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I mean they did with Starcraft Ghost

Exactly. that is what surprised me, usually companies don't put hard dates in teasers for that reason. We see dates when the product is locked in and they are just refining and bug fixing and even then they slip up. We can also add Cyberpunk 2077 to the list, the teaser came out 7 years in advance. But even they didn't commit to a date. Although this may be the worst example.

I should have said, a game that actually released. Both Pragmata and Avowed had massive delays. No one expected them to release that late. The point I was trying to make is that no one had that large of a gap between a teaser and expected release date. Elder Scrolls 6, they haven't even started development when they released that teaser. That probably had more to do with driving up the sale price to MS.

Also finished Zero Company. I am somewhere in the middle on it. The gameplay is good enough and the story, while better than XCOM, is still bellow KOTOR for me. But to be fair, while I like Star Wars, I am not part of the Star Wars cult. The game definitely picks up as it goes and that keeps you engaged and in that aspect is much better than XCOM which is kind of flat in that regard. The characters are likable. What I don't like is that they overly forced the cinematic aspect of the game. Wrong game format for that in my opinion. At 32 hours (for a full playthrough) it's not a long game, but then again if it was much longer with no expansion of gameplay along the way I think it would have overstayed its welcome. I recommend it at a discount, especially because it can do with some more patching.

I think it had some patches recently. I can't think of any game that had a teaser that early in recent history. Maybe I just wasn't paying attention. Congrats!

Wth is going on at blizzard. These teasers are a long way off. Well Warcraft/Starcraft were originally a Warhammer IP.

There are much better pictures here, but they changed how the book is embossed because they had lots of returns from people who were not happy how the foil and embossing were uneven. The original version had the leather pattern raised wherever there was foil, now the foil is flat.

Patch out for Zero Company. That's BS, neither is it rare or is it caused by spamming inputs. Other than that it's concerning that they didn't mention soft locks during enemy fights.

Got my leatherbound Wheel of Time book, now in 13 year I will have the full collection...

Preach!

They really need to patch the soft locking in Zero Company... Kills the will to play the game. FFS it locks up in the main menu...

It's a dead end job and position so the silver lining is that it's a kick in the ass for me to find something better.

Oh, forgot to mention, I got the boot. Client is downsizing (somehow convinietly lined up with the setup of Claud) and with the combination of my seniority and my long term project being closed, I was left in a position where I had the least amount of experience. They say they want to keep me and will try to find another position for me with the same client, but I am not holding my breath. Now the firm which outsources us will need to find me a new client. Managers are saying that there are positions available and there will not be any issues, but again, we shall see. Not really looking forward to being put on an AI project, but whatever, I guess I will start looking at other companies, especially if the new project has mandatory office time. Did pass the Foundation level Anthropic exam, I guess I will go for the professional next as it's somehow easier than the foundation, or that is what I have been told at least. In other news, I ordered up some posters/prints by Alphonse Mucha "La Primevere" & "La Plume". There was an option from the US, but I found a place in China that offered slightly bigger formats and 50% the price.

I mean heavy duty (60C sometimes 90C) is what I use for mine, except for the silk set, which has it's own program that runs at 30C. I have no issues with regular bed sheets and towels they come out very clean, I did have issues with the silk set where it would come out discolored by body oils, now that I think about it the same thing happened with the duvet, probably because it too has to be washed at 30C and also needs a mild detergent. The way I solved it is by adding Vanish whitener and stain remover (I think Resolve is something equivalent in the US) every time I wash them. Although my washer/dryer is very fancy and I never used a top load one so I can't really compare. As for rinsing properly, that is just the bane of modern washers. They now aim to use the least amount of water and electricity, so you need to play around with the settings and increase the water consumption.

That didn't take long. Which IRC were you on?

Wasn't even aware that it was out. Then again never liked Witcher either. Control 2 is what I'm hyped for.

Ninja turtle style. She looks like April. We both like Violet Evergarden, so there's that too. I think you recommended that one.

Been mentioned around here a couple of times, one of the rare anime/manga that @majestic and I align on.

I read Nexon was aiming to buy the starcraft ip.

A lot of Europe has AC, there isn't an apartment in Serbia and Balkans without it. Italy and Spain are probably the same deal. The issue other countries north are having is that their summers had gotten hotter. I imagine that it's a couple of idiots that are yelling that are being amplified by the government, probably due to infrastructure that would collapse by mass AC adoption. Energy is in a precarious state in EU, no dirty coal, nuclear is not popular apart from France and gas is no longer cheap and readily available.

This channel is one of the best yt military analyst around. It's in Serbian, but there are subtitles for some videos like the one above. This one is also great but sadly no translations. He analyzes in details the what happened in invasion of Kyiv, along with the losses.

Zero Company is much more cinematic, so the story should be better. Performance is palatable. It's not good, but it's playable, especially considering that I am using the highest settings and native resolution. I'm still early on in the game (or at least I think I am) so I'm reserving judgment. Oh and I found out you can change the action wheel in the game settings.

Roof angle: Now the americans will need to one up them.

Oh yeah, you reminded me. You can't fast forward the enemies turn... I think they are trying way to hard to be cinematic.