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a game that involves an intricate combination of boorish womanising, alcoholism, combat, a stealth system that involves hiding under tables, espionage and diplomacy
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Disinterested posted:a game that involves an intricate combination of boorish womanising, alcoholism, combat, a stealth system that involves hiding under tables, espionage and diplomacy ahh i see you've been reading my diary
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May 12, 2016 23:14
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Aeryk posted:While motion pictures have a strict code that forbids us to offend or insult any group or nation—while we dare not present in an unfavorable light the tiniest Balkan kingdom—we permit ourselves to smear and slander American businessmen in the most irresponsibly dishonest manner. What are you quoting
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May 12, 2016 23:16
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Twerkteam Pizza posted:What are you quoting the finest philosopher of our generation, ayn rand
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May 12, 2016 23:18
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she had a whole helpful pamphlet made up for Hollywood types you know
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May 12, 2016 23:19
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What page was that NYT article about promoting conservatism in the social sciences posted? Ayn Rand would love that poo poo
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May 12, 2016 23:23
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PleasingFungus posted:they are pretty clearly going for an explicit mixture of "ww1" with "medieval armour/weapons" to more clearly create an alt-history vibe. (the alt-history thing is also why there are so many zeppelins, ofc.) none of thats really alt-history tho 
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May 12, 2016 23:24
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im the guy with the flail who everyone quietly loathes
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May 12, 2016 23:25
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the machine gun has been invented, i'm going to equip my soldiers with morning stars - some military person apparently
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May 12, 2016 23:25
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Disinterested posted:they're by the leading experts on the overarching history of the war Was he the Australian He was awesome
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May 12, 2016 23:28
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Disinterested posted:a game that involves an intricate combination of boorish womanising, alcoholism, combat, a stealth system that involves hiding under tables, espionage and diplomacy tabletop roleplaying games have this but alas i cant think of a video game that does
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May 12, 2016 23:29
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paranoid randroid posted:im the guy with the flail who everyone quietly loathes dammit randroid
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May 12, 2016 23:30
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if anyone is flailing in this thread, it's me
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May 12, 2016 23:31
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paranoid randroid posted:none of thats really alt-history tho some of these are just pliers
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May 12, 2016 23:31
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a tommy very patiently explaining to his commanding officer that the technical term is nunchaku
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May 12, 2016 23:31
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LorrdErnie posted:some of these are just pliers i'm pretty sure one of those things is a steampunk sword
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May 12, 2016 23:33
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Crushes you with bolt cutter
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May 12, 2016 23:36
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cant say id be looking to gently caress with the guy swinging the grenade on a stick either
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May 12, 2016 23:38
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I'm on a post flail flail back
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May 12, 2016 23:38
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kustomkarkommando posted:Team up with a spunky war weary Ottoman pasha convinced the Central powers will lose the war as you play a brave German-american going deep undercover in Gernany you can't be both spunky and war weary
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May 12, 2016 23:40
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mandatory lesbian posted:the machine gun has been invented, i'm going to equip my soldiers with morning stars - some military person apparently most of these things were handmade because a big long bolt action rifle with a bayonet is a pretty bad weapon when you're fighting dudes in a muddy ditch when america got involved we cleaned up because we equipped our guys with shotguns which were so effective in ditch fighting that the germans complained and tried to get them banned as inhumane
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May 12, 2016 23:45
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did anyone catch the eurosong semis? pretty poor selection this year. i liked israel, georgia, serbia, bulgaria and our entry. ukraine's entry was garbage, as were macedonia and albania anyway, here's johnny logan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qURxESCEENc
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May 12, 2016 23:46
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Popular Thug Drink posted:most of these things were handmade because a big long bolt action rifle with a bayonet is a pretty bad weapon when you're fighting dudes in a muddy ditch irl cries of "SHOTTY NOOB" echo across the battlefield
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May 12, 2016 23:49
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mandatory lesbian posted:the machine gun has been invented, i'm going to equip my soldiers with morning stars - some military person apparently hand to hand trench combat before the advent of submachine guns you had some use of short barreled shotguns and early flamethrowers, but the majority of the close in fighting was knifes and blunt instruments
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May 12, 2016 23:49
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Popular Thug Drink posted:most of these things were handmade because a big long bolt action rifle with a bayonet is a pretty bad weapon when you're fighting dudes in a muddy ditch bringing a gun to a flail-fight is the reason why america was invincible...interesting
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May 12, 2016 23:51
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Popular Thug Drink posted:when america got involved we cleaned up because we equipped our guys with shotguns which were so effective in ditch fighting that the germans complained and tried to get them banned as inhumane
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May 12, 2016 23:53
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GhostofJohnMuir posted:hand to hand trench combat before the advent of submachine guns well grenades also, which were really modernized before and during ww1 aside from the traditional process of "soldiers improvising burning/exploding hunks of crap to throw at each other"
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May 12, 2016 23:53
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Badger of Basra posted:you can't be both spunky and war weary ataturk was always spunky
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May 12, 2016 23:53
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That scamp
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May 12, 2016 23:54
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R. Mute posted:lol, no you didn't uh oh a challenger appears...who do i believe, euro scum or american strong
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May 12, 2016 23:54
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLcHl15qNGw
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May 12, 2016 23:54
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R. Mute posted:lol, no you didn't https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Model_1897#World_War_I_protests pump action shotguns had only just been invented like 20 years earlier and more traditional hunting shotguns are not great to use in combat else the euro combatants would have used them
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May 12, 2016 23:55
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"admins kick america they are shotty spamming" "git gud, kraut"
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May 12, 2016 23:56
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R. Mute posted:lol, no you didn't i'm sorry we didn't live up to belgium's martial example
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May 12, 2016 23:57
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Popular Thug Drink posted:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Model_1897#World_War_I_protests
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May 12, 2016 23:58
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such pride in being good at war things *weeps away single tear*
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May 12, 2016 23:58
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I salute the k/d ratio of our brave war men
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May 12, 2016 23:59
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R. Mute posted:yeah, i know about that, i've seen the millions of factoid pages on the internet as well. point is that america didn't 'clean up' once they got involved in the war. oh poo poo my flippant post about strange weapons of worls war one has now devolved into an argument over the historical legacies of war this is hands down not what i anticipated
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May 12, 2016 23:59
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our primary martial skill is waiting until the fight is half over, then jumping out of an alley to thump one of the combatants over the head and take all the credit
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Popular Thug Drink posted:oh poo poo my flippant post about strange weapons of worls war one has now devolved into an argument over the historical legacies of war ive yet to let them down
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