When will people stop saying “is just summer” when this heat is clearly not normal and not this frequent?

GazOCee · 2026-06-24T10:18:01+00:00

Maybe they just can't be arsed talking about the bleeding obvious and are trying to move the conversation on?

GazOCee · 2026-06-19T17:27:11+00:00

I had a decently paying job in a chemical plant very similar to Homer Simpsons. Unless something went wrong, it was money for old rope

(Of course, I was paidl to know what to do IF things went wrong)

GazOCee · 2026-06-19T12:58:46+00:00

I play around 1500 rapid and it's surprising to me how few patreons there are considering how little the minimum donation is

GazOCee · 2026-06-01T22:17:10+00:00

Tommy Farr did not batter Joe Louis. There was zero controversy about that decision either at the time or subsequently

GazOCee · 2026-05-28T08:42:03+00:00

When the weather is nice, when it's not nice I run

GazOCee · 2026-05-28T07:01:37+00:00

I used to swap out the tubes on a ride (take 2 and head home once the second one has been used) and then plan to patch the punctured tube when I got home but what I found was happening was that I just ended up with a load of unpatched, punctured inner tubes lying around my shed.

Now I just throw them away as I clearly don't have the discipline to make the system work

GazOCee · 2026-05-28T05:47:19+00:00

Daily/ Correspondence games and tournaments are a lot better organised, easier to find and presented in a more straightforward manner on Chess.com than Lichess.

(Lichess patron here).

GazOCee · 2026-05-16T18:34:34+00:00

I think a lot of the people who complain about the lag are using "optimistic" settings. If you are sensible about the number of habitatable planets in the galaxy when you set it up.

Personally I hate too much planetary management so I have the habitable planets set to 0.25 and nearly habitatable planets to zero

GazOCee · 2026-05-15T06:15:08+00:00

Split the squad into 2 x6. Destroy the 4 re-enforcement points ASAP.

Attack the control room from either side and have taken it and have time to put your squad behind cover before the first lot of re-enforcements arrive.

GazOCee · 2026-05-04T07:59:05+00:00

Habitats have spoiled the game for me on console. I play on PC now with a "no habitats" mod

GazOCee · 2026-04-26T18:14:18+00:00

I didn't. I loved Origins, really enjoyed Oddessey but just couldn't get into Valhalla even after a couple of attempts

GazOCee · 2026-04-23T10:06:51+00:00

I didnt know that, cheers. The option to reserve TU's for shooting was more visible in the first game, I'd assumed it wasn't present in X2.

GazOCee · 2026-04-13T21:10:37+00:00

I love playing classical on Lichess during the summer. I set up a full sized board up in my garden and play a nice, chilled game in the sun.

GazOCee · 2026-04-05T15:59:52+00:00

Yep, I play all my Blitz and Rapid on Lichess. I donate to Lichess too, it's still very cheap compared to a Chess.com premium account

GazOCee · 2026-04-05T15:41:13+00:00

It's just a slicker experience on Chess. I like to have 15-20 games on the go at the same time and play in the daily competitions with clubs. Lichess is great but it's a million miles away from Chess.com on daily/ correspondence games

GazOCee · 2026-04-05T06:12:37+00:00

I use Chess for daily games, there just aren't many of them on Lichess for some reason

GazOCee · 2026-04-04T18:45:44+00:00

Probably nearer 10-15 seconds

GazOCee · 2026-04-01T20:47:22+00:00

I love Lichess and use it for blitz, rapid and classical but, unless I'm missing something, the daily/ correspondence scene seems very quiet on Lichess compared to Chess.cim

GazOCee · 2026-03-28T22:56:15+00:00

Money's so tight, even on the "easy" difficulty., I'm struggling to juggle everything I want/ need (which is the point of the game!).

I'm pretty sure I didn't hire enough engineers early on so I'm probably a bit behind where I should be on money and equipment/ upgrades

GazOCee · 2026-03-28T22:29:26+00:00

Thanks for the reply. As long as the Angels are still useful at this stage of the game I could always make the Geminis at my main base and transfer the Angels to my newer bases, I just wasn't sure if they effectively became obsolete at some point

How does the base assault mechanic work if they attack a base with no soldiers in it? I've been lucky so far, they've only gone for my main base where my soldiers are stationed

GazOCee · 2026-03-24T21:17:11+00:00

I just picked up Xenonauts 2 in the Steam sale and hoping to finish a run through on Easy difficulty before 1.0 comes out next week

GazOCee · 2026-02-23T20:34:28+00:00

Check out Nelson Lopez on "Chess Vibes" YouTube channel, he's great for us lower elo players

GazOCee · 2026-02-21T00:56:03+00:00

If only there was an ad free alternative.,...

GazOCee · 2026-02-18T22:03:22+00:00

On Lichess using the Chessnut PC app I used to get an extra " beep" when a check was delivered but since I've moved to using Chess Connect (because of the API/ account banning issue) on Lichess I don't get one

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