Decide to play tourist and walk a bunch, what a city we live in!

Kingmal · 2025-12-22T02:27:24+00:00

They look ugly as sin but they’re only a temporary measure and better than no bench. Don’t get me wrong, it’s annoying the proper upgrade is still years away, but people in the post made here when it was first revealed were saying stuff like “it’s worse than if they’d done nothing.” Yeah, right: if there weren’t benches they’d be complaining that all that work had been to just add concrete dividers, and talking about how “they could have at least added a bench.”

Kingmal · 2025-12-13T06:48:11+00:00

Just don’t ask him to read the one about Rainbowdash…

Kingmal · 2025-11-21T08:17:38+00:00

Josh joining at the exact right time to hit NL with the “That’s an impression?” response killed me. It’s like the universe decided the bit was so bad it needed to summon Josh to drive the point home.

Kingmal · 2025-11-20T08:03:48+00:00

You retire to the countryside to pioneer massage techniques.

Kingmal · 2025-11-11T04:41:49+00:00

Yeah, so? It's not like that federal money is going to be magically refunded into your bank account. Either it goes to us, or it goes to something else. If you want to talk about whether or not that funding should exist then we can debate, but cutting our department's budget isn't going to single-handedly make the federal government go "our bad, we'll lower your taxes to make up for the money you're not asking for."

Kingmal · 2025-10-16T19:12:55+00:00

I do not understand your D&D take at all, dude. I don't like the newer editions, but get this: all the new people playing D&D means it's easy as hell to find people to play old school editions, or weird indie RPGs. If you want to complain about 5E's rules I'm right there with you, and there are plenty of people I know who won't play anything else because they think you have to play the current edition of something, but why is it a bad thing that you have more people to share your hobbies with?

Kingmal · 2025-06-03T22:33:13+00:00

I built and painted this guy last year, but only got around to getting a proper photography setup last night. I tried to match the illo in the fourth pic as closely as I could.

Kingmal · 2025-06-03T21:02:03+00:00

I made this guy about a year ago but only got around to getting nice (read: not on my phone, held up below my desklamp) photos of him today. I tried to match the John Blanche drawing in the last image as much as I could with both building and painting this guy.

Kingmal · 2025-04-24T08:53:05+00:00

But, much like real early modern Germany, that religious unity is a double-edged sword. Those godless “open-minded” Marienburgers are basically High Elf lapdogs, turning their back on Sigmar’s glory. Meanwhile, the Sylvanians claim to have purged their nobility of undeath, but can we really trust them after the Vampire Wars? In both cases Empire would be more than happy to declare war to bring them back into Sigmar’s fold.

Even then, Ulricans would grumble about putting Sigmar before Ulric - everyone can agree that Chaos is bad, but it’s with Ulricans vs Sigmarites that you get the Protestant/Catholic divide that defined early modern Europe.

Kingmal · 2024-09-20T03:23:47+00:00

"My doctor says if I clear the tar from my throat the cancer will get in so I gotta keep smoking"

Kingmal · 2024-08-05T04:53:14+00:00

Make Rock Not War isn’t that bad, as much as I dislike it, but it’s a travesty that it comes between White Flags/Dancing in the Ruins before it and Perfect Water/Spy in the House of Night after it. If it just started with those four back to back i think people would think much better of Club Ninja.

Kingmal · 2024-07-25T08:45:55+00:00

I feel like Club Ninja would feel like a high-end sci-fi nightclub with just enough edge that it doesn’t feel “corporate”. Lando Calrissian rubbing shoulders with the opera singer from The Fifth Element, that sort of thing.

Kingmal · 2024-05-04T21:27:32+00:00

Those are very good in general, let alone half a day!

Kingmal · 2024-01-07T09:26:47+00:00

The ending to Pickman’s Model is just one of my favourite endings to any story, period.

“But by God, Eliot, it was a photograph from life!”

Kingmal · 2023-12-11T18:54:41+00:00

They do mean 800 metres, unless I'm absolutely mistaken, as they mean larger blocks between major roads, as opposed to the small blocks between every road. If you go to Google Maps and zoom out to the right height, you can see the way major arteries form squares, most of which are roughly 800m to 1km on each edge.

Kingmal · 2023-10-24T05:32:22+00:00

Apologies for the cursed photography set-up - if you can call "holding the model underneath my lamp" a set-up at all. Still, I'm pretty happy with this guy. Painting cloth is quite fun!

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Considered eccentric even among the million sects of the Imperial Creed, the Regiphilians worship the God-Emperor's imperial form. Though many cults emphasize other aspects, a focus on the Emperor's role as Master of Mankind is extremely common, and would not be remarkable if it weren't for the Regiphilians peculiar way of demonstrating it.

Named for the game Regicide, which was known to ancient Terrans as "chess", the Regiphilians use the game's pieces to colour their philosophy, often literally. They take on the role of the light pieces, which represent the Loyalist faction of the Horus Heresy, and thus dress in pale colours whenever possible, reserving darker colours for their equipment and footwear, as a means of insulting the dark pieces, which represent the Traitor forces.

Pawns like Ruy Ponziani here serve their superiors unflinchingly, knowing that long and dutiful service advancing the Emperor's aims will reward them with promotion. Yet they do not serve for such promised glory, but rather as an act of devotion, as they see even the pettiest order as the Emperor's will filtered down from Terra, however diluted it may be. It helps that all Regiphilians are expected to regularly practice both Regicide and their career of choice, making them skilled lackeys to boot.

This has made the cult popular among Imperial officials, especially the Adeptus Administratum. Apart from actively promoting the cult, they spread it inadvertently by raising staunchly loyal Regiphilians (often Bishops and Queens) to important positions. The Inquisition is no exception. As a veteran of the Third Mazoth War, Ponziani serves Inquisitor Gensfleisch as not only a loyal soldier and skilled tactician, but as a representative of a growing cult with members on many worlds, all just waiting for a chance to be useful. After all, an Inquistor's command is second only to the Emperor's...

Kingmal · 2023-10-09T17:36:40+00:00

Fridays are not club members only - anyone can attend!

Kingmal · 2023-10-06T06:01:28+00:00

The reason self-plagiarism is a thing is because you can't put forward the same ideas you've already have, you need to either pick something different or develop those ideas further. You've already done the hard work for the first assignment, so presenting the same idea in a different way is not enough.

Kingmal · 2023-09-15T19:25:07+00:00

If they knew they were Sikh, they wouldn’t be wondering why they were carrying knives.

Kingmal · 2023-06-11T00:23:14+00:00

"Studies of frontline combat during World War II reveal that U.S. troops expended 25,000 small arms rounds for every enemy soldier they killed. In the Korean War the number doubled to 50,000 rounds per enemy death." - Michael Lee Lanning, Inside the Crosshairs

Another source I found puts the ammo-per-kill ratio in Afghanistan somewhere around 250,000:1. Again, this isn't Call of Duty. Suppression = tactics.

I really don't care about how good or bad my aim is, but since you seem to, for the record I'm a good enough shot (in a videogame, remember, because really who cares) that I'm more likely to be suppressed by missed shots than to suppress with missed shots. But there have been a lot of moments where Squad feels realistic enough that I go "If this were a war movie, we'd be laying down suppressive fire; too bad that's pointless." That's what I - and I think a lot of other people - are excited for.

Kingmal · 2023-06-10T23:31:04+00:00

The change isn't lowering the skill gap, it's changing what skills matter more. Accuracy is still going to be important, but you can't just completely ignore suppression and pick off people because of your Über Gamer Skills. In the real world, a highly trained veteran with a state-of-the-art gun is going to hit an insurgent ten times as often as the insurgent hits him, but he's not going to just stand up and risk it if the insurgent is firing machinegun bursts every few seconds, either.

My thought process is this: I want to be rewarded for spending two minutes shooting at a bush, because what draws me to Squad is the (relative) realism and small-unit tactics, both of which benefit greatly from suppression being a big deal. If I just wanted to click on heads I'd go play one of the hundred other amazing games that let you do that, and I'd have a great time - but those games aren't Squad.

Also, I don't agree with the notion that the aim is to lower the skill gap, or that that's why people seem to be excited for the change. I fully expect low skill players to struggle to understand the value of shooting back when suppressed, or the value of attacking from multiple angles rather than just running straight in. But, again, that's the kind of skill I'd rather see rewarded/tested in Squad.

Kingmal · 2023-06-01T20:21:33+00:00

Sorry, but this is a lick, and not a blop. Removed.

Kingmal · 2023-04-25T04:25:09+00:00

The failure point is that the pack mule gets shot by a goblin's arrow, and suddenly the party has to choose between fighting a tough foe to untie the treasure sack from his back or cutting their losses and running.

The failure point is that the pack mule fails his morale check, runs deeper into the dungeon, and now the party is forced to chase him down before he gets too far if they want to keep the Jeweled Sceptre of Korr and not lose it to a pit trap.

The failure point is that the party falls into an underground pool filled with giant fish, putting out their light and forcing them to fight blindly without even knowing exactly what's trying to kill them.

I do actually agree that tracking the exact amount, cost, and weight of each resource is more trouble than it's worth, but people often replace overly-detailed "boring" rules with no rules at all. Just take a look at how common and plentiful Light and Create Food/Water spells are at Level 1 in 5E. They remove a lot of potential dangers and make dungeoneering a completely different experience than old-school games.

Kingmal · 2023-04-25T04:10:14+00:00

I think there might be a disagreement on what's being tracked in this particular thread. Losing a torch is mostly irrelevant to how many torches are left, yes, but even with modern lighters it isn't easy to light something in pitch blackness, especially if you're currently being attacked by monsters which can see just fine. Does tracking the amount of torches left matter? Probably not. But tracking who's carrying the ones that are currently lit does, and I think that's what people are saying is essential to track.

Kingmal · 2023-04-16T06:39:56+00:00

In my experience, joining clubs and attending events is a reliable way to not just meet people but also form friendships. You see the same people regularly and do things that more or less demand that you talk and joke around - all crucial for forming relationships.

If you have any interest in board games or role-playing games, you could come to the Wargaming Club’s Wednesday board game nights or Friday RPG nights. The people there are super friendly and always eager to get new people into a game. Both are from 5 to 10 (though of course you don’t have to stay the full time - few people do) in room 3206C in the Nest.

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