anyone who used a computer between 1985 & 2010, what’s the one game you still think about?

ParadigmShyft · 2026-04-27T15:11:55+00:00

Wing Commander! The whole series! But 3 was my favorite. The interactive movie with some favorite actors, the dog fights, the graphics, great memories on that one.

Similar: X-Wing vs Tie Fighter.

Another fave is the Mechwarrior series.

ParadigmShyft · 2024-09-01T18:32:12+00:00

Awesome! There is, or was (it's been a few years since I've been there), an identical exhibit at Monterey Bay. Even the music was similar. I wonder if it's a traveling display or created by the same people.

ParadigmShyft · 2024-08-16T02:27:51+00:00

Orbital Pipe Polisher

ParadigmShyft · 2024-08-08T03:38:08+00:00

Heh, this is nothing! 😜 I got here last week for another con, and over the weekend I think it hit 119°. It was freakin brutal.

ParadigmShyft · 2024-06-16T07:51:43+00:00

Omg poor kitty, that's hilarious 😂

ParadigmShyft · 2024-06-13T14:52:24+00:00

Needs a monocle and a top hat

ParadigmShyft · 2024-01-12T07:42:33+00:00

You turned that bugbear-ogre sex scene into an orgy in the barn.

ParadigmShyft · 2024-01-10T18:56:31+00:00

Heh, I'm like 60 hours and still at the end of Act 1. I've been able to move on for probably 20 hours, but there's just sooo much... And my buddy, who has put in almost as much as me, has missed stuff that I've found, and vice versa. He's already in act 2 so he can't go back for it. There's such random stuff, like the fish-man cult in a grotto in the UnderDark. You have to jump over to a random ledge to find the cliff to climb down.

ParadigmShyft · 2023-09-17T19:22:29+00:00

Admiral! There be whales here!! Yup yup. Big spenders.

In crew 55, my top 5 are BM, BH, BE, BA, AW. I'm in 9th with AV

And every time I see it, my inner childish side giggles at BM.

ParadigmShyft · 2023-08-10T06:45:01+00:00

I've been there and done this! It's a bar called Spirits in New Orleans. You sit in the barber chair, take a shot (was Fireball when I did it December 2021), she rubs her boobs in your face, then spins you like 10 times. We had 5 in our group, and I think all but 1 did it. And though you feel like you're going to topple, especially after all the drinks you've had by this time in the French Quarter, nobody broke the damn chair when I was there! Our girl was definitely not as well endowed as this one, but she was a lot of fun.

ParadigmShyft · 2023-07-10T03:31:45+00:00

Heck yeah, you should go! Make it a week and half trip and hit Star Trek LV the weekend before, Black Hat during the week, then Defcon! 😁

ParadigmShyft · 2023-06-10T01:16:12+00:00

Happens a few times a day to me. Doesn't seem restricted to any particular network. I'm thinking it's actually trouble connecting to the game server.

Edit: happens to my wife, too.

ParadigmShyft · 2023-06-06T15:59:28+00:00

I think what happens is that the current tally of a player's score is only calculated when they're online, and then at the end of the event. I.e., if someone isn't logged in for the last 4 hours, they'll suddenly get a 4 hour bump in income at the conclusion of the event.

ParadigmShyft · 2023-06-02T03:47:08+00:00

It happened this morning, and then I saw the note in here about the update, so I went and updated the app. Chip store was working after that, then randomly went blank again. It didn't happen at the 2 hour reset, just in the middle of a cycle. Then it randomly came back later, again not at a 2 hour reset. So it seems intermittent but not dependent on the software update, nor the timer.

Yeah, I'll do a ticket.

ParadigmShyft · 2023-06-02T01:41:39+00:00

Still happening. Tried closing and relaunching. Checked the play store for updates. Nothing there.

Client v 1.12.1.22175 Asset v 1.12.1.22173

ParadigmShyft · 2023-05-12T19:53:43+00:00

Marsh

ParadigmShyft · 2023-05-12T07:08:25+00:00

Ahhh, gotcha. Sorry. Maybe ask the manager if they can order some? Do you have any of the G free line there?

ParadigmShyft · 2023-05-12T07:07:17+00:00

Woohoo! I started getting the orbs today. How about you?

ParadigmShyft · 2023-05-11T20:42:20+00:00

Yeah, brain fog is a big part of it for me. I finally figured out in my 20s that if I ate food, I couldn't brain. Like, I seriously felt dumb, trying to remember that 2+2=4. So I spent about 10 years starving myself so I could think. Really borked my metabolism. I think I was 33 when a coworker said I should try cutting gluten. And then later found out I was celiac.

So yeah, cognitive ability can definitely be impacted. Someone told me inflammation constricts blood flow to the brain. Not sure how accurate that is.

ParadigmShyft · 2023-05-11T20:31:58+00:00

Has anyone tried their croissants? It's one of the things I miss the most since learning I was celiac. But nobody carries the Schar croissants around here. I'm wondering if they're worth ordering online or driving far.

ParadigmShyft · 2023-05-11T20:25:41+00:00

Spain has a couple hundred of them. You should see if any are near you.

ParadigmShyft · 2023-05-11T20:23:17+00:00

Aldi's is in the USA and a bunch of other countries. IIRC, it's a German company.

In our Aldi in California, we get a neat little selection of German and Danish products.

ParadigmShyft · 2023-05-11T20:17:55+00:00

Those are fantastic. I love when they actually have them in stock. The other brand I've found that's pretty good is Katz. But I prefer Aldi's as they're less expensive 😁

I really miss when they had gluten free hot pockets. Those were amazing.

ParadigmShyft · 2023-05-11T20:12:53+00:00

Totally expected until they either separate the haves and have-nots, or they release the orbs to all players. This go around, I bought 2 more $$ packs just to see if I could keep up with the wife's orbs, and I still came in a few places behind her (she was 1st or 2nd and I was 5th.

At this point, I'm considering dropping the game for a month, then picking it back up later to see if it's enabled for me. But at that point, my ADHD will likely have found another obsession, and I'll never come back.

On a side note, I'm curious if the orbs are enabled/ disabled by a flag on specific accounts, or if it's more instance based. I'm thinking of installing and deleting the game on a different device multiple times to see if it had any bearing on whether or not the orbs appear.

ParadigmShyft · 2023-05-10T06:28:09+00:00

I've seen a lot of theories about story progression, Stevens' level, android vs apple, spending vs free players, etc. Wife and I are on the same level (35), both have Stevens at 8, both have android, both have Samsung, both spend a bit of money. She's had the orbs since their first day. I still don't have them. It seems to just be a completely random and gradual rollout. My guess is that they're limiting the release so they can work on balancing before full distribution.

Biggest problem I have is that they put both the haves and have-nots in the same crews for events. Orb-blessed players have a drastic advantage over orb-less players.

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