@Th3solution We are big fans of Biathlon in the render household and always follow the IBU World Cup. Shame the UK will never be able to field a competitive team but winter sports are definitely not our thing. Great to watch the best in the world, especially when you realise how crazy it is to go from something as aerobic as cross country skiing to something that requires such concentration and calm as shooting.
I don’t think it would ever make a good game but you could take it to the next level like James Bond always does in the movies. Shooting bad guys while skiing downhill looks like it could be fun 🤩
@Th3solution I do love the curling, particularly because the UK team every Olympics is basically 100% made up of Scottish people! We’re pretty good at it too.
@Fragile I prefer the Summer games, but over time I’m growing to like the Winter games more and more. But like you, I’m just a fan of sports and watching the amazing things that the human body can accomplish.
@render@nessisonett Biathlon and Curling are two events that I don’t really follow or know much about. The TV coverage in the US tends to focus of the events we have a good showing in, so apparently we don’t have a very strong biathlon or curling team.
@Jimmer-jammer Canada has quite a legacy in the Winter games, and I assume the mountains and cooler climate lends itself to people growing up doing things like skiing, ice skating, etc.
And yes — SSX was a great series at one time. I played some of it back of PS2, and I think it was largely a product of its time, alongside the success of Tony Hawk. So I wonder if it could recapture the magic it once had in the current gaming ecosystem.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
@Th3solution Your Biathlon mixed relay team were running in second at one point yesterday so you’ve got a few good athletes. I can’t remember where they finished but I think the problem with the US team if they just don’t have 4 strong enough people to carry it through. It’s one of the only winter sports that the US have never won a gold medal in but it wouldn’t surprise me if that happens at some point.
It a real shame you don’t get coverage of it as it does make a great sport. The fast skiers don’t always come out on top if their shooting is lacklustre and equally the other way round. You can also see the pressure they are under when they come in for the shooting knowing that they have to shoot quickly to maintain position but each miss potentially means doing an extra 100 metre loop.
@Anti-Matter Ice Skate Boxing sounds like a dangerous mix of sports. Although I guess it’s not too far distant from Ice Hockey, which sometimes feels like an Ice Boxing match with a game of Hockey that breaks out in the middle. 😄
Doing it all without a shirt on would get pretty cold, I’d bet. 😉
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
@render Nah, I'm doing the exact same job for the exact same people but in "B2B" mode rathen than on a contract. It's mostly about optimizing some formalities. There are pros and cons to this and currently (especially after recent tax law changes in Poland) the former outweigh the latter, so I went with it.
@Voltan A few friends of mine do the same and operate as a business contracting themselves out to a large company in the area. They don't do as well as they did due to the tax laws changing here funnily enough, but they still make enough extra to make it worthwhile operating like that as compared to being fully employed. Sounds like a good gig 👍
@velio84 Yeah, I'm self employed now, I guess. As for tax rates, it's a little complicated as there are several options you can choose from.
Thing is, as an author of original software, I'm entitled to a specific tax break for "IP creators". This means in my case I'll be paying 19% tax monthly but in my yearly tax settlement, I should be able to report most of it as income from original IP creation, which knocks it down to 5% and I'll get a big fat return.
It requires some additional book keeping but I'm prepared to do that.
@velio84 Interesting. I think here you'd just have to show some of your recent income history and if it's a steady flow you should be totally fine getting a loan. If you had taken loans in the past and paid them off without problems, that also counts in your favor. Luckily I'm unlikely to need one anytime soon anyway.
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