BruceVC

Dont be too hard on yourself, before Putins war and the invasion most of us were saying things like " Putin would never be that stupid and invade Ukraine " and then some people were hand-waving the US accurate intelligence with comments like " LOL...you can never trust US intelligence. Remember Iraq and WMD" @Darkpriest still needs to send us the video of him eating his hat

Or the US breaks ties until Putin is gone and there is a more rational person in charge?I think we underestimate how a single leader can influence a country and how other countries engage with that country look at Mugabe (Zimbabwe), Franco (Spain) or Pinochet (Chile )

@Valsuelm Im glad you responded but I disagree with you on lots of things that include you cant separate Putin and his autocratic leadership, which undermines normal freedoms that exist in the US like the right to protest and the right to criticize any war, from the invasion of Ukraine They are inextricably connected because this is Putins War and his dysfunctional and sociopathic personality is a huge part of the unprovoked invasion of Ukraine and the war crimes committed by the Russian military just make things worse You will find very little sympathy or resonance on this forum for Putin and his invasion

I think he means its not going to deter the Ukrainian war effort and its not, they will continue to fight against the unprovoked Russian invasion

Do you consider Putin a good leader, is he someone who you would support if you lived in Russia? And just to be clear what I mean, he is an autocrat who has eroded or controlled most normal freedoms within Russia that include a free and independent media, the right to protest and the right to vote in free and fair elections But these things dont concern everyone which is why Im asking you?

Unlikely, my first mods are always extra monsters\aliens, extra NPCs and then any mods that balance the game like no level scaling But adult mods come later and Im glad you also thinking about it

Putins tried and tested military strategy, when you losing a war spread terror by targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure Russia's truly craven and appalling approach never ceases to amaze me

Yes but Russia says lots of things and most of them arent true NATO\West is not at war with Russia because they haven't declared war. Putins comments like " we are at war with the West " is just part of his overall grandstanding and hyperbole and its aimed at people within Russia who support Putins War and those that are anti-Western and believe in globohomo conspiracy theories and who say they opposed to the " evil, Western, Capitalist system " If Russia attacks a NATO country then NATO must declare war and bomb the Ruskie black sea fleet back to the Stone Age

I wish they would but I doubt it because that would be seen as an act of war and even though Im not worried the Russian military would last long against NATO I am worried that Putin being the warmonger and sociopath he is would use nukes

https://www.pcgamesn.com/starfield/interview-ex-Bethesda-dev Great link on Starfield, I particularly like this part "so big in fact that it’ll have 1,000 planets to explore that can be landed on anywhere. We had some questions for Purkeypile about how this was achieved, as while it’s been previously mentioned by director Tod Howard that procedural generation is involved with the over 100 solar systems, we don’t know exactly how " I cant wait for all the exciting " planet mods " that the industrious and brilliant modding community will create. This game is going to be epic

Okay but then you must be enjoying it to spend that much time on it, thats a tacit recommendation surly?

Gorthfuscious Im not sure if you being serious or joking, do you recommend Pathfinder?

Vals you should tell Putin that, he invaded Ukraine and started this carnage and war And he is a liar, you cant trust him as far as you can throw him. Remember when he said " we aren't going to invade Ukraine, our troops are just doing a training exercise on the border of Ukraine" Also if you dont trust any of the current media houses where do you get your information from, who can we trust if embedded journalists in Ukraine from numerous places report on the same stories?

Yes, I want to play these games. I have heard mostly good things about them. How has your overall experience been ?

Sounds serious almost like you saying war causes people to do terrible things to achieve victory Its true, thats what is often necessary in war and often occurs

My adventures in ToB are progressing nicely, after killing Yaga-Shura I decided to complete Watchers Keep ToB really is my best RPG of all time for several reasons that include I love all games that use the D&D, or similar, rulesets and FR is my favorite setting The high level battles are varied and exciting, it reminds me of D:OS2 The overall ToB narrative is excellent where you face different Bhaalspawn and where you have to consider your own dark destiny. Side quests are worthwhile and interesting The party interaction and Romance arcs are very entertaining Watchers Keep is probably my favorite side quest of all time, I loved the different levels and how you had to navigate them. At the end when I faced Demogorgon I realized I had been lied to by Odren so I returned to him and confronted him. He went into the Keep by himself and I sealed Watchers using the Ritual Scroll from the ghost. I decided its better not to try to kill Demogorgon because how that might unbalance the Abyss and trapping him within the Keep seemed more poetic and painful. And the one battle to unlock the seals with the Demons and the Hive Mother was the hardest battle I have ever had but I used summons strategically, spells to remove magic, delayed AOE spells like Skull Trap and HLA like Hardiness and I won on the 5th time Im am now on my way to the Oasis, grand events await me

Energy load shedding is normal in SA, you get use to it. At the moment we have had 2-4 hours a day for the last 2 months Businesses invest in generators or inverters so your business continues during load shedding And if it happens in the EU\UK its because of Putin using energy blackmail and the gas slowdown, so you blame him. I dont see it leading to political change because what political change would you expect, a UK\EU political party that supports Russia and not the EU? Thats highly unlikely, even the new " fascist " Italian party still supports Ukraine https://www.barrons.com/news/ukraine-can-count-on-italy-meloni-says-01664348106

Long overdue and its egregious that anyone should be prosecuted for usage and possession of marijuana

Okay Wormie you win, you hate CDPR and you dont care its a Polish company. I tried

Excellent trailer but how is this different to the AE edition released 1 year ago? I am an absolute Bethesda sheeeeeeep and I will " day 1 " purchase it if its got new features but since I currently have 3 different and unplayed versions of Skyrim on Steam I need some motivation?

Yes and if you live in that country wouldnt you be proud and supportive of that company because it benefits your country with the tax generated? And I assume you still have family and friends living in Poland and since we both agree that tax revenue is a good thing doesnt that mean you would support the success of CDPR as a Polish company because it benefits Poland and the people living there ?

They seem to be very reticent about Hadar....only time will tell

, I have never heard of it The only memorable game from SA is Stasis and Im not sure how many people know about it ? https://store.steampowered.com/app/380150/STASIS/ Ask your president why he gave a copy of W2 game to Obama, he can explain it Its just about being proud of something that comes from your country, patriotism and all that. I understand it

Yes and that is because OPEC is cutting 2 million barrels a day. But its simple supply and demand. It has nothing to do with the Western economic structure or sanctions against Russia so we dont want to read into it things that dont exist OPEC wants to make more money and they concerned with the overall demand for oil and " uncertainty " https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2022/10/05/gas-prices-going-up-opec-production/8191610001/

What would be fun about it? So we can see how much forced annexation\colonialism is supported when governments vote in secret and are hypocrites to what they say they believe in which is respecting sovereignty? What would be the point of a secret vote anyway because we wont know which countries dont respect international law and its not going to change anything? Its not going to end the war and Western sanctions will continue These votes in the UN are not binding, they more symbolic