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NetEase continues with their cutting spree... I am so pissed now

Every war in the ME and event that causes instability causes a temporary increase in the oil price and then once the war is over the oil prices stabilizes and drops This happens every single time because of risk sentiment, speculation and supply chain issues like Iran closing the Straits of Hormuz The oil price doubled during the First Gulf War Here is a link that highlights the most significant events in the ME that create this oil price increase. This will only benefit Russia temporarily because the current oil price levels will drop back to levels before this latest conflict because the fundamentals of oil supply and demand havent changed InvestopediaHistory of Oil PricesA history of the major moves in oil prices including the Arab oil embargo, First Gulf War, 2008 financial crisis, and 2020 crisis. " First Gulf War In August 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait, sending the price of oil soaring from about $65 per barrel to over $90 by the next month. After a U.S.-led military coalition succeeded in removing Saddam Hussein's Iraqi forces from Kuwait in early 1991, the price fell to about $44.94 Macrotrends. "Crude Oil Prices - 70 Year Historical Chart."

The body return figures are only really interesting because Ukraine claims to have recaptured a lot of land over the past few months, but the ratio of bodies returned remains in 20ish to 1 territory against them. And they have recaptured a lot of land, though much of it is land Ukraine and pro Ukraine mappers never admitted to having lost; but still, for these purposes Russia definitely hasn't been advancing at a 20:1 type ratio since maybe August(?). I agree with most of the rest- attacking Iran is actually a disaster for Ukraine for multiple reasons; and even the positives are mostly rubbish, eg people saying Russia won't be able to import any Shaheds any more when Russia hasn't imported them since early 2024. But, Russia was never selling oil at 40USD, that's not all that much above the break even point for Saudi's sweet light oil. They'd literally literally have been losing money on every barrel pumped, not just selling below the theoretical/ nominal break even point. That figure comes about by subtracting all the costs from the list price, then saying it's being sold at a $25 discount. That's double dipping, since you don't subtract those costs from anyone else. Most of the info is that it's being sold at roughly a $5 discount to India, which is more than enough on the amounts shipped for them to have pretty blatantly ignored the US down to saying they didn't need a sanctions waiver because they'd never stopped buying Russian oil yesterday. It's a billion dollars ++ p/a that Russia isn't getting, but that certainly ain't a third of their income.

Have you tried talking to Pietro directly? If you run the console command PrintGlobal n_Iron_Gut_Quest_Stage what is the result that displays in the combat log? (This console command doesn't disable achievements)

Same dilemma here - my plan was for Resident Evil next but waiting for the PSSR update. Also maybe Crimson Desert - I prefer to leave it a short while for bugs to be sorted. The issue is at the top of the issue log so fingers crossed it gets sorted soon!

Me, Wife, and Child used to join through multiplayer this past year. Me on the PC, they are on different Xboxes. Currently we cant find each other, even when making a shared world. Game would say the host is online and if we want to join, we try and on the "Games hosted by friends" page there is nothing there. Me and my wife have been playing since Grounded 1 Beta cross platform, Please Help! :-) P.S. Still a great game but we haven't been able to play for a couple of weeks since the update. . .

Yeah I'm having the same issue. I know it's a known issue but with no idea how long it'll be until it's fixed, I may just have to do the Archive and not get to see what happens if you can work with both factions. My other option would be stop playing OW2 until it's fixed but knowing myself that probably means I just would get into a different game and forget to ever come back.

Split off from previous thread.... "Then I'll sign it. A pen! Und stratz mit ze uldensackt. I'll sign it! Und stratz mit sei öldensackt, il der, der flutens... , der... , der... , und strippensackt! A pen! I'll sign it. Napaloni, de grosse peanut, de cheesy ravioli. There!" -Adenoid Hynkel

The never ending war for peace prizes continues

Again, Zopartor, the side that retreats has more harder time to recover bodies and RU throws Russian bodies in this exchanges. _________________ The US could lift sanctions on more Russian oil, says Bessent.https://www.globalbankingandfinance.com/us-lift-sanctions-russian-oil-bessent/ The US says Russia sanctions relief is 'temporary.'https://www.argusmedia.com/en/news-and-insights/latest-market-news/2797644-us-says-russia-sanctions-relief-is-temporary Last year, Russia had to sell oil at $40USD/bbl and spend resources bypassing sanctions. Now they can sell at nearly two and a half times last year's price without sanctions. For those who don't underestimate how significant it is, imagine that you get half your income from work and half from investments or landlordism. Imagine that before, you were struggling a bit to pay your bills but not close to bankruptcy. Now, you got a 3x wage increase. That is basically what happened to Russia. I wound't be surprised if they leave negotiations or demand something much, much worse than what Witkoff demanded. Among the most "propagandists" pro-Ukrainian that I follow, near everyone is celebrating US strikes on Iran. The best analysts, like Anders Puck, worry about this war's impact on oil prices, supply chain strain of interceptor missiles, normalization of crippling demands, destabilization of the Middle East, among other variables. He also criticizes the US for having too vague and extreme objectives and no strategy on how to get them.

Slay the Spire 2 is very similar to the first one. Almost like an update. Which means it's good, but also maybe not different enough for some players? I'll probably play it more only after 1.0 hits.

“I have a problem in Grounded 2. Every time I load my game, my character falls under the map. It happens with every save I try to load, not just one. I can’t play because I immediately fall through the ground. Does anyone know how to fix this or what I should do?”

I’m gonna go ahead and assume that this was never fixed as I have all three items and the conversation option doesn’t appear when I talk to Rosanella. Countless bugs , this game should never have made it to sale. It’s unfinished and amateur. And to think the first game was so much worse. I’m guessing there is no work around for this? I think I’m gonna quit it and find somethin less time wastey. Thanks soooo much Obsidian

as likely to happen as being distracted by the new ballroom plan it is pointless to try and catch up with the stupidity of usa now

He believes in many things that aren't real, so yeah it's concerning about their strategic vision for Iran.

the bill will be really high when tanker are forced to run strait of hormuz

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-privately-shown-serious-interest-us-ground-troops-iran-rcna262176 I'm guessing the thinking is going that since Venezuela was so easy, this will be too.

Trump’s War On Iran: Myth Vs. Fact

Just here to add my disgruntledness to this pile. Looking forward to this being fixed; please and thanks.

Those Shaheds made with motorcycle parts blew up not only that $1.1 billion early warning radar in Qatar, but THAAD in Jordan and UAE

I’ve started my own quest of hunting bugs for their golden cards, and I realized that I don’t have most of the O.R.C bug cards, and I was wondering if a small update for O.R.C bugs could come back instead of disappearing for good, other then the raids from them which rarely happens.

I'll just say I (largely) agree with the article and leave it at that. And there have been several other articles too making this same point.

I hope he won't forget to bill the department of war for use of Ukrainian drone specialists.