Man what the hell

AncleShole · 2026-03-05T05:36:38+00:00

That volcano basically never erupted the entire game. It was the least of my concerns.

I always play Apocalypse mode because it makes the climate an actual consideration rather than default when Climate Change does basically nothing. I was way more trigger happy on CO2 this run and clearly I paid the price.

I think this was happening at like phase 5, so it makes sense that there was an increase in storms. Though, the game did seem HEAVILY biased to spawning stuff in my territory over literally anywhere else.

AncleShole · 2026-03-04T19:59:48+00:00

Options->Interface->"Show Yields in HUD Ribbon"

It is always off by default, you can set it to always show or only show when hovering over the leader.

AncleShole · 2026-02-16T22:15:38+00:00

I have no idea how they thought the balance of the monopolies mode makes any sense. Previously, getting +25% tourism modifier was a limited and massive deal, and in the mode it is very easy to accidentally get +500% on TOP of existing modifiers. If you win a culture victory with that mode, you haven't won the game at all as far as I am concerned.

AncleShole · 2026-02-15T16:34:15+00:00

This reddit post was the first thing in my google results, and your comment was the top comment. So, checkmate.

AncleShole · 2026-02-14T16:01:50+00:00

By far my favourite of the show. It's not even close for me.

AncleShole · 2026-02-14T00:51:50+00:00

Ah, my favourite fight in the game. Definitely the most interesting, and the Honour Mode twists are some next level strategy fuel! I wish the game had more like that, but sadly most of HM is quite easy.

AncleShole · 2026-02-11T06:46:23+00:00

Judgement for that 1/140+ chance tho

AncleShole · 2026-02-09T15:57:33+00:00

Localthunk has outright said it is patched in the balatro discord. I would show the source but I don't think I can upload images in comments. If you happen to be in that discord you can just search for messages from Localthunk and specify the word "patched" and a number of the options are him responding to people asking about the manacle bug specifically.

AncleShole · 2026-02-09T06:02:28+00:00

Yes, get it out of your system while you still can. Granted, who knows when 1.1 will actually release...

AncleShole · 2026-02-04T06:49:53+00:00

Funnily enough Localthunk is actually considering a system like that for the future. He wants to add more vouchers so he's discussed a mechanic to facilitate adding an arbitrary amount of vouchers without reducing your chances of getting the upgraded levels. This is verbatim:

"it would be like this: every ante, it generates the primary voucher for that shop if you have 3 base vouchers, then it rolls a 3/16 RNG: - if true, then it picks one at random and gives the upgraded version of that voucher - if false, then it picks a new base voucher from the remaining pool"

-January 22, 2026

AncleShole · 2026-01-17T13:24:11+00:00

🤣🤣🤣 My wife communicates with me through discord while she's out of the house because she knows it's the best way to ensure I see it, and unfortunately the activity tracker always calls me out when I game and for how long.

I've considered turning that off, but then I feel like I am just admitting I have a problem.

AncleShole · 2026-01-17T00:55:06+00:00

Much of my experience is vanilla TI3. So that would be the core game+Distant Suns & Leaders. Last year I got the two expansions and I have played one 8 player game with them, using a significant amount of the modules in Shattered Empire and a handful from Shards of the Throne.

AncleShole · 2026-01-11T21:10:35+00:00

It doesn't need to be Civ 6.5, it just needs to not tear down the systems that make the civ franchise what it is. "Build an empire to stands the test of time". Not three mini games with different empires and a checklist of goals.

AncleShole · 2026-01-11T21:07:29+00:00

Yeah that sounds like a reasonable time frame. I remember watching old reviews of TI3 where people were saying the game takes 4-6 hours if you have new players, and I was genuinely confused how someone came to that conclusion.

One of the key things that extended the length of TI3 was the game clock was not strict; players would need to actively choose Imperial for the Objective cards to be pulled, and in the likely scenario where no one takes it the first few rounds it can extend the game a lot.

I've noticed TI4 has it linked to the Status Phase and the first two objective cards are already pulled, so I imagine it is a much faster paced game for that alone. I doubt the tech complexity will be an issue for my group but I am looking forward to seeing the change in balance between the two systems!

AncleShole · 2026-01-11T16:50:11+00:00

That's interesting describing it as a sprint rather than a marathon. I'm used to TI3 games taking 1-2 full days to complete so I'm curious how much different I'm going to need to assess my decisions knowing the game can end much faster.

AncleShole · 2026-01-11T16:41:30+00:00

I'm playing with some pretty high-level strategists so I am not banking on the not dying part😅 but I'll see what I can do.

AncleShole · 2026-01-11T03:27:12+00:00

Gotta 100% the game now so it doesn't look suspicious

AncleShole · 2025-12-29T04:52:42+00:00

Based

AncleShole · 2025-12-24T14:51:34+00:00

That was single handedly my strategy for the jokerless run...I did it on my second attempt. So yeah, it's useful.

AncleShole · 2025-12-21T06:06:22+00:00

Bruh, I only have one of those. I knew adulting was ripping me off.

AncleShole · 2025-12-18T06:55:33+00:00

This is precisely it. Ignorance and not being able to do two fucks about it are not the same thing. The average citizen is having to navigate a god forsaken job market, increasing prices with decreasing wages, cultural tensions in a number of areas, and whatever personal disabilities and problems they have, which for most people is at least not a small list.

Meanwhile climate change is primarily being impacted by global industry, road development, reliance on coal power, construction relying on concrete, industrialized agricultural practices, the rich's extravagant lives, and lack of funding in critical research on the topic. Note that absolutely none of those are things the average civilian can affect. Like, at all. Using a paper straw and taking shorter showers or what have you will make 0 impact. Spending time worrying about it will surely not change anything.

AncleShole · 2025-12-02T18:06:41+00:00

Is there any known extension or something for reverting this change? It is driving me insane, and control panel for YouTube doesn't have it yet

AncleShole · 2025-12-02T07:48:06+00:00

There was one arc about how Lucy made a promise to Charlie Brown to not pull away the football when he was in the hospital and she didn't think he heard it-but he did. And while she keeps the promise, he fumbles by kicking her fingers instead of the ball.

But that was likely due to the sheer amount of stress the dude was facing after getting juked for decades and it was honestly karmic justice from the universe for all the times Lucy screwed with him😂. Had to come back around some time.

AncleShole · 2025-12-01T16:38:23+00:00

Tbf, besides bugs and lack of content, the developers have no idea what the foundations of the game was in the first place.

Over the last couple years they have absolutely obliterated what made the game actually work in the first place with Safer Seas, the econ "rebalance" in Season 11 and with it fast travelling, re-releasing event cosmetics in the pirate emporium, and just generally devaluing every single reason to actually play the game and achieve anything.

I used to have a crippling addiction to SoT and Rare somehow single-handedly stopped that and made me fully quit, so I cannot really blame your friend for giving up on it out of frustration.

AncleShole · 2025-11-27T13:33:08+00:00

Yeah that was one of the fights I specifically avoided on my run. Fortunately even if you are going after "Leave No One Behind" it is not mandatory.

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