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vuk83 posted:PTN how do you actually run the game. Do you use a tabletop map or just on the computer. and how about the die rolling? The map is done digitally. I used to manually update it every turn until I realized I was overcomplicating things; now I do my updates in Gimp and just throw the players around. That also gives me options for potentially prettying up the map on the next few turns, I'm experimenting with some things now. Die rolling is done manually with a dice box, because streaky as my dice are random number generators are worse.
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I've noticed streaking in random number generators as well, I really should buy myself a new set of dice... I'd like for you to go into how you make your map and such in more detail though, that's always useful information!
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Mar 3, 2013 20:01
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He consults the Necronomicon every now and then and then cackles while rolling dice.
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landcollector posted:The Gargoyle's ER Small Laser should hit as well. Oh boy please let it hit! G1 Phoenix Hawk Achievements and Trivia: - It kicked our Atlas in the leg, obtaining the lucky crit that blew it's leg off. - It pushed our Mad Dog into the water for the coup de grace - It's got: 10/15 armor left leg, 2/4 armor rear left torso, 2/18 armor left torso, 9/18 armor right torso, 0/23 armor center torso, 1/8 structure left arm, and a blown-off right arm. I think PXH-1 is the configuration being used, with these weapons: Machine Gun RA Medium Laser RA Large Laser RA Machine Gun LA Medium Laser LA Ammo: MG (200) CT Which means that this poor guy is down to the medium laser and machine gun on the left arm. If this guy survives, it's probably going to win OpFor MVP. enigma74 fucked around with this message at 21:12 on Mar 3, 2013 |
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Mar 3, 2013 20:47
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enigma74 posted:Oh boy please let it hit! Just a ML actually. The model in question is a PHX-1D.
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Mar 3, 2013 21:10
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landcollector posted:Just a ML actually. The model in question is a PHX-1D. Aww, I was hoping the machine gun ammo in the CT would be vulnerable. C'mon ER small laser...
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Mar 3, 2013 21:17
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SageNytell posted:Orders in! This. Mr. Rifleman has a nice place to hide from everything but his target. He's gonna go there. (Hi Mr. Battlemaster! Please enjoy the laser light show!)
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landcollector posted:The Gargoyle's ER Small Laser should hit as well. What heavy laser modifier? Stop pointing out things that didn't happen!  I'm kidding, please continue to point out my mistakes. Next time I do a mission this huge, I'm going to bring in an editor to catch things before I take them live. That way I'll have Ok, I wasn't going to spoil episode 5, but this is something even I can't resist. 
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Mar 4, 2013 01:37
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What? Do freeborn scum not have the ability to grow the area between their nose and mouth to indicate scorn and amusement? Yet another way they fall short of
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Mar 4, 2013 04:36
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I am legit terrified of that image.
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Mar 4, 2013 04:57
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Hey Nicholai, why the long face?
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Mar 4, 2013 06:29
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 And I say that with love, man. I think I'm more concerned on these turns where I'm not directly moving around and shooting than in the turns where I'm in the poo poo with guns pointed in my face. 
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Mar 4, 2013 06:44
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Episode 5 status: Annotation Complete!
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Mar 4, 2013 07:12
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Aha....too narrow for the big guns!
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Mar 4, 2013 08:30
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PoptartsNinja posted:Next time I do a mission this huge, I'm going to bring in an editor to catch things before I take them live. That way I'll have I volunteer. This is something I do pretty well (proofing technical content is part of my job as a technical writer).
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Mar 4, 2013 09:08
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It's amazing how much easier it is to miss things when you're the one who wrote it. It looks right, after all. Even when the wrongness is punching the reader square in the comprehension.
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I'd need to re-memorize every hit modifier on the chart (I used to know them all!) but i suppose I would help.
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There's kind of a mental trick to proof-reading something you've written. You have to force your brain to pretend it's never seen this content before, and you also have to force your brain to read every individual character (normally sight-readers will read one or more words at a time, as whole patterns, rather than individual letters). You may do that for one pass looking for typos, and then do additional passes looking for other types of problems (for prose, grammatical errors, style problems, formatting, inconsistencies, etc.; for technical information, accuracy of facts/figures, bugs in code examples, circular references, misleading data, etc.). For sanity-checking technical information, you need to verify every fact, figure, statement, etc., which requires having a good knowledge of (or quick reference to) the source material. Fortunately I think I have PDFs of the rules PTN is working from, and I can also check against the previous update's status reports for inconsistency problems (mech shoots with a weapon previously destroyed, some points of armor disappear from mech, etc.). Not surprisingly, practice improves performance. I've been doing this professionally for about 13 years now, so I've got a knack for it, but I still will sometimes miss something (often because I was lazy and didn't bother to carefully proof the copy). Leperflesh fucked around with this message at 09:27 on Mar 4, 2013 |
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Mar 4, 2013 09:22
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I'm not entirely sure what you can really get from stealing those things in the episode, besides some cool suits to use on special ops later on. Reverse-engineering isn't really a thing people ever managed all that well in the Inner Sphere, and it would take several years to implement the stuff found the- eh, whatever. My faulty memory had that episode ending on the big laugh from the Falcons after the reveal. It would certainly feel like a better edited episode if it did.
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Mar 4, 2013 20:12
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Don't worry guys! By stealing these tiny, dinky little battlesuits, we shall unlock the secret behind XL Engines! 
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Mar 4, 2013 20:20
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You say that like it's a joke, but then Episode 7 happens.
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Rorahusky posted:Don't worry guys! By stealing these tiny, dinky little battlesuits, we shall unlock the secret behind XL Engines! Redacted are DINKY?
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AtomikKrab posted:Redacted are DINKY? Spoken like a goddamn knucklewhuffer who doesn't drive a Defiance machine, DOCTOR BITCH.
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Mar 5, 2013 08:44
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They're only 1000 KG. They're practically the medium `Mechs of the Battle Armor world.
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Mar 5, 2013 08:44
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AtomikKrab posted:Redacted are DINKY? ... Any time I see "DINK" I always think Double Income No Kids And now I'm seeing Double Income No Kids YOLO!
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Mar 5, 2013 08:45
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Not this guy?
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PoptartsNinja posted:They're only 1000 KG. They're practically the medium `Mechs of the Battle Armor world. Exactly, they are not dinky lights, nice solid mediums.
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I'm trying to remain aloof, but this show has some nonsensical poo poo I wouldn't have put up with even as a small child. For instance, Steiner dude starts chewing out female teammate about 'the mission', but she didn't do poo poo. The mild medical sedative they gave the guard was wearing off so she shot him in the chest, triggering alarms. But if she had moved on when told the guard still would have gotten up and tripped the alarm anyway two seconds later. Even as a five year old I think I'd have thought the writing was stupid. Also would have hated the asian sterotypes. I would have enjoyed the gently caress out the cheesy CGI lasers though. edit: I take everything back. The clans setting up all their forces around Ciro because only a heartless bastard would leave a teammate in prison, while the gang  to clan tech is amazing.
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Mar 5, 2013 09:01
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Maulers are 90 tons, not 80, PTN. I hope whoever made that mistake got fired, am I right? I also feel like giving someone a whole shitload of mild sedatives doesn't knock them out more, it probably just does bad things to your kidneys and liver. The Strikers have the worst loving color scheme of any unit ever, and I'm including the Davion Guard in that. I maybe don't remember if they mentioned it because I can only watch this show when I'm almost falling-down drunk but what is the significance of these dudes and their bling they keep on a necklace? Ciro has his and its a big deal and then when Mulletor pulls one out I'm supposed to be like "ho poo poo dude" right? But I don't know what their medallion is supposed to be. Maybe they just shop at the same Deep Periphery Gift Shop, I don't loving know. Defiance Industries fucked around with this message at 09:15 on Mar 5, 2013 |
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Mar 5, 2013 09:11
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It's a Star League Defense Force medal. Ciro's was passed down through his family for generations. Nicolai has one because he couldn't be as colossal an rear end in a top hat if he didn't. Also, I'm pretty sure I mentioned the Mauler was 90 tons.
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Pretty sure one annotation was "too narrow for big guns but not for an 80 ton Mauler." I would check but I just can't hear to go through that again.
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Farseli posted:After playing some battletech firestorm at the local pod arcade (man, simulator pods are fun) I have much more respect for these guys. Piloting is hard....and shooting is too. Also, orders in. More PPC fun! I had no issue piloting at all.  Now a certain racing game set on Mars... 
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cafel posted:I'm trying to remain aloof, but this show has some nonsensical poo poo I wouldn't have put up with even as a small child. Defiance Industries posted:I also feel like giving someone a whole shitload of mild sedatives doesn't knock them out more, it probably just does bad things to your kidneys and liver. The Strikers have the worst loving color scheme of any unit ever, and I'm including the Davion Guard in that.
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Arquinsiel posted:Don't ever watch any nostalgic cartoons man, you're going to be so disappointed in five year old you's intelligence. I learned this the hard way when the old 80s Voltron popped up on Netflix. I refuse to watch any more of my old childhood cartoons now. They're so, so bad.
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Arquinsiel posted:Don't ever watch any nostalgic cartoons man, you're going to be so disappointed in five year old you's intelligence.
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Generally I find that either I was or still am a moron with no taste.
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Q_res posted:I learned this the hard way when the old 80s Voltron popped up on Netflix. I refuse to watch any more of my old childhood cartoons now. They're so, so bad. Yeah, Robotech did it for me, I was so excited to get the boxset when I was like 23. I haven't ever gotten past like disk 2 
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Axe-man posted:Yeah, Robotech did it for me, I was so excited to get the boxset when I was like 23. I haven't ever gotten past like disk 2 Same thing happened to me. It's not good enough for me to put a disc in the DVD player. If it randomly comes on tv, sure. Otherwise, 
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Axe-man posted:Yeah, Robotech did it for me, I was so excited to get the boxset when I was like 23. I haven't ever gotten past like disk 2 I can make it through the Macross era stuff, but the voice acting during Southern Cross is just so terrible that I never get past the first episode of it.
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But then you miss out on the space helicopters!
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