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ShadowDragon8685 posted:instead of Leo Stenbuck, the Runner is a hard-boiled 25-30ish war veteran named Dingo Egrett.
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ShadowDragon8685 posted:PTN: If they set the park on fire, would that cause property damage? I mean, burning down the city park is gonna cost the city a crap-ton of money to clean up, let alone plant new trees. I'm not tracking any more fires right now; damage to the city park would be pretty insignificant since that's a cost Lestrade can just write off as 'unimportant'. Arquinsiel posted:It's called "Ferro-Fiberous". I'm not kidding. 'Mech armor is a ceramic composite. Ferro-Fiberous just has steel ("ferro") fibers woven into a mesh and interspersed in layers to make the already super-ablative magic ceramic composite armor even more ablative. Also: lighter and bulkier via the creation of air-space within the armor (yay airspace!)
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PoptartsNinja posted:I'm not tracking any more fires right now; damage to the city park would be pretty insignificant since that's a cost Lestrade can just write off as 'unimportant'. What about if we have our mechs perform an interpretive dance reminding the people of Tharkad of all the terribly sad moments in their collective childhood. The psychiatrist bills for that would be extreme! In all seriousness, the mission objectives are to blow up the red buildings and the mechs, let's not get all spergy trying to figure out creative ways to cause economic damage. Then again, if we flood the local market with cheap tulips...
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PoptartsNinja posted:I'm not tracking any more fires right now; damage to the city park would be pretty insignificant since that's a cost Lestrade can just write off as 'unimportant'. Arquinsiel fucked around with this message at 02:49 on Apr 30, 2011 |
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Arquinsiel posted:One of the older fluff sources says it has to be made in zero-g or the monomolecular diamond fillaments don't for the correct mesh. This armor is now DIAMONDS. 
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PoptartsNinja posted:I'm not tracking any more fires right now; damage to the city park would be pretty insignificant since that's a cost Lestrade can just write off as 'unimportant'. So, tuning the lasers to "ignite" instead of "damage" and leaving the fires to cause damage to the buildings while our lasers start more fires/melt BattleMechs is right out, then?
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Artificer posted:This armor is now DIAMONDS. Anything is possible when your Archon smells like Old Spice and not a lady. I'm in a Dropship. :Old Spice whistling:
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ShadowDragon8685 posted:So, tuning the lasers to "ignite" instead of "damage" and leaving the fires to cause damage to the buildings while our lasers start more fires/melt BattleMechs is right out, then? Fire deals damage slowly enough that I don't want to track damage over time in 30 hexes. It's cold and everything's wet. No fires. :p
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Zaodai posted:It wasn't a bad game, but it was very short and the main character was a bit too... JRPG for my tastes. He does nothing but bitch and moan the entire time. Pot, Kettle...
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Volmarias posted:Pot, Kettle... Okay dude, now your just trying to start something. That was completely unnecessary. I know it's been said before Poptarts, but how much damage can a light building take?
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paragon1 posted:Okay dude, now your just trying to start something. That was completely unnecessary. up to 15 damage per hex, but potentially as little as 1 (if you're shooting at like, a log cabin or something).
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Volmarias posted:Pot, Kettle... You're lucky I don't have a giant death robot I stumbled into at random. 
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Zaodai posted:You're lucky I don't have a giant death robot I stumbled into at random. I want a giant death robot. 
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PoptartsNinja posted:up to 15 damage per hex, but potentially as little as 1 (if you're shooting at like, a log cabin or something). A log cabin's probably a lot more sturdy than, say, a shack in a slum town. I mean, are the walls of your house eight inches of solid wood, or a layer of drywall, 2x4 supports, and some fairly tough outer material. One of those stands a good chance of stopping a bullet, the other has pretty much none. :buildingsperg:
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Felime posted:A log cabin's probably a lot more sturdy than, say, a shack in a slum town. I mean, are the walls of your house eight inches of solid wood, or a layer of drywall, 2x4 supports, and some fairly tough outer material. One of those stands a good chance of stopping a bullet, the other has pretty much none. That's... Actually, probably pretty accurate. But I doubt that a shack in a shantytown will take up a full 30-meter radius hex, whereas a log cabin in the wilderness might. A shanty-town would probably be modeled in-game as one hex of building modeling many shanties. On the other hand, you're right. Log cabins do tend to be beefy mothers. That's why most of the ones that weren't torn down are still standing.
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Apr 30, 2011 15:43
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goatface posted:Does stomping civilians count as monetary damage? Yeah, for the 20mil C-bill list :P
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On the plus side it'll take a lot of civilians to get to 20mil. Remember: life is cheap, Battlemechs are expensive.
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Felime posted:A log cabin's probably a lot more sturdy than, say, a shack in a slum town. I mean, are the walls of your house eight inches of solid wood, or a layer of drywall, 2x4 supports, and some fairly tough outer material. One of those stands a good chance of stopping a bullet, the other has pretty much none. Yes, but those (and tents) technically qualify as 'ultralight' buildings, in which case simply moving a 'Mech into them will destroy them. They have 0 structure.
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Arquinsiel posted:On the plus side it'll take a lot of civilians to get to 20mil. That only applies to border worlds. People on Tharkad have lawyers.
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Defiance Industries posted:That only applies to border worlds. People on Tharkad have lawyers. In that case, the adage changes to "Lawyers are cheap, Battlemechs are expensive." Kill all the lawyers and there's no one to sue you! Win-win!
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Operation Himinbjörg: Tactical Update 6 Current Weather Conditions: Heavy Fog: All hexes cost 2 additional mp to enter (does not apply to jumping ‘Mechs), all energy-weapon attacks suffer a +1 penalty to hit. Full Moon Night: All weapon attacks suffer a +2 penalty to hit, this penalty is reduced against targets over 20 heat. Movement Phase H3 Assassin rises above the fog! Combat Phase: H1 Valkyrie fires LRM 10 at S1 Stinger (4 base + 1 movement + 0 enemy movement + 0 range + 1 light woods = 6): rolled 12, 6 missiles hit center torso (3/8 armor remains), left arm (5/6 armor remains)! H1 Valkyrie fires Medium Laser at S1 Stinger (4 base + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement + 4 range + 1 fog + 1 light woods = 10): rolled 9, miss! H1 Valkyrie gains 8 heat, sinks 11! 0 heat builds up! H2 Commando fires SRM 6 at building hex 1021 (4 base + 1 movement + 0 enemy movement + 0 range + 2 full moon night - 4 immobile target = 3): rolled 10, 4 missiles hit (7/15 structure remains)! H2 Commando fires SRM 4 at building hex 1021 (4 base + 1 movement + 0 enemy movement + 0 range + 2 full moon night - 4 immobile target = 3): rolled 9, 3 missiles hit (1/15 structure remains)! 80,000 c-bills in damage sustained! H2 Commando gains 2 heat, sinks 10! 0 heat builds up! H3 Assassin fires LRM 5 at S1 Stinger (4 base + 3 movement + 0 enemy movement + 2 range + 1 light woods = 10): rolled 8, miss! H3 Assassin fires SRM 2 at building hex 0921 (4 base + 3 movement + 0 enemy movement + 0 range + 2 full moon night + 1 secondary target in forward arc – 4 immobile target = 6): rolled 6, 3table missiles hit (13/15 structure remains)! 6,000 c-bills in damage sustained! H3 Assassin gains 12 heat, sinks 10! 2 heat builds up! H4 Javelin fires SRM 6 at S2 Stinger (4 base + 3 movement + 0 enemy movement + 2 range = 9): rolled 8, miss! H4 Javelin fires SRM 6 at S2 Stinger (4 base + 3 movement + 0 enemy movement + 2 range = 9): rolled 7, miss! H4 Javelin gains 14 heat, sinks 11! 3 heat builds up! S1 Stinger torso twists right! S1 Stinger fires medium laser at H4 Javelin (4 base + 0 movement + 3 enemy movement + 2 range + 2 full moon night + 1 fog = 12): rolled 12, hit left arm (1/6 armor remains)! S2 Stinger gains 8 heat, sinks 10! 0 heat builds up! S2 Stinger fires medium laser at H1 Valkyrie (4 base + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement + 4 range + 2 full moon night + 1 fog = 11): rolled 7, miss! S2 Stinger fires medium laser at H1 Valkyrie (4 base + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement + 4 range + 2 full moon night + 1 fog = 11): rolled 12, hit right torso (7/12 armor remains)! S2 Stinger gains 6 heat, sinks 10! 0 heat builds up! S3 Scorpion Light Tank fires Autocannon/5 at H1 Valkyrie (4 base + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 4 range + 2 full moon night = 12): rolled 3, miss! End Phase Physical Combat Phase: None End Phase: Next Turn’s Movement Phase S4 Galleon Light Tank moves recklessly, must make a driving test or sustain motive system damage in hex 1108 (3 base + 4 for 2 mp ignored + 0 cumulative penalty = 7): rolled 4, fails! Chance for motive system damage! S4 Galleon Light Tank chance for motive system damage! No damage sustained! Chance for motive system damage! S4 Galleon Light Tank moves recklessly, must make a driving test or sustain motive system damage in hex 1008 (3 base + 2 for 1 mp ignored + 4 cumulative penalty = 9): Rolled 6, fails! S4 Galleon Light Tank chance for motive system damage! No damage sustained! Minor damage, +1 modifier on all driving skill rolls! S4 Galleon Light Tank stops moving recklessly! P1 Locust moves recklessly, must make a piloting test or fall in hex 2025 (3 base + 4 for 2 mp ignored + 0 cumulative penalty - 2 light ‘Mech = 5): rolled 8, succeeds! Fog penalty ignored in hex 2025! P1 Locust stops moving recklessly! P3 Warrior Helicopter descends into the fog in hex 1322, now at height 5! A bright comet streaked across the sky, heralded with the soft chup-chup-chup of helicopter blades. Heedless, Sleet fixed his crosshairs on an empty strip mall proclaiming ‘the best prices in Tharkad City’ and ‘Sale, Tomorrow only!’ and opened fire with his SRMs. His first fusillade of heavy rockets blasted the building’s façade apart. His second penetrated deeply, destroying thousands of Kroner in holoscreens. The bright comet settled over him as the loyalist Warrior helicopter illuminated his machine with its spotlight. Sleet didn’t bat an eyelash—he’d been an Sergeant with the 10th Lyran Guards, and served with Frederick Steiner himself… until he’d been forcibly retired. At sixty-five, he felt the weight of this mission more keenly than the younger members of Gulltoppr lance. For him, it was one last hurrah—a way to show Duke Lestrade his displeasure at having been forced out of service. He smiled darkly, the LCAF had even offered to buy his precious Commando. Well, if Lestrade wanted it, who was he to deny a Duke? His radar pinged as the pair of locusts he’d detected earlier moved in. Curious, he toggled into their frequencies. They were broadcasting encoded—but it really didn’t matter, he was using the very same decryption algorithms. “—known enemy Battlemechs confirmed—” “Is it House Marik? Respond!” “Enemy ‘Mech on radar, but we cannot confirm visual. Detected SRM fire—may be a Kurita Jenner, over!” “Copy that, sweep seven. Advance with caution!” Enemy Forces: S1 STG-3G Stinger: holds position! Floodlight active! S2 STG-3G Stinger: holds position! Floodlight active! S3 Scorpion Light Tank: Flanks 2 to hex 1307! S4 GAL-100 Galleon Light Tank: Cruises 0 to hex! P1 LCT-1E Locust: runs 4 to hex 1724! P2LCT-1S Locust: runs 3 to hex 1823! P3 Warrior H-7 Attack Helicopter cruises 8 to hex 1322! Descends to height 5! Floodlight active! Mission Objectives Destroy the Statue of Duke Lestrade (hex 1214) to draw LOKI away from the Heavy Snow Nightclub! (Complete!) Heavy Snow Nightclub (green) Building Must Not Take Damage! Avoid damaging residential (blue) buildings! (0/20,000,000 c-bills in damage sustained) Cause Property Damage to Commercial and Industrial (red) buildings or enemy units! (97,000/30,000,000 c-bills in damage caused) Await Further Objectives!   H1 VLK-QA Valkyrie Weight: 30 tons (Light) HD A(S): 8/8 (3/3) LT A(S): 12/12 (7/7) LT R A(S): 2/2 CT A(S): 14/14 (10/10) CT R A(S): 4/4 RT A(S): 7/12 (7/7) RT R A(S): 2/2 LA A(S): 9/9 (5/5) RA A(S): 9/9 (5/5) LL A(S): 12/12 (7/7) RL A(S): 12/12 (7/7) Heat: 0/30 Overheat Penalty: None Heat Sinks: 11 Movement: 5/8/5 Mechwarrior: Pilot 4, Gunnery 4 Mechwarrior Name: Rain Mechwarrior Player: Dominus Caedis Mechwarrior Status: OK! Armament: LRM 10 – LT (Heat: 4, Ammo: 11, Range: (L:21 M:14 S:7 Min:6), Status: OK!) Medium Laser – RA (Heat: 3, Range: (L:9 M:6 S:3), Status: OK!) Critical Damage: None! Notes: 1 hand (Left) H2 COM-2D Commando Weight: 25 tons (Light) HD A(S): 6/6 (3/3) LT A(S): 6/6 (6/6) LT R A(S): 3/3 CT A(S): 8/8 (8/8) CT R A(S): 4/4 RT A(S): 6/6 (6/6) RT R A(S): 3/3 LA A(S): 6/6 (4/4) RA A(S): 6/6 (4/4) LL A(S): 8/8 (6/6) RL A(S): 8/8 (6/6) Heat: 0/30 Overheat Penalty: None Heat Sinks: 10 Movement: 6/9/0 Mechwarrior: Pilot 4, Gunnery 4 Mechwarrior Name: “Sleet” Mechwarrior Player: Terror Storm Mechwarrior Status: OK! Armament: SRM 6 – CT (Heat: 4, Ammo: 14, Range: (L:9 M:6 S:3), Status: OK!) SRM 4 – RA (Heat: 3, Ammo: 24, Range: (L:9 M:6 S:3), Status: OK!) Medium Laser – LA (Heat: 3, Range: (L:9 M:6 S:3), Status: OK!) Critical Damage: None! Notes: 2 hands H3 ASN-21 Assassin Weight: tons (Class) HD A(S): 8/8 (3/3) LT A(S): 10/10 (10/10) LT R A(S): 2/2 CT A(S): 12/12 (12/12) CT R A(S): 4/4 RT A(S): 10/10 (10/10) RT R A(S): 2/2 LA A(S): 6/6 (6/6) RA A(S): 6/6 (6/6) LL A(S): 6/6 (10/10) RL A(S): 6/6 (10/10) Heat: 2/30 Overheat Penalty: None Heat Sinks: 10 Movement: 7/11/7 Mechwarrior: Pilot 4, Gunnery 4 Mechwarrior Name: Snow Mechwarrior Player: Capskye Mechwarrior Status: OK! Armament: Medium Laser – RA (Heat: 3, Range: (L:9 M:6 S:3), Status: OK!) LRM 5 – RT (Heat: 2, Ammo: 23, Range: (L:21 M:14 S:7 Min:6), Status: OK!) SRM 2 – LT (Heat: 2, Ammo: 48, Range: (L:9 M:6 S:3), Status: OK!) Critical Damage: None! Notes: 1 hand (Left) H4 JVN-10N Javelin Weight: 30 tons (Light) HD A(S): 6/6 (3/3) LT A(S): 8/8 (7/7) LT R A(S): 2/2 CT A(S): 8/8 (10/10) CT R A(S): 2/2 RT A(S): 8/8 (7/7) RT R A(S): 2/2 LA A(S): 1/6 (5/5) RA A(S): 6/6 (5/5) LL A(S): 8/8 (7/7) RL A(S): 8/8 (7/7) Heat: 3/30 Overheat Penalty: None Heat Sinks: 10 Movement: 6/9/6 Mechwarrior: Pilot 4, Gunnery 4 Mechwarrior Name: Hail Mechwarrior Player: TildeATH Mechwarrior Status: OK! Armament: SRM 6 – RT (Heat: 4, Ammo: 26, Range: (L:9 M:6 S:3), Status: OK!) SRM 6 – LT (Heat: 4, Ammo: -, Range: (L:9 M:6 S:3), Status: OK!) Critical Damage: None! Notes: 2 hands Enemy Status S1 STG-3G Stinger Tonnage: 20 tons Critical Damage: None! Pilot: Piloting 3, Gunnery 4 Heat: 0/30 Overheat Penalty: None! Armament: 2 Medium Lasers Notes: S2 STG-3G Stinger Tonnage: 20 tons Critical Damage: None! Pilot: Piloting 4, Gunnery 3 Heat: 0/30 Overheat Penalty: None! Armament: 2 Medium Lasers Notes: S3 Scorpion Light Tank Tonnage: 25 tons Critical Damage: None! Pilot: Driving 5, Gunnery 4 Armament: Autocannon/5, Machine Gun Motive System Damage: None! Notes: S4 GAL-100 Galleon Light Tank Tonnage: 30 tons Critical Damage: None! Pilot: Driving 3, Gunnery 4 Armament: Medium Laser, 2 Small Lasers Motive System Damage: +1 penalty on all driving skill rolls! Notes: P1 LCT-1E Locust Tonnage: 20 tons Critical Damage: None! Pilot: Piloting 3, Gunnery 4 Heat: 0/30 Overheat Penalty: None! Armament: 2 Medium Lasers, 2 Small Lasers Notes: P2LCT-1S Locust Tonnage: 20 tons Critical Damage: None! Pilot: Piloting 3, Gunnery 4 Heat: 0/30 Overheat Penalty: None! Armament: Medium Laser, 2 SRM 2s Notes: P3 Warrior H-7 Attack Helicopter Tonnage: 21 tons Critical Damage: None! Pilot: Driving 5, Gunnery 4 Armament: Autocannon/2, SRM 4 Motive System Damage: None! Notes: PoptartsNinja fucked around with this message at 21:15 on Sep 28, 2013 |
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Apr 30, 2011 18:58
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Our players this time around aren't having much luck hitting their targets are they... And the Stingers look like they're actually landing good shots on vital areas... This could be bad.
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So as I read it our intrepid heroes have completed .003% of their mission so far. I'm not sure their light mechs will be able to stick around in this environment for another 230 days.
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Destroying buildings will cost a lot more. Right now they have made one house unsafe and scorched the paint on a couple others.
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Additionally, destroy 50% of a building and the rest will collapse as well.
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PTN, you left out the range penalty on the shot from the Stinger at me. Not that it matters, given that you rolled a 12.
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You're right, I did. Fixed, but he still hits.
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PTN have we lost contact with P1/2/3? I don't see them on the map.
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H3 ended his turn adjacent to some nice tall structures on that building, and his armaments are torso-mounted. So, he could have punched a couple of buildings but didn't! Guys, remember to put in a physical combat order every turn you have an opportunity. A missed kick causes a piloting roll, so there is some risk to that, but punching is basically risk-free.
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Arglebargle III posted:So as I read it our intrepid heroes have completed .003% of their mission so far. I'm not sure their light mechs will be able to stick around in this environment for another 230 days. Guess they shouldn't have relied so heavily on weapons that use ammunition. 
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The train would easily be worth at least a million C-bills, and quite easy to destroy since it's unarmored. Train Tracks can also be destroyed, and have very few structure points--but are worth significantly less than the train itself. ... They've fired at a strip mall and an office building. Even destroying a single hex of the office building would likely give them the full value, since the building would have to be demolished and rebuilt. The malls are significantly easier to destroy but are worth a little less. VVV Porn is Lostech. Good news, though: Velcro isn't! PoptartsNinja fucked around with this message at 21:33 on Apr 30, 2011 |
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PoptartsNinja posted:The train would easily be worth at least a million C-bills, and quite easy to destroy since it's unarmored. What if they had a porn store? Would that make it more or less valuable?
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bunnyofdoom posted:What if they had a porn store? Would that make it more or less valuable? Even terrorists have standards. They might loot the pornography store, but burn it down? That, sir, is blasphemy.
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Lyran Commonwealth porn has the distressing tendency to involve male actors who look kinda like Caesar Steiner, though, so depending on your tolerance for that sort of thing it may require burning. Let's not even talk about Kurita porn.
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DivineCoffeeBinge posted:Lyran Commonwealth porn has the distressing tendency to involve male actors who look kinda like Caesar Steiner, though, so depending on your tolerance for that sort of thing it may require burning. One would assume their porn is as stereotypical as the rest of their faction. So Kurita porn is full of schoolgirls and tentacle hentai, and Lyran porn would be even creepier both because it involves Caesar lookalikes and because it'd be based off German porn. 
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Zaodai posted:One would assume their porn is as stereotypical as the rest of their faction. So Kurita porn is full of schoolgirls and tentacle hentai, and Lyran porn would be even creepier both because it involves Caesar lookalikes and because it'd be based off German porn. FACT: In Kuritan porn, the women all cry during sex. Sometimes because it's supposed to be rape, but usually because in the 31st century, Asian dongs are still tiny.
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Defiance Industries posted:FACT: In Kuritan porn, the women all cry during sex. Sometimes because it's supposed to be rape, but usually because in the 31st century, Asian dongs are still tiny. Actually, it is because all the male actors are replaced with Quickdraws.
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