▲ 71 r/RunningCirclejerk
New distance dropped
Was in Omaha yesterday and I saw this 🤣
From 5K ultra to 0.9K marathon. What a change.
u/zsinjsfadinghairline — 11 days ago
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r/RunningCirclejerk r/StarWarsEmpireAtWar r/medschool r/greenday r/dropkickmurphys r/Mcat r/celticpunk r/battlefront2 r/crappymusic r/Humboldt
▲ 3 r/battlefront2
Screen goes black when choosing certain units
I've got BF2005 on my laptop (it's a fairly new HP laptop). I've got the 1.3 patch and HarrisonFog's remastered maps mod installed, and maybe Shader Patch as well. I'm not sure what's going on, but whenever I click on certain units, the screen went black.
I was playing as the Republic on Jabba's Palace, and when I clicked on the Clone Commander, the screen when dark. As soon as clicked on a different class, like engineer, that went away. Just before that I was also playing as the Republic on Polis Massa just to test things out. I unlocked Yoda, but when I selected "Accept" and had the character choosing screen open once more, the screen went dark again. I didn't try clicking elsewhere that time, though.
Anything I should do here? This laptop does run Windows 11. I also play Empire at War regularly but that game has no issues when I play it.
u/zsinjsfadinghairline — 1 month ago
For Osvald Teshik
Dark Empire was too much of an economic drain (see this post for context), so I gave Palpatine a taste of his own medicine. This is what he gets for trying to send Grand Admiral Teshik to his death.
Autoresolved that chakaar into oblivion
Now I can finally fix my economy (while also getting unlimited ships from the world devastators).
u/zsinjsfadinghairline — 1 month ago
Dark Empire was a mistake
Playing as Sector 5 on Era 3 and it's been a complete mess. Took Coruscant early, killed Thrawn and Delvardus pretty quickly, pretty much steamrolled the Duskhan League, and integrated both Empire and Eriadu at almost the same time, but I've been slammed by NR on one side and PA on the other. I had to fight multiple battles over the same planet to drive off PA's death stacks, and a sudden raid on their home territories, including Yaga Minor and Entralla (where I killed Kaine), seems to have put a stop on that madness for now .
I declared Dark Empire. Turns out that was not exactly a wise decision. Ever since declaring DE I've been losing money nonstop 😭
I find it hilarious how Palpatine was looking between the faction with more political influence but no economic ability at all and the leaderless economic powerhouse, and then decided to go with the more unsunstainable option 🤣
I think I'll just move on to Crimson Empire immediately. I won't get to build any SSD's/World Devastators unless I go through the long process of spawning new ones, but I'd rather actually get a properly sustainable campaign going instead of burning through credits like a forest fire.
u/zsinjsfadinghairline — 1 month ago
50 years after Endor, the Hutts have conquered the galaxy!
Note: Screenshots taken before attacking the last planet
Combining Bou'Halec and Darksaber was very satisfying
This has to be the most interesting campaign I've played. I started in Era 1(full galaxy, medium, admiral difficulty) and focused on mainly playing defensively and building tall, only expanding when I absolutely had to. As a result, there were no real changes to the galactic stage for a long time. Pestage remained in charge for a good while, then Isard took over. While Isard was running the show, the Black Fleet Crisis happened, and even then not a single integration took place. That should let everyone know how slow this campaign was.
Some highlights from the early stage include driving the Hapans from their home space and letting them form a little buffer zone and defeating Isard over Nal Hutta through a combo of garrison and Bootana Hutta (only time that mechanic was used, and it still came at the cost of some heroes I really wanted to keep. Maldrood got integrated by the Empire after Thrawn took over (and while the Yevetha were still causing chaos as well; EOTH had also been expanding quite aggressively).
Thrawn would be killed by, of all factions, the Eriadu Authority. My forces assassinated Zsinj, and a fair bit later, Kaine (as well as defeating his faction's Mandator 3). Eriadu absorbed both and immediately declared Dark Empire.
The Core had always been a complete mess ever since Eriadu, the Yevetha, and the Imperial Remnant had been going silly, but now, with EA declaring Dark Empire, it got uglier. Seems that EA still tried to focus more on the Unknown Regions, while EOTH also moved into the Core. I killed Palpatine at Bilbringi, and then almost everyone in Crimson Empire a day later (Byss). Daala took, and after I took The Maw, she quit and handed the reins to Pellaeon, who was in charge for a while.
The entire map was completely nonsensical. EOTH would lose the Unknown Regions, and later Fondor. Eriadu itself was surrounded by the Imperial Remnant, and Delvardus, along with Eclipse, would be defeated in the Unknown Regions (why tf did bro get there 🥀). The Duskhan League would survive basically to the end, but they lost N'Zoth early on and were stuck near Eriadu itself. New Republic, before I forget, had lasted nearly to the end but were trapped basically in the Unknown Regions. Their last stand had Ackbar, Nantz, Nammo, and Dorat trying to fend my fleet off, and it didn't go well for them.
Once I assassinated both Delvardus and Pellaeon, Imperial Remnant integrated Eriadu, and they started sending this massive 700 pop fleet after me, trying to drive me out. They seemed to have later split it up, but it was a pain. I had a bunch of 400 pop fleets, but I was trying to contain the Empire, and it seemed to work.
At the end, I managed to march on the Empire. Their capital was Sullust. Both Darksaber and Bou'Halec survived the final battle, and the ground battle was very easy.
I have to say, even though this campaign was slow, it was really fun. It was interesting to see what the AI would do in respone to decreased player input (pure chaos). I didn't quite understand the mobilization mechanic for a while, so it took a while to get Bou'Halec ready. I should've also sent a ton more ships to Bootana Hutta (make it as populated as Huttly possible).
They have a fun roster in space. I really loved the Karagga destroyer. Voracious carriers aren't that tanky, especially in late game, but I can see why they would be frustrating to deal with. The Dor'Bulla battlecruiser is a beast! It isn't as great as the Imperial ones, but it can take a fair beating and just isn't something you want to be on the bad side of. On the ground, they definitely are a pain to play as; I kept autoresolving ground battles at some point.
I don't know if I'm ready to play as them again, but I'd strongly recommend them.
Glory to the Hutts!
u/zsinjsfadinghairline — 2 months ago
Delurin being useful for once
You know the Imperial remnant isn't in great shape when they got Delurin of all people at the head of such a mighty fleet.
u/zsinjsfadinghairline — 2 months ago
Suck it, Sander!
48 ABY and we're starting to see the downfall of the Galactic Empire (Eriadu Authority). This was honestly a more dramatic fight than I expected it to be.
Pulled my attacking fleet back and sent the Bou'Halec fleet instead to handle this problem.
I was genuinely so excited when I saw her appear
Imagine my surprise when I killed those 3 heroes and all of a sudden a black shape enters the battle. So glad I got out before Eclipse activated her gravity well projectors*. Bou'Halec* made short work of Eclipse.
u/zsinjsfadinghairline — 2 months ago
No more Thrawn, no more revenge
These jokers got cut off at Fondor and were stuck there. I simply helped resolve their predicament by eliminating it entirely.
Not worried about these losses; I have more than enough money and pop cap to rebuild these lost ships several times over.
u/zsinjsfadinghairline — 2 months ago
Crimson Empire didn't even last a standard week 🤣
For context, this is about my ongoing Hutt campaign, which I've made a couple posts about (like here and this moment). I'd kept a spy on Byss in case Palpatine came there. He ended up dying on Bilbringi, and Carnor Jax took over on Byss. As soon as I saw these heroes pop up, I rushed over with my Bou'halec and cleanly ended that regime. I realized I missed getting rid of their ground heroes, but this will suffice.
Daala then took over, and I rushed a fleet over to the Maw. I killed one of her ground heroes (the stormtrooper captain), but Tol Sivron escaped. Pellaeon took over shortly afterwards.
This has been an awful set of setbacks for the Eriadu Authority. They lost Dark Empire in the most humiliating way ever (Palpatine dying from scooter attacks), lost Crimson Empire almost instantly, and then had to deal with Daala giving up as soon as she lost The Maw. Eriadu (the planet) is also completely surrounded by other factions. I'm not sure if Delvardus has his SSD or not, but no one's bothered to attack Eriadu yet.
u/zsinjsfadinghairline — 2 months ago
From Mandator 2 to Mandator 3 (with other campaign updates)
Another post with the latest updates from my Hutt campaign. After the events in my last post, I went after Pentastar. I drove them off Selaggis, and not long after that I got hit by a 700 pop fleet which took a few battles to defeat.
Note: It is 31 ABY; this started in era 1
I basically steamrolled through some Imperial Remnant territory before hitting PA's home sector, where I assassinated Kaine over Entralla.
I took Entralla and Bastion, leaving PA with only 2 planets left. However, I still didn't get any integration message. It took some time before I realized that PA had a MASSIVE fleet over Yaga Minor, including a Mandator 3. I went right into deal with that particular problem.
RIP smuggler bro who gave me a free interdictor; now I need to spend a pittance to get one
Nearly lost my whole fleet for this but so worth it
It is now 34 ABY. Pentastar has been integrated by the Eriadu authority, and they have now declared Dark Empire. The Duskhan League is still running around, and they've kept getting close to Hutt space. The Imperial Remnant is leaderless and only holds Coruscant. The New Republic, despite having their capital next to Hutta, has left us untouched. EOTH is still the second most powerful faction in the galaxy, and it seems that they have left Nirauan completely undefended. Oops!
This is genuinely the weirdest campaign I've played.
u/zsinjsfadinghairline — 2 months ago
Guess it's my lucky day
Going to have more posts from this Hutt campaign I've been running. I've been pushing back the CSA after they wasted an endless sum of credits in trying to wipe me off the map, and I managed to go right into their home territory. Imagine my surprise when I'm greeted with a Mandator 2 at Maryo, the last planet they had in their original part of space. I know it's a rare finding, so this was quite satisfying.
It does make me wonder about how long they've had this ship for, and why they didn't use it earlier.
What makes this campaign more bizarre is that CSA was almost completely wiped out (they had a couple planets in what was Zsinj's part of space as well), and yet they still managed to get this ready. Maybe I just had to wait long enough before it spawned; it was 29-30 ABY when this battle took place.
My fleet had Darksaber and a bunch of ships with it. So far, Darksaber has survived.
u/zsinjsfadinghairline — 2 months ago
▲ 1 r/greenday
Phenomenal cover of Basket Case
Mods please remove if this breaks a rule here.
I came across a cover of Basket Case by d'Artagnan, a band which I've listened to a few times here and there. This style will definitely not be everyone's cup of tea, but I love Celtic punk/adjacent genres, so this was absolutely perfect for me.
u/zsinjsfadinghairline — 2 months ago
Zsinj lost the eating contest (also where things are with my Hutt campaign)
Bou'Halec = instant win button
This campaign is getting really interesting. It's 26 ABY and now two factions have been integrated (Maldrood in 20 ABY or so, and then Zsinj just now). CSA is on their last legs. Hapans have lost their home territory but are still alive. Thrawn is dead. The Yevetha are in all kinds of random places and EOTH is all over the place.
Imperial Remnant took over Maldrood, and Eriadu took over Zsinj's former holdings. Based on this progress I'm expecting Eriadu to declare Dark Empire.
u/zsinjsfadinghairline — 2 months ago
Okay, this definitely went better than my last post
The Imps also brought in 3 ISD's and 2 Tectors. Glad to say that I didn't lose any heroes in this one.
Not sure why, but I didn't get the "With Thrawn's death, the Empire is leaderless" message after killing him.
u/zsinjsfadinghairline — 2 months ago
Bootana Hutta saved me
I got the alert that an enemy fleet was coming for Hutta, but I didn't know that the attack was still going on (turns out Verpalion's slow hyperdrive was why). When the Empire hit Hutta, I knew it was going to be bad, but I locked in and focused on defense.
I kept spamming Bootana Hutta ships because I had a feeling that Isard wasn't going to retreat. The Imperials destroyed my defensive stations but for some reason didn't bother with my shipyard. Thanks to all the reinforcements I called in, I finally caused something to change in this campaign.
I'm playing as the Hutts on Full Galaxy (Medium), and it's been a drag of a campaign. We're already at the Black Fleet Crisis and not a single faction has been eliminated. Pestage was running the Empire for a while, then Isard took over and was in charge for even longer. Currently, Hapans are on their way out. Maldrood is almost gone (Kosh is alive somewhere else). Zsinj did go crazy but now he's lost almost all his territory. CSA has been my main enemy lately, so I'm going to focus on them soon.
What a battle, all the same. Quite a shame I lost these heroes.
u/zsinjsfadinghairline — 2 months ago
▲ 4 r/crappymusic
I WALK ALONE I WALK ALONE
I don't know what led to this. My guess is that it's a talent show somewhere in Europe (UK, maybe?), and I have a feeling that these guys were not trolling at all.
I've seen this video a few times over the years and it never fails to make me laugh.
u/zsinjsfadinghairline — 3 months ago
Is the Tagge Battlecruiser any good?
I've been kinda thinking about trying out House Tagge (Project Proteus version) as a minor warlords campaign, but I've never been a big fan of the Tagge legitimacy group simply because I've felt the battlecruisers are quite unimpressive.
Are those ships any good? I know that at least for Proteus, they can be paired with other stronger vessels like the torpedo sphere, and in general these larger vessels can still be a pain to fight against in early game.
u/zsinjsfadinghairline — 3 months ago
▲ 96 r/medschool
How big of a deal is this?
Got an email from Belmont saying that they’re still on probation. I already applied to this school; should I be concerned about this?
u/zsinjsfadinghairline — 3 months ago
▲ 18 r/Humboldt
Is someone’s dog missing?
I was going for a run a little earlier when I found a dog at Erickson and Aldergrove. Can’t tell if it’s an actually missing dog or if it belongs to one of the nearby homes.
I didn’t see a collar, and I didn’t check for a tag of any kind.
I think it was chilling by the bench near the Aldergrove marsh trail area last time I checked. I later drove by to see if the dog was there but didn’t find it. It may have either wandered off or went back into one of the properties here.
Whatever is going on, it was quite friendly with me, so there’s that.
u/zsinjsfadinghairline — 3 months ago