Gremlins. Sometimes I just want to be lovingly consensually mean to people. Throw mud in the face of my beloved peers. Laugh mercilessly at their mishaps. Etc. And know they know how I mean it
Joined: 11 Apr 2013 Gender: Male Posts: 4,576 Location: My House, US
09 Nov 2025, 5:03 pm
Civilization VII with younger son and older son. Just finished the first of three ages, and I've done better than I normally do. I had four wonders built and my sons had three each. As soon as they were aware of that, they each build new wonders to make it a tie. "Can't let the Hapless Old Man do better than us!" And they got their wonders before the end of the age, but I got my FIFTH wonder completed on the l last turn, as well as created a new "crappy" settlement. They still beat me as usual, but I got a first place in wonders for a change. Last place for everything else.
It's a good day.
_________________ Acronym Legend OS = Older Son, YS = Younger Son The most important two acronyms I know.
Joined: 17 Nov 2025 Age: 28 Gender: Male Posts: 2 Location: Grover, North Carolina
17 Nov 2025, 5:12 pm
I just played Counter-Strike: Source, and while it may have gotten hate in the past for being a bit different than what the multiplayer scene was used to, I love it. Hidden gem.
I will always feel like I need to explain that Trumpy is not named after something orange and ramblingly self-centered and evil. Trumpy is based on an alien from the film Pod People, and he resembles a Rodian.
Trumpy - Pod People
Trumpy - in his shop where he sells Geothermal Energy. His vendor is in the puffy chef's hat. Originally, he was dressed in a wool coat because it sort of resembled Pod People Trumpy's fur. It was unappealing. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sad conclusions. Despite my wanting to distance him from the orange Rump, MST3K makes a joke related to him. Also, of my five SWG characters, Trumpy has the most credits, not quite a billionaire (Older Son is the Billionaire a couple time over). It has taken years of selling Geothermal Energy at the lowest prices on the server, 10k units selling on sliding scale, 0.72006969 to 1.96349541 credits per unit. It is not uncommon for others to sell it for 15 credits per unit. Geothermal Energy is needed for creating creatures related to beast mastery. The higher the quality, the better chance of a mutation. Mine are priced for new players, who like new WoW players, do not have much in the way of credits or gold.
_________________ Acronym Legend OS = Older Son, YS = Younger Son The most important two acronyms I know.
It's an ASCII-based dungeon crawler RPG. Here's an example of what it looks like:
Oh wow I love the look of that!
I have been playing Oxygen Not Included. Whoever described it as a physics sandbox was possibly not a physicist, but the systems are complex enough and consistent enough to make it a lot of fun all the same to fiddle with, in my opinion
Joined: 11 Apr 2013 Gender: Male Posts: 4,576 Location: My House, US
27 Dec 2025, 1:29 pm
kuen wrote:
EmpireHonda wrote:
Playing Angband on my Raspberry Pi.
It's an ASCII-based dungeon crawler RPG. Here's an example of what it looks like:
Oh wow I love the look of that!
I have been playing Oxygen Not Included. Whoever described it as a physics sandbox was possibly not a physicist, but the systems are complex enough and consistent enough to make it a lot of fun all the same to fiddle with, in my opinion
That is what I thought when I saw the post for this ASCII game. As for your game, the possibly not a physicist made me laugh. Thank you.
_________________ Acronym Legend OS = Older Son, YS = Younger Son The most important two acronyms I know.
Joined: 11 Apr 2013 Gender: Male Posts: 4,576 Location: My House, US
27 Dec 2025, 1:32 pm
Civilization VII YS just started a new game. It's aways exciting and mystery (hence the excitement) if it will be new or the previous game. He sends OS and me a code, and that is when I find out. New game. I'm playing as Ada Lovelace, starting out in the Mayan empire. I've been doing good with this combination. I will still come in last place, but that's okay. Gotta go. Everyone is logged in. The point is I do better starting as Ada and the Mayan empire.
_________________ Acronym Legend OS = Older Son, YS = Younger Son The most important two acronyms I know.