40k-lore-chat

[arctic talon]

Which one

Beil’tan?

[late osprey]

Biel-Tan was actually the coolest Craftworld

Of them all

[arctic talon]

Well they didn’t get squatted

They exist still

They’re fixing it™️

[late osprey]

Yeah in that "Here's some lore so you don't feel like you wasted $3000" sort of existance

[arctic talon]

And they’re still being psychopathic xenocidal maniacs

[arctic talon]

No?

[late osprey]

Then my info might be drastically out of date

[arctic talon]

I mean the craftworld got fucked up, but the population is alive and rebuilding it

They’re actively building colonies on maiden worlds

[late osprey]

Because I basically checked out after reading about Biel-Tan getting essentially exploded

[arctic talon]

And exterminating whatever gets in their way

Lol

[late osprey]

They're hardcore about rebuilding their vision of the Eldar Empire

[arctic talon]

They’re working on fixing it, I’m sure it’ll be done by like fucking 13e

💀

They fixed the infinity circuit this edition

[languid meadow]

I do really hope they actually pull it off but the part "and slaanesh fucking dies or something" means it's never gonna happen, I do hope it gets changed to just Slaanesh gets weakened and ynnead is born. I like the death cult part but man they got kicked in the balls

[arctic talon]

So they can dump everyones soul stones back into it

[languid meadow]

I like em

Don't care for the main two factions of eldar but the clowns and ynnari are cool

[arctic talon]

Since rn soul stones are in wraiths, or stored on ships in the flotilla around the craftworld

[late osprey]

Part of why they're awesome is that they're antagonistic to everyone for cohesive reasons, unlike the average Eldar occurrence where it's "uhhh prophecy says i have to kill you or something"

[arctic talon]

Well

[late osprey]

Biel-Tan are just Imperialists, it's a good return to Warhammer's Only War maxim

[arctic talon]

Saim Hann are racist as well

They just hate chaos more then they hate humans

[late osprey]

The OTHER reason Biel-Tan are awesome is because of how much they focus on Dire Avengers, which are awesome

And the other shrines

But Biel-Tan is the War Craftworld

[arctic talon]

Beil’tan are aspect spam

The craftworld

Lol

They’re literally a military junta

[languid meadow]

Biel-Tan x Tallarn my beloved

[arctic talon]

They’re the only craftworld that isn’t democratic in any sense

[arctic talon]

Never ask a Beil-tan Ranger who their best friend from outside the craftworld is

[languid meadow]

It's funny that Tallarn a pretty zealous planet/guard regiment and Biel-Tan the mega racists of the eldar are friends

Well "Friends"

Close as you can get in 40k

[late osprey]

Internet Racists be like

[arctic talon]

Look they hate chaos more

Chaos space marines and cultists are both chaos

And human

It’s a 2 for 1 slaughterfest special

[languid meadow]

Imperialsaviour2000... Your ears are pointier than I expected

[late osprey]

LMFAO

"BielTan4Lyfe... is a mon'keigh IRL!?"

[languid meadow]

One month till the silent king book yippie !

[arctic talon]

Please be good

[late osprey]

why's he called the silent king if he talks?

[arctic talon]

God let the dumpster fire known as Dawn of fire end on a good book

[arctic talon]

He doesn’t

He has 2 necron overlords talk for him

[late osprey]

oh

[languid meadow]

"I knew your brother lmao suck my nuts"

[arctic talon]

They have names

I forgot what they were

But they’re essentially his servents

[late osprey]

do they call themselves necrons? i never actually thought about that

[shadow plover]

Did the silent king whisper something to dante or did I hallunicate it

[late osprey]

or is that the imperial name for them

[arctic talon]

And yeah it’s a flex that “yeah my personal attendants and servants actually rule over a tomb world”

[arctic talon]

They do

[late osprey]

necrontyr i forgot

lol

[arctic talon]

Their people were known as the Necrontyr originally

And then yknow

[languid meadow]

https://youtu.be/CihVXYOhUdg?si=2j8aXLYYXBd_G6hs

[arctic talon]

Evil space gas

[arctic talon]

I forgor

https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/warhammer40k/images/7/7d/SzarekhMini.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20200707204301

He’s aura farming

Okay unironically I have no clue how the overlords know what to say

Does he just communicate to them mentally

[languid meadow]

Yeah probably

[arctic talon]

I wonder if at some point the silent king was a puppet situation

[languid meadow]

Iirc necrons can transmit "words" to each other and have convos like that

[arctic talon]

And the 2 “servants” actually controlled everything

[languid meadow]

I think it was TDK that had it

[arctic talon]

It’s not like the silent king in that case could argue

[arctic talon]

Yeah

[languid meadow]

The book is related to the pariah nexus and stuff it seems

But I do wonder if we'll get a mention of the brewing civil war

But always bet on nothing

[astral burrow]

She foliate my substrate till I KALKITE

[plush mason]

wth is a Proctor-Exactant?

[celest dome]

https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Proctor-Exactant

[shadow plover]

Someone who exactants proctors

[celest dome]

Officer of the Arbites

Who lead teams on the ground

[queen laurel]

these guys

[plush mason]

got it

[astral burrow]

Is xenos plural

[plush mason]

yes

xeno is singular

and both are used as a slur in 40k

[tight stratus]

Just had the biggest fucking funny warhammer brainblast

for those of you british enough to know what Red Dwarf is, I so want to draw and animate a funny Darktide shitpost.

Red Dwarf Theme, but instead of featuring scenes of Lister and crew on their whackey adventures its just Darktide Shenanigans and Hadron and crew on morning star

[plush mason]

so this just popped in my head

@astral burrow you have gotten past act 4 in rogue trader yes? dont want to spoil anything

[astral burrow]

No

I just made it to act 2

[astral burrow]

Oh kerillians shade career has helmets without the hood

...weird hairstyle

Why she ourple lmao

She has some pretty hairstyles too, nice

Shade has the best cosmetics tho I might main shade

[radiant lance]

So the lore for the arbites DLC is just:
they show up lol

[storm jungle]

I mean yea

thats their job

they are FBI

https://tenor.com/view/fbi-gif-2734175389934997010

[radiant lance]

I just thought there would be something a little more interesting to why they're in squads with crackheads

[queen laurel]

i mean that's your first fault expecting anything better with warhammer writing

[radiant lance]

Dan describing women be like

[storm jungle]

Their entire job is to ensure the tithe is paid, they are brainwashed evangelist cops, they dont need complex motivations.

[queen laurel]

yeah it's like asking why did judge dredd become judge dredd and not just enjoying judge dredd

[astral burrow]

God this game feels so much jankier than darktide lmao

They improved a lot upon it in darktide

[storm jungle]

you're janky

[astral burrow]

Impossible

Is there no sprinting?

[storm jungle]

No lmao

like most OG horde-shooters

have fun

[astral burrow]

I feel like a snail lmao

[storm jungle]

stop whining

[astral burrow]

What about hitmarkers?

Those made darktide very satisfying

But legit question, is there a way to change my username? Is it tied to my steam name?

[celest dome]

What username ?

[astral burrow]

Vermintide 2

[queen laurel]

oh yeah Krait just answer this because i am bored as hell i guess you haven't heard of the gargants

Basically giants, and mega gargants the one in the image are the biggest and well i don't have to speak aboutI don't have to speak about that that

[celest dome]

It's tied to the steam account iirc

[celest dome]

Aren't there even bigger ones ? That we don't really see though

[astral burrow]

Damn

[queen laurel]

and mega-gargant specifically a warstomper fighting a Draconith

[queen laurel]

nah mega-gargants are the biggest type

They are like warhammer orks where they don't stop growing

and currently King-brodd is the biggest one

and he is still growing

[astral burrow]

Can I use shade cosmetics on other kerillian careers?

[celest dome]

cosmetics are career specific

[astral burrow]

Bleeeh

Why is kerillian never available smh smh

People must love her

[astral burrow]

Level 7 in 2 missions lmao

[stray bluff]

Can a Rogue Trader disobey Inquisitors?

[sacred bluff]

judge dredd stole from 40k

[celest dome]

Yes

But it's risky

[celest dome]

Not really, GW used to sell miniatures for 2000AD

[storm jungle]

Hes joking

[sacred bluff]

40k stole the space marine idea from Starcraft

[storm jungle]

😭

[stray bluff]

So from what i understand the Inquisition are like the watchmen.. but who watches the watchmen?

[storm jungle]

Oh no hes loose

[storm jungle]

Other Inquisitors

https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Inquisition

Time to read up.

There will be an exam.

[stray bluff]

Thank u

[storm jungle]

🫡

[celest dome]

Custodes are basically the only people I think could not be accused by Inquisitors tbh

[sacred bluff]

they're incorruptible

which makes me think about the yellow king

[stray bluff]

Yella King

[sacred bluff]

i'm really curious about the Cognitae

and if they're really an evil organization

then why is Valdor working with them

I NEED PANDEMONIUM

[storm jungle]

Maybe in another 10 years

[astral burrow]

Okay this game is fun

I hope there is a mod to remove that weird slash wave effect daggers have it makes spamming light attacks nauseating

[astral burrow]

Completed an expedition

Level 15 yay

[sly ivy]

I love love love Bequin — I think my favorite WH books — but wtf is gonna happen with this

Nothing that originated with BL has before had such enormous implications for the main plot

I realize that GW knows they have a gem in Abnett but still.

[sly ivy]

It’s absolutely going to be an ends justify means plot twist thing

EVERYTHING YOU THOUGHT YOU KNEW WAS A LIE is a bit muffled honestly in a universe where that’s just the status quo within the main faction lmao

[astral burrow]

Kerillian is so mean bruh

[celest dome]

She is a Wood Elf

So yes

[queen laurel]

funny thing is she is relatively friendly by wood elf standards

[celest dome]

If anything she is remarkably nice to the rest of the group

[queen laurel]

cacti can back me up on that

[celest dome]

ye

[astral burrow]

I dont mind it

Got the hang of the game, hope there isn't too much grind

[celest dome]

Fairly less than DT tbh

[astral burrow]

Lovely

[sacred bluff]

That's been the theme in bequin

that's how they portrayed eisenhorn and ravenor

cause their means have been really unconventional

Ravenor working with xenos and Eisenhorn working with daemons

[astral burrow]

I need to buy a dlc to get the torso I want for Karellian

Bruhhhhh

[sacred bluff]

i want to go back through the series so bad

i still remember in book 1 of ravenor, there was this bodyguard who used enuncia to fight a daemon and i was like "wtf did he just do"

[polar hill]

Valdor isn't trying to resurrect the Emperor, but is trying to create a vessel for Sanguinius's soul to inhabit and he needs the Emperor's true name to facilitate the spellwork

[sacred bluff]

and how do you know this...

[polar hill]

It was revealed to me in a dream.

Also

Name-based invocation magic in 40K draws pretty closely from how such magics allegedly work irl; capture someone or something's true name, and you gain control over its essence

[glossy sonnet]

Read most of the horus heresy, should I now move to siege of terra and finish it or read some modern setting books?

[sacred bluff]

is that how the immaterial college works?

[humble shoal]

In theory the emperors true name would be mondo big

Demons true name lets you banish it

In theory using emps true na.e could banish him into the warp to reassemble him and then get him back

[glossy sonnet]

huh?

[polar hill]

My train of thought was that, regardless of whether or not the Primarch souls started out as Warp gods, they were all still inherently formed in the Emperor's image, making them share part of his essence since they all represent a part of his own personality. As for why I think Valdor is trying to resurrect Sanguinius specifically, the angel-winged Astartes he's keeping in stasis remind me all too much of Bile's attempts to clone Fulgrim

[glossy sonnet]

you dont think that maybe they're just meant to be his soldiers?

[sacred bluff]

they're not in stasis, they freely fly within the warp place.

and they all have night lord-ish names

when i first read it i thought blood angels cause the wings

then the dudes name was comus or something

[polar hill]

Comus isn't very Night Lordy

[sacred bluff]

Comus Nocturnus

[polar hill]

That's like, very generic Latin as opposed to Night Lord pseudo Slavic

Also Lexicanum says Comus is a Blood Angel who remembered succumbing to the Red Thirst

[glossy sonnet]

Comus was a greek god

[polar hill]

So ig that settles that lol

[polar hill]

Comus in Latin, Komus in Greek

[polar hill]

Also, Lexi's Comus page goes on to say the other winged Marines were indeed seen in stasis

[wet imp]

YOU

[crystal forum]

i thought there was fog outside until i realized that plants aren't wet rn

nope, just a lot of smoke from the forest fires

[celest dome]

Big fires in Canada ?

[crystal forum]

is it not news anymore outside north america?

the whole west part of the country is on fire

[celest dome]

Haven't heard about on the radio in Belgium

[crystal forum]

Canada is like 80% forests so there's a lot of it to burn

second worst year for forest fires in history since 2023

[sly ivy]

Who makes a country out of wood

Lame ass

[arctic talon]

It’s not I’d assume

[humble shoal]

barely news out of canada tbf

[astral burrow]

Finally realized why the hub area in vt2 feels odd

It feels lonely

Compared to darktide

[storm jungle]

I mean

its a massive watch-castle with like 7 occupants

so yes

[astral burrow]

Yeah

Mourningstar is bustling with npcs and players and random conversations happening all the time lol

It feels lonely in the castle

It is gigantic too I get lost in it

[sly ivy]

Castle needs more floating robo skulls

[storm jungle]

and more floating heads in general

[astral burrow]

Since there is no sprinting navigating it is a pain, you just use the hotkey, makes the castle kinda redundant

And have the other 4 characters as npcs chilling there

Unless they already exist

[sly ivy]

It’s interesting DT made the mains into blank slates but then pumped all the story and personality into the hub characters

[astral burrow]

And I just never seen them

[sly ivy]

U weren’t invited 2 the after party

There’s a separate group chat

[storm jungle]

It works well enough imo

[sly ivy]

Ya agree

[storm jungle]

we dont see a lot of complaints regarding the main cast being blank slates, as people like their blorbos

Im not a fan either

but the performances have won me over

😩

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/910400427277828147/1353491142833995787/image0.gif

[sly ivy]

They r good

Vermintide character banter is fantastic tho

[storm jungle]

I think its because like-

they are suppose to be blank slates, but they obviously have actual untold backstory and memories lol

they just dont say enough that you still can act like its your guy lmao

[outer wave]

My only issue nowadays with the rejects is that sometimes their dialogue feels a bit too non-specific? Like the flow of conversation can just be weird from how one guy may respond to the topic.

[astral burrow]

They aren't really blank slates, just different combinations you pick of existing people

[sly ivy]

No I am the main character

All of ur guys are just me

[outer wave]

😳

[arctic talon]

Just kill the fucking blank slates

custom characters were a failure

[astral burrow]

There are like 12 male characters, with 9 female counterparts

That's a lot

[arctic talon]

I'm more attached to the voices

[astral burrow]

Would have been a pain to make them all seperate characters

[arctic talon]

then I am anything created

[arctic talon]

not really. with the ammount of lines they have

[outer wave]

Same

[arctic talon]

just give them a solid name + apperance

its not that hard

they can all share cosmetics

per class

[astral burrow]

Nah

[sly ivy]

Ya have set mains maybe with one binary choice

[astral burrow]

Nice to have different options to make them look like whatever you want

[sly ivy]

Broke: male or female

[arctic talon]

no, I just think I would prefer premade

[astral burrow]

Not everyone has to be a named hero crucial to the lore we are just some random dudes

[arctic talon]

I don't like custom characters

because they add very little

[sly ivy]

Bespoke: bear or twink

[arctic talon]

I didn't say they had to be important

I just want preset characters

[astral burrow]

Just say u have no creativity smh smh it adds A TON for a lot of people

[arctic talon]

the personalities are preset

[astral burrow]

Replicate the cover art rejects then

[arctic talon]

there isn't creativity because of the personalities

[astral burrow]

Or just wear smth that covers the face

There is creativity for the looks

[arctic talon]

Are you missing my point

my point is that the interactions could be even more indepth if Fatshark made them premade

[astral burrow]

Yeah you just want every voice to have a set look and no freedom to pick whatever you want your guy to look like

[arctic talon]

they'd have a more solid name and background

[astral burrow]

They are already in depth

[arctic talon]

Not enough

I want more

[astral burrow]

I have seen and enjoyed more banter in darktide than in vt2

There is a shit ton of banter

[sly ivy]

Ya the vt2 interactions actually make me laugh / make me feel attached to the characters

[arctic talon]

The Cut throat isn't even close to the depth Kruber or any of the other ubersriek 5 have

[sly ivy]

Esp everyone ragging on Kruber

Including Kruber

[arctic talon]

Kruber being shit on for his past 💀

[astral burrow]

If they made them all premade they wouldn't have added more banter you would just have less freedom of choice, u may like the look but not the voice and wise versa

[arctic talon]

Yes they would have added banter

[astral burrow]

No

[arctic talon]

or rather more specific banter

[astral burrow]

They already added so much

[arctic talon]

Krait

[sly ivy]

Freedom is an illusion anyhow

[arctic talon]

^

[sly ivy]

Embrace determinism

[arctic talon]

it all boils down to the personalities anyways

[astral burrow]

I like being able to make my own guy.

[arctic talon]

what you pick doesn't fucking matter

[sly ivy]

all is set

[astral burrow]

It does

[arctic talon]

no it doesn't

your choices have 0 impact on dialogue

[astral burrow]

I can pick whatever my character looks like whenever I want AND keep whatever personality they made

It is a win win in every single way

[arctic talon]

[astral burrow]

Planet and past options are for people who like to be more attached to their own character

Ignore it if you don't like it.

[arctic talon]

Except they literally do nothing

[sly ivy]

I’m never even looking at my character just at a hand and a gun

[arctic talon]

well

you see them when you're doing cosmetics or equipment

[astral burrow]

They help people feel more attached to their characters

Did you not read

[arctic talon]

They do not for me

[astral burrow]

Not everything has to have an impact in game have some fucking imagination

[arctic talon]

All I'm attached to is the personality

tbh

because the personality

overrides everything else anyways

[astral burrow]

It doesn't override anything

[arctic talon]

Yes it does

[astral burrow]

Rest just don't have a visible impact

[sly ivy]

That’s also true in real life except it’s a hand and a paunch

[arctic talon]

the Savant always grows up on Atoma + worked on it as an enforcer

[astral burrow]

They don't have to

It is literally just a few options

[arctic talon]

so if you pick any background that isn't Atoma related

it makes no sense

if you pick the guard option for Savant

it also makes no sense

It also makes no sense for any of the zealots as none of them have former military training

[astral burrow]

Says who

[arctic talon]

the frateris miltia is fine aside from the Fanatic who has never been part of the ecclisarchy

[arctic talon]

The zealots themselves in dialogue

The fanatic explictly has never been part of any official imperial body

the judge grew up in an orphnage

[sly ivy]

Whateverrrrrr Elitewolf my ogryn is university professor

[arctic talon]

Male judge, I've never heard the dialogue on female judge at least

[sly ivy]

And also can turn into a dragon

[arctic talon]

you do you

[astral burrow]

"Oh no this one voice line I may hear completely ruined my perception and attachment to my own character I wish they were just set characters with 0 freedom of customization or anything whatsoever" ever heard of imagination?

[arctic talon]

okay so now you're just making fun of me instead of actually engaging in the argument

w/e

[astral burrow]

Cuz you are sounding really stupid there is literally no downsides to not having set characters

[sly ivy]

Tf

[arctic talon]

[sly ivy]

Vermintide 2 characters are way more compelling

Bc they are set

It’s a trade off

[arctic talon]

here have this ogryn

[astral burrow]

You want a set character? Pick background that fits the character, make them look like the cover art, there, you got what you want and no one lost a thing.

[astral burrow]

Not really

[arctic talon]

yes it is

I'm done with this argument

tbh

[astral burrow]

I don't find vermintide 2 characters any more appealing or deep than that random zealot I see in a mission 3 days ago.

[arctic talon]

we can agree to disagree

I don't want to debate with someone whos literally insulting me for 0 reason

[astral burrow]

Saying you don't have creativity is an insult?

Or imagination

[sly ivy]

Necessarily it is.

Yeah but if you search earnestly for general consensus you’ll find it’s against you.

[arctic talon]

I mean you've called me stupid repeatedly

[sly ivy]

Re vt 2 characters.

[arctic talon]

If you want to disagree with me thats fine

[astral burrow]

You sound stupid, not the same as being stupid

[sly ivy]

Saying “no this isn’t generally the case because it’s not the case for me” is a fallacy

[arctic talon]

fucks sake

[queen laurel]

saying you sound stupid isn't any brighter you know

[astral burrow]

If they got offended it means I am right

[queen laurel]

OK you're not calling him stupid but you're still saying he sounds stupid

[arctic talon]

I'm not getting offended its just immature

[sly ivy]

Whoa it’s like dumbception

[astral burrow]

I am stating what I see

[arctic talon]

Blackstone is the weirdest fucking thing GW has expanded on recently

the fact its naturally occuring

is even weirder

[astral burrow]

The upsides of having customizable characters override the downsides by a landslide

[arctic talon]

unless its pre seeded by the old ones

[astral burrow]

Which there are pretty much none

[sly ivy]

I was gonna say

[arctic talon]

Which is possible

[sly ivy]

Maybe it’s this

[arctic talon]

but then how the fuck does it grow

does it know when to stop growing?

like ???

[sly ivy]

Or maybe it’s the result of some weird occasional interaction between materium and immaterium

[arctic talon]

it could be

[sly ivy]

Like there are point locations where the veil thins or there’s some overlap or creative/destructive interaction

[arctic talon]

but its common to the point in some areas that it doesn't feel like it could be that way

[sly ivy]

And then this bizarre shit is left behind

[arctic talon]

maybe

tbh

[sly ivy]

That has both material and warp properties

[queen laurel]

Can Blackstone be turned into power weapon blades?

[arctic talon]

Yes

but any material could be

[queen laurel]

like it's a conduit for power weapons to flow through

[arctic talon]

including wood

[sly ivy]

Maybe it’s ouroboros poop

[arctic talon]

a conduit? no

Blackstone doesn't transfer and amplify/nullify actual energy

only warp based energy

[queen laurel]

so a power sword that can disrupt warp energy because it has Blackstone is possible

[arctic talon]

No

[sly ivy]

it transmits macguffin energy

[arctic talon]

it would just be a power sword

made out of fancy rock

unless someone charged it with inverted polarity

[queen laurel]

So if I wanted to disrupt I have to turn it off

[arctic talon]

no

you'd have to have another seperate setup

to invert the properties of blackstone

or rather have it nullify rather then amplify

[arctic talon]

honestly warp energy might as well be macguffin energy

lol

[queen laurel]

It can truly be used in any shape or form you need it to be material energy crystallize it into something and shove it on a machine to turn that into a laser or some ****

it can be turned into psychic energy

literally

[arctic talon]

actually

Blackstone has to interact with physical energy somehow

because necrons fuck with the polarity of the stuff

[humble shoal]

What if we made a necron into a power sword?

[arctic talon]

making a powersword out of necrodermis would work

if you had the raw stuff

it kind of tries to reform back to its original state constantly

[humble shoal]

I was moreso thinking the more cursed

[arctic talon]

oh

[humble shoal]

Actually use a necron

[arctic talon]

yeah a necron warrior shaped power weapon is possible

lmao

[humble shoal]

[arctic talon]

if you melted down the necrodermis

[humble shoal]

As its constantly reanimating

[arctic talon]

it would constantly try to return to the form of the necron warrior

[humble shoal]

You keep bashing it

[celest dome]

You'd have a very angry Power Necron

[humble shoal]

It breaks

It regenerates

You smash it

It breaks

[arctic talon]

Just have a flamer attached

[humble shoal]

eventually it starts to just accept it

[arctic talon]

thats constantly on

and then shove it into a mould

lemme draw my diagram

[humble shoal]

And then you fight the deciever, and he takes 1d100 warp damage from looking at such a monstrosity

But there is a greater than 5% chance that a techpriest melted down a necron to try and make something

And I want to imagine the tech priests face whencit forms back

[arctic talon]

this sucks to draw

[humble shoal]

Peak

[arctic talon]

do you see the vision

[humble shoal]

I see it

Though we could just keep promethium flowing in

Instead of a flamer

And be sparking it in the mold

[arctic talon]

yeah

thats smarter

[humble shoal]

Anyway I think I had a completely original thought

And the abyss is staring back at me

[arctic talon]

what is it

[arctic talon]

if you want to share it

Oh

LOL

[outer wave]

That'd be cool though

[arctic talon]

I think using a specific part of a necron like the chest/head for like, a thunder hammer or maul would work even better

since there's less deforming necessary to yknow

[humble shoal]

Yeah it probably would

Also there are necrons that no longer regenerate

And using such a thing as a head would probably work

If I ever get a chance Ill ask the void dragon on mars

Just imagine you are swinging your sword and https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_yzsmxugmB0

Soi soi soi swey

[arctic talon]

mfw it turns back on

[humble shoal]

This would be a great weapon for a darkcheresy game (a dead necron head thammer with a 1d100 chance of turning back on hit)

[arctic talon]

whole funny 1d100 chart of what happens

100 the entire necron reanimates magcially

[humble shoal]

[arctic talon]

make it a deathmark or something

so it teleports the rest of its body to itself

[humble shoal]

75 it respawns as a deathmark

100

It spawns back, and speaks

As a tomb lord

[arctic talon]

Oh my god lol

Variable type of cron based on chart would be even funnier

[humble shoal]

Yup

On 1 you get a friendly scarab

At least friendly until it wakes up

[gray umbra]

man doesnt know about the ubersreik 4

or 5

[arctic talon]

Reprogram it

[polar hill]

Grok seems to agree, unfortunately

Would've been funny if I could get the two AI to argue about Necron lore

[humble shoal]

Im not sure where they even got this from tbh

[gray umbra]

has anyone played dmc3

[humble shoal]

Because I dont see anuone asking about turning living necrons into swords

[gray umbra]

do you remember those two swords with the talking heads for pommels

do those with necron skulls and spines

[humble shoal]

Ngl the funniest option other tha my original supposition is a deactivated necron head as the head of a thunderhammer

With the d100 of results on hit

[gray umbra]

radical xenos inquisitor who is getting constnatly backsassed by a necron lord's head

[humble shoal]

Also finished mharazhais questline, and promptly handed him over to heinrich

Suffer not the drukhari

[gray umbra]

i kept him on my iconoclast run

waiting on the arbiter dlc to come out to replay

[glossy sonnet]

I killed him as soon as possible

[humble shoal]

I cant do that to my senechal

Its funny though because I am never going to spare his life ever again

[polar hill]

And the Inquisitor constantly plays dumb to provoke the Necron into providing solutions to his problems

[humble shoal]

Inquisitor meets trazyn and his sword goes "hey whats up nephew"

Im a sword now

Imagine... a flayed ones head on the sword

I can see a new boss now

Human noble, 10k years old

Flayed one sword (sword is covered in skin)

Halo device

Necrodermis armor

That is constantly regenerating, but the halo device keeps regenerating the human

So neither can fully regen

[polar hill]

"I'm gonna push this button," said the Inquisitor.
"Don't," replied the Necron.
"Then this button?"
"No."
"So this button?"
"No!"
"Very well, this button!"
"NO, you feckless ape! Interfacing with any of these controls, especially in that order, will trigger a meltdown in the facility's syste... Phooey."
"Thank you kindly."

[humble shoal]

Even better

Inqusitor cant understand necron

And the sword is screeching, but he has no idea what it is saying

[polar hill]

Gauges the correct sequence by how loud the screeches are as he nears each button

[crystal forum]

i can't recognize half the servers im in because of the icons being gay

[astral burrow]

Should I watch clone wars?

[polar hill]

Yyyyyyyes.

But start at like... Season 3 or 4

[arctic talon]

Follow a watch guide

I found some of the episodes early on bad even as like

A kid lol

Animation quality gets a lot better later on

[polar hill]

Man

The good ol' days when Filoni wasn't a hack

[arctic talon]

Mfw I find something bad to watch as a child

Which is saying a lot

[glossy sonnet]

Filoni is fine when hes not making an entire new era for star wars

He should be an idea guy but should not be the one directing things

[arctic talon]

Clone wars also gave me my favorite looking droid ever

Tbh

[glossy sonnet]

mine as well

I wonder if its the same

[arctic talon]

It’s high singer, the bounty hunter with the vaguely like

Aztec mask

I also like commando droids and super tactical droids tbh

But high singer looks old as hell and I like it

[polar hill]

Yeah. Mandalorian, Ahsoka(show) and Acolyte pretty much tanked my esteem of him tbh

[arctic talon]

https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/b/b7/C-21-Highsinger-SWCT.png/revision/latest/thumbnail/width/360/height/360?cb=20250422011841

I like this design a lot

[glossy sonnet]

Because he just has to throw in his favorite characters

[arctic talon]

actually now that I look at it

Why’s he using like, the separatist blaster

[glossy sonnet]

Oh thats interesting

[arctic talon]

But loooong

[glossy sonnet]

Super tactical is my favorite

[arctic talon]

That thing looks old as shit as well in the render

[glossy sonnet]

But thats a cool one as well

I love the helmet look of the head

[arctic talon]

I just like old looking droids tbh

With like weird designs that were entirely cultural(in universe)

Also I like how his voice sounds

I like it when droids don’t speak Basic

[polar hill]

It's an E-5C heavy blaster rifle. Pretty common, like the regular E-5 used by B1s; probably just bought it from a Confederacy world

[astral burrow]

Are you sure it is heavy?

Looks just like the normal E-5 to me

Ah the barrel

It is like a shorter E-5C

[plush mason]

the e-5

e-5c

[sacred bluff]

I used the T-21 all the time in BF1

[languid meadow]

Seeing the T-21 reminds me of the arguments about modern starwars guns and how they're "just guns with some bits slapped on"

Like they've been this way for decades

[polar hill]

Highsinger's E-5C has its stock removed, to be clear, plus it looks small in general because Highsinger himself is huge

[languid meadow]

Highsinger is prob one of the coolest IG droids

[polar hill]

He's not an IG unit

His designation is C-21

[languid meadow]

Yeah no I got it mixed up with another class for some reason

Brain rot

[astral burrow]

The barrel looks shorter than the game one

But ig it is just artstyle

[astral burrow]

Literally just a Lewis gun without the magazine lmao, looks so cool tho

[languid meadow]

https://tenor.com/view/please7tv-please-beg-pray-hope-gif-3860103425950934673

Can finally just copy n paste the forum for when people ask "why arbites here" for the billionth time

[dapper gyro]

Star Wars prop guns look good.

On a side note, if you guys watched the new Alien Earth trailer, they used a Kriss Vector with the M41A (Thompson prop piece on it). Looks so hilarious.

[winter vessel]

yeah that made my eyes hurt

[languid meadow]

A280

My beloved

[dapper gyro]

To be clear, the M41A is still in the trailer.

[winter vessel]

the sound it makes when you fire this blaster is so crisp

[languid meadow]

I'm mostly fine with it but like they have a vector like pulse rifle already with the ones in Romulus

F44A iirc

[winter vessel]

its so stubby

[languid meadow]

My main gripe is their uniforms

Looks a bit too real

At least the helmet

[dapper gyro]

It looks overly bulky, especially with that extended magazine.

[languid meadow]

Did you see the smart gun?

[winter vessel]

the one glimpse in the reflection?

[languid meadow]

Guy in the middle

[winter vessel]

damn pack mule

[astral burrow]

Post the other A280

[dapper gyro]

The ar15 A280?

[polar hill]

Addendum: Kenobi show. Forgot he was involved with that trash fire, too

Man, the bar for Andor really was subterranean wasn't it lol

10 years of garbage Star Wars

[languid meadow]

The A280c?

They're pretty similar just different scopes and the some other bits

Yeah it's just the heavy variant of the A280

[astral burrow]

CFE

The one that's half AR-15 half STG-44

And turns into a pistol

A literal abomination

[astral burrow]

As in, a chronological order watch guide?

I was considering watching it in release order since that's how I would have experienced it if I seen it as a kid

I watched like a few episodes of season 1 recently and ngl they kinda sucked

But will watch all eventually so might as well be release order

Yeah the animation quality was pretty meh too

I saw that the latest recent season is pretty good tho

[astral burrow]

There ARE 2 a280 models actually

One is like half AR-15 half STG

One is full STG

I don't know what they are called differently

[plush mason]

so while i was cooking lunch just now a memory popped into my head of scooby doo characters but as 40k people, and all i can remember was scooby being a cyber mastiff and velma a tech priest, no idea where i saw that or if my mind just made it up on the spot lol

[plush mason]

yup thats it

[storm jungle]

Fred being a Marine has so many layers to it

(the priority being a HIMBO)

[plush mason]

Fred is like, the himbo

[celest dome]

Shaggy should be a Psyker

[plush mason]

he is, he is just hiding his god emperor level power ofc

[languid meadow]

Jesus that image has been passed around a lot

It's so compressed

[sly ivy]

F

[astral burrow]

Tencent bought 15% of arrowhead

Ouch

[celest dome]

🤷

[storm jungle]

LMFAO

Actual meme pic 💀

[nocturne crest]

So odd question, but would it make sense for Nagash to appear in 40k one day?

[storm jungle]

Different settings so no.

[paper haven]

The necrons fill that slot

[languid meadow]

Necrons are simply just cooler

Wait lmao the guy who voices the fatalist personality is Kayex as well

Also the woman who plays Alt in cyberpunk is the woman maul that's cool

[sacred ginkgo]

Getting more experiences of an actor yelling at themselves is going to be neat (Alix arbites versus alix captain)

[polar hill]

Alt Cunningham, Kayex, Lae'zel...

[winter vessel]

It hasn’t been announced yet, but what do y’all speculate( if any) for the three personalities the Arbites class could be?

[languid meadow]

They have

[polar hill]

It has been announced lol

Authoritarian, Fatalist, Maul

[winter vessel]

Oh yeah sorry about that, I was without WI-FI in my neighborhood for two hours

[polar hill]

No worries

[winter vessel]

Be funny if one of them acted like Columbo

[languid meadow]

I love how maul seems to be just "HOLY SHIT I LOVE POLICE BRUTALITY RAAAAAAAAAH"

[polar hill]

The Authoritarian is a by-the-books classic Arbites, basically Professional Vet with a legal flavor; the Fatalist is a beat cop who's seen it all and knows the cost of keeping the peace; the Maul is Judge Dredd

The Maul is who opens up in the trailer

[winter vessel]

So then Maul is just “bodycam stays off during my shift”

[polar hill]

Nah, he's Dredd

The cam stays on to rewatch it later

[opaque coyote]

Y'know one day I hope to fire an AK-47

Doesn't need to be the original obviously

[languid meadow]

I think you'd explode

[opaque coyote]

Also I hope to be able to do this without going to Africa or something

[winter vessel]

I go out in Nevada to shoot some guns with my Uncle who’s got a collection of weaponry. Has an Aks-74u

[polar hill]

Bro an AK's an AK, they grow on trees

You'll probably get to shoot one if you go to any range in your area

Assuming you're 'Murican, that is

[winter vessel]

One on my bucket list in life is to shoot a DShK machine gun

[astral burrow]

Did anyone get plo koon microfighter?

[winter vessel]

No, but a co-worker of mine keeps bugging me if I have it

[opaque coyote]

Yes but I live in California

So

Half in half

[winter vessel]

North or south?

[polar hill]

My condolences

[astral burrow]

Lol

Has taste, it looks so cool

If it comes to my country with a reasonable price or goes on sale I wanna buy it with the rex one

[dapper gyro]

California is still ok... vs here Canada.

[polar hill]

Shudder

Snow California

[winter vessel]

It does look nice, but I haven’t bought set since 2018. The only reason my work buddy keeps asking is because he’s on a mission to collect all types of Lego models that date back as far as 2003. And he’ll even pay in cash for them. He knows about my 2008 imperial dropship, Rebel speeder and Shuttle sets. But those have been in an unlabeled box I kept for years.

[opaque coyote]

From the times I visited there it was alright

Honestly want to take a vacation there one day

Then again I only really visited Vancouver

And some city that had several dead birds lying about

Because

They kept trying to go through the windows and of course failed

[winter vessel]

Only good thing that has ever come out from Canada was Smii7y and VanossGaming

[opaque coyote]

Certainly better than America currently though

[winter vessel]

If I had the scratch, I would take a week long trip to the Maldives in Summer

[opaque coyote]

North

[opaque coyote]

Honestly I want to go to Italy

I want to visit Venice before it fucking floods

Also I love Italian food

Like every type. Even the Americanized, the non americanized

Just perfect

[winter vessel]

I’m a Southerner. 10 miles out from L.A. born and raised but this state is ass

[opaque coyote]

True.

... it's currently one of the better ones though

Which is

Sad

Apparently West Virginia is just a fucking ghost town

Florida is

Florida

[winter vessel]

Michigan’s a bit of a mess

[opaque coyote]

Still though California is ass, but it's an ass that I'm familiar with

Also the redwoods are pretty

[winter vessel]

Funny how all it took for me to leave this place was finally being Eligible to enlist in the armed forces. Here I come Georgia

[celest dome]

At least it's not Florida

[opaque coyote]

You going to the national guard?

Or just moving

[opaque coyote]

I do want to visit Florida and Texas.

Emphasis on Visit

Texas so I can freely use the range

Florida to idk see the alligators

And also Disney World

[winter vessel]

Active Duty US Army. 6 year contract, qualified for selection in Rangers should everything go well. There is no obligation for me to stay in Cali

Anymore

[opaque coyote]

Nice.

Hopefully you don't get sent to Greenland or something

[crystal forum]

i like that it's called a contract as if you have the choice to break it

6 year obligation more like

[opaque coyote]

Morbid joke aside, I do admire those that enlist.

I would never do so, but I admire those that do. Thank you for your service and all that generic crap

[polar hill]

I can't survive anywhere further South than Virginia, the heat is just too stifling, even with the buff from being born in AZ that gives me +7% resistance

I went down there a couple years ago to work on a house and I still remember looking at my shadow and seeing visible steam

[opaque coyote]

The area I live in is perfectly temperate.

The winters aren't too cold, not the summers too hot.

It's pretty fucking boring as a result though

[crystal forum]

that's california in a nutshell

paradise on earth ruined by humans

[opaque coyote]

I've always wanted to live near Lake Tahoe if I ever get enough money to support myself for a retirement.

Snow is nice. Also I generally like the wooded areas.

Could do without the spontaneous worsening wildfires though

[winter vessel]

I go for my family, parents are gonna be in their 60s and we still have some degree in financial issues. It’s my desire for them to live out the remainder of their lives as comfortable as possible without busting their back and minds working a 9 to 5.

[polar hill]

"Humans", Californians*

No offense to present company

[opaque coyote]

Admirable

Good on you for supporting your family

[winter vessel]

Having spent much of my youth in the Philippines, it’s in our blood.

[opaque coyote]

As for my parents. My dad is a bit of a workaholic. He still knows how to relax but I swear sometimes I forget that he knows.

I doubt he'd retire unless if he's forced to

I do wish to be in love with my work one day

[astral burrow]

Oh I meant the recent one

The microfighter

The small one

[opaque coyote]

We are a perfectly viable abhuman signatory smh

[astral burrow]

With the new plo koon head mold

It is no longer rubber, fully hard plastic, printing won't come off, huge win

[opaque coyote]

I don't play Legos so uh

W?

I only had duplo for my childhood.

Thank god I had Minecraft otherwise it would've been fucking boring

[winter vessel]

Oh yeah ik. It’s just my buddy is only ever talking about Lego’s since I’m the only one at our story that has as much of an interest as he is

[opaque coyote]

I think something I struggle with talking about is

Sports

[astral burrow]

Huge W

[opaque coyote]

Like actual Sports

[astral burrow]

They used to make it rubber cuz

The sharp parts at the front

Were too thin for the plastic

That's why old Yoda heads are rubber, ears are too thin for plastic, would break

[opaque coyote]

I sound like the typical nerd stereotype by saying that but legit everybody in my life has talked about it or at least has a passing interest

And I'm like

[astral burrow]

But they fixed that, yippeee

[opaque coyote]

"Idk wtf you're talking about you kick the ball yes"

[opaque coyote]

Material science advancement has gotten to this point

This is what decades of research has lead up to

Jokes aside, that does sound genuinely convenient. ESpecially since cheap rubber flakes off easily.

[celest dome]

There's very few sport I actually like watching or speaking about, the rest I just watch with other people as an excuse to eat and drink booze

[opaque coyote]

"mmm yes kick ball"

Ironically enough I think the only sport I know is Non-American Football/Soccer.

[celest dome]

It's it is Ski, both mountain and nordic I'll be following it

[astral burrow]

They look amazing

[opaque coyote]

I don't know shit about American Football

[astral burrow]

Rubber ones have their printing come off if you scratch it lightly

[opaque coyote]

I once tried to get into it when I was 6

...

A football hit my crotch

Turned off from the sport

Obviously

[opaque coyote]

O o f

[opaque coyote]

A lot of Material Science in general trickles down to mundane shit.

Like a lot of the stuff used for smartphones was originally made for the moon landing.

Generally it's why I support space exploration. Not only because space is fucking cool

[winter vessel]

What was always a pain in the ass for me with legos was having to remove flat pieces that didn’t have the studs. The kind where it was completely smooth

[opaque coyote]

But because the pursuit of space often leads to more advanced technology

That helps us out

Could do without the muskrats though

[polar hill]

Tiles? They have that little lip that normal plates and bricks don't have though

[opaque coyote]

Poor NASA got fucked over

Also speaking of a random ass topic

Nuclear Energy

[sly ivy]

I support it bc I’m an evolutionary biologist and I want human extinction to be very far in the future indeed bc I love people

[opaque coyote]

I still think it should be used more. At least as a subsidiary.

But there is generally one point I do agree with the snot-nosed environmentalists.

Even though I know that technology has advanced a lot.

...we are also extremely stupid.

Somebody is gonna fuck up

Again

[sly ivy]

I know 😑

[opaque coyote]

But I don't think that should stop us from at least pursuing it

If we stopped making fires because some dumbass accidentally fell on the campfire

We wouldn't have gotten to this point

Still though, more idiot proofing is definitely needed

But we at least have a good way to get rid of waste

[rocky gale]

Big news on the Fusion front, we recently had a stellarator sustain plasma for 43 seconds

[opaque coyote]

The famous yellow barrels just

Aren't a thing anymore

[opaque coyote]

Really?

Fuck yeah!

[rocky gale]

Ye

[sly ivy]

Idk man it’s always 15 years away

[polar hill]

Modern reactors already have like, ten-foot thick walls of idiot-proofing

[rocky gale]

It's a record, like 10 seconds longer than the previous record I think

[sly ivy]

But old fusion would be extremely bullish for long-term human survival and prosperity.

[opaque coyote]

I mean I do generally agree that fusion isn't gonna be anytime soon.

Ffs even if I live to 150, I doubt I'll see it.

[sly ivy]

Cold

[opaque coyote]

But it's still interesting regardless

And who knows

[sly ivy]

yes

I think we’ll crack it

[opaque coyote]

We are notoriously awful at predicting the future

[sly ivy]

But maybe not soon.

Also yes.

[astral burrow]

I think they just changed the design lol

It was ABS plastic, it is still ABS plastic

Rubber plo koon head was TERRIVLE

[opaque coyote]

Again, I think we need to think about preserving the oil reserves we have left.

Just in case of y'know

We uh get sent back

[sly ivy]

Ye

[opaque coyote]

[opaque coyote]

Like we nuke ourselves, we still need resources for those that are left and willing enough to survive and rebuild

[astral burrow]

It is beyond me how that first one got approved

It is so bad

[sly ivy]

The environmentalist types I can’t stand are the ones who want human population decline. I just find that deeply immoral.

I understand the logic / argument

[opaque coyote]

Plo Koon got his mask made out of concrete

[astral burrow]

They are also finally making 327th troopers, galactic marines, commander bacara, commander Bly, and a turbo tank

[sly ivy]

But still.

[opaque coyote]

Tbf we're unintentionally doing it already

[astral burrow]

Glad plo koon finally got justice

[opaque coyote]

Although tbf that's partially because of increasingly good conditions.

And ironically enough, partially because it's beginning to cost way more to fucking live

You aren't gonna want children if you're too busy trying to pay off college debt

[sly ivy]

A lot of it is the first thing I think although people whine about the second

The macro is the first thing

[opaque coyote]

50/50 in my opinion

[polar hill]

The assisted suicide craze in Canada is just so dystopian, I hope it fizzles out fast and doesn't spread too far

[celest dome]

We have assisted suicide in my country, it's a good thing

[sly ivy]

Oh god Jesus Christ

I hate it

Hate it

Again I get the philosophical arguments

[opaque coyote]

Honestly I think it's fine but only for people with terminal illnesses.

Like

If a person is literally going to die in 4 months. They might just want the option to get it over with.

Going beyond that is... troubling though

[sly ivy]

Really I do

Slippery slope

[opaque coyote]

Agreed

[polar hill]

"Got autism? Step into the nap nap chamber"

[opaque coyote]

But also this

Like

It's a complicated situation

And unfortunately we aren't good at complications

We always go for absolutes by default

Which

Sucks

[sly ivy]

Yes. I mean refusing care, choosing hospice, whatever, kind of the same thing? But also not?

[crystal forum]

btw new covid variant is out and it sounds painful to have so you should prob get a free booster if you can

[opaque coyote]

The problem is again, the slippery slope

[crystal forum]

just got mine

[opaque coyote]

Like everything

[sly ivy]

Omg when does it go up for preorder

[crystal forum]

you're stupid

[opaque coyote]

God dammit JFK jr

I think it's delayed here

[opaque coyote]

HERE IT COMES

https://tenor.com/view/war-vietnam-ptsd-shell-shock-moment-gif-3022747568394546158

[crystal forum]

i'm not bothering to argue with somebody who's clearly getting their news from right wing grifters

[polar hill]

Fastest one-sided argument ever

[opaque coyote]

To distract from this

I am going to talk about an anime that you've

Definitely heard of

Dragonball

The subject of 10 billion powerscaling discussions

And speaking of powerscaling.

You ever wonder why Toriyama always had to make his scales like absolute?

[polar hill]

Dragon my balls onto the scale

[opaque coyote]

Like Frieza didn't need to be the Emperor of the Universe

Although you could argue it's just a self-proclaimed type of thing

For all the readers knew, that was true.

I know it might've sounded lamer. But if Frieza just said

"East Galaxy"

Or something that would've still left room for more

Or that they are specifically 7 universes in the multiverse

Like why?

Why specifically specify 7 or 13 if you count the ones that were fucking erased before the story started

Like just say a multiversal tournament

Or even a universal one

Leave room for more

I think that's the main problem with the writing for me

It's ironically too defined

Which is surprising given that Toriyama basically wrote like 70% of it on the seat of his pants.

Because Mangaka schedules suck ass

Like leave some room for future expansions

[polar hill]

I haven't seen Dragonball, isn't Frieza the space racist that just shows up to fight Goku sometimes

[opaque coyote]

Frieza isn't just a space racist.

He'd beat the Black Templars in a racism contest

The only reason why he doesn't say slurs often.

Is because he wiped out most of the races he was racist towards

[astral burrow]

Is that Frieza

[opaque coyote]

https://tenor.com/view/frieza-is-that-frieza-is-that-gif-18053748942778321020

[rose thorn]

GREAT NEWS EVERYONE!

[astral burrow]

What did they do lmao

[opaque coyote]

About time

[astral burrow]

What was it for

[opaque coyote]

Being homophobic, transphobic, and racist

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What was the sub for tho

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Alt right warhammer

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Horus heresy in general?

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Tahts

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Literally what it is for

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Just Warhammer but for alt right

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It is just a Warhammer sub for racists and homophobes?

Why is that even a thing lmao

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Yeah

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And facists

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There's a lot of them

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Itching to see the subreddit description now

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Too bad it's dead

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Fun fact btw.

Toriyama based Frieza off of the most evil thing he could think of

...landlords

Not even joking

Frieza basically is a landlord but for planets

Basically.

• Find planet good for living

• Kill the native sapient population

• Sell the now empty planet to the highest bidder

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Game fest in 30 mins

Kotor remake pls

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Hoping for the System Shock 2 remaster to be shown there

Night dive is a nice studio

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Kotor remake!

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This will never happen

But

Bloodborne PC port please

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Lmao never

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I AM STILL HOPING