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mrking posted:okay. i'm still like 16 pages behind. My favorite whiskey story is a friend winning an invite to the release party of the first batch of mackmyra. He thought it tasted like poo poo so he ordered a Coke and just dumped the whiskey in it in front of the horrified company reps. E: if you ever have the chance, give octomore a shot. It's gimmicky but still tasty and smooth as gently caress. Klaus Kinski fucked around with this message at 23:10 on Feb 2, 2016 |
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Kakarot posted:Someone brought me real nice tequila from Mexico. You sip, not shoot! Many moons ago, before my workplace went to poo poo, my bosses brought us back a nice bottle of very good sipping tequila from Mexico. I miss those days.
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Lack of Gravitas posted:Zynga would be a good fit to CIG's business model Except Chris Roberts couldn't even successfully rip-off a dirt-simple game because he'd get lost in the weeds "micro-improving" it to match his vision of what he thought the game should've been.
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Bootcha posted:I have to vouch for my favorite brand, the High West Distillery. Campfire, Son of Bourye, and American Prairie are great choices. Ten year old glen morangie mixed 1/3rd whiskey to 2/3rds still water (no ice or flavoured mixers). Heaven.
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Rhubarb94 posted:Ten year old glen morangie FTFY
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Rhubarb94 posted:Brit military drinking game : I think I saw Aussies doing that atop a LAV-25 rolling out of Sadur City, but it was with vodka instead of Baileys.
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The Japanese make loving good whiskey. I love the poo poo out of expensive Japanese whiskeys oh my god. EVEN BETTER THAN THEIR ANIME FIGURINESScruffpuff posted:The silver bullet that killed this project was Chris's insistence on everything you just mentioned being in a single seamless engine. Star Wars galaxies had planets, very wide sandbox elements, multicrew and single-fighter space combat (sort of a Tie Fighter lite, but not bad at all) with customized ship components, a deep economy, multiple classes and paths, no 16 player limit, 10 loving years ago, and it still didn't make enough money to stay afloat. It was doable because it used different engines for different parts, with loading screens. The "one engine for everything" is really what this game's ultimate failure is centered on. Even if another company tried it, and got it working, the benefits are slim, and the costs (financial and technical) are huge. Cuntpunch posted:I like skimming through 104TC because it gives a real insight into Squadron 42. Not directly, in a lot of cases, but through process of elimination of what *won't* be in SQ42 - even if you buy the narrative it's in late-stage development getting ready for release this year. Which itself presume that design is mostly locked in and it's just polish: Dark Off posted:more ships to the goon project
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Finally! Been at it all day trying to catch up on this thread. Lurking is tough! Greets all.
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Rhubarb94 posted:That depends on them trying to make it work on console, which would involve planning and work and other things. I'm sure they will try the same way they try everything else. By adding devs but only managing to fill 75% of the critical positions and then incompetently try to shoehorn the new team into the existing company structure. It will just be another distraction from making any real progress along with all the others. There is no way CR won't go for that. More expense, less progress and it will get rid of what little enthusiasm that exists for SQ42. The narrative will shift to it being a watered down console game to raise money for the real deal SC. Turning the few PC gamers off to try and attract console gamers that are not interested and never will be.
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The real question is, what sort of bourbon will I be able to serve on my space plane and will I be able to upcharge for top-shelf bourbon? Chris Roberts give me an upsale minigame for my space plane.
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fuzzknot posted:Oh no! Nothing tears your heart out quite like that. I don't feel ready for a new one, but helping in a shelter is a good idea, thanks. I need to pet some fluff, it's been too long.
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Prop Wash posted:The real question is, what sort of bourbon will I be able to serve on my space plane and will I be able to upcharge for top-shelf bourbon? Chris Roberts give me an upsale minigame for my space plane. There better be some Pappy Van Winkle!
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Prop Wash posted:The real question is, what sort of bourbon will I be able to serve on my space plane and will I be able to upcharge for top-shelf bourbon? Chris Roberts give me an upsale minigame for my space plane. none because Space Kentucky was wiped off the map back in the goon wars of 2132
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AugmentedVision posted:All hard liquor tastes like poo poo and people deceive themselves into enjoying the taste in order to seem sophisticated. "Acquired taste", I'm pretty sure if you ate enough literal dog poo poo, you would acquire a taste for it, doesn't mean it's cool and good to do so. Would you like a wine cooler? Blanton's is a solid single barrel bourbon and comes in a sweet bottle.
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fuzzknot posted:FTFY I would have agreed some time ago, however I lived in Edinburgh for a few years where I got into the Scottish way of drinking it. Whiskey geek fact (which may have been made up in a bar), it was originally invented as something to add to a water bottle to purify the water inside whilst on the move, it was intended to be mixed just not with crap like cola.
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trucutru posted:Did you know that goons are planning to use "let me loving finish" for the goon-de-yada project if you don't record something? He should have the goons all singing their parts-- and download a bunch of Derek interviews online, then autotune Derek saying things like "I've said all these things in my blog", "The shitizens went after me because they know I'm right", "Let me fuckin' finish!", and whatnot. It could be especially funny as a call and response. Like the goons say "But it will never ship", and Derek immediately blurts "That's what I have been saying all this time!" It just seems more fitting that Derek would be marching to his own beat, talking non-stop in the midst of an otherwise unified chorus. I think it lets Derek stay Derek and that's to the good.
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AugmentedVision posted:All hard liquor tastes like poo poo and people deceive themselves into enjoying the taste in order to seem sophisticated. "Acquired taste", I'm pretty sure if you ate enough literal dog poo poo, you would acquire a taste for it, doesn't mean it's cool and good to do so. try mixing them with distilled water. 1:1 or even 2:1 water:whiskey can off set a lot of the bite of the alcohol and still let you taste the flavor. I mean if you still don't like then theres nothing for it, but if you just don't like the harsh alcoholness of it theres no shame in watering it. I like Knob Creek but if I don't put ice or water in it then ugh it sucks to drink cask strength is even worse.
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Bootcha posted:I have to vouch for my favorite brand, the High West Distillery. I moved to Louisville recently and started getting into bourbon and rye (previously bourbon was my favorite liquor, but I had only really had Makers Mark). I have read good things about High West Midwinters Nights Dram (I think) but it sounds impossible to get. I've seen some of their other bottles around though, so I will give one a try next chance I get.
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mrking posted:try mixing them with distilled water. 1:1 or even 2:1 water:whiskey can off set a lot of the bite of the alcohol and still let you taste the flavor. I mean if you still don't like then theres nothing for it, but if you just don't like the harsh alcoholness of it theres no shame in watering it. I like Knob Creek but if I don't put ice or water in it then ugh it sucks to drink cask strength is even worse. It works. Did the same thing with the Aomori in Okinawa. Ice, water and Lemon. Otherwise it tastes like shite.
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Mirificus posted:This seems like an opportune moment to post wesha's favorite comic: lol
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G0RF posted:I think Bootcha should take a different approach. Bootcha, you might have to make two videos.
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Bootcha posted:I think I saw Aussies doing that atop a LAV-25 rolling out of Sadur City, but it was with vodka instead of Baileys. You can always rely on the colonials to lower the tone. Vodka is far to uncouth a drink to vomit the national anthem to. Illegally distilled moonshine confiscated on the border is a true gentleman's drink*. *burn it to test for contaminants, if it gives off black fumes do not drink it if you enjoy being able to see.
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I so desperately wanted this to be real. I'm the crooked Star Citizen sticker. Dementropy posted:This is something SC needs to implement:
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fuctifino posted:Even Sandi has 4x290's in her PC, because why not when you are using other people's money? fuzzknot posted:That's a good place to stop. Speaking from experience, it takes learning that lesson the hard way a couple of times to sink in.
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fuzzknot posted:Many moons ago, before my workplace went to poo poo, my bosses brought us back a nice bottle of very good sipping tequila from Mexico. I once had a job where the boss would bring in a set of his throwing knives. He'd take a sharpie and draw a target then we'd take turns on throwing the knives into the drywall. Pretty cool guy he was always taking a nap in the back room he was.
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All this talk of whiskey and bourbon got me thirsty. I am abandoning this thread to go enjoy my overpriced mediocre shark bourbon.
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alf_pogs posted:i dunno, i have never wanted to get near (let alone touch) ben's tummy Ok how about this then. I have folders upon folders of my cat being a fat lazy poo poo. Edit: Also George Dickels No.12 is my favorite non expensive bourbon. Maybe I have poo poo taste but I love it, I think it's better than makers mark. SerCypher fucked around with this message at 23:34 on Feb 2, 2016 |
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BossTweed posted:I have read good things about High West Midwinters Nights Dram (I think) but it sounds impossible to get. I've seen some of their other bottles around though, so I will give one a try next chance I get. I love a good rye. Midwinter Night's Dram is an EXCELLENT dessert whiskey. Silky smooth and sweet. I'd suggest starting out with Son of Bourye, it's a nice sweet-ish whiskey with nice heft. From there you can try more smokey/peaty or more sweet/silky.
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Beexoffel posted:I don't feel ready for a new one, but helping in a shelter is a good idea, thanks. Yeah, and the animals would agree! I'm a cat behavior volunteer, and ALL I do--aside from just making sure they all get fed during kitten season when it's crazy and the staff members need all the help they can get--is pet cats. They really literally need to be petted and played with so they can get used to being around people. Also, volunteers make notes on the animal's personality so that people coming into the shelter to adopt pets can see what kind of animal the one in the kennel is. Some people want lap cats, some people want really playful cats, some people want cats that get along with other cats or possibly dogs or kids, etc. It's an important and never thankless role.
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The backers will never know. or be able to afford the rig that can play the game.
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Notice how even back then he made sure to drop in "primarily" so everything is non-committal.
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Rhubarb94 posted:I would have agreed some time ago, however I lived in Edinburgh for a few years where I got into the Scottish way of drinking it. Urban legend has it that mountain dew was supposed to be marketed as a mixer to use with whiskey until they cooked a batch wrong with too much HFC corn syrup in it. The tasting panel did not like the mix at all but found the dew palatable alone. A nice way to make cheap whiskey blends go down during summer is to mix it with Perrier lemon sparkling water. I suggest 1 alcohol for 3 water. Garnish with a lemon slice.
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e: oh god I went all Derek on this post, halp I like bourbon too Sometimes it's nice to have something more drinkable, sometimes something more complex grimcreaper posted:Also, bourbon and whiskey are basically the same thing. "For a whiskey to call itself bourbon, its mash, the mixture of grains from which the product is distilled, must contain at least 51% corn. (The rest of the mash is usually filled out with malted barley and either rye or wheat.)" taken from google. fuzzknot posted:Ooo. Yeah. Bootcha's mom gave me some Macallan the night I met her. TTerrible posted:Whiskey chat. I travel a lot for work and was convinced by a friend to pickup Talisker Darkstorm passing through duty free. It is awful. It tastes like sucking on charcoal. I got into whisky because a Scottish mate of mine would buy cheap blends with ginger wine as a mixer at clubs, instead of the usual vodka/rum + coke type thing. It was horrible at first but gradually I started to like it :StockholmSyndrome:
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AugmentedVision posted:Notice how even back then he made sure to drop in "primarily" so everything is non-committal. Eh that probably has more to do with his poor grasp of the english language than with any reservedness regarding PC vs Console.
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"we will NOT limit the input options" - man who is genuinely excited for his context-sensitive USE button in the year of our lord 2016
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Prop Wash posted:"we will NOT limit the input options" - man who is genuinely excited for his context-sensitive USE button in the year of our lord 2016 Sarsapariller posted:Goon Leaders, I bring you grave news. Space_Addict has figured it all out. He's on to our psyops and he'll beat us in video games except he doesn't play them.
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Thanks Nvidia for the goodies!
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aleksendr posted:Urban legend has it that mountain dew was supposed to be marketed as a mixer to use with whiskey until they cooked a batch wrong with too much HFC corn syrup in it. The tasting panel did not like the mix at all but found the dew palatable alone. Not an urban legend. It was in fact developed as a mixer (many sodas at the time were used as mixers, but generally they were regional. The dudes who made mountain dew did so because it was easier than trying to get their preferred brand). Also, it wasn't a mix-up that ended up getting it marketed. They just offered a sample to one of the guys who ran the Tri-Cities Beverage Co. and made a deal to bottle and sell it.
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