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On 2/11/2026 4:54 PM, rms wrote:
Yhqhf? UXO66-KZ8Q3-YYCMX
Huh, it still didn't look like English after I de-rotted it.
On Wed, 11 Feb 2026 17:45:39 -0800, Dimensional Traveler
<dtravel@sonic.net> said this thing:
On 2/11/2026 4:54 PM, rms wrote:
Yhqhfÿ UXO66-KZ8Q3-YYCMX
Huh, it still didn't look like English after I de-rotted it.
I'm guessing it's this game:
Ludus https://store.steampowered.com/app/1200230/Ludus/
which looks like a not-entirely asset-flipped roman gladiator
simulator.
It's not clear what service the key is for either, although I guess
you could just try all of them until it works.
Dunno where DT got it from, but I think they're welcome to keep it ;-)
(j/k, DT. It's a nice offer and I'm sure somebody will take it. God
knows I've given away worse games ;-)
On 2/12/2026 7:06 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
(j/k, DT. It's a nice offer and I'm sure somebody will take it. God
knows I've given away worse games ;-)
Wasn't me offering it. Check the attributions, its rms' fault!
Yhqhfÿ UXO66-KZ8Q3-YYCMX
rms
On 2/11/2026 4:54 PM, rms wrote:
Yhqhfÿ UXO66-KZ8Q3-YYCMX
rms
Looks up my alley, I took it.ÿ Thanks rms (I did check Amazon in case it
was a giveaway there first so I'm not taking something that I can
already get.ÿ It wasn't there.)
On 2/13/2026 7:33 AM, Justisaur wrote:
On 2/11/2026 4:54 PM, rms wrote:
Yhqhf? UXO66-KZ8Q3-YYCMX
rms
Looks up my alley, I took it.? Thanks rms (I did check Amazon in case it
was a giveaway there first so I'm not taking something that I can
already get.? It wasn't there.)
Ludus
Well it's not what it appeared to be. reviews mentioned soulslike and >gladiator. I tried playing it. It seems to be a gladiator manager
builder game.
You have to go to sleep for the first 'quest' but you can't do that
until 20 minutes have passed. I already hired, bought and built
everything I could on the first day. No thank you for waiting another 8 >minutes just to continue something I'm already not enjoying.
On Wed, 18 Feb 2026 06:53:03 -0800, Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com>
said this thing:
On 2/13/2026 7:33 AM, Justisaur wrote:
On 2/11/2026 4:54 PM, rms wrote:
Yhqhfÿ UXO66-KZ8Q3-YYCMX
rms
Looks up my alley, I took it.ÿ Thanks rms (I did check Amazon in case it >>> was a giveaway there first so I'm not taking something that I can
already get.ÿ It wasn't there.)
Ludus
Well it's not what it appeared to be. reviews mentioned soulslike and
gladiator. I tried playing it. It seems to be a gladiator manager
builder game.
Wasn't that the initial concept behind the first "Elder Scrolls:
Arena" (the first one), before they completely revamped it into a more traditional CRPG following the success of "Ultima Underworld"? I mean,
I know arena-fighting was the core conceit, but I think gladiator
management was also part of the idea.
It sounds like Bethesda had the right idea when they scrapped it and
went back to dungeon-crawling.
On Wed, 18 Feb 2026 06:53:03 -0800, Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com>
said this thing:
On 2/13/2026 7:33 AM, Justisaur wrote:
On 2/11/2026 4:54 PM, rms wrote:
Yhqhf? UXO66-KZ8Q3-YYCMX
rms
Looks up my alley, I took it.? Thanks rms (I did check Amazon in case it >>> was a giveaway there first so I'm not taking something that I can
already get.? It wasn't there.)
Ludus
Well it's not what it appeared to be. reviews mentioned soulslike and >>gladiator. I tried playing it. It seems to be a gladiator manager >>builder game.
Wasn't that the initial concept behind the first "Elder Scrolls:
Arena" (the first one), before they completely revamped it into a more >traditional CRPG following the success of "Ultima Underworld"? I mean,
I know arena-fighting was the core conceit, but I think gladiator
management was also part of the idea.
It sounds like Bethesda had the right idea when they scrapped it and
went back to dungeon-crawling.
You have to go to sleep for the first 'quest' but you can't do that
until 20 minutes have passed. I already hired, bought and built >>everything I could on the first day. No thank you for waiting another 8 >>minutes just to continue something I'm already not enjoying.
The way you portray it makes the game sound a lot like the glut of >workspace-sims (e.g. "Supermarket Manager" or "Tavern Manager"), where
you only get a limited time to do things before you have to end the
day to begin the next one and repeat the process. Those are nothing
but asset-flipped games too.
I can't speak for "Ludus" but those other games seem made entirely to
attract streamers who then laugh at how janky and awful it is.
They really need to do one of these manager games like dungeon keeper.
You run a supermarket or whatever, and then the attacks, shoplifters,
KARENs, etc, like the Heroes who would attack your dungeons in DK.
It *might* make the manager type game more interesting to non-Germans.
On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 18:12:06 -0500, Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> said this
thing:
They really need to do one of these manager games like dungeon keeper.
You run a supermarket or whatever, and then the attacks, shoplifters, >>KARENs, etc, like the Heroes who would attack your dungeons in DK.
I think they did.
Or rather, I seem to recall something along those lines. I can't find
trace of it now. It was a supermarket business managemeent game with a >top-down interface.* It was more akin to "Theme Park" than "Dungeon
Keeper".
It *might* make the manager type game more interesting to non-Germans.
Oh no. No, no. no. You /want/ to keep the Germans occupied. Otherwise
they get up to... mischief.**
----
* either that or a fever dream
** like winning the World Cup again. Why what did you think I was
referring to? ;-)
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> looked up from reading the entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
say:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 18:12:06 -0500, Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> said this
thing:
They really need to do one of these manager games like dungeon keeper.
You run a supermarket or whatever, and then the attacks, shoplifters,
KARENs, etc, like the Heroes who would attack your dungeons in DK.
I think they did.
Or rather, I seem to recall something along those lines. I can't find
trace of it now. It was a supermarket business managemeent game with a
top-down interface.* It was more akin to "Theme Park" than "Dungeon
Keeper".
It *might* make the manager type game more interesting to non-Germans.
Oh no. No, no. no. You /want/ to keep the Germans occupied. Otherwise
they get up to... mischief.**
I didn't say make it less appealing to Germans, just make it more
appealing to non-Germans.
On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 18:12:06 -0500, Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> said this
thing:
They really need to do one of these manager games like dungeon keeper.
You run a supermarket or whatever, and then the attacks, shoplifters, >>KARENs, etc, like the Heroes who would attack your dungeons in DK.
I think they did.
Or rather, I seem to recall something along those lines. I can't find
trace of it now. It was a supermarket business managemeent game with a >top-down interface.* It was more akin to "Theme Park" than "Dungeon
Keeper".
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