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Pussy Cartel posted:I'm sure they can touch up a bunch of Tharkad pigeons to look like doves in post. Glacial planets have pigeons?
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Tharkad's pigeons are four tons and flightless, and have beaks that can pry open a hovercar. They're prized for their delicious meat, and thrive by consuming the Tharkad Ice Vole, a pest that digs extensive warrens in the glacial shelf which can lead to extensive collapses when enough weight is applied. this isn't true, incidentally, but it should be!
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PoptartsNinja posted:Tharkad's pigeons are four tons and flightless, and have beaks that can pry open a hovercar. They're prized for their delicious meat, and thrive by consuming the Tharkad Ice Vole, a pest that digs extensive warrens in the glacial shelf which can lead to extensive collapses when enough weight is applied. Well why not, Clan Widowmaker is named after a spider that did the same adaptation to freaky size kind of thing (albeit not to the size of the Tharkad Polar Pigeon) and so-on-and-so-forth across the Clan worlds. Plus, it finally gives a totem animal to my poor, bedraggled Steiners. I can't wait to see the Clan Polar Pigeon occupation zone.
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TildeATH posted:I can't wait to see the Clan Polar Pigeon occupation zone. Centered around what's left of New St. Andrews, and shared with the Ghost Bears and Sea Foxes.
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Apr 21, 2013 19:06
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Why would they go to some dead planet in the Periphery when the NRWR capital world is Andurien?
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Clearly the Clan Polar Pigeon Occupation Zone is centred on Main Street.
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T.G. Xarbala posted:Then I am proud to admit I have used this idiom incorrectly! No, you used it correctly, as it means and has always meant "to discuss the basic facts of a situation". Nobody knows exactly where it came from other than that it's a 19th century Anerican expression; I've heard spmething similar to PTN's origin before, although without the implication of desperation. Rather, as "every detail, down to the last brass tacks" in an idiomatic boot. I've also heard it as originating from haggling over the price of cloth, where approximate measurements are made using the distance between tacks in a shopkeeper's counter. Cease to Hope fucked around with this message at 21:57 on Apr 21, 2013 |
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Cease to Hope posted:No, you used it correctly, as it means and has always meant "to discuss the basic facts of a situation". Nobody knows exactly where it came from other than that it's a 19th century Anerican expression; I've heard spmething similar to PTN's origin before, although without the implication of desperation. Rather, as "every detail, down to the last brass tacks" in an idiomatic boot. I've also heard it as originating from haggling over the price of cloth, where approximate measurements areade using the distance between tacks in a shopkeeper's counter. My favorite explanation is that it's cockney rhyme for "facts".
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TildeATH posted:My favorite explanation is that it's cockney rhyme for "facts". It's an American expression, though.
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Cease to Hope posted:It's an American expression, though. And it doesn't rhyme 
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Cockney rhyming slang would involve the fact that 'facts' and 'tacks' can be rhymed. But I'm being pedantic, as above this is an American expression. Bonus points if someone can make a metaphor for the size of Hogarth's mech in terms of Twinkie size.
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SageNytell posted:Bonus points if someone can make a metaphor for the size of Hogarth's mech in terms of Twinkie size. If I've done my math right his Atlas II is the equivalent of 2,791,338 Twinkies.
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Its been my experience that cockney rhyming slang doesn't really give a good goddamn about things like logic and sense. 'Tacks' and 'Facts' is positively mundane compared to, say, 'Would you Adam and Eve it?' or 'Get up those apples to bed!'. 
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Apr 21, 2013 23:08
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Use your loaf!
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PoptartsNinja posted:Tharkad's pigeons are four tons and flightless, and have beaks that can pry open a hovercar. They're prized for their delicious meat, and thrive by consuming the Tharkad Ice Vole, a pest that digs extensive warrens in the glacial shelf which can lead to extensive collapses when enough weight is applied. If this was a Star Wars game, I would fully expect to find that entry in Wookiepedia.
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PhotoKirk posted:If this was a Star Wars game, I would fully expect to find that entry in Wookiepedia. Maybe someday Sarna will be as hilariously obsessive as Wookiepedia.
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PoptartsNinja posted:If I've done my math right his Atlas II is the equivalent of 2,791,338 Twinkies. "That's a big Twinkie."  Let's bust some ghosts!
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Pussy Cartel posted:Maybe someday Sarna will be as hilariously obsessive as Wookiepedia. We can only hope. Wanna see those RAC's go full auto and not jam at least once here, PTN's Dice. Don't let us down. 
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And always remember that the proper, cheap-rear end, 80s, way of making PPC fire special effects is by scratching the film tape to make the beams. I'm waiting for the inevitable wobbie outbreak in the middle of the film studio.
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PoptartsNinja posted:GhostStalker, I know you're around but both your forum name and provided e-mail address have failed. Try to get me a replacement ASAP or I'll have to call in an alternate! Sorry, I had no access to the internet this weekend, and I don't have PMs. Hopefully I'm not too late to claim my spot. This is just too good of a scenario to miss, given my forums name and the mission involved. Having never played BattleTech in my life will only make this even more hilarious. If I'm still good to go here and you haven't activated an alternate, my email should be gdighoststalker @ gmail. That being said, I really should get Plat and PMs. Maybe when my tax refund check arrives (which probably won't be for a while since I forgot to sign the drat things before I mailed them off... I know the Feds have my return, since they cashed the check I sent along with it, but my refund is coming through my state return, and I have no idea when that will clear, especially if they return them to me to sign...) EDIT: Hey, someone bought me Plat! Thanks, mysterious benefactor! Guess you can send those PMs to me now, PTN. GhostStalker fucked around with this message at 10:51 on Apr 22, 2013 |
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Malachite_Dragon posted:Its been my experience that cockney rhyming slang doesn't really give a good goddamn about things like logic and sense. 'Tacks' and 'Facts' is positively mundane compared to, say, 'Would you Adam and Eve it?' or 'Get up those apples to bed!'.
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GhostStalker posted:Sorry, I had no access to the internet this weekend, and I don't have PMs. Hopefully I'm not too late to claim my spot. This is just too good of a scenario to miss, given my forums name and the mission involved. Having never played BattleTech in my life will only make this even more hilarious. Hey welcome aboard GhostStalker! Just so you get the message here as well basically from what I read in Malachite Dragon and Helter Skelter's PMs and my own movement for this turn. MD is headed for 0327, HS is headed to 0626 and I've made it to 0726 for Turn 1. edit: got a message that you can't receive PMs, GhostStalker
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Holybat posted:edit: got a message that you can't receive PMs, GhostStalker He must've forgotten to enable PMs in his user settings.
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T.G. Xarbala posted:He must've forgotten to enable PMs in his user settings. Yeah, I forgot to enable that. Try again now, I should be good to go. EDIT: Oh, and before Xarbala tries to burn me anymore, thanks for reminding me I had to do that, dude. Also, got the PM that contained the link to the GoogleDoc. I'm gonna go take a look right now. GhostStalker fucked around with this message at 19:34 on Apr 22, 2013 |
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Arquinsiel posted:Man, you should see some of the regional variants of that when it caught on thanks to lovely soaps. Have you any idea what "up the Damien" means? A reference to Damien Duff, most likely. Which would essentially translate the phrase as 'pregnant' But we digress. Welcome aboard, GhostStalker.
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Orders sent, sorry for the delay. Let's get this show on the road!
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All delays at this time are on my end. Work changed my schedule which has made it nearly impossible to update on Monday/Tuesday (I'm still at work right now). Expect an update as soon as I get an opportunity to work on it.
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Hogarth’s Heroes: Tactical Update 2 Combat Phase 1) Hogarth’s Atlas II - Holds fire! 2) Steiner’s Awesome - Holds fire! 3) Vasquez’s Banshee - Fires PPC at Javelin Red 6 (3 base + 4 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 light woods + 1 partial cover = 11): rolled 12, hit Left Torso (0/8 armor, 5/7 structure remains)! Cini-Crit! - Fires PPC at Javelin Red 6 (3 base + 4 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 light woods + 1 partial cover = 11): rolled 4, miss! 4) Schultz’s Zeus - Fires PPC at Javelin Red 6 (3 base + 4 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 2 light woods + 1 partial cover = 12): rolled 7, ! - Fires Large Laser at Javelin Red 6 (3 base + 4 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 2 light woods + 1 partial cover = 12): rolled 5, ! - Fires Large Laser at Javelin Red 6 (3 base + 4 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 2 light woods + 1 partial cover = 12): rolled 6, ! - Fires LRM-15 at Javelin Red 6 (3 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 2 light woods + 1 partial cover = 10): rolled 11, 12 missiles hit Right Leg (3/8 armor remains), Center Torso (3/8 armor remains), Right Leg (1/8 armor remains)! End Phase: Javelin Red 6 - Cinematic Critical Chance! 2 Cine-Crits sustained! - - Fruit Vendor demolished! - - Cardboard Boxes destroyed! “I’m on the ground,” Vasquez announced, “her” deep falsetto voice and stocky figure not matching the slender woman who would be crawling into and out of the Banshee’s cockpit on the silver screen. Hogarth was a firm believer in verisimilitude however, and only the battlefield reactions of a real `Mechwarrior would do. Anything else could be edited in post, but the `Mech combat had to look real and sound real and from Hogarth’s experience no studio sound-booth could replicate the sounds of a pilot fighting for his or her life. “I’m down too. That’s the last of us,” Hogarth replied, pressing the button that would trigger the release of his own massive parachute. He twisted his Atlas in place, bringing the barrel of his arm-mounted “rotary autocannon” up to speed in a menacing fashion. “Major Steiner, Colonel Schultz, you’re our scouts. Get those light `Mechs of yours in gear, I want the enemy’s forces found pronto!” “Enemy contact, bearing two-zero-zero,” Schultz announced a moment later as he let fly with his long-range armament. “Confirmed,” Vasquez replied sourly. Without any remorse she let loose with her PPCs. Her target, a distant and unprepared Javelin staggered as her PPC scoured the armor from its left torso. It staggered backwards, its massive foot toppling a cart of fruit and sending the out-of-place vendor careening into a pile of cardboard boxes. Luck was with it, however, as neither of those extremely volatile objects burst into flames or exploded. Primary Objectives Rescue Melissa Steiner and Clovis Holstein (0/2) Defeat Richard Cameron (0/1) Secondary Objectives One of Hogarth’s Heroes“dies” dramatically, but no more than one (0/1) Hogarth kills the ghost with his Ghost-Killer PPC (0/1) Cross the Streams (0/4) Hidden Objectives Piles of Cardboard Boxes Destroyed: 1 Fruit Carts Destroyed: 1 [Unknown] [Unknown]  Key: Blue1) Atlas II Blue2) Awesome Blue3) Banshee Blue4) Zeus Enemy `Mech Key Red1) Battlemaster – Ran, 2 Red2) Dragon – Ran, 3 Red3) Kintaro – Ran, 2 Red4) Black Knight – Stationary, 0 Red5) Panther 1 – Ran, 2 Red6) Javelin – Jumped, 2 Red7) Wolf Trap – Ran, 3 Red8) Panther 2 – Ran, 2 Player `Mech Status  Enemy `Mech Status  Cinematic Crit Table 2 – Railing Kill / Protagonist Injured! 3 – Stunned Enemy / Protagonist Flesh Wound! 4 – Huge Random Explosion! 5 – Fruit Vendor Demolished / Chickens Escape / Outhouse Detonates! 6 – Cardboard Boxes Destroyed! 7 – Wilhelm Scream / Flubbed Line! 8 – Wooden Boxes Destroyed! 9 – Explosive Barrels Explode Unexpectedly! 10 – Something Catches Fire / THARKAD PIDGEON ATTACK! 11 – Delayed Casualty / Protagonist Flesh Wound! 12 – Kneecapped / Protagonist Injured! Disclaimer: The Cinimatic Crit Table may change randomly if I get a better idea PoptartsNinja fucked around with this message at 03:03 on Apr 25, 2013 |
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You forgot the stack of chickens in shoddy wire cages dramatically falls over, opens and lets them run amok.
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"MY CABBAGES." I guess fruit, in this case.
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Arquinsiel posted:You forgot the stack of chickens in shoddy wire cages dramatically falls over, opens and lets them run amok. There are still two more hidden objectives. I imagine the other one is the fragile pane of glass being carried back and forth across the road.
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Bobbin Threadbare posted:There are still two more hidden objectives. I imagine the other one is the fragile pane of glass being carried back and forth across the road. Eh, probably something more along the lines "car randomly explodes for no reason" Or a mech.
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Calax posted:Eh, probably something more along the lines "car randomly explodes for no reason" Every weapon fired must cause some form of collateral damage! But no, those two listed hidden objectives are actual objectives.
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Artificer posted:"MY CABBAGES." Hahaha, even in a completely different universe Cabbage man still is Lady Luck's plaything.
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Bobbin Threadbare posted:There are still two more hidden objectives. I imagine the other one is the fragile pane of glass being carried back and forth across the road.
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The cinematic crit table is a thing of beauty and I am glad the thread chose to shoot a TV Show. I think everyone needed that after the meat grinder that was last campaign.
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