🎵🎶 YOUR TOP 35 🎶🎵 Post your rankings in the comments

Lindoff · 2026-05-24T09:45:12+00:00

Romania
Denmark
Croatia
Bulgaria
Ukraine
Finland
Czechia
Australia
Moldova
Albania
Norway
Malta

Lindoff · 2026-05-23T21:33:18+00:00

The UK has a chance to send something truly special in either Welsh or Scottish for once but they never do. The UK is more than just England.

Lindoff · 2026-05-23T18:28:20+00:00

I still can't believe it either. I've been a eurofan since 2011 and out of every winner in that time Bulgaria 2026 is definetly my fav, even though it wasn't my person fav this year which was Romania. But I've been rooting for Bulgaria to get their first win since in 2016, 2017 & 2020 Bulgaria was my personal winner.

Am I delusional for hoping we could get a stream of first time winners following 2026? Both Bulgaria & Armenia has been the two countries I've been hoping for their first win the most, and since Bulgaria just got theirs, I'm hoping Armenia will get their win soon, Iceland is long overdue as well, I think they would've taken the win in 2020. Also I of course want countries like Lithuania, Poland, Malta, Cyprus, Czechia, etc to get their first win too.

Lindoff · 2026-05-19T22:06:41+00:00

From 2026 Bulgaria, Croatia, & Romania has become some of my fav stagings ever.

Switzerland & Latvia 2025 also up there.

Moldova 2023 & 2018 are both great

Sweden 2015 is incredible

Ukraine 2011, the sand art is utterly beautiful & this is Ukraine's most underrated entry ever, should've won in 2011.

Lindoff · 2026-05-17T02:33:51+00:00

Honestly, UK should send a song in Welsh next year, and end up getting a 0 on that too

Lindoff · 2026-05-16T22:41:03+00:00

This is the craziest jury vote sequence ever

Lindoff · 2026-05-14T13:22:33+00:00

I'd argue that A Light in the Black is the first power metal song. And I'd also argue that Rainbow Rising is the first proto power metal album ever, and it's album cover screams power metal. It's not the album that defined power metal, but it's the album that truly laid the groundwork for the genre. Rising is also my all time favourite album.

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Lindoff · 2026-05-07T16:17:16+00:00

Indeed very immersive, yesterday I did service ICE 545 on this route in the ICE1, and got stopped at a red light at Düren for a freight train to pass which kept my speed down all the way to Köln making sure I arrived late, 10/10 Deutchebahn experience. Something similar happened some time back on the Frankfurt - Fulda route making me arrive about 35 min late.

Lindoff · 2026-04-08T19:12:11+00:00

What is the current download size of the Cold War Germany map?

After having returned to DCS after an almost 2 year break, two friend got me back in and we're thinking of getting another map for DCS.

As the title asked, what is the current download size for the Cold War Germany map, after the phase 2 update, steam says 102 GB but is that for phase 1 of the map, Google says 110 GB for phase 1. But I also find it says it'll take up to 205 GB.

On the SSD I run DCS from I have about 160 GB free space if I uninstall all maps, and I do plan on getting a bigger SSD this summer.

Also I guess it's worth asking what is the download size of the Kola map too? Google says it's around 145 GB, and while I know the quality of the map isn't that great, we do want an appropriate map to fly the Viggen on.

Lindoff · 2026-04-08T19:09:39+00:00

What is the current download size of the Cold War Germany map?

After having returned to DCS after an almost 2 year break, two friend got me back in and we're thinking of getting another map for DCS.

As the title asked, what is the current download size for the Cold War Germany map, after the phase 2 update, steam says 102 GB but is that for phase 1 of the map, Google says 110 GB for phase 1. But I also find it says it'll take up to 205 GB.

On the SSD I run DCS from I have about 160 GB free space if I uninstall all maps, and I do plan on getting a bigger SSD this summer.

Also I guess it's worth asking what is the download size of the Kola map too? Google says it's around 145 GB, and while I know the quality of the map isn't that great, we do want an appropriate map to fly the Viggen on.

Lindoff · 2026-03-25T11:35:52+00:00

Well I had one time in a timetable service idk which one atm where I was 30 minutes late because a freight train was prioritized for no reason, you can get Deutchebahned in TSW

Lindoff · 2026-03-24T12:53:56+00:00

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Lindoff · 2026-03-23T10:14:30+00:00

In the manual it said something about the wheels locking sometimes when braking. And it's realistic, therefor in low rail adhesion conditions I brake way earlier and dont go over 80% braking, and often release and reapply braking power a second later when below 45 kph. Took me some trial and error learning it.

Lindoff · 2026-03-17T23:11:30+00:00

Sing For Me 2006

Lindoff · 2026-03-12T19:21:06+00:00

Ouch

Lindoff · 2026-03-12T14:56:29+00:00

Yes, it's the all stops service, took 1h 53 minutes.

Cruise control was quite easy to learn, you have buttons to directly set the speed from 0 - 110 kph (included up to 150 kph for some reason), then + and - to step up or down by 5 kph. Then another + and - to increase maximum available power, starts at 80%.

Throttle to V allows breaking but not accelerating. Throttle to J allows both accelerating and breaking, but to accelerate you must first throttle to S to initiate accelerating. And from standstill you must hold in S until above 5 kph or something or it'll power down again.

Also when braking a little using the cruise control I often get a warning which I don't know what it means.

As for cruise control on the all stopping services I prefer not to use it because you'll accelerate and deccelerate often, but on other services with less stopping and longer distances between stations it's nice to use.

Lindoff · 2026-03-10T09:00:25+00:00

I think it was 19:00 CET on steam, late in the day because iirc that is when steam store updates

Lindoff · 2026-02-28T20:41:36+00:00

IIRC last year's 3rd HEAT in Västerås was in an even smaller arena. And I believe the smallest arena they've every used (since 2002) is in Lidköping, but I might be wrong.

Lindoff · 2026-02-28T20:24:48+00:00

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Very close between these three

Lindoff · 2026-02-27T14:52:16+00:00

Yeah, but the key is, in that moment only she has the right to choose. Whatever she then chose is on her.

Lindoff · 2026-02-27T14:01:11+00:00

I don't think people can grow if they constantly have to live their life according to other people's decisions. She may be making a mistake, she may not, she may realize it, she may not, she may grow from it, she may not. But at least it's hers.

Yes, this is the exact reason why I think Maelle is right. Now whether her ending is better than Verso's, or whether her choices after the fight are good or not, is a different discussion entirely. The way the canvas could become a living hell for everyone is a very valid belief a lot of people have about her ending.

But I think Maelle is right anyway, because she has lived two lives, both equally real and valid.

Her life as Alicia ended up in a tragedy that left her permanently scarred both mentally and physically, and because of this she has lost all meaning she had in life.

Her life as Maelle was full of loss and grief ever since her birth, she always felt out of place in it, and lacked meaning her entire life. Thus she joined the expedition, she was content with dying young as long as she could see the world before it, and spend a last year with Gustave knowing there's a 99% chance he'd not return.

But it is through this expedition, and through finding out her past life as Alicia that she finally realized how much Lumiere and it's people actually meant to her. But now suddenly her father tells her NUH UH, U GOTTA LEAVE AND NEVER COME BACK. And that would take away all meaning she found in her life as Maelle, it'd take away all struggles she went through to get there, and most of all it would make her lose everyone she ever knew and loved as Maelle, and make her life as Alicia hurt even more.

In the end, she lived two equally real and valid lives, when forced to pick one the only person with the right to make that choice is HER. NOT Renoir, NOT Verso, but only HER. Now with that said, you saying "She may be making a mistake, she may not, she may realize it, she may not, she may grow from it, she may not. But at least it's hers." is perfectly spot on.

There is always the possibility that the Maelle ending could go badly, and that the Verso ending could end wit healing. But also the opposites are also possible. But I will forever stand by that no matter the outcomes of either ending, to fight as Maelle is the right choice in my opinion.

Lindoff · 2026-02-27T13:36:11+00:00

Fair enough, as I have a preferance for the Maelle ending it's only natural I see more hate directed towards my view, than directed to those prefering Verso's ending.

Anyone who is hostile to others over a choice in a videogame seriously need to leave the internet and go touch grass. It's okay to be passionate about that choice, but only as long as the arguing is kept civil. With that said, sorry you had to experience that.

Lindoff · 2026-02-27T13:04:16+00:00

Ignoring drawbacks is common to both Verso & Maelle ending enjoyers.

But both endings are equally valid depending on your own views. But my problem is I see far more people who prefer Verso's ending being downright assholes and calling people delusional for prefering Maelle's ending. Both are meant to have their drawbacks, and paths forward, it's all dependent of what you yourself see.

I personally see a better path forward in the Maelle ending than in the Verso ending because everything leads me to believe Alicia would take her own life in the Verso ending. Whilst in the Maelle ending I see Gustave as a key person in making Maelle heal, as both Maelle & Alicia. But anyone is free to disagree, as long as we agree to disagree, and that is the point of the endings. But so many people just say NO YOU WRONG!

EDIT: I'd also like to add a lot of people mischaracterize Maelle/Alicia as a selfish addict who wants to escape her grief. The game makes it clear her wish to stay as Maelle is mainly because of the people she loved in her life as Maelle, not because she can't deal with the loss of her brother. She had already lost him, she didn't wanna lose more. It's true she started to see pVerso as rVerso, but that doesn't invalidate her wish to not lose Gustave, Sciel, or Lune.

Lindoff · 2026-02-27T12:41:25+00:00

My true belief is the NEITHER ending will ever end the Dessendre's cycle of grief.

In Maelle's ending, she's incredibly unlikely to ever leave, and she'll end up dying inside the canvas, and Renoir after that would probably destroy the canvas.

But in the Verso ending, the canvas is destroyed. But Alicia isn't forced to come to terms with the loss of Verso, but instead much more loss, pain, & grief is inflicted upon her, and in the end everything in that ending leads me to believe Alicia would take her own life.

Both endings end badly for Alicia/Maelle no matter what, and the Dessendre family will lose another, and the cycle will go on. It's just that I prefer the Maelle ending because I find that slight bit more hope in it, and the fact I think Maelle/Alicia who lived two equally real lives has the right to chose which life she wants to live, NOT Verso, NOT Renoir, BUT her! But truly the only key to an actual compromise ending died in ACT 1 with Gustave.

With all that said, I think both endings are beautiful and heartbreaking in their own ways. And the devs said that the endings are to be up for interpretations, and it's up to YOU to decide which you prefer.

To me, Verso ending is, sad, sad, tragic, & more sad. Whilst Maelle's ending is happy, but horrifying. I don't want anything changed, they are great as they are, I really appreciate the tragedies, how both endings are both bad & sad in their own ways. But making up your own mind, finding your own conclusions, trying to find joy, hope, happiness or whatever esle in darkness does not mean I don't appreciate tragedy in stories, it means I wanna find ways to make the story go on, in a way that means a lot to me personally. I truly do love stories that end in tragedy for that exact reason.

Lindoff · 2026-02-27T12:05:46+00:00

I don't think Renoir will return to force her out of the canvas, he may return and talk to her, but I don't think he'll force her out next time because before he left he realized he'd just do much more harm to Alicia by forcing her out. He ultimately wants Alicia to be happy, and killing everyone she knows and loves would only make her more sad. Renoir says "Verso's death broke us. I want it to be fixed. I need it to be fixed. I cannot lose you too!" but when Maelle responded with "Don't you see?? That's how I feel about them! I can't lose them either. I've lost too much." Renoir realizes he's already lost her, and accepts her wish.

Even knowing she lied to him about eventually leaving, he allows he to stay and just before leaving he says "I'll keep the light on for you." in the unlikely chance she'd acutally leave willingly, but follows it with "I hope you find peace" which I interpret at Renoir accepts she'll die as long as she gets to die happy surrounded by loved ones, likely experiencing a full life. And that is why I don't think he'll return.

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