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by fgalkin
2015-06-28 11:05pm
Forum: Fantasy
Topic: Galley Battle: A new age dawns (RAR!)
Replies: 17
Views: 3273

Re: Galley Battle: A new age dawns (RAR!)

Ah, so the enemy fleet has roughly the same number of ships and men as me. Thank you for that very important information you entirely forgot to share before. :D Uh.....he totally does Their fleet is of equal size to yours. and They have reported that they have built wooden battlements on the fronts...
by fgalkin
2015-06-28 05:41pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Milan Expo 2015- National Stereotype Extravaganza!
Replies: 21
Views: 6723

Re: Milan Expo 2015- National Stereotype Extravaganza!

Thank you for the appreciation! Incidentally, I've noticed that there is a non-trivial difference in hits on my blog if people are commenting on this thread, so if you have enjoyed it, keep commenting, please. Nepal Architecture: 4/5 Informativeness: 2/5 Sustainability: 3/5 Coolness: 2/5 TOTAL: 5.5/...
by fgalkin
2015-06-27 12:04am
Forum: Fantasy
Topic: Galley Battle: A new age dawns (RAR!)
Replies: 17
Views: 3273

Re: Galley Battle: A new age dawns (RAR!)

To add to the above, split the rest of your fleet in two, and position the two parts to the side of and just beyond the entrances to the harbor, so they are ready to take any enemy ship leaving the harbor in the vulnerable side, while neutralizing their firepower advantage (since they apparently can...
by fgalkin
2015-06-26 11:42pm
Forum: Fantasy
Topic: Galley Battle: A new age dawns (RAR!)
Replies: 17
Views: 3273

Re: Galley Battle: A new age dawns (RAR!)

This seems fairly straightforward. You can't fight them on their turf, and you can't outlast them (people talk about supply in the enemy fleet- what about YOUR fleet?) So....wait until the wind and tide are in your favor, then send in a dozen fireships. Try to grapple with the forecastles, or if the...
by fgalkin
2015-06-25 07:52am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Milan Expo 2015- National Stereotype Extravaganza!
Replies: 21
Views: 6723

Re: Milan Expo 2015- National Stereotype Extravaganza!

The UK!

Architecture: 5/5
Informativeness: 1/5
Sustainability: 3/5
Coolness: 4/5
TOTAL: 6.5/10

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by fgalkin
2015-06-20 10:40pm
Forum: Fantasy
Topic: Game of Thrones Season 5 (TV ONLY)
Replies: 424
Views: 63653

Re: Game of Thrones Season 5 (TV ONLY)

I'm sure there is. The funny thing is that the succession crisis wouldn't be that hard to predict, well that it would happen. I'm pretty sure Littlefinger knew about the truth of the royal children so it wouldn't much of stretch to assume a smart man like him would be able to predict that if that i...
by fgalkin
2015-06-20 10:17am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Milan Expo 2015- National Stereotype Extravaganza!
Replies: 21
Views: 6723

Re: Milan Expo 2015- National Stereotype Extravaganza!

Czech Republic:

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Architecture: 2/5
Informativeness: 3/5
Sustainability: 5/5
Coolness: 3/5
TOTAL: 6.5/10

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-fgalkin
by fgalkin
2015-06-19 02:28pm
Forum: Fantasy
Topic: Game of Thrones Season 6 casting news (spoilers)
Replies: 22
Views: 6122

Re: Game of Thrones Season 6 casting news (spoilers)

1. That sounds like Ser Arthur Dayne, but the details are weird. If they really were doing a Tower of Joy flashback now, then wouldn't we be hearing stories about Sean Bean showing up for a guest bit in Season 6 for that? They could be casting him for flashbacks involving Young Jaime, but that woul...
by fgalkin
2015-06-19 12:22pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Ukrainian battalion disbanded for extortion, torture, rape
Replies: 17
Views: 2833

Re: Ukrainian battalion disbanded for extortion, torture, ra

Or you could climb down to reality and find out that both sides are guilty of infractions and trying to pretend as if only the Ukrainians are committing warcrimes is at best a very selective interpretation of the facts. Where did I say that, or accused only the Ukrainians of committing warcrimes? B...
by fgalkin
2015-06-19 11:19am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Ukrainian battalion disbanded for extortion, torture, rape
Replies: 17
Views: 2833

Re: Ukrainian battalion disbanded for extortion, torture, ra

I assume the Seperatists will follow suit and arrest this joker , who is well known for mass-executions of surrendered Ukrainian soldiers? I mean, they do have the moral high ground, right? :roll: Footage reviewed by Amnesty International shows Ukrainian soldier Ihor Branovytsky, one of the defende...
by fgalkin
2015-06-19 11:13am
Forum: Fantasy
Topic: GoT Violence and Real World History (NO SPOILERS)
Replies: 40
Views: 7067

Re: GoT Violence and Real World History (NO SPOILERS)

It's not that more people are dying in the Westerosi Civil War than in [insert war here]. It's that you have a guy inspired by Vlad the Impaler AND a guy inspired by a treacherous host who killed a wedding party in 1600s Scotland or whatever AND the guy who practices human sacrifice to a fire-god a...
by fgalkin
2015-06-19 11:05am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Ukrainian battalion disbanded for extortion, torture, rape
Replies: 17
Views: 2833

Re: Ukrainian battalion disbanded for extortion, torture, ra

Holy shit there are war profiteers and criminals on Ukrainian side? This completely eliminates any right of Ukraine for self determination and territorial integrity. When a government literally frees and arms convicts, then unleashes them on a defenseless population, that is usually considered to b...
by fgalkin
2015-06-19 10:26am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Ukrainian battalion disbanded for extortion, torture, rape
Replies: 17
Views: 2833

Ukrainian battalion disbanded for extortion, torture, rape

https://www.kyivpost.com/content/kyiv-post-plus/commander-of-volunteer-unit-detained-amid-smuggling-scandal-391361.html The commander and seven of his soldiers from the Interior Ministry’s Tornado volunteer battalion were arrested on June 17 in different cities amid what they allege is a conflict wi...
by fgalkin
2015-06-19 09:11am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Milan Expo 2015- National Stereotype Extravaganza!
Replies: 21
Views: 6723

Re: Milan Expo 2015- National Stereotype Extravaganza!

Brazil has a bit of an image problem. It is the fifth largest country by population and the seventh largest economy by purchasing power parity (ahead of France and the UK), it has the third most advanced industrial sector in the Americas , but all anyone can think about when it comes to the country ...
by fgalkin
2015-06-18 07:29pm
Forum: Fantasy
Topic: GoT Violence and Real World History (NO SPOILERS)
Replies: 40
Views: 7067

Re: GoT Violence and Real World History (NO SPOILERS)

Yeah, what the Mountain/Amory Lorch/Vargo Hoat did in the Riverlands is actually pretty mild compared to what happened in France in the aftermath of Poitiers, for example. Nor did we see any proper massacre of 20,000+

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin
by fgalkin
2015-06-18 04:52am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Milan Expo 2015- National Stereotype Extravaganza!
Replies: 21
Views: 6723

Re: Milan Expo 2015- National Stereotype Extravaganza!

Now why doesn't that surprise me? That was a secret German torture technique? :P In any case, the Angola post is up now: Imagine, for a second, that you are ruling a country. Your country is rich in oil and diamonds, and was once famous for feeding not only itself but also its neighbors. And yet, i...
by fgalkin
2015-06-17 05:14pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Milan Expo 2015- National Stereotype Extravaganza!
Replies: 21
Views: 6723

Re: Milan Expo 2015- National Stereotype Extravaganza!

Kinda fits well with all the stories of racism I've heard about South Koreans. They're not the only ones who made fucked up decisions, though. Pretty much every country did something weird and/or stupid. It's like the Eurovision for the whole world, and not even minus the bad singing. For example, ...
by fgalkin
2015-06-17 10:50am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Milan Expo 2015- National Stereotype Extravaganza!
Replies: 21
Views: 6723

Re: Milan Expo 2015- National Stereotype Extravaganza!

Thanas wrote:Man, what the heck was South Korea thinking?
People who went to the Shanghai Expo confirmed that their entry there was also basically KOREA STRONK!!! Apparently, they are incapable of any other theme but that one...

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin
by fgalkin
2015-06-17 08:47am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Milan Expo 2015- National Stereotype Extravaganza!
Replies: 21
Views: 6723

Re: Milan Expo 2015- National Stereotype Extravaganza!

As we all know, Belgium does not exist . It is a myth created by the New World Order for its nefarious purposes (and, apparently, because people in global conspiracies can get really, really bored).The Belgian pavilion at the Expo proves this, because how else is it possible that an exposition dedic...
by fgalkin
2015-06-16 05:00am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Milan Expo 2015- National Stereotype Extravaganza!
Replies: 21
Views: 6723

Re: Milan Expo 2015- National Stereotype Extravaganza!

Thanks to the Internet, we know that North Korea is Best Korea . How could South Korea ever hope to challenge that? After all, it is a country also known for its rabid nationalism and racism , yet they forever remain in the shadow of North Korea. Things like changing the name of the Sea of Japan to ...
by fgalkin
2015-06-15 06:50pm
Forum: Fantasy
Topic: Game of Thrones Season 5 (TV ONLY)
Replies: 424
Views: 63653

Re: Game of Thrones Season 5 (TV ONLY)

Well, I guess next season we'll see who has the stronger plot armour - Baelish or Bolton. My money is on Littlefinger, if only because he's a more interesting villain. I'm not sure what the NW conspirators were thinking letting Jon and the wildlings through the wall in the first place. Tormund and ...
by fgalkin
2015-06-14 07:58pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Beware the shoe-stealing Jews!
Replies: 16
Views: 2274

Re: Beware the shoe-stealing Jews!

General Zod wrote:I thought the Jews just stole your children and your money.
Sometimes, they also steal organs. And now, apparently, also shoes!

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin
by fgalkin
2015-06-14 07:51pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Beware the shoe-stealing Jews!
Replies: 16
Views: 2274

Beware the shoe-stealing Jews!

A founding member of the Muslim Public Affairs Committee UK urged people to share his bizarre Facebook post about a shoe that went missing while he slept. However, while the post was indeed shared, hundreds of times, Asghar Bukhari did not get the response he might have intended. Within hours, the ...
by fgalkin
2015-06-14 08:24am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Milan Expo 2015- National Stereotype Extravaganza!
Replies: 21
Views: 6723

Re: Milan Expo 2015- National Stereotype Extravaganza!

Pavilion Zero:

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/mVCp8 ... 88-h891-no

fgalkin's review:

Architecture: 3/5
Informativeness: 5/5
Sustainability: 4/5
Coolness: 4/5
TOTAL: 8/10

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by fgalkin
2015-06-13 01:04pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Milan Expo 2015- National Stereotype Extravaganza!
Replies: 21
Views: 6723

Re: Milan Expo 2015- National Stereotype Extravaganza!

Purple wrote:Do the Swiss have a pavilion? How does it look?
The Swiss do indeed have a pavilion. It has a tower where they used to give out free stuff from, and three exhibits that have separate entrances.

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-fgalkin