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  • mriswith@lemmy.worldtoStar Wars Memes@lemmy.worldGONK
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    38 minutes ago

    The Cult of the Power Droids was a religious sect solicited by rogue GNK power droids.

    https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Cult_of_the_Power_Droids

    It’s not really canon, it is from a reference book written by Ben Burtt in 2001. But the first half is written as an in-universe book, so I consider it partly canon. (For reference, he is one of greatest sound designers of all time. He made the lightsaber sounds, Darth Vader’s breathing, etc. In addition he also worked on Indiana Jones, made the “voice” for E.T., WALL-E, R2-D2, etc. He’s the guy who popularized the Wilhelm scream easter egg)




  • I was initially put off by the character graphics and combat system, but yes it is a good story game. Other people have explained the good parts, so here are some of my personal complaints:

    • There are some really dragged out cinematics. It seems like they tried to fit some of them to the music, but didn’t have anything more to animate, so sometimes it’s really long lingering or circling shots.

    • After certain quests, you end up “having” to spend a long time checking in on companions. And depending on your order of quests, this can happen several times in a row. So it can take out of the quest-flow a little.

    • There’s basically no map. There is an “overworld” map that is very crude and basically just shows “land, sea and major points of interest”. Theres nothing when you’re in a point of interest. So some areas can be frustrating to navigate, even when they’re not supposed to be.

    • There are parts where characters seemingly make odd or rushed decisions and act as if you should know why already. Almost as if some parts were cut and they forgot to compensate in all related sections.


    Personally I’m still not a big fan of the combat, and play mostly for the story. So I’m on story-mode difficulty with mods that increase resource drops and dodge window(it does not deactivate achievements).







  • She got a BA in political science while a representative, she has ran the family farm, etc. so she knows how to do things, but she’s a lunatic.

    The woman shot her own 14 month old dog because it “ruined” a hunting trip by not acting like the older and trained hunting dogs. Something she almost bragged about in her book.


  • mriswith@lemmy.worldtoStar Wars Memes@lemmy.worldGONK
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    6 hours ago

    Yes. The GNK-series droids are the most famous among the power droids. Those are literally walking generators and power banks. There is a heavy version PLNK(plunk) series with four legs. Both of which have a flat top, so you can use it to put things on them.

    They have been modified as weapons during some encounters. Where they would just walk straight ahead and explode when it collided with something.

    There’s also rumours of a “Cult of the Power Droids”. Where a group of gonk robots would show up at night and ask for donations. And the best way to get rid of them, is to say “Gonk. Gonk. Gonk ko kyenga see”, which is apparently so rude it can’t legally be translated to basic(galactic basic standard, aka “english”).



  • mriswith@lemmy.worldtoPolitical Memes@lemmy.worldJENKINS!!!
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    19 hours ago

    It’s more that he’s basically living in his own delusional world.

    For example: In 2010 he said the UK should cut their military budget since the threat of “global communism” ended with the cold war. And he did not mean reduce the budget, he meant all of it. And argued that the army, air force, navy, etc. should all just be shut down. (source)

    The top headline is from 2016 and he voted remain. But not because he heeded the warnings from either side(he calls them idiots), but because he thought the EU needed the UK’s “forceful presence” to prevent Germany taking control and start “bullying”(he’s claimed Germany has been “punishing” the UK through the EU).

    He also thinks it’s a good idea to quote Kissinger about negotiations regarding Brexit.

    Side-note: He has continously said that everyone should stop giving military aid to Ukraine. And has repeatedly called it a “border dispute”.



  • He talked about it publically, and there was a business delegation sent there, but no formal dialogue was initiated. So no actual offers made.

    You have to remember that they are incompetent. They didn’t know they had to reach out and start making offers, drawing up paperwork, etc. Although they will probably try to save face by proudly claiming they were never really interested in the first place. And the sheep will cheer on his genius business strategy of not getting anything.