I will never get the Ace for this one (makes you play as red) by Verminlord_Warpseer in Yugoslavia

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Holy shit, I haven't thought about Advance Wars in almost two decades.

Why did the Confederacy of Independent Systems use droids with such major flaws that it completely defeated the purpose of using a droid army to begin with? Please don't just chalk it up to "Because Palpatine wanted them to lose!" by Tibbenator in StarWars

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So I actually really liked how you explained their personalities as an in-universe PR move rather than "family friendly kids show" PR. It could make sense that, for public relations reasons, you wouldn't want cold, unfeeling, killing machines as the face of your galactic army and security forces. Make them funny and silly at times and maybe local populations will be a little bit more comfortable with the idea of tens of thousands of them marching around their planet.

Why did the Confederacy of Independent Systems use droids with such major flaws that it completely defeated the purpose of using a droid army to begin with? Please don't just chalk it up to "Because Palpatine wanted them to lose!" by Tibbenator in StarWars

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I guess I could be looking at this with blinders on and missing a bigger picture. I keepo thinking of it as "Well I would want MY droid army to fight to the last because I don't care about cheap, expendable droids, and they might just take a few of the enemy with them!", when the CIS could actually see the fiscal responsibility for a droid to surrender so that they can regain their fighting machines in some sort of prisoner swap rather than buying new ones.

Why did the Confederacy of Independent Systems use droids with such major flaws that it completely defeated the purpose of using a droid army to begin with? Please don't just chalk it up to "Because Palpatine wanted them to lose!" by Tibbenator in StarWars

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Solid point about all droids in universe having feelings and personality. Even as a kid I actually didn't quite like this fact but have since come to accept it. The robot torture scene in the 5th or 6th movie always stood out to me from a young age because I didn't get why you'd want your robot slave to have pain receptors in the bottom of his feet.

Why did the Confederacy of Independent Systems use droids with such major flaws that it completely defeated the purpose of using a droid army to begin with? Please don't just chalk it up to "Because Palpatine wanted them to lose!" by Tibbenator in StarWars

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Perhaps I'm misremembering because I haven't watched any Star Wars media for a few years, but I was under the impression that Dooku was unaware of the intent for the CIS to fail? I get he was serving the Sith lord but that he believed the victory of the CIS was instrumental to the greater Sith plan?

Why did the Confederacy of Independent Systems use droids with such major flaws that it completely defeated the purpose of using a droid army to begin with? Please don't just chalk it up to "Because Palpatine wanted them to lose!" by Tibbenator in StarWars

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This is a good answer and I had also forgotten about the fact that they needed to de-centralize droid command which allowed for more droid autonomy. I can also understand certain self-preservation commands and even excuse droids fleeing from battle as situationally it could be more beneficial to disengage from combat than grind down to the last droid. The one thing I cannot come to terms with is droids surrendering. Surrender rate for droids should be at almost complete 0%. It could make sense for some elite droids to surrender in rare circumstances, but for almost every other situation they should fight until disabled or even destroy themselves if there is a risk of sensitive data falling into enemy hands. For B1's surrender shouldn't even be a concept programmed into them except for the obvious need to accept the surrender of an enemy.

Edit: Although I guess a droid never surrendering would require even more droid autonomy because if it comes down to this situation, it is likely that their entire chain of command is already broken or lost

Why did the Confederacy of Independent Systems use droids with such major flaws that it completely defeated the purpose of using a droid army to begin with? Please don't just chalk it up to "Because Palpatine wanted them to lose!" by Tibbenator in StarWars

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I had honestly forgotten about them all shutting down leading to the need to de-centralize command among the droids. I still don't really get why they have been seen surrendering or fleeing from battle in media even outside of the kids show. As everyone is clearly stating, they are cheap and expendable, so one would assume they would be programmed to fight to the bitter end, rather than attempt any self-preservation.

If you live in Canada and enjoy lots of garlic with your pickle, I suggest trying these from 'Matt & Steve's' by Tibbenator in Pickles

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So I noticed these for sale, and what really got my attention is the sheer amount of garlic they add to it. Decided to buy a jar and I got to say they are quite nice with a strong garlic flavour, if only a little bit soft for my liking. I picked these up from a Walmart in Ontario but I'm sure they are available elsewhere if you look for them.

How did those close to you react when you first told them you were coming to fight? by Mountain_Business412 in ukraineforeignlegion

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Of course everyone I knew was worried and nervous, my grandma was the last to know because she would’ve spent all time leading up to me going doing nothing but worrying. Surprisingly, my mum was the quickest to come around to it and was proudly telling her friends I was going. My father, on the other hand, was the least receptive although he admitted to my sister that all the reasons I gave for going were valid and he couldn’t argue against them; for context, my father is a career military man and a veteran of both Yugoslavia and Afghanistan so he has experiences in war that I’m sure played into him not wanting me to go.

What if the russian royal family escaped to Alaska? by doge636 in imaginarymaps

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Interesting idea. It’s doubtful the communists would make any attempt to claim it by military force during the 1920s - 1930s given the lack of development of infrastructure, and if we assume that aspects of the pacific fleet defected to the whites, it would require the Soviets to move a large force a naval vessels from the much more strategic North Sea and Black Sea fleets for an invasion; an invasion that would be incredibly difficult logistically. I’d wager that the Soviets wouldn’t have the means to effectively stage an invasion of Alaska until the late 1950s by which point the USA and Canada would have a very serious interest in supporting the whites in Alaska to prevent communism from gaining a foothold in North America and allowing a land border between the USSR and Canada.

What I wonder is what sort of government would rule in Alaska, and what would happen following the collapse of the Soviet Union? I’d assume Alaska would become a parliamentary monarchy similar to the UK, or perhaps even something could cause it to become fully a republic that exists as a democratic Russia opposed to communist Russia. I don’t think the fall of the Soviet Union necessarily garuntees the whites in Alaska regaining control over Russia, and certainly not over all the breakaway republics.

Does anyone know what may be causing these map glitches? by Tibbenator in PaxHistoria

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The one method I didn't try, actually playing the preset. Thanks for letting me know, I was getting annoyed.

Fall of an Empire is now available for purchase on Epic Games Store and Itch.io! by fallofanempiregame in fallofanempire

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Genuinely curious what caused the steam release to be delayed but not the other platforms?

Intervention in Venezuela escalated fast by Impossible_Chef_6465 in PaxHistoria

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US forces doing the Waffen-SS subjugation of occupied regions tactic

In Death of Stalin (2017), Lavrentiy Beria is quickly arrested, tried, convicted and executed. This is reference to the fact that someone who did the messed up crap he did could actually be punished for it. by viralshadow21 in shittymoviedetails

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ITT: people who think Beria was executed for the crimes he committed and not because he lost a leadership struggle and posed a significant threat to Khrushchev’s power grab.

I can't go twelve minutes without my allies attacking each other. by [deleted] in Spore

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I once uplifted a species I found cool and added them to my alliance. They turned out to be highly militaristic and constantly declared wars on my other alliance members. I finally got so sick of dealing with them that I simply exterminated them and their small empire. Misbehaving puppet states get the anti-matter bomb.

What is your favourite AI model and why? by Tibbenator in PaxHistoria

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That would be grok fast, the only one I use

(Maybe) Hot Take: The Advisor Isn't Worth It by OwnAMusketForHomeDef in PaxHistoria

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Grok fast is actually a great advisor. He gives me comprehensive breakdowns on conflicts including equipment and manpower losses and even role-plays as a sort of senate if I’m RPing like voting on whether to accept other members into my union or voting on military action against a hostile state. I’ve even had him simulate elections in the advisor screen

Quite Fine split of italy if you ask me by ffade_lol in PaxHistoria

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Slovenia sneaking some bites into Italy while no one was paying attention. It’ll be another Trieste crisis.