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LLSix posted:Fixed that for you.  Do not anger the trees man, they will cut you.
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So... who exactly was the target audience for this cartoon? I only watched up to right after the opening narration (with the guy talking about the Inner Sphere and how the Clans made the mistake of invading HIS HOME PLANET), and I only barely managed to understand what the gently caress was going on because of what I've learned of the setting from this thread.
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AtomikKrab posted:
They have me in an Atlas. poo poo's in the bag. ...now PTN will murder me.
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PoptartsNinja posted:Finished up to the 4 minute mark. Please keep doing this. I just about woke up my roommate when I saw the map of the Inner Sphere.
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Oct 17, 2012 07:06
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The cartoon is really inconsistent when it comes to Dropship/Jumpship artificial gravity. Also, even if you ignore everything else, you can tell it's the Space 80's by the unnecessary combat flips. Edit: Oh man, watch through episode 3 at least- Elementals have never been portrayed more hilariously! Rocket-hugs AWAY! 
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W.T. Fits posted:So... who exactly was the target audience for this cartoon? I only watched up to right after the opening narration (with the guy talking about the Inner Sphere and how the Clans made the mistake of invading HIS HOME PLANET), and I only barely managed to understand what the gently caress was going on because of what I've learned of the setting from this thread. It's kind of bizarre how much crap from the setting they stuffed in. The big dude with the beret drops mention of his citations and they're actually in line with battles the 4th Skye fought in 3039 and were given citations for, which also means the dude met Caesar Steiner once and it was probably the highlight of his life. I'm not sure if all the name-dropping is to pad the script (animating people talking is cheaper?) or if it's to lure board game grognards like me to watch a children's cartoon (which, even though I was a child AND BT gamer when it came out, I still knew it sucked). To answer your question, the people who made the show don't know and neither do I.
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W.T. Fits posted:So... who exactly was the target audience for this cartoon? I only watched up to right after the opening narration (with the guy talking about the Inner Sphere and how the Clans made the mistake of invading HIS HOME PLANET), and I only barely managed to understand what the gently caress was going on because of what I've learned of the setting from this thread. I may be the odd one out here, but I didn't need to understand the political implications of tentative cooperation between Kuritans and Steiners to enjoy giant robots blowing each other up as a child.
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W.T. Fits posted:So... who exactly was the target audience for this cartoon? I only watched up to right after the opening narration (with the guy talking about the Inner Sphere and how the Clans made the mistake of invading HIS HOME PLANET), and I only barely managed to understand what the gently caress was going on because of what I've learned of the setting from this thread. That said, twenty seven year old me is painfully aware that it's not actually much better than the rest of Battletech's writing, and it makes Victor Steiner-Davion actually seem like he's not a total failure.
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So how do the Mechwarriors control the arms of the Mech to the point where they work like human arms (including fine control over individual fingers) if the control interface for the Mech is two joysticks, a bunch of buttons and a helmet that makes sure you don't fall over?
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Voyager I posted:I may be the odd one out here, but I didn't need to understand the political implications of tentative cooperation between Kuritans and Steiners to enjoy giant robots blowing each other up as a child. It's not about the political machinations of the Inner Sphere. It's about the fact that the voice acting and animation are poo poo and nothing makes any sense on any level.
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DatonKallandor posted:So how do the Mechwarriors control the arms of the Mech to the point where they work like human arms (including fine control over individual fingers) if the control interface for the Mech is two joysticks, a bunch of buttons and a helmet that makes sure you don't fall over? Toe buttons.
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DatonKallandor posted:So how do the Mechwarriors control the arms of the Mech to the point where they work like human arms (including fine control over individual fingers) if the control interface for the Mech is two joysticks, a bunch of buttons and a helmet that makes sure you don't fall over? Tongue lever inside the neurohelmet. And gauss rifle shells filled with angry bees.
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The Neurohelmet handles fine motor control too; it's just that the only person to talk about that was Robert N. Charette.
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PoptartsNinja posted:The Neurohelmet handles fine motor control too; it's just that the only person to talk about that was Robert N. Charette. "Robert N. Charette- Still better than whatever writer YOU like."
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PhotoKirk posted:Tongue lever inside the neurohelmet.
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I don't think there is a real answer, and each author made up their own. The GDL books mention that there is a secondary glove-thingy (a waldo, for a pointless bit of knowledge) that controls the hands and arms, for example. How much the neurohelmet actually controls is another tossup, which varies from being balance only to directly controlling how the 'Mech walks and moves. The real answer is that both work exactly as needed to advance the plot. The super bees help too, of course.
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I probably won't be able to finish the update tonight, but I'm going to try. Most likely it will be tomorrow. Sorry for the delay, everyone!
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Arquinsiel posted:Please, they were filled with genetically modified super bugs that had their venom sacs replaced with "sea krate" venom. I know, I was there, but angry bees rolls off the tongue better. Remember his perpetual motion ship?
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Ah yes, the infamous "bop drive" 
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Oct 18, 2012 14:23
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Well, my parents are heading back home tomorrow; so expect an
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It's cool, I had the same situation last map, although my ER PPC headshot missed.
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PoptartsNinja posted:Well, my parents are heading back home tomorrow; so expect an S'all good, homes. You've been busting rear end on Battletech for a while now. No one's sweating you taking a couple days.
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He just doesn't know how to tell the thread that I somehow got an ER PPC headcap using LRMs. He didn't even know the dice could do that.
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Farseli posted:He just doesn't know how to tell the thread that I somehow got an ER PPC headcap using LRMs. He didn't even know the dice could do that. Do we know if he replaced those dice? 
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I did not. Incidentally, the update process has begun. I will let everyone wonder whether this laughter is meaningful: Ahahahaha!
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PoptartsNinja posted:I did not. Whose mech tripped over onto its head and exploded?
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PoptartsNinja posted:I did not.
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Despite being a Cardassian he hasn't got the CJF accent down. It's meant to be awkawkawkawk. Grep that and you'll see what he sed. 
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SIGSEGV posted:Despite being a Cardassian he hasn't got the CJF accent down. I hate you so much right now. I still remember some of the bits of gawk I learned about in one of my CS college courses.
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landcollector posted:I hate you so much right now. I still remember some of the bits of gawk I learned about in one of my CS college courses. Awk is short for awkward, amirite? My job got so much easier (this was basically applying consistent documentation templates to an old FORTRAN sim at a NASA contractor) when I realized Perl wasn't lostech.
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Sally Forth: Tactical Update 5 Combat Phase:  Cudgel wins with 19 votes (18 votes against) “I’m fine with Cudgel,” Emil Voronov said. “Tag it, it will work for now.” Piet grumbled into her microphone for a moment but held her tongue. She was less sanguine when Alimah’s LRM’s scored a hit on the still distant Talyn’s Cougar. Fist balled, she slammed it down on the transmit button. “Talyn is mine,” she’d only begun to say when a loud warbling squelch overpowered her transmission. “You will follow orders,” Wilberforce corrected in tones as cold as hers had been fiery. Piet cursed into a microphone that refused to transmit and nearly bit through her lower lip as she struggled to keep her anger under control. Wilberforce continued unabated, his own fury cold as the winds on Strana Mechty. “Piet, you lost your place to an adoptee because you could not follow orders. I say you are a capable warrior; now help me prove it. Let us both show our former comrades that discarding us was a mistake.” Mission Objective: Defeat Clan Forces (0/10) Or Bypass Clan Forces (0/14)  Key: X1 Banshee IIC, X2 Archer, X3 Po X4 Merlin, X5 Marauder, X6 Hunchback X7 Blackjack, X8 Dervish, X9 Vindicator X10 Mongoose, X11 Hussar, X12 Cyclops IIC X13 Exterminator IIC, X14 Atlas Enemy Movement Mods: Don’t matter this turn. E1 Sohei: +3 Jumped E2 Wolf Spider: +2 E3 Copperhead: +1 E4 Rifleman IIC: +2 Jumped E5 Swordbreaker: +2 F1 Swordbreaker: +1 F2 Unknown: +2 F3 Unknown: +0 Stationary F4 Seagull: +4 Jumped F5 Anklebiter: +2 Player `Mech Status  Enemy `Mech Status 
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Oct 19, 2012 23:28
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Man I love these image readouts. I can follow the combat phase especially a lot easier now.
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I foresee problems when someone will try to spot / shoot several targets in one round with this template.
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SIGSEGV posted:I foresee problems when someone will try to spot / shoot several targets in one round with this template. It's a work in progress, it'll also have issues when damage overflows a section into another. I'll work around that as it happens.
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I'm not certain I like this format- it seems a bit crowded. The text-only layout for the turn itself worked just fine, and it was easier to get a look at the map to see the Goon movement before reading about the shooting/punching/Justice Foot-ing. It's good to see some fire exchanged though, not that it's exactly going in the Gooncompany's favor. Next turn should be fairly interesting.
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So many clanners in the open, one of which is small, nasty and stationary. Hopefully gooncompany will be removing a pair of erppcs from the board this turn.
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dis astranagant posted:So many clanners in the open, one of which is small, nasty and stationary. Hopefully gooncompany will be removing a pair of erppcs from the board this turn. If they can get line of sight to it, I will be impressed. apostateCourier posted:I'm not certain I like this format- it seems a bit crowded. The text-only layout for the turn itself worked just fine, and it was easier to get a look at the map to see the Goon movement before reading about the shooting/punching/Justice Foot-ing. It's a work in progress, and one I will refine. Would you prefer I use [TIMG] tags instead? PoptartsNinja fucked around with this message at 00:11 on Oct 20, 2012 |
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PoptartsNinja posted:It's a work in progress, and one I will refine. Would you prefer I use [TIMG] tags instead? Edit: Oh hey, I just noticed the "Zell status" and "Target" sections. I like that, it makes it a lot easier to tell what the enemy dispositions are for those unsure about clanner mentality, and allows at a glance to see which ones are safe to bait by pulling their target back to max range (but not beyond) and dog-piling on. apostateCourier fucked around with this message at 00:40 on Oct 20, 2012 |
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I like the new format. Makes everything a lot easier to figure out.
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Switched to TIMG. Also, I'm working on an update to the combat sheet.
PoptartsNinja fucked around with this message at 00:44 on Oct 20, 2012 |
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