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by NCLanceman
July 8th, 2023, 12:08 pm
Forum: New Rayya Open Forum
Topic: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0
Replies: 31037
Views: 15210863

Re: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0

Moving this over here because it's more general discussion... Um....yeah got 118 open right now. My consumption habits are FUCKED, as well as my attention span. DON'T BECOME LIKE ME!!! Ah, that sounds familiar. One Tab is a pretty useful browser extension. When I get the idea that all my tabs are e...
by NCLanceman
February 22nd, 2023, 9:58 pm
Forum: New Rayya Open Forum
Topic: ***The Future of CZ*** READ ME!
Replies: 45
Views: 150050

Re: ***The Future of CZ*** READ ME!

I, for one, think it's a welcome change. I'm a lot more likely to check Discord for updates than I am to check these forums, as unfortunate as it is. This is ultimately a continuation of the Bioware forums, and Bioware hasn't been worthy of forums in a good, long time. What's keeping us together is ...
by NCLanceman
January 18th, 2023, 7:48 pm
Forum: New Rayya Open Forum
Topic: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0
Replies: 31037
Views: 15210863

Re: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0



I watched a livestream of the Devs showing off the game today. Looked like they're doing a yeoman's work on their project. If anyone else wants to follow along or watch sometime, they can do so here.
by NCLanceman
January 17th, 2023, 9:08 pm
Forum: New Rayya Open Forum
Topic: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0
Replies: 31037
Views: 15210863

Re: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0

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I don't know if anyone has any interest in DOOM 2 mapping, but I finally have this level put together enough to start adding enemies and items and start playtesting it. So there's my accomplishment for the day.
by NCLanceman
January 16th, 2023, 10:32 pm
Forum: New Rayya Open Forum
Topic: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0
Replies: 31037
Views: 15210863

Re: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0

I adore how Wizards of the Coast made a game where most of it's player base opens a book full of rules, examines it in detail, and then immediately finds ways to exploit it, and then is amazed when a bunch of rules got leaked and the players discover they're being exploited. I'd boycott them, but I ...
by NCLanceman
September 16th, 2022, 10:43 pm
Forum: New Rayya Open Forum
Topic: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0
Replies: 31037
Views: 15210863

Re: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0

Where have we gone as a people when the wellbeing of a pest like a rat is on my mind? 80-100 years ago no one on the planet would have given a shit, right? Is it because of the limited exposure I've had to them? People had to suffer them way more in the past? Unironically, yes. My sister has rats a...
by NCLanceman
September 16th, 2022, 10:30 pm
Forum: New Rayya Open Forum
Topic: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0
Replies: 31037
Views: 15210863

Re: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0

It sticks to it's guns the whole way through, it's just a bombastic ride with likeable characters and a banging OST to boot. It does a better job of showing why Night City is such a attractive fictional world in 4 hours than the game did in 80. Highly recommended. That's good to hear. I'll be sure ...
by NCLanceman
September 16th, 2022, 9:09 pm
Forum: New Rayya Open Forum
Topic: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0
Replies: 31037
Views: 15210863

Re: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0

Well I've watched it all (tells you something). It sticks to it's guns the whole way through, it's just a bombastic ride with likeable characters and a banging OST to boot. It does a better job of showing why Night City is such a attractive fictional world in 4 hours than the game did in 80. Highly...
by NCLanceman
September 16th, 2022, 8:24 pm
Forum: New Rayya Open Forum
Topic: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0
Replies: 31037
Views: 15210863

Re: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0


Oh hell yes!

Boomer Shooter Con 2022 is on baby! And that looks fucking amazing by the way!
by NCLanceman
September 4th, 2022, 5:48 pm
Forum: New Rayya Open Forum
Topic: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0
Replies: 31037
Views: 15210863

Re: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0

Mazder wrote:o7
Welcome to the club CMDR!
We'll have some Lavian Brandy chilling for you at Jameson Memorial!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAkHGbRPNR4

Man, I've never taken the hike out to Jameson. All the ships and modules are there, aren't they?

Now to work on my Combat rating!
by NCLanceman
September 3rd, 2022, 7:59 pm
Forum: New Rayya Open Forum
Topic: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0
Replies: 31037
Views: 15210863

Re: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1807653757491539664/F8C4C2A2616A1FAD9D17A42B24B4978399C33FFA/?imw=5000&imh=5000&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false Speaking of Elite: Dangerous, at long last I am Elite! Buyer beware, the markets of the galaxy ...
by NCLanceman
May 16th, 2022, 11:42 pm
Forum: New Rayya Open Forum
Topic: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0
Replies: 31037
Views: 15210863

Re: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0

I loved Mechwarrior 2 and played it A LOT when I was a teenager. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a8/MechWarrior_2_cover.jpg *snip* Man, that box brings me back. Remember when Activision did things that weren't milking Call of Duty dry? I do! https://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/l/286...
by NCLanceman
May 15th, 2022, 11:46 pm
Forum: New Rayya Open Forum
Topic: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0
Replies: 31037
Views: 15210863

Re: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0

A couple days ago I mentioned I was working on a DOOM level. One of my New Years Resolutions was to try and make a six map Doom 2 WAD as a test of my programming and game making skills. At the moment I'm halfway there! Thus far Vol has been kind enough to test these maps for me, but I was wondering ...
by NCLanceman
May 14th, 2022, 11:49 am
Forum: New Rayya Open Forum
Topic: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0
Replies: 31037
Views: 15210863

Re: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0

Dragaros wrote:So that's the cause of all the recent Overwatch 2 controversy news crossing my path.

*snip*

Is there anything Blizzard prefers to leave casual instead of ranked?
by NCLanceman
May 5th, 2022, 9:42 pm
Forum: New Rayya Open Forum
Topic: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0
Replies: 31037
Views: 15210863

Re: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0

Well, it's Cinco de Mayo and instead of drinking, I'm making a DOOM 2 level.

I would say I've become responsible, but it really just means I'm a nerd.
by NCLanceman
May 3rd, 2022, 1:35 am
Forum: New Rayya Open Forum
Topic: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0
Replies: 31037
Views: 15210863

Re: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0

snip https://64.media.tumblr.com/3e73c916beefbed594a1ddf0a80977c9/43daa134f825d180-52/s1280x1920/aa48ad75aada2ae0eeb98fd1cf90ccf8f428511f.png By some labyrinthian confluence of fate, if there's ever going to be a chance to get another Legacy of Kain, this might be it. The coin is still turning, Raz...
by NCLanceman
April 13th, 2022, 7:38 pm
Forum: New Rayya Open Forum
Topic: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0
Replies: 31037
Views: 15210863

Re: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0

Ah, North Dakota.

It's still snowing here.

Never change.
by NCLanceman
December 26th, 2021, 11:19 pm
Forum: New Rayya Open Forum
Topic: Music
Replies: 2216
Views: 800861

Re: Music

It's the second day of Christmas, baby. We've got ten more days to go! But I might as well add some tunes my old man liked.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vrEljMfXYo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5va1iaLj2M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRuCPS_-_IA
by NCLanceman
December 19th, 2021, 2:17 pm
Forum: New Rayya Open Forum
Topic: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0
Replies: 31037
Views: 15210863

Re: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0

Man, that Battlefield 2042 free weekend, huh? I'm kinda amazed how almost every new feature of the game is a letdown. The 2042 portion is the most lackluster thing about the game, especially the Specialists and the 128 player battle count. Which is odd , because there are games that do 128 player ba...
by NCLanceman
August 28th, 2021, 4:33 pm
Forum: New Rayya Open Forum
Topic: Politics/Slapfights - Ancient history to modern day!
Replies: 10355
Views: 4439467

Re: Politics/Slapfights - Ancient history to modern day!

A couple of notes here: I remember years ago my Dad asked me about my opinion on the War in Afghanistan, I replied to him that the biggest problem was that the idea that Afghanistan is a whole and complete singular country was a complete misconception. There's the City-State of Kabul and numerous su...
by NCLanceman
August 12th, 2021, 9:53 pm
Forum: New Rayya Open Forum
Topic: Books and Reading
Replies: 294
Views: 1103772

Re: Books and Reading

Read this: -Scalzi snip- It's pretty much a popcorn book but a pretty enjoyable one. It's obviously written with Starship Troopers as a model. I actually liked it better than Starship Troopers which I found kind of dry and boring compared to the other Heinlein books I've read. The basic premise is ...
by NCLanceman
July 20th, 2021, 10:03 pm
Forum: New Rayya Open Forum
Topic: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0
Replies: 31037
Views: 15210863

Re: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0

Does anyone else play ARMA 3? After years of getting filtered by the convoy ambush mission, I'm finally breezing through most of the campaign in that game and having a lot of fun! So long as I don't get filtered by this "defend against enemy armor" mission. But I've discovered that as fun ...
by NCLanceman
July 10th, 2021, 1:00 pm
Forum: New Rayya Open Forum
Topic: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0
Replies: 31037
Views: 15210863

Re: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0

Oh hey! I actually have a Japanese fun fact of the day!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kbSWwr2kKQ
by NCLanceman
July 8th, 2021, 9:04 pm
Forum: New Rayya Open Forum
Topic: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0
Replies: 31037
Views: 15210863

Re: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0

This, however... it's really Blizzard being shitty writers. It's so bloody obvious that now we are supposed to feel bad for Genocidal Female Undead Hitler, because she got her old personality back (which was rudimentary, at best) and AAAAAAALLLLLL has to be forgiven now. Hrm, I do notice some simil...
by NCLanceman
May 31st, 2021, 2:11 pm
Forum: New Rayya Open Forum
Topic: Politics/Slapfights - Ancient history to modern day!
Replies: 10355
Views: 4439467

Re: Politics/Slapfights - Ancient history to modern day!

This works as a theoretical model for explaining how markets work which is why I use it as a synonym for "markets." But markets have always been. Abstracted wealth (which is all currency is whether commodity or fiat) has always been. This is what I mean that outside of a model like this, ...
by NCLanceman
May 30th, 2021, 1:41 am
Forum: New Rayya Open Forum
Topic: Politics/Slapfights - Ancient history to modern day!
Replies: 10355
Views: 4439467

Re: Politics/Slapfights - Ancient history to modern day!

*Edit* One more edit and then I'll leave off. There is something to the idea that there was some kind of change in kind and not just scale of how investment worked somewhere around 1600. Namely that investment as we understand it in the modern since (and not just being usury or a species of loan) e...
by NCLanceman
February 18th, 2021, 8:15 am
Forum: New Rayya Open Forum
Topic: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0
Replies: 31037
Views: 15210863

Re: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0

As far as Vol and I can tell, an automatic update was pushed that broke a bunch of things. This was as functional as we could get the site as of late last night. We're planning on working to fix it when I get off work today. Last I checked there was something weird going on with logins as well, and ...
by NCLanceman
January 11th, 2021, 4:29 pm
Forum: New Rayya Open Forum
Topic: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0
Replies: 31037
Views: 15210863

Re: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e4/Cleveland_Brown.png The only Cleveland Brown I know. ...I just got that his name is probably a pun. The Cleveland Browns is probably the saddest and most desperate NFL team in the league. They haven't been a good team since the American Football League...
by NCLanceman
January 11th, 2021, 12:58 pm
Forum: New Rayya Open Forum
Topic: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0
Replies: 31037
Views: 15210863

Re: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0

The Cleveland Browns won a playoff game.

The Cleveland Browns.

Guys, if you know anything about American football, this is the biggest underdog story in decades. It's un-frickin'-real.
by NCLanceman
January 6th, 2021, 8:03 pm
Forum: New Rayya Open Forum
Topic: Politics/Slapfights - Ancient history to modern day!
Replies: 10355
Views: 4439467

Re: Politics/Slapfights - Ancient history to modern day!

 ! Message from: NCLanceman
Theo, Sine. Stop it.

Either discuss the news, insult/lionize public figures, compare political philosophy, or what have you, but don't insult each other.

Next time I say this, I'm deleting posts.
by NCLanceman
January 5th, 2021, 11:20 pm
Forum: New Rayya Open Forum
Topic: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0
Replies: 31037
Views: 15210863

Re: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0

That's just tragic.
by NCLanceman
January 4th, 2021, 10:43 pm
Forum: New Rayya Open Forum
Topic: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0
Replies: 31037
Views: 15210863

Re: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0

Man, whatever happened to cheat codes?

Some time back I stopped using console commands to do dumb shit to have fun with vidya games and started using them to try to get myself out of a glitch. What happened man?
by NCLanceman
October 23rd, 2020, 12:33 am
Forum: New Rayya Open Forum
Topic: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0
Replies: 31037
Views: 15210863

Re: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0

You know what's fun? Need for Speed: Heat. The only problem is that it takes way too damn long for off-road races to unlock after you get offroad racing parts. Look, you gave me a '69 Dodge Charger and the ability to paint it like the General Lee and outrun the cops while making big jumps. You can't...
by NCLanceman
October 21st, 2020, 6:26 pm
Forum: New Rayya Open Forum
Topic: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0
Replies: 31037
Views: 15210863

Re: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0

Here's a sentence I never thought I'd say: Wil Wheaton is actually a damn good audiobook narrator. If he's given the right material. Right now I'm listening to the Merlin Cycle of the Chronicles of Amber and it's pretty great. I'd been avoiding it for a long while because it's fucking Wil Wheaton re...
by NCLanceman
October 4th, 2020, 1:58 pm
Forum: New Rayya Open Forum
Topic: Politics/Slapfights - Ancient history to modern day!
Replies: 10355
Views: 4439467

Re: Politics/Slapfights - Ancient history to modern day!

When people discuss "the economy" of the United States, they generally mean the country as a whole. The President is not the King of America and he cannot just mandate that states open up. The beauty of the system is that each state is it's own laboratory of policies where the success and ...
by NCLanceman
October 4th, 2020, 12:32 pm
Forum: New Rayya Open Forum
Topic: Politics/Slapfights - Ancient history to modern day!
Replies: 10355
Views: 4439467

Re: Politics/Slapfights - Ancient history to modern day!

"Green New Deal" is a campaign slogan, like Trump's "Law and Order" or "Make America Great Again". You can put many things behind it, from a couple of mild ecological decisions like not fracking in the middle of a National Park to taking a strong Luddite approach to de...
by NCLanceman
October 4th, 2020, 2:45 am
Forum: New Rayya Open Forum
Topic: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0
Replies: 31037
Views: 15210863

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Mafia: Definitive Edition so far is a pretty good remake of the original.

And since it's a pretty good remake of the original, fuck the race car mission. Fuck the whole goddamn thing.
by NCLanceman
October 3rd, 2020, 9:16 pm
Forum: New Rayya Open Forum
Topic: Politics/Slapfights - Ancient history to modern day!
Replies: 10355
Views: 4439467

Re: Politics/Slapfights - Ancient history to modern day!

I like justifying my points. I think -and believe history bares me out- that you can't use negative campaigning alone to win. People may want to vote against President Trump, but you have to have a reason to vote for Vice President Biden. His messaging for what he wants to do is muddled between his ...
by NCLanceman
October 3rd, 2020, 8:08 pm
Forum: New Rayya Open Forum
Topic: Politics/Slapfights - Ancient history to modern day!
Replies: 10355
Views: 4439467

Re: Politics/Slapfights - Ancient history to modern day!

I see this mentioned time and time again. Mostly by right-wing analysts, mind you. Even though by all accounts, left-wing Democrats are ready to vote Biden even if they would have preferred Sanders, which was most definitely not the case with Clinton four years ago. In the latest debate, every time...
by NCLanceman
October 3rd, 2020, 1:36 pm
Forum: New Rayya Open Forum
Topic: Politics/Slapfights - Ancient history to modern day!
Replies: 10355
Views: 4439467

Re: Politics/Slapfights - Ancient history to modern day!

Can I get in on this action? I'm tempted, but $75 dollars is a lot to lose if I'm wrong... I still think it will be close, I just dont think he will win. Sorry Lance, I should still be a little fiscally responsible. Just in case. Well damn. I've had a bet going since November of last year that not ...
by NCLanceman
October 3rd, 2020, 1:41 am
Forum: New Rayya Open Forum
Topic: Politics/Slapfights - Ancient history to modern day!
Replies: 10355
Views: 4439467

Re: Politics/Slapfights - Ancient history to modern day!

TheodoricFriede wrote:I am officially ready to take bets on Trump losing the election.

I do not think he can come back from this.

Can I get in on this action?
by NCLanceman
September 24th, 2020, 11:32 am
Forum: New Rayya Open Forum
Topic: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0
Replies: 31037
Views: 15210863

Re: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0

I mean.... that actually sounds brilliant. It is, in a way. Thing is, somewhere there's an elegant, thoughtful solution allowing the streaming of data throughout the game to work nicely. Maybe a more efficient and through garbage collection routine or better memory management. That, however is an e...
by NCLanceman
September 23rd, 2020, 9:49 pm
Forum: New Rayya Open Forum
Topic: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0
Replies: 31037
Views: 15210863

Re: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0

by NCLanceman
September 20th, 2020, 9:18 pm
Forum: New Rayya Open Forum
Topic: Politics/Slapfights - Ancient history to modern day!
Replies: 10355
Views: 4439467

Re: Politics/Slapfights - Ancient history to modern day!

So TikTok is gonna survive. How? Well, Walmart and a bunch of other american companies bought a crapton of its stocks and pretty much took over the company. That way we get to be spied by western multinationals instead than the PCC. Assuming they just don't sell to China the data anyway. Yaaay. Wel...
by NCLanceman
September 19th, 2020, 9:00 pm
Forum: New Rayya Open Forum
Topic: Politics/Slapfights - Ancient history to modern day!
Replies: 10355
Views: 4439467

Re: Politics/Slapfights - Ancient history to modern day!

Question about US law, if anyone knows, if Biden wins the election but dies from Covid before he's inaugurated, does Kamala become the next president, or do we have to run another election because she wasn't nominated or elected as president and Biden wasn't even sworn in yet, there fore he doesn't...
by NCLanceman
August 10th, 2020, 12:52 am
Forum: New Rayya Open Forum
Topic: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0
Replies: 31037
Views: 15210863

Re: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0

So I'm probably super late to this bandwagon, but I brought, played, and beat Terminator: Resistance this week. It's probably the most fun I've had in a shooter in a good long time. It oozes atmosphere and if you liked Terminator 1 and 2, this is absolutely the vidya for you. It's very much a Far Cr...
by NCLanceman
July 28th, 2020, 11:56 am
Forum: New Rayya Open Forum
Topic: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0
Replies: 31037
Views: 15210863

Re: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47gWIfC00JM Behold! The cheap, utilitarian, endlessly configurable electric van you've seen in the alleyways and streets of every futuristic and cyberpunk movie or videogame in the last twenty years! And if you get in on it right now, you can be the first of your fri...
by NCLanceman
July 12th, 2020, 9:55 pm
Forum: New Rayya Open Forum
Topic: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0
Replies: 31037
Views: 15210863

Re: Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0

From what we've seen, Watch Dogs Legion looks like the best game Ubisoft had to show. You can have a lot of fun with the whole "You're the hacker known as 4chan, go explode some vans" premise.
by NCLanceman
July 8th, 2020, 7:19 pm
Forum: New Rayya Open Forum
Topic: Films and TV (Untagged spoilers)
Replies: 15483
Views: 6910942

Re: Films and TV (Untagged spoilers)

I don't know how much I believe them, but there are some fucking wild rumors about the Star Wars franchise floating around. It'd be nice. I could see it happening. But like Indoctronation Theory, the rumors themselves aren't the interesting part. The interesting thing is that the fanbase is so disp...
by NCLanceman
June 25th, 2020, 11:26 pm
Forum: New Rayya Open Forum
Topic: Films and TV (Untagged spoilers)
Replies: 15483
Views: 6910942

Re: Films and TV (Untagged spoilers)

-Foundation snip- Looks good, but I have a confession to make... I... didn't really like Foundation. THe whole Psycho-history concept is very fascinating, and admidettly the premise of the series is very unique, but... the whole "one big empty sci-fi universe with only humans around" isn'...