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There was a 28-page report about it that became declassified in July. I'm happy to hunt it down after work, but if you can search "saudi arabia funded 9/11" to see multiple news outlets reporting on it.

Clinton's proposed no-fly zone in Syria would have directly resulted in war with Russia. Wikileaks also had a direct impact in showing how corrupt Clinton was in accepting donations from Saudi Arabia and being virtually owned by them, which was not favorable given it came out that they funded 9/11.

Wow. Didn't know it was like that for you. The world is big and small all at once. Still, there's a sort of serenity in being a part of the present-day history. We'll be reading about these events in our children's history books in 40 years.

One of the highlights for the Trump campaign is that he didn't accept any donations from lobbyists--and I don't think many donated to him in the first place. You expect him (or anyone else, for that matter) to admit being related to lobbyists? That'd be political suicide. It would be, and with the way the propaganda mainstream media has been in the past 18 months, I'd bet good money that if lobbyists were donating to him it would have been made known. The establishment in America hates Trump and showing that he was lying about lobbyists would have been a game-ending blow to his campaign.

I'm 25 and still stupidly ignorant about the way the electoral college vs popular vote works. It seems to me that it should be the other way around. I expected Trump to win the popular vote but lose the electoral college. It's interesting because, in government, one would think Hillary would be favored due to her experience and connections. One of the highlights for the Trump campaign is that he didn't accept any donations from lobbyists--and I don't think many donated to him in the first place.

Immigration was a HUGE play here, but just as huge was health care. ACA premiums skyrocketed just a month before the election and I do believe that was the tipping point for a lot of people. I was born in 1991, so I have never seen a president in office other than Bush, Clinton, Bush, and then Obama (who we thought would be different but turned out to be a trojan horse and a Clinton arm). The newest generation of voters want to experience something more than the same thing we've had for the past 30ish years, and if that meant choosing the bucket of piss over the pile or horseshit, then so be it. Didn't Brexit turn out to be a good thing for the UK economy?

Just you watch as Trump removes visas and I come to kick your ass. In poker? Putin wants to be butt buddies with Trump. Here are some policies for fun reading: https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/4abnz5/the_policies_of_donald_j_trump_how_to_make/

Does this mean I don't have to fight Voe?

I refuse to change my avatar. It's awesome.

Zunnie from MP-Gaming attempted this sort of mechanic a few years ago and it was never fully implemented. I don't know if it was buggy, determined to be unbalanced, or what. I do vaguely recall that there were problems with the AI Ore Truck after a refinery was rebuilt. Some of the veterans here can expand on the details.

It sounds good on paper but the fact is that it takes away from the military force of the team. The game has a small playerbase as it currently is. You have to be wary of the consequences of promoting new features like this which would take away more fighting power from the teams. I say that, instead of changing the conyard repair mechanic--and this assumes that something must be changed--give technician and engineer a repair speed boost if the conyard is alive. If anything is to be promoted, you should be aiming to get more feet on the battlefield more quickly. As it stands now, the conyard's mechanic can easily be ignored by an enemy team with 4-5 tanks rushing a specific building.

The CY repair is good enough to halt lone wolfs who decide that while the entire enemy army is busy fighting off a tank rush, they can sneak in and finish off the refinery with one captain or rifle soldier. I say leave it as it is. Introducing delay-repair would cause a whole bunch of new balance issues because the current system, though slow, buys time for the team to respond to sneaky rushes etc. It promotes skill.

To really understand the USSR's actions during the RA1 timeline we have to go back to the aftermath of WWI. The Russian Empire went through a civil war in 1917 that caused Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia to gain a brief independence. Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan were also established as independent states until proclaimed as Soviet Republics in 1922 and eventually absorbed into the Soviet Union. RA1 timeline stuff: In the 1940s, Stalin took back the Baltic States, some parts of Finland, and the east end of Poland. Due to the fall of the Nazi Party, some eastern parts of Germany are given to Poland--though I'm not a history buff so I can't say exactly why. In the 1950s, Stalin invades China and Europe, starting the events of RA1 (after Grandenko conquers Asia). Now, as for the US-Japanese war. Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor had not much to do with Germany's actions. In September 1940, the U.S. placed an embargo on Japan by prohibiting exports of steel, scrap iron, and aviation fuel to Japan because of Japan's takeover of north French Indochina. Soon after Japan's occupation of southern Indochina, the U.S., the Netherlands, and Britain froze Japan's assets, preventing Japan from buying oil. Japan saw two options: get the oil embargo lifted on terms that would still allow them to take the territory they wanted (Southeast Asia--for more oil), or prepare for war. General Tojo Hideki set November 29 as the final day on which Japan would accept a settlement without war. In order for their war plans to work, Hideki decided that Japan would need to cripple the U.S. Pacific Fleet, hence Pearl Harbor. In looking at these history, we have to answer some questions: 1) Since the Soviet Union had taken over East Asia, would they have allowed Japan to have the oil they wanted? a) Perhaps, in exchange for their pledge to the Soviet Union. Though if the USSR had allowed Japan to get around the West's trade bans, how would the West have reacted? 2) Why did some of Germany go to Poland? 3) If Japan was allowed to take Southeast Asia for oil, why did they still attack Pearl Harbor?

This may be true for RA2, However, the Chinese Communist revolution didn't end until 1949. Though, it could be argued that it would have ended much sooner than 1949. And considering the fact than an American-Japanese war did in fact happen (screw you RA2 for not allowing divergence to happen too much), it's likely that US intervention in China would have continued to stabilize the region. Also, considering the fact that the U.S. was involved in China in order to gain and maintain a large, powerful ally in the east, they probably wouldn't have let China go as easily. Especially considering the U.S.'s much more limited involvement in the GWWII. Actually, if I recall correctly, during one of the later cutscenes, Stalin says somethinga about ''finally retaking the land from the Europeans and the Chinese'', indicating that China is, in fact, not communist by the time of Red Alert. The presence of the Allied expansion campaign that took place in Siberia is a further hint that China may not have been communist at the time. IIRC, Gradenko conquered East Asia before the start of the Soviet campaign, which is all about taking over Europe.

This thread is too good to go seven months without further discussion. It's super interesting.

Well, in RA1 we have: Allies England France Germany Spain Turkey Greece Soviets Ukraine Russia Unless I'm mistaken about the alignments, the reason Ukraine and Russia are the only two countries is because Westwood wanted to simplify the factions. According to the wiki on the Soviet Union (http://cnc.wikia.com/wiki/Soviet_Union), many of the countries in question, including China, are affiliated with the Soviet Union. It seems like missing events such as Pearl Harbor and Iwo Jima happened offscreen...which interestingly ties into an amazing mod and plot someone could make for RA1.

ASCENDANCY!!

Sorry bout that, got sick after work and went right to bed.

Yay!!

Seconded and wire it so that it blasts whenever we hit the brakes

With the bot refining I'm hoping to see a coop map. Ahh the memories...

SOVIET POWER SUPREME!

What was your screen resolution before you switched monitors? If the resolution's too high in WWConfig it can cause a black screen. You can change the resolution from the launcher, I believe.

Sounds like your GPU is faulty. Did you get anything on it? The 980ti can be overclocked just like a CPU. I'd try using a different connector cable if you've got it hooked up externally.

I should patent my scummy plans so they're not stolen by amateurs.