October 4, 20223 yr On 9/9/2022 at 3:55 PM, JohnSnowsHair said: I think I'm going to take Age of Empires IV for a test drive this weekend... btw, F you for this. I've now been staying up late on weekends and forgoing gummies to try to finish the campaign. What a time sink. (but at least i'm learning some history and ish in the process)
October 4, 20223 yr 4 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said: btw, F you for this. I've now been staying up late on weekends and forgoing gummies to try to finish the campaign. What a time sink. (but at least i'm learning some history and ish in the process) I'm still hooked on AOE2. I use an emulator to play it on my Mac, but I'm considering buying a PC purely for stupid old school games I played in high school.
October 4, 20223 yr Russian soldiers are surrendering en masse The Chief Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine says that more than 2,000 Russian soldiers have contacted them over the past few weeks asking for an opportunity to surrender.
October 4, 20223 yr Just now, Lloyd said: I'm still hooked on AOE2. I use an emulator to play it on my Mac, but I'm considering buying a PC purely for stupid old school games I played in high school. If you have any questions or even need some help if you want to consider building one, let me know.
October 4, 20223 yr 7 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said: btw, F you for this. I've now been staying up late on weekends and forgoing gummies to try to finish the campaign. What a time sink. (but at least i'm learning some history and ish in the process) Just now, Lloyd said: I'm still hooked on AOE2. I use an emulator to play it on my Mac, but I'm considering buying a PC purely for stupid old school games I played in high school. I've actually not had nearly the time I'd hoped to play it. It's not bad, but I do feel a longing to fire up AOE2. AOE4 is worthy, and the campaign mode is somewhat interesting, but it doesn't feel like it scratches the itch in the same way as AOE2 did. Maybe it's just a nostalgia thing. I felt the same way playing StarCraft 2 relative to SC1. https://pcpartpicker.com/ is a good start @Lloyd
October 4, 20223 yr 4 of the 44 "tanks" destroyed by Ukraine just yesterday. I believe many were sunk on a barge in the Dnipro. I can't believe Russia is fielding its military in these death traps.
October 4, 20223 yr 30 minutes ago, JohnSnowsHair said: 4 of the 44 "tanks" destroyed by Ukraine just yesterday. I believe many were sunk on a barge in the Dnipro. I can't believe Russia is fielding its military in these death traps. Just using up old inventory. Smart really. All going according to plan.
October 4, 20223 yr 12 minutes ago, paco said: Just using up old inventory. Smart really. All going according to plan. Don’t you worry. Any day now the good troops and equipment will be arriving.
October 4, 20223 yr 13 hours ago, Bill said: Ah, F off with your wuss a** ish. First of all the Cuban Missile Crisis got the ish escalated out of it before the deal was made. It was a very tight rope everyone walked on. Second of all, stop buying his posturing, because that's all he's doing. That's his way of trying to get people like you to be ok to terms that are more amenable to him. That's it. You think he's some disorganized psychopath hell bent on world destruction? No, he's a self serving pragmatic psychopath. The kind that don't make decisions that don't appeal to self serving interests, like picking instant death. Honestly, you're taking the bait. Pretty hard. Yes, the Cuban missile crisis was a tightrope. And it terrified everyone involved to such an extent that the path they took was deescalation, removing nukes from advanced positions, and increased communication, not any kind of direct conventional confrontation. You get that right? The entire point of it was the rational actors of both the USSR and the US recognized that any direct, head to head fighting would spiral out of control into nuclear war and that this was an unimaginable outcome to be avoided at all costs. Literally the exact opposite lesson of the mouth breathing morons clamoring for NATO involvement. I think Putin is self serving, which is exactly why NATO entering the fold would significantly increase the likelihood of him responding to the escalation with his own escalation. His power would be under threat and it’s the only real chance he’d have to win. The use of a tactical nuke would not necessitate a strategic response by the US, which is the only way he would personally be under threat. If NATO responds with a strategic response, something like 90% of Americans would die in the response. Luckily the Biden administration doesn’t seem as insane as most of you.
October 4, 20223 yr 6 hours ago, Gannan said: Holy ish balls. You're just being intentionally obtuse at this point. NO ONE is disputing that it was a quid pro quo deal!!!!!! THERE WAS NO DEAL OR TALKS IN PLACE WHEN KENNEDY USED THE NAVY TO SURROUND CUBA! IT HAPPENED AFTER!!!! Every historian as well as high ranking officials within the US and Soviet government admit it was the closest we came to nuclear war... BEFORE THERE WERE TALKS OF A QUID PRO QUO DEAL! FFS a preschooler would have gotten the point by now. https://www.theweek.co.uk/66299/the-cuban-missile-crisis-how-close-to-nuclear-war-did-we-get You just co-signed a post that said removing nukes from Turkey was a face saving move for the USSR. It was not a face saving move at all — it was quid pro quo and the entire basis of the deal. And yes, it was the closest we’ve ever come to nuclear war. AND THERE WERE NO SHOTS FIRED. YOU ARE NOW AGITATING FOR DIRECT WAR WITH RUSSIA. THE ENTIRE LESSON OF THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS WAS TO AVOID DIRECT CONFRONTATIONS BETWEEN NUCLEAR POWERS AT ALL COSTS. EVERYTHING LEARNED FROM THAT CRISIS HAS BEEN LOST ON YOU. 6 hours ago, Bill said: That and I'm literally in Ukraine rn and I have in an active transfer request to the front so I don't know how I'm a chicken hawk. I haven’t called you a chicken hawk. That’s Gannan and company. I actually respect that you put your blood where your mouth is. It’s rare these days. That said, thank God you’re not in charge, because your view towards the possibility of a nuclear war is completely irresponsible.
October 4, 20223 yr Right, it must've just been a weird coincidence that the decision to remove the jupiters just so happened to be preceded by the sub-launched polaris platform entering service the year prior and could be surfaced at a moment's notice to launch right off the Turkish coast. I bet that was completely unrelated!
October 4, 20223 yr "Two iron laws of combat are, one, gain and maintain contact with the enemy and, two, be relentless in your pursuit." Love it. Sounds like Ukraine have got that those down pretty well.
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