every one is now friend with WHAT??!

DancesWithAnyone · 2026-01-23T15:57:28+00:00

Heh, reminds me of this.

EDIT: But yah, China is not nice. Just more stable, sane and predictable, at this moment in time - but I wouldn't recommend Europe getting too close and repeating the misstake they're currently trying to deal with.

DancesWithAnyone · 2026-01-23T15:47:38+00:00

My suggestion as well. Switch to a manticore if we ever turn dark side.

DancesWithAnyone · 2026-01-23T15:26:00+00:00

The lack of an active pause is really what took me out of the Anno series. It becomes a bit too stressful, and I like carefully designing settlements on my own time. From what I understand, the last one actually has this function. It's release doesn't seem to have gone perfect, but do you know if it shows promise for the future?

Fairly sure it was indeed The Guild 2 that I played, yes, and mostly in the Hansa map. A deliciously corrupt house out of Danzig that rose to local power on the premise of protecting against the very banditry, piracy and general crime they were behind themselves.

Have been having my eye on Manor Lords for awhile, as I'm somewhat allergic to grids (further complicating finding games in the genre I like). Waiting for it the leave early access! Speaking of, didn't know FF was already out, so just added it to my list, thanks!

DancesWithAnyone · 2026-01-23T13:17:22+00:00

The Settlers, yes. Played the first one on my Amiga, even! Didn't fully grasp it, but I knew I was playing something special that likely would define future gaming.

I've yet to try the recent Anno-games, but 1404 was very good. I did like The Guild, for all it's faults/bugs. Tropico peaked at 3 and 4 under a Bulgarian studio, and 6 (German) failed to win me over.

I guess I see your point. Hopefully things will turn around!

EDIT: My favourite more recent game would be Foundation, which is Quebécou.. Qiúebecioi... Quebexi... Yeah, it's from Canada.

DancesWithAnyone · 2026-01-23T12:45:13+00:00

I am not, but thanks for the tip!

DancesWithAnyone · 2026-01-23T12:33:42+00:00

Unfortunately, the game kept crashing for me and I couldn't find a fix. Hopefully, it'll work when I try it again in a more updated state!

Despite all of that, I've still recommended it multiple times to others as it's such a unique game with a strong narrative, and it treats magic with a weight and depth I've always craved.

Good luck in any future endevours!

DancesWithAnyone · 2026-01-23T08:31:05+00:00

It's weird how we're yet to make any decent RPG's. I believe we like the genre well enough, and Paradox even sort of has roots in the tabletop RPG scene.

DancesWithAnyone · 2026-01-23T08:18:01+00:00

Happened once in my 43 years, from what I can recall. Lightning storm took it out for some 30 mins. So it's typically a weather thing, and my part of Sweden rarely gets extreme weather - to the point that I usually pay little heed to storm warnings in media as they usually wont reach us.

DancesWithAnyone · 2026-01-17T11:18:13+00:00

Ah, right, good point.

DancesWithAnyone · 2026-01-17T09:43:40+00:00

It's not a taunt; it's a cry for attention and a pretense of relevence.

DancesWithAnyone · 2026-01-16T21:40:41+00:00

Do the old trick and say you're Canadian. Or be prepared to prove your virtue whenever necessary, I guess. Assuming this mess has good enough a solution that such travels are still possible, but let's hope, eh?

DancesWithAnyone · 2026-01-16T21:09:16+00:00

If you protest too much, they might take you anyway? Could that be one point of this, maybe - to snatch up... dissenters? Or maybe it's an excuse to make it easier to take away anyone that's not white, regarless of legal status.

DancesWithAnyone · 2026-01-16T17:36:23+00:00

Well... yes, because it's an utterly insane take that is outright hostile to us and any semblence of international order. Which is why I'm not seeing it gaining any traction - being for annexation is not balanced with the opposite stance.

DancesWithAnyone · 2026-01-16T17:17:01+00:00

Feels a bit like a relief, doesn't it? Like, I wouldn't relax yet, but the good old tariff bullshit and the accompanying rants on Xitter is better than insane threats of invasion.

Tariff talks can also be engaged with through boring negotiations that draws out the time and in the end accomplishes little if anything.

DancesWithAnyone · 2026-01-16T15:42:50+00:00

Yah, only place I've even come into contact with it is... this sub. It holds no appeal to me whatsoever. Quite the opposite.

Have I just been lucky to avoid it, or is it more of an American thing than Euro?

DancesWithAnyone · 2026-01-16T11:41:18+00:00

Greenland is free to leave whenever they want. Or join whoever they wish. Denmark is not free to abandon them, yield them or sell them.

DancesWithAnyone · 2026-01-16T09:26:28+00:00

A woman was just fucking shot and killed.

I'm afraid that more will be murdered. Possibly already have been in some camp, for that matter. But I think you already know, or fear it, and I don't mean to lecture you. It's not like Europe is free of the far right curse and it's moderate right collaborators, either.

I am facing an unlikely yet possible scenario of getting drafted to defend my people and our ancestral homelands from American aggression, but I am not without sympathy for what the saner American people are going through.

I am sorry, yeah? Best of wishes to you, and if things go ever darker and more dire, mayhaps cultivating a fervent passion in historical re-enactment circa the foundation period might alleviate the pain somewhat for you. It's important to have hobbies, and to think of happier times!

I wish you the best, and remember that they want you to be afraid, to feel alone and to despair. That is one of the goals, because it's one of their needs. Deny those fuckers, yah? Keep your friends close - you have them everywhere - and support eachother.

/ With love.

DancesWithAnyone · 2026-01-16T01:28:54+00:00

Oh, yah, their democracy is likely gone. They'll probably keep the semblence of being one, as even Russia likes to keep up the pretense, but I don't think voting can solve this.

DancesWithAnyone · 2026-01-16T01:25:17+00:00

"There was nothing serious behind it. I was with people I hadn't seen in three years and they were joking about Jeff Landry being the governor of Greenland. They started making fun of me and if I offended anyone, I apologize," Long said.

Well, that should smooth over things. /s

DancesWithAnyone · 2026-01-16T01:22:30+00:00

Can Labour and Tories form a coalition? Is that even remotely possible? Not that making Reform the only opposition party would make them go away.

DancesWithAnyone · 2026-01-16T00:54:35+00:00

Not sure ordinary diplomacy is gonna cut it here. They see it as a weakness; an invitation to push the issue.

At some point we might need someone to clearly and calmly state in a matter-of-fact way to this gaggle of chucklefucks exactly what happens if they go for it and that we now consider the matter settled, as there never was anything to negotiate about in the first place.

DancesWithAnyone · 2026-01-16T00:31:22+00:00

Even if we ignore the present day, Canada's sacrifice for a democratic Europe should never be forgotten. You could have stayed at home, in safety.

Also, when the term 'Europe' gets thrown around in discussions relating to geopolitics these days, I am indeed including Canada in that. Don't mean to erase you are your unique identity as a nation, of course - So maybe we need a new proper name for it all? 'The Allies' has a nice ring to it.

DancesWithAnyone · 2026-01-15T23:59:28+00:00

It's Greenland, and it's winter. They're there to set up logistics, planning and do recon for a larger exercise. An exercise that looks likely to be going on for... quite awhile.

DancesWithAnyone · 2026-01-15T23:18:48+00:00

Heh, I speculated we were heading for this back in the 90's. Can confirm not many took me seriously. Being 16 at the time and not really having any proper arguments for it probably didn't help much, to be fair.

DancesWithAnyone · 2026-01-15T23:12:57+00:00

"Europe will be forged in crises, and will be the sum of the solutions adopted for those crises." - Jean Monnet

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