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Men of War II real-time strategy just announced the Release Date
Men of War II WWII real-time strategy game now has a release date for Linux and Windows PC. Thanks thanks to the skilled team at Best Way for making it all happen. Due to makes its way onto both Steam and Humble Store soon.
Big news, Men of War II WWII RTS is launching on Linux, May 15, 2024. It's been exactly ten years since the Men of War: Assault Squad 2 release. So this date is a special nod to long-time fans.
After getting a lot of input from all of you during last year's playtests, the team at Best Way decided to take a bit more time to make sure everything in the new title works well. Thanks to your feedback, they've made a ton of technical upgrades, fixed bugs, and even enhanced the audio and visuals. They really went the extra mile!
So, how does Men of War II highlight the details of WWII? Well, you'll get to play as one of three nations: the Soviets, American's, or the Third Reich. Each one has its own unique story campaign. There’s more, too – such as two historical campaigns, a dynamic Conquest campaign, and a Raid mode that's similar to skirmish. If you like teaming up with friends, you'll be happy to know that all the single-player content can be played in co-op with up to five players. Plus, there are tons of multiplayer options, whether you're into PvP or PvE, and even ranked matches across three different battle setups.
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The upcoming Men of War II really steps up its game in providing a deep WWII strategy experience. There’s a massive variety of units to command, all meticulously designed with historical accuracy. You’ll also find that the enemy AI is smarter, making for some truly challenging battles. The visuals and sound are better, which really pulls you into the action.
And for those who like to tweak their playing experience, there are loads of customizable options and modes. Whether you’re a hardcore strategist or just looking to have some fun, there's something here for everyone.
Men of War II real-time strategy game will launch on Linux and Windows PC on both Steam and Humble Store. It’s priced at $44.99 USD / £37.99 GBP / €44.99.
Can't wait to dive in and see how these enhancements really change the way we play. Let me know in the comments what you’re most excited about!
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Men of War II finally gets its marching orders, arriving on PC next month
Strategy fans should get set to return to the fronts of WWII, as Fulqrum Publishing and developer Best Way’s Men of War II is coming up.
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New gameplay trailer for Men of War II debuted at the Golden Joystick Awards 2022
New gameplay trailer for Men of War II debuted at the Golden Joystick Awards 2022
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lost a planet obi-wan has 😔
#attack of the clones#obi wan kenobi#obi-wan kenobi#obi wan#star wars#star wars episode ii#star wars prequels#hes so gorgeous in this scene i thought about painting it all day#tired of men with kind and beautiful eyes. like stfu gorgeous#aotc is the best worst movie ever
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“True Towel Tales” advertisement series — Based on real servicemen stories during World War II.
By Stevan Dohanos, Fred Ludekens & James Bingham, Cannon Mills Company, 1943-44.
#stevan dohanos#fred ludekens#james bingham#vintage#vintage men#art#men in art#male art#homoerotic#ad#vintage ad#advertising#vintage ads#advertisement#military#world war 2#world war ii#wwii#ww2#1940s
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Female shipfitters on a lunch break at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, August 1944.
Photo: U.S. Navy/NY Historical Society/Vintage Everyday
#vintage New York#1940s#World War II#home front#women in World War II#shipfitters#Brooklyn Navy Yard#women in men's roles#vintage Brooklyn#vintage NYC
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Cartoon Romances + Picnic Date
#Justice League#Justice League Unlimited#Ever After High#Scooby Doo Mystery Incorporated#Danny Phantom#LoliRock#Total Drama#Justice Society World War II#X Men#Avatar The Last Airbender#The Legend of Tarzan#Moments#Janet x Bronson#Ashlynn x Hunter#Jasmine x Shawn#Iris x Nathaniel#Barry x Iris#Jean x Scott#Superman x Lois
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#polls#2002 in film#the lord of the rings: the two towers#harry potter and the chamber of secrets#spider-man#star wars: episode ii- attack of the clones#men in black ii#die another day#signs#ice age#my big fat greek wedding#minority report
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"SHE POSED AS MAN EVEN TO DRAFT CARD," Toronto Star. January 5, 1943. Page 2.
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Mildred Allen, 29. is shown as she was arrested in Chicago. Police said she admitted having posed as a man for 15 years. Detectives said she was carrying a draft card bearing the name of Thomas Vernon. She was held without a formal charge.
#chicago#male impersonator#cross dressing#men's clothing#history of feminities#history of masculinities#queer history#draft dodgers#military enlistment#united states history#world war ii#history of crime and punishment
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• Operation: Body Snatch
Operation Body Snatch, which began on April 27th of 1945, just three days before Adolf Hitler’s suicide, was an operation by U.S forces to return the remains of Germany’s most celebrated rulers: King Frederick Wilhelm I, King Frederick the Great, and Field Marshall Paul von Hindenburg. To their proper burial locations.
On The 27th of April, seven members of the U.S. Army Ordnance Corp were searching the northern reaches of Germany’s Thuringian Forest – basically the middle of nowhere - for hidden ammo dumps. That is when they stumbled across a salt mine in Bernterode that had been used as a munitions manufacturing and storage facility. The size of this mine, that one reached it by taking an elevator down about 1800 feet – that’s about a 1/3 of a mile or ½ a kilometer from the surface. Down there, the men found an estimated 400,000 tons of stored ammo in its estimated 14 miles or 23 kilometers of tunnels. However there was an ever bigger surprise in store for them. About 1/4 of a mile or 4/10 of a kilometer from the elevator shaft, the soldiers stumbled across a side passageway that appeared to be sealed off with fresh cement. They decided to find out what was behind that newly mortared wall. They tunneled an opening through an estimated 6-feet or 2-meters of masonry and rubble.
It was a room that had been partitioned off into bays that were filled with artwork, boxes, and tapestries. An estimated 225 Prussian flags and banners were hanging unfurled. More importantly, everything surrounded four coffins, one of which was adorned with a large wreath and red ribbons with swastikas and bore the name Adolph Hitler. Upon closer inspection, they noticed that someone had quickly scribbled a few words in red crayon on each casket. Three of these were the remains of Germany’s most celebrated rulers: King Frederick Wilhelm I, King Frederick the Great, and Field Marshall Paul von Hindenburg. The fourth casket belonged to Frau von Hindenburg. These remains had been placed down in the mine about three weeks earlier as the Russians were closing in on Potsdam, the location of the Tannenberg Memorial. The Nazis feared that the Russians would destroy not just the monument, but also the remains that were buried there – those of Hindenburg and his wife. They quickly removed the caskets and blew up the remaining sarcophagi, ultimately finding their way, along with the two Fredericks, to the Bernterode mine.
It has been theorized that this room deep in the mine was set up to preserve the most precious artifacts of German military history for the next rise of the German Reich. The job of getting these four coffins and all of the associated regalia up and out of the mine became the responsibility of the MFA&A – or the Monuments, Fine Arts, & Archives – branch of the military. This was a group of 345 art historians, museum directors, architects, educators, and curators that hailed from thirteen different countries. Better known today as the Monuments Men. The coffins were the last objects to be removed from the mine. Frau von Hindenburg had the lightest casket and was the first one to take the fourteen minute ride up to the surface. Next was Frederick Wilhelm I, followed by Field Marshall von Hindenburg. The last coffin, however, was not going to return to the surface easily. Frederick the Great’s casket was massive and weighed over half-a-ton. In addition to being incredibly difficult to maneuver. To the surprise of the men accompanying Frederick the Great on his journey skyward, as they approached the surface they could hear a radio blasting the Star Spangled banner followed by God Save the King. Germany had just surrendered the war.
These four caskets created an incredible dilemma for the US Army. Three of these four caskets belonged to men that played a significant role in Germany’s military history. They couldn’t be reburied in just any ordinary way. On the other hand, to give each a grand burial with an ornate tombstone or monument could help bring the Nazi party back to life. So, the Army without certainty of what to do with the caskets quickly passed the responsibility on to the higher-ups in Washington, DC to deal with. Since the US government was dealing with the bodies of dignitaries, the issue was deferred to the State Department, the branch of our government that deals with international relations. For an entire year the coffins didn’t move from their guarded storage location in the basement of a castle in Marburg. Ultimately, it was decided that these bodies were of historical importance and should be treated just like any other historical treasure or artwork plundered during the war. This top secret reinternment of the bodies once again became the responsibility of the Monuments Men.
Three officers were assigned: Theodore Heinrich, Francis Bilodeau, and Everett Lesley Jr. It was Lesley that coined the name of this top secret mission: Operation Body Snatch. Their instructions were fairly straightforward. The two kings were to be reburied in the US controlled zone Greater Hesse, while the two Hindenburgs were to be buried near Hanover in the British Zone. Why Hanover? That’s because Hindenburg had requested that he be buried on his family plot there. It was Hitler who decided to override his final wishes and have his remains placed at the Tannenberg Memorial. The US was simply trying to respect Hindenburg’s wishes, but it was not to be. The British government wanted nothing to do with the bodies. Word came back from London that would not allow the bodies into their zone under any condition. So, they couldn’t be buried in the British or French zones. It became clear that all four bodies needed to be buried somewhere in the US zone. Since all four of these corpses were of the Protestant faith, it seemed logical to bury them in a Protestant church. That idea quickly fizzled after it was determined that all of the suitable Protestant churches were either badly damaged or totally destroyed in the war. The next step of the three Monuments men was to see if they could find a place, any place, that had even a slight connection to the Hohenzollern family. After careful research, the Kronberg castle near Frankfurt seemed like the perfect fit. Once again, luck was not on their side. The Monuments Men, Theodore Heinrich in particular, had a bigger problem thrown on their plate. Someone had stolen the jewels that had been hidden in the Kronberg castle. Valued at $7.6 million dollars in 1947 or about $77 million today, the great mystery of the theft focused worldwide attention on the castle.
Ultimately, the answer they had been seeking was hidden right under their noses: St. Elizabeth’s church in Marburg. The church had survived the war in good shape and lie just a few hundred yards from where the bodies were currently being stored. But, the real question was whether or not the church had any space left to bury the bodies. The three officers spent a considerable amount of time searching through the church’s burial records to locate possible burial spots. It was decided that the two Fredericks would be buried below the floor of the north transept, while the Hindenburgs would find final rest at the base of its north tower. Before moving forward with their plan, descendants of both families were consulted to seek their approval. The French would not allow Crown Prince Wilhelm, the eldest son of Germany’s last Emperor, to leave their zone, so a letter notifying him that his eldest daughter Cecilia. Getting Hindenburg family approval didn’t go smoothly either. They were to meet his only son Oskar in Wiesbaden, but he was a no-show. It turns out that he had been arrested by American security police for signing a Wiesbaden hotel register with his full military title. Once released, Hindenburg was taken to St. Elizabeth’s and granted his family’s approval for the reburial plan. The four bodies were finally laid to rest on August 19th of 1946, 479 days after they were first discovered deep down in that Thuringian mine. There was fear that fanatics may want to steal the bodies, so the graves were covered with steel plates and a layer of concrete. In September of 1952, the caskets of the two kings were moved once again. This time they were taken to Hohenzollern Castle in Hechingen where a family spokesman declared they were to remain “until Germany is united again and they can return to Potsdam.” When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, the decision was made to do just that. On August 17th of 1991, the 205th anniversary of Frederick the Great’s death, they were interred one last time.
#ww2#world war 2#second world war#world war ii#wwii#history#spooky#germany#german history#monuments men#funny history#military history
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Tony Bennett after returning home from the Army, 1946 🪖🎖️🪖🎖️🪖
#tony bennett#singer#army#us army#1940s style#1940s fashion#1940s vintage#1940s#40s style#40s fashion#40s#decade: 1940s#vintage style#vintage fashion#vintage male#vintage men#vintage photography#ww2#wwii#ww2 era#wwii era#world war 2#world war ii#military uniform#army uniform#handsome#handsome male#handsome man#handsome fella#handsome guy
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Experience Men of War II in Beta: Faster Loading and Even Better Graphics
Men of War II multiplayer RTS game to release a Beta weekend for Linux, Mac, and Windows PC. Which is the result of the work and effort of developer Best Way. Due to make its way onto Steam and Humble Store in 2024.
Let's get into this exciting news about Men of War II, the multiplayer RTS game that's making waves in Linux gaming.
There's a big event happening for Men of War II – a Beta weekend! It's due to start on November 16th until the 21st on Steam. This is not just any test run; it's also a chance to see all the updates the developers have working on.
What’s New?
Better Experience: Men of War II now runs smoother with quicker loading times, and the graphics look even more amazing.
New Mode - Officer Mode: This is a tough challenge where you have to protect a very important character in the game. If the enemies get him, you lose. Since it's all about using your tactics and being quick to make the right moves.
More to Play: There are two new missions to try out, one for the USA and one for Germany. These missions are due to be like stepping into a history book about World War II, but you're in control. Plus, the Soviet campaign is back too!
Maps Galore: Four new maps, making it a total of ten. Each map is a different playground for your strategies.
Feedback Matters: The Men of War II developers have listened to what thousands of players feedback about the previous versions. Now making a bunch of improvements.
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Beta Content:
Different Ways to Play Against Others (PvP): You've got three styles - PvP, Combined Arms, and Classic. Each one offers a different way to compete against other players.
Game Settings: Choose between Competitive or Realism. Since it's all about how challenging you want your experience to be.
Modes to Play: Four modes where you can face off against other players or even AI bots. These are Front Line, Assault Zones, Combat, and Incursion.
Solo or Team Missions: There are three missions you can play alone or with friends - Towards Freedom, Convoy, and Through The Snow.
Lots of Maps: Ten different maps in total, including Witch's Vale, Village, Champagne, Polesie, and more.
What’s Improved?
Matchmaking and Leaderboards: You can also see how you rank in the Classic mode and in Combined Arms.
Faster Load Times: No more waiting around; the Men of War II loading times are much shorter.
Better Rewards: In PvE, completing tasks gets you new battalions and supply points.
Smarter Vehicles: Vehicles in Men of War II move around smarter now.
Balancing: Based on players feedback, the title's balance has been tweaked for a better experience.
More Realistic Battles: In Realism mode, battles feel even more lifelike.
UI and Sound Upgrades: The user interface and sounds see an improvement for a better overall feel.
Important Note: Remember, whatever you do in the Beta won't carry over to the final build when it launches on Linux.
Launch Date: Men of War II is due to be fully available in 2024 on Linux, Mac, and Windows PC via Steam and Humble Store.
So, that's a lot happening with Men of War II. The Beta weekend is a perfect time to jump in and play the new features and improvements. It's a multiplayer RTS title that's not just about action; it's also about thinking fast and making smart decisions. Make sure to jump into the Beta Weekend on Steam.
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Men of War II's open beta brings the war to PC players later this month
Getting ever-closer to launch is Men of War II, the long-awaited RTS sequel. It’s a roadmap that includes a brand new (loaded) open beta.
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Men of War II new gameplay trailer announces delay into 2023 due to the war in Ukraine and to allow for new features to be added
Men of War II new gameplay trailer announces delay into 2023 due to the war in Ukraine and to allow for new features to be added
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Watching Gunbuster for the first time, and I love how the show uses its sci-fi elements to examine the "traumatized soldier's return to a home they no longer recognize" trope from a new angle. Plays a similar role in the broader themes of the Horrors of War, but the relativistic space combat shifts the site of that change: the soldiers are stuck in their moment of trauma and the rest of the world has moved past them. A shift in reference frames, if you will. Instead of soldiers returning with forced maturity to an unchanged civilian world that only has space for lives they've outgrown, the solders return with extremely-recent unprocessed trauma to a world that has already forgotten the cost of their service. Whatever the extent people back home feared the alien threat before, they've long since known about each victory, had time to move forward with ordinary lives, while our protagonists lack even old ill-fitting lives to return to after giving their lives up to the space military more literally than normal.
#ghostbloggings#gunbuster#thinking about a book passage discussing the culture shock of young American soldiers returning from WWI (maybe II?)#the newly-adult women whose male peers had vanished ready to embrace their delayed vision of young adult wild life#being totally unprepared for these traumatized young men who did not in fact want to party#and felt much stronger connections to those Foreign European Women who had some understanding of the horrors of war#(nobody handled this well)#anyways gunbuster is better than it has any right to be#first episode or two? goofy and charming#the rest? goofy and earning genuine emotional investment
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So. Fuck it, we ball, let's talk about the consequences of Katsuki's actions.
(Vague) manga spoilers ahead! (It'll apply post-war though, so I'll do my best to graze over unnecessary details to get to my point.)
KATSUKI'S ARM: WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED?
The short answer: Katsuki got up, chose violence, and in doing so, condemned his arm to a state of irreversible repair that'll stay forever.
The longer answer: The situation called for Katsuki to immediately jump back into the fray the moment he woke up. His arm was actually splinted before he headed into the fight, thanks to Best Jeanist being the best mentor taking care of him, but it's completely disregarded when he goes charging into the fight of his life.
By the end of it, his arm is barely holding together - it appears as though he can't really use it properly.
THE DAMAGE.
Let's assume, thanks to a general progression in medical technology in the My Hero universe, that Katsuki gets access to a range of care and therefore doesn't lose the arm. You can call it a miracle.
The damage sustained to it is still severe. We can only deduce what we know based on the damage prior and then the damage by the end of his fight, but the outcome of the fight isn't good; prior to his next battle, the arm is completely shattered and splinted to try and support the bones fusing back together. That sort of healing doesn't happen immediately, though, and by the time he runs back into the fight, the splint is disregarded - and it's likely that the bones have further shifted out of place.
It also looks as though there is serious damage to his muscle, and therefore, likely some damage to his tendons and his nerves; even if there was benefit of the doubt, Katsuki will have most certainly lost a bit of definition in his right arm. If we do give him some leeway because Manga Logic, he might get lucky and not need any muscle grafts and the muscle can rebuild itself, which would likely be the safest thing, since he would need surgery to reset and secure his arm in the first place. But if not... There's the risk of multiple surgeries to fix different issues.
Nerve damage is practically irreversible. Once the nerves are fucked enough, they won't be able to recover back to the state they were originally in, and that can manifest in different ways; it could lead to sharp, sudden pains. Maybe it's a temperature difference. Maybe they will not give as many signals, and so things are more noticeably muted compared to nerves that haven't sustained any damage.
Then, tendon damage is a toss-up - usually, it's pretty damn bad. The only solace Katsuki might get in that regard is that only select tendons are torn, and thanks to his younger age, he will be able to recover from them better.
So to recap: there is definitive damage to his bones - breaks and likely hair fractures accompanying them - and muscles. His nerves are highly likely to be damaged. Some tendons may have been lucky to be intact, but in the end, at least some of them are torn.
THE HEALING PROCESS.
There is just no way this is going to be completely solved in the matter of days.
Recovery Girl is a godsend in the universe, but she even says it herself, she just hastens recovery based on the energy that a person already has. She can't use her Quirk too much because that risks putting her patients into a more dangerous situation than they were already in. We also know that because it takes her several days to administer treatment, things will not be completely healed; for instance, Izuku's arm after the Training Camp.
If this is solved in days in the manga whenever it gets there, Katsuki has some massive plot armour and as much as I'm glad he's still around, Horikoshi, I expect at least SOME consequence.
So, the main idea is this: due to the complicated nature of the damage sustained, and the fact that this affects not just his arms but his joints (wrist, elbow, shoulder), Katsuki cannot make a complete recovery from the injuries. He's probably got some really nasty scarring from it too (which I will personally save for a separate post). He will say it's worth it. He'll say he can work around it. The issue is that he needs to take a lot of different precautions to ensure a proper and fulfilling recovery, and that may frustrate him, even if he follows it to a tee.
The first few days, he's in a cast. Until his bones are fully set and secured in place, he can't remove the cast, and he is in no way permitted to use his right hand. When the cast finally comes off, he's bombarded with different things he's allowed to do and things he is not: no lifting. No training. Movement is good, but always supported by a shoulder and wrist brace. If he is still in pain, he has to take a heavy dose of pain medication as specified by a doctor for the duration of his healing. It's also a daily visit with Recovery Girl.
Even after the main healing sequence is complete, he's told that he should give his arm more time to make a recovery on its own before he uses it. He spends the time that his arm is out of commission in learning to be ambidextrous, so he can use his left hand for things while his right hand cannot. He's permitted to do light exercises and has been recommended to try writing occasionally by an occupational therapist, but his handwriting - with both hands - is pretty sad for a while there.
And you might be thinking, hey, Cam, why can't he use his arm normally at this point? My answer is this: because Recovery Girl needed so much of his energy for the major damages, aka his breaks and any tendon damage and reversing at least a little of the nerve damage, she could not spare his energy to completely heal other areas. Think of it as... An incomplete healing process, due to the limitations of her Quirk and the energy required from Katsuki. And even if she continued for days after the initial treatment, any damage there would have reached a point that it cannot be healed in a convenient way. Katsuki needs to give himself time to heal normally.
When he's as healed as can be though, it's a few months after, and he's got most of his function back. He's allowed to start doing the things he did before. The catch? Katsuki needs a lot more support for his arm.
THE AFTERMATH: WHAT SUPPORTS DOES HE NEED?
On a pretty consistent basis, Katsuki will almost always be wearing athletic tape on his shoulder, elbow, and around his wrist. Athletic tape helps with supporting the muscles in that area which becomes vital after the healing is complete.
Rarer occasions call for the use of compressions and braces. Katsuki very often wears a shoulder brace when it comes time for him to wear one, and sometimes he has a wrist band that acts as a brace and compression - the reason these are the most important for him is because of the force that his explosions have on his entire arm. While yes, his elbow feels the blow, the joints that take the biggest brunt are his wrist and his shoulder. Through support students and outsourcing, Katsuki even considers built-in support on his right arm for his hero costume.
The rarest occasions call for cold or hot compresses. While they don't necessarily solve problems in the same way a brace might, they are there to help ease pain when it flares up; cold works best when it is nerve, and hot is better when it's muscle or tendon. Typically, he only has to worry about this when he's home. If he's on the job when it happens, he'll either find a window to apply it, or take pain medication and call it a day. He tries not to fight with it unless he deems it necessary.
(And most of the time, he is of a firm belief that he could chuck assailants into jail with one hand anyway. He's not wrong.)
So to summarise: Katsuki fucked up his arm, spent months healing it to a usable state, and while he still feels the effects, he wouldn't change a single damn thing about it.
#💥 ⸍ i. out.#💥 ⸍ ii. headcanon.#💥 ⸍ ii. verse: post-wars.#/ no proofreading we die like men#/ i just kinda threw 1.4k words together but this makes sense right?#/ cool. cool cool cool. alas this is all the braincell had for yall tonight
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