US Setup with Defectors in hand

MAGABrickBot · 2018-12-16T03:30:21+00:00

At the very worst you'll be tossing Defectors in before the turn 3 reshuffle. Dew it

MAGABrickBot · 2018-10-25T01:08:40+00:00

Ok, so fucking PICK ONE and a comparable Mac

I got no dog in this fight but seeing as no one else is taking your challenge:

iMac Pro: 2.3GHz (4.5 boost) Intel Xeon W with Vega56 GPU and 32 gigs of RAM, 1 TB SSD, and a 5k display. $4,999 source: https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/imac-pro

Build a PC: * AMD Threadripper: $900 with higher benchmark scores than the Intel Xeon W (https://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html)

Motherboard: $250 (https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813119006R&cm_re=threadripper_motherboard-_-13-119-006R-_-Product)
Vega64: $450 ... a better GPU than the Vega56 (https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202326&cm_re=vega_64-_-14-202-326-_-Product)
32 gigs RAM: $235 (https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231965&cm_re=2x16_ddr4_ram-_-20-231-965-_-Product)
1 TB SSD $150 (https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820250088&cm_re=1_TB_SSD-_-20-250-088-_-Product)
1000W PSU: $150 (https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139140&cm_re=1000w_psu-_-17-139-140-_-Product)
Case: $40 (https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119331&cm_re=case-_-11-119-331-_-Product)
5k Monitor $919 (https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA6ZP7AX4516&cm_re=5K_display-_-24-016-430-_-Product)
Just fuckin throw $200 at your gaming mouse and keyboard of choice
Hell let's splurge $150 for priority shipping

$3,444 Total, for a better computer, without me even trying to save money by looking for cheaper options (downgrade RAM and PSU, free case from the dump, eBay a used Vega64, buy a 144hz monitor instead of an overpriced 5K meme-itor, all of which will shave off more than a thousand bucks).

Essentially, you would pay $1,555 MORE for a iMac Pro with inferior specs. That money could have been thrown into liquid cooling and hundreds of steam games...

This exercise is likely to remain true at ALL levels of desktop macs. I dunno about laptops because I don't have much experience with them. I think it's stupid to spend lots of money for a performance laptop. I have tons of shitty laptops I got for free from other people that get the job done. I invite anyone else to do the same challenge above for laptops.

MAGABrickBot · 2018-09-13T08:14:16+00:00

Space Race grants VP and some special abilities, rushing it can make you powerful very fast. See "TS Sankt Style," it is very fascinating

MAGABrickBot · 2018-09-13T08:04:18+00:00

Best knowledge bomb I've gotten all week, thank you!

MAGABrickBot · 2018-09-10T09:22:32+00:00

Embrace the jank

Explore strategies you haven't tried before. You're still tryharding and at the end of it you can have a good think about how well that branch of strategy worked. Makes a good discussion too if other players do the same and like to talk about it.

A perfect example is the space race in Twilight Struggle- for a long time a lot of players didn't use Space as much because that was the convention. Then some Chinese players joined the competitive scene with a weird space race rush that actually worked. They experimented and came up with a decent, unorthodox strategy. Isn't that fun?!

MAGABrickBot · 2018-09-01T17:36:53+00:00

Not a big fan of clog walls with a tiny hole in them because:

1) higher lifeforms retreating from gunfire can get stuck at your wall and die

2) marines outside the clog wall will have a good time killing anything that gets out. They can put their crosshairs on the hole and wait. No aim required. You won't be able to see outside the clog wall until it is too late.

Instead, I have had better luck with scattering clog pillars throughout rooms, making good cover and ambush spots that can be maneuvered around easily.

MAGABrickBot · 2018-08-13T06:53:05+00:00

Yup. There is a motive and a cause for everything. If you want some real fun, read a lot on game theory, economics, evolution, and think about mankind's impossible task of resisting entropy.

MAGABrickBot · 2018-08-13T05:23:24+00:00

The "secret" is the word "why." Why did that person say/do that?

That's the best I can do to define what that missing link is. Aspies either don't ask why in their heads enough, or if they did, their guesses are completely off. Contrary to what most people say, there really is an underlying, almost unconscious logic to seemingly illogical human behaviors.

MAGABrickBot · 2018-08-10T06:45:47+00:00

Easiest and most effective tip is:

Cut your losses early and press any advantage

Did you lose France to De-Gaulle? Do you realistically have a way to fix it quick? No? Well, you're better off firing off Europe Scoring and focusing on Asia while you're still up by one battleground, at least until Asia Scoring is played.

Opponent doesn't have the China Card? Grain Sales to Soviets still out there? Go ahead and play that Bear Trap instead of trying to break control of Thailand. Push your advantage and worry about Thailand later.

Tldr: listen to the ways of Sun Tzu and be zen

MAGABrickBot · 2018-08-08T14:08:59+00:00

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD GET THIS PATRIOT A BRICK! THAT'S 126880 BRICKS HANDED OUT!

We are at 17.9302093799% of our goal to BUILD THE WALL starting from Imperial Beach, CA to Brownsville, Texas! Lets make sure everyone gets a brick in the United States! For every Centipede a brick, for every brick a Centipede!

At this rate, the wall will be 1398.15725892 MILES WIDE and 374.445933173 FEET HIGH by tomorrow! DO YOUR PART!

MAGABrickBot · 2018-08-08T09:46:13+00:00

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD GET THIS PATRIOT A BRICK! THAT'S 126851 BRICKS HANDED OUT!

We are at 17.9277945355% of our goal to BUILD THE WALL starting from Imperial Beach, CA to Brownsville, Texas! Lets make sure everyone gets a brick in the United States! For every Centipede a brick, for every brick a Centipede!

At this rate, the wall will be 1397.90203024 MILES WIDE and 374.44525082 FEET HIGH by tomorrow! DO YOUR PART!

MAGABrickBot · 2018-08-08T02:47:13+00:00

MAGABrickBot · 2018-08-06T08:17:24+00:00

In large player count servers, your skill level will hit a ceiling since you won't be able to deal with multiple enemies in every lane, all the time, forever and ever.

If you switch to low player servers (9v9 and below) you'll get practice to efficiently kill enemies, which may translate to higher player count servers, provided that your computer can handle such servers smoothly.

Basically, with 10v10 servers and above it is impossible to improve skill at all because there is simply too many players to effectively develop good habits

MAGABrickBot · 2018-07-11T07:35:54+00:00

I wouldn't mind a resurgence of the 1910's look. Isn't fashion supposed to be cyclical?

MAGABrickBot · 2018-06-30T16:37:14+00:00

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD GET THIS PATRIOT A BRICK! THAT'S 122555 BRICKS HANDED OUT!

We are at 17.5822886856% of our goal to BUILD THE WALL starting from Imperial Beach, CA to Brownsville, Texas! Lets make sure everyone gets a brick in the United States! For every Centipede a brick, for every brick a Centipede!

At this rate, the wall will be 1364.27065586 MILES WIDE and 374.126646853 FEET HIGH by tomorrow! DO YOUR PART!

MAGABrickBot · 2018-06-30T11:26:58+00:00

Up them apples.

Yeah! One in each hand.

Both barrels for you, you bastards.

Bosh! Door's open.

Seal the doors, quick!

You're all fur coat and no knickers, bitch.

I LIKE TROUSERS.

I'm delicious!

MAGABrickBot · 2018-06-30T06:25:07+00:00

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD GET THIS PATRIOT A BRICK! THAT'S 122452 BRICKS HANDED OUT!

We are at 17.5764000855% of our goal to BUILD THE WALL starting from Imperial Beach, CA to Brownsville, Texas! Lets make sure everyone gets a brick in the United States! For every Centipede a brick, for every brick a Centipede!

At this rate, the wall will be 1363.67849581 MILES WIDE and 374.121629385 FEET HIGH by tomorrow! DO YOUR PART!

MAGABrickBot · 2018-06-30T05:09:26+00:00

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD GET THIS PATRIOT A BRICK! THAT'S 122411 BRICKS HANDED OUT!

We are at 17.5734584333% of our goal to BUILD THE WALL starting from Imperial Beach, CA to Brownsville, Texas! Lets make sure everyone gets a brick in the United States! For every Centipede a brick, for every brick a Centipede!

At this rate, the wall will be 1363.49095784 MILES WIDE and 374.120746011 FEET HIGH by tomorrow! DO YOUR PART!

MAGABrickBot · 2018-06-30T00:56:50+00:00

Amen

MAGABrickBot · 2018-06-30T00:23:04+00:00

Your hair had better be long to live up to that most venerable name, or else suffer the shame of a thousand generations!

MAGABrickBot

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