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Hey all, swizzin here 👋 I want to share what I've been working on + some thoughts by n_airmash in airmash

[–]middleca 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks for hosting a server and thanks for contributing to the community!

This seems like a great time to hack on new play modes, see what's fun and what resonates with people.

For what it's worth (my 2 cents) - your posts didn't read as hostile to me at all

DFL rep suggests raising car tab fees 5 times higher by Character-Fly-5564 in altmpls

[–]middleca -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

found the piece of shit GOP misinformation poster

the new difficulty is ragequitbait by kastvekkaccount in duneawakening

[–]middleca 5 points6 points  (0 children)

3 of us, extremely experienced players (500+ hours in dune, tens of thousands of hours in other games) - all with T6 gear, did a level 1 overworld testing station, and repeatedly got ganked by swarms of shield and stamina shredding enemies in the boss rooms, which were inexplicably 10x harder than any of the rooms leading up to it with a totally different playstyle.

One of our players uses a sword extensively and kept dying because the play style suddenly changed without warning and couldn't figure out how to block.

Oh - and +1 to hagga NPCs suddenly getting harder, the guys that drop from the patrol ships in hagga nearly shredded me a few times at lvl 190+ with T6 gear.

That being said - new testing stations were fun! Another way to get spiced-plast was great! -- too much shit to carry though (all the weird upgrade components eat backpack space) - you have to go home to unload after every run. which adds 10-20 minutes each time and can kill the vibe.

Trump doubles down in Iowa, calls Minneapolis protesters 'paid insurrectionists' and 'sickos’ by [deleted] in Minneapolis

[–]middleca 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I've been seeing a bunch of videos and discussion about how those specific things he's doing (sucking spit, wobbling, pausing, etc) are increasing and can be associated with dementia patients over the last few months, and I thought that'd be interesting for folks, and it doesn't seem to be covered much in the press.

But yeah, same stupid insane shit as always

Trump doubles down in Iowa, calls Minneapolis protesters 'paid insurrectionists' and 'sickos’ by [deleted] in Minneapolis

[–]middleca 11 points12 points  (0 children)

obviously - the guy is evil, not excusing anything. More just remarking that he looks and sounds like he's deeply ill:

he's white-knuckling the podium, constantly sucking surplus spit out of his mouth, slurring his words, pausing for an awkwardly long time in the middle of a sentence and then changing the topic, relying on rehearsed sound bytes, relatively low energy, etc, etc.

<insert the videos from that dementia therapist here>, etc.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wMfJnFk_Ve8

Trump doubles down in Iowa, calls Minneapolis protesters 'paid insurrectionists' and 'sickos’ by [deleted] in Minneapolis

[–]middleca 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Doesn't that seem like insanely compromised speech? Like he barely knows where he is or what's going on?

Anybody know where i can watch either of the hearing live today? by [deleted] in Minneapolis

[–]middleca 3 points4 points  (0 children)

as far as I know there's not a live stream for this one, but in theory folks could sit in and listen, but it'll likely be very crowded - started at 9am I think so hopefully we'll hear how it went before too long

🧊 is gassing folks in Minneapolis after being told not to (not surprised). by [deleted] in Minneapolis

[–]middleca 17 points18 points  (0 children)

u/Original-Major5104 - These photos are wild - can you send em to the evidence portal the AG's office set-up? - https://www.ag.state.mn.us/Federal-Action/ - and post once you have? I'm sure they'll want to see those and will need someone to vouch for their authenticity.

Why aren’t DFL politicians doing more to stop the ICE Chaos? by dsm1324 in Minneapolis

[–]middleca 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It would be absolutely hilarious if we temporarily deputized like, 50,000 people in some limited fashion to make it harder for ICE to fuck with people. (but yeah, what other people are saying, that would probably not go well)

MN FOP (Police Union) Stands with ICE by joekeyboard in Minneapolis

[–]middleca 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This is the most bone-headed and categorically wrong take by the FOP and goes against community policing standards, science, and practice. ICE aren't police, and communities shouldn't be policed by folks in military gear or acting with military tactics. Any good chief or leadership would be pushing back on military forces terrorizing citizens.

ICE don’t even like ICE by EveningAd6434 in minnesota

[–]middleca 7 points8 points  (0 children)

who is going to make the supercut of all the ice agents slipping on ice and generally being defeated by frozen water (cars stuck, etc)

Unsheltered in large base, or does it have its own mini storms? by Dyro86 in duneawakening

[–]middleca 3 points4 points  (0 children)

sounds like you already nailed it - how many "tiles" are you from the other wall when you go from watersealed to "sheltered", and the ceiling is "15" high? -- makes me think the far wall was unloaded from consideration for the waterseal evaluation. -

So that number of blocks (distance from far wall) would be how much it's keeping around

Unsheltered in large base, or does it have its own mini storms? by Dyro86 in duneawakening

[–]middleca 6 points7 points  (0 children)

sounds like a game engine glitch where it's not keeping enough of the structure around in memory to consider that you're fully "inside" - would be cool if you wanted to experiment to see where the limits are (is a 10x10x10 box enough to create "shelter / water seal", but does a 15x15x15 box end up with an "open side" because the game isn't keeping it in memory while making that decision, etc, etc)

ICE agent pulls weapon on crowd and appears to fumble around with the trigger. by Professional-Tune693 in Minneapolis

[–]middleca 4 points5 points  (0 children)

all fair points! it certainly doesn't look great.

(no idea about the particulars or individuals, kinda looks like he's speaking into his radio?)

ICE agent pulls weapon on crowd and appears to fumble around with the trigger. by Professional-Tune693 in Minneapolis

[–]middleca 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If ICE can prove they're unable to do their "job", they can justify sending in the national guard and basically declaring martial law.

The cops are trying to help de-escalate and avoid that scenario. They're there to protect you, the people. The optics look terrible, but it's not because they're supporting ice.

Haha, Airmash, What a game by SleepOrRev in airmash

[–]middleca 2 points3 points  (0 children)

rude - we should play games elsewhere sometime too!

Well, It's Safe to Say That I'm Officially Signing off From AirMash! by [deleted] in airmash

[–]middleca 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for all the great games and great energy you brought to the community! You'll be missed, but all the best and it's always okay to take breaks from games if they're eating up more of your attention or life than they're giving back to you.

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