Thread for Gamers IX: God Howard Starfield Edition

[Saiwania]

Goodbye Flash support on current browsers. Now lets play with older browsers and see how at risk I can put my laptop in.

There are some better ideas if you still want to use .swf going forward. We're fortunate in that regard. Check out the up and coming Flash Emulators under development (such as the one made by Newgrounds). One of them is called Ruffle.

https://ruffle.rs/

Or go for this offline desktop archive software: Flashpoint by BlueMaxima- which attempts to curate every piece of Flash ever made into one collection. One version of the software allows someone to install all 532+ GB of Flash history as a local copy and another version is only 2 GB but it is download pieces of Flash as you go. It only ever connects to the internet to download games/movies you select and to do updates to application. Other than that- it is entirely offline. So it shouldn't have any security problems and its made in such a way that it'll keep working long after Flash is gone, all in its own sandbox.

[Serrus]

Goodbye Flash support on current browsers. Now lets play with older browsers and see how at risk I can put my laptop in.

There are some better ideas if you still want to use .swf going forward. We're fortunate in that regard. Check out the up and coming Flash Emulators under development (such as the one made by Newgrounds). One of them is called Ruffle.

https://ruffle.rs/

Or go for this offline desktop archive software: Flashpoint by BlueMaxima- which attempts to curate every piece of Flash ever made into one collection. One version of the software allows someone to install all 532+ GB of Flash history as a local copy and another version is only 2 GB but it is download pieces of Flash as you go. It only ever connects to the internet to download games/movies you select and to do updates to application. Other than that- it is entirely offline. So it shouldn't have any security problems and its made in such a way that it'll keep working long after Flash is gone, all in its own sandbox.

Yeah, I was gonna suggest flashpoint-- they even have games that weren't working before Flash died, like Path of the Jedi.

[Minoa]

I heard about the announcement of the KFConsole: I originally thought it was KFC’s parody on the wave of new consoles such as the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.

It may cause McDonalds to announce their McConsole, that references the design of their early branches, like the one in Downey, California.

[Ameriganastan]

As you may or may not recall, some time ago I complained about Stellaris and not being able to do the tutorial mission.

I couldn't get out of my damn home system. Cause the fucking ship wouldn't survey the sun like the stupid robot kept telling me to. So I just uninstalled it.

Well I mentioned this in a Discord chat when someone mentioned the game. Turns out the buttlicks who ported this game have you start with your base system already surveyed, but didn't bother updating the tutorial text to reflect that.

And now that I know this, I'm going back.

[The Huskar Social Union]

So apparently EVE Online had its biggest cyber massacre yet with 5500 players being killed and 250 Titans destroyed.

I dont play that game but the stories that come out of it sometimes fascinate me.

[Heloin]

So apparently EVE Online had its biggest cyber massacre yet with 5500 players being killed and 250 Titans destroyed.

I dont play that game but the stories that come out of it sometimes fascinate me.

EVE Onlien is a fascinating beast. You hear these interesting stories that come out of it but then you make the mistake of looking at the rest of the game it's more boring then a paint drying competition.

[Ifreann]

So apparently EVE Online had its biggest cyber massacre yet with 5500 players being killed and 250 Titans destroyed.

I dont play that game but the stories that come out of it sometimes fascinate me.

Gonna need a whole lot of Fs in chat.

[The New California Republic]

So apparently EVE Online had its biggest cyber massacre yet with 5500 players being killed and 250 Titans destroyed.

I dont play that game but the stories that come out of it sometimes fascinate me.

The "Corrupted Blood" thing in WoW still fascinates me even to this day.

[The Huskar Social Union]

So apparently EVE Online had its biggest cyber massacre yet with 5500 players being killed and 250 Titans destroyed.

I dont play that game but the stories that come out of it sometimes fascinate me.

The "Corrupted Blood" thing in WoW still fascinates me even to this day.

Oh wow i dont think ive ever heard of that one. Thats class.

[The first Galactic Republic]

So apparently EVE Online had its biggest cyber massacre yet with 5500 players being killed and 250 Titans destroyed.

I dont play that game but the stories that come out of it sometimes fascinate me.

The "Corrupted Blood" thing in WoW still fascinates me even to this day.

We should have heeded the warnings.

[Pax Nerdvana]

So apparently EVE Online had its biggest cyber massacre yet with 5500 players being killed and 250 Titans destroyed.

I dont play that game but the stories that come out of it sometimes fascinate me.

The "Corrupted Blood" thing in WoW still fascinates me even to this day.

Huh, that's really interesting.

[Atheris]

So apparently EVE Online had its biggest cyber massacre yet with 5500 players being killed and 250 Titans destroyed.

I dont play that game but the stories that come out of it sometimes fascinate me.

The "Corrupted Blood" thing in WoW still fascinates me even to this day.

Oh, is that the plague that spread throughout WOW?

[Valentine Z]

So apparently EVE Online had its biggest cyber massacre yet with 5500 players being killed and 250 Titans destroyed.

I dont play that game but the stories that come out of it sometimes fascinate me.

The "Corrupted Blood" thing in WoW still fascinates me even to this day.

"You did this to your people, knowingly??! Rahhhhh!"

Yeah, this one's from Warcraft 3, hehe. As for that event, if there is an exploit, you bet people will do it!

On a positive note, Fallout 76 had this glitch where if you do a certain side quest, everyone will get a can of meat stew, or something like that. Thing is, only you and your friends who did the quest are supposed to get it. It's funny because that could have been a feature for a quest with a title like "Feed the people".

[New haven america]

So apparently EVE Online had its biggest cyber massacre yet with 5500 players being killed and 250 Titans destroyed.

I dont play that game but the stories that come out of it sometimes fascinate me.

EVE Onlien is a fascinating beast. You hear these interesting stories that come out of it but then you make the mistake of looking at the rest of the game it's more boring then a paint drying competition.

I remember one time deciding to look at an archived EVE Online livestream, and all it consisted of was a guy checking over Excel spreadsheets for 2+ hours, making his monthly payment to his corporation (Yes, you have to pay real money to work at a company in the game. I'm sure Corporate America would love this concept), ending with him spending 15 minutes faffing about while going FTL to another star system, and in the end the chat was saying "GG man, got a lot done today. Can't wait for the next stream."

[Juristonia]

EVE's a weird one for me. Everything about the game itself sounds like I should love it, but what it's been turned in to just sounds tedious and boring as fuck, and also kind of a ripoff.

[The Huskar Social Union]

Army of Northern Virginia? What's that?

[The Huskar Social Union]

EVE's a weird one for me. Everything about the game itself sounds like I should love it, but what it's been turned in to just sounds tedious and boring as fuck, and also kind of a ripoff.

Yeah that game doesnt look fun, looks like a job at times.

[Atheris]

Army of Northern Virginia? What's that?

Holy shit. Nice.

[The Huskar Social Union]

Army of Northern Virginia? What's that?

Holy shit. Nice.

It really helps when you have played the battle in a previous attempt as this was my second attempt at a Union campaign, so i was able to correct parts of the battle where the confederates hammered me the first time around and inflicted far far more casualties on them in the first day, even managing to steal three supply wagons and completely wipe out a good few infantry brigades.

Then on the second day i was able to funnel the Confederates near a river on the bottom of a hill on my southern flank and due to how i built up my army this time i had a lot more reserves and a far larger overall army and attacked them from three sides and wiped out some more units including most of their artillery batteries. Which meant on the third day i just walked over them and launched a massive counter attack and actually surrounded and captured multiple brigades during the last few moments of the battle.

No pickets charge this time mother fuckers, the Union came for you.

[Heloin]

Holy shit. Nice.

It really helps when you have played the battle in a previous attempt as this was my second attempt at a Union campaign, so i was able to correct parts of the battle where the confederates hammered me the first time around and inflicted far far more casualties on them in the first day, even managing to steal three supply wagons and completely wipe out a good few infantry brigades.

Then on the second day i was able to funnel the Confederates near a river on the bottom of a hill on my southern flank and due to how i built up my army this time i had a lot more reserves and a far larger overall army and attacked them from three sides and wiped out some more units including most of their artillery batteries. Which meant on the third day i just walked over them and launched a massive counter attack and actually surrounded and captured multiple brigades during the last few moments of the battle.

No pickets charge this time mother fuckers, the Union came for you.

One of the most famous battles in American history, or as it shall now be known the Great Pennsylvania Turkey Shoot.

[The Huskar Social Union]

It really helps when you have played the battle in a previous attempt as this was my second attempt at a Union campaign, so i was able to correct parts of the battle where the confederates hammered me the first time around and inflicted far far more casualties on them in the first day, even managing to steal three supply wagons and completely wipe out a good few infantry brigades.

Then on the second day i was able to funnel the Confederates near a river on the bottom of a hill on my southern flank and due to how i built up my army this time i had a lot more reserves and a far larger overall army and attacked them from three sides and wiped out some more units including most of their artillery batteries. Which meant on the third day i just walked over them and launched a massive counter attack and actually surrounded and captured multiple brigades during the last few moments of the battle.

No pickets charge this time mother fuckers, the Union came for you.

One of the most famous battles in American history, or as it shall now be known the Great Pennsylvania Turkey Shoot.

44th Iowa and 9th Kentucky when the Confederates get pinned into a river on three sides:

Ive progressed now in the campaign, having fought Chancellorsvile, Chickamaunga and others and am now currently fighting Cold Harbour for the first time. Cold Harbour is where i basically declared my first campaign over as i was severely undermanned and had some tricky side battles before it which cost me a lot of men. Now i have a huge manpower pool, a fuckton of money and three huge corps of well equipped professional troops.

[Heloin]

One of the most famous battles in American history, or as it shall now be known the Great Pennsylvania Turkey Shoot.

44th Iowa and 9th Kentucky when the Confederates get pinned into a river on three sides:

Remember, no Russian Confederate.

Ive progressed now in the campaign, having fought Chancellorsvile, Chickamaunga and others and am now currently fighting Cold Harbour for the first time. Cold Harbour is where i basically declared my first campaign over as i was severely undermanned and had some tricky side battles before it which cost me a lot of men. Now i have a huge manpower pool, a fuckton of money and three huge corps of well equipped professional troops.

Huskers March to the Sea will make Georgia beg for Sherman.

[Andsed]

One of the most famous battles in American history, or as it shall now be known the Great Pennsylvania Turkey Shoot.

44th Iowa and 9th Kentucky when the Confederates get pinned into a river on three sides:

Ive progressed now in the campaign, having fought Chancellorsvile, Chickamaunga and others and am now currently fighting Cold Harbour for the first time. Cold Harbour is where i basically declared my first campaign over as i was severely undermanned and had some tricky side battles before it which cost me a lot of men. Now i have a huge manpower pool, a fuckton of money and three huge corps of well equipped professional troops.

Well its no wonder you won so decisively when you had automatic rifles.

[The Huskar Social Union]

44th Iowa and 9th Kentucky when the Confederates get pinned into a river on three sides:

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Remember, no Russian Confederate.

Ive progressed now in the campaign, having fought Chancellorsvile, Chickamaunga and others and am now currently fighting Cold Harbour for the first time. Cold Harbour is where i basically declared my first campaign over as i was severely undermanned and had some tricky side battles before it which cost me a lot of men. Now i have a huge manpower pool, a fuckton of money and three huge corps of well equipped professional troops.

Huskers March to the Sea will make Georgia beg for Sherman.

Sherman is one of my Corps commanders : P

44th Iowa and 9th Kentucky when the Confederates get pinned into a river on three sides:

(Image)

Ive progressed now in the campaign, having fought Chancellorsvile, Chickamaunga and others and am now currently fighting Cold Harbour for the first time. Cold Harbour is where i basically declared my first campaign over as i was severely undermanned and had some tricky side battles before it which cost me a lot of men. Now i have a huge manpower pool, a fuckton of money and three huge corps of well equipped professional troops.

Well its no wonder you won so decisively when you had automatic rifles.

Just needed to invent time travel, pop into the future and get some Machine Guns and bam sorted.

Most oy my Infantry brigades are using the following two rifles if anyone is curious:

Springfield M1855 (Or it might be M1861's... i cant remember now actually)
Lorenz Rifle

But i have some units using Harpers Ferry M1855's and 1853 Enfields. I find the first two to be very reliable and consistent damage dealers, so i try and buy/salvage as many as i can to outfit my best Brigades.

Most of my Cannons are 12pdr Napoleons with some 24pdr Howitzers and 10pdr Ordance cannons.

[The Huskar Social Union]

Im excited to try a confederate campaign soon, i expect it to be tougher since the Union did have more manpower and factories irl and the game does strive to try and be historically accurate (mostly)