GreyDuck

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Just a little grey duck in a big grey world. He/him. (Not to be mistaken for ho/hum.) If I have a "main topic" it's the game #Satisfactory. My main textual output is (or should be, if I'm behaving myself) over at my not-a-blog:

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GreyDuck@greyduck· 24d

Got a new lamp (standing floor lamp instead of tiny shelftop lamp) for the office, which prompted me to rearrange the display level of a couple of my shelves. It's just a *skosh* snazzier in here now.

Picture of some media shelves (CDs and Blu Rays and books) with various types of figurines lined up on top: Holo the Wise Wolf (Spice & Wolf), Hilda Valentine Goneril, Edelgard von Hresvelg, Dorothea Arnault, Petra Macneary (those four from Fire Emblem Three Houses), Kafka (Honkai Star Rail), a "golden" FICSIT mug from Satisfactory... then further along, Reinhard von Lohengramm (Legend of the Galactic Heroes), Sakurajima Mai (Rascal Does Not Dream), Captain Marika of the Bentenmaru (Bodacious Space Pirates), and... Holo the Wise Wolf again. On the wall are small artworks depicting Fire Emblem Three Houses characters Shamir Nevrand and the aforementioned Dorothea and Petra.

GreyDuck@greyduck· 29d

Post a game you remember playing that nobody else remembers...

Screenshot of a "suburb" game map from the Windows version of RoboSport.

GreyDuck@greyduck· Jul 2

Those of you still using Google Apps-or-whatever for your family email plans (don't judge me, I won't judge you), have your admin pop into the control UI and make sure *all* of the various GenAI options are "off" for all the various bits. They're opted-in by default. Of course.

Part of a Google Apps admin UI menu showing the various subsections of Generative AI, like "Gemini app," "Gemini Enterprise", "Gemini in Workspace", and "NotebookLM".

GreyDuck@greyduck· Jul 1

Was this the *most efficient* way to get down to the canyon floor from the top of the cliffs? Oh, definitely not. Was it the *funniest* way? Heck yeah, that's part of why I did it. #Satisfactory

Satisfactory video game screenshot: A rocky promontory, some red cliffs, and a canyon floor, all with train lines running over, around, and through. Spiraling structures are used at two locations to achieve most of the elevation change.

GreyDuck@greyduck· Jun 30

A really solid session tonight, even though I almost literally did nothing but run train lines. I completed the 'round-the-map loop, though, and that's not nothin'. Also Nyx got her Crystal Os site under way, and Spud is laying the groundwork for the nuclear power we need (very much).

Satisfactory video game screenshot: Three pioneers strike poses in front of some nuclear power generators in the gray-green swamp zone.

GreyDuck@greyduck· Jun 18

OK, I chuckled.

A programmatically generated "Bluesky License" card made to look like an official piece of government-issued ID. No idea which government, mind you. It shows some engagement metrics and whatnot.

GreyDuck@greyduck· Jun 16

Good news! Nobody's game crashed this time! We all had to make some settings adjustments, but other than that: Smooth sailing. Whew.

Satisfactory video game screenshot: Three Pioneers stand on a painted beam inside a waste product recycling facility. The belts are now all in the fast, glowy, Mk6 style with holiday styling applied for extra sparkly fancy quality.

GreyDuck@greyduck· Jun 9

Oh goodness gracious 1.2 has some multiplayer ISSUES right now. We ended up bailing early because one of us couldn't even build things, even after a full game restart. (Which means it was a problem on the host end.) Might have to put this on hold until we see some encouraging patch notes.

Satisfactory video game screenshot: Three Pioneers in front of the Hub building, expressing different flavors and intensity levels of frustration with the proceedings.

GreyDuck@greyduck· May 27

Can I offer you three barnyard duckies in this trying time?

Three small rubber ducks sit on a window ledge, lined up side by side. One is styled to look vaguely like a chicken, the next like a horse, and the last like a pig. Sort of. They're cute, anyway. Sort of.

GreyDuck@greyduck· May 26

This was one of those "make lots of machines but nothing fancy to show for it" sessions, but it was all work that needed doing. Soon we'll have fast shiny glowy belts, though!

Satisfactory video game screenshot: Three Pioneers hanging out inside the Hub's living space after a long evening's work.

GreyDuck@greyduck· May 20

Welp. Time for a whole new way of dealing with kingdom progress in #GemsOfWar. A shakeup of some kind is long overdue for this decade-or-so-old game, but how did they do? Guess I'm finding out.

Gems of War game screenshot (Steam client version): Notification that "Deeds" are now "retired" due to a change in kingdom level mechanics. This is followed by a list of exchange rewards, turning the previous currencies into all new currencies.

GreyDuck@greyduck· May 20

Post a meme made by you (I'm staying on my #Satisfactory brand, here)

Satisfactory video game screenshot, modified: A Pioneer is standing outside the main bay window of the Hub building, looking in at the festive party decorations and lights. The "Yes... Ha Ha Ha... YES!" and "Sickos" text have been clipped and superimposed from the relevant artwork image.

GreyDuck@greyduck· May 19

My main accomplishment was automating Explosive Rebar... after first actually researching it. (Whoops.) Spud and Nyx finished up the "Megadrone" SAM supply-and-storage system, so they definitely put in more useful work this week!

Satisfactory video game screenshot: Three Pioneers posing in front of the "To Do" sign structure. The signs read: "Desert Munitions Site / Ducky want big boom." "Ficsite Trigons / Mk6 belts c'moooon" "Find things to do / SAM Flux then do Time Crystals"

GreyDuck@greyduck· May 12

I completed a prerequisite for building a munitions factory, Spud went on an exciting resource-acquisition adventure, and Nyx built SO MANY DRONE PORTS.

Satisfactory video game screenshot: Three Pioneers standing alongside several rows of drone ports.

GreyDuck@greyduck· May 5

We do, in fact, now have a Rocket Fuel generator stack. QUITE the stack.

Satisfactory video game screenshot: Three Pioneers pose in front of a giant stack of fuel-power generators. The camera has had a VHS effects filter applied.

GreyDuck@greyduck· Apr 28

For once I was *not* the God of Trains. Spud took on that role, plus building a Packaged Rocket Fuel site. I was the God of Drones, while Nyx was the Goddess of... fixing my beltwork mistake, among other things. (Whoopsie.) But we've got Phase 4 products largely completed! Next up: MOAR POWER.

Satisfactory video game screenshot: A Pioneer looks away from the camera toward a pair of absurdly ostentatious drone port platform towers and a survey tower.

GreyDuck@greyduck· Apr 27

That cancelled TV show you'll never stop thinking about?

Still image of Philip Winchester and Wesley Snipes from the TV show "The Player".

GreyDuck@greyduck· Apr 25

Oh hey, look what showed up! #SideQuested It's a lovely tome. I was expecting it to be taller, but like Robin it packs a lot of punch into a smaller space.

Book 1 of the print edition of Side Quested, a comic art story by Ale Presser and KB Spangler.

GreyDuck@greyduck· Apr 12

I now make "Time Crystals" in my solo #Satisfactory save. Hopefully tomorrow morning I'll get the "Ficsite Trigons" production working...

Satisfactory video game screenshot: At the southern edge of the bamboo forest, the Pioneer looks upon three converter machines which are the uppermost portion of a modest factory. One machine emits a purple glow as it creates "time crystals."

GreyDuck@greyduck· Apr 7

I have half of what's needed for Nuclear Pasta, after placing 32 copper refineries and various whatnot. A heavy-lifting session, for sure. But, progress!

Satisfactory video game screenshot: Under blazing summer skies on an alien world, a long row of refinery buildings awaits copper ore and water supplies.

GreyDuck@greyduck· Apr 3

In this house we stan... well, *several* anime lesbian gremlins, but one in particular:

Rae Taylor from the anime adaptation of "I'm In Love With The Villainess" peeking out sideways from behind a column to make a silly, ecstatic face toward the camera.

GreyDuck@greyduck· Apr 3

Drop something Robot-related, you say?

Cover of Karel Capek's "Rossum's Universal Robots", the 1920 play which introduced the word 'robot' to our language.

GreyDuck@greyduck· Mar 29

Just watching for the drone that's going to bring in the last shipment of Thermal Propulsion Rockets so I can send up the Phase 4 products and be *done* with this part of the game. Watching. And waiting. Patiently. Very patiently. #Satisfactory

Satisfactory video game screenshot: Inset view of the Objective display, showing 500 out of 500 for the first two items, 246 out of 250 for a third, and 100 out of 100 for the last. A mere four individual items remain.

GreyDuck@greyduck· Mar 24

We made *huge* progress. For instance, I'm better-than-halfway on my Heavy Modular Frames factory. (The goal is nearly double-digit production, so... yeah, it's *big*.) Also, I didn't win the photo shoot contest but I'm proud of my result anyway, so, here:

Satisfactory video game screenshot: Three pioneers pose on a grassy promontory. In the background is an in-progress factory's long row of refineries and a train station. Further back is the Space Elevator. Even further back is a tectonically active moon.

GreyDuck@greyduck· Mar 17

We all worked on separate projects (mostly) but we also all made progress while also (also also) indulging in the occasional distraction. It's fun! Next time: Production shall ensue.

Satisfactory video game screenshot: A train station over a lake pulls in extracted water via large storage tanks. Rest assured that this is not being used to cool an AI datacenter.

GreyDuck@greyduck· Mar 16

I miss RWBY Chibi. "And nothing bad ever happened. EEEEEVERRR HAAAAAPENED."

Still image from a RWBY Chibi skit. Nora has just insisted to the rest of the main cast (and Pyrrha) that "Nothing bad ever happened" in a long, drawn-out way that is almost indistinguishable from intense denial.

GreyDuck@greyduck· Mar 14

Played some #Satisfactory to unwind after a *weird* work week. This weekend I hope to at least have my 2nd (was supposed to be 1st) Rocket Fuel power plant producing fuel. Placing the 144 generators will take... some time. But that's a Tomorrow!Me problem.

Satisfactory video game screenshot: The Pioneer stands on a grass-covered stone arch overlooking a nearly-completed set of refineries and blenders which will produce 600 cubic meters per minute of Rocket Fuel.

GreyDuck@greyduck· Mar 10

In the end-of-session photo shoot only one of us truly expressed how we're all feeling at this point in The Year Of Our Glorb Twenty Twenty Six. (Hint: It's the one collapsed in a heap on the walkway.)

Satisfactory video game screenshot: On a viewing area walkway overlooking the Rocky Desert, three Pioneers pose for a photo shoot. The leftmost is saluting toward the right of frame, the center is curled up as if for a nap, and the rightmost is waving, sort of, vaguely.

GreyDuck@greyduck· Mar 6

Sure, I used that "my9games" thing to generate an image, why not. It's late and I'm tired and yes, I deliberately left off a couple of particular titles for various reasons. Ask tomorrow get different answers maybe.

Box art for nine video games. In order left to right and top to bottom, they are: Satisfactory. Fire Emblem Three Houses. Warframe. Gems of War. Honkai Star Rail. Guild Wars 2. Age of Empires. Torchlight 2. Titan Quest.

GreyDuck@greyduck· Feb 24

A bit of a "just get this built, dammit" slog but we powered through. And now we have goal reminders, saving us entire seconds in the future that might've been spent asking, "Now *what* was I doing, again...?"