Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN5pcQxafpY

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNiMJ0XCL_o

[Dragaros]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1917 ... _Becoming/

[Ragabul]

Personally hoping they leave Geralt be and opt for a more V type situation where you make your own protag in that world. I really hate how nothing is ever allowed to end and stay ended anymore. Let him chill at his vineyard, goddammit. He's earned it.

[magnuskn]

I really don't want a "do-it-yourself" protagonist. I'd vastly prefer playing as Ciri.

[Deano]

I love The Witcher and I loved CDPR. But I'm a bit disappointed that they've gone this route. I was hoping they'd try and explore cyberpunk more but they've chosen the safe option.

[Ragabul]

I'm not wedded to my own protag either. I just don't really want the unending adventures of Geralt where he is utterly run into the ground.

Second more exploration of Cyberpunk. I'm hoping if they release some stellar DLC for it, it will allow that property to finally breath some.

[magnuskn]

I love The Witcher and I loved CDPR. But I'm a bit disappointed that they've gone this route. I was hoping they'd try and explore cyberpunk more but they've chosen the safe option.

I'm pretty sure the already advertised two paid DLC packs, similar to Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine, will come out, even if delayed by all the unfortunate business surrounding CP2077. Expecting a second Cyberpunk game directly after the first seems a bit too much, especially since very obviously they overextended themselves with the first one.

[Alienmorph]

So the rumors were true, the "Stan" T.Rex skeleton sold for over 30M $, was indeed bought by someone in the middle east...

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/stan-the-t-rex-found-worlds-most-expensive-fossil-finds-home-in-a-new-museum?fbclid=IwAR1xcqdJF5ZrzOuHvI9OomQBQAKHtziy76v97F9rG0NObYDTeKjyLfiENgI

... but instead of going in some private collection, it's gonna be a centerpiece in a new museum in Abu Dhabi. Still seems a waste to move such a thing across half the globe, but I guess this is as close to a happy ending the situation could get.

[Dragaros]

So the rumors were true, the "Stan" T.Rex skeleton sold for over 30M $, was indeed bought by someone in the middle east...

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/stan-the-t-rex-found-worlds-most-expensive-fossil-finds-home-in-a-new-museum?fbclid=IwAR1xcqdJF5ZrzOuHvI9OomQBQAKHtziy76v97F9rG0NObYDTeKjyLfiENgI

... but instead of going in some private collection, it's gonna be a centerpiece in a new museum in Abu Dhabi. Still seems a waste to move such a thing across half the globe, but I guess this is as close to a happy ending the situation could get.

I was expecting Stan to wind up in the private vault of an oil tycoon or some prince, so yeah, this is the best case scenario.
Was there a reason ever given as to why the original fossils had to be sold off instead of just another replica cast? Was the Black Hills Institute just that much in dire need of money? And why was all this done with such secrecy? Just seems odd, is all.

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ew1WVG0TBc0

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybRiGJCDfvM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ370uFhf5k

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h6-kUihhQA

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8NV5C1goqo

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFGXtKYX5YY

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oHurx3o1KY

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKB_rAUO40I

[Mazder]

This is maybe more a thing for the Therapy Thread so if it's needed to I'll move it there later.

So...you lot that work full time/a decent chunk of the time how do you relax/chill out? How do you deal with A LOT of your time being spent on work and that energy sapping thing just draining you? That crushing weight of expectation and regret of not being able to do the things you do, or want to do, or just not doing anything at all?
How do you balance that feeling/state of mind?

It's something I have been wrestling with a lot lately as I try to look for a better job. Which means more hours. Which means less relaxation/personal time/time spent at my own pace.
I fully realize I HAVE to make some sort of change to my life and to progress. And that means money, growth as a human in terms of getting a "proper" job and being less of a waste not doing things.

Like, art for example. I am not doing that now when I have soooo much time, but when I have less time am I ever going to pick it back up, as much as I want to with the best intentions? Am I ever going to do the things I am struggling to even consider doing now once I have work to do? Or am I going to just become the embodiment of "living to work" instead of "working to live"?

[Ragabul]

A pretty big thing that helped me was that at some non-specific point in the last 10ish years, I embraced mediocrity. Not mediocrity in the sense of "do everything half-assed" but mediocrity in the sense that I'm just not that important, nobody outside family actually cares that much about me, I'm never going to be noteworthy or famous, and I'm never going to be "excellent" at anything by either other people's judgement or my own internal judgement. When I did that I feel like I could reduce my life to a few key questions, 1) is the work I'm doing actually useful or meaningful?, 2) do the people who really matter (my family, friends, and co-workers) think I'm a decent, reliable person?, and 3) does the stuff I do "for fun" give me peace of mind even if it's pointless and never goes anywhere in particular?

Cheeseball way to put it but this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMmTkKz60W8

Like the art thing as one example. Does *art* make you happy or does some abstract idea of being good at art make you happy? If art makes you happy, why must it have a strict time table or some specific goal tied to it? If playing video games makes you as happy as art, what's the functional difference?

This outlook also does allow you to do certain things that really don't matter half-assedly. A silly example. I took this cataloging class one time. The reason I wanted to do so was straightforwardly to learn how to catalog. At this point in my life it did not matter what my grades were so long as I passed the class. The only thing that mattered is if I learned cataloging or not. The instructor wanted us to do all these stupid group activities online. I didn't do them because they were stupid and didn't help me learn cataloging. I did the math and figured out I could 100% avoid them and still pass. If you can get away with it and it objectively does not matter and you hate it and it does not create a mess someone else has to clean up, by all means give it bare minimum of necessary effort.

But for a more down to earth motivating thing that also helped me, a decent paying shitty job gives you way more options and choices than a shitty job that pays ass. A shitty job with shitty pay is just unmitigated awfulness. A shitty job with better pay gives you more options. The guy who works 100 hours a week and makes bank can sweat it out like a soldier in the trenches for 2 or 3 years, live like a monk, and then go do whatever he wants with his "fuck you" money. A person with a 40 hours a week decent job can save up a fund that can finance them moving to a new city or taking classes or whatever. A person working 20 hours a week at McDonalds is stuck. It took me ten years to finally get to "decent paying, decent job" and took a gradual stair stepping of progressively less shitty jobs. (Some gems included sorting nuts and bolts in a warehouse, testing proppant sand at a factory over and over for 12 hour shifts, & literally sitting in a room so people wouldn't steal the stuff in it).

One other minor thing is that some jobs let you get away with doing "fun" things at work depending on what you consider fun. When there's nothing critical going on, I can totally get away with reading at work so long as it's not overt and doesn't stop me doing my job. One of my co-workers watches Twitch streams all day while he works. The sweet spot seems to be mid-tier jobs. Dregs jobs and high profile jobs seem pretty dang authoritarian. Working at giant corporations and for giant governments also consistently seem the worst kinds of jobs.

[Mazder]

A pretty big thing that helped me was that at some non-specific point in the last 10ish years, I embraced mediocrity. Not mediocrity in the sense of "do everything half-assed" but mediocrity in the sense that I'm just not that important, nobody outside family actually cares that much about me, I'm never going to be noteworthy or famous, and I'm never going to be "excellent" at anything by either other people's judgement or my own internal judgement. When I did that I feel like I could reduce my life to a few key questions, 1) is the work I'm doing actually useful or meaningful?, 2) do the people who really matter (my family, friends, and co-workers) think I'm a decent, reliable person?, and 3) does the stuff I do "for fun" give me peace of mind even if it's pointless and never goes anywhere in particular?

Like the art thing as one example. Does *art* make you happy or does some abstract idea of being good at art make you happy? If art makes you happy, why must it have a strict time table or some specific goal tied to it? If playing video games makes you as happy as art, what's the functional difference?

Well if I were to answer those questions right now;

1) is the work I'm doing actually useful or meaningful?
Right now, no, it's shitty retail. I mean, yeah people have gotta buy shit and someone has to sell them shit but it's not meaningful to me outside of the people I work with that are familiar. I get the most ideas for art and stuff when at work, but can't remember them for shit when I am home and even if I did I just end up not doing it anyway.
Any job I want to find is more time spent at a workplace and seemingly less time to spend not doing the art or anything else all for more money. Which is somewhat worthwhile as that in itself can grant more opportunities, if I am not brain dead form work to then just not do those things either.

2) do the people who really matter (my family, friends, and co-workers) think I'm a decent, reliable person?
Decent and reliable, probably.
I could be more if I had stuff like the ability to drive or something. Or had more money to pay towards bills while living at home, or moving out.

3) does the stuff I do "for fun" give me peace of mind even if it's pointless and never goes anywhere in particular?
That is the big question.
I am not sure if it gives me peace of mind/fun or if I do it just because I have nothing else doing on in my life.
Most of the time I am just surfing shit on the internet randomly. Things that I used to find fun I stopped doing long ago, that trying to regain the skills to do the things I want/the few ideas I get, brings emotional pain and regret. Even gaming and hanging out with friends I don't do as much any more.
It's a symptom of depression, I know, but it doesn't help matters when I tie that into my ability to work.

With art it's more like "I used to do this, I used to find it fun, I used to be decent at it, I wish I could go back to where I was and improve form there now rather than spend potentially more years to get back to where I was. Even if I can find a job I can do that in between and don't fall to the insurmountable crushing weight of responsibility or depression caused by it."

This outlook also does allow you to do certain things that really don't matter half-assedly. A silly example. I took this cataloging class one time. The reason I wanted to do so was straightforwardly to learn how to catalog. At this point in my life it did not matter what my grades were so long as I passed the class. The only thing that mattered is if I learned cataloging or not. The instructor wanted us to do all these stupid group activities online. I didn't do them because they were stupid and didn't help me learn cataloging. I did the math and figured out I could 100% avoid them and still pass. If you can get away with it and it objectively does not matter and you hate it and it does not create a mess someone else has to clean up, by all means give it bare minimum of necessary effort.

But for a more down to earth motivating thing that also helped me, a decent paying shitty job gives you way more options and choices than a shitty job that pays ass. A shitty job with shitty pay is just unmitigated awfulness. A shitty job with better pay gives you more options. The guy who works 100 hours a week and makes bank can sweat it out like a soldier in the trenches for 2 or 3 years, live like a monk, and then go do whatever he wants with his "fuck you" money. A person with a 40 hours a week decent job can save up a fund that can finance them moving to a new city or taking classes or whatever. A person working 20 hours a week at McDonalds is stuck. It took me ten years to finally get to "decent paying, decent job" and took a gradual stair stepping of progressively less shitty jobs. (Some gems included sorting nuts and bolts in a warehouse, testing proppant sand at a factory over and over for 12 hour shifts, & literally sitting in a room so people wouldn't steal the stuff in it).

One other minor thing is that some jobs let you get away with doing "fun" things at work depending on what you consider fun. When there's nothing critical going on, I can totally get away with reading at work so long as it's not overt and doesn't stop me doing my job. One of my co-workers watches Twitch streams all day while he works. The sweet spot seems to be mid-tier jobs. Dregs jobs and high profile jobs seem pretty dang authoritarian.

Right now I have 2 job options on the table/I am waiting on calls back from. (one I actually got a call back from and I am waiting on an interview for).

One is a job at a local insurance place being a Recovery Claims Handler that has a 35 hour work week.
The other is a Marketing assistant at a local college. for 18.5 hours a week.
They both pay relatively the same amount in the end (the shorter hours one is more per hour, the other is less per hour) but my mind keeps gravitating to the shorter hours one simply because less time spent at work seems more fulfilling, even if they're two 9 hour, dog tiring, days out of that week in comparison to five 7 hour days that might just be chilling in an office, or working at home if I am lucky.

Like, I am 30, I don't think I should be putting this kind of thoughts into it and just be happy with a job. I see people go about their lives and their jobs and I am amazed they all don't slit their own wrists due to the amount of their lives are spent working.
Hell, my younger sister has it more down pat than I have.

[Ragabul]

I obviously can't answer which would be less shitty, but I'd say if they truly functionally pay the same amount, a lot comes down to how much of an introvert or extrovert you are. Are you at your best and happiest with other people or when you are alone? I'm *insanely* introverted. Non stop social interaction wears me down and if I get no down time from it, it makes me mean. I would voluntarily spend about 2 months each summer completely alone in a house in the woods when I was still in college.

My current job actually pays ass compared to the market average of my technical job title (sysadmin) because I work for a brokeass municipal government. But I'll take it because 1) super chill and relaxed with flexible hours, 2) does not give a shit about dress codes so long as you don't look like a slob, 3) reasonable, non shitty commute. These are worth a fuckton of money.

My brother-in-law meantime is an uber extrovert and was depressed and pissy all during Covid lockdowns because he never got to go anywhere or be with anybody but family.

*Edit* I'd say benefits matter a lot too though I don't know much about how that works in Europe. Here it is *totally* worth dealing with a shittier job to get a pension and health insurance. My shittier government job than what I could theoretically get also comes with a pension and student loan forgiveness.

[Mazder]

Well in theory the smaller hours one would be better as despite working with kids it's less retail-y than the insurance handling one.
I want to get out of retail as much as I can.

Plus the shorter one is at a college, technically closer, easier commute if needs be and has a campus right in the town so easy access. Plus I have a friend that works at the college so maybe some days I can have lunch with them.

All kinds of soft benefits.

[SciFlyBoy]

This is maybe more a thing for the Therapy Thread so if it's needed to I'll move it there later.

So...you lot that work full time/a decent chunk of the time how do you relax/chill out? How do you deal with A LOT of your time being spent on work and that energy sapping thing just draining you? That crushing weight of expectation and regret of not being able to do the things you do, or want to do, or just not doing anything at all?
How do you balance that feeling/state of mind?

It's something I have been wrestling with a lot lately as I try to look for a better job. Which means more hours. Which means less relaxation/personal time/time spent at my own pace.
I fully realize I HAVE to make some sort of change to my life and to progress. And that means money, growth as a human in terms of getting a "proper" job and being less of a waste not doing things.

Like, art for example. I am not doing that now when I have soooo much time, but when I have less time am I ever going to pick it back up, as much as I want to with the best intentions? Am I ever going to do the things I am struggling to even consider doing now once I have work to do? Or am I going to just become the embodiment of "living to work" instead of "working to live"?

Relaxing and chilling is such a personal, subjective activity. The past couple of years being away from a 9-5 really hasn't freed up any time during my day. What was a weekend 3 years ago is just Wednesday this week, and TBA for next week. In order for you to feel relaxed you have to have your minimum personal requirement for the time period in which you build up stress. Whether that be in the span of a day or a week, or whatever that time period is for you. I can go a day or two with no real personal time. I'm a robot after 2 days. But I learned that I don't require a lot. Play a game for 30 mins, read a manga before bed, cook a stew, there's something I look forward to and I push through the stress to get there. You have to find what takes the edge off you and schedule that in your day. If you're always looking forward to it what you endure doesn't really feel like it's crushing.

I might have an advantage that I discovered what I want to do, but on the other side I've spent almost 2 decades realizing how far I have to go and just how far behind I am. Most people in my position are 20 years younger than me. I'm FAR FAR FAR from being able to do the things I want to do, even though I KNOW what I want and have taken the first steps to it. But my situation is my own. I also know people who have given up.

There's a lot of things I've put on hiatus because I don't have the time (or really, I don't put in the time). Story writing, astronomy, model building, film editing, cosplaying, etc. I put them aside for various reasons, but it almost always comes down to time. We all have the same amount of time in the day and in that we are all equal. So sometimes you have to MAKE time for yourself.

How much time do you NEED for yourself everyday? Write it down. It could be that you can hold a job with longer hours and still have time for yourself. Is the time you need for yourself taking away from the time you could be potentially earning more income for yourself? Or even working on a relationship or friendship? How important REALLY is that time to relax by yourself?

I'm struggling with your same issues. I spent most of my day today watching Atun-Shei films on youtube. (They're great!) I also built a sample musical instrument, baked sourdough bread, walked my dog, cleaned my house and tried being a kick-ass brother. But there were tons of other things I should have done, but I'm dealing with being a lazy ass.

I think what you should consider is this; having a full-time job doesn't really take that much time out of your day. Burnie Burns wrote and edited almost all of RedvsBlue early seasons while being a full time manager AND a father AND a husband and there are lots of people all over the world who do A LOT in their day. Ragabul has a point; there's nothing special about me, there's nothing special about them, there's nothing special about you. You might be putting too much importance on your own personal time and maybe that's what might be holding you back. In fact, that's a lesson for me too. I should tone down my own self importance when it comes to my time, especially when there's work to do.

Just get a new job and figure out then how to MAKE the time work. Maybe the solution for you is to jump head first.

Anyway, I hope this incohesive mess written way past my bedtime was helpful in anyway. I don't mean to poke at you and everything I write I aim to be constructive. I hope there's a small fire under all of our butts that we can learn to light.

[Mazder]

Yeah it kinda does help. I just don't think my brain is wired in the right way right now.

Literally right now I feel trapped on an island, surrounded by an ocean of despair of my own making, with the only way out is to swim out and either drown in it, or hope I find a piece of flotsam to cling to. Because I can't grow wings and fly.

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhnLj6Pu7mY

https://www.warhammer-community.com/202 ... adepticon/







That looks like the undead-skeleton-dino boss from LoZ: Twilight Princess.

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmhYFCOG38E

https://www.warhammer-community.com/202 ... adepticon/

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9UUuQCRC5s

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPQI1denEKs

https://www.warhammer-community.com/202 ... adepticon/

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p62z1nqIt5o

https://www.warhammer-community.com/202 ... adepticon/

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0Se57MuiL8

https://www.warhammer-community.com/202 ... c-trailer/



Horus "My daddy issues fucked an entire galaxy" Lupercal

[Vol]

@Maz & Sci: I'm somewhere in the middle. I've had a great deal of free time the last 2 years, quite a bit off and on the last 8, and nothing but in the few before that, and done very, very little with it. Mostly mindlessly surfed the internet, and while I've trended towards more respectable topics, it's still not productive. I'm older than you, Maz, and I have no particular job or goal I picture myself doing. It seems like I'm stuck on "getting by" as is, until enough family die that I'm financially compelled to move to the midwest somewhere. Assuming this year brings my work hours, and income, back to pre-corona, I can start saving again, not spending exactly as much as I make.

I keep telling myself that if I could have a few good years, I'd more than enough banked to do something. I don't know what. The things I would like to do, learn Japanese, learn art, lift weights, do game design, they're all abstract goals, but when I sit down to work at them, the practical reality of what it takes is crushing. It becomes too easy to start being productive, then find any excuse to not do them. My knees hurt, my muscles are tired, the tutorial is nearly done so it can wait, I'm still meeting my quota so I don't need to try harder, last minute studying is as good as right away, so on and so forth. It's like a vital piece of the goal-seeking process is missing.

But it doesn't usually tear at me, other than certain rare moments, because I don't see realistic alternatives to trying to merely get by. For it to feel like squandered potential, there had to be potential. To have missed my calling, I must feel a calling. It's never been apparent I could have done much better than I am.

In realistic terms, it would be great to be middle class, make enough to ensure a comfortable retirement, always have good food, some luxuries, secure in housing and other material needs, and able to start a family if the stars aligned and a good woman should ever drop into my lap. Get some pets, pursue my hobbies without any financial pressure, and be otherwise free to do the things I don't. But a steady 9-5, every week, until I'm 65, would be hard-pressed to deliver that. I greatly enjoy the freedom of a contractor, having inconsistent hours, short days, weeks off, all dependent on the rhythm of the clients. There is obviously a dollar amount on that. I suppose the "best" thing for me would be to do my own thing, start an indie game studio, and plug away at laboring in the meantime. But I can never seem to _make_ myself get serious about it, and time is ticking.

Like Sci said, there's the small victories during the day that help, making a meal, going on a 5 mile (8km) walk, tidying up, exercising, doing a tutorial, anything but the default of surfing + gaming. Without the structure of an imposed, external will, like a company, your boss, friends, family, to _push_ into a specific direction though, it gets aimless. Always a sense of "do more, do better," but never a useful "how." When I reach for a star to guide me, I'm reminded they're in outer space.

Maybe not helpful, any of this. _Do_ you know what you want to be? Not even your ideal job, but as a person, 20, 40, 50 years from now? Have a family? Comfortably retired? Traveling? Doing the same stuff as now? And if it's not clear, you have no idea, what is the dissatisfaction with laying flat?

Horus "My daddy issues fucked an entire galaxy" Lupercal

He looks remarkably better than "husk so infused with Chaos god power that his physical form is barely holding together." Must be the shampoo.

[Dragaros]

He looks remarkably better than "husk so infused with Chaos god power that his physical form is barely holding together." Must be the shampoo.

That or he’s borrowing Slaanesh's skin moisturizer.

This looks like Horus during the first half of the Heresy, after he got his iconic Dark Mechanicum armour but before he got his two Warp power-ups that changed him from a Primarch and into “the Ascendant Vessel of Chaos”. He’s not SWOLE enough with Chaos juice here and lacks the giant aura-cape made of shadows and the extra-level daemonic eyes.

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nal0gpV6gX0

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZZ9p1HbeHs

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9W7iEYOwKM

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pf1tFkVZwmk

[Dragaros]

[Dragaros]

https://fossilpunkfoundry.com/pages/sauriana

"In 1888, the fabric of space and time was torn apart - The Interstice, a gap in the universe - rippled in the air over what was once Richmond, Surrey. Scientists soon discovered that this bizarre temporal anomaly could act as a sort of “fountain of youth” - prehistoric fossils could be deposited into its swirling vortex, and through much engineering and experimentation, it was found that a human being’s life could be rejuvenated and extended by years or even decades when bathed in the energies released.

The Great Dinosaur Rush was born- Paleontology became the new world power, fossil beds became the new gold mines. People from all corners of the world flocked in annual pilgrimage to the Interstice, sacrificing their hard-won fossils to gain the smallest sip of immortality promised by the wondrous phenomenon.

A new economy was born out of the ashes of the antediluvian age...and with it, new conflicts arose... In Sauriana, players control a band of intrepid Agents: daring men, women, and beasts representing the faction of their choice.

The Othniellians are “cowboys of science” - Darwinian in the extreme and eager to get their hands dirty for the good of the cause. Experimenting in creating genetic abominations, depraved hybrids of man and dinosaur, they are a secretive clade of renegades and roughnecks.

The Cope Collective are gentleman scholars with a knack for technology and engineering. Guarding their museums and fossil sites zealously, they excel at long-range engagements with a combination of sprightly researchers and impervious automatons.

The Explorer’s Club is an elite group of hunters, trappers, trailblazers and adventurers who spread the light of civilization to the darkest reaches of the frontier. Excellent shots and brazen explorers all, each is an independent spirit with the tools to defeat all who oppose them.

The World’s Fair are the rogues, rascals, and rapscallions who populate the dank underbelly of civilized society. Whether the local outlaw gang, back-alley street scum, bounty hunters or beasts of the wild, the World’s Faire has a little something for everyone. This is the mercenary faction - you can build a band entirely from this faction for a unique, take-on-all-comers gang, or you can add Agents from The World’s Faire to a band of any other faction.

Sauriana is a game of choice- players have absolute control over the way they want to play. The rules are simple, but the strategy runs deep. While each model represents an Agent from one of the factions, the possibilities for outfitting and equipping them are endless. Furthermore, as a hobby wargame, you have complete freedom to convert and customize your miniatures as you see fit- almost all of them have compatible parts, examples of which you will see on this website and in our blog."

[Dragaros]

"The Othniellians are the followers of mad paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh. Driven by a desire to not only attain prestige and profit from scores of unearthed fossils, but also to usurp the very foundations of nature itself, the Othniellians are aggressive, Darwinian cowboys of science who sacrifice their humanity for power. A combination of the mundane and the insane, Othniellian Agents tend trend towards melee combat and high movement speeds, allowing them to grab the objective quickly and mete out damage to anyone who gets too close. Powerhouse units such as the Othnielliosapien and Antediluvian are backed up by nimble, ranged Agents such as the Rockhound. In Sauriana, the Othniellians reign supreme in Duels, able to rush in quickly and deal hefty amounts of damage. Many of their Agents are “glass cannons” however, meaning they will succumb to concentrated firepower and pinning if you don’t use them wisely. Moreover, some Agents of this faction also excel in creating more Agents for your Band, transforming into more powerful forms, or influencing Agents with the Dinosaur Agent Type.

Led by paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope, and bitter rivals to the Othniellians, the Cope Collective is comprised of gentleman scientists and daring engineers. With cold science and backed by steam-powered automata, and employing numerous agents with less-than-scrupulous methods, the Cope Collective aims to secure its foothold in the world above all others. The mad science of the Cope Collective provides a wealth of options for the tactically-minded player. Slow-but-sturdy Automatons and nimble, support-oriented Engineers are the faction’s bread and butter. This is the faction for gun lines, steady advances, and stalwart defense, so plan accordingly and watch your opponent crumble. In Sauriana, the Cope Collective is a powerhouse faction that’s difficult to render out of action. Automatons may be slow, but they can take a lot of damage before succumbing, and often bring heavy weapons to the table. As a counterpoint to this, the faction’s human Agents tend to be nimble, fast, but fragile, supporting and repairing Automatons whilst ducking into cover and laying down supporting fire.

Adventurers who ply the wilderness outside of the civilized world, The Explorer’s Club accepts only the bravest souls into its ranks. From ivory trade and big game hunting on the Dark Continent to pelt trapping and exploration in the uncharted wilds of North America, the Explorer’s Club spans the globe accruing wealth and paving the way for civilization. It is members of the Explorer’s Club who hunt the most fearsome creatures: dinosaurs. Their ability to scout terrain, set up traps, and take their prey one-on-one is uncanny, and their Agents excel in dense terrain. Many of them have special abilities that activate when fighting Dinosaur-type Agents, or when used in a band alongside Tribal or Beast-type Agents. In Sauriana, the Explorer’s Club excels at board control - many of their Agents have special interactions with terrain and synergize with specific Agent types - such as beasts or tribal Agents. This allows them to strike from unexpected angles, catch their opponents unawares, and grab objectives freely.

Mercenaries, ne’er do wells, and other rogue elements make up the World’s Faire. Either hired as agents for the other factions, or entrusted to act on their own as a band of rogues and scoundrels, the World’s Faire offers a diverse array of personalities. From wild animals and tamed beasts to bounty hunters and charlatans, they hail from every corner of the civilized (and uncivilized) world. The World’s Faire is perfect for any player looking to fill a gap in their band - need a real heavy hitter? Add a Laelaps! Need a decent gunman? Hire yourself a Bounty Huntress! This faction is great for anyone looking to make a unique group of ruffians or something of their own creation, and many of its Agents can prove valuable when added into a band from one of the other factions. In Sauriana, Agents of the World’s Faire are the take-on-all-comers faction, able to hold their own in a fight. Easily the most diverse faction, finding the right synergies and strategies can be difficult, but when something clicks, it’s truly rewarding. With a wide range of characters and themed ideas you can build upon, a band of World’s Faire Agents can be extremely formidable. On the flip side, you can select one or more World’s Faire Agents to join a Band of another faction, filling the gap in areas that the Band would otherwise be weaker in - for example, the Othniellians excel in Duels and are often extremely fast, but lack long ranged firepower."

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That or he’s borrowing Slaanesh's skin moisturizer.

This looks like Horus during the first half of the Heresy, after he got his iconic Dark Mechanicum armour but before he got his two Warp power-ups that changed him from a Primarch and into “the Ascendant Vessel of Chaos”. He’s not SWOLE enough with Chaos juice here and lacks the giant aura-cape made of shadows and the extra-level daemonic eyes.

No, Horus, noooooo

That's always something that's been silly about Primarchs. Their armor, barring the exception of the tech-y ones, cannot be that much better than a mastercrafted spess mehrine suit. Custodians outright should be tougher. But the armor is nearly irrelevant, because they're mostly Imperial daemons. So Horus having the FUCKHUGE spooky scary suit is like covering a tank in pillows.

That said, I'd love to see full power Horus, when all the Warp magic and tech in the world isn't gonna keep his body together much longer from the sheer output of Chaos power. Then the Emperor strolls in, way more powerful, and completely physically stable. "You did all this, and you're still that weak? Pathetic."

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No, Horus, noooooo

That's always something that's been silly about Primarchs. Their armor, barring the exception of the tech-y ones, cannot be that much better than a mastercrafted spess mehrine suit. Custodians outright should be tougher. But the armor is nearly irrelevant, because they're mostly Imperial daemons. So Horus having the FUCKHUGE spooky scary suit is like covering a tank in pillows.

That said, I'd love to see full power Horus, when all the Warp magic and tech in the world isn't gonna keep his body together much longer from the sheer output of Chaos power. Then the Emperor strolls in, way more powerful, and completely physically stable. "You did all this, and you're still that weak? Pathetic."

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The armor Primarchs wear are treated as if they’re extra heavy duty compared to what Space Marines get in the novels (Rogal Dorn’s is specifically mentioned to be made of the same auramite alloy the Emperor and the Custodes wear, for one example), but yeah, its mentioned several times that the Primarchs' bodies themselves are generally tougher than the armor they’re wearing. It is however also mentioned numerous times by numerous people during the HH that Primarchs are in theory relatively easier to kill without their armor. One cocky Space Wolf captain tells Guilliman to his face that the number of Space Marines it would take to kill him would depend on whether he was wearing his armour or not. But it's never been tested, so who knows.

Horus’s armour was built by Chaos-corrupted traitor tech-priests using forbidden sciences that had been locked away and forcibly forgotten via psychic mind-wipes by the Emperor when he forced Mars to join the Imperium, and it was blessed in Warp magics both from scores of mortal sorcerers and from when Horus spent a nigh-infinite time in the Warp when he went through the Molech gate. (It was a nigh-infinite time for him, but in the physical universe only a few seconds passed. During that time he fought billions of daemons, created and destroyed thousands of kingdoms, etc. etc., to become the Chaos Gods’ official lapdog slave dupe puppet champion.) It can take a beating. I think only weapons soaked in the Emperor's power can pierce it. That's how Leman Russ was able to hurt him in their duel; his normal weapons would have shattered like glass against the metal or been blocked by a psyker barrier, but he was wielding the Spear of Russ at the time, forged by the Emperor himself and suffused in his energy, which could penetrate through Horus' defenses. (Its also described as guiding his hands through the combat, almost as if the Spear was doing the fighting rather than him, and it was generating a shield to protect him so Horus couldn't just flay him alive with a thought with his new godly pysker powers.)

The Chaos Gods probably could have stabilized him if they wanted to, but they didn’t care to. They are giant assholes after all. Horus was always meant to die after he served his purpose. Daemons call him the “Sacrificed King” in mockery of his fate. Not to mention, if Horus was made into a proper Daemon Prince, then that would have given the Emperor a big type advantage if we think of this match-up like a pokemon battle. Emps is uniquely suited to fighting daemons. His power burns them like acid. Daemons don’t call him the Anathema for nothing. Horus boosted by Chaos would have a better chance than a full daemon Horus. Something that we got recently in the Siege books was a flashback to ancient times from Ollanius Persson*, the oldest of all the Perpetuals, older even than Emps. (Ollanius was born in 15,000 B.C whereas Big E was born around 8,000 B.C.) Long story short, Ollanius confirms a few things: first, Big E was the first human psyker; and second, he was much, much weaker back in the day, and that his power has grown enormously over time. So Big E's body has had tens of thousands of years to acclimatize to such power, whereas Horus has done it in the span of a short couple years, done by uncaring gods who just shove that shit inside him without concern of how it damages him in the process. (Horus was stable after the first power-up at Molech, his second boost at Ullanor is the one that threatens to kill him) Makes sense his body would be bursting at the seams and running out of time. (Long story long, if you're curious: we learn that Ollanius served and fought alongside the Emperor, even holding the title of Warmaster of his armies --Irony abounds!--, and helped Big E assault the Tower of Babel**, which was filled with sorcerers trying to spread Enuncia, the "language of creation" that can alter reality and requires no natural psyker ability to wield. Olly wanted to destroy it for being too dangerous, Emps wanted to preserve it and horde it for his own use because he thought it might be a useful weapon in the future, and they had disagreements on how much freedom humanity should have, and they had a bitter falling out, in which Olly stabbed him with a dagger and said a word in Enuncia which destroyed the entire tower. In the confusion, Olly ran away and Emps walked off.)

*Ollanius Persson and Ollanius Piers are the inspiration for the legend of Ollanius Pius as you might have guessed. Piers was a normal human who died standing his ground against Daemon Angron outside the Palace, and the story of this will be merged together with the story of Persson, who is currently heading to help the Emperor so he'll probably die in the final battle against Horus on the Vengeful Spirit, eventually creating the myth that the Imperial Guard and the Ecclesiarchy venerates to this day.

**That makes two Biblical events, the other being the Cain/Abel story, the first human murder giving birth to Drach'nyen, the daemon which eventually became Abaddon's sword.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWDjr24AAo8

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PirS_VCPuto

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq4PbV4mqws

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNiUdfBHn3M

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08wxWeZKWqM

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Science question, explain it to me like I'm an idiot. If over the course of a half-life, any given unstable atom has a 50% chance to decay into a different atom, why are the odds not cumulative? What compels 50% of atoms in a sample to have decayed within a half-life that does not impose increasing pressure on the remaining 50% to decay within a second?

It sounds like if I have a jar with a trillion unstable atoms of the same kind, after every half-life, 50% of the unstable atoms will remain. Meaning, exponentially fewer decay with every half-life. Within the first, about 500 billion decay, within the second, 250 billion, 125 billion, so on and so forth, all the way down until all remaining atoms decay.

If I flip a coin a trillion times, every single flip has about a 50/50 chance of being heads or tails. But the odds of flipping only heads is 1:2^(1 trillion). Each successive head flip is a power of 2 less likely. But every flip is equally likely to be heads or tails. Because the odds of the sequence is dependent on the odds of the individual event, not the other way around.

But we're framing half-life of a sample as an individual event, not a sequence. Every time an atom doesn't decay, the odds remain 50%, but if survives 5 half-lives, the odds of any specific atom doing so is 1:2^5, but in terms of the sample, the odds of 1.5% of the original remaining is 1:1. With a sample of 1,000,000,000,000, that's 1.5 billion atoms still. It doesn't make sense to me why the sample size should affect the amount decayed.

If I have 1 trillion atoms in a jar, 500 billion should have decayed within a half-life. If I originally had 2 trillion atoms, and put the second trillion in another jar, 500 billion atoms should have decayed in there too. So of 2 trillion, 1 trillion decays. But it would be approximately half of each jar, right? Which makes no sense, the _total amount_ that decays should be about 1 trillion, but the odds of each jar decaying 50% should be equal to 1 jar decaying completely and the other decaying nothing, right?

I think I'm being dumb here. Why, yes, I did get a B- in college Statistics, how could you tell?