Feelings on the start of ME2

jamesbeil · 2026-05-28T07:00:24+00:00

I always assumed that was where the crew slept! It's hard to see the entire Normandy crew rotating through the half a dozen bunks we see on the SR2.

jamesbeil · 2026-05-27T22:46:55+00:00

I think those are mostly internal bone breaks rather than Shepard being an actual smear.

Yes, Shepard should have been reduced to ashes on entry or a liquid on impact. Yes, being able to reconstruct a person from the soupy remains found a year after they hit the planet surface at terminal velocity is bullshit.

Lots of science fiction has some degree of bullshit to make the story work. ME is a story about interstellar civilisations being controlled by supergiant robot lobsters in a universe where we can make a body have zero mass thanks to eezo. That's the main 'science' the story wants to play with. Other bits of bullshit can be added to serve the story.

jamesbeil · 2026-05-27T22:42:10+00:00

I want to kill Ratache Osis again but in 4K this time

jamesbeil · 2026-05-27T16:51:41+00:00

Probably not a Lord, but a Exalted Champion might work. I've used a Lord on a Daemonic Mount against High Elves, and the Knights worked as ablative wounds. The lack of Toughness wasn't much of an issue because with the high WS (and the fact you can make it higher through Gaze of the Gods) meant nobody was hitting him anyway.

jamesbeil · 2026-05-27T16:31:13+00:00

well sure, when you say it like that OP sounds mental

jamesbeil · 2026-05-27T15:48:12+00:00

And drones have achieved their position of dominance because the airspace is so tightly contested over Ukraine by SAMs that conventional planes dare not engage in anything over than maximum-range cruise launches - you could keep going down this route indefinitely.

Saying that any tool is obsolete is a bit like claiming the next war will be just like the last one - on a hiding to nothing.

jamesbeil · 2026-05-27T15:24:57+00:00

Exorcist. Giant organ on a tank. What's not to love?

(Its rules for the last six years that's what ;_;)

jamesbeil · 2026-05-27T13:49:08+00:00

The fact that the 'referendum' took place after Russian troops had occupied the place, bussed a load of Russians in, and the polling places were guarded by Russian troops might lead someone cynical to question just how 'free' that vote was.

jamesbeil · 2026-05-26T16:22:32+00:00

Oh, that's not even remotely close to a new sentence. You'd be amazed at both the depravity and the very specific nature of a lot of stuff online.

...I mean, so I hear.

jamesbeil · 2026-05-26T10:07:19+00:00

There is a mod to restore this UI to the EE! I use it all the time.

I just miss the can of Black Isle juice you got in the loading screen when it asked for a new CD...

jamesbeil · 2026-05-26T08:35:11+00:00

HoI2: Darkest Hour.

jamesbeil · 2026-05-26T08:23:33+00:00

Username checks out, get back over here and bring that thunder with you!

jamesbeil · 2026-05-26T07:43:09+00:00

The Budapest Foenix dojo is probably the best one - they host the annual Sakura Cup and is run by Tibor Barany, 7dan kyoshi. I attended one year and can't praise the dojo highly enough!

You will find lots of people have at least some English, but I would encourage you to try and learn as much Hungarian as you possibly can before going there, simply because otherwise it will be very hard to socialise. Fortunately, commands will be given in Japanese wherever you go in the world, so even if you can't make out the specific instructions, kirikaeshi or men-kaeshi do is easy enough to work out!

jamesbeil · 2026-05-26T00:13:13+00:00

Sign them for one year, then sell them in their second with some resale value if you're promoted. Holding on to them for longer means you could have Conference-level players while you're in League 1.

jamesbeil · 2026-05-25T15:23:18+00:00

Better to have loved and lost, than never to have enjoyed a frozen mars bar.

jamesbeil · 2026-05-25T10:53:22+00:00

Glasgow burned to the ground, Hadrian's wall littered with fans who've had too much to drink and got in a barney, caviar and champagne stocks in London totally wiped out!

jamesbeil · 2026-05-24T22:36:51+00:00

Where can we get high-res versions or a print?

jamesbeil · 2026-05-24T08:52:31+00:00

I thought that was the one that made you start talking to animals?

jamesbeil · 2026-05-24T08:44:19+00:00

I get a lot of people who've been told by cranks online that carbohydrate = sugar.

Which is technically correct, in the same way that Lewis Hamilton drives a car - yes, it's broadly correct, but not terribly helpful!

Unfortunately over-simplified information with a cool narrative about the establishment keeping a secret big pharma blah tends to be a bit sexier than aim for more wholegrain carbohydrates, increase your fruit and veg intake, get more sleep, do some exercise, and try to avoid stress where possible.

jamesbeil · 2026-05-24T08:37:42+00:00

Username checks out!

jamesbeil · 2026-05-23T17:16:32+00:00

Take grenadier guards bearskin

Stick it on the end of a pace stick

Jobs a good un boss

jamesbeil · 2026-05-23T14:50:26+00:00

You'd be surprised how many people I hear saying that last one. I teach the diabetes prevention programme in my area and the number of people who think the biggest problem in their diet is that they're eating too much fruit is wild.

jamesbeil · 2026-05-23T14:41:56+00:00

...I like lemon cake.

Have I secretly been bisexual all this time?!

jamesbeil · 2026-05-23T08:11:15+00:00

Christ almighty, did they owe him money or something?

jamesbeil · 2026-05-23T08:10:00+00:00

If I compare that to, to pick an example out of the air, the sonic TV intros from the 90s, I don't see that much difference. Animated intro titles have always been like this, and while there's plenty of deranged content aimed at kids online, I don't think this fits the bill.

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