If you like games of trading, similar to Tradewinds or Port Royale
Games where you can build really satisfying production lines
Games with beautiful stories and a truly whimsical world
Then I cannot recommend Merchant of the Skies enough. I've played the campaign mode twice from start to finish in the last couple of weeks, which isn't common for me.
Steam link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1040070/Merchant_of_the_Skies/
Instant mash made up according to instructions, microwaved baked beans, grated cheddar.
Food of kings when you can't make real food.
@Ganymede said in RL things I love:
Science.
Specifically, the discovery of cryovolcanoes.
So cool.
Oh, man. That IS cool.
And what's cooler than being cool? Ice cold. 
I have the good fortune to have a good manager at my job.
The main thing he does, which other managers don't seem to, is he's proactive about asking if I have any problems or concerns.
Your 'traditional' manager will assume if there's a problem, you will tell them. His assumption is that we'll try to handle everything ourselves, and maybe not tell him or tell him too late for him to support.
So, be proactive in asking your team if there are any issues, problems, concerns - and don't just relate it to work stuff. Sometimes just knowing about it is enough, but if you can support, so much the better.
@atomic said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:
We should get our writing staff in a room and hand the result to the Coen brothers.
Or Luc Besson. It would still make zero sense but it would be PRETTY nonsense.
@GreenFlashlight
I think there's a perception (rightly or wrongly) that someone who does this is 'making it all about them'.
I don't agree, but I think that's where the notion of not doing it came from.
@arkandel said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:
@wizz Oh I feel that.
Shit flows downhill. We have considerable technical debt to pay back at my job and there are never opportunities to dedicate resources to do so since offering new features is what gets more customers, not fixing stuff that isn't broken enough.
But here's the thing, the more technical debt you accumulate the harder it is for their services to scale up. That means as you add customers it gets harder to maintain them. It also means stuff needs to be done manually - which directly translates to people getting phone calls at 2am to fix stuff which, if they had time from the daily grind, would either be automatically resolved or wouldn't be broken in the first place.
Is this my job you're describing right now? Ugh. Technical debt 
I sympathise with you so much on this.
Possibly that the original Good Omens was written by Sir Terry Pratchett as well as Neil Gaiman, and now that wonderful partnership is no longer possible, to produce the sequal in any form?
IDK, that was my first assumption when I read it.
I watch a lot of videos of people making things. Typically:
It gives me an odd sense of satisfaction, even though I'm not the one making the thing. Just appreciating how skilled some people are I guess!
@derp said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
I want a nap and a blankie and I just got a promotion
Congrats on the promotion though
Yes, London has been made aware, unfortunately it needs Rome's attention and he's out doing RL right now. It will be back when he's back, I guess!
Finally have caught up to Episode 5 and thus been able to read this without being spoilered!
I am a long-time fan of the books, and I agree with a lot of what is said above, particularly about Perrin's wife. Though, most of the "hammer vs axe" stuff was his own inner dialogue in the books, so I can sort-of understand the need to externalise it.
The thing I've found most about the series though, is it's teaching me all the wrong ways I've been saying words in my head! Like the mention of Birgitte with the girl's doll, in my head that's been more of a 'birrzhitte' rather than 'bir-gi-ta'. That kind of thing. It's fun
@livia said in The Board Game Thread:
@ominous said in The Board Game Thread:
I've been really getting into 18XXs lately. Then again, I am a bit neurotic.
I need to upvote this a million times. Just because someone mentioned 18XX. Any particular ones?
Yay, Spreadsheets the Board Game. My personal favourite is 1861, because the winner is the first to be lined up and shot by the Russian Gov't.
Uh, okay.
There.
Might be interesting to note for those who care - this is built in Ares, and if I'm interpreting their chargen page right, it's got coded sheets.
Obligatory 'I am nothing to do with this game, this is just my take' statement.
@Auspice said in Wheel of Time MU(SH|X):
I miss my Gray from back in the day and would love to play one again.
As a side note given that this is being set during the Aiel War and the times of the Grand Alliance, there will be plenty for a Grey sister to do. 
A family member died last week. Someone I loved, though wasn't super close to.
I'm struggling to feel anything except guilt that I don't feel anything.
@kay
For your WoD fix, Modern Nights has recently reopened.
I've only been there a few days but the people seem nice.
@GreenFlashlight said in MUs That We Would Love To Make (But Won't):
@Runescryer said in MUs That We Would Love To Make (But Won't):
I'd suggest a homebrew area; some newly discovered island the whole Thean continent is rushing to stake a claim to/develop for financial opportunities/escape the continent to/explore for Syrne ruins/whatever. Preferably an uninhabitated chain of isladnds so we could avoid the touchy subject of colonization.
We did exactly this for a 7th Sea LARP and it worked very well
@buttercup
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Serial killers and comedy. What's not to like?