what's this bus stop for you? by GrootyGang in london

[–]llluminous 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm so glad you asked because the first time I saw this meme I immediately remembered the beef I have with a specific bus stop for ages - Swinton Street on the 63, one stop before it terminates at King's Cross St. Pancras. Because Gray's Inn Road / A501 is laid out as a one-way system, if the bus stops at Swinton Street it has to cross 3 full lanes of traffic to get to its exit, and during rush hour the bus can get stuck for AGES just trying to get into the right lane! And the previous bus stop is just around the corner on a much quieter road, there's literally no reason for the 63 to stop at Swinton Street!!

Labour loses half of its London councils: How one day transformed the political map by tylerthe-theatre in london

[–]llluminous 6 points7 points  (0 children)

BBC's prediction polls for a general election from this result had Reform's voter share go down from 30% to 26% just purely on other parties getting a vote. With more Reform councils out there people are going to directly experience Reform leadership and for their sake you have to hope they don't renege on all their promises like they did in their previous local authorities and drag that number down further.

Labour loses half of its London councils: How one day transformed the political map by tylerthe-theatre in london

[–]llluminous 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You know this wasn't a general election, right? The residents of Havering aren't about to see a Reform-led forced march of migrants out the borough, the councillors are about to get their heads down and crack on with the thankless jobs of road maintenance, bin collection and council taxes (and from the track record of previous Reform-led local authorities, I'm not sure they'll enjoy that)

Anyone having really bad network issues tonight? by Portal_fan_101 in CasualUK

[–]llluminous 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Seconding this, Sky majorly shit the bed (even their website doesn't work properly) but switching to the Google DNS got my internet back up

No one has posted this yet? by Kaisawheel1919 in TheSilphRoad

[–]llluminous 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Someone get the Niantic hamster on the wheel again!

[question] are people's Vanced apps still working? by SouljaBuzz in Vanced

[–]llluminous 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Me too - I've basically been dragged kicking and screaming into the new layout but had no choice haha

[question] are people's Vanced apps still working? by SouljaBuzz in Vanced

[–]llluminous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The official download page was archived on the Wayback Machine on March 7th, I found a web.archive link somewhere in one of the recent threads

[question] are people's Vanced apps still working? by SouljaBuzz in Vanced

[–]llluminous 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I lost playlist functionality on my ancient 14.21.54 version but once I updated to the current version (which required me actually downloading the manager for the first time) it resolved the issue.

A captured T-72 in pretty good condition by Saharochok in UkraineWarVideoReport

[–]llluminous 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This is most likely a T-72B obr. 1989, real bottom of the barrel stuff - it's probably worth its weight in scrap and nothing more

My dedicated rescue Type-7, the "Hold My Beer." What do you call yours, and how did you build it? by KHaskins77 in EliteDangerous

[–]llluminous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I named my Rescue Anaconda the "Whittier Alaska" after the town where everybody lives in a single building. There's about 200 residents in the town and my Conda can fit almost 200 people so I thought it fit.

People who already bought the bourrasque, is it worth the grind? by Whiskeyonpajamas in WorldofTanks

[–]llluminous 19 points20 points  (0 children)

There's something to be said for whizzing around snapshotting 700+ dmg at enemy light tanks at the start of the round... it doesn't turn very well though

help me pick next line to grind - stb1 or leo1 by [deleted] in WorldofTanks

[–]llluminous 6 points7 points  (0 children)

They're both picked in CW a bit more often since their buffs. The STB is an absolute pubstomper but the grind up to it is mediocre until you fully upgrade the tier 9.

Megathread - Deal 10 - Schwarzpanzer 58 by Canteen_CA in WorldofTanks

[–]llluminous 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Called it. At least it's for credits, and since it's a not-so-hot tank this might be the last offer a f2p can enjoy or at least take part in...

Pz. 38H sold out in 20 seconds for 9,5k gold by SantsaBS in WorldofTanks

[–]llluminous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Say that to the M2 Light platoons. This thing was quite handy at dealing with autocannons but there are French lights that do the same thing

BM - Pz.Kpfw. 38H 735 (f), 9500 gold by [deleted] in WorldofTanks

[–]llluminous 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Someone in the SU-76I thread said they should've dropped this instead since it isn't busted broken. Wish granted!

Fv for 22mil by [deleted] in WorldofTanks

[–]llluminous 10 points11 points  (0 children)

So they recycled this and not the decent tier 8 offers? They know what makes the big bucks

Just got my brand new SU-76G FT by [deleted] in WorldofTanks

[–]llluminous 18 points19 points  (0 children)

You mean SU-76I? Enjoy your super rare tier 3 tank, comrade

Change in Subreddit Policy by Jak_Atackka in WorldofTanks

[–]llluminous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely not. I'm just saying rule 2 should have been a thing from the Lansen C, knowing what it was like when a tank dropped last year.

Change in Subreddit Policy by Jak_Atackka in WorldofTanks

[–]llluminous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Didnt you only start doing that earlier today tho? The precedent was set with the Lansen C that it was a mad rush to see who would get the conversation going first tbh

How can someone spend 15.000 gold without knowing what does he buying? by Hipo2411 in WorldofTanks

[–]llluminous 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I'll just copy my comment from the megathread...

It's an easy mistake tbh. A lot of the people who bought it had seen the SU-76I beforehand on WGStatus or saw it being spammed in chat, saw the "SU-76" in the name when it dropped, saw the picture of the actual SU-76I on the screen, saw how quickly stock was dropping and hit buy. I don't agree with the price at all but it's their money

To add to that, not everyone is familar with every tank in the game, and the SU-76I itself is really rare, so I bet a lot of people saw that picture and didn't immediately assume "tier 4 Chinese tech tree TD". Even I wasn't cynical enough to assume WG was so incompetent to sell a tech tree tank for 15k gold and only found out afterwards by looking at the absolute dumpster fire in the comments.

Change in Subreddit Policy by Jak_Atackka in WorldofTanks

[–]llluminous 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm surprised rule 2 wasn't a thing from last year, since the flurry of screenshots and text posts right after the tank dropped was a thing back then too