Lets All Play Battletech and rewrite Inner Sphere history

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Keru: Aug 2, 2004; 'n suddenly there was a terrible roar all around us 'n the sky was full of what looked like 'uge bats, all swooping 'n screeching 'n divin' around the ute.

But I want to see all six options, PTN

That whinging done, I'm going with E

Let's go kick Hanse Davion in the shins and steal his lunch.

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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:

Political Vote 12

A man at the threshold of the First Circuit�s chambers glared at its squabbling members. A lattice of gruesome scars radiated outward from the eye patch covering his right eye left no doubt as to its total ruination, but the left was filled with an intensity that promised the same ruination as the glow of a PPC�s charging coils. He wore the simple white robes of a Precentor, bearing only the symbol of ComStar on his left breast, and a downward-pointing sword on the right. The barrel of his laser pistol glowed an angry orange and the scorch mark in the stone ceiling left no doubt as to the weapon�s lethality. He was flanked by Charles Seneca, the Precentor ROM, though the First Circuit members ignored that as thoroughly as they always did.

You think?

# ? Apr 14, 2013 11:22

Shoeless: Sep 2, 2011

Gonna have to throw a life line to my favorites and go with C) Guerilla War, playing as the Capellans.

# ? Apr 14, 2013 11:28

Chronojam: Feb 20, 2006; This is me on vacation in Amsterdam
Never be afraid of being yourself!

E for the Concordwhat.

# ? Apr 14, 2013 11:28

Tank Boy Ken: Aug 24, 2012; J4G for life; Fallen Rib

C) Guerilla War (1 lance, choice to play for either House Hasek or House Liao)

Sounds like fun to me

# ? Apr 14, 2013 12:18

Erd: Jun 6, 2011

E, Always nice when the little guys get a moment in the sun.

# ? Apr 14, 2013 12:38

Remmon: Dec 9, 2011

Let's go for A for hilarious clan on clan action. Maybe someone will actually make it to the finish line!

# ? Apr 14, 2013 12:42

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

F sounds like a lot of fun.

# ? Apr 14, 2013 13:50

Carbolic: Apr 19, 2007; This song is about how America chews the working man up and spits him in the dirt to die

quote:

B) Hogarth�s Heroes (1 lance, Hogarth�s Heroes)

I vote B.

# ? Apr 14, 2013 14:08

anakha: Sep 16, 2009

Going with B.

I kinda want to go back to small-unit scenarios for now, after the massive logistics of the past several missions.

Besides, Ghosts!!!

# ? Apr 14, 2013 15:53

C...: Jan 22, 2008; Tootin the Doom Flute has led the Kingdom of Ankist into a new age of illumination. Every morning, people wake up and open palm slam a woodwind instrument into their mouth. It is the Doom Flute and right then and there they start playing the notes. They play every note, and they play every note hard

Voting for NOT A if that's possible.

Just don't feel like that. Anything else is fine.

# ? Apr 14, 2013 15:59

TildeATH: Oct 21, 2010; by Lowtax

Voting B. There better be ASCII faces and MY HOME PLANET on all the update maps.

# ? Apr 14, 2013 16:21

Nektu: Jul 4, 2007; FUKKEN FUUUUUUCK; Cybernetic Crumb

B be it.

# ? Apr 14, 2013 16:31

Ready! Set! Blow!: Jun 17, 2005; Red alert.

Voting for :ghost:

# ? Apr 14, 2013 17:03

ugh its Troika: May 2, 2009; by FactsAreUseless

Definitely E.

# ? Apr 14, 2013 17:31

Rivensteel: Mar 30, 2010

Vlad Antlerkov posted:

Voting for B

Gotta go with B for the hijinks!

# ? Apr 14, 2013 18:03

Fil5000: Jun 23, 2003; HOLD ON GUYS I'M POSTING ABOUT INTERNET ROBOTS

Voting A because deathrace mode in MWO is one of goondom's greatest gifts and this should be just like that.

# ? Apr 14, 2013 18:11

Zikan: Feb 29, 2004

E Get off mah property!

# ? Apr 14, 2013 18:24

Chef Boyardeez Nuts: Sep 9, 2011; The more you kick against the pricks, the more you suffer.

Looking forward to seeing the locust in a giant sheet at the end of B.

# ? Apr 14, 2013 18:55

Wales Grey: Jun 20, 2012

Fil5000 posted:

Voting A because deathrace mode in MWO is one of goondom's greatest gifts and this should be just like that.

Deathrace best race. :rolldice:

Voting for B, I want to see some shenanigans.

# ? Apr 14, 2013 19:21

Gniwu: Dec 18, 2002

I know that this would probably become the new Solaris-curse (Eternal second place in the votes), but please let option A linger for at least one more round. It sounds too good to be discarded like that, especially since the race will bring tangible, material benefits to the winning side, instead of 'only' the honour of victory like back in the arena. Maybe this will inspire players from the less conservative clans (Hello, Steel Vipers!) to get 'creative' with the rules.

# ? Apr 14, 2013 22:36

Der Waffle Mous: Nov 27, 2009; In the grim future, there is only commerce.

B

I can't say no to Hogarth vs a ghost.

# ? Apr 14, 2013 23:04

landcollector: Feb 28, 2011

As a side note, the voting tallies are roughly as follows:

A) 16
B) 34
C) 2
D) 2
E) 20
F) 5
Not A) 1

# ? Apr 14, 2013 23:09

John Charity Spring: Nov 4, 2009; SCREEEEE

A! I have no idea what this death race could entail but it's got to be entertaining.

# ? Apr 14, 2013 23:32

Grizzwold: Jan 27, 2012; Posters off the pork bow!

A, because I'm imagining something like this, only with giant robots. And everyone is Dick Dastardly.

# ? Apr 14, 2013 23:38

Octatonic: Sep 7, 2010

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anakha: Sep 16, 2009

Grizzwold posted:

A, because I'm imagining something like this, only with giant robots. And everyone is Dick Dastardly.

This would unironically own.

# ? Apr 14, 2013 23:43

Congratulations! You Won.: Mar 21, 2007; THE FUTURE IS UNWRITTEN

I have to vote for B: Ghost Problems. It's pretty much the polar opposite of the last campaign and I think we could use that. Scenario A is pretty neat also, however.

Also please add me to the pilot list. I just realized I never did that despite following this thread from nearly the beginning.

# ? Apr 15, 2013 00:49

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

# ? Apr 15, 2013 03:42

Helter Skelter: Feb 10, 2004; BEARD OF HAVOC

Today marks 17 months since I signed up for the pilot pool (this thread has some legs, god drat). My turn has finally arrived, and I'm torn on which scenario to vote for. I like ghosts and death races!

# ? Apr 15, 2013 03:42

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

By the way, did anyone get any cheevos over the course of that campaign?

I just remembered that achievements were a thing at one point.

# ? Apr 15, 2013 03:53

Runa: Feb 13, 2011

JT Jag posted:

By the way, did anyone get any cheevos over the course of that campaign?

I just remembered that achievements were a thing at one point.

I think those were incentives to get the Solaris PvPers to play ~~entertainingly~~ dangerously.

# ? Apr 15, 2013 03:54

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

PTN, if B wins I would like to talk to you about product placement in the film. Surely a major motion picture has time to remind everyone that they too can stop a ghost with help from the Nashan Diversified family of products.

# ? Apr 15, 2013 03:55

landcollector: Feb 28, 2011

T.G. Xarbala posted:

I think those were incentives to get the Solaris PvPers to play ~~entertainingly~~ dangerously.

Not quite true. They carried over to the beginnings of the Jeronimo campaign.

# ? Apr 15, 2013 03:57

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

Jesus Christ.....

It's Thomas Marik :aaaaa:

# ? Apr 15, 2013 03:59

Helter Skelter: Feb 10, 2004; BEARD OF HAVOC

Based on previous political updates, I'm pretty sure that our Precentor Martial is in fact the real-deal Tor Miraborg. The right-eye/left-eye inconsistency is probably just an editing oversight.

# ? Apr 15, 2013 04:20

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."

Helter Skelter posted:

Based on previous political updates, I'm pretty sure that our Precentor Martial is in fact the real-deal Tor Miraborg. The right-eye/left-eye inconsistency is probably just an editing oversight.

I didn't quote the Combat Theater vote originally because I didn't want to be pedantic, but:

quote:

His fingers trailed down his left cheek, massaging the ancient scar there. It had been so long ago he�d lost his eye. Tor would�ve liked to believe he�d gained wisdom in the intervening time, but the heat of his anger was undiminished in its intensity. His fingers brushed the noteputer�s screen as he read the words contained within for the thousandth time.

Seems deliberate.

Speculating is a little difficult given that history hasn't quite played out the way it did canonically, but Tommy Marik wasn't really a warrior, and while I would like it to be Yorinaga Kurita, it's not his style, and I imagine he'd choose a different language for his pseudonym.

# ? Apr 15, 2013 04:30

Its Rinaldo: Aug 13, 2010; CODS BINCH

PoptartsNinja posted:

The fifteen of them who're in the Inner Sphere are with the Snow Ravens and Sea Foxes, pillaging their way across the Inner Sphere like some sort of mysterious SPACE VIKINGS.

Oh god I want to see this so bad :swoon:

B) Hogarth�s Heroes :ghost:

# ? Apr 15, 2013 04:36

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

The Merry Marauder posted:

I didn't quote the Combat Theater vote originally because I didn't want to be pedantic, but:

Seems deliberate.

Speculating is a little difficult given that history hasn't quite played out the way it did canonically, but Tommy Marik wasn't really a warrior, and while I would like it to be Yorinaga Kurita, it's not his style, and I imagine he'd choose a different language for his pseudonym.

The Master is Tor Miraborg. That's a fact. This one is just from the Mirror Universe.

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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."

Defiance Industries posted:

The Master is Tor Miraborg. That's a fact. This one is just from the Mirror Universe.

I really want it to be Earth-2 G.D. Carlyle for some reason.

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