Much has been said about the experience of urban communities during the the Troubles. What was it like for the more rural communities, particularly the ones that didn’t make the news, such as those outside of Bandit country? What was the experience like for mixed rural communities who were a significant distance from the cities and towns of Northern Ireland?
Anyone else miss that specific colour palette? Lots of muted colours, brown and earthy shades everywhere. Not what’s in OSRS, and really only seen in places like Yanille on modern RS. Is there any way to recreate this in the modern game? I miss it so much!
I’ve just moved to Sixmilebridge with the missus. We’re keen to get involved with any hiking groups, or anything similar. Anyone know where I could find out more about any such groups?
I remember as a kid, playing as Squirtle in Blue Rescue team and seeing the fully evolved team of Alakazam and his crew. There was something so… authoritative about seeing Pokémon that big for the first time, when previously all Pokémon were so small in the game. They just felt like enormous or powerful, or something. Really hammered home how strong some of the earlier evolution designs were. I can’t quite articulate what that feeling was, but it was something special. Does anyone get what I mean?
I really love Skyrim, but I found the Oblivion remake bland, floaty and thought the world felt more like a theme park than a lived in place like Skyrim. Is it worth giving Morrowind a shot? Will it feel too different? One of my favourite parts of Skyrim was Solstheim, particularly the atmosphere of the whole place. I’m on console by the way.
I’m not talking about the obvious ones like the headless horseman, more like bugs or funny interactions that had an unintentionally creepy vibe. Mine was probably the time I spun around in a dark cave to a wrinkled Face ID never seen before staring at me. I’d just found this bloke following me in the midst of a dark cave. Turned out it was the Spectral Assassin, but his ghostly glow had disappeared for some reason.
I heard the bassist had a seizure and they cancelled it. Also heard he was electrocuted. Can anyone confirm?
I’m in about half the subreddits for factions in this game and, genuinely, all of them seem filled with posts bemoaning how ‘weak’, ‘underpowered’ or ‘nerfed’ their faction is compared to others. Like, every single one of them. Is this also universal to the other faction subreddits I’m not in? Ironically, I think the most generally positive subreddit is Imperial Agents, aka the ACTUAL weakest army in the game.
So, I think it’s fairly well documented how general acceptance of and consensus around the PIRA changed over time, but what about Loyalist groups like the UVF and UDA? My understanding is that they were always universally despised outside of their own immediate community and didn’t particularly care about their international image, but is that necessarily accurate? Was there ever any sort of sympathy for them outside of Unionist communities and traditions?
I was recently listening to an excerpt discussed in a podcast from a letter by Yasser Arafat on ethnic conflicts arising from colonialism. To cut a long story short, the point that was being made was that ethnic conflicts are inevitable in post-colonial contested areas, as both sides must reach a point at which all options save for peace have been exhausted, otherwise the peace cannot be long-lasting. This got me thinking about the Troubles and the Sunningdale Agreement specifically. Even if it had been a success, do you think it would have been doomed afterwards, simply because not enough people had been killed on both sides? Interested to hear some opinions on this.
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Recently finished his ‘Burn Them Out! A History of Fascism and the Far Right in Ireland’ and have mixed feelings on it. Felt a little biased in his depiction of left-wing Irish republicans, particularly those involved in post civil war street violence. Haven’t looked into his background but, based solely on reading this, i have a feeling he might have strong Irish left wing sympathies and struggles to mask them in his writing. Not that i have any issues with that, but it just felt like a bit of a biased history of our extreme right. Am I way out of line for thinking this?
I remember reading in the Times an opinion piece a while back that said Michael Collins had become an alcoholic by the time of his death and was likely drunk when he was killed. They’d suggested it was on the back of having been forced to fight many of his own former comrades. Is this conjecture or is there any truth to it? Have never found anything corroborating such a statement