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Discussion and Debate - The Philosopher's Plaza / Re: World Politics and Elections 2024

« on: Today at 03:49:37 PM »

So, it looks pretty clear that the ANC has lost its parliamentary majority in South Africa for almost the first time in my lifetime (the first democratic election was about two months after I was born so technically the National Party still had its "majority" of the Apartheid white electorate at that point). The biggest shift seems to be that the new MK party of former president Jacob Zuma topped the vote in KwaZulu-Natal, almost entirely at the ANC's expense, and thus coming third in the election and knocking the ANC's vote from the mid fifties to mid forties percent.

I don't get the impression that an anti-ANC coalition is possible: the EFF and MK are far further from the DA than the ANC is from either. If there's a formal agreement my tentative expectation would be that the DA and ANC will form a grand coalition or at least a supply and confidence deal. The ANC, on the basis of these results, don't need to feel too threatened by the DA who haven't really pushed forward out of their heartland (and their white/mixed-race voter demographic). The ANC would need fewer policy concessions to deal with the MKs but there's probably too much personal bad blood there, and the EFF are probably too radical and are also a mistrusted ANC offshoot.

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General Chatter - The Boozer / Re: Going to be Away?

« on: Today at 02:09:17 PM »

Ah, excellent

I'm meanwhile going to be away from Sunday onwards: I'll be in the UK for my sister's wedding the following weekend, and then returning to Vienna on the 12th.

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Forum Games - The Beer Cellar! / Re: Word Association

« on: Today at 12:39:17 AM »

microscope

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Discussion and Debate - The Philosopher's Plaza / Re: US Politics 2024

« on: May 30, 2024, 10:29:02 PM »

Donald Trump has been found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records etc in the New York case. Will this affect much? Not sure but I guess we'll find out.

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Forum Games - The Beer Cellar! / Re: Word Association

« on: May 30, 2024, 06:06:58 PM »

Spin

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General Chatter - The Boozer / Re: Going to be Away?

« on: May 30, 2024, 03:32:45 PM »

Have fun! Where in Germany are you heading this time?

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Forum Games - The Beer Cellar! / Re: Word Association

« on: May 30, 2024, 12:07:45 AM »

Tree

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Exilian Media / Re: MUSIC: Jubal Sings Stuff!

« on: May 29, 2024, 11:44:13 AM »

New song!

This one has sheep in it.

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Poetry and Artistic Writing / Re: Jubal's poems

« on: May 29, 2024, 10:37:30 AM »

VERSE:
Hello adventurer,
C        G         C
Welcome to the town of Honeywood
          G                         D         Em
There’s a quest awaits you here
                     C        G         C
For the brave and bold, those who quest for gold,
          G              D                     G             D
And who wear a shepherd’s hood…
G                     Em            D

CHORUS:
For my sheep have run amok and you must bring them back to me;
              C                             G                                D                                Em
I can give you fifteen gold and at least twenty XP,
          C                         G                   D                      G
Yes my sheep have run amok and I don’t know what to do,
     C                          G                     D                     Em
I need a brave adventurer – like you.
                C           G         D              Em

BRIDGE:
There is a barn in honeywood,
Em            G            D              Em
From which my sheep have roamed,
          C                 G                    Em
It’ll be the ruin, of many a garlic farm,
Em            G            D              Em
If you don’t bring them home…
      Em            D              Em
Woah, they’re just not there,
  G                     Em
Wo-oah! Twelve sheep and a mare!
G      C                                          G   D
Take my quest, return them all there,
 G             Em                                   D
Wo-oah! Twelve sheep and a mare!
G      C                                          G   D
Hello – I’ve waited here for ewes
  Em                                         G
Everlong.
Em D Em
Tonight – my herd’s been split in two,
    G                 C                                 G   D
Please accept this quest, and bring me the rest, I sang…
         Em                                                                       D
Look who’s alone now,
        Em
Yes it’s me, I’ve lost my sheep,
             G                           D
Those three lost rams have headed off to Alderkeep,
                           Em                             G               D
Just ask your minimap the question: where are they now?
       D                       C                                           D
Ask your minimap the question: where are they now?
       D                       C                                                 D
Hello, it’s me:
 Em
I was wondering if after all these years you found my sheep…

My Sheep Have Run Amok/Greg's Song

Hello adventurer,
Welcome to the town of Honeywood
There’s a quest awaits you here
For the brave and bold, those who quest for gold,
And who wear a shepherd’s hood…

For my sheep have run amok and you must bring them back to me;
I can give you fifteen gold and at least twenty XP,
Yes my sheep have run amok and I don’t know what to do,
I need a brave adventurer – like you.

So please adventurer,
Being a hero starts right here,
For to help a poor farmer,
Shows you’re pure of soul, makes my flock back whole,   
And it gets your quest log clear…

For my sheep have run amok and you must bring them back to me;
I can give you fifteen gold and at least twenty XP,
Yes my sheep have run amok and I don’t know what to do,
I need a brave adventurer – like you.

Listen close adventurer,
There are things that you must know,
Ancient lore that I must share,
So don’t skip my di-, I must tell you why-
Fine then take the quest and go…

There is a barn in honeywood,
From which my sheep have roamed,
It’ll be the ruin, of many a garlic farm,
If you don’t bring them home…

Woah, they’re just not there,
Wo-oah! Twelve sheep and a mare!
Take my quest, return them all there,
Wo-oah! Twelve sheep and a mare!

Hello – I’ve waited here for ewes
Everlong.
Tonight – my herd’s been split in two,
Please accept this quest, and bring me the rest, I sang…

Look who’s alone now,
Yes it’s me, I’ve lost my sheep,
Those three lost rams have headed off to Alderkeep,
Just ask your minimap the question: where are they now?
Ask your minimap the question: where are they now?

Hello, it’s me:
I was wondering if after all these years you found my sheep…

Well my sheep have run amok and you must bring them back to me;
I can give you fifteen gold and at least twenty XP,
Yes my sheep have run amok and I don’t know what to do,
I need a brave adventurer – like you.

Farewell adventurer,
For your path shall now be long,
Where your deeds beyond compare,
Braving rivers wide, and mountains steep,
Facing mighty foes in dungons deep,
Yes and maybe even catching sheep,
Will be laid down in song…

Since my sheep have run amok and you must bring them back to me;
I can give you fifteen gold and at least twenty XP,
Yes my sheep have run amok and I don’t know what to do,
I need a brave adventurer – like you.

Yes, my sheep have run amok and you must bring them back to me;
I can give you fifteen gold and at least twenty XP,
Yes my sheep have run amok and I don’t know what to do,
I need a brave adventurer – like you.

 

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General Gaming - The Arcade / Re: Elden Ring

« on: May 28, 2024, 03:52:05 PM »

Oh, that's all wonderfully pretty. You're quite into screenshot projects, right? I seem to remember you doing something for Outer Wilds on a similar basis.

Elden Ring is on that list of games that I'd sort of like to play but the mechanics, some of the vague vibes of the theming (I don't actually know much about the setting in depth at all) and bits of FromSoft's general attitude and reputation, kind of put me off. I don't generally deal well with the sort of combat that is about pacing and timing: I eventually taught myself some systems for a couple of more action-driven games like The Witcher 3 and Hades, but the reputation of the Souls/Elden Ring genre is rather a step beyond that. Also I dunno how well they work as mouse and keyboard games and I've never liked using controllers.

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Forum Games - The Beer Cellar! / Re: Word Association

« on: May 28, 2024, 03:49:51 PM »

Warrior

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Forum Games - The Beer Cellar! / Re: Word Association

« on: May 28, 2024, 10:25:50 AM »

Born

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History, Science, and Interesting Information - The Great Library / Re: Palaeontology yays

« on: May 28, 2024, 12:19:57 AM »

I'm guessing from the name that this is thought to be a common ancestor of the echidna and the platypus - is that right?

My impression is that it's more that it shares typical features of both, rather than definitely being an ancestor of both, but I've not dug out the actual papers to check

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The Welcome Hall - Start Here! / Re: Hi there!

« on: May 27, 2024, 08:44:19 PM »

Welcome, welcome! Anything you need/any queries about how anything works, don't hesitate to ask, and otherwise generally make yourself at home.

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Utherwald Press / Re: May 2024: Per Ardua

« on: May 27, 2024, 08:42:44 PM »

Nice to hear from you Looking forward to hearing about the lore changes! I really need to run some more Savage Worlds games of my own over summer somehow...