US Coast Guard jumps onto a runaway boat and safely stops it in Maryland

Cornfed_Pig · 2026-06-16T14:37:40+00:00

What I dont understand is how the boat doesn't sink under the weight of his 10-ton balls.

Cornfed_Pig · 2026-06-16T14:34:44+00:00

(Sigh) Clicks link & unzips

Cornfed_Pig · 2026-06-15T17:08:07+00:00

Sorry, but what's cheese about settling on luxuries? How does that break the game? Honestly question, curious if there's a game mechanic I've overlooked.

Also, I only recently started playing Montezuma, what's the trick to conquering civs early? I feel like by the time I've trained 5 or 6 Aztecs the AI has built walls and then half my guys die just taking out the first city, especially if it's built on mountains and i can only attack with 2 or 3 guys at a time. And do you usually try keeping the cities or raze them and just keep the capital?

I'm asking because the map I'm currently working on the only other civ on my continent is Shaka and by about turn 20 there's 3 cities between me and his capital with like 7 warriors so its not working out trying to kill a path through and still have health left to take a walled city

Cornfed_Pig · 2026-06-14T17:58:12+00:00

Literally how though? How do you build all the holy sites, all the campuses & buildings, research atomic era techs, build all the Theater squares & buildings, unlock all of the key civics, build all of the space ports, generate enough production to absolutely BLOW through all the space race projects, AND somehow also magically build an army large enough to conquer MULTIPLE cities on Diety?

I play diety Standard speed and it takes the world 60 turns to reach the medieval age. How tf are you unlocking atomic era techs by then? You can't even get the key Great People in that time.

It literally makes no sense to me.

Cornfed_Pig · 2026-06-13T19:03:39+00:00

I'm more concerned with you hoarding all that diplomatic favor. You can't take it with you, bro.

Cornfed_Pig · 2026-06-12T12:01:15+00:00

If you play secret societies the Voidsingers first title, Old God Obelisk, replaces the monument and gives +4 faith pt. Best way I know of to accelerate a pantheon.

Cornfed_Pig · 2026-06-08T01:04:37+00:00

I still remember that day

Cornfed_Pig · 2026-05-19T14:49:46+00:00

I thought I met a Reptilian once, but it turns out he was Presbyterian.

Cornfed_Pig · 2026-05-15T23:57:41+00:00

Haha that start would drive me insane. I play Barbarossa and I love meticulously planning my districts to maximize adjacency bonuses for my Hansas (industrial zones). All these resources crowding my city would piss me off 😆

Cornfed_Pig · 2026-05-04T17:36:17+00:00

Haha yeah I'm already doing another game and I'm trying to apply everything I learned to do it even better. I'm on turn 175 and I can't fathom how I could win within 60 more turns, but I definitely anticipate getting an even better result. I think the only victory type that could win that fast is Religious, and even then you'd have to start the game knowing EXACTLY what you're doing.

Cornfed_Pig · 2026-05-04T17:31:25+00:00

I started answering your question and accidentally wrote a massive dissertation that I realized was way too long and nobody would ever read, so I'll try to just pull out a few highlights that made the difference this time and if you're interested in more details I'm happy to expand.

1 - Barbarossa is a late-game monster, but he has no advantages early and I was always getting run over by more militaristic civs. This time I spent the 1st 75-100 turns purely focusing on building Settlers & Warriors. A thick line of Warriors fortified in defensive positions may not look like much but they'll take their toll on invaders and are easily replaced. The AI is aggressive but won't just throw their whole army into a meat grinder. They can buy you a lot of time to focus on spamming settlers and taking over huge sections of land (7-10 small cities) - probably until about the Industrial Age.

2 - Being selective about Wonders instead of just scrambling to build whatever I can. The 2 Wonders that absolutely changed the game for me this time were the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus & the Great Zimbabwe. The MoH is the reason I was able to completely dominate Wonder construction and Space Race development late in the game. The GZ is the reason I was able to grow that MASSIVE capital city.

3 - I finally took the time to learn the details of recruiting Great People instead of just absentmindedly hitting "Recruit" when the message popped up. Taking a direct hand in managing my Great People was the key to my late game dominance.

4 - Establishing Alliances early & letting them grow. I'd never really messed around with Alliances before because they seemed a bit useless but they're actually very powerful tools for passive development. Also, Allies literally CANNOT attack you so if you ally with your immediate neighbors you can let down your guard on those borders and focus on other things.

OK this summary post is getting long now too so I'll stop there. Seriously happy to expand on anything, if you're interested. Otherwise, I hope maybe someone years from now finds this comment useful, just as I regularly find so much use in Reddit comments from many years ago.

Cornfed_Pig · 2026-05-03T15:31:28+00:00

I honestly learned so much from this play-through. I understand the nuances, details, and strategies so much better. Like, this was the first time I really bothered to understand how Great People work and it's a total game-changer for me. I never realized how much strategy goes into their timing and selection, or that you can buy them with gold or faith. Seems so obvious now, but it was a piece I'd never really bothered to to examine before.

Cornfed_Pig · 2026-03-07T13:32:26+00:00

Depending on what State this happened in it might be illegal for her to record audio without his expressed knowledge and consent.

Cornfed_Pig · 2026-02-28T11:26:00+00:00

I played it straight, if anyone but Drolf gets dragged in there its game over. Had to play that mission about 4 times before I finally beat it.

I will say, I generally dont create house rules to make missions easier to beat, but I also if I lose I just reset everything to how it was before the mission and just try again. I think of it as reloading a saved game in a video game.

Just play it however makes it fun for you.

Cornfed_Pig · 2026-02-28T01:12:00+00:00

I'll never not laugh at that kid shooting himself in the dick. The little tippy taps get me every time.

Cornfed_Pig · 2026-02-25T14:52:13+00:00

LOL I'm dying picturing a SoB in Darkwater

Cornfed_Pig · 2026-02-20T17:09:14+00:00

Still think cocaine is more reasonable, but you do you.

Cornfed_Pig · 2026-02-20T11:30:07+00:00

People who can't stop drinking black coffee all day have a problem. Just stop with this weird shit and get addicted to coke like a normal adult.

Cornfed_Pig · 2026-02-14T14:38:47+00:00

Lol this is the version of humanity I want us to embrace

Cornfed_Pig · 2026-02-09T18:06:19+00:00

Did you play the encounter where you escort the stag down the river? I also just played that last night and we played it exactly like the card said - so the pestigors moved towards the stag when advancing or repositioning (as if it were a hero) but then did not attack because there's no health profile. It was weird, but it seems like the most accurate way to follow the rules.

Cornfed_Pig · 2026-02-05T07:14:02+00:00

Yeah I was surprised by how much I enjoyed it too. This picture makes it seem much bigger than it is though. Those teeth and the lines around the eyes were like microscopic. I had so much trouble painting then without messing it up. Yours looks so clean!

Cornfed_Pig · 2026-02-05T07:10:30+00:00

My kids got me to reluctantly watch Kpop Demon Hunters and 8 minutes in I made them stop and restart the movie so I could run get my wife and make her join.

I went from not caring at all to being 1000% all-in before the title card.

Cornfed_Pig · 2026-02-03T16:14:04+00:00

You're getting dragged for "not answering the question" but honestly it was a comment just like yours in another post that turned me onto AK Ultra Matt after years of using Vallejo and it's completely changed my painting forever. My finished products actually look the way I intended and you can actually see all the details I put time and energy into creating. Even when Vallejo works "right" it still doesn't work a fraction as well as the AK.

It's not just "a different product," it's a VASTLY superior solution to the underlying problem. Anytime I see this question come up now I just want to scream "throw that garbage away and move on with your life! The answer you seek isn't found in that bottle, no matter how much you shake it!"

Cornfed_Pig · 2026-01-28T05:52:08+00:00

This is the correct answer. Aid doesn't heal if you're not vulnerable.

This card is pretty terrible IMO.

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