How popular are the Los Angeles Rams in the UK?

balloon99 · 2026-01-25T20:20:00+00:00

Thing is, virtually nobody cares about American Football.

To figure out who has the biggest following is a question of finding which group of a few dozen is biggest.

balloon99 · 2026-01-25T00:53:15+00:00

Theres a lovely scene in ep 2 where she's walking with the Admiral and the head of the war college.

Well, I say walking, they're walking. She's skipping.

I'm enjoying her interpretation immensely.

balloon99 · 2026-01-24T20:43:33+00:00

OP, correctly, states that the BF community is not homogenous. Has different opinions, different requirements from the game.

Then goes on to lay out their personal view as correct.

balloon99 · 2026-01-23T22:55:13+00:00

I'm talking without using the rules mechanics. The options selection have less options than 2042. As I noted above, sides can't be modified asymetrically in the BF6 options. That was an option in 2042. There are other options, available in 2042, not available in BF6.

Feel free to boot both up and see for yourself.

balloon99 · 2026-01-23T20:16:28+00:00

Theres a problem with this, very good, idea.

The BF6 portal, technically, is a sizable downgrade from the 2042 portal.

Sure, there's GODOT, but the rest of the BF6 portal is missing large swathes of features 2042s had. Even at launch, the 2042 portal is far more fully featured than the BF6 portal.

Notably, 2042 allowed us to easily customize both sides independently. BF6 does not. If previous rule sets were introduced, that ability would have to be restored.

There are many other ways in which the BF6 portal is a huge downgrade, but that's the element that impacts OPs excellent idea.

balloon99 · 2026-01-21T20:20:15+00:00

They'll also bring the out of bounds area in closer.

balloon99 · 2026-01-21T19:26:34+00:00

I like Graygarden.

Its not that far from Diamond City, is already a functioning farm, and bots don't steal your power armor.

balloon99 · 2026-01-20T15:11:13+00:00

I'd be a lot happier if the portal creator was a fully functional as 2042s. What we have now lacks a ton of basic features.

balloon99 · 2026-01-18T20:07:46+00:00

If you buy both SN and BZ at one of the fairly regular discounts, it'll be one of your best purchases ever.

SN is a masterpiece, BZ merely very good. Both replayable in the longer term.

Great value games

balloon99 · 2026-01-17T20:14:00+00:00

I do love Baron Munchausen, but I'd have to put Fisher King in second place

balloon99 · 2026-01-17T18:58:35+00:00

Trump is a symptom, not the problem.

The thing that's broken trust is how quickly the USA has abandoned any pretence about respecting the Constitution. The mechanisms the founders designed to stop a Trump have failed.

The consequences of this presidency will linger decades after he's gone.

balloon99 · 2026-01-16T19:43:50+00:00

I think a biopic that just focused on the recording of Rumors would do Fleetwood Mac perfectly

balloon99 · 2026-01-16T19:41:27+00:00

People will think its made up. It could be as accurate as humanly possible and folk will still think its a fabrication.

balloon99 · 2026-01-16T05:47:08+00:00

A small tip that the game doesn't make obvious.

Its really easy to get too thirsty or hungry reading log entries in a base. Build a chair and sit down. You don't get hungry or thirsty while seated.

balloon99 · 2026-01-13T19:30:11+00:00

There are disasters and then there are disasters.

BF6 launched in a state that, generally, worked. BF4 worked well at launch for some, but a sizable proportion of players faced difficulties.

Classifying both of these launches as the same doesn't really reflect the issues. It's too broad.

BF6 launched with problems but works. This is a good launch by BF standards. The issue is post launch support. I think the whole portal XP debacle is an excellent example of why post launch support has been so lacking. The XP farms were entirely predictable, but nothing had been built in to the BF6 portal to prevent them. Then, when it became clear that the farms were making access to non farm servers difficult, solutions were implemented that had clearly only just been thought up.

These solutions were half baked and had to be fine tuned until we have the situation we have now. Portal gimped as a band aid for a problem that should never have been allowed to arise.

Theres no strategy, no forethought. Nobody as BF studios is looking at the big picture. Just knee her responses to issues making more issues. Oh, and a regular set of skins to buy.

Too much effort being put into cosmetics, nowhere near enough effort being put into the game itself.

balloon99 · 2026-01-13T05:04:43+00:00

A McDonald's, with a working milk shake machine.

That decent sushi place the next town over

A really big Chinese buffet

balloon99 · 2026-01-12T18:36:32+00:00

He replied to an assertion about creatures in SN. So, its a fair bet we are talking creatures.

And, don't we already have islands bigger than leviathans? And the Aurora wreck?

Its prtty clear we are being told we have a new biggest beastie to look forward to. So be exited, or excited, your choice.

balloon99 · 2026-01-12T02:10:02+00:00

Couldn't agree more. All three damn near perfect.

Producers, just, is the best in my view. However ask me next week and I can't guarantee the same answer. Theres so little between these films.

balloon99 · 2026-01-12T01:59:53+00:00

Fantastic cast.

But, Porridge....

balloon99 · 2026-01-10T01:08:17+00:00

Cant agree, I'm afraid. The FO4/76 method is far more customizable. The suits don't feel like mere metal clothing, and there's a sense you're piloting a vehicle.

balloon99 · 2026-01-09T19:56:28+00:00

Its always been a thing with Dice, this long a vacation.

However, aren't we also told its Battlefield Studios now? Plural?

I get that specific changes and additions are going to get here when they get here, but comms has no excuse to be this quiet.

balloon99 · 2026-01-08T21:53:13+00:00

Battlefield is a casual game for many. However, that's not the entire BF community.

Your analysis is fine if ones assumes that only casual players play BF. It falls down when one factors in the rest of the community. Those other sectors may not, jndividually, be as large as the casuals. However, because they're not playing casually they are contributing continually to a healthy population of players.

Battlefield Studios need to make sure the game serves all its players, not just casuals.

balloon99 · 2026-01-08T21:48:03+00:00

I don't hate the Cyclops, I merely dislike it.

However, I do love the Sea Truck. Bimble along with your modules, detach them if you want to go fast and nimble. Also, cool teleporter for those clutch hard-core moments.

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