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Insurgency is the closest game to Battlefield 2 I have ever played. It lacks a lot of features modern shooters have forced into their games. For instance there is no kill cam, no unlockables at all, no ranking system or stats to track, no HUD or minimap. If you die, you stay dead for however long it takes for you to respawn.

Persistent stat tracking was a mistake. It encouraged people to play for their stats and not play to win.

Bullshit. People were all about that KDR, points, rank, medals.

On topic: This thing is going to be bad but I think it'll be done in 3-6 months, maybe 12, so nows the time to pick up a few quality stocks at depressed prices.

To me, 1942 > 2 ~ Vietnam > 2142 > all the others I bothered with. What puts Vietnam up next to 2 in my opinion was the mobile base dynamic. It was fun making sneaky spawn points that don't depend on a squad leader being alive. 1942 had carriers, destroyers, subs and an engaging teamwork artillery dynamic. Not exactly simulator class, but still enjoyable. 2 had the stats everyone cared so much about. Got through my entire time without "winning" a single purple heart!

the latest call of duty battle royale game, whilst i'm sure has a toxic as fuck and lame community, and is full of pay-2-win nonsense, looks and seems to play a lot like BF2.

big open map, squad play, reviving, helicopters, etc.

Dilbert_X wrote:

I have an old copy of Vietnam, will it install on my XP box and work in SP mode?

In single player mode? Would be garbage for anything longer than 15 minutes. XP is listed via systemrequirementslab.com in supported OSs

the labour theory of value is very outdated even in marxist circles, let alone contemporary economics. that theory of value pertained to manufacturing economies, Fordism essentially. large worker bases and owners of the means of production who do relatively little except have the capital (or credit) for the assets.

the people keeping the world running as well as the shop workers are medical staff, emergency services, etc. not sure i could call ICU nurses and doctors ‘the working class’.

though i am in agreement that the big corporations we continually bail out, after they recklessly fuck up time and time again, and immediately let go of their staff the minute there’s any disruption or uncertainty, are nowhere near as fucking useful as we all make believe. we need the nurses and the shelf stackers and the schoolteachers in loco parentis more than we need these ‘essential’ hedge fund managers and stockbrokers.

we are realising that social value, moral and ethical value, is more important than fucking profit value. well, duh.

ironically one of the main groups classed as ‘unskilled’ labour in the UK govt’s brexit migration system are hospital carers and nurses. the NHS is critically understaffed and underfunded and the brexit ideologues wanted to get rid of 80% of our european staff. lol. ffs

Last edited by uziq (2020-03-21 00:34:03)

The real class divide in America is between the people who have to buy toilet paper at a store and people who have Amazon prime.

SuperJail Warden wrote:

The real class divide in America is between the people who have to buy toilet paper at a store and people who have Amazon prime.

Just checked out of curiosity. Chinese toilet paper rated 1/5 stars for whatever spooky reason with three week shipping (not prime-eligible), set up an alert for a western brand's ambiguous availability, or buy from a TP scalper at the bargain price of $40 per six-pack. Real class privilege. Definitely the source of all American social woes.

I can still buy the stuff locally, like I always do.

Is this enough gun to go shopping for toilet paper.

There's a lot of "land Lords shouldn't exist" among the internet left right now. I don't completely agree with that line of reasoning. I would maybe argue that a lot of property management businesses need to be better controlled.