#Valheim

Well, Ashlands were... an experience.

Easier than what I remember from previous playthroughs. Maybe I got better? Maybe because this time I chose easier playstyle and didn't bother with experimenting? Or maybe they lowered monster spawn rate in 1.0?

It's growing on me, the flame terrain, the smoke, the ruined castles, and the twisted monsters. I'm not saying I'd like to build a summer home here, but the trees are actually quite lovely.

P.S. - The grappling hook is really fun!

So, my workplace has moved from hosting their own mail server and using an old microsoft outlook version, to the new, shiny, Office 365, and it's TERRIBLE.

Let's not talk about the new rounded, big buttons aesthetics. Or about how slow and heavy it is. These are things that I assume will get better / I will get used to.

The main problem is how intrustive it is. Pop-ups and suggestions are everywhere. Co-pilot is hovering in the background.
I need an ad-block for my work email now.

#Valheim 1.0
General impression: I dont care much for the new intro animation. They say outright what was hinted at before, and it was much better when left to the imagination. Classic do less with more.

The achivements rate is wierd, everything is super rare. It measures relative to all players, and as this is a 5 year old game, a lot of players are not playing any more. So even the basic achivments have a 0.1% completion rate

Here's a tip most people arent aware of: You can just turn off your phone/computer

When you see someone posting soemthing you agree with, but they have a factual or math error, what do you do?

Just me reading AI Gore as AI gore, and being confused about what it has to do with global warming

Wake up fam! New #HardcoreHistroy just dropped!
#History
#alexanderthegreat

#bloomscrolling
Melaleuca huttensis (from Australian origin) blooming in white, attracting bees. Most of the year it looks a bit boring, and then suddenly it explodes.

Happy Death to All Tyrants day to all who celebrate

#Valheim
A while ago I built a swamphome (looks a bit like Smartphone?). I always wanted one, to avoid having to take all that iron home. Just my luck that on this playthrough I found a swamp with lots of crypts pretty close to starting point.
Anyway, I built a minimalist home between two trees, and not a hut with chicken legs. It was less complicated than what I thought. Also - turns out you don't need that much iron anyway, if you skip the armour.

#Valheim update:
I've built a small lighthouse. Ran into the problem of having to place the fire on a stone floor, which can't be too high up. So it's just 2 stories high, instead of the 3-and-half that I planned. Guess I'll rebuild it later.

#Valheim
So I built a small port in my Valheim world. It required a bit of terraforming, to remove rocks from the small pond, and digging two channel to connect it to the sea. That took a few days. But I'm pretty happy with the result. Still need to add a lighthouse on the island now created by the two new channels. It will be nice to see it when coming back with from a long voyage with a load of iron

a lot of podcasts now started using dynamic 3rd party ads. It's awful. while ads read by the podcasts hosts were annoying, they were at least bearable. I felt like I was still in the podcast, and hey, if they need to read ads to earn their money - no problem.
Bu these 3rd party ads take me out of the podcast. makes it hard to concentrate and have the podcast just play in the background.
I may have to stop listenning to some of my favourites.

This qoute popped into my head for some reason:

‘The riot was over the price of bread, I understand.’ No. The protest was over the price of bread, said Vimes’s inner voice. The riot was what happens when you have panicking people trapped between idiots on horseback and other idiots shouting ‘yeah, right!’ and trying to push forward, and the whole thing in the charge of a fool advised by a maniac with a steel rule.
#pratchett

Good afternoon #Valheim !
After getting a boat load of silver home, it was finally time to take on Modder. It was an epic fight. It went on for a day and a night, I died twice, broke my bow, and finally got her with my trusted Ategir.
Also, the silly girl broke a couple of silver deposits underground, which filled up my inventory.
The vastness of the plains await!

Good night #valheim
A couple of days ago I renovated the Great Hall. I felt like the throne and the bed were out of place just sitting in the middle of the floor, and the ceiling felt uneven and boring.
So I made everything a bit higher and added a raised floor for the throne and a new, better, bed. The ceiling is probably even wierder now, but I found a use for the inner corner piece. Still need some work, but that will wait for the black tar ceiling.

Good evening #valheim
This playthrough I tried going for a "Great Hall" and place it in the Dark Forest.
I usually make several small buildings in the meadows, so it's a different experience.
Pros: lots of Greydwarf eyes. Cons: not enough boars.
I still find it fascinating how even a random screenshot can look so beautiful in this game.

The real message of Trump (and Netanyahu): Might is Right. There are no laws, there is no justice, no morality. If you are strong, you can do what you want.