BPLTEX - We Begin with an important Message.

What is your advice for people with constant bad RNG?

Fighter Phoenix

2025-03-19 11:22:23 +0000 UTC

Tex read aloud if you wish. I found your channel in august of 2021, I created my profile here on Patreon not too long after. I don’t comment often but I felt compelled too this week just to say it’s been worth every cent I’ve spent here. I love the content you produce but more than that you have inspired me to do more in my own life. What you and the entire BPL crew have created has extended my own ambition to create not just for myself but for others. Your message regardless of the circumstances has always been one of hope and service and that’s rare today it’s why I’m here. Wish you and the team all the best Ps : just found the shadow run playthrough you are a monster with that fucking garbage truck had me dying at work today

Fatherpain22

2025-03-19 02:09:48 +0000 UTC

Tex, voice save mode activate. Thank you for being the change you wish to see in the world. I long ago gave up any hope the powers that be will do what is right, so it falls to everyday folk to hold back the dark. Love to you and the team. Thank you for all you guys do, now and always. Seyla.

Nerd_Power

2025-03-18 20:15:32 +0000 UTC

Should have taken your advice sooner. Create is a much better option. Much more satisfying.

Scott

2025-03-18 16:01:55 +0000 UTC

In response tou your "big candle" comment in the podcast, I always go with "Only the government would cut two inches off a blanket, sew it on the other end, and say the blanket is longer."

Treize

2025-03-17 23:26:51 +0000 UTC

Howdy tex, save your voice ain't nothing here that isn't said by those above me. It's strange to hear what I've been feeling put into words. More and more I've felt like there is little of value left on YouTube or on the internet in general anymore. At least that is easy to find. I'm watching less and less, and finding myself clicking off of videos as soon as the 'fun' sponsor segments show up. With the world seeming really scary right now I've been doing what I can to help those around me, and offer what little comfort I can. But it just feels like I'm trying to hold back a flood with three sandbags and a broken shovel. I've seen lots of folks I cared for, people I loved turn from the kindest most wonderful people into cruel and unkind folks always looking for a chance to get a 'win' in on the other guy. It's damn exhausting, on top of all the overtime I've been doing. That's a lot of words, and I may just be rambling a bit. But I wanted to let you know that a message of hope like yours was much needed breath of fresh air. And a much needed reminder to keep pushing forward as best I can, rather than get bogged down in all the shit going on. Take care, take care of those close to you. And don't forget it's ok if they take care of you as well.

Jakethewarlord

2025-03-17 15:37:54 +0000 UTC

Fed as well and the 5 bullets are a colossal waste of time. We already do productivity reports, but this along with the revocation of telework is for one purpose only: to frustrate people into quitting by means of never ending and pointless harassment. To that I say, “get bent fucko.” I’m not quitting and one day it will get better. I feel especially bad for our contractors because we had a bunch that converted to fed recently when their contract was wrongly terminated just for them to get axed with the termination of all probationary employees.

MrToBeNamedLater

2025-03-17 12:36:10 +0000 UTC

Hey, Tex. So many others on here have commented much more succinctly than I about the never ending feeling of stress and depression. To the individual and in so many words, we are all telling you we love you, we care about you and if you gotta take a break, then do it. We will still be here gladly giving as able. I know you’re likely to never take that advice, but that just makes us wanna give it to you more. Totally changing gears and on a happier note, the first campaign DLC for MW5 Clans was announced, and it’s back to Ghost Bear. Furthermore, they’ve announced that you’ll be doing combined arms fighting in this new campaign alongside a star of elementals to assist your mech star in combat. You, or at least the Professor Tex persona, have well established opinions on the Ghost Bears and their elemental women. Friendly PSA for my fellow BPL users: snu snu is still a valid albeit very ill-advised and quite possibly fatal tactic…but what a boss story if it works out. Kidding aside, you frequently pontificate on combined arms during your BTA3062 runs, and now we get to hopefully see it in game with mechs and elementals working together. We’ve seen aerospace and artillery, now it’s elementals. There were a few elementals in Mechwarrior 2, but they were essentially just really tiny and agile mechs that were hard as hell to hit. Mechwarrior 3 had a few also, but again they were like swatting gnats high on cocaine or speed. I believe here we get to see just what the big deal is all about with elementals. Thoughts on this? Be they good, bad or indifferent? I won’t ask Professor Tex for his. We all know she somehow got the arm in the divorce and the bias is probably gonna show.

MrToBeNamedLater

2025-03-17 02:13:19 +0000 UTC

I’m sorry for what you’re enduring Tex. Truly I am. In many ways I can relate because I too live with depression, Autism and ADHD. It’s a struggle for sure. The loneliness of not having those around you understand what you deal with or even worse the voice in your head that keeps saying “Nobody cares. You’re worthless just pull the trigger”. It’s a horrible place to be in so I genuinely hope and pray you can keep going through that struggle (which you’ve demonstrated you can and will). Family doesn’t always understand or even care. I too lost family who were all too happy to walk away. Friends who called for my head just because of how I voted that once claimed that they’d die for me. I’ve worked for years and never seen any reward for it no matter how I’ve applied myself. All of it I’ve lived through and gone to that dark place most people don’t talk about. With that said let me say this. There is good in this world my friend. When I see my son hold a door for a stranger or try to comfort a crying classmate or just genuinely give people a smile that lets them know that the day isn’t all bad; I know there is beauty in the small moments. There is hope. The world is in a very hard time but there’s beauty in everyday moments of life. Take a moment to go out in nature and just experience the sounds and smells. Allow your senses to experience true rapture as you experience a truly intimate moment with yourself and nature knowing that moment is yours and yours alone. Listen to the gentle trickle of a stream, the breeze gently caressing the leaves of a maple tree, the smell of fresh country air and the peace of knowing that no matter what, the world was, is and will be as it should. For what it’s worth I truly enjoy your work and your drive to bring some joy into the world where you can so in my own limited way let me to return the favor. Take some time to yourself and spend a day in the woods away from all the noise without distractions and just let your senses be healed. Take it from a Knight of Columbus, you do more to help the world by healing what’s broken in you first. To rest and to detach for a while to allow your mind to recover along with the body is to make yourself more effective in you goal. Take that one day for yourself to go out there in nature. It helped my father through his PTSD, through mine and I can help you through yours. All the best to you friend. Stay strong and never be too busy to take that moment to heal.

Canderous Snurd

2025-03-16 23:18:21 +0000 UTC

Hey Tex, Hearing you vent about the depression, overwork and underpaid and youtubing it is ok. You need to get it off your chest is good for you. I ave dealt with depression, not feeling truely loved and lack of family. Seen what bi-polar depression has done to my grandmother, and excessive worry nearly drive my mom over the edge. Yes doomscrolling and watching sensationalist media will drive you crazy, so I just drop it. I do try to learn and do good every day. And look forward to a joint operation with the boys from Van Zandt and my merc group. Hail Cargonia!

stephen rickman

2025-03-16 04:29:25 +0000 UTC

Hello Tex. Please save your voice as you feel fit. Your intro about this year was a little too real sadly. I, right before what was a tearful 10 year job review, not sure how I have BS so many into describing someone better then who I really am. Will that morning I got for the short of it, a message from my brother that I need to find ASAP a new place to live in a area I don’t qualify even for the min rent so he can sell this house. I have been taking care of this house and my mom for 10 years. I am truly facing homelessness and job loss as I scramble as my mother is inpatient and deteriorating. I don’t have friends or any support base as I work and take care of here no social activities at all. I am less than 2 years from being debt free. Have not slept in a week now so I hear your and so many others pain. So one question to try and think of anything else, and I apologies for a complex question. In your opinion, just curious, what two firearms in history should you consider had a truly the most impact? I know there are so many that are game changers, but to you and the reading, working and shooting you have done, what do you think. I hope you and all your staff and friends stay safe and sane. Thank you for all you do

Ravoner

2025-03-15 15:19:23 +0000 UTC

You know I’m thinking we are living in more of a mashup of Sinclair Lewis’s “It can’t happen here” with Richard Condon’s “The Manchurian Candidate” but I do see where you are coming from. Or it could be that the answer to the question “Which dystopia is are we living in?” is “All of the above.”.

Jellicoe Cats

2025-03-14 17:31:06 +0000 UTC

I think the answer to the question “Is this a troll or a shit post lies in the answer to another question: “Are you punching up?” I make it a point to pick on someone my own size or larger and then only if they make it clear they have it coming.

Jellicoe Cats

2025-03-14 17:06:45 +0000 UTC

Howdy. Glad to hear you're feelin' better. Keep truckin'.

Korehammer

2025-03-14 16:33:53 +0000 UTC

Hey Tex, (Please save voice) I know what you mean with the shiddification of the internet being a 90s kid. Seeing how much YouTube and Twitch has changed since their start is just depressing. Quiting doom scrolling and focusing on my happiness with what I can control instead of focusing on what I can't control in the world has worked wonders on many accounts. Finding an old bastion on the internet that keeps the old humor alive has been a breath of fresh air. My thanks to you and everybody else that puts in the hardwork to make this community. Keep up the good fight.

Hungry Hungry Hobo

2025-03-14 14:27:29 +0000 UTC

As a DoD Contractor I appreciate the hard-working Civilians I interact with every day and this is one of the weirdest times ever- it's me feeling for them because of ever-increasing uncertainty. Best of luck wherever you are and I hope your bullets find their mark. ;)

Ginger_Bitters

2025-03-14 05:48:20 +0000 UTC

I'm sorry that things haven't eased up for you. I've come to have a great deal of affection for what of yourself you share with the rest of us and I hope I can awkwardly though sincerely hug you some day. Not because I think it will fix anything, but because I want to, if you're cool with it. Thank you for continuing to fight for a better internet and a better world. Keep on keepin' on, and I will, too. I didn't have this Hard Wired/Handmaid's Tale mashup on my lifetime Bingo card, and yet, here we are.

Ginger_Bitters

2025-03-14 05:27:22 +0000 UTC

Agree with you there. That's been the truth in just about every job I've had. Even when I was in the Army, there were days I did not earn my check and others where I was paid nowhere near enough. Again, in just about every job. And to be clear my statement was not to garner sympathy, just a way of saying that the pressures I've had recently, internal and external, would have normally crushed me under its weight but I'm at a point in my life where I am not as affected. Children raised and gone not as many people spend on me as before. For one of the 5 bullets we are required to send weekly, I was going to put "Whatever you tell me to do Drill Sergeant!" But was told sarcasm would not be appreciated. But that's basically true. I do the tasks that are assigned. I hope i did not offend anyone as that was not my intention.

Tempest Crow

2025-03-13 20:20:41 +0000 UTC

Save your voice if you wish. I have found in my time on the internet (since the beginning... yeesh I feel old) that increasingly fear and anger are being pushed to get attention these days. It's very unfortunate, as the original internet that I remember was actually for the betterment of people in general. I am very thankful that you took up fraps all those years ago for example, as you have helped me get through some of the tougher times in my life. Hope you and the legion are feeling as well as you can. Been on the depression train before, never a good place to be. Remember, we're pulling for you. We're all in this together. Edit: Also, Western Washington here... still haven't been able to stop wearing the coat. 43 and rainy today. Wee!

Zetam

2025-03-13 20:19:13 +0000 UTC

God bless you Mister Tex. I know you may not invite the comparison ( but hopefully aren't against it) but you make a damn fine preacher. Even if it's just asking to be strong and loving, any time you bring up your philosophy it's incredibly impactful.

FlammablePig

2025-03-13 20:14:58 +0000 UTC

Greetings Mr. Tex. Thank you for your speech. We will continue to find the helpers and remind those around us that hate and fear are not the answer. Dont let the prospect of tough times lead you into paralysis. I appreciate you and all that you have sacrificed to be a bright light for us. My only wish would be for us to provide that same light to you. May you have a wonderful day sir.

The Great Ryanificus

2025-03-13 19:59:15 +0000 UTC

Yeah. But too many makes lots of bloat and allows laziness. Not everyone who's a fed cares about your place in civilization or cares about civilization as a whole. I've learned that the hard way these last 4 years. Tex helped me through it.

Tau Volantis

2025-03-13 19:48:49 +0000 UTC

Hi Tex, feel free to save your voice. Thanks for the words of encouragement, and for all the entertainment and positivity you've provided over the years. Like ripples in a pond, I doubt you'll ever know how much good you've done. I count myself fortunate that even during my worst days, my kids have always given me a reason (or five) to get up and keep trying. And now, as they're slowly starting to grow up and leave the nest one by one, I find myself hoping that in five or ten years, I'll be able to be the motorcycle-riding, airplane-building grandpa who's going to introduce another generation to goofy Charger shenanigans, and all sorts of other fun, random nonsense. It's a good enough reason for me to get out of bed and keep trying to get there at least.

Team CasterClan

2025-03-13 19:30:56 +0000 UTC

Hey Tex, (voice reminder) As a card-carrying old fart I think there are a few reasons why we are in this mess. First of all back in the day you had to call everyone up to go work in the office, the factory, drive the trains or dig in the mines. Next capitalism was extra nice because the people in charge would be the first against the wall in case the other side of the Cold War won. Third the internet allowed A-holes to discover they were not alone in this world and unionized. The result today is that people are no longer a resource but a cost. Capitalism no longer need to fear being put against the wall so they are removing all the nice things because nobody likes to waste money. And the a-holes promise the good old days will come back if you follow their weird ideas, except it’s going to 2025 with all the perks for them and 1625 with all the downsides for us. I don’t claim to have answers, at the macro scale nobody seems to be willing to push back in a meaningful way and those that do aren’t really doing enough to shift the balance. On the micro scale we just need to start forming communities for mutual support, help each other out. Yeah, I did get bushwhacked by that cold in the end. Two days of pain and being absolutely miserable, but the recovery was fast so I do feel so much better now, hope you’re also feeling better now. Battletech campaign is now moving over into test trials of position and learning how the Clans fight. To be followed by a nice training battle where one company of the unit will be trying to take on another dug into a city and they will not be fighting “Nice” Finally doing a test print for a 28mm Urbie Derby later this year, the Urbanmech’s AC/10 is bigger than a 28mm British WWI 8-Inch Howitzer.

Nonkel Bob

2025-03-13 16:14:41 +0000 UTC

Hey there Tex. First of all, save voice as needed. With that out of the way, I'm sorry you're in low spot. All I can say is to hold on as best as you can, try to ride it out and try to enjoy the friends you have, the ones you know you can count on, as best as possible. Not gonna say "oh try to not be depressed" since as someone who has had depression in the past (several years on Cymbalta and Sertraline) and is also now getting to his dreaded 40 years of life, I know that's as efficient as telling the military industrial complex not to start wars somewhere to create profit. I think a lot of people from our generation struggle with these kinds of issues because of a lot of things. Economical crisis, social unrest, political instability, an actual world pandemic and the possibility of more happening in the future, and the looming threat of global war. But I also think that the issue comes from even before that. We are a generation between eras. We saw the last of the VHS and the first of the DVD, we are in-between the end of the analog era and the start of the digital one, and yet we are told by the previous generations we are lazy, or the later ones that we are too strict. , the "Disney" generation, being sold on promises that are no longer, if they ever were, true. We saw our parents being able to support a decent life, an okay home, raise a family and still have some pocket money with a single job, and now seeing everyone except those on top struggling to just get to the end of the month with bills payed and some degree of food on their stomach. We were sold the promise of a good future if we worked hard, and were honest and kind, only to be slapped with the reality that the world doesn't care about us or what we think. We are seeing our idols and the stories we grew with being twisted and turned into political messages or being milked for every dime they are worth. Our hobbies are hyper monetized for the sake of milking us from every penny, or are corrupted to become vessels for messages that we do not care for. And I won't even go on dating in current times, and the plague that dating apps are. We are lost in a limbo and we see no way out. It's no surprise that a lot of people give up. Most of the time, the best we can hope for is make due. Personally, I push through as best as I can. I have a job again, I have my niece and my mom to look after, so they keep me going as well. And despite all the slop on the internet, I've found you and the rest of this community, which have helped me a lot. So, for what is worth, thank you for everything, all the laughs, all the jokes, all the play-throughs, all the moments, and on occasion, even the tears.

Ravenholm85

2025-03-13 14:19:48 +0000 UTC

Save voice, with all thr good causes you and your team have helped over the years and the great community you have helped to foster. Yes you are all to a degree shit posters. But at the same time you and your team are good people. The world could use more people with can do attitudes like yours. I hope things get better for you and yours.

Jolope100

2025-03-13 11:50:56 +0000 UTC

Hey Tex, save voice. Actually this post is for everyone. I have a Dwarf Fortress story to tell. I am the overseer of Constructeye, a small dwarven villiage in The Most Fields on the Continent of Amber. We have been forgotten. Our trade liason never appeared, our one, and only trade caravan arrived while we were still digging out our initial rooms for shelter. They waited for us to trade, we had nothing to trade, so they left. We never saw them again. A horde of goblins tried to overwhelm us. We were lucky to have had our defences established before they cast their shadow on our fields. We were doubly lucky that we had little wealth at the time to plunder. We never saw them again. A forgotten beast came from the depths, and wreaked havok in our hallways. A gigantic click beetly componsed of red pyrope. We had no weapons. We had corridors and doors. We locked it behind dorrs and entombed it in a now disused stairway. We still hear it fidgeting an squirming as we traverse down to the magma pits. I have no idea how it survives these many years later but that’s a fitting punishment for taking our precious loved ones. There is hope. We have been able to trap and farm pigs for meat, and our subterranean farms are providing plenty of plump helmets for liquor. We have magnetite, wood and magma. Our smelters are producing steel as fast as they can, and we are using that steel to produce weapons. As our numbers grow we will all become proficient in the martial arts. We have time. We number only 19, but we have many young ones on their way to becoming hard working dwarves. We can only grow stronger. (out of character). I’ve become attached to this particular fortress. I want to see these guys succeed, grow large enough to become a force in the world. I just keep this game running on a separate computer while I work from home, giving it attention when it pauses for whatever event that comes along. I’m not a writer, or even particularly creative, but I wanted to write this after seeing an animal trainer walk into the pig pen, and seeing the wild boars trot over to be fed. I could picture the scene in my head and it just seemed adorable. I like to think these dwarves are living an idyllic life. Anyway, this little story is for everyone. Find the happy things in your life. Those things are out there.

Adrian

2025-03-13 11:35:18 +0000 UTC

Hey Tex thanks again for all you do. Your message was definitely a good one. Save your voice if needed as yours hums are enjoyable. I only asked about the Mag 7 as I received a catalyst email mentioning you and other collaborators. Catching up on backlog of podcasts and listened to the Aux's Civilization one. Do you have a favorite one of those? Mine personally is Civ 4 (though I also love 3) with the beyond the sword DLC I've played probably 1000's of hours of that (1st when it was on a disc and now on steam) whether it was co-op hot seat with friends, in my own to conquer the world or recently co-op hot seat with my kids. 6 and 7 just haven't grabbed me (I like my squares in my civ games). Don't want to ramble on but I did start recording Battletech Advanced videos (up to 2) that I have been posting in the Aux (after being blind and having to ask where to share the link since I'm blind), we will see how the SLDF start goes. Keep swinging Tex and look after yourself.

Czarvak

2025-03-13 10:30:26 +0000 UTC

Tex, as a fellow sufferer of deep depression, please hear me. The stuff you and the Legion produce have been a lifeline and a joy for me. Please, don't ever discount what you do. It's quite magnificent.

PitViper

2025-03-13 10:26:48 +0000 UTC

You can save your voice. That was one hell of a message, Tex. I can't claim to know what deep depression is like. I escaped mine years ago now. All I can offer is my sympathies and whatever "my support" even means. I'm very rarely a religious person, but I'll say a small prayer for you, in hope that it brings you a little comfort. Everything has sucked for a long time now. At least, it makes the good shine brighter when you find it.

Teyanis

2025-03-13 08:52:05 +0000 UTC

It's nice of you to assume that we are social enough to have a steam friends list

fiun dagner

2025-03-13 08:04:59 +0000 UTC

The last few years have been brutal. Sometimes it's less living or even less surviving and more raging against the dying of the light. The hardest days are marked by loss, random misfortune, or betrayal. Life will only begrudgingly allow you things you find comfort in or that you need to support. Be it a friend or family, maybe a food you "spoil" yourself with, or even something as seemingly silly as finishing a novel or watching a "D rate youtube channel" (totally atleast a c- btw). It is always critical to keep these things in mind and it helps when someone is willing to reach out as you so consistently do. I have lost more in the last 3 years than I thought I had to begin with and one of the few things that has consistently been a brace against the world is watching this community and your videos. Even if it seems small or feels unimportant when weighed against the horrors of modern day-to-day life it's a wonderful thing you have gently grown and sheltered over the years. Thank you for your continued efforts and please remember to pause once in a while to take a breath and recognize how you have personally touched the lives of so many in a positive way. Every wave starts as a ripple and while you might never shake the world with Steiner-stealth levels of force I honestly think you have started something here that may very well outlive all of us and continue to be a force of compassion, charity, and just a touch of shit-posting.

Mechanist Grimm

2025-03-13 08:04:57 +0000 UTC

I was up shit creek the last 7 years and at the end of it i somehow came out with the perfect wife. Shit gets better eventually. I think the level of empathy you display is exactly the thing that could pull this cracked world together again, we need more of that. All the best from a lurker who never speaks up.

Clogsman

2025-03-13 07:23:10 +0000 UTC

We are here tex, if you need support. We will always have your support, whatever we can spare.

The armory lord!

2025-03-13 06:35:31 +0000 UTC

Howdy Tex and guests if any are present, this is a bit long so save your voice if you want. If you’re feeling beaten down by life, just remember the good you’ve done despite it. The BPL, and by extension the AUX, are oases that have sprung from the seeds you’ve planted and tended. Both are filled with good people and do good things. Just remember to take care of yourself: you can’t do good things with no gas in the tank. For a more upbeat update: I took your “cursed conversion” idea and ran with it. Battlemech: 1.3 million c-bills. 180 tubes of ALAKABLAM: 405,000 c-bills. Sending the clear message of “Hippety hoppety get off my property,” priceless. Consider this a teaser if the kitbash isn’t done by the next update.

GillyMonster

2025-03-13 06:20:49 +0000 UTC

Wise words, Tex. It's that kind of heartfelt stuff that keeps me subscribing to the BPL.

Levi Whitney

2025-03-13 05:28:41 +0000 UTC

I feel that too Tex, you're not the only one and you're not alone. I can't speak for anyone but myself, but I'm thankful you create, and add to this world in this era. You are no fool, at least not in any ways that matter.

Alex Podgorski

2025-03-13 05:26:32 +0000 UTC

Life can be good. Its hard sometimes. But we MUST be good, for ourselves and the people around us. Which is dumb and obvious to say but its a few sentences that help me in my day to day. That...and a glass of some amaretto mixed with some mountain dew once a month or so. Be good everyone, and know that this shitter you have never met and most likely never will meet cares and wants happiness for you and yours.

PhoenixTheHound

2025-03-13 05:12:47 +0000 UTC

Congratulations on getting better, I got the Flu three weeks ago and a Stomach Flu last week so I feel you. I am happy that the other people in your life are harassing you to take a Vacation. I just wanted your New BTA Video Three. So I'm going to try to be less afraid of people by the time the Black Knight video comes out. I will try to be better, so, Go with God Son of the South and I will lurk in a shadowy corner.

Roy Mason (Balevolt)

2025-03-13 04:18:17 +0000 UTC

I don't care what some people say. We need fed employees. They make civilization possible.

Jason Youngberg

2025-03-13 04:05:03 +0000 UTC

Praying for you sir. Take care of yourself, and know that no matter how alone you may feel there are many around the world who will always support and wish all the best for you, even if we can't be there in person to give you a reassuring hug. As well as many of us feeling the same way, and knowing all too well the struggle you are enduring right now. I only wish I could give you even half as much comfort in your tough times as you have provided me in mine.

Tyrazial Angelis

2025-03-13 03:53:11 +0000 UTC

Tex, wishing you and everyone who reads this a bit of peace. Everything will be alright in the end. If it’s not alright, it isn’t the end.

Known Glitch

2025-03-13 03:27:06 +0000 UTC

I don't normally stick around during speeches like the first part. I did this time out of respect. Thank you Tex.

Stargazer

2025-03-13 02:12:15 +0000 UTC

Don't need to read this aloud. Hope is something that I have been doing my best to hold on too. It's feels like sand in my hands, just sliding through my fingers. I still have a hold though, I bought a house and I am getting married this year due to that hope. Even though it feels like a guillotine hovers above my neck, I still push on and do my best to help those around me. Thanks for everything you and the your team have done, it has helped me get through dark times and hold onto that hope.

Tarnc

2025-03-13 01:38:59 +0000 UTC

I'm sorry Tex. I know that things are hard, and certainly not looking any easier. I had to cancel the patreon due to the waters rising higher. My goals have shrunk from time to now, and what's left is keep above water. I love what you do, what we all do. I hope for others, the storm turns and you're all safe. We all do our best. I don't need or ask for charity, I simply have no room left for it myself. Take care of each other. We all row together.

Big Mac

2025-03-13 01:08:56 +0000 UTC

Heya Tex. Save your voice if you wish. It's your little scrap of Innernets. Get as soapboxy as you want. We're paying to hear you ramble, whether you like it or not. I, at least, have no intention of stopping. You and the rest of the Beeple Peeple do sterling work, your own protestations of personal incompetence notwithstanding. Your various historical musings across the UA:D games, among others, to say nothing of your SS13/14 shenaniganry, are interesting, informative, and I actually credit the history musings with why my history professor seems to look forward to reading my assignments. At least stylistically; you haven't spoken to what I reference in those assignments (at least not that I can remember), but connecting what you WERE talking about to something else make for engaging bits of tangential learning (and, in my case, amuse the prof, while simultaneously demonstrating a grasp of the material. I hope). Thanks to your UA:D tangents specifically, I wandered briefly down a naval architecture rabbit hole, particularly concerning Kruppstahl at the dawn of the 20th century. I don't know that I would describe the current globespanning tomfuckery as 'wonderful,' too many positive connotations. Perhaps 'awesome' in the classical sense (or in the sense of being on the business end of one whose pilot is very mad at you, and standing in hip-depth water besides). Or perhaps 'Terrible,' as in 'Ivan the.' What I know of history tells me that the Terrible Times of now will not last. My concern is that by the time we as a species claw our way through, that we will have doomed ourselves in our own shortsightedness, to serve as a lesson and warning both for whoever comes after us. I hope I'm wrong.

Eztli Angelos

2025-03-13 00:02:03 +0000 UTC

You needn’t read this aloud. Your voice does enough work. I am sorry that the heaviness has struck deeply. I share that feeling. I am blessed to have a two and a half year old son… who reminds me what wonder feels like. And reminds me of the man I need to be. And sometimes… when I show him a reusable rocket test… that’s like something from my boyhood dreams… I remember that wonder still remains. And you might have missed it… but they’re prototyping a fusion engine in England. We may live to see a dropship yet.

Elijah Snow

2025-03-12 23:59:32 +0000 UTC

Tex, I feel you. Both in having to endure physical and mental issues, and having empathy for those being impacted by the cluster fuck that is the world at large. What we need more of is empathy. If we could just understand how others are feeling, maybe we would be kinder to each other. As you were speaking I was reminded of a quote: "Don't try to be a great man, just be a man, and let history make its own judgement". If there is any justice in the world, history will be kind :). Take care of yourself my dude.

Dan Galipo

2025-03-12 23:12:46 +0000 UTC

Had half a novel written and somehow F'd it up lol. LSS; I'm a fed employee and have had to take a fair bit of criticism before and even more now. No skin off my nose. I am not taking crap, not crying, I say Sae la vie. I am just going to enjoy myself from now on. I hope you do as well.

Tempest Crow

2025-03-12 23:04:19 +0000 UTC

Not a question, just a commiseration. Rejoined today after getting a bit more sanity on the job situation. Last month, I came within minutes of losing my job, and, in preparation, I canceled all of my Patreons. I do take "pay yourself first" seriously. Fortunately, things are... slightly less scary now. We had a judge say, at damned near literally the last second, "maybe don't fire everyone until I rule if you CAN fire everyone without Congress saying so." I've been sitting here with the sword of Damocles over my head for the last month and it has been taking a toll. I wasn't on anxiety meds this time a year ago. We certainly are living in interesting times. Again. As an elder millennial, I would love to have a few years where things don't constantly seem like we're either teetering on the edge of chaos, or straight off the precipice into the void. Take care, Tex. We all need to watch out for folks these days. That said, we can't forget about ourselves.

Face Into Keyboard

2025-03-12 23:04:16 +0000 UTC

Always take care of yourself. You are amazing, Tex. Your crew and friends bring such joy and levity to many a dark day. Even as I struggle with a rocky road, I am always so happy to hear your voice and wisdom.

Seth Smith

2025-03-12 22:56:10 +0000 UTC

Well said

Anthony Smith

2025-03-12 22:55:03 +0000 UTC

Hey Tex, its been a a while since I've dropped a comment on an update, and I wanted to say thanks. It's a message we all need to hear and one to pass forward to everyone. My midlife crisis wasn't a car or machine gun...it was miniatures skirmish games lol. I just finished up playing g some alpha strike with a friend who has been going through it and it was a blast. I lost the first 3 on 3 mech match, and the second game ended in a tie. Glad to hear you are feeling adjacently better. Also currently my plan is going to be the weird part of my customer's day.....if they hear a man quaking while dropping letters in a mailbox it'll be me.

The Mailman

2025-03-12 22:53:05 +0000 UTC

Tex, thank you for the message. It really meant a lot. Hope you continue to get better and thanks to you and your team for all your hard work. My question for you is what is your favorite Japanese developed game beside Metal Gear Solid. For example mine is the Monster Hunter series. Thanks again

The_coat5

2025-03-12 22:48:19 +0000 UTC

I feel you on that preamble to todays post. I haven't been around much because the daily Sisyphus has been taking basically everything I have... but I managed to get a few friends together and raise about $1,000 for a local Food Bank; that's not a lot of money but it is a lot of beans and rice.

They Call Me Soup Can

2025-03-12 22:47:42 +0000 UTC

Continuing my tank question if you can have any prototype or proposed tank design from world war 2 what would it be? Mine would be the rat only because I would never have to worry about traffic jams again

russell marsh

2025-03-12 22:45:06 +0000 UTC

I've never considered myself an optimist, Tex. But everything is relative, and I think things are looking better already. i hope that feeling comes to you soon also. Oh I wasn't complaining that you hadn't done sPAIN: The Revengeance yet, I was saying Battletech: Bravo Zulu is even more welcome! Hermetic Goat doesn't bring up our musician. instead it's Goat Burger

Jay McIntyre

2025-03-12 22:42:25 +0000 UTC

So few people are ever in a position to make the big changes, the changes that "everyone" knows needs to happen. That's ok though. If you're not one of the few ordained by chance to be a "great man" of history, there is still a place for us. There is no fate predestining people the be the great men, there is only circumstance. The foundation of that circumstance is laid across ages and decades by all the non "great men" doing their part for a brighter more beautiful world. Never fret your perceived inefficacy, just do as much as you can for as long as you can. When your time comes pass knowing that you have made a difference. It may be the case that one of the Meth for Kids recipients ends up being a "great man" in the next cycle of history. The dollars raised by a bunch of shitposters might be the circumstance needed for that greatness to arrive. Hope is not a weakness, hope is the greatest shining strength of humanity

Charlie Gilroy

2025-03-12 22:39:57 +0000 UTC

Howdy Tex, Glad you're feelin better! Being a Good Person has always been the plan, but it has indeed been a Time. Grad Schools going better, I'm feeling better about understanding specific topics like MARC21. I'm writing an entire Battletech Worldbuilding Project, for the Kung Fu Club in the AUX, I'm having fun with it, setting in 3000, Former Rim World's Republic. I'm planning on doing two further updates, the 3039 Update, and the 3050 Update. So we'll see how that goes with the Dice! Keep your feet planted, keep your head up!

Grimos

2025-03-12 22:27:44 +0000 UTC

Good evening Mr. Tex. Can someone be moving forward in the tunnel, not because of any actual hope or belief that they'll find a light at the end of it, but because they know if they stop moving they'll not get started again? Dunno what you call that personal philosophy, but that's mostly me on the day to day. On a good day, I crack a smile while walking my dog. I don't quite consider myself a doom scroller. I don't really watch the news, nor am I active on social media. On average, I'd say I've moved past fear and reached an apathetic resignation to not seeing a better tomorrow. So it's heartening to hear someone who both acknowledges the world isn't in a good place, yet still spouses that it can get better. Thank you for that. Glad you're feeling better. Stay safe out there.

Santo

2025-03-12 22:27:25 +0000 UTC

Save your voice - JFC man. If your work won't let you do the things that make you happy (ketamine, medications, whatever)... do something else. I have lived through that agony, and you DESERVE better.

David Johnson

2025-03-12 22:21:34 +0000 UTC

Hey Tex, thank you, for that first message. I needed to hear that. It's real easy to be fearful and angry about...well...everything. And it's easy to shut down and want to hide in something mindless. I'm trying to hang on to that hope for a better tomorrow, and trust that the sun will come up tomorrow.

Meteu Burr

2025-03-12 22:20:40 +0000 UTC

Thanks, Tex. Your honesty about the world and the caring we should give out more is an important reminder of what life should be. Mental and physical health is important. Thanks for trying to be a decent being while being genuine. Those reasons are why I keep following. Do love your clowny side also 🫶

Franck-O-Fun

2025-03-12 22:19:10 +0000 UTC

I am sorry for your pain, I have sympathy for your struggles and I get your worries. Take care of yourself, take a small break and use your own advice and hold on!

Mathieu Martineau

2025-03-12 22:14:31 +0000 UTC

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Comments

What is your advice for people with constant bad RNG?

Tex, voice save mode activate. Thank you for being the change you wish to see in the world. I long ago gave up any hope the powers that be will do what is right, so it falls to everyday folk to hold back the dark. Love to you and the team. Thank you for all you guys do, now and always. Seyla.

Should have taken your advice sooner. Create is a much better option. Much more satisfying.

In response tou your "big candle" comment in the podcast, I always go with "Only the government would cut two inches off a blanket, sew it on the other end, and say the blanket is longer."

I think the answer to the question “Is this a troll or a shit post lies in the answer to another question: “Are you punching up?” I make it a point to pick on someone my own size or larger and then only if they make it clear they have it coming.

Howdy. Glad to hear you're feelin' better. Keep truckin'.

As a DoD Contractor I appreciate the hard-working Civilians I interact with every day and this is one of the weirdest times ever- it's me feeling for them because of ever-increasing uncertainty. Best of luck wherever you are and I hope your bullets find their mark. ;)

God bless you Mister Tex. I know you may not invite the comparison ( but hopefully aren't against it) but you make a damn fine preacher. Even if it's just asking to be strong and loving, any time you bring up your philosophy it's incredibly impactful.

Yeah. But too many makes lots of bloat and allows laziness. Not everyone who's a fed cares about your place in civilization or cares about civilization as a whole. I've learned that the hard way these last 4 years. Tex helped me through it.

Tex, as a fellow sufferer of deep depression, please hear me. The stuff you and the Legion produce have been a lifeline and a joy for me. Please, don't ever discount what you do. It's quite magnificent.

It's nice of you to assume that we are social enough to have a steam friends list

We are here tex, if you need support. We will always have your support, whatever we can spare.

Wise words, Tex. It's that kind of heartfelt stuff that keeps me subscribing to the BPL.

I feel that too Tex, you're not the only one and you're not alone. I can't speak for anyone but myself, but I'm thankful you create, and add to this world in this era. You are no fool, at least not in any ways that matter.

I don't care what some people say. We need fed employees. They make civilization possible.

Tex, wishing you and everyone who reads this a bit of peace. Everything will be alright in the end. If it’s not alright, it isn’t the end.

I don't normally stick around during speeches like the first part. I did this time out of respect. Thank you Tex.

Had half a novel written and somehow F'd it up lol. LSS; I'm a fed employee and have had to take a fair bit of criticism before and even more now. No skin off my nose. I am not taking crap, not crying, I say Sae la vie. I am just going to enjoy myself from now on. I hope you do as well.

Always take care of yourself. You are amazing, Tex. Your crew and friends bring such joy and levity to many a dark day. Even as I struggle with a rocky road, I am always so happy to hear your voice and wisdom.

Well said

Tex, thank you for the message. It really meant a lot. Hope you continue to get better and thanks to you and your team for all your hard work. My question for you is what is your favorite Japanese developed game beside Metal Gear Solid. For example mine is the Monster Hunter series. Thanks again

I feel you on that preamble to todays post. I haven't been around much because the daily Sisyphus has been taking basically everything I have... but I managed to get a few friends together and raise about $1,000 for a local Food Bank; that's not a lot of money but it is a lot of beans and rice.

Continuing my tank question if you can have any prototype or proposed tank design from world war 2 what would it be? Mine would be the rat only because I would never have to worry about traffic jams again

Save your voice - JFC man. If your work won't let you do the things that make you happy (ketamine, medications, whatever)... do something else. I have lived through that agony, and you DESERVE better.

I am sorry for your pain, I have sympathy for your struggles and I get your worries. Take care of yourself, take a small break and use your own advice and hold on!

More Creators

We Begin with an important Message.

Comments

What is your advice for people with constant bad RNG?

Tex, voice save mode activate. Thank you for being the change you wish to see in the world. I long ago gave up any hope the powers that be will do what is right, so it falls to everyday folk to hold back the dark. Love to you and the team. Thank you for all you guys do, now and always. Seyla.

Should have taken your advice sooner. Create is a much better option. Much more satisfying.

In response tou your "big candle" comment in the podcast, I always go with "Only the government would cut two inches off a blanket, sew it on the other end, and say the blanket is longer."

I think the answer to the question “Is this a troll or a shit post lies in the answer to another question: “Are you punching up?” I make it a point to pick on someone my own size or larger and then only if they make it clear they have it coming.

Howdy. Glad to hear you're feelin' better. Keep truckin'.

As a DoD Contractor I appreciate the hard-working Civilians I interact with every day and this is one of the weirdest times ever- it's *me* feeling for *them* because of ever-increasing uncertainty. Best of luck wherever you are and I hope your bullets find their mark. ;)

God bless you Mister Tex. I know you may not invite the comparison ( but hopefully aren't against it) but you make a damn fine preacher. Even if it's just asking to be strong and loving, any time you bring up your philosophy it's incredibly impactful.

Yeah. But too many makes lots of bloat and allows laziness. Not everyone who's a fed cares about your place in civilization or cares about civilization as a whole. I've learned that the hard way these last 4 years. Tex helped me through it.

Tex, as a fellow sufferer of deep depression, please hear me. The stuff you and the Legion produce have been a lifeline and a joy for me. Please, don't ever discount what you do. It's quite magnificent.

It's nice of you to assume that we are social enough to have a steam friends list

We are here tex, if you need support. We will always have your support, whatever we can spare.

Wise words, Tex. It's that kind of heartfelt stuff that keeps me subscribing to the BPL.

I feel that too Tex, you're not the only one and you're not alone. I can't speak for anyone but myself, but I'm thankful you create, and add to this world in this era. You are no fool, at least not in any ways that matter.

I don't care what some people say. We need fed employees. They make civilization possible.

Tex, wishing you and everyone who reads this a bit of peace. Everything will be alright in the end. If it’s not alright, it isn’t the end.

I don't normally stick around during speeches like the first part. I did this time out of respect. Thank you Tex.

Had half a novel written and somehow F'd it up lol. LSS; I'm a fed employee and have had to take a fair bit of criticism before and even more now. No skin off my nose. I am not taking crap, not crying, I say Sae la vie. I am just going to enjoy myself from now on. I hope you do as well.

Always take care of yourself. You are amazing, Tex. Your crew and friends bring such joy and levity to many a dark day. Even as I struggle with a rocky road, I am always so happy to hear your voice and wisdom.

Well said

Tex, thank you for the message. It really meant a lot. Hope you continue to get better and thanks to you and your team for all your hard work. My question for you is what is your favorite Japanese developed game beside Metal Gear Solid. For example mine is the Monster Hunter series. Thanks again

I feel you on that preamble to todays post. I haven't been around much because the daily Sisyphus has been taking basically everything I have... but I managed to get a few friends together and raise about $1,000 for a local Food Bank; that's not a lot of money but it is a lot of beans and rice.

Continuing my tank question if you can have any prototype or proposed tank design from world war 2 what would it be? Mine would be the rat only because I would never have to worry about traffic jams again

Save your voice - JFC man. If your work won't let you do the things that make you happy (ketamine, medications, whatever)... do something else. I have lived through that agony, and you DESERVE better.

I am sorry for your pain, I have sympathy for your struggles and I get your worries. Take care of yourself, take a small break and use your own advice and hold on!

More Creators

As a DoD Contractor I appreciate the hard-working Civilians I interact with every day and this is one of the weirdest times ever- it's me feeling for them because of ever-increasing uncertainty. Best of luck wherever you are and I hope your bullets find their mark. ;)