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  1. Ukerric

    What did you just read?

    It takes some time before this is adressed, but it is. I misspoke when I talked about Space Zombies... it's more of a Space Ghosts' story, with the attendant ghost implications.
  2. Ukerric

    Web Serials

    Another webseries I still follow, but not on the main sites: https://deathworlders.com/ That's called the Jenkinverse (despite the titular Jenkins not having been in the story for nearly 2/3rd of the chapters), and a mainstay of Reddit's HFY subreddit. HFY = Humanity, Fuck Yeah! if you are...
  3. Ukerric

    Web Serials

    My own current series on RR are also: - Delve - Infinite Realm - He Who Fights With Monsters And then: - Ar'kendrithyst: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/26727/arkendrithyst Basically, a fantasy world suffered a massive Apocalypse by being thrown into "our normal Universe"... and survived by...
  4. Ukerric

    Web Serials

    Good idea. I was starting to think about it. It's mostly Litrpg/Gamelit, although there are other genres as well. It started as a site for fanfiction for Legendary Moonlight Sculptor (a litrpg webnovel) Other common web sites are: Webnovel : Webnovel - Your Fictional Stories Hub (site is...
  5. Ukerric

    What did you just read?

    Dunno how he'll use it, but
  6. Ukerric

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Don't worry. If you are playing it in Chromie Time, odds are that you will be ported out of the zone mid-questline: https://www.wowhead.com/news=318300/chromie-time-disabled-and-teleports-players-out-at-level-50
  7. Ukerric

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    My guess? The week just after Black Friday.
  8. Ukerric

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Followed by dozens of Rextroy videos instakilling people.
  9. Ukerric

    What did you just read?

    You had various inklings about family problems, but not much. Now that we're Earth-side, the chickens come to roost. If anything, it kinds of explain why he's basically "FU YOU" most of the time. Do you Thanoscopter, dude? (that one made me laugh. A lot) But not everyone in Jason's family is...
  10. Ukerric

    The Astronomy Thread

    Little fill-up piece while waiting for the late October full crew mission, but still awesome:
  11. Ukerric

    MTG thread

    Rudy said he had discarded a mail before summer that said that most of Secret Lair would be collated into a full "normal" set in 2021 or 2022. He now expects multiple crossovers with Secret Lair exclusives until all those are released. So, they'll be technically correct about all cards being...
  12. Ukerric

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Isn't heirloom XP bonus gone?
  13. Ukerric

    MTG thread

    That would be surprising. Not to say that WotC can't simply shuck all their design principles out of the gate, but all cards always explain themselves. As someone remarked, cards always explain themselves fully within the framework of the rules. Every "create token" explains all of the token...
  14. Ukerric

    Dreamhaven Games

    That was mostly the Q&A/GM staff. Litterally the lowest on the totempole of employees, paid minimum wage despite being in Irvine.
  15. Ukerric

    What did you just read?

    Space zombies!
  16. Ukerric

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    That was what I first expected to do, back last year when I cancelled. "I'll be back for the expansion". But as I've basically detoxed myself from WoW, I've felt less and less interested in actually playing the game. The only thing that was mildly interesting would have been the Tower... and...
  17. Ukerric

    NVidia GeForce RTX 30x0 cards

    "Amateurs talk about opportunities, but Professionals study about automation"
  18. Ukerric

    Microsoft buys Fallout creator Bethesda for $7.5bn

    I was watching Bellular late yesterday, and he reminded us that basically, Sony is <100B$ market cap, while Microsoft is >1.6T$. They might not have the cash at hand, but they probably could. Then, they announce that they keep both console lineup, but anyone developing a game for one has to...
  19. Ukerric

    Microsoft buys Fallout creator Bethesda for $7.5bn

    Eh. Once you see how much money a shitty thing like Angry Birds or Candy Crush made, you're left to wonder how you could ever miss that.
  20. Ukerric

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Jason's take on it (and also from the thread):
  21. Ukerric

    NVidia GeForce RTX 30x0 cards

    At this point, increases in resolution are only compensating for crappy AA. 4k is already close to retina resolution at close range, meaning your retina can't resolve individual pixels already. 8k on a 30" display is over what's needed. At television range? 4k is already way over what's needed...
  22. Ukerric

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    There is also a very limited set of cosmetic transmogs that are not limited, if I remember right.
  23. Ukerric

    Microsoft buys Fallout creator Bethesda for $7.5bn

    Can't beat the gaming master race.
  24. Ukerric

    Microsoft buys Fallout creator Bethesda for $7.5bn

    Akhane. Elder Scrolls. Even Fallout. That is enough to get you salivating. Heck, they look like they have the first insane VR rpg, and they can snipe a PS5 exclusive (Starfield, whatever this RPG ends up being).
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    Will Wight

    Got the ebooks AND the trade paperbacks, sir.
  26. Ukerric

    MTG thread

  27. Ukerric

    NVidia GeForce RTX 30x0 cards

    Need to wait for newer CPUs anyway.
  28. Ukerric

    Crusader Kings 3

    Some special challenges (not just the standard starts, but interesting situations/challenges):
  29. Ukerric

    Will Wight

    Preorders Sep. 22.
  30. Ukerric

    The Astronomy Thread

    Everyone's chasing that elusive Great Filter. (and yes, finding any non-Earthborne form of life IN our own solar system ends up pretty bad news)
  31. Ukerric

    The Astronomy Thread

    The inorganic chemistry ("industrial production") doesn't seem that exotic too. Some phosphate inorganic compound, lots of heat (Venus, LOL), and a catalytic which is apparently the part that's "missing" for Venus. So my guess is that there's another, slightly more harder, inorganic pathway that...
  32. Ukerric

    Crusader Kings 3

    There's all kind of mechanic abuse possible. One is the "One Emperor" strategy. Principle: The normal levy/stat system means that your vassals domains yield a puny 1.6% of the levies, and 0.1% of the cash if you're Emperor because they filter over several layers of vassals. Meanwhile, if you...
  33. Ukerric

    The Astronomy Thread

    Remember when everyone was excited about some "possible biosignature" in martian soil?
  34. Ukerric

    VR Gaming - Oculus Rift, Playstation VR, HTC Vive

    And mandatory Facebook account. Given that Facebook refuses to unlock my old account unless I send them a picture ID, not going to happen. Like, ever.
  35. Ukerric

    Black Myth Wukong

    Specially when you realize this is basically an indie studio production. Granted, most of the guys come out of major chinese game studios, but still. The game you saw in their first gameplay trailer there was apparently made by about 30 people. THIRTY.
  36. Ukerric

    MTG thread

    Weak. The previous opening had THREE. (the antics on the openings are always funny)
  37. Ukerric

    Epic Games Storefront - A Good Incentive for Piracy

    Not going to happen. They would have to demonstrate irreparable harm, which might be the case if Epic's existence was tied to that product (that is, if Fortnite missing on App Store would lead Epic to bankruptcy. Which of course isn't the case, or they wouldn't have done the Apple trolling). As...
  38. Ukerric

    Epic Games Storefront - A Good Incentive for Piracy

    In fact, that's exactly what happened with the Google Playstore issue. Fortnite used to be an external APK you had to install from Epic's site. Then, they moved to the Playstore to increase the number of downloads. And now, they want it both ways. Which is why I want their suit against Apple to...
  39. Ukerric

    Crusader Kings 3

    Fun decision: if you can secure the comely/etc trait, you unlock the Strengthen Bloodline decision which makes your dynasty into uber(wo)men: Modifiers - CK3 Wiki