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  1. Ukerric

    Crusader Kings 3

    I'll probably try my hand at being the Mongol Empire before there's a Mongol Empire. It's probably going to end up gloriously. Either figuratively or not.
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    Pan'Theon: Rise' of th'e Fal'Len - #1 Thread in MMO

    And that's the final point. Anyone wanting to purchase the studio or invest in it is going to look for any of those four items: IP - there's none whatsoever worth mentioning. Brad WAS the IP of the studio; his name was what might have interested people. Emphasis on "might". Product - there's...
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    The Astronomy Thread

    This is Musk time. He counts in martian years (of 687 days).
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    What did you just read?

    Jason vs low-mana Earth secret societies is promising great stuff.
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    The Astronomy Thread

    Even if they don't land at the Musk space base, they'll launch from Musk's spacepad: https://www.masten.aero/blog/spacex
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    The Astronomy Thread

    Yea. When they announced that SLS would cost 30% more, my first reaction was "Are they putting it on the Apple Store?"
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    What did you just read?

    Stirling said it was an homage to the original.
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    Crusader Kings 3

    Welcome to historical Ireland.
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    What did you just read?

    Comes out on Kindle October 2nd. The new cover is absolutely... appropriate. A bit too much, at times.
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    What did you just read?

    For funsies, Sir Nigel Loring and Sam Aylward are major characters in the Emberverse series by S. M. Stirling. Pretty much the entire cast is there (John Hordle, Alleyne, ...)
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    MTG thread

    Getting ready for next year's Adventures in Forgotten Realms AD&D pack?
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    What did you just read?

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    What did you just read?

    The author did a bit of a fake-out earlier
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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    I'm assuming "doesn't give a fuck about mounts, cosmetics or achievements"? Then no. Even the invasions will give you gear that will be replaced as soon as you've finished levelling or maybe even before 60, which I assume will take about 10 to 15 hours.
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    The Astronomy Thread

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    The Astronomy Thread

    There's 2011 ES4 that's a bit larger and might pass closer than 2018VP1, but the error margin doesn't let him intersect Earth's position. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_ES4#2020
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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    All those slightly unbalanced stuff is why most people remember vividly stuff from EQ, and very little from WoW. I do remember an Agnarr raid in BoT where we wiped down to two people, probably from some stupid shit. I managed to get combat rezed while our MT was kiting Agnarr around his circular...
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    Epic Games Storefront - A Good Incentive for Piracy

    Nobody wants Unreal blocked on Apple Store. The judge is also apparently deeply unsympathetic to the concept of exclusive stores - Apple might get shafted and allow alternative stores to be opened on iOS. The idea is that Apple can implement whatever rules it wants on his store, as long as...
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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    First week of november, 1999. I'm minding my business, heading toward the usual HHP spot for the standard picklaw mine hunting pickup groups for the mid-20s. And then there's those red-con creatures that I'd never seen in the middle of Kithicor, and I'm "uh? wtf?". For an entire week, Kithicor...
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    MTG thread

    Looks good.
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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    And everyone know this. It was the most stupid idea in game design - penalize people for things outside of their control. Yet the end point is WoW, where death does not matter, and no one bats an eye to dying 100 times to a boss, which means the boss HAS to require you to die 100 times in order...
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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    You should not fear dying, but you should absolutely hate dying.
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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    The one part of EQ's death system that was really terrifying was the "seven days - you lose it all" risk. Your corpse decays, you lost all. This was even worse for planar raids - if you fell below the threshold, then you were truly fucked. A modern game with severe death penalties would...
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    EVE Online

    Found out about EvE Echoes, the EVE Online adaptation for mobile: https://www.eveechoes.com/ (made by the guys who distribute the PC version for China - Netease) Looks like its a slightly simplified copy of the original, with the same type of F2P/P2P model.
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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    "D'vinn to zone!"
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    Ashes of Creation

    It's a RUSSIAN company.
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    MTG thread

    Your problem is that you started buying Secret Lair, the most blatant money grab by Wizards (with stiff competition with hundred dollar VIP boosters and the upcoming collector edition with special lands exclusive)
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    Pan'Theon: Rise' of th'e Fal'Len - #1 Thread in MMO

    I only saw the cat landing on the second viewing, the first was "what? did that guy have a stroke..."
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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    The thing is, it won't happen in Shadowlands. In Shadowlands, you will have a single-path quest progression, with specific zones to complete in a pre-determined order. Alts may go wherever, but your main character will not.
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    World of Warcraft: Classic

    Woah: https://www.wowhead.com/news=317577/horde-ironforge-lockdown-to-delay-the-ten-hour-war-on-gandling
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    Science!! Fucking magnets, how do they work?

    I tend to think the movie goes even one better than Heinlein by completely closing the loop.
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    VR Gaming - Oculus Rift, Playstation VR, HTC Vive

    It's probably more streamline now, or they'd face massive problems with the EU GDPR (which could lead them to get fined of 4% of their worldwide income).
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    What did you just read?

    There is one publication pipeline at Orbit that is bad - conversion of their ebooks gives me an epub where every paragraph is on its own page. It systematically happens for 2 specific authors, which makes me suspect that their authoring software suite interacts badly with Orbit's in-house tools...
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    What did you just read?

    And serious books as well. Anything relatively scientific is a pain in ebook form, as most of the time, the charts and illustrations end up cut to the side or, in one case, I only had the top of the illustration at the end of the page, and no illustration on the next - I needed to use calibre's...
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    Star Citizen Online - The search for more money

    "There's a sucker born every minute" - P. T. Barnum
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    Epic Games Storefront - A Good Incentive for Piracy

    *EDIT: Complicated*
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    Epic Games Storefront - A Good Incentive for Piracy

    Apple already has an anti-trust lawsuit in Europe on this.
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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Pre-path is now on PTR, apparently. Also, Scourge Invasion Mark III. With more epicer loot. All the undead bosses of WOTLK have come out to play.
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    MTG thread

    If you regularly watch Rudy, he sometimes mention that for those old sets, the price of the sealed product is completely independent of the singles market.
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    The Astronomy Thread

    The man is the go-to for vulgarization about relativity. I still have his book from 25 years ago: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17362.Black_Holes_Time_Warps