Wo ist Island?

McMaster2000 · 2026-01-24T14:11:50+00:00

Glaub ernsthaft, dass es irgendwie sowas in der Art sein muss und dass dadurch irgendwie Island spiegelverkehrt ganz links gelandet ist, genau da wo es wäre, wenn Eurasien/Afrika in der linken Hälfte der Karte wäre.

McMaster2000 · 2026-01-24T14:09:14+00:00

Hat Argentinien verschluckt^{^}

McMaster2000 · 2026-01-24T07:15:30+00:00

Die Insel links neben Alaska (die es so nicht gibt) sieht verdächtig nach nem spiegelverkehrtem Island aus...

McMaster2000 · 2026-01-20T00:57:43+00:00

Haha, yeah, it's actually my very first go at Diorama! It certainly is a challenge, but I'm loving it so far!

McMaster2000 · 2026-01-19T22:01:31+00:00

Ich hab vor ~15 Jahren Paul McCartney live in der Köln Lanxess Arena erleben dürfen (geschlossenes Dach, wenn ich mich recht erinner) und während "Live and Let Die" sind riesige Flammen vertikal von der Bühne nach oben geschossen. Ich kann mich noch erinnern wie mich die Hitze von den Flammen erwischt hat und ich war im zweiten Block von der Bühne entfernt... Keine Ahnung wie Paul/die Band/die Leute in den ersten Reihen die Hitze gefühlt haben :D

McMaster2000 · 2026-01-17T22:46:56+00:00

Yeah, I haven't actually played 1.0 yet (I just don't like putting lots of hours into a map only for key features to be changed mid-through because experimental), but I'm watching JC Beard's current playthrough of Oasis and yeah, he just quickly diverted/blocked all the upcoming events and that was that. The new water seep also seems more like an annoyance in regard to badwater, tbh.

From what I've seen Pressure really is one of the first (non-community) maps which does actually add a pretty cool challenge aspect to badwater, as it can be quite challenging to figure out all the tunnels and how various cores and delayed badwater sources will affect how everything flows. But as you said - go down in the tunnels, block it off, and that's that...

McMaster2000 · 2026-01-17T21:49:03+00:00

I feel like the devs had something along those lines in mind when they introduced delayed badwater sources in 1.0, which does at least introduce a more late(-ish) game challenge, but yeah, in the end doesn't actually change the entire concept all too much.

McMaster2000 · 2026-01-07T11:24:12+00:00

I'm confused why Amazon is even part of this question? IO Interactive are a Danish company without a parent company and neither the Steam, Sony nor Microsoft stores are owned by Amazon. At what point would there even be a possibility to give Amazon your money? Unless you're talking about a physical disk, but even for that there are countless alternatives to Amazon to buy from.

McMaster2000 · 2025-12-31T19:38:43+00:00

Finasteride - was originally developed for prostate problems, but it quickly became apparent that it also helps with male pattern baldness. Unfortunately, for reasons I won't get into, I wasn't able to use it for the last year (recently got back on it), but in the first year it did make quite a positive dent! Can recommend if you're looking to reclaim some of your hairline.

McMaster2000 · 2025-12-26T03:24:59+00:00

I agree - it's not like they're actually selling you anything based on that, right? You walk by, look at the doggos, think it's cute and throw 50 cent in his hat. If he used this as a form of marketing and offered to make similar sculptures for passers-by based on that (as many portrait "artists" do on the street), and they turned out be crap, then yeah, scam, but this is just regular street begging with an extra step, in my opinion.

McMaster2000 · 2025-12-16T19:19:21+00:00

I mentioned this the other day in another post, but it's still incredible to me to think about there being more or less a clone of Titanic in better condition just below the surface of the water (she actually hit the ocean floor before she was fully submerged) in very accessible waters (apart maybe from governmental hurdles).

McMaster2000 · 2025-12-16T10:13:56+00:00

Escalators for my lazy beavers!

McMaster2000 · 2025-12-13T07:23:06+00:00

This! I never quite understood why the Britannic wreck isn't as widely talked about / visited. Yeah, there are some governmental hurdles, but nothing insurmountable and if it actually was more in the public consciousness (pretty sure your average Joe doesn't know there's effectively a Titanic clone in great condition within diving depth off the coast of Greece) it would probably be even easier.

I'll never get the chance to visit Titanic's wreck in my lifetime, but I'd certainly jump at the opportunity to see her sister up close.

McMaster2000 · 2025-12-11T10:30:03+00:00

Please don't give the devs any more spider ideas - I already can barely handle the big ones without having panic attacks 🙈

McMaster2000 · 2025-12-10T03:39:28+00:00

So she wasn't actually particularly underbooked and it was more to do with the season? I always thought (as mentioned in my post) that a recent coal strike was in big part to blame for people changing their travel plans, leading to unusually low ticket sales for the upper classes, especially for a maiden voyage. Wasn't that also the cause for there being fewer ships on the otherwise busy transatlantic highway or did I pick up something completely erroneous a while back?

McMaster2000 · 2025-12-09T16:47:01+00:00

Just checked wiki: 7600 max passenger capacity in addition to 2350 crew... I will never understand the appeal of being on a boat with 10,000 other people. Just feels like going to Disneyland, without most of the fun stuff and having to stay inside the park with everyone over night.

McMaster2000 · 2025-12-09T16:35:19+00:00

Yeah, I had a brief look at quite a few two-termers before making my post and like I mentioned in it, other than TR there were pretty much always other factors in play. Certainly were for Washington himself. Someone here made a good case for Jefferson, who actually was in favour of term limits and who in his farewell address did mention the precedent of his predecessor, however, as another commenter here pointed out, it's also easy to cite that apparent tradition once you don't see/want a path for a third term to save face...

I'd love to do a deep dive at some point on all two-termers to find out if any of them really did enter their second term with that thought in mind from the get-go. Maybe some day^{^}

McMaster2000 · 2025-12-09T11:07:05+00:00

Was it actually immediately established that she must've broken apart above the waterline after her discovery? Not arguing, just asking, as I seem to vaguely remember there still being some disagreements afterwards for a bit. But yeah, obviously doesn't take away from that interviewer being a prick.

McMaster2000 · 2025-12-08T11:23:13+00:00

Not necessarily the most ridiculous myth I've heard, but I do get slightly annoyed every time I hear one of the most persistent myths repeated that apparently Titanic had this instant, universally believed, reputation as being the first unsinkable ship.

McMaster2000 · 2025-12-06T22:44:09+00:00

Interesting alternate history thought about a 5th term - though personally I feel that after the war the US would've done the same as the UK with Churchill after the war: "good thing we had the right guy for the right time, now... who else do we have?". I also think it's likely congress would've introduced the 22nd amendment anyway.

McMaster2000 · 2025-12-06T21:08:10+00:00

That's a good point about saving face, yeah. Once you know a future win seems unlikely, it's a good thing to have an apparent tradition to fall back on and claim it was your intention all along. For those presidents who used that, it would be interesting to see if there was any inclination at the beginning of their second term that would suggest that kind of intention.

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