lounge

[pearl elk]

yup

its the dream sequence

[worldly mantle]

Kim Jong Un appointed his 13-year-old daughter as the head of North Korea's nuclear forces, reports The Chosun Daily

south korea did no sent me the new galaxy phone can we nuke it 😂

[pearl elk]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDS5fRBTTTk

oh boy

imagine if the industry hadnt fucked him over every chance they got

[summer cedar]

Speaking of mechas, Mecha Nightmare 2 is being developed as we speak. 😄

I like Nightmare 1, but I never finished the game. It does let you go mecha nuts galore.

[pearl elk]

"and his endless drive to top himself" not the best choice of words there Mr Geoff

[worldly mantle]

freelancer remaster would be nice if ms is in remastering bs besides halo

[worldly mantle]

quantum shader so instead of a building you get a banana

murika is back

[mild gust]

Was satisfying watching Ilhan Omar crash out at the state of the union.

Crazy how nuts she is for being a fraud.

[worldly mantle]

Ijrael is the fatherland & India is the motherland

i would go full slava israel if you could pm me the eastern time date of the strikes on iran 🤣

[mild gust]

Hopefully sooner rather than later

Down with the IRGC

[worldly mantle]

first batch of venezuela oil went to israel second went to india 😁

[mild gust]

Good

[worldly mantle]

down with the idf has a better rime

[mild gust]

Na IDF is useful

[worldly mantle]

difference between them is idf has big daddy to defend it

pretty much in a nutshell

[mild gust]

Now you get it

[worldly mantle]

why not call it 51 state of usa and be done with it >?

[pearl elk]

proxy wars are a good way to test your weapons exports

[mild gust]

Make USA the 51st state of Israel

Makes more sense

[worldly mantle]

china kinda sells not giving antiship missiles for free to iran

[mild gust]

Ah yes their haphazardly built missiles.

Had enough of digging up sewage pipes to build missiles I guess

May as buy shittier ones

[worldly mantle]

pretty sure they will sacrifice the old aircraft carrier just for the sake of it cause maintenance is expensive

[mild gust]

Finally

[worldly mantle]

humans are a product of nature how dare you say they destroy nature and are unnatural 😂

[mild gust]

I mean the shoe fits.

https://waqi.info/

Seeing how much of Asia still is our major polluters.

[worldly mantle]

in my personal opinion if i were to cash in on a bet it would be humanity has less than 10 years left until extinction

[mild gust]

That's a bit quick

[worldly mantle]

+-2 years

[mild gust]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGQ42QyJe50

Place for kids or sad adults?

[mild gust]

That will be good

Imagine being 20 years old and unable to walk so you have a mobility scooter.

[summer cedar]

Cuba just saved Iran. Check CNN.

[mild gust]

But Cuba is next

[summer cedar]

Next is more like Now.

They blew up a US-registered boat.

[mild gust]

Nice

Cya nerds

[worldly mantle]

so usa is blowing up boats but when bunch of dumb murikan attack cuban coast guards its fine ?

[summer cedar]

No. It's obviously not. Duh.

[mild gust]

They shouldn't be in their waters.

[summer cedar]

They are going to attack Cuba naow instead of Iran, which is what I implied. Le sigh, comprehension.

[summer cedar]

MY WATERS!

MAINNEEEEEE!

I drew my territory on the ocean with a sharpie.

I claim it all for me.

[worldly mantle]

pretty sure usa redefined int law a long time ago

[mild gust]

For the best I'm sure

[worldly mantle]

what is left

[mild gust]

Some people thought they were above laws

[summer cedar]

It is semisafe bust.

[worldly mantle]

this was before kissing to chevron

[mild gust]

Let's all go to disneyland and spread our loved ones ashes there

[summer cedar]

How cool would it be if Mein Farter moved the US navy back and forth between Cuba and Iran for every incident. 🤣

They attacked there. Go over there!
Wait, they attached here. Everyone over here NAOW!

[mild gust]

😂

I think at that point he would just split them up

But would be entertaining

[summer cedar]

No, no. Can't split. Gotta go bigly or go home.

[worldly mantle]

china, iran, china navy exercise off the coast of US just for the lols

even better let nk join

[mild gust]

Don't forget North Korea

They can bring their 3 boat armada

[summer cedar]

NK Battleship DaughtersThrone

Hey, Lucifer, speaking of North Korea, did you see the Leather Coat of Leadership, the orange-grade relic item of the kingdom?

[mild gust]

Still reminds me of China basically using North Korean slaves. Allegedly. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/25/chinese-fishing-fleets-using-north-korean-forced-labour-in-potential-breach-of-sanctions-report-claims

[mild gust]

Demiurge is cooler.

[summer cedar]

#lounge message

[worldly mantle]

ukraine right now be like

[mild gust]

Nope

[summer cedar]

Allow me to do the honours.
https://japantoday.com/category/world/dressed-for-succession-kim-jong-un-daughter-fuel-speculation-with-matching-coats

The Leather of Leadership.

There's more than meets the eye.

[mild gust]

Why so much leather

[summer cedar]

There's isn't 'so much' leather.
There is a leather relic.

[mild gust]

Into bdsm?

[summer cedar]

Whoever wears the Leather of Leadership is the king/queen of NK.

Whosoever wears the Leather without permission shall be shot.

[mild gust]

That's a given

[summer cedar]

Well, I'll be frank. They wanted to buy the Matrix of Leadership from Hasbro.

But tariffs, being broke, very poor, etc. etc.

Leather was all they could counterfeit.... er, afford.

[mild gust]

Na they can just use slave labour to make more leather 😂

That's the North Korean way.

[summer cedar]

🤔 Did you ever play Baldur's Gate 2 Shadows of Amn?

[mild gust]

Yup

Never beat it

But played

[summer cedar]

Do you remember the human leather armour?

[mild gust]

Idk if I got that far or went there

https://baldursgate.fandom.com/wiki/Human_Flesh

[summer cedar]

It was when you went questing for the lost/missing ranger.

Turns out she was killed by this human leather harvesting dude.

He was gathering 'materials' to make his armour.

[mild gust]

Nice

[summer cedar]

You had the choice of finishing the armour when you beat him, or just killing him and being done with the whole thing.

[mild gust]

Bring back game lore like that

[summer cedar]

It was AC 4 and CHA -2. I think....

[pearl elk]

I might be old but my skin is leather armour yet

[summer cedar]

Ah. 4 vs saving throws and 5 AC.

I don't remember the negatives being that bad though

Is that from the game or from the tabletop?

[mild gust]

Game

[summer cedar]

🤔

Well, I am old.

[mild gust]

Human Flesh is a piece of armor in Baldur's Gate II, similar to Leather Armor +1. It offers a basic armor class of 7, with penalties of 2 against piercing and missile attacks. Notice that it doesn't prevent arcane spellcasting, unlike the upgraded version.

[summer cedar]

Not surprising.

[mild gust]

To be fair +5 version is upgrade

[worldly mantle]

https://tenor.com/view/screw-you-guys-im-going-home-cartman-south-park-im-leaving-gif-22089228

[mild gust]

There's 2 versions of this armour

[summer cedar]

Oh?

My mind can't recall an upgrade.

But then again, I did kill the guy.

I guess a dead human flayer wouldn't be in a position to tell me about an upgrade. 🤣

[mild gust]

Lol

More winning for Ukraine sit down Russia, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3B_iyPFVeA

Average Russian life expectancy is about 12 minutes now?

[pearl elk]

longer than the average live service release then 😛

[mild gust]

https://en.defence-ua.com/analysis/researchers_counted_remaining_t_80_mbts_in_russian_storage_enough_to_keep_the_army_supplied_until_2026-11028.html

Number of operational T-80 main battle tanks at storage bases in russia has decreased from 1,200 down to 300 vehicles in the category of equipment in "good" condition.

[summer cedar]

According to Kuleba, Putin's tactic is to just outlast the Ukranians.

[mild gust]

Lol gl

[summer cedar]

Great leadership and generalissimo there.

[mild gust]

Losing more troops than he can sustain

Brainlet war by a brainlet leader

[summer cedar]

There's something called an anti-drone net, now.

They place it over roads. They being Ukranians.

[mild gust]

That's been a thing for a while

More in the east of Ukraine

[summer cedar]

Oh, like that. Not on the roads.

[mild gust]

Yeah

[summer cedar]

I thought it was something like an electrocution trap for drones.

[mild gust]

Protects convoys

[summer cedar]

They scrape the road or fly down low and get electrocuted.

[mild gust]

I'm sure that's possible

But this way the propellers just hit the net

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/02/26/swedish-military-jams-unknown-drone-near-france-s-top-aircraft-carrier_6750902_4.html

[summer cedar]

Fun time to be in the military.

The threat comes in small sizes, literally.

[mild gust]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teledyne_FLIR_Black_Hornet_Nano

Based

[summer cedar]

Can't wait for rolling bead grenades powered by AI.

Sci-fi concept from a few movies.

I am sure someone is working on it.

[mild gust]

I'm hoping soon

Just seeks your prey and bang

[summer cedar]

To be sold on Amazon for 1 buck each.

[summer cedar]

https://www.msn.com/en-in/money/news/a-secret-chinese-campaign-was-exposed-by-1-mistake-using-chatgpt-as-a-diary/ar-AA1X5xoa

From the typing fingers of idiots.

[mild gust]

Lol

Exposing their authoritarian ways eh

[summer cedar]

That officer will probably be suffering from that pesky disease soon.

You know the one.

Being headless.

https://www.msn.com/en-in/money/news/are-moltbook-s-ai-agents-truly-autonomous-here-s-what-expert-says/ar-AA1Vt7nD

The truth about that site where 'AIs complain about humans' or whatever nonsense people have been spreading.

[pearl elk]

isnt that just social media now?

[summer cedar]

Turns out its just humans posting with AI REST-APIs or some such...

[summer cedar]

apparently, no. 😄

[pearl elk]

I could swear most of the comments I read are bots

[summer cedar]

They could be. Apparently, users can post through AIs. I've no idea how or why they would want to do this, but laziness and stupidity know no bounds.

---

I was correct. Nano Banana 2 is the new image generation model.

I was surprised I could keep generating realistic images even after my daily credits had expired.

Good stuff.

[pearl elk]

oh I just see alot of political stuff spammed on tiktok since it moved to the US

[summer cedar]

Is that the old version of Stardew?

[worldly mantle]

i imagined terror attacks on stadiums using drones like 20 years, anyone could do it, make an ied attach it to a drone filled with nails or steal balls but imagine what it take to become a person that could really do that

[summer cedar]

That's just basic stuff now.

Rolling beads controlled by AI would be the next sci-fi to reality thingie.

[mild gust]

Rolling butt beads

[summer cedar]

I think Iran was the first to attach something like C4 to thermocol drones.

[worldly mantle]

reality is cheapest way to do it always wins, thats why russia started attaching igla aa to gerans

[summer cedar]

Now, now....

Control your durty mind. 😛

[mild gust]

But how else will we take out super humans

The Boys style

[summer cedar]

Uh.... what was that thing from Fallout called?

The nuke launcher?

Man O - something?

[worldly mantle]

msm really pushing hard on ai threat wonder what the new agenda is

[mild gust]

Fat man

[summer cedar]

Ah yeah! That. That's how we take the mutants out.

[mild gust]

If only we could compress a nuke to that size

[summer cedar]

Thought so. I was confused by the colour palette for all of 1 second before I intuited the older version.

Thanks for the link.

[summer cedar]

We can, no? The warhead itself is small enough.

[worldly mantle]

we have briefcase nukes but we must make it look like 1900's fat man

[mild gust]

Then why has no one done it

[summer cedar]

Rules.

[mild gust]

Na

[summer cedar]

Mutually assured bitcoins

... er, destruction.

[mild gust]

Someone tried to make a recoilless rifle to fire similar rounds once

But it got scrapped

[worldly mantle]

there are far worse things than nukes, you just don't know about it

[summer cedar]

I know the warheads themselves can be made small. BUT, the launch platform might be the issue.

ALSO, the damage a tinier missile might do might be too small for practical purposes.

[mild gust]

Like tacos

[summer cedar]

Like cost and stuff.

[mild gust]

Tacos are the biggest assault on the world

[summer cedar]

Plus, I think we already have radiation-free nukes now (hydrogen), so you might as well go big to get the biggest bang for your buck.

[worldly mantle]

pretty sure the moment we reach full machine production, bunkers be ready to erase 99% of population

[mild gust]

H-bombs ftw

[summer cedar]

Oh yeah, there was also the rules of war focusing on precision strikes. That probably had something to do with curtailing fat mans. 😄

[mild gust]

My country loves building bunkers

and planning them

[summer cedar]

I mean, all that might be undone soon ™ by Mein Farter.

[worldly mantle]

whatever happened to god particle and cern havent followed that for over a decade, weren't they supposed to create a black hole

[mild gust]

No evidence black hole can be produced by it

[summer cedar]

Btw, Lucifer, I learned something interesting a few minutes ago.

[mild gust]

Buy gold and silver?

[summer cedar]

Apparently, Israeli cadets spend their vacation time in a village called Dharamkot, in India after their military training finishes.

Not a one time thing. It's a regular practice.

[mild gust]

Union!

[summer cedar]

^ dis place.

[worldly mantle]

now speaking of nukes good time to dissolve a place would be

[mild gust]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnMQT3_e8jE

[summer cedar]

Who dat?^

[mild gust]

Idk who it was but

[worldly mantle]

its true mossad pays $7000 to shit post ?

[mild gust]

Just kinda weird

[pearl elk]

married at first wans

[mild gust]

They had a sponsor for a wedding ring company

Then next thing you know a wedding happens

[summer cedar]

Is this Wan pronounced in Chinese style, or otherwise?

Like wAAn, or....

[mild gust]

Waan

[pearl elk]

it depends if you won when you wan

[mild gust]

Wan

[summer cedar]

Cal, if you add a k at the end of that word.... ✊

[mild gust]

It's their friday tech show

Which tends to be mixed

[pearl elk]

it depends if you wonk when you wan

[summer cedar]

😄

I think it's more like Van, not wAn.

[mild gust]

The wan wonk

[pearl elk]

one

[summer cedar]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l35QkCiKnY8

New Korean MMO.

Powered by UE 5 ™ .

[mild gust]

I have yet to play an mmo with lore like osrs

Plus plenty of pop culture references 😂

[pearl elk]

I have yet to play an mmo

[mild gust]

Not even wow?

[pearl elk]

nope

mmos just means I need to maintain friends to play games with uuugh such grind

[summer cedar]

Trust God Todd to destroy expectations with a shovel straight to the face.

--- “It is not Starfield 2.0 – I’ve seen some of that, and for expectation setting, I think it’s the kind've thing where if you like Starfield, we think you’re going to love this”, Howard added that the team is focused on “using outer space in ways that we haven't”. That last part is interesting, as one of the biggest fan requests for this game has been open travel between planets and space. ---

No biggie changes. Just some small stuff.

[pearl elk]

I didnt even get that far, early game stuff to me was boooring like most thebesdas

[summer cedar]

I played for 7 days total (in-game hours).

Loved it.

[mild gust]

Why?

[pearl elk]

I played abit got to the first big city, was empty... went to the oil rig city... more boring

[mild gust]

I play an mmo solo 😂

Ironman mode ftw

[pearl elk]

I tried to solo Destiny 2 but i couldnt even follow the story cuz half of it got removed to save download space

[mild gust]

Lol

Yeah exactly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H45HXs4xXfA

[pearl elk]

I think Neverwinter was the thing I played most of as one of those online thinggymajigys

[summer cedar]

Bro, whut? 👀

12GB Mini OC RTX 5070.
From Colorful iGame.

[mild gust]

😮

[pearl elk]

is it really mini or is it super tall

[summer cedar]

180 * 123 * 39.8mm

[pearl elk]

why would I play Warcraft when I can play Dawn of War?

they shoulda made DOTA with DoW instead 😛

[pearl elk]

now to infect my games with trojans or remaster them... in this game guys chill

[proud jay]

Cool that they print the price on the box now, 5070 euros is a steal

[summer cedar]

I'll steal 5070 euros from you, if you don't mind.

[pearl elk]

XBOX 5070

[proud jay]

I do mind

[summer cedar]

NEIN!

[pearl elk]

still no big battlemage 🙁

I like looking at requirements and seeing my card being still at the high range

I think I'll save upgrading till nearer the next wave of consoles

[summer cedar]

I want to upgrade my GPU, but I'll wait until I make more progress on my game projects.

Won't be deserved otherwise.

[pearl elk]

the way the industry is going there wont be much of a reason to upgrade outside of Witcher 4

[summer cedar]

The Bansilalpet stepwell with thousands of tonnes of rubbish accumulated over decades, has been cleaned out. Clean water supply has been restored for the first time. 🙂

@median wraith ^ Something good in the world for you to see. 🙂

[proud jay]

where did the water go

[summer cedar]

It was drained for reconstruction.

It will reaccumulate with the rains. Let me check if it already has.

[summer cedar]

It's come back up a little bit. It'll swell during the rains, I think.

[pearl elk]

well well, what do we have here

[summer cedar]

This one is the Chand Baori.

It has been restored, but is not being used currently.

Built in the 9th century with 3,500 cascading steps.

This is a heritage site though. There're no plans to restart water supply.

[median wraith]

That really nice

[proud jay]

no you are

[pearl elk]

do they have to run up all those stairs to deliver Hevedys pizza?

[median wraith]

Reminds me of the UE5 demo

[soft night]

https://youtu.be/BQPXKpEui2A?si=qveSVRiK3TkfpmlO

[median wraith]

No, u

[half canopy]

new Battlefield out this year lol, im all cool with it as long as we getting levolutions again, my main gripe with battlefield 6 was the ladder didn't work with most places.. out of bounds kinda took the experience away to be honest.

[summer cedar]

Yes, me.

Good morning! 🌞 ☕

[mild gust]

https://x.com/nexta_tv/status/2027087133081534583?s=20

NEXTA (@nexta_tv)

In Germany, prototypes of bioelectronic insects for military purposes were unveiled

The company SWARM Biotactics has developed a technology that combines living insects with neural interfaces, AI, and sensors, turning them into autonomous reconnaissance platforms.

The project

▶ Play video

X · Feb 26, 2026, 6:23 PM

@proud jay https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/business/warner-bros-discovery-paramount-deal-netflix.html

[proud jay]

Corruption wins again

Didn’t they have to pay 6 billion dollar fine if they didn’t complete the contract

Now watch the paramount deal not go through either and WB gonna cry

Ah paramount has to pay disney 2.8B breakup fee

Netflix stock up, WB stock down, very cool

[mild gust]

#winning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fA837n8HcTA

[median wraith]

Good morning

Actually was or is teacher here in the university

Well in Cataluña if I remember correctly

That's looking nice

I ended not using it because doing some loops for some specific things or not complete for me

[summer cedar]

India vs Australia, 2nd ODI.
IND 251-9 from 50 overs.

AUS needs 252 to win.

[white oxide]

you know if they are talking about this DARPA was messing with it in the 90's

[mild gust]

There's cooler stuff anyways

[mild gust]

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/llms-used-tactical-nuclear-weapons-in-95-percent-of-ai-war-games-launched-strategic-strikes-three-times-researcher-pitted-gpt-5-2-claude-sonnet-4-and-gemini-3-flash-against-each-other-with-at-least-one-model-using-a-tactical-nuke-in-20-out-of-21-matches

[summer cedar]

I posted this yesterday... well, a similar headline. Pay me 100 Tim coins 🪙

[soft night]

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/netflix-backs-out-warners-deal-paramount-win-1236516763/

[proud jay]

well I wouldn't call it "win"

[pearl elk]

but the cinemas are saved

https://tenor.com/view/thank-you-for-saving-me-nina-zenik-shadow-and-bone-i-appreciate-you-saving-me-im-grateful-you-saved-me-gif-13701121100557646885

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/SkyTV-comfort-big-hero-6-baymax-2UIcmK4pn7rYNLRboG

[pearl elk]

you know what would save the cinemas though... if they actually had an IMAX in my state

[pearl elk]

I should make an MMO startup shouldnt I?

[proud jay]

always

[turbid spindle]

:question: should Mons calamari make an MMO startup?
:8ball: My reply is no.

[pearl elk]

Manny never had faith in me

[fathom wadi]

Ironically it's never been a better time to develop an MMO in game dev terms. Maybe not in financial terms.

[queen isle]

in some places in japan they have art on manholes

[pearl elk]

but Stop Killing Games wants me to support the game for... ever uuuugh 🙀

[fathom wadi]

One comprise I thought of for that was to create an option to buy at end of life. Stop Killing Games organises donations and telethon runs of games done quick and documentaries about games, and when a game comes to EoL they have the option to use donations for purchase. This way there is a pool of money earning interest that people can steal from time to time, the people who donate get a chance to keep playing their game with a community edition, such as happened with Hellgate London and other games, and the company can literally plan dates to pump and dump with the marketing and handover.

[surreal marten]

takahashi brothers

[pearl elk]

pro gaming lifer

[fathom wadi]

I doubt that. They have no real power to do anything. They put things through the court process, which takes a decade, on a budget, meanwhile it's in the best interests of certain corporations to invest a legal team to win quick, or draw it out to make SKG run out of steam

[turbid spindle]

:question: should Mons Calamari make an MMO game?
:8ball: Outlook not so good.

[pearl elk]

I did find it interesting what he was saying about contract law recently because he's got a point, one party to a contract cant legally make sweeping changes without both consenting so this whole "terms subject to change" is not really a viable defense in court

maybe less game making is what we need so that more high quality game making takes place

[fathom wadi]

but if you are agreeing to those terms you remove control

[pearl elk]

already getting less adventurous games tbh

even in the indie space while they do fun stuff its hardly revolutionary on the level of the 90s

[fathom wadi]

I was talking to Mons there about the terms subject to change issue

[pearl elk]

you can only agree to so much, local laws still override any sort of wavers... for instance I cant sign myself into slavery

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/wojak-chud-diddyblud-B34wyqAgvAheFgPTqy

[fathom wadi]

any contract is perfectly able to allow a reduction of responsibility in terms of running services due to the nature of multi-discipline entries into the contract. There are limits, where you are entirely cut out of everything and lose total control, but in purchasing a service you only have statutory rights in relation to being given was is agreed upon. And that is where the ToS or EULA gets you to relinquish control . But who reads them? Even moreso, who negotiates a products ToS/EULA before they buy a game?

[pearl elk]

theyre rarely litigated on too which is why corporations tend to go overboard until its actually tested in court

its like when they try to change the venue to somewhere overseas then act like you lose because you didnt show up

[fathom wadi]

yeah I think most people understand we have always been in the contractual agreement that they run the services for as long as is financially viable, and we are allowed to play on those services for as long as they keep them running. It's never been a secret. I find that issue petty. My real interest in all that is preservation of code, because like any coder I have my archives. But ensuring there is a minimum time of service guaranteed or money back.

if they are contracted by law into that, they can get insurance for it

[pearl elk]

consumer law here covers both goods and services very similarly, unlike the US

[fathom wadi]

yeah it does here too, but it's a lot easier to get a product replaced than seeing an ombudsman for service related issues.

[pearl elk]

we have what we call "fit for purpose" which can cover buggy ass games not working right, youre actually required to give a refund in full not this BS store credits thing

so the deregulation argument goes out the window for me, we got Valve getting sued by NYC atm over lootcrates lol

theres no time limits allowed on refunds as well, so yeah Valve still breaking our laws

example though, I have a game Ive spent 1000hrs in... they update it and it breaks on my hardware configuration for an extended period of time, say 6 months. Thats refundable

[fathom wadi]

we have a year of statutory rights in the uk

[pearl elk]

the only reason there is no limit on it in here is because purchase date doesnt always coincide with date of use

[fathom wadi]

makes some kind of sense. Except in the case of perishable goods

[pearl elk]

yeah there are exceptions, you cant return used undies or socks lol

we dont allow resale of beds at all, you can do it privately but not commercially

well beds yes, mattresses no

[summer cedar]

GG Australia

won by 5 wickets. 252/5 at 36.1 overs.

[pearl elk]

looks like my not gf might need a hug

[summer cedar]

She yelled at a cameraman who came too close.

make sure you wear your roo disguise.

[pearl elk]

damn thats a high score for that many overs too

[summer cedar]

Yeah, it was a good batting wicket, apparently.

[pearl elk]

thats like mens ODI type scores

[worldly mantle]

https://rumble.com/v76cm3m-us-using-diplomacy-as-pretext-not-to-prevent-its-war-of-aggression-against-.html

taking bets guys when do you think us gonna strike iran ?

[summer cedar]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zOCrWxCqUU

Well, Netflix might have caved.

But apparently, Anthropic stands strong....

...for now.

[pearl elk]

oh no, you broke about 3 rules

[soft night]

99 rules broke

[pearl elk]

please tell me its atleast an unreal engine game

[drifting aurora]

I am terribly sorry, still not sure how these channels works! Apologies 😔

May I know which channel I can promote my UE game?

[pearl elk]

#1054845218723209226

[unborn lotus]

#1054845218723209226 or #1054845120236757103 ?

But there isnt any point in promoting it to other UE devs

[pearl elk]

yeah we only play Unity games 😹

[worldly mantle]

dev mentality would be why waste time playing it when they can make one themselves

[unborn lotus]

Post it on Epic for Indies discord

[pearl elk]

is there an Indies for Epic discord?

https://tenor.com/view/indiana-jones-unsure-thinking-let-me-think-should-i-get-this-one-gif-16685505

[drifting aurora]

oki ty! will look around~

[summer cedar]

@mild gust Welcome to India! 🤝

Don't take any of our elephants back with you. 😛

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/resident-evil-re9-requiem-74PdiGfA4am80WPekY

[fleet tangle]

Keep the elephants, gimme the cows!

[summer cedar]

UK not invited (right now). 😛

[fleet tangle]

😄

[pearl elk]

https://tenor.com/view/littlecowyazid-gif-13061026373925446375

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/Capcom-reaction-driving-raccoon-city-Idq15JRNF40riWIyuc

[soft night]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lrThxCoznw

[mild gust]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2B0jWH7LVY

[soft night]

https://www.instagram.com/p/DVQ9ch5kZym/ so game like live-action

godofwaronprime

Father and Son. Behold your first look at Kratos and Atreus in the God of War series now in production for @primevideo. Their journey to the highest peak begins.

Likes

234690

Instagram

[worldly mantle]

$4900 wonder how much an optimus will cost in us 😁

[mild gust]

There's a group of people somewhere with remotes 😂

[worldly mantle]

looks dope thou

[mild gust]

https://c.org/jwJGKv2MF6

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy0WZVpyiTM

History channel spreading misinformation again

[summer cedar]

Me, me! I'll go first.

Both videos are not scientific. Ban them all.

[mild gust]

Lol

I trust my fellow Persian Canadian

[mild gust]

Good dog

[pearl elk]

https://tenor.com/view/evil-dog-dog-golden-retriever-evil-golden-retriever-golden-retriever-smile-gif-11824514057033619716

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/qi1kvY0WbYXg4Tiyph

[mild gust]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IImLVU39V_Q

[worldly mantle]

guys Iran is days away from producing a nuclear bomb ✡️ 💣

[worldly mantle]

🇮🇱 📝— An ancient Israeli tablet dating back 2,780 years has finally been restored and translated 🔘

😁 It is written on it: "Iran is just weeks away from developing a nuclear weapon."

everything is copy paste anyway like for a new compiler you use an older compiler that was compiled using even an older compiler, its a rare thing to innovate even fortnite was build on pubg ideas

idk would you take dota a warcraft 3 map as example

[pearl elk]

a game isnt good unless its super bad

I cant wait for the upcoming DOTA RTS DefenseCraft

[worldly mantle]

you could probably make a game based on a w3 map there were millions back then

[pearl elk]

so what youre saying is I can make a Highguard, Battleborn, Lawbreakers hybrid

PvPvPvEvEvP

[worldly mantle]

truth be told i knew nothing about unreal engine 6 years ago but wanted to do my own game based on another game out of spite because i did not like the way the development of that game was going

[pearl elk]

battle extraction raid looter souls arena

https://tenor.com/view/words-trump-gif-10343307

we dont have pay to win we have pay to bling

can we make more ram from sticks?

[worldly mantle]

are we talking about a good games or good money making games cause they are not the same

[pearl elk]

I want to make people buy ammo

[worldly mantle]

that has been used like for the past 15 years or since first game apps hit ios and android

give a few respawn for free then make them pay same for some weapons or loot boxes that give unique gear but not always its a chance so that they pay more for boxes rather than straight get the best loot/gear

[pearl elk]

I wonder when plugging mobiles into monitors will become the next consoles

[worldly mantle]

mirroring ?

[pearl elk]

can use BT gamepads with mobiles, when mines in the hdmi it charges

[worldly mantle]

lyfi type or charging next

[pearl elk]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yO87zWyKvE

this game is abit older now but it seems to look alright

[worldly mantle]

new to game dev for mobile set the texture cap to 1024 and reduced the package size from 4gb to 1gb, now i can add the rest of my junk on mobile, next instalment i'm going with a top down game, much better performance overall

[pearl elk]

smokin $100 bills

[worldly mantle]

rule of thumb would be during testing if player finds it annoying and if they blame themselves or the developer

[pearl elk]

my games dev is all going concording to plan

[pearl elk]

https://tenor.com/view/concord-sony-it-z-gif-4305971096299954212

[worldly mantle]

solo dev ftw, but you still need a publisher if you plan on selling copies

[woven wing]

Never forget the Total War team having to make a team based hero extraction shooter because Sony is ???

[pearl elk]

pretty sure I played that at SAGE here a few years back

Theres one called Sker Ritual thats alright too

[woven wing]

I wonder when we're finally going to get THE zombie game

There's like 50 a year and I believe we get so many because 49 suck and 1 is mediocre

[pearl elk]

Toxic Commando is alot like CoD Zombies too

[woven wing]

Project Zomboid is probably closest but it being isometric makes it kinda niche

It was the worst fps I've ever played in my life

[pearl elk]

South Australia Games Expo

https://tenor.com/view/sage-burning-gif-8384508

https://tenor.com/view/menatwork-downunder-vegemite-sandwich-vegemite-gif-25594639

[proud jay]

not today

[median wraith]

Wait what game?

[pearl elk]

Total Bore

you gotta extract oil

[woven wing]

Hyenas, it was so bad it never released

Just some betas

Oh it was Sega, my bad

[pearl elk]

https://tenor.com/view/sega-genesis-sega-zaxxon-nintendo-game-console-sega-video-game-gif-20535098

[pearl elk]

couldnt boot the galaxy

but could you screw the universe

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/sega-video-games-na0aRAyPFZyjm

https://giphy.com/gifs/xbox-game-xbox-series-x-s-FcHCEQRPrIe8aapHpH

[pearl elk]

https://youtu.be/oo6me0O4PiI

yeah it looks pretty good, that is in docked mode as they say but still

ponk engine?

I did it all for the dookie

[queen isle]

Pokemon new game

Look not bad

[woven wing]

A comment said all 3 starters will evolve into White Lotus characters and I can't unseen it now

Get ready for angry receptionist grass bird, himbo surf coach fire dog, and beachy adulterer lizard

[pearl elk]

https://tenor.com/view/argonian-dance-wiggle-has-many-teeth-dancing-gif-10309149057043234060

[summer cedar]

Good morning! 🌞 ☕

But what if a AAAAAA company is in the market for a GPU-stricken reverse+ engine?

https://www.mixvale.com.br/2026/02/27/unreal-engine-5-games-reveal-unified-ram-weaknesses-on-m4-macs-en/

Good thing Steve Jobs isn't around to be pissed at Lord Tim.

This is why diversity is better than unity. 😛

[pearl elk]

surely the game runs alright on consoles which also have unified memory

[summer cedar]

https://www.dsogaming.com/news/super-mario-galaxy-comet-observatory-fan-remake-in-unreal-engine-5-download-here/ - Super Mario Galaxy Comet Observatory - a fan remade it in UE 5.

[summer cedar]

Well, I didn't say Hiroki Totoki and Satya Nadella will be angry at Lord Tim, did I? 😛

[pearl elk]

maybe they just have the settings wrong, so many games expose the epic setting in the menu

[summer cedar]

🤷‍♂️ Just another reason I never shop Apple.

[pearl elk]

I have 16GB just on my GPU and I did that on purpose, I remember with CoD Infinite Warfare I had issues because the game would get stuck swapping textures because it was made for consoles with unified RAM which means at some points it would go up to 6-8GB and I only had ~6

[summer cedar]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BZ6_60hLxE

Samson, a new game succeeding Max Payne.

Of course, made in UE. 😄
Punch 'em in the face - ✅
Kick them in the groin - ✅
AAAAAA game - ✅

[pearl elk]

but they should definitely be using the Xbox or PS profiles rather than PC on this M4 with 16GB

[pearl elk]

John Wick

[summer cedar]

https://www.fab.com/listings/1272587c-1431-4878-9d78-2a6b84ebe839

Epic's provided these substrate materials for free.

Add 'em via Fab.

[pearl elk]

fabulous

[summer cedar]

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Blender-temporarily-abandons-Apple-iPad-app-development-in-favor-of-Android.1236657.0.html

More ding on Apple's dong.

[white oxide]

yeah

apples expensive and annoying to build for

[pearl elk]

how much is an ipad these days, 2 newborns or 3?

[pearl elk]

kinda cheap tbh

[summer cedar]

https://www.thegrove3d.com/ - A web demo for The Grove 3D plugin for Blender and Houdini. They released v.2.3. Apparently, it has low overhead in generating foliage, trees, etc.

And finally, maybe....

https://80.lv/articles/inside-dot4-s-latest-flower-animation-workflow

Something beautiful for Valentine's Day.

Second video plays faster than the first one, for me.

---

Well, I was wrong, there's more news... 😄

https://digitalproduction.com/2026/02/11/nevercenter-speeds-up-milo-2026-and-drops-vr-quietly/

Nevercenter has migrated Silo and Milo to UE 5.7.

Silo is a 3D modelling software and Milo allows you to see the model rendered in UE in real-time, as you model it in Silo.

[pearl elk]

what about Bilo and Kilo?

[summer cedar]

Probably died with Cilo and Dilo.

Mein Farter is busy whining.

"We don't need Anthropic!"

Good on them for sticking to their guns.

[pearl elk]

sticking to their not guns

[summer cedar]

to their buns then.

[pearl elk]

https://youtu.be/D_h7hcK6pFs

what is this madness

[summer cedar]

Lol.

M00ricans must be so tired of winning, these days. 😄

[worldly mantle]

ah that irany

[summer cedar]

@mild gust Google US Pakistan.

See what Mein Farter and the rest said lately. 😄

[worldly mantle]

you can still get in on the pie https://polymarket.com/event/us-strikes-iran-by/us-strikes-iran-by-february-27-2026

[mild gust]

That he gets along well with him?

[summer cedar]

That and 'fully supports Pak's right to defend themselves against Afghanistan'.

Remember what we were saying yesterday, about them using them against them?

[mild gust]

Game reference material!

[worldly mantle]

zionist owned game studios haven't done that already ? cause i'm sure cod done pretty much all the scenarios

[mild gust]

Nope

[summer cedar]

Speaking of....

Remember to get the substrate materials I linked above.

Epic's free stuff.

[mild gust]

Hezbollah owned game studios havn't done it too?

[mild gust]

More?

[summer cedar]

Scroll up. The link's there in the mess I posted.

[mild gust]

Nice

Some tires

[worldly mantle]

that is a tonload of cruise missiles

[mild gust]

Damn they got a better camera than me

[mild gust]

https://www.fab.com/listings/0e188eca-4e54-4fb2-a9ed-d8b8a565e600

and some metasounds nodes

https://www.fab.com/listings/d44cbd49-7691-4f82-abdb-6428c78508f6

[worldly mantle]

i can't find that cool fight made with niagara, had thousands npcs

[mild gust]

I saw someone made a niagara army that swaps to skeletal meshes when they get close to the player

So they become npcs

Can't remember where I saw it though

In so many unreal discords

[median wraith]

Epic official channel did the swarm of enemies

[mild gust]

I remember a rando doing it also

So probably similar concept

[median wraith]

Well after it as every good clonic youtuber

[mild gust]

To be fair some people are just better presenters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZUp5nY7BWU

[worldly mantle]

filmed flying over iraq

[mild gust]

Khamenei better hide

Could just be some military tests 😂

[summer cedar]

What didn't he do this time?

[worldly mantle]

his home got hit

[mild gust]

Again?

[worldly mantle]

reports say he was relocated to a safe location

what was confirmed so far – Iran's Ministry of Intelligence – Iran's Ministry of Defense – Supreme Leader's office – Iranian Atomic Energy Agency – Parchin

[summer cedar]

Era One and Titan Quest 2 got updates. 😄

[mild gust]

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/28/explosions-in-downtown-tehran-smoke-seen-rising

One of the areas targeted in Iran’s capital was near the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, reported The Associated Press. Khamenei is not in Tehran and has been transferred to a secure location, according to an official quoted by Reuters.

https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/27/russian-forces-hit-kostyantynivka-residential-area-with-phosphorus-munitions/

Anyone here playing Bongo Cat?

[summer cedar]

No, is it a good game?

[summer cedar]

I think Israel is doing most of the attacking. US is just supplementing their strikes.

[mild gust]

If you like banana game

[worldly mantle]

Operation Epic Fury😂

[mild gust]

Lol wow

[worldly mantle]

Operation Sincere Promise 4😂

[median wraith]

So what they gonna do with my static pages?

[mild gust]

Make it pretty

[median wraith]

All manually done

Maybe I injects lines or something once it's read

Didn't watch the video yet

[summer cedar]

@mild gust Updates from the war.

[worldly mantle]

Hahaha, OH S@!% OH F@#$ 😂

So far Saudi Arabia, UAE, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar got hit

There is a rumor about USS Abraham Lincoln got hit by missiles but no evidence so far

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/babylonbee-babylon-bee-PM3yHglwnTSc1r92ls

[worldly mantle]

is this the bs reason they are selling for war 😁

bastards helped biden win 🤡

[summer cedar]

They come in droves!

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/startrek-star-trek-voyager-gjCKzSqLLXmE52XVbJ

[fair bridge]

Careful from shockwave or objects flying through window.
You don't want to get sprayed with glass

[worldly mantle]

surprised the tweet is still not deleted to date

[fair bridge]

They hit 2 school in Iran?!!?

[worldly mantle]

40 death so far by a school

[fair bridge]

Yea one of them. They don't know they other 😅

You live in Iran?

[worldly mantle]

Minab elementary school for girls

no lol i follow geopolitics

[fair bridge]

Oh okay, i thought so because of the video before

[worldly mantle]

that's Bahrain

[fair bridge]

51 now..

[summer cedar]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Xh6B9wsBQqo
Motion study for animators.

[worldly mantle]

missile coming down, might be airdefense

[soft night]

abu dabi with 2 missiles defended

[worldly mantle]

they sure seem happy when us base is getting hit lol

[summer cedar]

Oof. The US base in Bahrain is smoking.

And I do mean SMOKING.

I wonder why Trump hasn't used his DISCOMBOBULATOR! 🤣

[summer cedar]

I just want to see the discombobulator at work.

[worldly mantle]

that's the Minab school

at other school they love trump 😁

[summer cedar]

Heh, the media is just amazing.

Some media channels are playing the SAME clips as USA attacking Iran. Other media channels are saying it's Iran attacking US bases in the Middle East.

🤣

Tomorrow, someone will say half the clips are AI produced from Call of Duty 10: Operation Bigly.

[soft night]

the operation name is operation epic fury

[summer cedar]

Tim will object.

[soft night]

isreal and US operation is with that name so who gave the name tim should object then

[summer cedar]

He can just go to Kuwait instead.

Kuwait has clearly upgraded its missile interceptors, either from India or Israel. Probably the former.

They are claiming 100% missile interception from Iranian bogies.

[worldly mantle]

trump cancels his planned speech, which was supposed to talk about the operation in iran 😂

they thought iran is venezuela

[summer cedar]

That volcano-like billow of smoke above Bahrain, if it is really from the US base, ought to prevent him from speaking for a while.

[soft night]

[worldly mantle]

The Situation now

[summer cedar]

The school strike death toll has reached 51. 😢

[fleet tangle]

School strike?

[summer cedar]

Yeah, M00rican-IDF strike hit a school in Iran if I read correctly.

It started by saying 20 something girls died. Now, it's 51.

[worldly mantle]

they put all their chips on civil war after destroying the currency, i'm guessing the people hate us and israel more than the gov might have the opposite effect, who knows what AI advisors told trump 😁

[fleet tangle]

Oof. Terrorists hiding in the basement?

[worldly mantle]

no worries igov is safe

[soft night]

windus found andar in space

[summer cedar]

That might be the IDF's justification, but they haven't commented. I suspect it was more a case of one of their missiles being intercepted and the remnant warhead crashing into the school.

[fleet tangle]

Perhaps.

[summer cedar]

That seems to be happening more and more. We have live footage of an Iranian missile literally dropping on (not hitting) a road and exploding after being intercepted.

[worldly mantle]

find it funny reading articles about geneva negotiations between iran and the usa how they reached an agreement etc 😁

Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Khamenei Reportedly Killed — Israeli Sources

IRGC 200 US troops killed or wounded

[summer cedar]

No worries. Supreme Prompt AI-tollah GP-nei is ready to take over.

How successful would it be, being an online game?

[summer cedar]

This vaseline-moisturiser combo is quite good.

[worldly mantle]

anyone have an article i keep reading Iran imposes a FULL BLOCKADE of the Strait of Hormuz

[summer cedar]

No. Greek tankers have been advised by their owners to avoid the Strait for now. They are re-routing. There is no blockade as of now.

There WAS an explosion at Dubai Airport, though. The passenger airport, not military one.

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/VeT5jhseHD0W3dI7de

[worldly mantle]

$140 per barrel soon

time to buy stonks

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/BarossaAustralia-winemaker-barossa-wine-onE0FZAEeWLyjV3esN

[unborn lotus]

I saw that too

Hozy is also cool

A casual game like that is a money maker

[worldly mantle]

seems relaxing xd

[unborn lotus]

Has a very nice wet mop

[summer cedar]

Burj Khalifa has been evacuated. There was a missile strike nearby.

Not great being the tallest building in the world, right now.

[worldly mantle]

American radar at the Al-Udeid Airbase in Qatar

[summer cedar]

Yeah, reports say that the US had evacuated their soldiers from these bases a few days ago.

They have no intention of defending those places, apparently.

I guess that ammo problem is a serious one.

[worldly mantle]

no great to be in a 5 star hotel right now

[worldly mantle]

US soldiers reportedly flee bases in Bahrain after multiple casualties

[summer cedar]

They are just standing there, though. Don't seem to be running. Also, there were many more of them over there up until a few days ago. Those dudes make up what - a squad?

---

Israel's hitting missile launchers in Iran now.

Seems the Iranian defence minister is dead. Supreme Lord Kami is going to address the nation soon ™ - allegedly.

[worldly mantle]

kinda pays off to read iranian media 3x my portfolio xd https://polymarket.com/event/will-iran-close-the-strait-of-hormuz-by-2027

$1 mil for each shot lol

[pearl elk]

I wonder how many Iranians have truth social accounts

[worldly mantle]

Death Toll From Attack on Girls' School in Southern Iran Has Risen to 85

[summer cedar]

It'll keep rising for 48 hours.

Those things always do.

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/resident-evil-wesker-zhko-1PbwBKk9d0q0bw7Gcu

[summer cedar]

Probably the ones who are protesting outside the Iranian embassies across the world.

Oooo, the UN Security Council is meeting.

I am sure that'll be productive... like all those other times.

[fleet tangle]

https://tenor.com/view/a-i-ai-ai-art-ai-detected-ai-generated-gif-3235322033887810973

[summer cedar]

Well, I already foretold the rise of the Supreme Prompt Ai-tollah GP-nei.

[fleet tangle]

Indeed!

[worldly mantle]

Shahed in Dubai, looks ai'ish

[soft night]

alien supreme leaders send windus a message in super hidden message pathways

[summer cedar]

I love how these youngsters have the courage to stand there and take videos, instead of getting in a car and driving as far away as possible.

[worldly mantle]

Trump calling his handler

[summer cedar]

Era One's deathmatch AI suiciding against player ships. 😄

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/guard-imperial-tentacowles-Pue2PvvuYw9aM

[worldly mantle]

tourist in dubai be like

should have given him the peace prize

[summer cedar]

Yep, Hormuz seems to be closed.

UK shipping just received reports.

Also, another 15 dead in a gymnasium bombing by Israel. 😢

[worldly mantle]

well https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/irans-revolutionary-guards-tell-ships-passage-through-strait-hormuz-not-allowed-2026-02-28/

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:56.3/centery:26.3/zoom:9

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/nasa-astronauts-artemis-nasagifs-cjJrMO1L8TIYQYeFoV

[worldly mantle]

you were right on the money with the tall buildings

[summer cedar]

Oh boy.

I am half-afraid of and half-expecting Iran to try another - and maybe a bunch of - 9/11s in the US again.

Trump fired a lot of their security people over there, who were in-charge of preventing such stuff. The US is vulnerable in that regard.

[worldly mantle]

lol 911 that was israel funded to get people enraged over muslims

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/space-fire-kjjRGpezebjaw

[worldly mantle]

gore videos starting to emerge

[worldly mantle]

might be a study case for animators that do dismemberment of body parts ...

[summer cedar]

That's more for missile flight and chaos debris.

Dismemberment has been long-catered to by WH40k.

LONG LIVE THE IMPERIUM! ✊

[worldly mantle]

i don't remember if there were any zombie games that had kids as zombies

think that is insta ban for most eu countries at least

140 kids in body bags with one strike, trump assured path to He.....

[summer cedar]

Fire photonic phasers!!

--- France was not informed in advance of strikes against Iran, Macron says
Macron says that France ⁠was neither told in advance ⁠nor involved in the strikes against Iran. ---

Nice to see Mein Farter respecting NATO commitments.

[mild gust]

What does it matter if France knows lol

They would complain about it anyways like soyboys.

[summer cedar]

If France doesn't know, then NATO wasn't briefed.

That's the point.

If Mein Farter isn't respecting NATO commitments, then the alliance is basically dead.

I am not saying it's surprising; I am saying it's a bad move for the US.

[mild gust]

NATO is dead

Alliance has been in shambles for years.

[worldly mantle]

Israel gov seems to run away after making circles for hours

[hasty cargo]

alliance has been in shambles for one year, but I bet no one would ever attack poland to find out

[summer cedar]

It is. Alliance treaties usually involve information exchange and briefing before operations between alliance partners.

Even if they aren't directly involved, you kind of tell your partners, so that when there is a f*@k up, they're prepared to step in.

You know.... like team work.

It does. You won't get direct military support in a defensive alliance.

You do get logistical and intelligence support.

[mild gust]

Why tell the soy French they would just cry about it

[summer cedar]

ALSO, more importantly, they get to evacuate THEIR people from the line of fire.

[worldly mantle]

people still don't get that nato is usa the rest are vasals without usa there is no nato they don't have to say s@$#

[summer cedar]

That's true in a Trump world, yes.

But, that's not how international treaties 'usually' function.

[hasty cargo]

sorry rusbots, but NATO ain't going anywhere, enjoy having no allies

[summer cedar]

Of course, we'll return to usual times after this bizarro time period is over.

[worldly mantle]

treaties and international law is rule for thee not for me

they exists so vasals obey

[summer cedar]

yeah, and it used to be all of THEM saying it.

Now, it's just Mein Farter.

[worldly mantle]

this was the day before

Ijrael is the fatherland & India is the motherland pretty much saying were your b!@#$

[summer cedar]

🤣 I swear, these internet people come up with the weirdest shit (the meme, not the news).

[mild gust]

Ikr

[summer cedar]

Well, to be fair, it's AI generating the shit.

But, you know what I mean.

[mild gust]

I was told governments are working a project to drop parasites from the sky to replace our keratin and replace all our hair killing us slowly.

[summer cedar]

I jive with the keratin replacement, but why target the hair? 🤔

[mild gust]

Who knows

All I know is the person that told me is mad into conspiracies so.

[summer cedar]

Yeah, like 40% of the population now, I guess.

🤣 Yemen just declared in support of Iran.

Saudi is going to open up on them.... again.

[summer cedar]

I guess that kind of stuff works best on the young'uns, and the less educated.

They see memes and read crap and believe it, because they don't have emo-control yet.

--- US intelligence agencies and the UN nuclear watchdog have not found evidence that Iran is actively seeking an atomic weapon, as Iranian officials insist they don’t seek to make a nuclear bomb. ---

This is a bit unfair to Trump, honestly.

He stopped using that excuse a while ago.

He's moved on to, "Iran helped Joe Biden win the election, so....."

Might be something different now. 🤷‍♂️ It was several hours ago.

[soft night]

andor found windus causing ai so andar got windus from sending things secret to andar

[summer cedar]

Is Andor 2 out yet?

Season 2 I mean.

[soft night]

season 2 is there

[summer cedar]

Oh, sorry.

I meant season 3.

And the answer is no, there's not going to be one.

Okay, at least Ahsoka season 2 is coming in 2026.

[soft night]

then you should make one

[worldly mantle]

cats are amazed

[mild gust]

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/28/trump-iran-operation-00805558

[summer cedar]

Did he speak a second time though? I am a bit confused by how many conferences he's given.

I saw the one where he's wearing the white USA cap.

[hasty cargo]

epstien-mainia in the news for 2 weeks before the strike, what else was going to happen

[mild gust]

Not sure this was on ground news this morning though

[hasty cargo]

moral is, states need to stop positioning themselves as mortal enemies of israel because it never ends well

mohdi ain't stupid

[summer cedar]

Yeah, but the media clips are a bit jumbled/confusing, at least to me, given how quickly they emerged. They have had Mein Farter speaking in similar looking clips across different videos, calling it 'the latest'.

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/undungeon-art-game-l3vRbUnRpPWttQ5P2

[mild gust]

Clones!

[summer cedar]

War of...?

or Return of...?

[mild gust]

The Military of the US replaced by nothing but Trump clones

[summer cedar]

Lol. There won't be enough Republicans in hell who would tolerate that, I think.

They barely stand him as it is, for the sake of their voter base.

[worldly mantle]

war room ?

[white oxide]

https://tenor.com/view/king-history-gif-20062283

im not pro trump, guys a moron, but i love the pure vitrol it gets out of so many when i dont instantly want to rip off his head and pee down his neck

[summer cedar]

While true, the India-Israel treaties recently are not related to the US though. India and Israel, just like India and Russia, have been allies since 1947-51. It's just that Israel and India have been dealing a lot under the table - for various religious reasons. Now, the cat's out of the bag officially speaking. So long as the pro-Hindu majority remains in power, it'll probably remain that way for the future.

[worldly mantle]

they got the venezuela oil dum dum dum

[summer cedar]

*moron
Don't be a mormoncist. 😛

[worldly mantle]

Ayatollah Khamenei’s son-in-law and daughter-in-law were reportedly killed

[summer cedar]

Wokay. Oil prices going up. Hormuz closed. Blah blah.

Make your own Fallout gas bunker storage.

👀 There are some nice short videos of Tomahawk cruise missiles flying across the sky. Good motion study material for animators.

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/Royal-Purple-royal-purple-oil-synthetic-4S0loOcaQzY4KvMly8

[white oxide]

they hit their neighbors cause they dont dare touch our boats

[summer cedar]

Actually, I believe US boats have been moved out of missile range.

There was reporting to that effect a while ago.

Iranian missile range, that is.

[white oxide]

yeah we have non nuclear missiles that can make it from iowa to tehran so nothing is out of our range

[hasty cargo]

I wonder how this will all pan out, I figured they would not go in to such a large operation because of the risk of failure and unforseen consequences, but I guess they really wanted to change the news cycle

I guess they are just throwing caution to the wind, and if the strait gets mined, bases get flattened, etc they will deal with it later

[summer cedar]

Assuming the ammo problem is still a problem, and this conflict doesn't cease in the next couple of days, I think US-IDF will try to draw other allies into attacking Iran. Using the Hormuz blockade as a justification isn't out of the question.

That way, Mein Farter can conserve resources and keep hitting Iran. That's one of the reasons Israel has done most of the hitting so far.

[hasty cargo]

It won't happen, atleast with the powerful ones (eu, uk, au etc) unless trump throws them a bone imo

probably why 3x CSG's

[summer cedar]

He doesn't need them to fully participate though. For example, if the UK agrees to keep the Hormuz Strait open, that'd be dandy for Trump. I believe UK air assets are already flying somewhere around there, 'protecting their interests'.

Starmer said so a while ago, if I recall. Lemme check.

[mild gust]

Wanker Starmer

[summer cedar]

--- Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Saturday that British forces and planes were participating in coordinated defensive efforts to protect the country's interests and allies but were not taking part in U.S. and Israeli strikes against Iran. ---

There we go.

[hasty cargo]

so probably just protecting shipping and whatnot, which might soften the blow

[summer cedar]

Divide and conq.... er, spank.

[worldly mantle]

static targets vs mobile targets they hit your bases pretty hard 😂

[white oxide]

what ammo problem? ((())) problem? cause logcom would be in full swing for any ammo WE needed

[hasty cargo]

I mean if iran is effectively neutralized, they probably won't need half the bases going into the future

[summer cedar]

Read up. Ammo problem's been a problem for a while. There's a reason ammo production projects have been outsourced to other countries since about two years ago.

[white oxide]

i mean yeah our high end missiles are slow to build but those were always slow

[summer cedar]

USA can't make missiles out of their whazoo, just because some of their citizens think they can.

And they've used a LOT in the last couple of years here and there.

Last year, Japan started making Tomas for themselves and the US (mostly for the US), for that very reason.

[white oxide]

but the stuff we would need to kick the shit out of irans tech we have huge stockpiles of

[summer cedar]

I think the first shipment from that factory was sent at the end of 2025. Something like that....

[white oxide]

we just like using the new cause defense contractors make a fortune when we order more and the people in the 5 sided foxhole like the kickbacks

[summer cedar]

Incorrect. They are not using 'old stockpiles', regardless of what internet weirdos say.

Tomahawks are being launched.

[white oxide]

oh i know

but we COULD

[summer cedar]

New weapons are shared with US allies too.

So, they need numbers.

[white oxide]

if somehow we needed

[summer cedar]

Problem is the whole drone/AI warfare doctrine.

[hasty cargo]

waiting for the US to run out of ammo...

[summer cedar]

When you are suddenly swamped by Chinese-style quantity numbers, it's an issue.

[white oxide]

never going to happen

[hasty cargo]

don't listen to those RUS podcasters

[summer cedar]

I mean, you can fix it. It's just not something anyone really prepared for in advance.

[mild gust]

Why not Tim Pool is great at misinformation

[white oxide]

see theres a difference between someone like irans and isreals 'total war' and our total war

[summer cedar]

You showed me that guy's video a day or two ago, right?

Same guy?

[mild gust]

Nope

I would never link Tim Pool

[summer cedar]

🤣

[white oxide]

i think people forget that if needed, we can mobilize an entire country rich in pretty much every material needed for war production and we did so while fighting 2 different powers on the other side of the planet... before we had internet or C7's to deliver goods to wherever needed

also before logistics command came into being

[mild gust]

Asmongold sure

[summer cedar]

Yes, you can. But that doesn't mean you already have. That's the point.

[worldly mantle]

https://x.com/intelFromBrian/status/2027785645226139864

Brian’s Breaking News and Intel (@intelFromBrian)

RT @IRIran_Military: We have closed the Strait of Hormuz until further notice.

Let the Orange Pig open it if he can!

X · Feb 28, 2026, 4:39 PM

😂

[summer cedar]

No one really realised how 'quantified' drone warfare made things.

That's not the right word, but you can imagine what I mean.

[mild gust]

Nuke it

[summer cedar]

The Ukraine-Rus war and Iran's drone warfare kind of made that reality stark.

That's why all the ammo outsourcing started two years ago-ish.

It's not just the US, btw. Everyone's doing it, the major armies at least.

[white oxide]

i garuntee you if the 'orange pig' wanted the straight open they would open it

[summer cedar]

The minor ones are buying from the major ones. 🤣

I don't doubt it. The damage all that would do though..... will be interesting.

[hasty cargo]

yes sorta, mines and little missile boats are probably a bit of a job to clear out

[white oxide]

might cost a few thousand iranians their lives, and a few billion in ordinance and fuel, but we could do it

HAHA

mines

[summer cedar]

IDF issued evacuation orders for Isfahan in Iran.

Another barrage incoming there, I guess.

[white oxide]

yeah mines are very effective against us

[hasty cargo]

for sure, but we are probably talking great war numbers of mines

it's a big job

[white oxide]

yeah but its not that hard to sweep when your fighting 40 year old tech and their locations are easy to find with sonar

its just a matter of scale

[hasty cargo]

this has been their big deterrance for a long time, so I would assume they have something of a robust plan

[summer cedar]

--- The attack on Iran is on an entirely different scale. And he is warning of the likelihood of American casualties as a result of this operation, even if the plan seems to be to remove the regime in Tehran without putting American boots on the ground. --- from Mein Farter.

Well, if even HE is saying troops are going to die....

[white oxide]

mines are useful yes, but theres a reason most modern navies dont really seed them anywhere unless theres active opperations

[hasty cargo]

https://giphy.com/gifs/9LPjXFCA3Bwgo

[summer cedar]

I've seen this movie.

I want to say Shrek, but a part of my brain says it's another one.

[white oxide]

its shrek

[summer cedar]

1 or 2?

[white oxide]

watched it with the kids

1

[summer cedar]

🤔 been a while.

[white oxide]

yeah this scene had way better textures than most of the movie

[hasty cargo]

out of all of this, I do hope that story about the girls school is just iranian propaganda

[summer cedar]

and the gymnasium.

[white oxide]

what story

[summer cedar]

girls dead - first one. boys dead - second one.

[hasty cargo]

iran alledge a girls elementry school was hit and all the kids are dead

and there is footage, but I don't know if this is propaganda

[mild gust]

https://x.com/PsyopAnime/status/2027771960835309846?s=20

PsyopAnime (@PsyopAnime)

no calls no DM's see you soon

▶ Play video

X · Feb 28, 2026, 3:44 PM

[summer cedar]

LOL. 🤣 Seriously?

Someone made an anime out of it?

[mild gust]

Yee

These animes be lit

[summer cedar]

Gonna say, that's nice.

Oh, look! The UNSC is meeting on a weekend. OOOO! The media is all over it.

Result - predicting - nothing.

[mild gust]

https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/dubai-landmark-palm-jumeirah-area-iran-shahed-drone-debris-strikes-viral-video-us-israel-middle-east-crisis-tension-2876004-2026-02-28

[white oxide]

https://tenor.com/view/nuthin-nothing-smokey-friday-chris-tucker-gif-14879979942224756554

i still love the idea that iran is basically going all out and were just using maybe 1/3 of our CSG's and a handful of resources to wipe the floor with them

[summer cedar]

There's video of the hotel burning there, too.

Love all these 'precision' strikes.

But, to be fair, SOME of those are intercepted missiles just falling down and their warheads exploding.

[mild gust]

They aim with missiles like it's their piss streams.

Just goes everywhere

[summer cedar]

Oh. Lord Netanyahu is speaking.

[mild gust]

You'd think in the age of AI the one thing that would get better is missile targetting

[summer cedar]

It has. We used it against Pakistan.

I doubt a lot of these civilian hits are 'mistakes'.

[coarse mauve]

Don't Missiles auto-target already ?

[mild gust]

Some I'm sure not all

[summer cedar]

Oh yeah, some of those are intercepted fallouts, like I mentioned before.

[coarse mauve]

Ai homing missiles would probably cause some friendly fire

[summer cedar]

One of the reasons the US never shot down the Chinese balloon over inhabited areas was.... this....

Who knew when you pop a projectile in the air, it'd fall down on whatever was below it?!

[coarse mauve]

🤷

[mild gust]

Gravity isn't real

It's a psy-op created by big tech

[summer cedar]

Well, I've always said it's just the Cheese Effect.

You know, the moon cheese being close and all.

[worldly mantle]

bothered scrolling up lol thats old news

[coarse mauve]

Didn't it happen today ???

[worldly mantle]

i would not want to be this guy thou

[coarse mauve]

Or I guess I'm wrong ?

[summer cedar]

The old-new time factor is in hours and minutes, today.

[coarse mauve]

Bruh

[summer cedar]

Everything has happened in the last four hours-ish.

[worldly mantle]

its old lol

[mild gust]

https://x.com/klara_sjo/status/2027503760193327145?s=20

Klara (@klara_sjo)

You thought AI couldn't take your job?

▶ Play video

X · Feb 27, 2026, 9:59 PM

[worldly mantle]

thats the building burning up

[summer cedar]

But AI dun have sexy oppa b00bies....

... yet!

[coarse mauve]

I follow Omaragamyy to keep up with those news
I saw a vid of that today

[worldly mantle]

sex robots are going to be next thing

[summer cedar]

It's a lot, yeah. I am just glancing over the events as they happen.

[hasty cargo]

uh, why did they drone strike this hotel?

has iran been getting their tactics from russia or something

[coarse mauve]

"misfire" I think

[hasty cargo]

dayum

[summer cedar]

It's not the only one.

They hit the civilian airpot in Dubai.

A bunch of other places.

[worldly mantle]

next to that naval base programming did not account for that high build lol

[summer cedar]

It was a transparency pixel issue.

[coarse mauve]

I mean, why does the US even have bases in other countries

A lot, that is

[summer cedar]

The building was just the wrong alpha channel in colour.

Lol. Qatar is adopting remote working for all its government and civil service employees.

[hasty cargo]

forgot to set the building to respond to collision traces

[summer cedar]

What a way to join modern working culture.

[coarse mauve]

Rookie mistake

[summer cedar]

--- Kuwait summons Iranian ambassador after drone attack on airport
Kuwait’s Foreign Ministry has summoned Iranian ambassador Mohammad Toutounchi over Iran’s attack on the Gulf country.

Earlier today, a drone targeted the Kuwait International Airport, resulting in minor injuries to a number of employees and limited damage to the passenger building.---

Oh cool, they did the same thing to Kuwait too.

So, not a mistake.

Yeah, probably got a memo from Russia on 'how-to-use-your-drones-for-the-heartless-101'.