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BruceVC

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  1. Why you leaving out Alpha Protocol? You love that game, do you remember that was one of the first discussion we ever had way back in 2010-2012 when I first played AP and you gave me advice
  2. Yes but thats also obvious, all mobs and cartels dont operate in the open because then there structural and systemic criminality would be publicly exposed and scrutinized by everyone Can you imagine an openly Mexican Cartel aligned mayor and his speeches " today we brought in 1 ton of fentanyl, street prices are going to be consistent " So they operate in the shadows by design and the more corruptible a particular politician is the better
  3. It might be related to a mod I loaded that I uninstalled after completing the main quests on map 1. I havent been to map 3 yet so I will see if I get more Resistance points for completing main quests on that final map You could be right because I noticed when I completed 1 quest on map 2 I got 800 points and that was after I removed the mod as well
  4. Im about 40 hours into Far Cry 5 and Im not happy with how the Resistance points work. It was fine in the beginning but its now becoming laborious and repetitive In order to complete the 3 maps you need to gain Resistance points and you need between 10k-13k for each map and you get different amounts of points for each task or quest you complete so in the beginning it was fun because you can choose what tasks you can select so its like open world But then I completed all the main quests on map 1 which is John Seed and I had only achieved 6.5k Resistance points which means you have to now grind the activities which respawn. And this is the problem, there are only 5-6 activities like free hostages and destroy a roadblock and it gets boring very quickly doing the same activity over and over again And the same progression is designed the same way for each map. Its getting so boring I may even quit the game but I will probably finish it through hours of grinding because I dont like quitting any game But the Resistance points become a really bad design as you progress in the game
  5. That is interesting. Im sure there are more cases of that and it would be applicable to happen in NJ and in that time period if you think of the era of prohibition and the influence of the mob and the rampant political corruption
  6. The irony about Putin is if he had the confidence and belief in his own policies and support he could have a free and fair election and there is a good chance he could win legitimately Its impossible to know the true numbers but he has at least 40-60% of the country supporting him But autocrats like him cant take the chance of being defeated which is why they will ensure the reality of the political environment is not free and fair
  7. I have played every Obsidian game you mentioned except for Outer Worlds and I loved them all for different reasons My favourite games being PoE2 and NWN2 But they all very entertaining. Obsidian is definitely one of my favourite current gaming studios alongside Bethesda, Larian and CDPR But its generally more accurate for me to list my top 10 favourite games because of the high number of excellent studios out there
  8. Its quite funny and confusing but on Codex you have people in the Ukraine thread who are openly Neo-Nazi but Im not sure exactly what that means to them Most of them are Russian or from East European countries and they have these endless debates about Slavic ethnicities and who is white and who isnt But the Russian Neo-Nazi dont support Putin but they dont support Ukraine either because " white " people are getting killed on both sides and Putin is using a form of replacement theory in Russia with immigration from countries like Dagestan and Chechnya Its really confusing because there are all these ethnic groups within Russia that I have never heard of and most of the time I have no idea what they talking about
  9. Like I often mention its always good to have breaks from playing the same type of genre That way I never get bored and I miss my favorite genre which is fantasy RPG
  10. I have heard very good things about Underrail, is it a good party based RPG? Has anyone got any views
  11. Absolutely, its one of those long videos you watch in the background and its also not a political message I have got into a habit of watching these types of videos during load shedding which is for 2 hour windows once a day. But sometimes we can go for 5-6 days with no load shedding and then it comes back for 2 weeks But its a good time to watch Youtube videos because I can use my cell phone and wireless and fiber still works
  12. Im breaking my rule about not posting videos longer than 20 minutes but @Wormerine you and others will appreciate this. Its 2 hours long but very relevant and interesting
  13. I am about 15 hours into Far Cry 5 and its delivering on exactly what I expect from FC games Ubisoft uses the same successful design with these types of games, you have your standard main quests but you have open world around how to complete them. Using resistance points is a genius way to give the player choice on how they want to progress Its also a beautiful game and Im running it on Ultra graphic settings and I enjoy the various companions and there stories Lots of activities and side quests means Im not bored yet and as usual with Ubisoft games I wont focus on the main quest until I start getting bored
  14. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/czech-initiative-fully-funded-800-000-artillery-shells-to-aid-ukraine/ar-BB1jw3UK Really good news to see how different EU countries are helping with Ukraines ammunition shortages Its important to try to not rely on the US because of the vacillating nature of MAGA Republicans
  15. Thats not completely accurate and in fact I would contend that my view is same as most people Protests are an enshrined right in all Democracies, as much as I get irritated by many protests I absolutely support the right of people to protest But the protests must be legal and protesters must not break the law and if people break the law they must be arrested and this applies to all protests irrespective if its a left or right-wing protest Im actually consistent in my view, I dont just say " only BLM protestors who are looting must be arrested " I said the same thing about the Canadian truckers protest. The moment the truckers blocked the highway they should have been given 2-3 days maximum to end the protest but then they should have been arrested
  16. https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240307-sweden-officially-joins-nato-prime-minister-declares-safer-country Sweden has officially joined NATO, well done Sweden Its a strange world we live in where countries like Finland and Sweden have now joined NATO because of Russian warmongering and concern of being invaded And yet I still hear people on Codex saying " Russia invaded Ukraine because of NATO expansion and because NATO wants to invade Russia " @Azdeus and @Pidesco I watched most of your PM NATO joining speech yesterday. He is very articulate and comes across in a very sincere and candid way I thought he explained the decision nicely and what he mentioned made sense to me
  17. Malc please, no need for racism. Lets just keep this debate civil. Remember we all support tolerance and try not to ever discriminate
  18. You know I like you but sometimes you misunderstand when Im joking or the context of what I say. And thats understandable because part of the misunderstanding is culture and translation and how the nature of Internet debate occurs, jokes and intent can often be misunderstood So in South Africa, and other countries, anytime there is protest or reason to protest people will 90% of time use the word outrageous when in fact its not outrageous what they say they protesting for or demanding, its opposite of outrageous and its an unreasonable demand they making . So the word gets misused and abused to achieve an ostensible " mass impact " in the conversation or to get public support for the protest. So for example public sector unions will demand double inflation increases and performance bonus when in fact all increases in SA are typically based on inflation So the unions will say something like " its outrageous the Capitalist public sector company wont agree to a 12% salary increase " when the reality is thats double inflation and most of our public sector entities are running at billions of Rands losses and dont deliver on services consistency like our electricity crisis and the failures to maintain power stations and corruption. So much of our pubic sector generally underperforms and doesn't do a good job at its core yet the unions are expecting bonuses and massive unjustifiable salary increases So I use the word outrageous because of that reason, its not to be taken seriously. Its part of much of global protest vernacular Our public sector wages bill uses 30 % of yearly tax revenue, we have the second highest paid public sector in the world relative to GDP yet we have terrible outcomes and delivery around the public sector https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-11-05-treasury-adopts-a-new-approach-to-rein-in-bloated-public-servants-wage-bill/
  19. Fair enough, its just outrageous not absolutely outrageous And we love the word outrageous in protest vernacular so I assume you fine with that characterization?
  20. Well in all Democracies you have a right to peaceful and legal protests But you dont have a right to break the law and block entrances so governments cant have meetings And then it depends on the nature of the protest and if that should influence government policy, Im not sure what pro-Palestinian protestors are expecting from the Canadian government? But lots of outrage from protests dont influence government policy, look at Occupy Wall Street or Davos protests. They dont achieve anything and they ignored but they allowed to happen
  21. I would assume its obvious, the EU has an official policy of supporting Ukraine and they dont support the warmongering of Russia or its invasion of Ukraine. And the EU definitely wont be on good terms with any country that considers the EU an enemy which applies to Russia So you need to accept that as an EU member if you want to be part the EU Leave the EU if you want to align with Russia and you dont believe in sovereignty of countries or the principles of Democracy?
  22. Yes, another Russian ship damaged or sunk by the usage of drones https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-sea-drones-a316215f5d9fc88a488ef2d99eb828c9
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