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On 03/04/2024 at 18:00, Boo Khaki said:
I've had Phantom Doctrine installed for years, but gave up on it after it took about an hour to reach the extraction conditions after completing the objectives on my first mission. Just felt really long-winded and a bit of a chore. Is it worth persisting with?
I would give it a whirl. There is only one map I thought was a real chore to get through and it was a bit into the story. YMMV
On 04/04/2024 at 15:11, 54_and_counting said:Mate you defo need to persist with xcom 2, once you get the hang of researching, opening up new communications stuff etc it really expands the game
On 04/04/2024 at 16:11, BFTD said:XCOM dissent shall not be tolerated. Mods!
War of the Chosen is probably one of the greatest DLCs of all time. Maybe play the base game through on a low difficulty to get the hang of the base-building and stuff, then play it on increasingly harder difficulties until your mind breaks. Then play WotC and keep playing, forever.
Chimera Squad is a budget story-based XCOM lite with scripted characters; a more laidback diversion. It's also good
Basically, Firaxis can do no wrong and I will fight you.
Thanks for the replies but the highlighted stuff is what I cannot be bothered with (and I realise it a classic etc.). Some games just pass you by.
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I bought Balatro this week and it is terrific (Luck Be A Landlord is also good but slighter). It has interrupted me playing Phantom Doctrine which I bought a few years ago and never got into but have been enjoying quite a bit recently. It's an XCOM2-like that prioritises stealth over shooting. Pretty good. I really should go back and give XCOM2 another whirl but I remember liking playing the levels but could not get into the between stages stuff.
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53 minutes ago, No_Problemo said:
I have absolutely no interest anymore in watching a football team with runners out wide, as opposed to those who are actually enjoyable to watch. Fair enough this season as we just need to stay up, but it’s not something I want to see very often next season.
This is the crux of it. If you are brutal to watch, you better be winning most weeks. I think Scott Brown will keep us up (no small feat considering the nick of the squad) and I am looking forward to seeing what we do in the summer. Still plenty of deadwood going to be on the books next year but you only need 2/3 galvanising players to make a big difference in this league.
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3 hours ago, Melanius Mullarkey said:
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Nostalgia, love lost, love gained, shagging and a bit of schizophrenia thrown in. A Japanese classic. Great book. Will read more Murakami.
A Wild Sheep Chase is one of my few occasional re-reads. Fantastic.
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I didn't think I could be tempted to the QP game but here I am. Well done to the board for a bold appointment.
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4 months (17 games) is an awful lot of time to stagger on. Fans can be fickle - none more so than myself - and it has been very easy to get out the way of going to the football regularly. They must have sold enough season tickets this year to gamble that serving up the same tired old shite (with a side of corporate bullshit) at home will suffice - minimal effort required.
It might work. Scrape survival, sell the new stand/head coach combo and sell more season tickets. It is plausible but it is a gamble and if it fails the owner and others responsible deserve all the opprobrium they receive.
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3 minutes ago, D'Jaffo said:
Maybe, maybe not. It’s worth noting that the actual identification is done by Glenndinning and Bullen will likely make a decision based off his analysis. It’s hard to know with this procedure who is actually to blame.
Yep, add in a Head Coach and you have the spiderman gif. The DoF attempted to explain it at the start of the season and no-one is any the wiser. Almost as if it was designed that way.
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8 hours ago, BukyOHare said:
You talk about debate and discussion which is pretty laughable given the fact that anyone who has a glass half full attitude on here gets shouted down immediately.
It's not debate if everyone on here thinks the same. Everybody has different opinions on the general direction we're heading in.
No one is "shouted down" on here - love to see an example, let alone "immediately". All I have read on here to justify a "glass half full attitude" is the supposed off-field success. I assume that means the building works because I don't see much else.
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11 minutes ago, diegomarahenry said:
There is also the, I wouldn't take McCall, Robertson etc, You want rid of Bullen, who do you bring in? realistically, that is going to perform better than Bullen if you don't want either of those two? who do you think would be better? and what backs that up
You can legitimately want Bullen gone and have no idea who should replace him. I am in that camp.
There will be many applicants, I would roll the dice. I doubt the owner/DoF want the hassle. As long as we stay in the Championship for the opening of the new stand they will probably be happy. Is it good enough? The owner seems to be gambling that people will buy season tickets regardless of what is served up on the pitch. He may be right.
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5 minutes ago, diegomarahenry said:
Who then?
Jesus wept. Not this old saw. You get rid of the current Head Coach and then pick* one from the many applicants.
* Half-time draw tombola may be used.
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2 hours ago, railwayend said:
A 2-2 draw with a team with Queens Park’s resources is hardly a catastrophe . You need to remember we are in the Championship not L1 . We are 5th or 6th best resourced club in the league . It’s plain to see you and your wee gang on here want the manager to go . That might happen in the medium or longer term , not in the middle of the fight . Try to see the bigger picture the odd time , because there is one .
Club Apologist Bingo:
Dig at own fans - Check ("you and your wee gang")
Hint at being ITK - Check ("we are 5th or 6th best resourced")
Allusions to the mythical Plan - Check ("try to see the bigger picture... because there is one")
Not bad in a single paragraph. Only need a couple more for a full house!
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6 minutes ago, Nelson said:
Bryden wasn’t left up front by himself against Partick though. That was just mindless today.
4 minutes ago, No_Problemo said:What Bullen tried to do with him today was scarily inept. He tried to make him a focal point, which he just can’t do. All of our other strikers are far better than him at it.
Fair enough. I certainly wasn't defending Bullen
. Just echoing the previous comments about Bullen's poor team selections/subs/game management.
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7 minutes ago, No_Problemo said:
Bullen decided to bring Bryden on. I mean generally why? What did he think that was going to change.
Bryden showed on Tuesday night what his best contribution can be at this level - inject an element of chaos and energy up front for a short time. It rarely works but did on Tuesday and he was unlucky not to score.
I didn't see the game today so can't comment on it. We all know Bullen loves repeating what he thinks worked in the last match regardless of opposition/scoreline/other factors.
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5 minutes ago, Trogdor said:
Murphy's best one was on big Rory McAllister. He's nipping me ref! To the point where McAllister lost it with Murphy and the ref and got sent off. Delicious.
He's not too bad as a manager either. Annan are going alright in League One, a lot of folks expected them to Brechin it but they've been competitive.
McAllister loved a red card against us. I don't think I ever saw him have a good game (despite his scoring record). Very enjoyable.
54 minutes ago, Salvo Montalbano said:Or the one where Jamie Adams smashed Josh Falkingham at EEP, pretty sure someone made a gif of it?
I probably have the Falkingham gif on a hard drive somewhere but not readily to hand. In lieu of that my favourite Jamie Adams gif and favourite Ayr v Dunfermline one:
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11 minutes ago, diegomarahenry said:
Shite form
Shite weather
North Terrace being shut
£22 is a lot to justify based on above7 minutes ago, UpInTheAyr said:Yeah I don't think that was fooling anyone this week.
5 minutes ago, Shibuya said:4 league wins in 9 months gets to us all
All of the above. I was in the Carnegie Library about 2 pm and had no inclination to go on to Somerset. Not proud of it just hugely apathetic at the moment. Will Smith's gamble of Championship survival under Bullen work out? I suppose we will find out in time.
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11 minutes ago, D'Jaffo said:
I don’t know why people think we’d be better off without the “others” at the club. Presumably you mean Smith and/or Mathie.
We're stuck with Smith for good or ill. No one would be mentioning any other off-field staff if we still had a traditional manager setup - Bullen would be getting all the flak. Since the waters seem to be muddied re: who has responsibility for what with recruitment (and it's not likely to be clarified anytime soon) I'm not surprised that questions are being asked of other employees. FWIW I don't think Mathie will be going anywhere soon as he's the owner's main man.
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I went to Arbroath yesterday as I hadn't seem them play since Stirling away. It wasn't very good. Chalmers looked miles off it but will presumably improve, McGeady missed a couple of sitters and then was anonymous. Hard to draw any conclusion about Rose because he's so isolated most of the time. Syla and Young - I don't know - busywork but always going sideways or backwards. Plodding. The defence is guff. Plus I'll be amazed if Arbroath finish in the top half this season.
Lack of the NT has kept me away from Somerset this season and I will forego Tuesday night in favour of my backgammon club. I wanted Bullen away at the start of the year and still do. We'll be stuck with others at the club for much longer I fear.
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I don't understand the negativity. We finished 2nd last season. What more do you want?
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12 minutes ago, D'Jaffo said:
Somerset Bored of this chat more like.
That's fine but it's a legitimate topic of discussion. The website/social media side of the club is one of its public faces and 100% under the control of the club. There must be more off-field employees than ever before (? certainly in the last 20 years) and there is no indication from the owner or CEO they are interested. It is all well and good to have a new board member in charge (presumably not only a volunteer but someone who has to pony up some cash to get involved) but hardly sufficient.
A lack of oversight on the media side of things certainly predates Smith's ownership but it has not improved - it has got worse.
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15 minutes ago, Thumper said:
Still, the one functional area of Ayr these days is a fucking media studies college. And the club is boasting about professionalising most of its backroom positions. Somewhat bizarre that club comms still come in the form of a Nokia flip phone being held at arm's length by a guy in a pub.
I laughed out loud at the "add value" part of Mathie's speech. Fu*k me sideways!
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19 minutes ago, Richey Edwards said:
YASSS ABSOLUTE TUNE
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21 minutes ago, Utdtillidie2 said:
So you’re happy for Ayr to go for another hundred years winning less than Stranraer and Stenhousemuir? If you are I believe there’s a place for you near the Ayr hospital…
No. You hope for better. That is the normal state of a supporter.
I think the Challenge Cup was devalued the moment "B" teams entered so it is worthy of derision (and I'm a hypocrite! Had a great weekend going to Chester on the team bus for our Wrexham game - I was certainly the only person on the return bus with a bag full of cheese.)
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6 minutes ago, Utdtillidie2 said:
Leagues are nothing unless it’s the top league. If you’re happy with lower league titles get a grip unless it’s the championship as at least we’re in the top division. The only thing I was celebrating when we beat Raith to going up was going up. It’s not a trophy.
Moronic. I hope you are a sock puppet. If not I believe there is a shop on Ayr High Street that should service your needs.
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9 minutes ago, Trogdor said:
It feels like there is a sock puppet or two on this thread.
It would be a shame if a more or less reasonable bunch of commenters are put off by shit-posting. I'm certainly less inclined to get involved = they win.
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The Ultimate Super Ayr Thread
in Scottish Championship General Chatter
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Sorry to hear that. It will be 11 years ago next month when my father died at home on the Saturday morning before the last game of the season (a dead rubber away against Forfar, if I remember right). I was due to be on the team bus (to video the game) but obviously didn't make it. No idea what the score was even! It was my dad who took me to games starting in the early '80s. Last games of the season are now especially poignant.