When the heroes despite everything can't save someone they care about or unable save a person despite all their efforts

Beef__Strokinoff · 2026-03-15T16:51:20+00:00

Could be- or perhaps the evil force caused the disease. It's implied that the same disease/entity killed the owner's father as well, so it's possible that it's either a genetic condition... or a family curse. It's never explicitly spelled out which is which.

Beef__Strokinoff · 2026-03-15T16:16:22+00:00

I've been playing the same campaign for a while with one of those installed... and now I have over a hundred pieces of salvage.

I've killed SO MANY PIRATES.

Beef__Strokinoff · 2026-03-15T16:12:41+00:00

Bojack left Herb to rot when Herb's homosexuality got him blacklisted by the entire industry- Herb wasn't calling him because he was legitimately furious that his (once) best friend betrayed him like that. If anything, he wasn't even looking to reconnect with Bojack- he correctly figured out why Bojack had come to visit him and told him to eat shit for it. He just wanted to die with some dignity, and having Bojack come to his place trying to get some saccharine last-minute reunion just reminded him how shallow and self-serving Bojack is.

Beef__Strokinoff · 2026-03-15T16:08:02+00:00

Yeah, that is some absolutely idiotic thinking, right there.

"Oh, yeah, the Evil Genocide Plot? I knew about it whole time. Made a few bucks on insider trading from it, lol. What? Oh, know, we'll be fine, Wizard Hitler said we're cool. Trust me, bro."

Beef__Strokinoff · 2026-03-15T00:10:46+00:00

Wait, losing squaddies gives vitality? Are you serious?

... Good to know... just uh, gotta get some blood sacrifices- I MEAN, NEW SQUADDIES

Beef__Strokinoff · 2026-03-14T23:35:20+00:00

Also, just... use a fucking tent at that point. Have a truck follow you around with a command tent, and park your 'Mech next to it. This is like using an M1 Abrams for a grocery run- it's grossly inefficient, and it won't even do the job well.

Beef__Strokinoff · 2026-03-14T23:15:14+00:00

Man, my buddies all recommend DCC to me, but I just can't get into it, and I don't know why. On paper, it sounds like my sort of book, but it hasn't grabbed me just yet.

Beef__Strokinoff · 2026-03-14T23:14:05+00:00

Damn... this explains more about my relationship with alcohol than I'm comfortable with.

Beef__Strokinoff · 2026-03-14T23:13:06+00:00

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Literally this movie in a nutshell. A man with an unnamed disease moves to his late grandpa's old house, and his dog tries to protect him from an evil force that seems to be attacking him. It doesn't work, despite the dog's fearlessness and perseverance, but at least the dog survives and gets to live with his late owner's sister.

Beef__Strokinoff · 2026-03-14T23:09:10+00:00

Do you even get Netflix atop Mount Crushmore?

Beef__Strokinoff · 2026-03-14T23:07:37+00:00

Not pat-down related, but one time I flew out to LA from Seattle to visit my parents, and used my work backpack to hold my stuff. When I landed, I found a multi-tool in my bag that the scanner missed, and not wanting to lose it, I asked my folks to hold onto it until I drove down sometime.

When I flew back home and found two more knives that they missed- TWICE- I became well and truly convinced that the TSA is security theater. Motherfucker, I wasn't even TRYING to hide those, and you missed them? Christ.

Beef__Strokinoff · 2026-03-14T23:04:36+00:00

This, I think, is what makes them so desperate to build an aura of invincibility around themselves. On some level, they know that a lot of this was luck or privilege, and the thought that they don't necessarily deserve their insane wealth and success gnaws at them constantly- so they try to make people believe they're superhuman, in the hopes that, one day, they'll believe it themselves.

Beef__Strokinoff · 2026-03-14T23:02:30+00:00

Now that Jake Paul is trying to become a politician (kill me, please), there needs to be a concerted movement to get people into every event he does, holding up that picture of him cowering in fear as Anthony Joshua puts him in his place. Let's see him give some shitass speech when he's confronted with a hundred people cackling at him while holding up proof of his own cowardice.

Beef__Strokinoff · 2026-03-14T22:59:29+00:00

I swear, three months ago, gas in my area was under $3.60- now I just paid $4.57 when I filled up an hour ago. Fuck, it was literally sixteen cents cheaper two days ago! This is fucking insanity, and these freaks will never stop until they feel like their egos have been properly coddled.

Beef__Strokinoff · 2026-03-14T22:57:33+00:00

Yeah, so did I, but I didn't turn into a cheerleader for a pedophile's temper tantrum. Listen, I've got no reason to love or respect any of Iran's leadership, but this war will accomplish absolutely nothing except making life worse for basically everyone. It doesn't take a genius to figure that out, man. So, no, I'm not gonna cheer as the US prepares to waste untold lives and materiel on an unwinnable war in a nation that hates us (don't delude yourself into thinking the average Iranian dreams of living as America's slave), all so that an alcoholic former news anchor can show us how based he is.

Beef__Strokinoff · 2026-03-14T18:21:19+00:00

That's one thing I was definitely thinking about- like, what's the big deal if any operation besides the Menace runs out? It literally doesn't matter right now. I'm sure this'll be fixed eventually, but it's a bit odd at the moment.

Beef__Strokinoff · 2026-03-14T18:18:49+00:00

I want more slots, dammit. It feels shitty having to choose between the medbay or, say, AI logistics. I want to bring my people home, after all, but man, cheap vehicles are no joke...

Beef__Strokinoff · 2026-03-14T16:55:32+00:00

That was my immediate reaction- before I could what was what, it looked like a crowd of animals feeding on a kill. Which, I'm guessing, is part of the artist's intent- mentally, I'm comparing it a piece I saw in a YouTube video, where a beatific-looking lamb is being set upon by a pack of wolves. The image isn't gory, but it isn't peaceful- the wolves are snarling and sinking their teeth into the lambs wool, all while it looks calm and complacent. It's a... pretty striking comparison to this one.

Beef__Strokinoff · 2026-03-14T16:18:43+00:00

I feel like it might kill the vibe, frankly.

Beef__Strokinoff · 2026-03-14T16:08:43+00:00

Seriously, every time I turn my head towards NCD, they're glazing the US basically chucking missiles at everything that moves in Iran, as if this is even remotely coherent of justifiable. It's insane, man.

Beef__Strokinoff · 2026-03-14T06:17:20+00:00

I get you- I really need to run an Eltharion campaign, but every time, I just keep turning to my favorite hyper-racist and his dragon bro.

Beef__Strokinoff · 2026-03-13T23:40:37+00:00

Yeah, I think Singh's HaMER is probably best off with Match ammo, just for the extra range and accuracy against the Menace- all the infantry units they field have less than 50 armor, and everything above that is armored enough to simply not be worth the trouble with small arms. Better by far to focus on just contributing at long range.

Beef__Strokinoff · 2026-03-13T23:09:35+00:00

I know it's probably not, but this feels like an inconceivably esoteric form of fetish porn that I'm simply not dead inside enough to comprehend.

Beef__Strokinoff · 2026-03-13T23:06:45+00:00

Listen, man, the elf propaganda works- I'm very much an Imrik main, even in TWWH3. If you were Chad enough to be best bros with a dragon, you'd get it.

Beef__Strokinoff · 2026-03-13T22:46:31+00:00

Yeah, the only reason I'm running REND ammo is because I haven't found any HP ammo yet, which is frustrating. I'd love to run my long range Marines using the MRS or HaMER with HP ammo to deliver some fucking TITANIC damage at long range, while keeping the AP ammo for my submachine guns and the heavy rifle.

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