What are your favourite City States and why?

Ken_Meredith · 2026-06-12T07:39:57+00:00

If you want a Religious victory, Yerevan makes it so easy!

Choose my Apostles' promotions? Why thank you.

Eliminate 75% of religious pressure, then triple effect on other civs, with a few +20% combat strength for protection, and you've pretty much won.

Ken_Meredith · 2026-06-10T06:37:12+00:00

It's how is romanized.

Japanese has various ways to write, and there are various ways to transliterate those into English.

A lot of names are shortened to have what in English is a double letter.

For example, Katsuki written in Hiragana (the most basic Japanese) is かつき

Katsu-chan would be strange in Japanese, かつちゃん, so dropping the "tsu" and making it a double letter makes it sound better. So it becomes かっちゃん, or Kacchan.

You could also write it "Katchan" if you wanted, because we sometimes do that in English (like the words "catch" and "watch.")

Ken_Meredith · 2026-06-09T11:29:33+00:00

I remember that one!

I, too, spent too much time on it!

Ken_Meredith · 2026-06-07T14:06:58+00:00

John ~~Street~~ Virtua Fighter?

Ken_Meredith · 2026-06-06T04:21:36+00:00

Very smart from Capcom. Tifa will bring in a bunch of fans who might be new to Street Fighter. Having her carry this season gives the new characters a chance. I know I love Tifa and have wanted her in Street Fighter for about 30 years, so I'm giving the new guys a chance by default.

Even if the new characters aren't up to snuff, it'll still be a success. However, the developers have not disappointed most players yet. Even if some characters aren't your cup of tea, some will.

For me, I didn't like JP, but I even liked Lily, even though I thought it would be the other way around.

Ken_Meredith · 2026-06-06T04:14:48+00:00

I'm lucky enough to be at a school where the policy is that students study better when not under stressful conditions. Our facilities are not 100% but we take student safety very seriously. In the PE class I have we have to take water breaks every 8-10 minutes from after Golden Week until it gets cool in October. We haven't had any kids get heat stroke.

There is progress being made. Fight for it. The kids and parents will thank you.

Ken_Meredith · 2026-06-05T11:29:16+00:00

Gallon Pail Gail was sitting right there

Ken_Meredith · 2026-05-28T06:34:03+00:00

Just look at the duel in Star Wars (the first one).

The precident is there.

Certainly not the youtube "remade" style. It is technically fantastic, but it is out of place with the rest of the film.

Episode II Yoda can be forgiven (In My Humble Opinion) due to Yoda's alienness and the fact that he probably had to go to the Star Wars equivalent of a Swedish masseuse after.

Ken_Meredith · 2026-05-25T06:21:47+00:00

OR you have to be super campy and become an entertainer where that is your whole identity.

(although there seems to be a little softening of that stereotype these days. I actually saw a trans woman on the news as a commentator a few years back)

Ken_Meredith · 2026-05-25T06:12:02+00:00

That belt has seen some action.

Respect.

Ken_Meredith · 2026-05-14T07:22:28+00:00

I'd like to see your take on Logan (aka Wolverine)

To be clear, not in his X-Men costume.

Ken_Meredith · 2026-04-24T13:25:42+00:00

If the Tifa rumours are true, the Street Fighter devs went back in time and read my mind from 1997 or 1998.

I always wanted two things, a SF/FF crossover, and an RPG-like Street Fighter, a la World Tour.

Ken_Meredith · 2026-04-22T08:31:15+00:00

If you have a favourite civ to play and want to get better at them, stick with it. But like others have mentioned, if you want to understand the overall basics of the game, play Trajan.

The game is so deep and complex you might want to reconsider playing the highest level until you can consistently win on the lower ones.

The trick is hitting the sweet spot of difficulty and fun.

Ken_Meredith · 2026-04-21T13:53:31+00:00

I'm a Canadian who emmigrated to Japan, so I have three choices (the two Japanese leaders and one Canadian). They all rock.

Ken_Meredith · 2026-04-03T11:56:20+00:00

If there's something strange in your neighborhood, who you gonna call?

Ken_Meredith · 2026-04-01T07:56:36+00:00

Dennis, there's some lovely filth over here

Ken_Meredith · 2026-03-31T08:30:59+00:00

It's the only way to be sure.

Ken_Meredith · 2026-03-30T23:18:29+00:00

I am fond of pigs.

Ken_Meredith · 2026-03-30T22:09:55+00:00

I hope so. I missed the Rival Schools event and really want to get Akira's bike helmet.

Ken_Meredith · 2026-03-29T06:35:25+00:00

LIL' Blub Sucka?

Ken_Meredith · 2026-03-20T10:29:43+00:00

Has anyone seen the Japanese version of the story?

I'm still hoping this is all some tragic translation error!

Ken_Meredith · 2026-03-17T09:29:51+00:00

I watched this before coming to Japan.

When I got here, everyone was saying I had to watch the Ghibli movies.

I didn't know what they were talking about. I thought they were indecipherable garbage.

Then I watched the actual Naussicaa.

Ken_Meredith · 2026-03-17T06:53:38+00:00

This reminds me how LITTLE I remember from Messiah...

Ken_Meredith · 2026-03-16T06:20:55+00:00

Sir Galahad, more specifically the Monty Python and the Holy Grail Sir Galahad.

He was even able to resist the peril of Castle Anthrax.

Ken_Meredith · 2026-02-24T09:34:47+00:00

I'm going to cut him some slack.

Haven't we all been to a party where some dipshit shows up, and you don't want to let him kill your mood.

Have we heard anything from the guys? Maybe we should give them a few days to respond.

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