/towns on the same day as Orban is having his events.
The first city, Gyor, tells you all you need to know about the momentum of the two sides and how foregone a conclusion this election would be if it was an actual democracy.
This is Magyar on his event:
This is the building where Orban held his event, I believe you had to pre-apply to enter and they installed this black plastic "curtain" around it a day before the event:
Oh, and the police installing CCTV on the public square Magyar held his rally, I guess you can wave it away by caring for public safety:
Oh, and some polling showed that the majority thinks that the Tisza party (Magyar's party) candidates for Parliament (who have not been selected) are more competent than the Fidesz ones.
I wonder what will happen if in April Orban manages to get a victory either simply by having his overwhelming media and budget (state budget and party budget are inseparable) superiority, or by cheating.
The people fed up with him have tried everything these last 15 years. Voting separately on parties - disaster. Public pressure on these parties to ally and run as one - a bigger disaster. Now they are trying putting aside their personal political views and rallying behind the charismatic mid-Right candidate because they see the momentum. A lot of people will feel out of peaceful options if this fails. Whether that pushes apathy to unseen levels, or starts the violence, I have no idea.
#32
Off the Record / Re: Best movie prologue
Last post by frunk - November 15, 2025, 10:23:52 AMUp's opening montage is one of the greatest short films ever made, but I also voted for 2001 and The Big Lebowski.
#33
Off the Record / Best movie prologue
Last post by celedhring - November 15, 2025, 10:20:06 AMSo, was discussing the upcoming Odissey movie with a friend, and whether they would adapt all the bits in the beginning with several characters recounting the Illiad into some kind of prologue, ala LOTR. From there, we drifted into discussing our favorite movie prologues.
And since it's been a while since my last movie poll, here I am!
By movie prologue, I mean any scene at the beginning of a movie that gives exposition explaining the past events leading up to the narrative you're about to see, or sets up the world, the theme, etc... The prologue of Fellowship of the Ring is the perfect example. It doesn't need to be a full fledged scene or montage - text or voiceover count if they are memorable (Star Wars or Conan come to mind).
Again, the field is very large, so feel free to go beyond the ones I listed and take this as a way to discuss your favorite ones.
I'm not going to be too hipster here: the Star Wars crawl, the Galadriel prologue and Up's opening montage still give me goosebumps.
And since it's been a while since my last movie poll, here I am!
By movie prologue, I mean any scene at the beginning of a movie that gives exposition explaining the past events leading up to the narrative you're about to see, or sets up the world, the theme, etc... The prologue of Fellowship of the Ring is the perfect example. It doesn't need to be a full fledged scene or montage - text or voiceover count if they are memorable (Star Wars or Conan come to mind).
Again, the field is very large, so feel free to go beyond the ones I listed and take this as a way to discuss your favorite ones.
I'm not going to be too hipster here: the Star Wars crawl, the Galadriel prologue and Up's opening montage still give me goosebumps.
#34
Gaming HQ / Re: Europa Universalis V confi...
Last post by Tamas - November 15, 2025, 06:56:43 AMThe combined strenght of my vassals is weighing down their loyalty more and more. But annexing any of the strong ones would significantly hurt my income. Gonna' have to start doing it, though.
#35
Gaming HQ / Re: Europa Universalis V confi...
Last post by garbon - November 15, 2025, 06:28:00 AMQuote from: crazy canuck on November 15, 2025, 06:19:22 AMOr it is just needlessly complicated to code to cater to a niche group. Better to spend those resources elsewhere.
No it is pretty shitty coding if clicking between start dates causes the game to load improperly.
I totally understood their stance that maintaining many little used start dates (let alone history of everyday in the period) was not worth the resource. But if you do have more than one, game shouldn't break as you browse the different scenarios.
For EUV, I think time will tell if they need to budge or not. Difference with EUV is it picked only start date in a century none of the others covered. Could possibly be there are enough legacy fans who would actually play a 15th century start date.
#36
Gaming HQ / Re: Europa Universalis V confi...
Last post by crazy canuck - November 15, 2025, 06:19:22 AMOr it is just needlessly complicated to code to cater to a niche group. Better to spend those resources elsewhere.
#37
Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...
Last post by crazy canuck - November 15, 2025, 06:16:43 AMWell now we know what Putin has on Trump.
No way the GOP is going to support someone who blew Bubba.
No way the GOP is going to support someone who blew Bubba.
#38
Gaming HQ / Re: Europa Universalis V confi...
Last post by garbon - November 15, 2025, 05:21:01 AMQuoteIn EU4 starting at a later date famously could also screw up lots of things in the game. Even selecting a later date in the new game and then selecting 1444 again would mess things up.
Okay so the latter would simply be an example of shitty coding by Paradox?
#39
Gaming HQ / Re: Europa Universalis V confi...
Last post by Solmyr - November 15, 2025, 04:55:58 AMIn EU4 starting at a later date famously could also screw up lots of things in the game. Even selecting a later date in the new game and then selecting 1444 again would mess things up.
#40
Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...
Last post by Josquius - November 15, 2025, 04:03:13 AMNot learning the lesson they should already have been learning from the Green surge then....