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@thomashiatt said in Winning is Detrimental:

Attain enlightenment by training your mind to not wish to play the game.

In virtual realms of wonder and delight,
I find myself entwined in endless fight,
A world of strategy, where I lose all sight,
Of time and space, as hours flee by like flight.

My mind is trapped in this digital thrall,
Where quitting's not an option, never at all,
For every victory, a new challenge calls,
And I am helpless, under its grasp, it enthralls.

The mouse and keyboard holds me captive, day and night,
As I embark on quests, both bold and bright,
But alas, my obsession takes its toll,
And leaves me drained, yet still I cannot fold.

Oh, how I long for freedom from this spell,
To break free from this digital hell,
But fear of failure grips my heart so tight,
That I cannot tear my eyes away from light.

So here I sit, in this virtual land,
Addicted to the thrill of the game's command,
Trapped in a cycle that I cannot stand,
Yet unable to resist, I succumb to its demand.

Hey guys i dont like these changes

sign me up, me and Yew

@sladow-noob said in Winning is Detrimental:

@spikeynoob Clown.
You're welcome.

In Sladow's shadow, no one could find their place,
For he was so full of himself, he left no space.

He thought himself the center of all attention,
But others just saw him as an obnoxious mention.

His arrogance made them want to turn away,
And leave him in his own self-centered sway.

Oh Sladow, with your inflated head,
Your self-importance, it never will be dead.

For though you may think yourself divine,
To others, you're just a laughing line.

Oh Sladow, oh Sladow, such a pesky fellow,
With an inflated head and a know-it-all yellows

He inserts himself into every situation,
And always assumes his opinion is the foundation.

Of your many flaws, the biggest one I find
Is how you always butt in, with your uninvited mind.

• A true story

We know fatboys are made of cellotape, cardboard and paper mache, but at least give them some decent HP bonus with attaining veterancy.

A fatboy with no veterancy has 12,500 hp
A fatboy with full 5 star veterancy has 18,500 hp.

Wow..

That seems very underwhelming and weak when you compare the full veterancy attained for any other experimental land unit.

I understand it's based on it's base HP, and given the majority of a fatboy's health comes from it's shield, perhaps apply the veterancy to the shield instead of hp, or a combination of the 2?

Since the recent update, or at least very recently, the client is requiring vast amounts of power and CPU for some unknown reason. As a result it's causing the game and the UI to lag very bad.

What's going on?

signing up

More colours = better

Type someone's name, or half of it you're referring to someone in a game, don't rely on their colour

Also, where is black?

Recalling is quite useful. But what is annoying is when you want to play a game that none of your team does.

Some players lose, or think they lose their position early on and believe there is no chance of coming back or winning. Sure the chance of this may be low, but it's never 0, for many of games that is the case anyway.

I'd like to suggest a change to recall whereby, majority recalls do not end the game, but rather recall those acu's out of the game that don't want to play.

Many a time I play a game where 2 guys want to recall because they give up too easy, or think they've lost their slot or whatever...then it's almost 50/50 as to whether a third person will recall, and if they do the game will be over (if it's a 4v4).

Then it leaves the fourth person with no choice even if they want to play and think they have a chance of winning. Sure democracy is democracy. We are playing a video game man...

Take this as an example.

I mostly play setons, well I used to, not as frequently anymore. It's an average rated lobby of 1500, with a couple 2k+ players on either side. The beach player loses very early, he gives up and recalls. The rock player is being pressured, but hasn't lost, and it's undecided what the outcome will be, but he gives up and recalls. That's 2/4. Air player is against a better player and decides ah fuck this I'm done too, he recalls. Meanwhile mid player is chilling, will likely win, and is the best player on the team. He does not recall, but the game is over without a real chance been had or the game being fully played. That is bullshit.

If I am that mid player, and in this example - a real example - I was the mid player, I would rather play with 4 bases alone and see what happens....you know, play the actual damn game, than have my game decided for me by 3 other people.

So, those 3 recall, their game ends, and their bases get handed over to the guy that didn't recall.

In summary, recall should recall the acu's, not the game.

(Also those that recall, and if the game is lost, those recallers should lose x2 points)

@magge said in Why?:

@goodgamepleasety

Maybe the issue is related to the ICE-Adapter high CPU usage bug. In case you or other readers are not following the Discord thread, I will quote the following:

Ravandel said in Discord

An alpha test client has been released with a rolledback ice-adapter version. the devs would like you guys to try it out, and let us know if the problem does not appear at all with this alpha test version.

This in order to figure out if it is caused by "recent" changes in the ice-adapter or by something else. If it does happen with the alpha test version also then those changes can be ruled out.

Note: you can install this alpha version alongside your normal install, and you can play games with other people running the normal client as well.

Link: https://github.com/FAForever/downlords-faf-client/releases/tag/v2024.5.1-alpha-2

I would be grateful if you could test the Alpha 2 client and provide feedback to help narrow down the issue.

I came across this thread in dc yesterday.

Also yesterday I had 2 consecutive client updates, and I'm now using the 2024.5.1 - alpha - 2 version of the client. I will see if I notice any improvements to my situation.