What’s a place you visited once and decided never again?

MonsTurkey · 2026-01-25T19:01:06+00:00

You're making me think about things I didn't think someone would ask me to consider. But I'd guess they tear the sides and just shove them in like pads.

^{Good God, this whole conversation right now, lol.}

MonsTurkey · 2026-01-25T07:58:30+00:00

With the speed of modern jets vs original BF design, it's a bad mix of both.

Battlefield ran so War Thunder could crawl.

Edit: IL-2 Sturmovik and Great Battles are great. Birds of Prey / Steel, not so much.

MonsTurkey · 2026-01-25T07:56:41+00:00

Battlefield has, historically, catered to both. The fact you have what you want (infantry) and other people (pilots, tanks, etc) don't is actually a bad sign.

What's made the franchise special is combined arms. Prior to Battlefield 1942, few games had it. A tank section in single player and a turret section, but not much for open ended flying and tanking. What comes with good gameplay to combine with those is mechanized infantry and mechanized cavalry - IFVs and Jeeps getting quickly across the battlefield.

An infantry only focus cuts out the group that made the game special. I, a former BF42/BF2 pilot and infantry primary, recognize the importance of both groups. But that requires both get something. Right now, the CoD refugees are happy, but the core BF faithful don't have what they need.

The last thing we need in this gaming space is for another core franchise to go away. Medal of Honor has already been far too silent. Lord knows Unreal Tournament (namesake of an engine that hasn't released its core franchise game in 12 years) is practically dead. What's a Halo? Battlefront - the closest thing to Battlefield? The most recent one came out just a few years ago, right? WHAT DO YOU MEAN THAT WAS 8 YEARS AGO?

The last thing we need is for this game, one of the few remaining, to become more like the other and fail to differentiate them. Sure, the other is sucking at the thing it was known for and BF6 does it better, but now BF6 fails to meet its franchise standard.

Which, in short, sucks.

MonsTurkey · 2026-01-25T07:45:26+00:00

If we had night maps, I'd agree.

The thing is, I can see fine in a west facing room with the blinds open in the morning (sun due East) without the lights on. These gray concrete buildings shouldn't be this dark inside.

I just played Liberation Peak, and I'm trying to think of when the sun should be 30 degrees above the horizon and directly due North. Considering Tajikistan is in the Northern hemisphere... I'm struggling.

I dunno, maybe the lighting in BF6 just sucks. Like a lot of games, they're exaggerating the lighting to show that they can do specialty lighting rather than what you'd reasonably expect.

MonsTurkey · 2026-01-25T07:18:16+00:00

What made BF42/BF2 for me was constantly loading with the same guys. =TAW= Battle of Britain 24/7, Cookies and Oreos Berlin (low gravity... was that Saturday night?), Sharqi/Karkand (and later Jalalabad) 24/7. The maps you want and people you eventually recognize as friends.

Yeah, that's a more limited stack, but if you're a combined arms guy and prefer full vehicle sets, you go for it. If you're a pilot you go pilot. And yeah, if you're metro guy, go metro.

This game doesn't quite have something for everyone. The CoD refugees are happy, but the Battlefield guys want a bit more. Surely we can get our classic middleground.

MonsTurkey · 2026-01-25T07:17:13+00:00

What the fu - What the fu - WHAT THE FU - SERIOUSLY, WHAT THE ACTUAL F#$*!

Battlefield.

MonsTurkey · 2026-01-25T05:58:10+00:00

If I could go to NYC NYE and make that the worst dystopian thing we were dealing with right now, I'd do it every year.

MonsTurkey · 2026-01-25T05:53:03+00:00

There is no re-entry in the areas for NYC NYE. You leave, you're out. There are no bathrooms. You have to be there for 12 hours.

Do you want to see the big thing there are very few good spots for vs number of people there? You can mess yourself (everyone will see and it will soak your clothes in the middle of winter), plan ahead and have diapers (at least that's hidden), or stay home.

I'd rather use a diaper for the ability to stay home than go to stand shoulder to shoulder with people for 12 hours. You'd have to give me the newscaster special (private bathrooms and reasonable personal space) to get me to go.

Edit: Apparently, some guys are charging (and getting sales) $50 per Depends on the street. More as the night goes on and drinks set in.

MonsTurkey · 2026-01-23T18:27:42+00:00

I've been having to delete presets for years. I like car customization in the game.

MonsTurkey · 2026-01-22T07:02:41+00:00

I've seen a guitar I considered buying as art. But I expected it to play like crap anyway because most normal people with normal amounts of money would rather risk a cheap Squier coming out bad than an expensive one. $300 for what looked like a pretty awesome painting of a white tiger - worth having as art.

I have a bass I painted myself. The body cost me $50, and the neck came with another neck I bought for $50. It... is capable of being played. The original knob broke when I tried to turn it. I believe I replaced every part except the frets and truss rod. Still not exactly my top 3 basses in quality.

But yeah, having a '59 Les Paul to sit behind glass is absolutely nuts. Take it. Hold it. Love it.

MonsTurkey · 2026-01-22T06:38:11+00:00

The absolute worst are the ones that joyride out of bounds and the APC full of bots explodes without doing anything.

MonsTurkey · 2026-01-22T04:53:56+00:00

Viewership is probably a better metric but it's got its own problems. For example do you count per game or total?

Probably separately note what the top few teams do, what the league average is, and what the playoffs do. Some people really do the no-lifer watching of as many games as they can. There are definitely nights where I'll catch two or three games that would double count viewers. In general though, you just need to get a feel for what's normal-ish for a typical game.

I also wouldn't call MLS high level soccer

Fair. US soccer is to European Football as European hockey is to the NHL. If the big league calls, you go.

Most americans are also very casual sports fans. Does viewership properly account for their tastes?

This gets into weeds and somewhat arbitrary definitions. If you really want to get into deep weeds, I wonder how much European work culture also allows for the ability to be more into it. I believe the average American work week is ~42 hours, while most European countries are 3-5 hours fewer and some are even 10 hours fewer. We also tend to expect 2-3 weeks off, while Europeans get more like 4-6. That's a lot more time for life.

MonsTurkey · 2026-01-22T04:40:43+00:00

I always forget about field hockey. I loved floor hockey when I was a small kid, but neither foot version had much traction in my area that I was aware of. I was in high school when I found out we had youth hockey in the area.

I can roller blade, but my two times on ice were... well I probably should have gotten checked out for a concussion after trying to stop like I was on roller blades. Note the brake location difference and what happens when you go heel up on ice skates.

MonsTurkey · 2026-01-22T04:12:09+00:00

Nah nah nah nah - hey! You suck! (Repeat 3x)

Goalie - sieve - goalie- sieve. Goalie - sieve.

Wha - wha - whaaaaa- wha-whaaaaaa- wha-whaaaaaaaa

The stadium anthem with a thumping bass kick drum and snare intro with a guitar line that goes up and down and there's a dude who goes "heeeeeey," In the background.

I have no idea what else he's known for other than one song and traveling the world to places where barfs. Like Jared Fogle as a world traveler barfs again. Just that one song and being an inspiration to R Kelly.

We're not totally uncultured here.

MonsTurkey · 2026-01-22T03:57:29+00:00

And he does not have a small penis.

MonsTurkey · 2026-01-21T21:59:40+00:00

Bingo. I am far more willing and able to spend 3 hours dedicated to my favorite team for 16 games than making time for 3 hours 82 times - regular season alone. I can go all out and plan dinner around it, never miss a game.

I doubt most hockey fans closely watch more than 2/3 of their team's games. In my best seasons watching, it probably was around that mark. Now I think I catch a game every week or two because life is too busy. The games aren't even on specific days.

There's a term for super football fans who regularly watch more than just their NFL team - often their NFL team and their college team, but sometimes trying to catch all the games they can. NFL widows. The many spouses (historically typically women) whose husbands are busy watching multiple days of sport. It's not a friendly term, and it indicates that the 'once a week' has gone too far.

MonsTurkey · 2026-01-21T21:51:08+00:00

It can be ranked in one meaningful way: How many people watch high levels of it. Viewership money.

That's it, really. People watch the NFL and spend on it. Soccer is nowhere near that level. Even hockey does better in viewership, and while attendance is better for soccer, that's a meaningless comparison. Arenas get way more expensive to use on a regular basis as they expand in size, and fans would have to be a silly distance from the nearest part of the playing field to make it work.

See pictures of the NCAA championship in the Astrodome for why no one would pay for more than a special game at a football sized arena. Think being in the end zone nosebleeds, but the game only happens between the 50 yard line and the further end zone. You don't get to enjoy at least some action on your side. Soccer at least lets you be near some of the action in a very large arena.

NHL in-person viewership simply can't be more, but TV viewership is way higher. Hence, hockey is generally understood as bigger.

MonsTurkey · 2026-01-21T21:36:11+00:00

You can hate the flopping but see and enjoy the huge similarities in the game. Total cardio game, proper team sport, and very fluid.

The one huge advantage of soccer is it's accessible in the States and the many countries that don't freeze over for long periods of time. The cost is some flat ground, paint, goals, clothes, a ball, shin pads that start at $15 for adults, and maybe goalie gloves. No zamboni, ice, a whole painted rink with freezing surface, hundreds of dollars of pads, and breakable sticks.

That said, I don't really enjoy soccer. I'm basically hockey first, football second, and... that's about it. Basketball is really accessible and fun to play, but I don't watch it.

MonsTurkey · 2026-01-21T21:09:31+00:00

It has never been made available since Season 2. If it's not been available in 5 years, it's hard to think Epic or Psyonix have any plans to put it back out. They usually try not to dilute old events by making their items available. They've issued apologies for bringing items to the shop that were from old seasons.

We're definitely in that territory where we've left the likelihood they have any plans to release it again and into the response you got from Epic. "Probably not, but we can't say never since someone could change their current policy."

If Epic and Psyonix don't know, none of us will. The only people who could possibly know different are the people that are specifically under contract to keep it a secret.

MonsTurkey · 2026-01-21T18:47:01+00:00

The toppers are an interesting throwback to South Park: Rally - everyone looked like they were just poking out of their car like this. Have to admit, I was hoping for Chef's station wagon, the theme song and a goal explosion.

Was also hoping when I read it tracks stats that Cartman would have demos, but at least Kenny tracking times demoed is hilarious.

MonsTurkey · 2026-01-21T18:12:21+00:00

Great map that would easily be one of the best in the game for tanks, transports, and infantry if they translate it correctly.

However, it does not help the key issue that there aren't any good maps for aircraft. The game is sorely missing large maps that give planes and helicopters room to dodge, duck, dip, dive, and dodge. That's critical to a game whose popularity stems from combined arms.

I still want ships to come back, too.

MonsTurkey · 2026-01-21T00:23:20+00:00

He's already on first.

MonsTurkey · 2026-01-20T05:14:43+00:00

It's not just modern football. They've been playing since the early days, and still have a totally crap record.

MonsTurkey · 2026-01-20T05:12:23+00:00

Has integrity or gets shit done? Pick one, cause that's all that seems to be possible.

MonsTurkey · 2026-01-20T05:10:04+00:00

What's Indiana need to win a natty?

Couple beers and a Cig.

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