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OftenBen  ·  2566 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What are you playing?

Stellaris: Synthetic Dawn

I for some reason find it easier to roleplay the Borg than the Imperium of Man in this game. Right now I've got myself in a pickle where no one can attack me, but the minute I try and launch an offensive to clear up some robotic lebensraum, I'm going to kick off World War 1 but in space, thanks to the dense and completely nonsensical alliances the AI have made with each other. Tried a few different opening gambits and still end up pulling the attention of some key players too quickly. Looks like I'm just gonna have to build up an overwhelming deathblob of a fleet to make headway, tactics be damned. Then comes the question, do I build 50 capital ships of the line with support craft? Or a MILLION TINY MISSILE FRIGATES.

Things to ponder.

Overwatch while biking continues to be the best way to do cardio and not get worked up about Overwatch. Yes, it's fundamentally a reskin of TF2, and I don't care. I didn't get into TF2 early enough to have logged the hours necessary to get good at rocket jumping and similar 'basic' mechanics, so there's a skill-floor that I just can't get up to. Overwatch is easy, approachable, and I don't feel bad playing it with a controller while sweating on a bike.

Because kantos mentioned Minecraft, I'd be interested in hosting a server again if anyone wanted to play, it's not expensive. I've always had a good time with survival islands and such.





user-inactivated  ·  2565 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'd be willing to play. Maybe rd95 and Dala would be interested? I think they have PC version? psychoticmilkman, is it in your library?

user-inactivated  ·  2564 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think we only have it for the X-Box. Is it possible to connect with your servers with that or would we need to get the PC version? We only run Linux, so I don't know if that's an issue or not.

user-inactivated  ·  2564 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Sgeorge and I have played minecraft games where I host on my linux box and she played on her windows 'puter. It's a tradition when work gets snowed out.

psychoticmilkman  ·  2565 days ago  ·  link  ·  
OftenBen  ·  2565 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Would you be okay with a survival server, with the intention being to create something grand and fun and hubski themed?

user-inactivated  ·  2565 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I have a head cannon build size increases exponentially with time played. By that metric, I'm still on a scale of "small". Other than that, I'd love to be a part of a large scale build.

Redstone is my jam. I think I've seen an mk post on some gnarly contraptions.

psychoticmilkman  ·  2565 days ago  ·  link  ·  
user-inactivated  ·  2565 days ago  ·  link  ·  

As far as I'm concerned, we'll make for a great combo of skills then!

psychoticmilkman  ·  2565 days ago  ·  link  ·  
OftenBen  ·  2565 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Sweet.

Milkman, since you have more technical experience than I do, would you feel comfortable being our 'admin' and I can just paypal you a few bucks periodically?

I can set up a server, but I don't know jack about actually keeping one running/dev tools/console commands/etc.

psychoticmilkman  ·  2564 days ago  ·  link  ·  
johnnyFive  ·  2566 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Stellaris is my jam, and a work friend and I have a MP game going where our plucky team of unfeeling robits (myself) and his space foxes are trying to maintain the peace.

Isherwood  ·  2566 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I loved tf2 and I love overwatch. Team based shooters with really different characters are just so much fun - and blizz knows how to make a good game. I left tf2 because I felt like it got kind of stale, it just felt like valve abandoned it.

As for minecraft, I got it for the switch but without multiplayer I got bored pretty quick. I think the world was a bit too empty for me. But I'd give a server a shot.