Recent content by Winner

I have this picture in my mind of a Diamondian collapse, where failed, imploding societies flood the less-failed societies nearby with refugees, causing them to fail as well. Anyway, I've not been on CFC for a long time, so I just (in the best of traditions) skimmed this thread and feel...

Ha, thanks! Creepy indeed.

The Vanilla ones (basically the "White European" and "Middle Eastern" models) aren't particularly great—seriously Paradox, stop releasing new stuff and fix/flavour what you've already done; is it so hard to add new face types to make people more distinguishable?—but they are...

Looks like the rumours of a Fascist coup in Ukraine were a tiny bit exaggerated after all... what a surprise :lol:

Ever since I got a new PC, CKII has been my Nemesis (too much time wasted with that game :lol: ). On the old computer, it lagged so hard after the first ~100 years of the game that I never played on. Now I can... :cry: I agree that the "character focus" makes it a far more addictive strategy...

I am afraid machine translation will never achieve true accuracy without an A.I. brain doing some real thinking. So far, it relies on statistical/analytical methods, which can be very useful in many fields (especially in controlled, technical environment settings), but what we get is still an...

This is a division of America along cultural-regional lines that makes the most sense. You will only appreciate it fully if you had read the book, though. Bigger, coloured version:

What annoys you, exactly? The ability to actually see the little states?

Russia got steamrolled and became a vassal state(s). Poland and parts of the Kingdom of Bohemia (i.e. Moravia, where I live) got pillaged when one stream of Mongol armies crossed them. Hungary got terribly raped because it was the only place West of the Carpathians where Mongol armies could...

Eh, you keep posting these maps as if they were an authoritative source or something. All I see is a bunch of letters in an obsolescent writing system and Russian propaganda unsupported by any of the more reliable sources.

Putin: we should discuss "statehood" for eastern Ukraine -> So now he uped the ante and wants "peace talks" that would end in the separation of the eastern regions. Surely Russia will also offer some "fraternal assistance" in furthering that goal. Funny how you "forgot" to comment on how...

Looks like the rebels have invented a teleporter and jumped 40 km across the enemy territory to attack Novoazovsk. Accidentally at a place which has a direct road connection with Russia... Tell me, what kind of a blind stupid moron a person has to be to still say that "rebels" are attacking...

Russia is trying hard to spoil its relations with Ukraine forever.

The West should already be supporting the armed forces of Ukraine. What's most acutely needed is personal gear (armour, nigh vision goggles, other accessories), supplies (food, medical, etc. to raise the morale of the troops), and equipment for fighting armoured vehicles (if Russia keeps sending...

The separatist failure in Kharkiv is an especially loud slap in the face of the "Novorossija" advocates...