Lets All Play Battletech and rewrite Inner Sphere history

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Ferrosol: Nov 8, 2010; Notorious J.A.M

I dunno, I for one am enjoying you destroy my childhood memories of a ~~great~~ ~~good~~ ~~average~~ not totally terrible book. I kind of enjoyed back when I was younger.

# ? Oct 25, 2012 23:40

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# ? May 26, 2024 00:43

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

PoptartsNinja posted:

As an aside? Several of Stackpole�s notable antagonists are scarred: Frederick Steiner, Jarl Tir Miraborg, Vladimir Ward, and Thomas Marik (in chronological order). Meanwhile all of his heroes are flawless examples of ~~douchebaggery~~ humanity: fit, pretty, and more awesome than anyone in the immediate vicinity.

Oh he's only just begun to scar Frederick. Also Miraborg gets a henchman later with scars.

# ? Oct 25, 2012 23:58

PoptartsNinja: May 9, 2008; He is still almost definitely not a spy; Soiled Meat

Also: Kirtan Loor, Ysanne Isaard('s heterochromia). He didn't only do it in Battletech.

# ? Oct 26, 2012 00:06

W.T. Fits: Apr 21, 2010; Ready to Poyozo Dance all over your face.

PoptartsNinja posted:

I must finish! Unless nobody missed these, in which case I may not.

I love these! I eagerly look forward to more! :allears:

... although...

PoptartsNinja posted:

(and I will be finishing Main Event. I let things slide because of my move).

... I thought you already finished Main Event? Or was that just wishful thinking on my part? :ohdear:

# ? Oct 26, 2012 00:14

PoptartsNinja: May 9, 2008; He is still almost definitely not a spy; Soiled Meat

Whoops, yeah, I did. But I'm hoping my copy of DRT will turn up...

# ? Oct 26, 2012 00:47

Arquinsiel: Jun 1, 2006; "There is no such thing as society. There are individual men and women, and there are families. And no government can do anything except through people, and people must look to themselves first."

God Bless Margaret Thatcher
God Bless England
RIP My Iron Lady

PoptartsNinja posted:

As an aside? Several of Stackpole�s notable antagonists are scarred: Frederick Steiner, Jarl Tir Miraborg, Vladimir Ward, and Thomas Marik (in chronological order). Meanwhile all of his heroes are flawless examples of ~~douchebaggery~~ humanity: fit, pretty, and more awesome than anyone in the immediate vicinity.

I�d chalk it up to mimicry of medieval symbolism except I don�t think it�s intentional.

You forgot Candace Liao and Justin himself though, both of them are pretty heavily scarred.

# ? Oct 26, 2012 01:17

Rivensteel: Mar 30, 2010

PoptartsNinja posted:

I must finish! Unless nobody missed these, in which case I may not.

I missed them. I charge you with a holy quest of Let's Reading ALL of BTech!

# ? Oct 26, 2012 02:12

landcollector: Feb 28, 2011

Rivensteel posted:

I missed them. I charge you with a holy quest of Let's Reading ALL of BTech!

Do..do you want PTN to end it all?

# ? Oct 26, 2012 02:18

PoptartsNinja: May 9, 2008; He is still almost definitely not a spy; Soiled Meat

Arquinsiel posted:

You forgot Candace Liao and Justin himself though, both of them are pretty heavily scarred.

Candice and Justin are antagonists too. Andy Redburn is actually the main character of En Garde. :ssh:

# ? Oct 26, 2012 02:20

The Merry Marauder: Apr 4, 2009; "But she goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own."

PoptartsNinja posted:

Candice and Justin are antagonists too. Andy Redburn is actually the main character of En Garde.

With as much as he gets blown the gently caress up you'd think he'd have his own elaborate bad-guy scars.

Andy Redburn is a personal favorite, honestly. He's just such a hapless dude.

# ? Oct 26, 2012 02:25

Defiance Industries: Jul 22, 2010; A five-star manufacturer

PoptartsNinja posted:

Candice and Justin are antagonists too. Andy Redburn is actually the main character of En Garde.

He is kind of the only proactive character who is ever in any real danger and makes it to the end. Makes a weird kind of sense.

# ? Oct 26, 2012 02:32

PoptartsNinja: May 9, 2008; He is still almost definitely not a spy; Soiled Meat

He's also the everyman, he's there so that other people can exposition dump at him and to showcase how awesome/evil the ~~GMPCs~~ Nobility are.

# ? Oct 26, 2012 02:38

Defiance Industries: Jul 22, 2010; A five-star manufacturer

Stackpole clearly wasn't too concerned with making sure his huge walls of bad exposition fit within the frame. He did write that scene where Victor explains the Inner Sphere and the Clans to Hohiro and Kai while they were on Strana Mechty.

# ? Oct 26, 2012 02:46

Arquinsiel: Jun 1, 2006; "There is no such thing as society. There are individual men and women, and there are families. And no government can do anything except through people, and people must look to themselves first."

God Bless Margaret Thatcher
God Bless England
RIP My Iron Lady

One thing GW does right is stick the lovely old "THERE IS ONLY WAR RAWR RAWR GRIMDARK!" blurb that's been in every edition of 40k into the first page of their novels, before even the contents.

It's all grimdark. Got that? Good: here's some bolter porn.

PoptartsNinja posted:

Candice and Justin are antagonists too. Andy Redburn is actually the main character of En Garde.

Don't make me read them again to remember... it's been a whole year already.

# ? Oct 26, 2012 03:17

Tarquinn: Jul 3, 2007; I know I’ve made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you
my complete assurance that my work will be back to normal.; Hell Gem

landcollector posted:

Do..do you want PTN to end it all?

Well, I figure he still has some 50 years of life left in him. It should be doable. :v:

# ? Oct 26, 2012 07:42

Wind Tempest: Oct 9, 2007; I am the culmination of all that is wrong with japan.

Can we turn one of these chapters into a mad lib so we can rewrite stackpoling(probably not for the better)?

# ? Oct 26, 2012 19:56

Rorac: Aug 19, 2011

Hey PTN, I dunno if it matters to you, but I did plug your thread in an F-zero video I participated in. The post/video link is here if anybody wants to see it,

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3510909&pagenumber=5#post408933658

The plug is somewhere around 5-6 minute mark in the video.

# ? Oct 26, 2012 20:30

PhotoKirk: Jul 2, 2007; insert witty text here

Wind Tempest posted:

Can we turn one of these chapters into a mad lib so we can rewrite stackpoling(probably not for the better)?

I call dibs on "roiling" and "coruscating".

# ? Oct 26, 2012 21:22

Runa: Feb 13, 2011

Mildly off-topic but only just so, as I feel most BT fans would love to find a reason to kick Harmony Gold when it's down.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-10-26/harmony-gold-founder/robotech-producer-sentenced-for-tax-fraud

Also, here's hoping that Seagull gets slagged next turn.

_{C'mon, boxcars! Daddy needs a new pair of cooling vests.}

# ? Oct 27, 2012 01:41

MJ12: Apr 8, 2009

T.G. Xarbala posted:

Mildly off-topic but only just so, as I feel most BT fans would love to find a reason to kick Harmony Gold when it's down.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-10-26/harmony-gold-founder/robotech-producer-sentenced-for-tax-fraud

Also, here's hoping that Seagull gets slagged next turn.

_{C'mon, boxcars! Daddy needs a new pair of cooling vests.}

Awesome.

Aren't they basically hilarious patent trolls now who haven't ever made a product but basically spend all their time saying "if it's vaguely related to the things we licensed 20 years ago nope you can't do it without paying us 200% of the revenues"?

Because I would imagine if they had reasonable licensing schemes we would still have the Unseen. And, you know, actual Macross releases in America.

Incidentally, has this turn devolved into a fustercluck yet?

# ? Oct 27, 2012 07:50

PoptartsNinja: May 9, 2008; He is still almost definitely not a spy; Soiled Meat

Still waiting on orders for 2-3 people. I'm at work so it's difficulty to verify which three, but it looks like X3, X7, and X8

PoptartsNinja fucked around with this message at 14:37 on Oct 27, 2012

# ? Oct 27, 2012 14:10

Andrevian: Mar 2, 2010

Mine are in.

# ? Oct 27, 2012 14:14

Fraction Jackson: Oct 27, 2007; Able to harness the awesome power of fractions

Orders in. Let's see what happens.

# ? Oct 27, 2012 19:24

PoptartsNinja: May 9, 2008; He is still almost definitely not a spy; Soiled Meat

Just needing X7 and X8 now, but the deadline is fast approaching. We may wind up with a pair of statues this turn.

# ? Oct 27, 2012 19:57

JT Jag: Aug 30, 2009; #1 Jaguars Sunk Cost Fallacy-Haver

PoptartsNinja posted:

Just needing X7 and X8 now, but the deadline is fast approaching. We may wind up with a pair of statues this turn.

What happened to using the diceroller to figure out what random action they'll do? Come on "fire everything"!

# ? Oct 27, 2012 20:00

PoptartsNinja: May 9, 2008; He is still almost definitely not a spy; Soiled Meat

JT Jag posted:

What happened to using the diceroller to figure out what random action they'll do? Come on "fire everything"!

That was never an option, I won't force movement, heat, or ammo expenditures on anyone. I will make them move out of the way if someone else ends in a hex they're occupying though. I'm not going to punish players who have their orders in.

# ? Oct 27, 2012 20:03

KnoxZone: Jan 27, 2007; If I die before I Wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take.

JT Jag posted:

What happened to using the diceroller to figure out what random action they'll do? Come on "fire everything"!

Lets do this X-Com style. Roll D6. On a 1 the mech does nothing, on a 2 it hunkers down and goes prone, a 3 it runs away, a 4 it charges towards the enemy, 5 it alpha strikes the nearest enemy, and a 6 it alpha strikes the nearest teammate... And you will always roll a 6.

# ? Oct 27, 2012 20:04

PoptartsNinja: May 9, 2008; He is still almost definitely not a spy; Soiled Meat

KnoxZone posted:

And you will always roll a 6.

I rolled 10 sets of 4 dice. The number '6' came up 9 times (22%). Statistically, it should be at 16%. My sample size is too small to make any sort of judgement but from inferential experience I'd say a few of my dice are a bit unevenly balanced.

# ? Oct 27, 2012 20:15

Its Rinaldo: Aug 13, 2010; CODS BINCH

KnoxZone posted:

Lets do this X-Com style. Roll D6. On a 1 the mech does nothing, on a 2 it hunkers down and goes prone, a 3 it runs away, a 4 it charges towards the enemy, 5 it alpha strikes the nearest enemy, and a 6 it alpha strikes the nearest teammate... And you will always roll a 6.

None of those are "99% chance to hit. Miss. :xcom:

# ? Oct 27, 2012 20:25

Shoeless: Sep 2, 2011

Orders in. Sorry for being late with them, combination of waiting to get some feedback on orders from team and real life rearing its ugly head.

# ? Oct 27, 2012 20:44

PoptartsNinja: May 9, 2008; He is still almost definitely not a spy; Soiled Meat

The Merlin is trying to DFA the Atlas, by the way. Atlas takes precedence because it ~~is slow~~ was there first.

# ? Oct 27, 2012 20:47

Shoeless: Sep 2, 2011

The googledocs, they do nothing!

# ? Oct 27, 2012 21:19

the JJ: Mar 31, 2011

Hang on a second.

Hmm... google doc has the Atlas at 0815. Gar.

# ? Oct 27, 2012 21:33

PoptartsNinja: May 9, 2008; He is still almost definitely not a spy; Soiled Meat

Atlas, Cyclops IIC. What's the difference?

Not much, when I'm working on 2 hours of sleep.

# ? Oct 27, 2012 21:35

Andrevian: Mar 2, 2010

I think what we should do is put the most recent turn at the top from here on out. Because scrolling down is butts.

# ? Oct 27, 2012 21:35

PoptartsNinja: May 9, 2008; He is still almost definitely not a spy; Soiled Meat

It's been there the whole time? :confused:

# ? Oct 27, 2012 21:43

TildeATH: Oct 21, 2010; by Lowtax

PoptartsNinja posted:

It's been there the whole time?

You mean we're finally on to Update 7?

# ? Oct 27, 2012 21:45

landcollector: Feb 28, 2011

PoptartsNinja posted:

It's been there the whole time?

I'm guessing Andrevian's referring to the googledocs.

# ? Oct 27, 2012 21:50

Andrevian: Mar 2, 2010

Yeah. I'm referring to the googledoc. I'm pretty sure more people actually check the topic than the doc.

Clarity dies, and I am a dumb.

# ? Oct 27, 2012 21:55

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# ? May 26, 2024 00:43

PoptartsNinja: May 9, 2008; He is still almost definitely not a spy; Soiled Meat

Ah, I see. Nevermind then.

The Merlin's trying to DFA the Po now.

# ? Oct 27, 2012 21:56

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