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i just realized that feudalism is an option for my vassal states plan. it seems to make vassals more autonomous and takes out strength when it comes to calculating relations.

time to make the holy roman space empire.

I think i might have mentioned it in another thread, but also Ash vs evil dead is on my list. Its an incredible throwback sequel series to the movies with bruce campbell reprising his role as ash. Srsly, if u liked the movies (even just army of darkness), give at least the first episode a try

hey i found a thread i can bomb netflix shows in

loving altered carbon, it reminds me of a sci fi movie that i just can't get to gel right now. blade runner? not quite but it does have elements of good ol' blade runner in terms of environment and tone. it also gets a bit strange at points (wtf r u doin, poe?!) but it does it with this sort of camp that i can't quite explain. it also uses it's own setting for great jokes: the basic premise is that humans can swap bodies and live forever cuz we dl' our brains into these disks in our necks. so how do you invite your 120 year old, long dead grandma to a birthday party? you get her a middle age skinhead body! i wont spoil anymore, just give the show a chance. plenty of nudity, i give it a solid 8/10.

also on teh block is GLOW. goddamn that brings back good memories. im a early 90's/late 80's kid; from that weird time in 1994 when i remember my sister still liking new kids on the block and wearing aviators without hipster flair. and of course wrestlin'. i remember my older brother had actually recorded most episodes of the original GLOW. god it was shitty quality but amazing. anyone remember little egypt? how about big bad mama? or mt.fuji? there was this one amazing match between matilda the hun where mt.fuji actually manages to lift matilda. matilda probably weighed like 300 pounds back then.
the show captures all of what made that great; the preparation, the threadbare budget and casting, and it tells a fictionalized version of what really happened with identifiable expys of the original glow girls. also we get to see alison brie's tits: gg, 9/10.

and finally the last kingdom. if you've played the warband dlc: viking conquest, you're dead on for setting and time. its set in the 800's during the times of wessex, mercia and vikings of northumbria and danmark. its surprisingly good, the first few episodes feel a little low budget but that somehow fits with the setting. this was the time of petty kings and constant danger for anyone not a lord. it starts with the personal issues of Uthred of bebbenburg; one of the 3 christian kingdoms in northhumbria before they get taken over by the danes. it then shifts into a grand overarching story about the guy who would become King Alfred, the Great. as the show picks up steam, we get to see some fairly realistic portrayals of how things were back then, with the big battles taking place between 2 shield walls instead of just a bunch of dudes crashing into each other in barely a formation. moderately light nudity that fades as the series gets more serious. can't decide between 8 or 9, so 8.5/10.

i still plan on doing this lp but im torn between doing a video lp (to learn how to do it) or pics and text (cuz my internets shit), but more than that, im waiting for patches. i've run into two gameplay breaking bugs that have me stuck in the last half? of the game and some optimization would help as well.

it's gonna be mostly focused on the story (id cut out any grinding unless it's exploring a new part of the world or is hilarious for whatever reason)

I sorta get it. It's meant to distinguish between "Humans + humans with forehead wrinkles or blue skin" vs "furries" "space catgirls" "distinctly non-human mammals like the Orions or Hani".

yeah, im over it. i made a new human civ, spiritualist+militaristic+authoritarian=shallow 40k parody. they use the mammalian sets with their nice utilitarian look. it is time to enforce true humanity's will among the stars. to differentiate between us, true humans, and them, false heretics, i made our race "terrans" instead.

all will bow, all will serve. humanity forever.

so, um, with a bit of practice and a decent bow, arrows are op.

i took out an entire cuman camp out at night, wearing dark clothing and keeping my distance during a rainstorm, picking them off one by one at a distance. even armored opponents take a good amount of damage from decent arrows. they even panicked a bit and scattered to comb the woods looking for me. one did. he met my sword, an improved soul slicer. (ive been leveling maintenance)

also, protip; pick nettles. pick all the nettles you find.

I'm really thinking about getting this, but the $60 price tag and the fact that open-world games tend to have hilariously broken bugs makes me hesitate a bit.

How's it look like on that front?

if you weren't hyping it like me, id suggest waiting for a couple patches and a sale. it's playable and fun but you might run into a gamebreaking bug or the lag might annoy you. if you can snag it for 20% off, go for it.