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Current I love hunt showdown. nothing like talking shit in prox chat while having a friendly cowboy shootout over a bayou bounty. Now I just need to acquire skill over ungodly amount of hours playing the game
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It's crazy to see another furry in the wild. Well, back to my hidey-hole.
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Angus McSix and the Sword of Power is a pretty damn good album. I was hesitant about Thomas Winkler's new band after being booted from Gloryhammer but my worry was unfounded. He is def back one better
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What's all this about DnD, where my CoC bois at who enjoy the game where every encounter can be a TPK, never use magic unless you want to die, and where you never save the day but delay the inevitable
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Got my post done. Grabbed the captain and the (currently) unknown item from the safe and back to the ship in one fell swoop. Normally, I would do more of a fight sequence, but due to the interest of moving this along I elected to solve this quickly so feel free to imagine your own kick-ass fight scene. (also, probably listening to 'fast' music might not have helped, but I am really liking
Among other songs in the TI OST.
@Bishop

Well, I am finishing up on a post. The two others @The Jest mentioned with the captain have both been offline for at least two weeks (@Warborn123 and @Kessir Tarkin) and thier last posts were nearly a month ago. Unless someone remembers them saying something about an absence, I think it would be best to assume they are not coming back.

Since @Bishop and I assume others are getting impatient, I'll just make a simple and quick post by the end of the day. I have a few errands to do first but expect it within the next 12 to 16 hours. If not (due to unforeseen circumstances that would eat up my time) go ahead and make that post for the sake of hurrying the plot along. (unless someone else has issue)

As an aside, I'd like to again apologize for the massive delay.
I figure the first guy was bad with anmes and figured [Name=(Race+'ish)] is close enough. The few times I do use a foreign language in writing, it is a dead language (and a plot device) so there was little reason to name it. Plus, I'm not good with names so I would probably call it something lame unless there was an oddly specific name generator for fictional languages...
From one of my favorite fan-made games (based off of Tiberium Sun, but if the Brotherhood of Nod won the first Tiberium War). Hard to choose a favorite as there are a handful of well made songs (much better than what comes out of most AAA games today). The one thing I like about this, is that they put the quotes from the MCV in C&C 3 and i feel it fits rather well for the song, and the premise of the game.

I've always been a fan of potatoes. It is damn hard to make a bad potato, they can be fried; baked, or mashed, and I've come to like the taste of it with or without seasoning/butter.

As far as restaurants, I prefer KFC.

As an aside, given how vaguely 'food' can be defined. I'd like to elect whiskey as my real favorite if applicable.
Kind of surprised I did not mention this yet

Underrated (relative to popularity rather than how much people liked it)

Supreme Commander, the first one and it's expansion. An RTS from 2007 with Land, Air , and Naval forces. The relative strength of any given unit/structure is determined by which of the four Tiers it is in starting at T1 and progressing to T3 and the Experimental T4 units. The Three factions are similar in the first Tier, but the other technology branches offer unique units following the Doctrine of the specific faction. The resources are not fixed, rather fluctuating and generally increasing in rate over the match. Higher tiers grant more efficient resource gathering structures (generators for power and mass extractors for mass). Power is of little importance, as generators can be placed freely but there will be heavy contention in the mid game for the limited mass deposits. Time also becomes a minor resource as units and structures can be built or assisted by other engineering units in order to increase the speed of construction at the cost of draining resources faster. Why produce 3 light assault bots every minute when you can have one factory build twice as much in the same time? The only restricting factor is the rate you produce mass/energy and the time it takes for a unit to leave a factory upon being built. A fairly controversial tactic is to load up any transport aircraft with a couple of them light assault bots and harass the enemy engineers while trying to rush mass deposits with little protection. What's that? no, we are not going to attack from the ground like a fool. The LABs have the unique ability of having functional weapons even while being transported, you have just made a ghetto gunship. Next up, Naval units are particularly noted for having some of the strongest weapons outside of Tier 4 units, the crafty Cybrans noticed this and gave some of them legs effectively creating an amphibious fleet of death. The scale gets pretty epic too, almost cinematic when a few hundred units on both sides smash against each other till one is left standing. Lastly, in a fight between evenly matched opponents, where neither side is gaining much ground, there are the 'game ender' units. My favorite being the 'Yolona Oss' introduced in Forged Alliance. A T4 Experimental Missle Launcher that builds special missles so large, it requires two anti-nuclear missles to impact it before it is eliminated. Along with the fact that it builds not only Nukes on steroids, but in 1/8th of the time as a standard Strategic Missile Launcher. This means the enemy needs EIGHT anti-nuclear missle launchers constantly producing anti-nukes to counter one of these. The only downside is the massive time and resources required to build the launcher in the first place and the amount of energy it drains when producing one of its missiles.

I have played other RTS games like Starcraft or Company of Heroes, but this is one I regularly return to as the sheer scale is epic and it has some nice UI features that other games lack. UI features like the ability for a factory to repeat it's Que until stopped or for a transport to automatically ferry fresh recruits to the frontlines.

Here is one of my favorite videos to use to describe the sheer scale of the game. I was not kidding when I said each player had hundreds of units.




as far as Overrated games, that would be a matter of opinion on my part. I've played a fair amount of good games that I did not enjoy for one reason or another. The Witcher 3 is one example. Good story, Good amount of content, but the combat system felt god-awful to me. Played it once, beat it, have not touched it since. Even when the DLC came out (and I have the season pass as I generally trust in my judgement) I have not played it besides that one time.
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I myself am a bit late, but I am almost done with it. I'll be ready to post soon enough, and depending on how it ends up, I might post before you, just to be able to move on, as well as put the captain in a better position to be captured. ^_^


From what I'm thinking of writing so far, he will end up like the last set of guards. Incapacitated within Traveler's own carapace. After a fight of course.
@The Jest

Sorry for the delay, but my Tiberium Sun playthroigh took longer than expected. Will post soon with a soft deadline of tommorow.
Conall


@Old Amsterdam



Conall’s words brought a partial victory. A temporary alliance was not gained, but some amount of trust was formed. Not ideal, but given time will be all he needs to subtly influence her if necessary. AS for her goal, it still eludes him, though the hints that linger in her words indicate some similarities with his own. The question is, how much does it align?

Pup… her need to downplay me must derive from a sense of superiority. She has yet to show me a reason to believe so. And this… demon seems to manifest only within her mind? Or perhaps maybe to other of her kind. Doesn’t matter, If I can’t see him I can’t kill him. Doubt he can affect me though. Good point, I … wait. Why am I suddenly conversing with myself? Maybe there is something to this insanity thing. Besides, I think I gleamed all I could out of her for the moment. Need to remember that rebel victory comes first, going to be harder to take the Darkworld on by myself and maybe a few likeminded individuals. Much easier to take on a weakened, war-weary council. And then influence war against the humans for terrible, terrible chaos. Now to take my leave, the sewers make for stealthy travel. Not to mention the various maintenance rooms could store prey and hide my crimes… All that is left, is to leave with final words.

” Still leaving me with mysteries? I suppose that will have to be enough to satiate my curiosity and besides, it matters little to fate. The future was already determined by the one who controlled the past. All that is left is getting the present there. A task that falls to those like me who drive destiny. I’m sure you are well aware that Chaos is never far away. Even in times of ‘peace’ there were threats of war with individuals puppeteering the empires. So do not worry for Fate, War, and Death is alive and well with The Morrígan. War gives me my strength, but to cause War, I drive Fate and Death always follows. One last thing, more of a personal request than anything else, I am uncomfortable with using names due to our mutual ‘probably won’t kill each other quite yet’ relationship. Though I prefer you use the title I earned, at least ‘pup’ gives some idea of my capabilities. Likewise, I’d prefer to refer to you as Cúpla. At least that will remind me of you as ‘Sarafine’ just draws up a blank.

Conall waited a moment for a response before taking his leave back the way he originally came. Stopping briefly only to grab the remains of the infected and draw a symbol that was crude, but easily recognizable as a crow in flight. “ If you see that symbol, that means that I, or someone like me is around. May we meet again with Death behind us and may we never hear the banshees wail for us. With those last words, Conall descended in order to figure out his next steps.
Conall


@Old Amsterdam




Conall’s disdain turned to surprise as the stranger seemed to have the strength to lift him, before quickly turning to a happier mood. She seems to be a cut above the rest, she could help him achieve his goal. She would be able to influence this war for a faction, though if she has been here for a while, she has some other goal in mind.

I need to choose my words carefully if I am to influence her, politics has always been more difficult than killing… Or, just kill her now and be done with it, how dare she insult me! Conall was shocked at the sudden turn of his thoughts, an emotion that almost changed his visible expression. … No; at least, not yet. If I can gleam her intent, I might be able to twist it towards a more likeable scenario. Perhaps if I offer assistance, and she accepts, I can gain trust. Trust leads to the opportunity and opportunity leads to betrayal eventually, maybe…. No wait, that’s not right… Conall thought, deciding on most of a plan. No longer maintaining a threatening appearance but not wanting to appear submissive or weak, he shifted to a more neutral tone.

” Bah, I am not worried about insanity, mental facilities are, thankfully, not required for my cause. I feel that I should apologize some for my demeanor. I fell into the trap of assuming that everyone was incompetent, due to the long stalemate lingering over this city. It is clear that you however, harbor some alternative end, and I daresay it aligns somewhat with mine. I fall somewhere within the rebels state of mind, though I do not share the love nor contempt of humans as my pathetic ‘allies’ do. I serve another. What I ask, is what do you seek? I seek conflict. Others perish in war, but I do not just survive, I thrive in it. War is my religion, the battlefield is my temple. Thus I choose to follow The Morrígan, for she offers rivers of blood and fields of flesh for me to feast on. This is not the war I was promised, this mere squabble pales in comparison to what comes next. If this sounds ideal to you, let me join you so that the very Earth itself may sunder from glorious war. Otherwise, leave me so that the next time we meet may be on the field of battle.” Conall said, beginning softly but with each word grew more and more force behind them till the end where he announced with zeal for his goal.

It wasn't till the end that he realized Sarafine was talking to a patch of nothing a few feet from her. An act that confused him, was she hallucinating a companion? Or was someone there that not even Conall could detect. His gaze shifted from Sarafine to the plot of land he thought she was looking at. His expression shifting to a quizzical look. She either is lacking of mental facilities, or there is some non-corporeal being residing there...
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