State of the Game

[Just]

The sort of thing that makes me feel a WHOLE lot less annoyed about my piffling problems.

Sorry about the mess you're having to deal with, my German friends!

I'm more concerned about the incoming aftermath then the flood itself.

It will give "The Green Party" a boost in popularity, and with all due respect to the problems with climate change,
THEIR proposed solutions to most of issues in this area are very often detached from reality, ideologically fueled, genuine madness.

 

[Several Puffins]

NPC that I KNOW that I can't lose to no matter what I do for 10 minutes is NOT 10 times as challenging as fighting one for 1 minute that I know can mess up my day seriously

I agree here, I would much prefer quicker, higher risk combat to what we have now. The issue with that balance is insta-ganking if you don't have perfect engineering. Not sure of the solution.

due to a bunch of n00bz crying about how NPCs could kill them, but I could very well be wrong

I understand it was g5 engineered stupid AI, not better AI, that was giving people trouble, but I could definitely get behind higher difficulty even that way if it didn't make the fights so interminably long.

 

[MishaTX]

It will give "The Green Party" a boost in popularity, and with all due respect to the problems with climate change,
THEIR proposed solutions to most of issues in this area are very often detached from reality, ideologically fueled, genuine madness.

Not particular to that party. It's very, very common throughout human history with maniacally focused ideologies: Find something to blame, then blame it for everything bad that happens, no matter what. Human nature. Pick an enemy, blame it for everything you don't like, throw logic and reason out the window.

 

[Just]

You're right - let's talk about the period from 1933 - 1945 instead.

But it aren't the Germans to blame for this grim times.
It was some folk.
Probably invaders from Mars.

 

[MishaTX]

I understand it was g5 engineered stupid AI, not better AI, that was giving people trouble, but I could definitely get behind higher difficulty even that way if it didn't make the fights so interminably long.

I do remember hearing about AI that had weapons made of unobtainium with unlimited ammo and clearly, that's as dumb as just giving them 10 times the hit points. If that was the case, then I'd have been complaining too.

 

[MishaTX]

But it aren't the Germans to blame for this grim times.
It was some folk.
Probably invaders from Mars.

At any rate, the way I see it, the ones to blame for it are all dead now. And good riddance. I just wish, and I'm sure that 99.99999999999% of Germans feel the same way, that they'd died a whole lot sooner.

It is what it is. Can't change the past, but we can use our knowledge of it to shape a better future.

Edit: The ones dwelling on the past are just as stupid as the ones trying to forget it.

 

[Just]

I do remember hearing about AI that had weapons made of unobtainium with unlimited ammo and clearly, that's as dumb as just giving them 10 times the hit points. If that was the case, then I'd have been complaining too.

Don't forget endless chaffs, endless heatsinks etc.

 

[Ralph Vargr]

Now there's a can of worms you might not want to open. I'm pretty sure they weren't just referring to good old fashion Gutenberg style printing presses when they mentioned "freedom of the press" either, or the Internet would be in a heap of trouble

A good argument can be made that they didn't mean howitzers, however, considering that they're incredibly hard to "bear", no matter what Hollywood movies might suggest

Try mortars...

 

[Several Puffins]

Don't forget endless chaffs, endless heatsinks etc.

I don't know if this was true in the early days of horizons, but the chaff/hs limit was pretty well abided by by NPCs just before EDO dropped. If I was fighting a krait/python in my DBS it would go on long enough for them to run out!

 

[MishaTX]

Try mortars...

You'll take my mortar from my cold, dead hands!

 

[Just]

At any rate, the way I see it, the ones to blame for it are all dead now. And good riddance. I just wish, and I'm sure that 99.99999999999% of Germans feel the same way, that they'd died a whole lot sooner.

It is what it is. Can't change the past, but we can use our knowledge of it to shape a better future.

Edit: The ones dwelling on the past are just as stupid as the ones trying to forget it.

My comment wasn't to be taken too serious.
Actually my folk is still being salty and oversensitive over this (imagined) narration
but episodes like Merkel telling about European countries being freed from occupation, then mentioning their names, GERMANY included is not helping fixing this obsession.

But this is a toxic lunacy, nothing for me to feel in.

 

[[Diplomacy] Carnegie]

But it aren't the Germans to blame for this grim times.
It was some folk.
Probably invaders from Mars.

 

[MishaTX]

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Alright, THOSE could "invade" me any day of the week and twice on Sundays!

 

[Darth Ender]

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would only be fair if the men had to wear the same uniform.

 

[[Diplomacy] Carnegie]

Alright, THOSE could "invade" me any day of the week and twice on Sundays!

It's bunk-time again

 

[Just]

BTW Merkel has a history of other freudian slips
Like this one that probably triggered some OTHER folk pretty intense

"anti-Semitism is our government and civic duty"

All of representatives applauding after hearing that makes it even more... bizarre.

Source: https://youtu.be/mazfHrr9cOg

 

[MishaTX]

It's bunk-time again

That's why I'm not all that fired up over ship interiors (except for the flight deck, which is already there). Somebody might find my bunk! Especially in "current year" with no respect for privacy.

 

[Just]

would only be fair if the men had to wear the same uniform.

I miss times when this was the most appearing to masses level of "fairness"

Source: https://youtu.be/H77fRz1rybs

 

[Just]

So true. But I'm almost certain that something similar will happen again. Not necessarily in Germany and certainly not under the same label. In principle, it can happen anywhere where people seriously believe that national egoism is the medicine that cures everything. Unfortunately, I can immediately think of a few candidates (and don't necessarily want to exclude Germany either).

Nah, it won't happen.
There will be always some fans of this ideology, but the "glass ceiling" is holding it low enough.
Luckily

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[MishaTX]

So true. But I'm almost certain that something similar will happen again. Not necessarily in Germany and certainly not under the same label. In principle, it can happen anywhere where people seriously believe that national egoism is the medicine that cures everything. Unfortunately, I can immediately think of a few candidates (and don't necessarily want to exclude Germany either).

It can land anywhere. Our job is to keep an eye out for it. Which is why I find all of the revisionism with "canceling" uncomfortable facts from history so very troubling. It's not like we don't have the history to teach us, but it is all for nothing if we keep ignoring it.

If some people feel that their "safe space" is being violated by facts, then they need to grow up, because otherwise we'll keep making the same mistakes over and over again. Which, of course, we will, because it's so much more comfortable to pretend that the past never happened.

Meanwhile, those of us in the minority who actually DID pay attention, even when we very much didn't want to, will find ourselves face palming while the dumb majority does it all over again.