The Ukrainian "advance" (to reclaim territory) continues, inspiring the people of Kherson, a city captured early on by the Russians, to no longer accept their rubles. To be fair, it might just be because rubles are not worth much these days with all the sanctions.
Their opponent, President Putin, has had an explosive birthday month for after being angered by the Crimea bridge explosion on/near his birthday, his forces conducted a retaliation bombardment that took down a third of the Ukranian power facilities in two days. They also have an interesting method of recouping their lost people by sending captured Ukranian kids to be adopted by Russians, some of whom publicly stating said kids should be drowned and/or burned alive.
The Russians have also found allies in Belarus and Iran, the latter of which is doing some serious multitasking by killing protestors with religious fashion police. They're also making strides for an alliance with North Korea, who are busy shooting missiles over Japan for the shits and giggles.
In true Crouching Tiger or Hidden Dragon style, China continues to bide its time as Xi Jinping secured his third term in power. Is it worrying that they might have "police" stations worldwide where they can drag you in and beat you up? Maybe?
Germans have proven indifference is just as effective as beatings though, as these not so smart scientists discovered when they protested for climate change. They were simply left in the sticky situation they got themselves in and were proven to be the hypocritical morons they actually are.
Finally, at 50 days, the shortest serving UK PM has finished her low% speed run successfully crashing their economy. Good job?
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Saturday, 30 October 2021
October 2021 Review: The Next Freedom
Happy Halloween! Lockdown lifted this month which is pretty good morale wise as it means our board game nights can resume! I was hoping to also resume adventures in Black Desert but I keep getting "bin\blackdesert32.dat" is broken even from a fresh install. What the heck? As such I've instead been helping Elminster out in Neverwinter Online with the Echoes of Prophecy campaign and it's just as easy as Shintar said - even starting late I completed the first progression bar whose rewards include a catch-up artifact set.
I also thought to myself - hey, Epic games gives free games every week - surely Steam has some free ones too? The answer to that is... Yep. A LOT. You can expect me to be posting about those soon.
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Saturday, 31 October 2020
October 2020 Review: Level 14
Been awhile since I talked about my guild / alliance in Neverwinter Online, and despite DL's best recruiting efforts the going is still pretty slow. Fortunately our guild (now on level 14) has advanced to taking a sword position in the alliance, which means more discounts in building construction and if talks of us taking the helm spot hold through, the discounts would even be larger! We're lucky that our alliance is happy to keep shuffling around to give everyone a turn at stuff. :)
Our castle isn't quite as fancy as Strahd's though...
Meanwhile because Epic is such a shit launcher that only has free games going for it, I'm struggling to balance when to download the bigger games. A slow download speed plus losing any progress should your PC shut down midway really blows. This really makes me appreciate Steam even more. As such I'm going to stop putting a backlog list with these month end posts as it's really not important anyway as I'll eventually write about whatever game I finish (or am done with).
Just to push that point, it's almost like any game over 20GB is not worth it due to the amount in increased electricity I would pay to keep the computer on to download for such an extended period. Instead if I really like a game that big, I'll just ask someone to gift it to me on steam. Much simpler.
I'll finish off with some random tips like always also use a secondary search engine when looking for stuff on the internet as your primary is likely hiding and/or shuffling results (for example google + bing) and if you want to save stories from instagram you can use storysaver.net. Oh and for those who enjoyed Civilization VI, here's an epic cover of the theme song by Peter Hollens and the OSU Chamber Choir.
End 2020 with less weight (dropping this for the more specific goal below)
+Lose 1kg this month (last month result: success!)
Web comic (even more world building... too much world building?)
BLOG STATS
One Year Ago
Wow, has it already been a year since Blizzard stepped in the China vs Hong Kong poop? Let's go check how things are going with that... ah, I see Hong Kong is still f*cked and Blizzard hasn't really taken any increased damage, just the usual self-inflicted version from their own releases. Status quo restored?
Five Years Ago
I was running about in A Tale in the Desert, tale six - an interesting MMORPG that features zero combat and a whole lot of player interaction. It seems this game is still going and is now in tale nine! Good on them!
Most Viewed Posts last Month
Waterdeep: The Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Eschalon: Gramuk!?
R3B1 - Theshold (Part II)
That's a nice grouping - a review of a board game with a popular name, a story post that uses name dropping, and a GTFO tutorial that includes a minor bug exploit. :P
Thursday, 31 October 2019
October 2019 Review
End 2019 with less weight (-4 kg from last month, running total: +2 kg)
+Drink Less Soft drinks (current consumption: LOTS)
+Eat Less Sweets (current consumption: LOTS)
+Make 1 web comic page
+Make new board game idea (previous idea didn't work)
BACKLOG
Enderal [free on Steam]
Borderlands 2 [gift]
Try Shroud of the Avatar [free on Steam]
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+Alan Wake: American Nightmare [free from Epic Games]
+Observer [free from Epic Games]
+QUBE2 [free from Epic Games]
+Layers of Fear [free from Epic Games]
Board games:
Zombicide: Black Plague Campaign (10/11)
London Dread Campaign (1/4)
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage (0/13)
+Firefly Adventures: Brigands and Browncoats (2/4)
BLOG STATS
One Year Ago
I played through Shadowrun Chronicles and drew some Neverwinter artwork!
Five Years Ago
I played through Tropico 3 and Dragon Age Origins.
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Do you support Dictatorship?
Blizzard Cancellations
Dark Souls II: Size Compensator
Skipping over the top two since they are the same as usual. Instead I've listed the next three and it's not surprising that the political ones are coming up... followed by "Size Compensator". LOL.
Top Search Terms last Month
part of anomen
scp secret laboratory
neverwinter fiery pit too difficult to solo
While SCP matches up with Halloween/Scary games and Neverwinter Fiery Pit can be difficult solo, especially if you unconsiously run into elite mobs (or try solo the HEs), I am very surprised that the cowardly paladin Anomen gets the top search! In case that was you, here's a compendium of his time/mentions in my play throughs (start from the bottom). :)
Tuesday, 2 October 2018
October 2018 Status
End the year with less weight (-2 kg from last month, running total: -3.9 kg)
Draw 12 drawings of anything (8/12)
Make board game prototype (G19 planning - back to Fantasy)
Complete web comic chapter 1 (storyboarding)
Clean out wardrobe (no progress)
Backlog Update:
FROM GIFTS (or freebies)
Sims 3
Board games:
Witcher board game redemption trial
Finish Mice and Mystics
Play more Zombicide: Black Plague
+Play Zombie in my Pocket
+Play London Dread
+Play Adamastor