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Let it all out, people! By the fireside: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2990600/Fireside_Feelings/

rms
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On 10/9/2026 10:35 AM, rms wrote:

Let it all out, people!  By the fireside: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2990600/Fireside_Feelings/

I got enough problems of my own! Why do I need to listen to cartoon
animals complain about theirs?!

:P
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On Fri, 9 Oct 2026 11:35:44 -0600, "rms" <[email protected]> wrote:

Let it all out, people! By the fireside: >https://store.steampowered.com/app/2990600/Fireside_Feelings/

rms

*---

Very positive overall rating? There are some real, big time losers
out there that my taxes are helping to support!
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On Fri, 09 Oct 2026 20:16:53 -0600, PW <[email protected]> said
this thing:

On Fri, 9 Oct 2026 11:35:44 -0600, "rms" <[email protected]> wrote:

Let it all out, people! By the fireside: >>https://store.steampowered.com/app/2990600/Fireside_Feelings/

rms

*---

Very positive overall rating? There are some real, big time losers
out there that my taxes are helping to support!

I was unaware you lived in France. (the developers are French ;-)

Different strokes for different folks, these games. It looks like a
cartoony Eliza to me, but it seems well made for what it is. It's
text-heavy too, and I'm always a fan of a game which makes people
write more. Although the LLM connection creeps me out.


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On Sat, 10 Oct 2026 19:54:22 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> wrote:

On Fri, 09 Oct 2026 20:16:53 -0600, PW <[email protected]> said
this thing:

On Fri, 9 Oct 2026 11:35:44 -0600, "rms" <[email protected]> wrote:

Let it all out, people! By the fireside: >>>https://store.steampowered.com/app/2990600/Fireside_Feelings/

rms

*---

Very positive overall rating? There are some real, big time losers
out there that my taxes are helping to support!

I was unaware you lived in France. (the developers are French ;-)

*-

Makes sense!

Different strokes for different folks, these games. It looks like a
cartoony Eliza to me, but it seems well made for what it is. It's
text-heavy too, and I'm always a fan of a game which makes people
write more. Although the LLM connection creeps me out.

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On Sat, 10 Oct 2026 19:54:22 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> wrote:

On Fri, 09 Oct 2026 20:16:53 -0600, PW <[email protected]> said
this thing:

On Fri, 9 Oct 2026 11:35:44 -0600, "rms" <[email protected]> wrote:

Let it all out, people! By the fireside: >>>https://store.steampowered.com/app/2990600/Fireside_Feelings/

rms

*---

Very positive overall rating? There are some real, big time losers
out there that my taxes are helping to support!

I was unaware you lived in France. (the developers are French ;-)

You've probably driven through my state in your 18 wheeler! :-)

I really have to take a break from Gothic Remake but I am in this area
that I can't take a breather. Middle of Chapter 5 I guess with the
Orcs. Tired of it!

Then I really want to try the Ford thing with ATS!

Different strokes for different folks, these games. It looks like a
cartoony Eliza to me, but it seems well made for what it is. It's
text-heavy too, and I'm always a fan of a game which makes people
write more. Although the LLM connection creeps me out.

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On Sat, 10 Oct 2026 20:22:33 -0600, PW <[email protected]> said
this thing:

Then I really want to try the Ford thing with ATS!

I've put aside the "Road Trip" expansion to ATS for a while. It's a
nice idea and I can't deny that I had fun with it, but it does seem
half-baked at the moment. Then again, so was "American Truck
Simulator" when it first released, and now it's one of my most-played
games, so I'm optimistic "Road Trip" will grow into its potential
eventually.

But unless you have an overwhelming need to drive a Ford 150 pickup
/right now/, I wouldn't buy the expansion *just yet*. Between the lack
of content, general lack of polish, and bugs it's not quite 'there'
yet. Once SCS Software adds more cars (and more customization options
to those cars), adds all the 'Road Trip' markers still missing from
the other 15 (out of 21 available) states, and hammers out the more
egregious bugs, it'll be great. But I'd wait until then.


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Dimensional Traveler <[email protected]> wrote:

On 10/9/2026 10:35 AM, rms wrote:

Let it all out, people!� By the fireside: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2990600/Fireside_Feelings/

I got enough problems of my own! Why do I need to listen to cartoon
animals complain about theirs?!

:P

What about my problems?
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On 10/12/2026 7:23 PM, Ant wrote:

Dimensional Traveler <[email protected]> wrote:

On 10/9/2026 10:35 AM, rms wrote:

Let it all out, people!  By the fireside:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2990600/Fireside_Feelings/

I got enough problems of my own! Why do I need to listen to cartoon
animals complain about theirs?!

:P

What about my problems?

Are you a cartoon animal?
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On Sun, 11 Oct 2026 20:37:24 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> wrote:

On Sat, 10 Oct 2026 20:22:33 -0600, PW <[email protected]> said
this thing:

Then I really want to try the Ford thing with ATS!

I've put aside the "Road Trip" expansion to ATS for a while. It's a
nice idea and I can't deny that I had fun with it, but it does seem >half-baked at the moment. Then again, so was "American Truck
Simulator" when it first released, and now it's one of my most-played
games, so I'm optimistic "Road Trip" will grow into its potential
eventually.

But unless you have an overwhelming need to drive a Ford 150 pickup
/right now/, I wouldn't buy the expansion *just yet*. Between the lack
of content, general lack of polish, and bugs it's not quite 'there'
yet. Once SCS Software adds more cars (and more customization options
to those cars), adds all the 'Road Trip' markers still missing from
the other 15 (out of 21 available) states, and hammers out the more
egregious bugs, it'll be great. But I'd wait until then.

*--

Okay! The future sounds exciting!

-pw
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On Tue, 13 Oct 2026 08:20:58 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
<[email protected]> wrote:

On 10/12/2026 7:23 PM, Ant wrote:

Dimensional Traveler <[email protected]> wrote:

On 10/9/2026 10:35 AM, rms wrote:

Let it all out, people!� By the fireside:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2990600/Fireside_Feelings/

I got enough problems of my own! Why do I need to listen to cartoon
animals complain about theirs?!

:P

What about my problems?

Are you a cartoon animal?

* --

Maybe a furry ;-)
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On 10/13/2026 7:48 PM, PW wrote:

On Tue, 13 Oct 2026 08:20:58 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
<[email protected]> wrote:

On 10/12/2026 7:23 PM, Ant wrote:

Dimensional Traveler <[email protected]> wrote:

On 10/9/2026 10:35 AM, rms wrote:

Let it all out, people!  By the fireside:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2990600/Fireside_Feelings/

I got enough problems of my own! Why do I need to listen to cartoon
animals complain about theirs?!

:P

What about my problems?

Are you a cartoon animal?

Maybe a furry ;-)

*steps back*
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On Tue, 13 Oct 2026 20:48:49 -0600, PW <[email protected]> said
this thing:

On Tue, 13 Oct 2026 08:20:58 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
<[email protected]> wrote:

On 10/12/2026 7:23 PM, Ant wrote:

Dimensional Traveler <[email protected]> wrote:

On 10/9/2026 10:35 AM, rms wrote:

Let it all out, people!� By the fireside:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2990600/Fireside_Feelings/

I got enough problems of my own! Why do I need to listen to cartoon
animals complain about theirs?!

:P

What about my problems?

Are you a cartoon animal?

* --

Maybe a furry ;-)

A furry ant! Like some sort of hybrid ant and beaver? Is this a sign
that the beavants are returning?


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Dimensional Traveler <[email protected]> wrote:

On 10/12/2026 7:23 PM, Ant wrote:

Dimensional Traveler <[email protected]> wrote:

On 10/9/2026 10:35 AM, rms wrote:

Let it all out, people!� By the fireside:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2990600/Fireside_Feelings/

I got enough problems of my own! Why do I need to listen to cartoon
animals complain about theirs?!

:P

What about my problems?

Are you a cartoon animal?

I can be.
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Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> wrote:

On Tue, 13 Oct 2026 20:48:49 -0600, PW <[email protected]> said
this thing:

On Tue, 13 Oct 2026 08:20:58 -0700, Dimensional Traveler ><[email protected]> wrote:

On 10/12/2026 7:23 PM, Ant wrote:

Dimensional Traveler <[email protected]> wrote:

On 10/9/2026 10:35 AM, rms wrote:

Let it all out, people!� By the fireside:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2990600/Fireside_Feelings/

I got enough problems of my own! Why do I need to listen to cartoon >>>> animals complain about theirs?!

:P

What about my problems?

Are you a cartoon animal?

* --

Maybe a furry ;-)

A furry ant! Like some sort of hybrid ant and beaver? Is this a sign
that the beavants are returning?

Velvet ants? No, those are wasps (aka cow killers) that look like furry ants: https://duckduckgo.com/?kl=us-en&q=velvet+ants.
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On Wed, 14 Oct 2026 15:31:42 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> wrote:

On Tue, 13 Oct 2026 20:48:49 -0600, PW <[email protected]> said
this thing:

On Tue, 13 Oct 2026 08:20:58 -0700, Dimensional Traveler >><[email protected]> wrote:

On 10/12/2026 7:23 PM, Ant wrote:

Dimensional Traveler <[email protected]> wrote:

On 10/9/2026 10:35 AM, rms wrote:

Let it all out, people!� By the fireside:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2990600/Fireside_Feelings/

I got enough problems of my own! Why do I need to listen to cartoon >>>>> animals complain about theirs?!

:P

What about my problems?

Are you a cartoon animal?

* --

Maybe a furry ;-)

A furry ant! Like some sort of hybrid ant and beaver? Is this a sign
that the beavants are returning?

*--

After all these years, maybe!! ;-)
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On Wed, 14 Oct 2026 23:20:20 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Ant)
wrote:

Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> wrote:

On Tue, 13 Oct 2026 20:48:49 -0600, PW <[email protected]> said
this thing:

On Tue, 13 Oct 2026 08:20:58 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
<[email protected]> wrote:

On 10/12/2026 7:23 PM, Ant wrote:

Dimensional Traveler <[email protected]> wrote:

On 10/9/2026 10:35 AM, rms wrote:

Let it all out, people!� By the fireside:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2990600/Fireside_Feelings/

I got enough problems of my own! Why do I need to listen to cartoon
animals complain about theirs?!

:P

What about my problems?

Are you a cartoon animal?

* --

Maybe a furry ;-)

A furry ant! Like some sort of hybrid ant and beaver? Is this a sign
that the beavants are returning?

Velvet ants? No, those are wasps (aka cow killers) that look like furry ants: https://duckduckgo.com/?kl=us-en&q=velvet+ants.

*--

Stay away from those Ant!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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On Wed, 14 Oct 2026 23:19:28 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Ant)
wrote:

Dimensional Traveler <[email protected]> wrote:

On 10/12/2026 7:23 PM, Ant wrote:

Dimensional Traveler <[email protected]> wrote:

On 10/9/2026 10:35 AM, rms wrote:

Let it all out, people!� By the fireside:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2990600/Fireside_Feelings/

I got enough problems of my own! Why do I need to listen to cartoon
animals complain about theirs?!

:P

What about my problems?

Are you a cartoon animal?

I can be.

*--

I tie and fish with these all the time! Catch lots of trout here in
Montana and Yellowstone Park!! https://www.tu.org/magazine/fishing/fly-tying/the-black-ant/

There a red flying ones too - they also work great!
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On 10/14/2026 12:31 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

On Tue, 13 Oct 2026 20:48:49 -0600, PW <[email protected]> said
this thing:

On Tue, 13 Oct 2026 08:20:58 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
<[email protected]> wrote:

On 10/12/2026 7:23 PM, Ant wrote:

Dimensional Traveler <[email protected]> wrote:

On 10/9/2026 10:35 AM, rms wrote:

Let it all out, people!  By the fireside:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2990600/Fireside_Feelings/

I got enough problems of my own! Why do I need to listen to cartoon >>>>> animals complain about theirs?!

:P

What about my problems?

Are you a cartoon animal?

* --

Maybe a furry ;-)

A furry ant! Like some sort of hybrid ant and beaver? Is this a sign
that the beavants are returning?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velvet_ant

While not a true ant, what is an ant anyway?
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PW <[email protected]> wrote:
...

Velvet ants? No, those are wasps (aka cow killers) that look like furry ants: https://duckduckgo.com/?kl=us-en&q=velvet+ants.

*--

Stay away from those Ant!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I saw a small ones outside my nest last year. I killed it. :)
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Justisaur <[email protected]> wrote:

While not a true ant, what is an ant anyway?

Look at me. :P
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PW <[email protected]> wrote:

On Wed, 14 Oct 2026 23:19:28 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Ant)
wrote:

Dimensional Traveler <[email protected]> wrote:

On 10/12/2026 7:23 PM, Ant wrote:

Dimensional Traveler <[email protected]> wrote:

On 10/9/2026 10:35 AM, rms wrote:

Let it all out, people!� By the fireside:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2990600/Fireside_Feelings/

I got enough problems of my own! Why do I need to listen to cartoon
animals complain about theirs?!

:P

What about my problems?

Are you a cartoon animal?

I can be.

*--

I tie and fish with these all the time! Catch lots of trout here in
Montana and Yellowstone Park!! https://www.tu.org/magazine/fishing/fly-tying/the-black-ant/

There a red flying ones too - they also work great!

As long as it is not me and my colony members. :P I didn't see any ants in Yellowstone National Park a couple summer ago. :(
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On Thu, 15 Oct 2026 23:02:08 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Ant)
wrote:

PW <[email protected]> wrote:
...

Velvet ants? No, those are wasps (aka cow killers) that look like furry ants: https://duckduckgo.com/?kl=us-en&q=velvet+ants.

*--

Stay away from those Ant!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I saw a small ones outside my nest last year. I killed it. :)

WOW!!!
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On Thu, 15 Oct 2026 23:04:06 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Ant)
wrote:

PW <[email protected]> wrote:

On Wed, 14 Oct 2026 23:19:28 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Ant)
wrote:

Dimensional Traveler <[email protected]> wrote:

On 10/12/2026 7:23 PM, Ant wrote:

Dimensional Traveler <[email protected]> wrote:

On 10/9/2026 10:35 AM, rms wrote:

Let it all out, people!� By the fireside:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2990600/Fireside_Feelings/

I got enough problems of my own! Why do I need to listen to cartoon >> >> >> animals complain about theirs?!

:P

What about my problems?

Are you a cartoon animal?

I can be.

*--

I tie and fish with these all the time! Catch lots of trout here in
Montana and Yellowstone Park!!
https://www.tu.org/magazine/fishing/fly-tying/the-black-ant/

There a red flying ones too - they also work great!

As long as it is not me and my colony members. :P I didn't see any ants in Yellowstone National Park a couple summer ago. :(

*--

You should have stopped by the visitor center or a ranger station and
asked!

I think the visitor center has stuffed ants in their display, along
side stuffed bison, bears, etc...!

:-)
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PW <[email protected]> wrote:

On Thu, 15 Oct 2026 23:04:06 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Ant)
wrote:

PW <[email protected]> wrote:

On Wed, 14 Oct 2026 23:19:28 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Ant)
wrote:

Dimensional Traveler <[email protected]> wrote:

On 10/12/2026 7:23 PM, Ant wrote:

Dimensional Traveler <[email protected]> wrote:

On 10/9/2026 10:35 AM, rms wrote:

Let it all out, people!� By the fireside:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2990600/Fireside_Feelings/

I got enough problems of my own! Why do I need to listen to cartoon >> >> >> animals complain about theirs?!

:P

What about my problems?

Are you a cartoon animal?

I can be.

*--

I tie and fish with these all the time! Catch lots of trout here in
Montana and Yellowstone Park!!
https://www.tu.org/magazine/fishing/fly-tying/the-black-ant/

There a red flying ones too - they also work great!

As long as it is not me and my colony members. :P I didn't see any ants in Yellowstone National Park a couple summer ago. :(

*--

You should have stopped by the visitor center or a ranger station and
asked!

I think the visitor center has stuffed ants in their display, along
side stuffed bison, bears, etc...!

I don't remember seeing any stuffed ants. I did see the other animals
like this coyote (got enough of them in my local nest area though).

:-)

:P

Oh, I did meet a live crow that wanted food from me in the parking lot.

Also, https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipP4CS4zm96pTpTvvoGDzb1MAWS8hfQ5r4fBQXWOaxCD_jnKQ7oX9M3UboOhQGDi1w from my iPhone. :P
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On Fri, 16 Oct 2026 20:39:30 -0600, PW <[email protected]> said
this thing:

I think the visitor center has stuffed ants in their display, along
side stuffed bison, bears, etc...!

I assume the ants (and other insects) were just dried/preserved and
not stuffed. You can bath them in alcohol and then pin them; because
their exteriors are (mostly) hard-shelled exoskeleton chitin, this
stops the decomposition and preserves them quite well.

I mean, how the hell would you stuff an ant?

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Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> wrote:

On Fri, 16 Oct 2026 20:39:30 -0600, PW <[email protected]> said
this thing:

I think the visitor center has stuffed ants in their display, along
side stuffed bison, bears, etc...!

I assume the ants (and other insects) were just dried/preserved and
not stuffed. You can bath them in alcohol and then pin them; because
their exteriors are (mostly) hard-shelled exoskeleton chitin, this
stops the decomposition and preserves them quite well.

I mean, how the hell would you stuff an ant?

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(Feed him a Thanksgiving dinner!)

Her if you mean workers and queens. Males don't do any work beside eat, sleep, grow, fly, mate, and then die. That is why I am still a virgin. :P
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On Sun, 18 Oct 2026 04:44:36 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Ant) said
this thing:

Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> wrote:

(Feed him a Thanksgiving dinner!)

^^^^

Her if you mean workers and queens. Males don't do any work
beside eat, sleep, grow, fly, mate, and then die.

^^^


Not seeing the problem. ;-)

So chow down, my little Formicidae pal. Its well within your
responsibilities.



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On Thu, 15 Oct 2026 23:02:58 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Ant) said
this thing:

Justisaur <[email protected]> wrote:

While not a true ant, what is an ant anyway?

Look at me. :P

Speaking of ants:

"Empires of the Undergrowth" (a.k.a. the Ant RTS) is on sale now: a
75% discount until 2 November. If you've been interested in the game
but not so much that you wanted to pay that much for it... well, maybe
its lower price will convince you.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/463530/Empires_of_the_Undergrowth/


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Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> wrote:

On Thu, 15 Oct 2026 23:02:58 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Ant) said
this thing:

Justisaur <[email protected]> wrote:

While not a true ant, what is an ant anyway?

Look at me. :P

Speaking of ants:

"Empires of the Undergrowth" (a.k.a. the Ant RTS) is on sale now: a
75% discount until 2 November. If you've been interested in the game
but not so much that you wanted to pay that much for it... well, maybe
its lower price will convince you.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/463530/Empires_of_the_Undergrowth/

I will wait it costs $0. :)
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On Tue, 20 Oct 2026 01:33:31 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Ant) said
this thing:

Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> wrote:

Speaking of ants:
"Empires of the Undergrowth" (a.k.a. the Ant RTS) is on sale now: a
75% discount until 2 November.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/463530/Empires_of_the_Undergrowth/

I will wait it costs $0. :)

But it has ants! Don't you want to visit family?

Actually, I'd confused this one with "Empire of the Ants", which was
discussed in this newsgroup a few months ago. It looks like
"Undergrowth" is a clone of that game.


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Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> wrote:

On Tue, 20 Oct 2026 01:33:31 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Ant) said
this thing:

Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> wrote:

Speaking of ants:
"Empires of the Undergrowth" (a.k.a. the Ant RTS) is on sale now: a
75% discount until 2 November.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/463530/Empires_of_the_Undergrowth/

I will wait it costs $0. :)

But it has ants! Don't you want to visit family?

Actually, I'd confused this one with "Empire of the Ants", which was discussed in this newsgroup a few months ago. It looks like
"Undergrowth" is a clone of that game.

There are SO many simulation ant games now.
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Ant wrote:

Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> wrote:

On Tue, 20 Oct 2026 01:33:31 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Ant) said
this thing:

Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> wrote:

Speaking of ants:
"Empires of the Undergrowth" (a.k.a. the Ant RTS) is on sale now: a
75% discount until 2 November.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/463530/Empires_of_the_Undergrowth/

I will wait it costs $0. :)

But it has ants! Don't you want to visit family?

Actually, I'd confused this one with "Empire of the Ants", which was
discussed in this newsgroup a few months ago. It looks like
"Undergrowth" is a clone of that game.

There are SO many simulation ant games now.

I'm waiting for Sid Meier's Ant Colony.
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On Thu, 22 Oct 2026 02:15:59 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Ant) said
this thing:

Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> wrote:

Actually, I'd confused this one with "Empire of the Ants", which was
discussed in this newsgroup a few months ago. It looks like
"Undergrowth" is a clone of that game.

There are SO many simulation ant games now.

Is this because there is so much interest in ants now, for some
reason, or is it because the computer-using ant-demographic has grown
to a size that can no longer be ignored by video-game publishers, do
you think?



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On Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:16:42 -0600, Blaine <[email protected]>
wrote:

Ant wrote:

Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> wrote:

On Tue, 20 Oct 2026 01:33:31 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Ant) said
this thing:

Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> wrote:

Speaking of ants:
"Empires of the Undergrowth" (a.k.a. the Ant RTS) is on sale now: a
75% discount until 2 November.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/463530/Empires_of_the_Undergrowth/

I will wait it costs $0. :)

But it has ants! Don't you want to visit family?

Actually, I'd confused this one with "Empire of the Ants", which was
discussed in this newsgroup a few months ago. It looks like
"Undergrowth" is a clone of that game.

There are SO many simulation ant games now.

I'm waiting for Sid Meier's Ant Colony.

At some point creativity needs to enter the picture. How about Sid
Meier's Red Light District(tm)?.. Set up and run a set of brothels,
crush the competition, avoid gangster shakedowns (or just build up and obliterate them). The ants and bed bugs could be part of the side
quests and mini games.
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Rin Stowleigh wrote:

On Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:16:42 -0600, Blaine <[email protected]>
wrote:

Ant wrote:

Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> wrote:

On Tue, 20 Oct 2026 01:33:31 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Ant) said >>>> this thing:

Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> wrote:

Speaking of ants:
"Empires of the Undergrowth" (a.k.a. the Ant RTS) is on sale now: a >>>>>> 75% discount until 2 November.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/463530/Empires_of_the_Undergrowth/ >>>

I will wait it costs $0. :)

But it has ants! Don't you want to visit family?

Actually, I'd confused this one with "Empire of the Ants", which was
discussed in this newsgroup a few months ago. It looks like
"Undergrowth" is a clone of that game.

There are SO many simulation ant games now.

I'm waiting for Sid Meier's Ant Colony.

At some point creativity needs to enter the picture. How about Sid
Meier's Red Light District(tm)?.. Set up and run a set of brothels,
crush the competition, avoid gangster shakedowns (or just build up and obliterate them). The ants and bed bugs could be part of the side
quests and mini games.

I guess I'm still curious why exactly ants are considered intelligent.
Maybe the study was biased and the ant just got lucky when it appeared
to recognize its own reflection.
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On Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:33:20 -0600, Blaine <[email protected]>
wrote:

Rin Stowleigh wrote:

On Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:16:42 -0600, Blaine <[email protected]>
wrote:

Ant wrote:

Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> wrote:

On Tue, 20 Oct 2026 01:33:31 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Ant) said >>>>> this thing:

Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> wrote:

Speaking of ants:
"Empires of the Undergrowth" (a.k.a. the Ant RTS) is on sale now: a >>>>>>> 75% discount until 2 November.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/463530/Empires_of_the_Undergrowth/ >>>>

I will wait it costs $0. :)

But it has ants! Don't you want to visit family?

Actually, I'd confused this one with "Empire of the Ants", which was >>>>> discussed in this newsgroup a few months ago. It looks like
"Undergrowth" is a clone of that game.

There are SO many simulation ant games now.

I'm waiting for Sid Meier's Ant Colony.

At some point creativity needs to enter the picture. How about Sid
Meier's Red Light District(tm)?.. Set up and run a set of brothels,
crush the competition, avoid gangster shakedowns (or just build up and
obliterate them). The ants and bed bugs could be part of the side
quests and mini games.

I guess I'm still curious why exactly ants are considered intelligent.
Maybe the study was biased and the ant just got lucky when it appeared
to recognize its own reflection.

Because intelligence is associated with team coordination/loyalty --
not that the latter is required necessarily to achieve the former, but
the inverse is accepted as universal truth -- the coordination cannot
exist without intelligence.

Ants coordinate and work with each other out of some intrinsic magic
that I'm not even sure science really understands. Look up "army ants
bridge" on youtube to understand what I mean. They just lock onto a
goal without having to take time to even communicate about it and get
shit done.

It's for the same reason I always enjoyed coordinated teamplay in
competitive online multiplayer games. Working together at scale
requires an IQ level not guaranteed to be present in all gamers.
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On 10/22/2026 3:35 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

On Thu, 22 Oct 2026 02:15:59 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Ant) said
this thing:

Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> wrote:

Actually, I'd confused this one with "Empire of the Ants", which was
discussed in this newsgroup a few months ago. It looks like
"Undergrowth" is a clone of that game.

There are SO many simulation ant games now.

Is this because there is so much interest in ants now, for some
reason, or is it because the computer-using ant-demographic has grown
to a size that can no longer be ignored by video-game publishers, do
you think?

More likely one developer made an ant game that did passably well and
everyone else copied it.
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Ant <[email protected]> wrote at 23:20 this Wednesday (GMT):

Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> wrote:

On Tue, 13 Oct 2026 20:48:49 -0600, PW <[email protected]> said
this thing:

On Tue, 13 Oct 2026 08:20:58 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
<[email protected]> wrote:

On 10/12/2026 7:23 PM, Ant wrote:

Dimensional Traveler <[email protected]> wrote:

On 10/9/2026 10:35 AM, rms wrote:

Let it all out, people!  By the fireside:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2990600/Fireside_Feelings/

I got enough problems of my own! Why do I need to listen to cartoon
animals complain about theirs?!

:P

What about my problems?

Are you a cartoon animal?

* --

Maybe a furry ;-)

A furry ant! Like some sort of hybrid ant and beaver? Is this a sign
that the beavants are returning?

Velvet ants? No, those are wasps (aka cow killers) that look like furry ants: https://duckduckgo.com/?kl=us-en&q=velvet+ants.

cute :>
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PW <[email protected]> wrote at 02:36 this Saturday (GMT):

On Thu, 15 Oct 2026 23:02:08 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Ant)
wrote:

PW <[email protected]> wrote:
...

Velvet ants? No, those are wasps (aka cow killers) that look like furry ants: https://duckduckgo.com/?kl=us-en&q=velvet+ants.

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Stay away from those Ant!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I saw a small ones outside my nest last year. I killed it. :)

WOW!!!

mustve been really really small
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Dimensional Traveler <[email protected]> wrote at 18:16 this Friday (GMT):

On 10/22/2026 3:35 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

On Thu, 22 Oct 2026 02:15:59 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Ant) said
this thing:

Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> wrote:

Actually, I'd confused this one with "Empire of the Ants", which was
discussed in this newsgroup a few months ago. It looks like
"Undergrowth" is a clone of that game.

There are SO many simulation ant games now.

Is this because there is so much interest in ants now, for some
reason, or is it because the computer-using ant-demographic has grown
to a size that can no longer be ignored by video-game publishers, do
you think?

id imagine the latter

More likely one developer made an ant game that did passably well and everyone else copied it.

bugs are cute tbh
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Ant <[email protected]> wrote at 23:19 this Wednesday (GMT):

Dimensional Traveler <[email protected]> wrote:

On 10/12/2026 7:23 PM, Ant wrote:

Dimensional Traveler <[email protected]> wrote:

On 10/9/2026 10:35 AM, rms wrote:

Let it all out, people!  By the fireside:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2990600/Fireside_Feelings/

I got enough problems of my own! Why do I need to listen to cartoon
animals complain about theirs?!

:P

What about my problems?

Are you a cartoon animal?

I can be.

if u want i can draw a bug character for u to use!!!
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