HankScorpio [he/him,comrade/them]

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Cake day: July 31st, 2020

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  • Almost all of the news coverage of this only has shots of Trump speaking from the cab. But there is one image I found indicating on the door this is a Freightliner M2. The M2 is a very broad vehicle platform for Freightliner with gross vehicle weights ranging from class 6 to class 8. Meaning it can have a combined weight of truck plus whatever body is mounted on it (box, crane, or in this case refuse) ranging from as low as about 25k lbs to in the M2's specs application as high as 65k lbs. A quick look at this particular truck I'd guess it is closer to class 6-7, mainly due to the refuse body mount seeming to be smaller than the "severe" applications that come in class 8. But the key info is the truck has to 1) be made at the Freightliner factory and sold to a refuse body manufacturer. 2) The refuse application is installed and either sold direct by that manufacturer or 3) the finished truck is sold to a dealer who tries to sell it to a customer.

    This dealer selling what should be a very close match and manufactured in 2024 has it listed at $180k. Given the custom Trump paint and probably some other obnoxious custom features that may have added to the Trump truck, I'd estimate it goes for $200-225k+.



  • I'm curious how they'll handle the crime aspect with it taking place in modern times. I was thinking again how this woman in the 2020 George Floyd protests was identified and arrested via an Etsy purchased shirt. Maybe the game takes place over the course like 72 hours before they get caught? I'm not sure where I'm going with this, but something that forces Rockstar to have a different story architecture than having the entire map open for you to hop from mission location to mission location would be a nice change.




  • I think it's very likely Warren (Jackson) killed the General's son. There are several cues earlier of both their whereabouts in Wyoming. And Warren knows the son's full name and details of his appearance. But the details of the actual dick sucking are too absurd.

    I believe Warren came up with the story because he realized this blizzard will be the best opportunity he'll ever have to kill a high ranking confederate officer. So he fabricates the most offensive act he can think of while leaving a loaded gun at the General's side. So when the General inevitably grabs it Warren can claim self-defense.












  • If you want excellent first person melee combat definitely give Mordhau a try. Mount and Blade Bannerlord is also solid, however I wouldn't recommend picking it up now while it's still in beta. Also hopefully Chivalry 2 turns out good.

    I think melee combat in general basically has 3 genres to be good: grounded medieval style combat like above, combo multiplier games like Batman Arkham, or arcade style fighting games. All these AAA games which try to be everything end up falling through the cracks of meh. With some exceptions though; I think Overwatch has great uses of melee.