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Computer Gaming / Sea Legends by Naval Actions d...
Last post by Destraex - Today at 04:41:17 PM
Sea Legends is finally on steam to be wishlisted.
This game has been in the pipeline for many years now and is by the same devs as naval action.
I love the concept of a more detailed ship interior than naval action, but at the same time the role of Naval Officer's closest facsimile is Privateer Captain. Because of this ship sizes will be more like sloop size or smaller probably up to a maximum of frigate.
You won't be collecting ships in this one and there seems to be no multiplayer support. I remember originally the devs mentioning originally that some pvp elements like drop in enemy players may be present but no mention of any multiplayer feature at all.

This thing after all these years is still goong to be early access and their boarding mechanics (which were a sore point in naval action) will be kept a secret until it is out of early access.
The game is now slated as a traditional no instances self contained game.

I am pretty excited about this one still because I am pretty sure they will do an amazing job with the ships over and above what naval action already did very well. I hope we will be pulling individual sails up and down because sea legends is described as a simulator.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1368050/Sea_Legends/
#2
Music, TV, Movies / Re: Amazon has a few digital m...
Last post by steve58 - Today at 04:08:40 PM
Well, d@@mn.  Amazon is cancelling all the orders for the $0.00 movies from yesterday.   :tickedoff:  So you didn't miss out after all Sigwolf.

QuoteDear Customer,

We're contacting you about order #D01-xxxxxxx-xxxxxxx for "2001: A Space Odyssey".

The posted price was incorrect and therefore, we've cancelled your order for this item. You have not been charged.

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Current Events / Re: Russia's War Against Ukrai...
Last post by Uberhaus - Today at 01:13:29 PM
You don't own a technicolour dreamcoat do you?  Can I borrow it?
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Current Events / Re: Russia's War Against Ukrai...
Last post by JasonPratt - Today at 01:05:54 PM
Re the cat training video (had to open a new window for that due to too many tabs, but worth it): I legitimately had a dream last night where thanks to a hole worn in my outer wall in my bedroom back as a child, cats had decided to have litters of kittens under my bed occasionally (partially true, our house and garage were favorite spots for wild litters to spawn in, from which I occasionally joke today that I was partially raised by cats) -- and this had happened over enough generations that the kittens were learning how to play the various war games boxed under my bed!

So I got to watch some amusing kitten-wargame action in my dreams last night (while dealing with related nightmare problems of A GAPING HOLE IN MY WALL over time. Not actual history, fortunately.)

Consequently, now part of my brain is amusedly trying to decide if this counts as a legitimate providential coincidence sign...  :ThumbsUp:
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Current Events / Re: Israel
Last post by JasonPratt - Today at 12:51:14 PM
Meanwhile, on Temple news (due to the powder-keg geopolitics which will go off): currently there are three red heifers old enough to sacrifice for the purification ashes, but until just recently they lacked a proper formula for the scarlet dye needed for a string that would be part of that sacrifice. (Comes from a worm.)

Strictly speaking the sacrifice of the heifer doesn't have to happen on Mount Olivet, since it sure didn't happen there in the days of the Tabernacle, although I don't know if there would be political difficulties in using Olivet as the site.

Speaking of the Tabernacle though, the group setting up the rebuild and function of the Temple, have been using Shiloh for years (in Israel, not Tennessee {g}) to do practice runs, and their current plan seems to be that they can set up a new Tabernacle to reinstitute the sacrifices in Shiloh (or really several other places within Israeli control) without even needing to rebuild the Temple (though they still want to do that, too, when feasible.)

Even setting up a functional tabernacle will cause tons of friction in the region to escalate, so keep an eye out for more of that soon!

For what it's worth, a functioning tabernacle has no bearing on (future) Christian prophecies that I'm aware of, which might be an interesting choice for other reasons.
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Computer Gaming / Re: DCS Discussion
Last post by Jarhead0331 - Today at 12:45:19 PM
Pre-orders are open for the Halfghanistan map. I was surprised and disappointed by some of the omissions from the included geography, but who am I kidding? I'll get it.

Apparently, eastern and northern Afghanistan are in the works. It is not clear to me whether there will be separate charges for these maps or if they will come with the initial SW purchase. Based on the store page, this initial module can be purchased for $23.99 now, or you can pay $48.99 for the entire map now. Both prices are reduced for EA.

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Current Events / Re: Israel
Last post by JasonPratt - Today at 12:42:09 PM
Yeah, I can understand Hamas not wanting to release 40 hostages for 700 terrorist prisoners who will get plastered soon afterward.
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Current Events / Re: Russia's War Against Ukrai...
Last post by Uberhaus - Today at 12:21:29 PM
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on Today at 11:25:49 AMpost putin election and russia needs to mobilize more people to get wrecked.  draw your own conclusions.

Yes, and more.  It is an amplification of the idea of an existential war for the Russian people and might be preparation for conflict with NATO.  While the Russian military is currently in no shape for a conventional confrontation with the West, they sure are trying.  https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/russia-is-preparing-for-an-all-out-war-with-nato-to-happen-sooner-than-originally-believed-isw/ar-BB1kk5sX

That the head of the FSB came out publicly and stated that the intelligence services believe that the West is responsible, shows that they are on side with this nonsense.  I'd love for Russia to just quit, and behave like a civilized people, to paraphrase: a people of Dostoyevsky, not Genghis Khan; however, to not quit is deeply ingrained in their culture.

This is a lot to infer from very little, but when I see information like Rosenberg is showing, I am not going to use the adjective "dangerous" lightly.