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I said I'd start doing vids at some point so I suppose I should get my arse in gear. It would help if I knew about any particular game folk want to see, or would watch. I thought maybe I could make vids to begin with, of games forumers don't play but would be interested to find out more. Forumers also need to make an effort and watch the content. To that end, I'll start with the games I play most and then games based on feedback. No feedback means no vids. I'll most likely look at the following games for my first vid (but if you have a request, let me know): Hunt: Showdown Arma 3 DayZ Escape From Tarkov Star Citizen I also thought that - as well as doing solo vids - we could do co-ops. Watching some of @Diddums old vids, for example he'd be an excellent partner for anyone. Or the time I played Sea of Thieves with Lee, Lee would be another excellent person to co-op with. Rich and I are playing Raft at the moment, plus Borderlands 2 (which I'm streaming on Twitch) and we'll do something with that footage too.

Usually there's a back story as to (a) how and who you are in the post apocalypse wasteland and some kind of reason to go out explore the world. In past games they have used vehicles for this such as looking for your father, or looking for your son. it's all RPG, collecting stuff, levelling up skills etc. Plus lots of combat. The most recent Fallout introduced base building. This new one moves from single player to multiplayer. Which is a massive thing for Fallout fans as many don't seem too happy about it. I'm a bit tired of people whinging already. These people need to get a grip. It's a game trying something new. Luddites be Luddites I suppose. Base building will be a big feature of 76 too and I hope they've done a better job than they did Fallout 4. For me, it's all about how well the game is optimised. If it's buggy and has poor network code, that will be bad, and they will suffer the consequences. Too little information right now to form a decent opinion but I'm in the glass half full camp personally.

Not sure if there's many on this forum looking at Fallout 76 but for me, it;s the only AAA game I'm really looking forward to this year and I just received a message from Vault-Tec "You have successfully redeemed your B.E.T.A. (Break-it Early Test Application) registration code. Additional instructions will be sent to your registered Bethesda.net email address when the B.E.T.A. program is ready to begin." Bethesda has it's own launcher now for PC, I never knew. Beta is in October.

Sadly not a new S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game (though I believe one is in the works). This is a relatively recent mod overhaul (September 2017) and though it plays outside of Steam, it requires the Call of Pripyat base game installed on Steam. I watched a YouTube vid at the weekend which put me in the mood to try this mod, plus a few others I found on Moddb https://www.moddb.com/mods/call-of-chernobyl Here's the vid that got me going:

5th edition but I think there maybe a bit of deviation . I shared the link you gave me and they're running with the 5 edition materials from there, but they had a very experienced player join this week and I suspect he has changed or added a few things...

Our 2nd session of D&D didn't feature me, as I was in a foul mood. But they played my character for me and I'm up to level 3. I've just read the synopsis of the night and I'm a little astonished that they managed to introduce a T-Rex into the forgotten realms. Not sure about that. My character Makkno spent the evening shooting off fireballs apparently. Synopsis provided by GM here: "Nalsheen (Paul) down to his last gold pieces signed up at the same army recruitment station. A dwarf name Laurel (or Loriel because she’s worth it) picked Nalsheen, a half ork and a tiefling to embark on a mission to investigate rumours of a drow encampment near South Ridge (where the cave is). They left a few hours after the other team dispatched to this location. When they arrived at South Ridge a weird magical disturbance was emanating from the mines. This had drawn in 4 large 7 foot ant like creatures called Ankhegs. 2 of them had made bee-line for Marcellus standing at a small, 5 foot entrance to a mysterious chamber. The other 2 scuttled out into the main town. Forced into a tight space the Ankhegs were at a disadvantage when attempting to attack Marcellus, who was ready to strike the minute they pushed into the chamber. Matthias protected Marcellus with sanctuary, whilst Slade charged in both swords drawn. He managed to seriously injure the beast, but was seriously wounded in its lumbering counter attack. Makkno hurled fireballs into the creature and Marcellus struck it with his long sword nearly killing the creature. Meanwhile in the town the creatures dashed to engage the nearby Captain Hayder allowing Nalsheen to slink into cover preparing an ambush. Slade, seriously injured retreated from the beast firing off an arrow that bounced harmlessly off the creature’s hide. With a second Ankheg clambering through the entrance Matthias ran to support Marcellus. Together they managed to hold it at bay, whilst Makkno killed the beast that had forced its way in. Outside Hayder charged into the two ankhegs missing with his fireball but mortally wounding the first in a flurry of blows. Nalsheen struck from the shadows finishing off the beast. After managing to overcome the remaining beasts (and levelling up) the silver liquid became calm and the magical aura of the crystals returned. Hayder lead Nalsheen into the mines where they discovered a newly unearthed burrow. Upon reaching the chamber Hayder ordered the team to investigate the nearby drow settlement whilst he and Laurel secured this clearly valuable site. The team began by investigating the secret passage discovered at the back of the chamber. After several minutes of squeezing through the narrow passage they came to a fork in the path. The right path smelled fresher so they ventured in this direction. They discovered an exit from the mountain range with a single lit torch. To their right was South Ridge and in the distance they could see a forest about a day’s travel away. They decided to conceal themselves in the mountains overlooking this entrance and wait to see if anyone came or went. After a few hours a dark elf mage and 2 soldiers emerged hurrying to the forest. The team stealthily followed but lost sight of them. Nalsheen tried to climb a tree. He failed, falling out and injuring himself. A bit flustered, he tried again. Clearly out of practice he slipped injuring himself further. Refusing to give up he finally managed to climb the tree. He spotted a number of broken trees and huge footprints in the forest, quickly identifying these as T-Rex prints. They followed a trail the drow had left which led them out the forest near to the coast. In the far distance was the large port city of Maspa. They ventured back into the enchanted forest. Losing their bearings they stumbled upon a clearing with a small brook running down into a rocky hole. In the distance the T-Rex could be seen scratching his head on a tree. Despite some reservations raised by Matthias, the team rested briefly near the edge of the clearing. They were interrupted when the head of the Tyrannosaur loomed through the trees. Nalsheen remembering the bard song, ‘park of the Jurassic’ lit a candle and threw it into the distance. The T Rex distracted by the flying candle gave pursuit. The team ran and dived into the hole landing in a soggy pile of hay. They’d discovered a storage room with a fresh water inlet. They searched the room finding some rations and water. Marcellus tried to open the nearby door stealthily. He failed alerting the 2 D&D playing drow inside. They sprung into combat, but Matthias, smashed one into pieces with his magically imbued mace. Marcellus charged in, missing the drow with his first attack, but cutting his head clean off with the second. The noise alerted drow in the next room. Matthias ran into the nearby bunk room to deal with the surprised sleeping drow. After a brief fight they dispatched the drow. Searching the mess hall, they discovered an ominous light looming out from an open door. Makkno’s detect magic identified a necromantic presence. Makkno, Nalsheen, and Slade snuck into the room where a drow mage was working on the corpse of a dark elf. They wasted no time in sneak attacking and knocking him unconscious. They tied him up and searched the room whilst he regained consciousness. There were multiple dead drow bodies in the room, an altar to the spider queen Lolth and a quarter staff in the corner that Matthias nabbed. When the mage came to they started to question him about a mysterious black crystal he’d been carrying." I'd day the experience is a bit too focused on combat right now but hopefully that's going to settle down.

I understand where you're coming from so no hard feelings but i think that's the end of me posting here. Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

Add my winnings to the charity fund please. Great result considering I left it late and picked my team quicker than it takes to boil a kettle for one of my famous cups of tea. Thanks for sorting Lee darling [emoji9] Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

Inglorious is brilliant. Wish there were more Tarantino type directors. Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

I like how you approach it. Intrigue and investigation and discovery are where it's most enjoyable. Turn after turn of shooting off fireballs etc gets boring real fast. Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

Yeah, that's quite a statement from you there Lee

Has anyone ever contributed to a D&D session via Skype? I wonder if that would be possible? You could join my new group as a player that way, if we were in a decent timezone. Maybe a weekend session sometime... We have our 2nd meet tonight. The first session went ok. I take these things quite seriously in terms of roleplay and don't have a lot of patience for silliness. Unless we end up playing Paranoia maybe. Silliness has a time and place. The group is partly new to D&D and one of the guys was doing things that were not in the character or nature of his player character. Which he needs to cut out. It was a good first night otherwise. I used Detect Magic to good effect at one point and which kind of made my night lol.

Glad to know I have 30 years of gaming ahead of me, health permitting of course

Has been the year of DayZ getting its act together, finally.

The awesome Agnostic Front revisiting their Oi! years

Great Oi from the US.

No, that'll be butt plugs in that case🤣 Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

Nice one Dave, I wasn't sure if those sites would work on a PS4! Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

I'll check later for sure! I suppose if I'm wrong on that, you could always access the web browser and do a speed check from there?

Can't believe they won a trophy with him. Spurs must be doing something terribly wrong when we can't win sweet fa, clearly we need a blunt[emoji23] Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

Patch 9 is due shortly, so the EFT developers have produced a new promo vid. They've introduced a new leader for the Scavs, to make them even harder than they already were. This game, fucking hell. Love it. They've put the Scav leader, Snaaar I think his name is, in the vid, ugly looking bastard, doing a snazzy reload of his TT pistol.

Have to be honest here. And Lee did give me the chance to have a say before they did anything, so no complaints there. If Moderation is going to apply, then it needs to be for ALL posts. Not just 'speakers corner' (which is kind of funny when you think about it). Which no-one would like. So, it needs to be discontinued, in my opinion. Any methodology you are going to use for this will leave you stepping on eggshells and trying to walk tightropes, tightropes laced with Vaseline. I'll go further in detail on this, if needed. I'm sorry not everyone likes what gets discussed politics-wise but that's life, we have opinions and I'm never in favour of trying to control that kind of thing. We're adults and personally, I like to know what kind of person I might be spending my time with.

Or maybe just hold out for the next generation of consoles, which are just around the corner. Possibly. If I needed a PS4 though, I'd definitely go for the Pro.

Funnily enough, the previous week where it seemed to be cancelled, everyone ended up on and playing anyway. Sometimes that's how the cookie crumbles.[emoji41] Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

Blind is terrible. Wish he'd stay with the Mancs to be honest🤣 Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk