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When we last left our heroes...
Updated for new page.
Current 'Mech Reservations (NOT schedule):
Reservations
Diplominator: Mortis
Fallen Raven: Penetrator
Giovanni Blasini: Diomede, Hyena SalvageMech
GreekFire: (Ostroc+Ostsol), Tessen
Nightgaun7: Guillotine
ScannerError: Shen Yi
Greyhind: Brigand
Jymset: Trebuchet, Blackjack
The Eagle: FWLM Age of War, Quickdraw
Empyrus: Thunder, Lao Hu, Thanatos, Tian-Zong, Bombardier, Celestials
JadeHellbringer: Eyrie, Shrike
Caedis_Animus: Kheper
Stinger: Gallowglas
Scotty: Mad Cat III
Moonsword: Rabid Coyote
Agathos: Daikyu
Wantec: Cephalus
Elcor05: Firestarter (O), Ha Otoko
Iron Mongoose: Great Wyrm, Ost-series, Scorpion Imperio force article
ADMIN NOTE: Sent message confirming if these are still planned or not. Marking people I've heard back from in green.
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Current Schedule:
5/5: Eyrie by JadeHellbringer
Back-up: Apollo by JadeHellbringer
Current requests:Zeus-X, Rabid Coyote
NOTE: Both Iron Mongoose and Greekfire have requests to do the Ost-series, please work out which one is doing which amongst you.
So here's what I'm thinking, if you all are good with it. Once a week-ish, I can update this post here and show what's on the docket, remove articles that have been posted, etc.- that way we can have one post that shows what's coming up rather than looking for the most recent schedule. Sound good?
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Most reasonable :) I've done the Wifflebat IIC by the way, so you can remove that and i'll take the Zeus X.
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Yup, that's good.
Just one thing: check "don't use smileys".
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So here's what I'm thinking, if you all are good with it. Once a week-ish, I can update this post here and show what's on the docket, remove articles that have been posted, etc.- that way we can have one post that shows what's coming up rather than looking for the most recent schedule. Sound good?
I'm gong to talk to my contacts in TPTB to double your administrator salary.
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I'm gong to talk to my contacts in TPTB to double your administrator salary.
That's... a sore topic right now.
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There's probably a better place to ask, but is there any chance we could get updated ASF articles eventually? I was just looking up a couple, and realized that by and large they've been unchanged since this time twelve years ago
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There's probably a better place to ask, but is there any chance we could get updated ASF articles eventually? I was just looking up a couple, and realized that by and large they've been unchanged since this time twelve years ago
If someone has both the expertise and will to do so, I'd love to see it. Sadly, I for one lack either (I do very little aerospace, and I'm content with a once-a-month-ish Mech article on my plate)
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If I knew Aero better I'd volunteer (and then burn out the moment I did a 12 page article on a Vandal or something dumb like that). As is... well, the perspective would definitely be different. ;D
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Anyone mind if I hang my shingle on the Celerity? It's been a while since I've taken a crack at a MotW article and the complaints about eye bleeds were pretty minimal last time.
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Anyone mind if I hang my shingle on the Celerity? It's been a while since I've taken a crack at a MotW article and the complaints about eye bleeds were pretty minimal last time.
Got you added, let me know when you want to be on the schedule. I put myself as January 13 for the Kodiak (which spaces me two weeks apart each for my Thunder Hawk, Commando, and Kodiak articles), otherwise January is wide open for wherever people want to be. Also remember that if you schedule for a week and can't get it done in time for whatever reason, I have the Apollo on standby. (Which reminds me, I need to get back to Commando-testing!)
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Move my Galahad to 6th.
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(Which reminds me, I need to get back to Commando-testing!)
Oh my, I hope this isn't a Vlog of some sort.
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Oh my, I hope this isn't a Vlog of some sort.
Nah, I always roll bikini-briefs for those. Gotta give the masses what they want.
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Nah, I always roll bikini-briefs for those. Gotta give the masses what they want.
The masses want aenurisms and self-inflicted eye gouging? ;)
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It's on the top of my Christmas list.
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Nah, I always roll bikini-briefs for those.
Hence the phrase "roll your own."
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Any outstanding requests for anything? I'd like to dip my toes back into this territory again although I'll be happy to jump into Vehicle of the Week, too. It's been a long while.
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Any outstanding requests for anything? I'd like to dip my toes back into this territory again although I'll be happy to jump into Vehicle of the Week, too. It's been a long while.
Heyo.
First post of the thread, the last line in the quoted section is where I have requested articles that no one has a claim on. Looks like the Razorback is a good choice, if you're into Lyran lights (bonus, the Commando it seems to be superseding is coming up on the schedule for comparison!), but there's no shortage of stuff to gab about for sure. O0
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Well, if y'all are going to make fun of the Cerberus in the T-Hawk thread, I'll do that at some point in the future.
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Any does anyone want me to do something? I was looking at the Pouncer as its not there and will take pretty much anything I was looking at the Diomede but i'm not sure of the rules for its various industrial parts to say "YES!" with a degree of certanty.
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Giovanni Blasini is doing the Diomede.
I had a request in mind sometime ago but i've forgotten it... sigh, i guess i need to go through TROs to find i was thinking.
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Giovanni Blasini is doing the Diomede.
I had a request in mind sometime ago but i've forgotten it... sigh, i guess i need to go through TROs to find i was thinking.
Your brain is coming apart at the seams too, huh? (I just spent ten minutes looking around my desk to find my phone, and had the brilliant idea of calling it to figure out where it was. Had I done so from my work desk phone and found it was in my pocket, that would have been embarrassing. No, I pulled my phone out of my pocket and dialed my own number before realizing why that wouldn't work. I think I need to be committed.)
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I'll take the Razorback. Thanks for the help, man.
EDIT: I can take the next open slot or get it ready for a December 30th double feature with the Commando.
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I'll take the Razorback. Thanks for the help, man.
EDIT: I can take the next open slot or get it ready for a December 30th double feature with the Commando.
Because i'm apparently the only who knows what Scotty has planned, i don't recommend making it for 30th. Indeed, i recommended Hellbie moves Commando to a bit earlier, a day or two. So that we get time to talk about the Commando.
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Because i'm apparently the only who knows what Scotty has planned, i don't recommend making it for 30th. Indeed, i recommended Hellbie moves Commando to a bit earlier, a day or two. So that we get time to talk about the Commando.
I, ah, apparently missed that memo.
OK, rearranging again, yanking the Commando. I'll try again in February or something.
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It's my fault. I have something of a doozy planned for January 1 to ring in the new year.
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It's my fault. I have something of a doozy planned for January 1 to ring in the new year.
Promises.
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Put me down on the 20th with the Razorback, I think.
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Giovanni Blasini is doing the Diomede.
I had a request in mind sometime ago but i've forgotten it... sigh, i guess i need to go through TROs to find i was thinking.
Hell, it may take me some time to do so, but I'm game to do *all* the IndustrialMechs.
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I would like to request the Vindicator. According to the article directory (and verified with a search), there isn't an MotW post for it on this iteration of the forums.
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We should cobble it together from parts of other articles. :D
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I would like to request the Vindicator. According to the article directory (and verified with a search), there isn't an MotW post for it on this iteration of the forums.
I'll take this... I'm doing so many Capellan 'Mechs anyway.
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Just thought I'd pitch in to get subbed to the thread.
I'm about half done with my Falconer article but life has got very complicated for me since the summer and I haven't touched it for ages. I hope to be able to settle down and get it finished over Christmas and should have something for submission in January.
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We should cobble it together from parts of other articles. :D
I think you're thinking of the Cataphract.
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I think you're thinking of the Cataphract.
That too.
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The Vindy isn't quite cobbled together. At least it doesn't really use other 'Mechs as a base but i'll concede it is cobbled together from what the Cappies had at hand...
Cobbling the article together from others would be a fun exercise, certainly. I'll see what i can do.
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I think I was the one to write the last version. I can look and see if I was and get you the source tonight if you want it.
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If you have it, you might just update it if it lacks newer variants and post it in January or whenever there's an open slot (if you have time, of course).
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Nope, that's not one of mine. I did the Enforcer at one point a long time ago which, being the Vindy's sort of counterpart might be why I thought I'd done the Vindicator.
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Pencil me in for the Rabid Coyote, too.
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I will be late on my article planned for tomorrow, for... reasons.
You guys remember my Banshee article? This one is, uh, bigger.
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Yowsa!
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Gonna clean up the schedule post in a bit. I'm assuming at this point that the article from over the weekend isn't getting put up (REALLY wish I'd been told so I could have put up the Apollo), and we're set for the Glass Spider from Empyrus for the 6th. I've finished up the Kodiak for the 13th, so that's all set, and I'll try to get my Commando article intended for last week finished up and put on for sometime in February.
If anyone sees a spot they want to jump in for an article in February/March, let me know and I'll add you onto the schedule. Looking forward to the Glass Spider! (Wondering if this will cover the original Galahad as well?)
Oh- before I forget. We have a LOT of good articles claimed by people who haven't done any work on them. If you have an article claimed, PLEASE work on it sometime, get on the schedule! I'll be contacting people coming up to see if they're still working on this, or if those articles should be added to the 'requested' queue instead. There's no shame in not having the time to work on this, but if you can't do so let someone else get it done.
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My apologies on that one. I thought a month would be enough to type it up. :-[
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My apologies on that one. I thought a month would be enough to type it up. :-[
No apology needed! Just know in the future that this is why I have a buffer article built- in case ANYONE finds that they can't get an article done and needs a substitute. If the Apollo gets used sometime, then I'll build another buffer and have it ready again- that's the whole idea. Real life happens, after all!
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I'll take the 20th or 27th for the Razorback and have a reservation on the Rabid Coyote.
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There's a chance i can't post the Galahad (both the Spheroid mech and Glass Spider) because my hybrid PC's power button may have been broken. I'll know tomorrow... Err, later today. Right now i gotta go sleep.
Really screwed here if it is broken... I can't do anything important on my phone...
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There's a chance i can't post the Galahad (both the Spheroid mech and Glass Spider) because my hybrid PC's power button may have been broken. I'll know tomorrow... Err, later today. Right now i gotta go sleep.
Really screwed here if it is broken... I can't do anything important on my phone...
Want to just swap weeks then? Do yours next week and I'll post the Kodiak?
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Just wanting to reaffirm my "reservation" of the three listed 'Mechs. Won't be doing them anytime soon, they will be done when I need to overcome writer's block on a project (the WVR caused me to tackle my IrTech writing!) or when there is a lull. ;)
Haven't started on them apart from the HNT, which will be a minor article compared to the other...
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I got this thing working... fortunately. Not being able to post an article would have been least of my worries.
So, yeah, Galahad tomorrow, at some point.
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Kodiak will be posted either late Thursday or early Friday, depending on what time I get home (and exhaustion level) on Thursday.
Schedule's pretty open for a while coming up, so if anyone has an article they want to get in there, now's the time to speak up. (If you're not on the schedule, poke me and I'll edit you on there)
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I've got nothing for now, not exactly in mood for BattleTech at the moment. Gotta recharge from Christmas... As holidays go, it is more stressing than relaxing.
Once i get started writing my articles, they'll be done quickly. Gonna take a month or two though, probably.
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I'll try to have the HNT done for the 20th.
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I was planning to do the Razorback next week.
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Updates continue as I hear back from people, thank you to those I've been able to confirm with. Added a March article for myself (Sirocco) as well, because I inexplicably love that old lummox.
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Added a March article for myself (Sirocco) as well, because I inexplicably love that old lummox.
Make some appropriate comparison to AT-ATs. (Also, BT WiGEs approximate Star Wars airspeeders pretty well actually...)
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Updates continue as I hear back from people, thank you to those I've been able to confirm with. Added a March article for myself (Sirocco) as well, because I inexplicably love that old lummox.
The Sirocco reminds me of this shirt (https://www.offworlddesigns.com/all-about-that-base/)
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I've got the Pouncer ready to go if needs be for an emergency fill in.
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I've got the Pouncer ready to go if needs be for an emergency fill in.
Damn... that was one I was thinking about doing sometime. OK, adding it to the emergency queue.
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Muahah! Ninjaed it :p I'll also do the Alfa Romeo of Clan Mechs, aka the Dragonfly as emergency standbuys.
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OK, so as of now, I have a schedule through to the first week of March. Woohoooo!
I'm going to be pretty busy away from the computer for the next couple of days at least, so if you have edits to make to the schedule or something along those lines say so here and via a PM to me, but do understand that if the edit doesn't show up on the schedule it's not that I'm ignoring you. (I mean, I am, but I have an EXCUSE!)
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Ya done an awesome job Hellbie :) I've also got the Dragonfly/Viper written up and alongside the Pouncer both can serve as emergeny fillers.
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Okay, my Falconer article is finished barring a bit of spit and polish. Shall I put it in for March 10th?
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Is there a MoTW scheduled to go up today? If needs be I can put the Pouncer in as an emergency filler.
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The Schedule has Jymset with the Hornet.
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And I've just posted. Come on, it's still Friday here and I know I'm at least six hours ahead of most of y'all! ;)
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Still trying to decide if that was an appropriate use of "y'all". "Y'uns" may be more applicable.
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Still trying to decide if that was an appropriate use of "y'all". "Y'uns" may be more applicable.
FWIW, that'd be a perfectly standard use of y'all 'round these parts.
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If you have it, you might just update it if it lacks newer variants and post it in January or whenever there's an open slot (if you have time, of course).
I did the Vindicator last time, though its about a decade old and I'm personally a few years out of the loop. But, if there is actually a desire to try and Cataphract an article together, I can share. I never tended to favor reposting my old work, though, so if you or any other person would, I'd see them put a work out that reflects modern thoughts about the mech and the game.
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I did the Vindicator last time, though its about a decade old and I'm personally a few years out of the loop. But, if there is actually a desire to try and Cataphract an article together, I can share. I never tended to favor reposting my old work, though, so if you or any other person would, I'd see them put a work out that reflects modern thoughts about the mech and the game.
Hey IM, good to see you back. I hope you stick around!
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I did the Vindicator last time, though its about a decade old and I'm personally a few years out of the loop. But, if there is actually a desire to try and Cataphract an article together, I can share. I never tended to favor reposting my old work, though, so if you or any other person would, I'd see them put a work out that reflects modern thoughts about the mech and the game.
I think i'll write my version first so that other information won't color my views. Though i think i'd like to read your version afterwards, possibly before publishing mine, in case it might give me ideas what to address or something.
Gonna take some time though before i'll get back to writing.
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A few updates to the schedule, nothing huge- I did switch this week's planned Commando article with the Sirocco I had planned for March, because the Sirocco article is a lot easier to get done this (very busy) week, while the Commando still needs some work before it's ready (so many variants...)- otherwise we have an open table for anyone wanting to get on the schedule in March (other than the first week) and April. If you want one of those days, sound off here or in my PMs and I'll get you scheduled.
THAT SAID, I really want to see some of the articles people have had reserved for a long time posted as a priority, so if you've had one set aside now is the best time to post it- so while I'm not saying the usual suspects shouldn't have theirs ready, I also want new blood in here. Make it happen people!
To that end, I'll be posting my three I have scheduled right now (Sirocco this week, Commando in March, Gyrfalcon sometime in April?), keeping the Apollo on standby in case it's needed, and after that I'll probably be going back into retirement for this- it's a week every month that I'm doing this in place of someone else getting to, and I'd rather we get other people involved than keep rambling on myself to no end. So here's your chance, folks- I'm shutting up so you can have a say instead. Impress me!
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I wonder... If i get into mood to write, i'll probably write every i have reserved at once. Thinking about reserving April for them, call it Cappie-Month. Might need a fourth Capellan 'Mech though, since Lao Hu and Thunder will get covered in one article due to their shared history and similarity.
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I don't think the Firebee has ever been done.
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Belongs to the category of 'Mechs i don't care for, so i won't write it. But it would fit well for a Cappie month, if someone else wants to write it...?
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A few updates to the schedule, nothing huge- I did switch this week's planned Commando article with the Sirocco I had planned for March, because the Sirocco article is a lot easier to get done this (very busy) week, while the Commando still needs some work before it's ready (so many variants...)- otherwise we have an open table for anyone wanting to get on the schedule in March (other than the first week) and April. If you want one of those days, sound off here or in my PMs and I'll get you scheduled.
My Falconer article is ready. Shall I post it March 10th?
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Hey IM, good to see you back. I hope you stick around!
Oh, I don't expect I'll be going anywhere for a while.
I've even got a hankering to try and get my skills back at this. I don't know if I count as new blood, since I have done a couple of these before, but its been a while.
Now, the last time I want to do is take the place of actual new blood, so don't put me on the schedule ahead of anyone who's been waiting a while for a chance to shine. But, after them, I'd have the Grasshopper for myself. Near as I can tell, there's no current article on it, yet its an iconic mech that had ought to be well understood. Let me know what the next open time is, and I'll have it.
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And just to remind folks that i've got the Dragonfly on standby as a filler.
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Sirocco will post either very late tonight or early tomorrow. At work until 6, game night until 10, a little still to do on it, we'll see how productive/caffeinated I am tonight.
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Lied. Flu bug hit me overnight. Will have it up late tonight. Apologies on the delay, folks.
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Don't worry about it.
Flu sucks. It is so insulting in its inconvenience and annoyance while not being actually dangerous (usually anyway).
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You just get well soon Hellbie :)
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The Snake. I'll claim that so I'll have 4 Cappie 'Mechs. Well, 5, but Lao Hu and Thunder still get mashed together in one article. Goes well with the Vindicator too.
I'll start writing soonish...
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Update on the Battle Cobra for this week: it'll be done. I'm just putting the finishing touches on it, and I should have it up in the late afternoon on Friday.
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Celerity article is up on time and under budget!
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Quick programming note: Due to a long week ahead with very little spare time, I'll be switching my two remaining upcoming articles around to give me the shorter Gyrfalcon this week, and the much longer Commando article for April when I'm more able to devote time to it. (With DC Metro out of action in my area this week, I'm having to take an alternate route to work, which ends up being slightly over two hours each way, so time is no longer on my side)
Apologies for the inconvenience- and for bumping the Commando twice now. RL sucks, amIright?
Anyway, Gyrfalcon on Thursday or Friday.
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I checked the directory, and there isn't a current article on the Firestarter (Standard or Omni version), so I'd like to request those two. Feel free to make it a double article if you wish, though I'd be happy with separate articles.
In addition, I'd also like to request a write-up on the Blackjack (non-Omni version), after I read the Omni's article and realized there was no write-up on the 45-ton model.
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So, the Uraeus MotW is ready for a rainy day. Not exactly something I want to put down this week, even if the slot's open.
Due to my constant failiures to notice designs, I'll just ask here; Is anyone going to do or already finished the Morrigan? I recently found out that that 'mech was a thing.
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So, the Uraeus MotW is ready for a rainy day. Not exactly something I want to put down this week, even if the slot's open.
Due to my constant failiures to notice designs, I'll just ask here; Is anyone going to do or already finished the Morrigan? I recently found out that that 'mech was a thing.
Well, I did a MotW on it back in...*brushes off the dust*...2011. But it only covered the original 3 variants, 2 more came along with TRO3145's NTNU that haven't been added.
Although now that I'm rereading what I wrote, I want to revise my ratings of the 2 and 3.
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next "slighty different" is in the cleanup. is it okay to post it during the week? because most articles get posted during the weekends. meds will be 2 articles btw... if okay, you can expect it today or hopefully tomorrow.
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For the overview? It depends on whether you want to slide into the traditional Mech of the Week release on Friday or if you want to just go ahead and post.
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nah... i wanna try and at least explore this readout until the end. not going "traditional. especially beccause i wouldnt be good at it. so i will just post whenever parts are ready to go O:-) O:-)
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So, the Uraeus MotW is ready for a rainy day. Not exactly something I want to put down this week, even if the slot's open.
We actually have an article for the Uraeus already.
http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=174.0
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Oh, sorry. I meant Kheper.
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That one makes sense.
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Was there a Mech this week?
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Gyrfalcon by Hellbie but it seems there's a delay.
I think marauder may have something as a back-up in case Hellbie can't post Gyrfalcon?
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I can put up my Falconer article if required
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(from my phone)
If someone has an article, go for it. My desktop (where the article is located) has a dead monitor, so I can't get to the file until I can see where it is again. Sorry guys- frustrating as hell, but nothing to be done about it.
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(from my phone)
If someone has an article, go for it. My desktop (where the article is located) has a dead monitor, so I can't get to the file until I can see where it is again. Sorry guys- frustrating as hell, but nothing to be done about it.
How dare you be unable to spend your valuable time providing free entertainment to the rest of us.
(Seriously, JadeHellbie, you should never feel THAT badly about this sort of thing. You do a lot for the BTech community in general.)
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Hellbie you relax alright mate :) We'll sort it out and Getz if you want to put up your Falconer go for it :)
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(from my phone)
If someone has an article, go for it. My desktop (where the article is located) has a dead monitor, so I can't get to the file until I can see where it is again. Sorry guys- frustrating as hell, but nothing to be done about it.
Hey, at least your deskptop PC works! Mine has working monitor but is broken otherwise...
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Hey, at least your deskptop PC works! Mine has working monitor but is broken otherwise...
Time for a trade?
Falconer article is up.
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Getz,
Any chance you could do a companion piece to the Falconer, on its contemporary, the Penetrator? Unlike the Falconer, the Penetrator got a lot more mods, but their base versions are comparable/contrastable.
W.
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Thanks guys. (Ironically, the planned 'stand in' article, the Apollo, is sitting on standby for just such a situation, on a flash drive I keep on my keychain... and I can't get to it because I still can't see what's on it without a working screen! Irony!)
I'll bump back the Gyrfalcon to April and the Commando to May. I'll also be doing an update to the schedule post later this week when I get a chance so we can get things ready for April. Part of the problem has been that the work contract I'm on doesn't give me a computer to use- combined with a two hour commute on each end, time hasn't been on my side for this. I'm setting aside time late in the week to get some work done on the schedule here and other forum projects though, so we'll be caught up on that at least.
Ah, adulthood... I just want to make a ****** couch fort, drink Capri Suns and watch some old Batman episodes.
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Can you trade adulthood for adultery?
(not recommended ...)
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Thanks guys. (Ironically, the planned 'stand in' article, the Apollo, is sitting on standby for just such a situation, on a flash drive I keep on my keychain... and I can't get to it because I still can't see what's on it without a working screen! Irony!)
I think I have an older monitor sitting around if you need one in my storage room. I'd just have to hook it up to see if it still works. Because of scheduling, the next available time I would have to meet up to drop it would be next weekend or next Tuesday.
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Getz,
Any chance you could do a companion piece to the Falconer, on its contemporary, the Penetrator? Unlike the Falconer, the Penetrator got a lot more mods, but their base versions are comparable/contrastable.
W.
I'll do it, just don't expect me to be quick about it... :D
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I'll claim the Jinggau. And i'll get around starting to write soon... promise. (I'll write a lot once i start...)
That said, i thought i claimed the Snake but eh, whatever. Not claiming it after all, i guess, though it would be a good companion for the Vindicator...
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I wrote a MotW for the Storm Raider today, it's ready to go whenever there's room.
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Does the article have words, or is it just a gif of a toilet flushing?
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It's got words, over 1,100 of them. It's even got some good uses for the Storm Raider.
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In Soviet Capella, Storm Raider flushes you down the toilet!
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It's got words, over 1,100 of them. It's even got some good uses for the Storm Raider.
I look forward to seeing it then.
Because I'll admit, after "target practice," and "selling it to someone you expect to be fighting in the near future," I'm out of ideas on what to do with it.
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I know another use for the Storm Raider, a physical example of how not to build a Mech. And I too look forwards to the article and its words, some of which may be kind :P
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So, what we getting today? The Storm Raider?
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I was waiting to see if Hellbie got his computer situation fixed and was going to post, but I can toss the Storm Raider out for everyone.
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If we don't have an article for this week, I'll get mine posted- if someone else is already set, I'm happy to wait further. (Monitor problem was resolved- cord went bad, borrowing one overnight from IT at work confirmed it, picked up a new one and back to full function)
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I just wanted to let everyone know that I've started on the FWLM-Age of War article, and expanded it a bit. Instead of talking about just the Icarus and Hector, I decided I'd cover all four of the FWLM Primitives in there, including the Trooper and Longbow. No ETA as yet, however.
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Hellbie I will put my Dragonfly article up tomorrow :) And welcome back matey, also Eagle that sounds really cool, go for it mate!
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Hellbie I will put my Dragonfly article up tomorrow :) And welcome back matey.
Bummer. OK, go for it.
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Bummer. OK, go for it.
If you wanna do your one mate, you go for it, the Dragonfly's always an emergency reserve if we've not got anything and need one NOW!!!!!ONE!!??! so you post yours mate :)
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Was there something slated for this week?
If not, i'm writing an article about the Jinggau and i can post it once it is finished. If we do have something, the Jinggau can wait for another day.
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Article ready but i'll just check again if anyone intended to post something today?
The Jinggau can wait if there's something coming.
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I'd say release the hounds at this point.
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Those Falconer and Jinggau articles have me thinking about IS heavy cavalry. I think I have a Daikyu article in me somewhere.
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We seem to be off the rails on official scheduling, but if no one else has anything, I'll call dibs this week; the grasshopper is a sort of proto-heavy cav mech, I think and will fit.
I'd like to look into reviving factional overviews in a month or two. I think starting with the Escorpion Emperio could be fun, but if like to be sure to have the most up to date sources. Which are key? Its either that or update the Vipers, which I did years ago (I think I reconciled their dichotomy in front and second line forces well, but it probability needs another look).
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We seem to be off the rails on official scheduling, but if no one else has anything, I'll call dibs this week; the grasshopper is a sort of proto-heavy cav mech, I think and will fit.
I'd like to look into reviving factional overviews in a month or two. I think starting with the Escorpion Emperio could be fun, but if like to be sure to have the most up to date sources. Which are key? Its either that or update the Vipers, which I did years ago (I think I reconciled their dichotomy in front and second line forces well, but it probability needs another look).
Factional overviews sound like a good idea. And I'd love to see a Grasshopper article, though I'm more apt to consider it a heavy ass-kicker than heavy cavalry.
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I know Hellbie had an article ready to go, but had been having computer troubles that prevented him from accessing the article to post. I think he got it all fixed by now, so he might be able to post this week or soon as well.
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I know Hellbie had an article ready to go, but had been having computer troubles that prevented him from accessing the article to post. I think he got it all fixed by now, so he might be able to post this week or soon as well.
Two in fact (three if you count the backup Apollo article), but I got bumped by the Dragonfly and didn't realize one wasn't posted last week until the Jinggau was already up.
That said, I've gone on record saying I'd rather see other people post articles anyway rather than my own rambling on and on, so I'm not overly concerned if either the Commando or Gyrfalcon (or even the Apollo) ever see the light of day. If other people decided they wanted those Mechs specifically I'd even happily hand them over and scrap my articles. (Let's be real, other people can do them justice far better than I could anyway, I encourage them to do so!)
As for the schedule, I can update that this week but I need people to let me know what they have so I can organize it into a schedule for the next few weeks. If you have something, say so either here or via PM (preferably here) and I'll start assembling things this week.
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I still want to read about the Apollo at some point! (I need to know what's this about Apollo's Law, even though i can guess what it is.)
And Commando. And Gyrfalcon... i think, i just can't remember what 'Mech it is (one of the Jade Falcon DA totems?).
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Two in fact (three if you count the backup Apollo article), but I got bumped by the Dragonfly and didn't realize one wasn't posted last week until the Jinggau was already up.
That said, I've gone on record saying I'd rather see other people post articles anyway rather than my own rambling on and on, so I'm not overly concerned if either the Commando or Gyrfalcon (or even the Apollo) ever see the light of day. If other people decided they wanted those Mechs specifically I'd even happily hand them over and scrap my articles. (Let's be real, other people can do them justice far better than I could anyway, I encourage them to do so!)
As for the schedule, I can update that this week but I need people to let me know what they have so I can organize it into a schedule for the next few weeks. If you have something, say so either here or via PM (preferably here) and I'll start assembling things this week.
We've both been round and round enough to know how it goes (if memory serves, you picked up the torch after CWD moved on [also, what ever happened to him?] and the idea that it wasn't necessarily tied to a single person inspired me to take a stab at it years later) so I'll go when there's time. I'm ready for this week with the Grasshopper, but I don't seem to be the only one. The Scorps or Vipers is probably a month out, since there's some new material (or at least new to me) to go over.
End of the day, I think we're all in a better place when there are more articles and more authors ready to go, rather than fewer. I'm just glad its your herding the cats, and not me.
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I still want to read about the Apollo at some point! (I need to know what's this about Apollo's Law, even though i can guess what it is.)
And Commando. And Gyrfalcon... i think, i just can't remember what 'Mech it is (one of the Jade Falcon DA totems?).
Yeah, 55-tonner with a ridiculous long-range punch. I may be biased, but it's not just the best of the new Falcon totem Mechs to me- it's the best of the 3145/50 crop, period. And that's high praise when you consider stuff like the Juliano, Savage Wolf, etc.
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Two in fact (three if you count the backup Apollo article), but I got bumped by the Dragonfly and didn't realize one wasn't posted last week until the Jinggau was already up.
That said, I've gone on record saying I'd rather see other people post articles anyway rather than my own rambling on and on, so I'm not overly concerned if either the Commando or Gyrfalcon (or even the Apollo) ever see the light of day. If other people decided they wanted those Mechs specifically I'd even happily hand them over and scrap my articles. (Let's be real, other people can do them justice far better than I could anyway, I encourage them to do so!)
As for the schedule, I can update that this week but I need people to let me know what they have so I can organize it into a schedule for the next few weeks. If you have something, say so either here or via PM (preferably here) and I'll start assembling things this week.
You're far too modest, good sir. (and what an odd vice in a Falcon. :P )
We've both been round and round enough to know how it goes (if memory serves, you picked up the torch after CWD moved on [also, what ever happened to him?] and the idea that it wasn't necessarily tied to a single person inspired me to take a stab at it years later) so I'll go when there's time. I'm ready for this week with the Grasshopper, but I don't seem to be the only one. The Scorps or Vipers is probably a month out, since there's some new material (or at least new to me) to go over.
End of the day, I think we're all in a better place when there are more articles and more authors ready to go, rather than fewer. I'm just glad its your herding the cats, and not me.
One of many of the old-timers I miss 'round these parts.
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I'm just glad its your herding the cats, and not me.
Like that one quote Weirdo has in his signature, i think writers are really mimetic cats. We vanish occasionally for no reason and reaching us may be impossible...
Yeah, 55-tonner with a ridiculous long-range punch. I may be biased, but it's not just the best of the new Falcon totem Mechs to me- it's the best of the 3145/50 crop, period. And that's high praise when you consider stuff like the Juliano, Savage Wolf, etc.
Pretty neat design, yes.
While i'm not a big Falcon fan after the initial Clan Invasion, their totem lineup for the Dark Age is very, very cool. No comment on if they're all good though... Superb visual design though.
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Luckily, your rich uncle Hellbie has given all of them extensive field testing because DUH. ;)
Eyrie: Very odd design, too small for the kind of brawling that its layout suggests it's good at. Talons allow it to take a leg off another light in a scrap though, the lasers offer hefty punch, and the ATMs allow for either a close-range wallop or a long-range peppering as you advance, depending on your battlefield and preferences. Not a particularly good scout design, but decent as a scout hunter.
Gyrfalcon: As I said, one of the most blissful designs in the game- as I cover in my article, if you liked the RFL-3N Rifleman you'll adore this. Over/under large laser/autocannon in each arm, how familiar! Except both weapons reach well past 20 hexes, so you can alpha a target at ranges where he can't reply with anything at all. And thanks to the mobility, jump jets, MASC, and heat sinks, you can keep that up as a sustained barrage and keep pulling away from the enemy to HOLD that insane range. Blissfully good design in the hands of a good gunner and smart tactician.
Jade Hawk: Varies by version, obviously, but generally a close-range nightmare that would finally give a Berserker pilot something to blanch at. Massed SRMs and lasers with good mobility and tough armor? Yes please. Advance under cover from Gyrfalcons and go absolutely bonkers until your target dies or you do. It's very Hunchback IIC-feeling in a way- it's got severe limitations and yet in its narrow role it's utterly horrifying.
Shrike: Did you like the Executioner's approach towards assault-weight units, mobility over raw power? You'll love this then. Did you miss the stalwart-advances of Warhawks and Dire Wolves? Pass on this. Firepower isn't particularly overwhelming (though similar to the Gyrfalcon), but it can find places to fire what it has that most assaults simply can't. It's an oversized heavy- using it to go toe-to-toe with something similar sized will end badly, so you've got to be smart about using it. A well-used Shrike can be dominant, a poorly used one is just a waste of BV.
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it's the best of the 3145/50 crop, period.
Fixed that for you.
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I can do a Grasshopper if folks want :) Always liked that laser rave :) Also Hellbie where is the Gyrfalcon article? I can't seem to find it on the list.
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I can do a Grasshopper if folks want :) Always liked that laser rave :) Also Hellbie where is the Gyrfalcon article? I can't seem to find it on the list.
I don't understand the question. It hasn't been posted, so the best answer I can give is 'on a USB drive connected to my house keys'. #P
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I don't understand the question. It hasn't been posted, so the best answer I can give is 'on a USB drive connected to my house keys'. #P
So...in your pants....
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So...in your pants....
Why, where do you keep YOUR favorite Battlemechs?
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I don't understand the question. It hasn't been posted, so the best answer I can give is 'on a USB drive connected to my house keys'. #P
Ahhhh....fiend :p :D
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Why, where do you keep YOUR favorite Battlemechs?
"Is that a Gyrfalcon in your pants? Or are you just happy to see me?"
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Why, where do you keep YOUR favorite Battlemechs?
Where ever my wife puts them!
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Where ever my wife puts them!
*insert 50 shades of Grey 'My desires are...unconventional...' Meme here.*
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That all aside, what is the traditional posting day these days? Years ago it was Monday, but I don't know that that's where we are currently.
As to mechs in pants... you have to have pants to put mechs in them!
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It seems to be Fridays basically or near as damn it :)
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*insert 50 shades of Grey 'My desires are...unconventional...' Meme here.*
That means two things.
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That means two things.
He's the one getting Gyrfalcon's put in strange places... :p
Seriously who puts them in the cupboard with the baking soda...its not right I tell ya!
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Do we have a modern article on the Quickdraw? IM mentioned it and its ill repute in his Grasshopper article, which of course made me want to defend the "cavalry heavy that (occasionally) could."
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Not seemingly this version of the boards (last in 2010, don't remember who the author on that one was). Honestly, if not for the rear weapons it would be pretty usable, which always struck me as being quite a shame.
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I, for one, would love to see an article on the Quickdraw - a mech that I have something of a love/hate relationship with.
In other news, I'm making good progress on the Penetrator article and can probably have it ready within the week if we'd like to carry on with the theme of bouncy energy boats...
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"ouncy energy boats," my favorite kind of Mech. O0
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JHB, if there is indeed no Quickdraw article, put me down for that in the master thread. It'll come after the FWLM Age of War designs, but I'd be happy to do it. I love that little bugger.
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I'll try to get to the schedule tomorrow (too many meetings today!).
I see, in no particular order:
Getz: Penetrator
The Eagle: Quickdraw
Me: Gyrfalcon (at some point)
If I'm missing anything, sound off folks, because that carries us through to the last week of April.
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Put me down for the Escorpion Emperio in the relatively near future, if you would.
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Put me down for the Escorpion Emperio in the relatively near future, if you would.
Er... the wha?
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Er... the wha?
The final plan of the Society, the entire nation turns into a giant BattleMech. Mainly uses plasma from all the stars to slay it's enemies.
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Well, back in the day, I did articles covering whole factions and the ways they use mechs and the mechs they like to use. I think the Scorpions are a very interesting challenge, since they both combine three different groups from an in character perspective, and two very different tech bases from a tactical perspective. So I'd like to do an article that speaks to how I think such a force would look and behave, and how to use such a force tactically.
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You can but I don't think you need to reserve it in the Mech of the Week thread. Just throw it down when you're ready.
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Well, last time I did them they were mech's of the week, but of course things were vastly different back then, nine and ten years ago. I just don't miss the days of the Mech of the Week wild west, so I'd like to try and play as much ball as possible, rather than stepping on someone's toes in a month.
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Just as an FYI to everyone, despite my earlier optimism, my article won't be ready this weekend - but I should be able to put it up next weekend if desired.
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A request: Firestarter Omni. It is the only early IS Omni that hasn't been covered.
Also, if someone wants the Vindicator, feel free to take it, i just can't figure what to say about it. Cobbling together an article like the 'Mech is cobbled together doesn't seem... inspiring.
If no one wants it, i can think about it but it will take some time.
BTW, the Vindy was a request... one reason i'm suggesting someone might want to take it, i feel like i'm taking too long to fulfill the request.
Might be able to do Thunder/Lao-Hu or Huron Warrior for this weekend since Getz's article won't be ready. Not 100% sure yet though. Have a couple of writing assignments i need to finish first...
Also, preliminary but i might be writing an article, or a series of articles, about the Celestial 'Mechs. Only half of them are covered at the moment, i think, but i think they need to be thought about as a whole in a way so i'd be writing about all of them. Need to consider this a bit still. Plus i will need to consider the WoB and Manei Domini history while at it.
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I've got the old Vindy, so I can update it easy enough on the quick.
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OK, that works for me.
While thinking about the Vindy, i realized i like it in principle but not in practice.
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Speaking of requests, would anyone mind doing the Blackjack? There's an article on its omni brother from a year and a half ago, but nothing on the old reliable battlemech version since 2004.
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I can do the standard Blackjack if ya want :)
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Getz: Penetrator
The Eagle: Quickdraw
Me: Gyrfalcon (at some point)
If I'm missing anything, sound off folks, because that carries us through to the last week of April.
Put me down for the Daikyu sometime in May, then.
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I believe i will have either Huron Warrior or Thunder/Lao-Hu up for this weekend if there's need. Might as well keep on writing after other stuff...
Or did someone else have something prepared?
EDIT I think i'll write about the Huron Warrior. The bigger 'Mech pair can wait.
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I'll post the Huron Warrior soon. A bit early for most but i don't think there's any opposition...?
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*string of language* I was going to put up the Gyrfalcon after getting bumped aside the past couple of weeks. #P
Eh. Glad you guys are taking up the mantle here. I'll get the schedule in the original post altered sometime today or tomorrow. From here on I'm going to handle scheduling only and drop the writing end of it, I think we have enough people doing this now.
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*string of language* I was going to put up the Gyrfalcon after getting bumped aside the past couple of weeks. #P
Eh. Glad you guys are taking up the mantle here. I'll get the schedule in the original post altered sometime today or tomorrow. From here on I'm going to handle scheduling only and drop the writing end of it, I think we have enough people doing this now.
Fine, but only if you schedule the Gyrfalcon for next. Followed up by the Shrike (by you), the Eyrie (by you), and the Jade Hawk (by you).
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Hellbie please keep writing articles. Yours are very good and I've been looking forward to your thoughts on Gyrfalcons for weeks.
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I can do the standard Blackjack if ya want :)
Please don't. That one has been a very old but still very real claim by me. I swear I will get to it one of these days years decades!
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Sorry, Hellbie. I figured that this weekend was open without Getz and the way you listed the articles, i figured the Gyrfalcon was coming later.
As for there being "enough writers", i disagree. I for i'm likely going to stop writing for some time soon (i might not, but i usually focus on BT in short bursts), and should someone else vanish too, there will be holes in the schedule quickly.
Anyway, for the schedule, place Lao-Hu/Thunder after the current line-up has been done in, what, three weeks or so?
And schedule your own Commando and Apollo while at it, please! Even if you were to drop writing, you can still post those at some point, quiaff?
I'll have a non-unit related project to do in the meantime.
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I'll add my voice to the chorus singing Baby Please Don't Go for Hellbie. At the very least, if the article is already written, just give yourself a slot and post it, and at least offer a final parting shot. But, if there are so many authors, then just take a slot every two months, or every three. I don't see anyone getting more than one a month at this point, unless things dramatically change.
Fact is, you're still a pretty good hand at this, Hellbie (I've said before that you were a sort of inspiration for me a decade ago) and I think losing your voice altogether would be a disservice. Now, if you can't because you've got other stuff to do, then who am I to judge? But don't be discouraged because the hydra of Mech of the Week authors is so insatiable.
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*string of language* I was going to put up the Gyrfalcon after getting bumped aside the past couple of weeks. #P
Eh. Glad you guys are taking up the mantle here. I'll get the schedule in the original post altered sometime today or tomorrow. From here on I'm going to handle scheduling only and drop the writing end of it, I think we have enough people doing this now.
*hugs* don't leave us Hellbie!
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*string of language* I was going to put up the Gyrfalcon after getting bumped aside the past couple of weeks. #P
Eh. Glad you guys are taking up the mantle here. I'll get the schedule in the original post altered sometime today or tomorrow. From here on I'm going to handle scheduling only and drop the writing end of it, I think we have enough people doing this now.
It's so cute how you think we're just going to let you go. >:D
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Has a MotW been done on the Dragon Fire? Not a fan of its appearance, but there aren't a whole lot of mechs that mix a GR with an LB-10X. I did a search but can't find one.
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Yes there is: http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=12430.msg294852
You can find most articles from the Fan Article Directory: http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=174.0
Some posted ones are missing from it though, i haven't gotten around collecting them and sending them to chanman to add. The Dragon Fire is not one of those though.
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and this Friday we're letting Hellbie get his Mech's out, he's been waiting too long!
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and this Friday we're letting Hellbie get his Mech's out, he's been waiting too long!
Let's dial that back a notch. If someone wants to post an article, please do so- the idea here really is to get other people doing this more often so people aren't stuck reading my crap to begin with, so if anyone has something, please sound off and post it this week. Mine aren't going anywhere, they're sitting around for a rainy day- someone else should really get their day in the sun instead, so to speak.
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You say this now, but when this week's mech turns out to be the "Jade Hellbringer," a mech with problematic armor, lots of guns, and a propensity to miss comically and fall over some of the time, you may change your tune.
Seriously, though, someone either needs to call this week, or be assigned it. The Vindi is just an update of an old article (probably, unless my writing from ten years ago bothers me so much I just can't take it any more) so its quick an easy, but two articles in three weeks is perhaps higher density than may appear fair, and if no one else is ready to go then it may prove to be a good day for a rainy day article.
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You say this now, but when this week's mech turns out to be the "Jade Hellbringer," a mech with problematic armor, lots of guns, and a propensity to miss comically and fall over some of the time, you may change your tune.
Yeah, yeah, I've used a Hollander II before.
Seriously, though, someone either needs to call this week, or be assigned it. The Vindi is just an update of an old article (probably, unless my writing from ten years ago bothers me so much I just can't take it any more) so its quick an easy, but two articles in three weeks is perhaps higher density than may appear fair, and if no one else is ready to go then it may prove to be a good day for a rainy day article.
Tell you what, if no one else wants it by Thursday I'll put the Gyrfalcon up- I'd rather someone else take this and run with it, but if there's no other volunteer I'll get this posted.
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Yeah, yeah, I've used a Hollander II before.
Tell you what, if no one else wants it by Thursday I'll put the Gyrfalcon up- I'd rather someone else take this and run with it, but if there's no other volunteer I'll get this posted.
But the weather forecast said Wednesday, not Thursday or Friday, is gonna be the rainy day this week in our area.
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Yes there is: http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=12430.msg294852
You can find most articles from the Fan Article Directory: http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=174.0
Some posted ones are missing from it though, i haven't gotten around collecting them and sending them to chanman to add. The Dragon Fire is not one of those though.
Ta! I glossed right over that somehow.
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Looks like the Bruin has never gotten a MotW write up. Guess I'll put in a request for it.
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I can do the Bruin if folks want :)
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I've heard Hellbie likes Bruins....
:P
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Huh... looks like it was done, but several years and a forum crash ago. I hadn't realized it had been out that long. Huh.
Yeah, do it up then!
I've heard Hellbie likes Bruins....
:P
Game 1 against Ottawa is tonight! Don't anyone call me, I'm busy!
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I won't have time later today to post MotW, so it's going up a half-day early. FYI.
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Prioritizing Hockey?
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Prioritizing Hockey?
Heh. Nah, could probably have done it during the game, but honestly I have a very busy two days ahead after this (including my Star Wars RPG night on Thursday and a late meeting on Friday), with a lot to get done at work this week, so it made sense to just do it now and not find on Saturday that I waited too long and someone else jumped in ahead of me. Not ideal, but beats the alternative.
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Anyone mind if I reserve the Ha Otoko article? I can't find any mention of it more recently than 2014...
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Sure. I've been actually pondering if should write it or request it, glad to see i no longer need to think about it.
Got enough to write at the moment anyway.
And i'm adding to that, i'll reserve the Thanatos since i have and will be covering other Spheroid heavy cavalry 'Mechs.
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I'll get the schedule updated once and for all over the weekend with anything new here, sorry guys. Long week at work (I love when you get website construction work done, and someone decides to clean out the folders you put all that work in...)
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If someone has an article, go for it, otherwise I can get one thrown up late Friday/early Saturday EST. I'd rather someone else do it since I just did one last week (well, two counting the Scorpion tank), but in a pinch we can continue Falcon fun-times and do the Eyrie.
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I'm out for today, at least unless a nine year old article is desired un-updated (I'd rather put out better work, if I'm to put my name on it, to be honest), though I could do next week easy enough.
However, and this may be perhaps a bit awkward, I had had a mind to strike out at the Shrike myself. No commentary on Helbie's work, other than that it's worthy of emulation, mind you, and if either he wants it for himself or there's a desire that he would do it best justice, then clearly it should be so, but having been prompted to re-read the relevant books, I have been put in the mood to try and share my thoughts about what the mechs in fact "mean," aside from how they work and how to use them.
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In the past, especially with some of the BA articles, IIRC, the articles have occasionally been tag-teamed, with one writer doing most of it, and a second PMing in his thought, which the main author then spliced in with brackets, italics, etc. Since there's no rush, perhaps the two of you could get together on the Shrike?
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With the Bruin, should I also throw the Grizzly in there too seeing as they are basically kissing cousins when it comes to almost everything about them, and there's no Grizzly article.
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If you really want to. There's only two variants for each.
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Indeed, there's only so much I can pad out the Bruin so doing a Grizzly/Bruin would kill two rather similar birds with one stone.
And there we go, i've done the Grizzly during lunch, and now its time to merge it with the Bruin when I get home.
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Considering a resurge in Society activity, I would like to request the: Cephalus
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Considering a resurge in Society activity, I would like to request the: Cephalus
I'll take that one. I have an old one I did a while ago and can update it fairly quickly if there's a need for it soon.
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Since the official schedule isn't set yet (no criticism of Hellby, since its known he's been working hard of late) if no one else is doing a whole new article today I'll do my updated Vindicator today, since it is ready to go.
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IMO, go ahead, unless someone else has something?
And if no one else has claim for the next week, i'll post Thunder and Lao Hu then.
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I'd love to see a Vindy article today. For that matter, can I request the Panther? I don't recall seeing one for it.
Also, I could probably have a Diomede or Hyena article for next week as a backup. For that matter, do we want to do IndustrialMechs on the same Friday schedule, taking the place of BattleMechs, or separate?
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Ah, the Panther. I had some ideas for it and the Wight but i cancelled those. I might do the Wight later on, in case someone else writers about the Panther.
As for Industrials... Previously they've been treated just as MotWs as normal. However, given that they're probably less popular than BMs, i think they could be separate. Maybe as an early-week 'Mech or just post along with the primary MotW?
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Since the official schedule isn't set yet (no criticism of Hellby, since its known he's been working hard of late) if no one else is doing a whole new article today I'll do my updated Vindicator today, since it is ready to go.
No, I actually deserve criticism for it. I meant to get that done last week, meant to get the Eyrie written up, meant to do laundry, buy groceries, all the other things I can't seem to find time to do anymore, and accomplished exactly none of it. Now I'm wearing my last clean pair of suit pants, considering the finer points of mustard for dinner, and still haven't done anything about the schedule.
So... grocery shopping, then I'll see what I can put together on the schedule. If you have an article that you want to do in the next few weeks, PM me or post it again here after this post (so I don't have to go digging back several pages to pore over it all), and I'll get that built over the next couple of days. If no updates are made by Sunday afternoon EST, please poke me about it so I don't miss another week.
I am sorry, guys. Not good times to be your friendly-ish neighborhood admin.
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Laundry and groceries? Sounds like someone's trying to be an over achiever.
Aside from maybe some mech force of the week stuff, the only thing on my mind is an article (maybe collaborative?) on the Shrike, though it should be a fair way in the future since I've done no work on it, other than just pondering while thinking about the Gyrfalcon.
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Oh, man. The Thunder/Lao Hu article will be something of a mega article.
What's the character limit for a post?
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If it's going to be that big, why not split them into two separate articles? The mechs are close but not that close.
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I did an article over 9000 words once, but that was an older version of the boards, so I can't say if that would work still. I agree, for a monster a two parter would be easier to digest.
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Yeah, i think splitting will happen. 16.5k characters, over 2600 words currently (4 hours of writing). I am a bit long-winded but i don't think i can trim that much without making things too dry.
Will need to write better introduction to the Lao Hu though.
EDIT I separated tactical comments for each variant for clarity's sake. If i can consolidate them, the word count will go down quite a bit. It is not like most variants of either 'Mech are THAT different.
Still probably best to keep these 'Mechs separate.
EDIT2 AARGH, i hate editing phase. So boring. So glad spelling checkers and such exist...
EDIT3 Amusing. Even as i split the articles and adjusted them like consolidating tactical notes sections as much as i could, i managed to make at least the Thunder article even longer. Oh, well, they look good to me.
I still think i'll post them at once the next Friday, being related designs. Or would it be better to space them out?
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I'd tell you to do the Thunder first, let its pros and cons sink in, then in a week once everyone has had a chance to digest the Thunder do the Lao Hu. Coming on the heels of the Vindicator, it will show a nice evolution of Cappie mech design (though perhaps the Cataphract would have served better).
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We have article for the Cataphract already. Probably need to bump it in few days, to prepare people?
I can always find something to say about Cappie 'Mechs.
After reading through my articles, it is probably best to keep apart completely.
Oh, well, with that done i can move on to... Maybe the Bombardier. Been intending to write about that at some point. And since various IS heavy cavalry 'Mechs have been getting covered...
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Oh, man. The Thunder/Lao Hu article will be something of a mega article.
What's the character limit for a post?
The character limit for a single post is a little under 30,000 characters.
Ask me how I know. ^-^
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I remember you wrote the Banshee article.
And how's your ultra-mega project going?
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...not great. It stalled a couple months ago when I got full-time, and I haven't had time to revisit it yet. Also I got about a quarter of the way through it, and was at nearly 12,000 words. :-\
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And i thought i was long-winded at 2600 words O0
I'm kinda insane too though. As i noted somewhere, i'm thinking i'll write about the Celestial series. My personal deadline for it is June 6th (well, the week, one article per day) but we'll see if that'll work out...
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Vindi with the update ended up about that at 2635. I suppose now I need to find some mech and do more than 14000 words on it, just because I'm an idiot and I'm the sort to regard the very existence of an article like the Banshee as a challenge. I can't think of anything with enough variants to make it, since the really prolific mechs (the Unseen and 3050 Omnis, for example) are mostly done.
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Vindi with the update ended up about that at 2635. I suppose now I need to find some mech and do more than 14000 words on it, just because I'm an idiot and I'm the sort to regard the very existence of an article like the Banshee as a challenge. I can't think of anything with enough variants to make it, since the really prolific mechs (the Unseen and 3050 Omnis, for example) are mostly done.
Do it on a family of 'Mechs. Or one that has variants in every single era, where there are new comparisons to be made. The Wolverine strikes as one, with a Primitive, Unseen, Reseen, Wolverine II, and Conjurer (Hellhound) all "fitting" in one article.
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Would that they hadn't all already been done, I'd gladly take it on. Problem with letting things run for six years, I guess, with out a big crash (not that I want a big crash, mind you). If I'm do write 15000 words, I'd like for them to cover new ground and be of interest to folks. There are a few "Classic" mechs uncovered (I noticed there's no Awesome, for example) but none that are like the Wolverine or Marauder or Phoenix Hawk. Maybe a massive article covering the "Ost" family, (they were all done back in the day, but looks like no new one). That looks like it may be the best option, unless anyone else sees something I missed.
So maybe some time over the summer, put me down for Idiotic Ost Family Super Suffer-fest Article!
Though honestly, as with the Thunder and Lao Hu, it would undoubtedly be better if it were split into several, so doing a super article would really only be an exercise in my own vanity.
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Scotty is certainly exercising his insanity. I wish you luck Scotty!
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Collected from last few pages for Hellbie to put into the schedule post (no dates for any yet), not in order:
Requests not listed in schedule:
Firestarter Omni
Reservations:
'Mech/article, writer
Quickdraw, The Eagle
Bombardier, Empyrus
Thanatos, Empyrus
Celestials, Empyrus (preliminary dates: 5-11th June, series)
Tian-Zong, Empyrus
Ost Family, IronMongoose
Daikyu, Agathos
Blackjack, Jymset
Ha Otoko, Elcor05
Cephalus, wantec
Other:
Escorpio Imperio force overview, IronMongoose
Might have missed some.
Also claiming Tian-Zong if no one objects?
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Hellbie, I claimed the Cephalus and it's all written and finished. Came in around 2k words, so it's possible for something smaller or more simple if you do it right.
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You forgot my "FWLM Age of War 'Mechs" article.
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My eyes glaze over when i see something about the Free Worlds League :P
EDIT Not really. I the faction but only few of its 'Mechs, not counting some brilliant upgrades they made for older 'Mechs (eg 3050 Archer, Shadow Hawk and Wolverine).
I'm sure Hellbie will notice it.
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Thanatos article written and edited. Schedule it sometime after the Thunder and Lao Hu (and probably something between these and the Thanatos, i'm sure people would prefer not to have read about heavy cavalry designs for three weeks in a row).
And now to work on the Bombardier or Tian-Zong...
EDIT Wrote the Tian-zong article too. Schedule it... before the Thanatos but after the Thunder and Lao Hu. And leave space for other people too.
I'm somehow manic at the moment, writing so much. If only i could put this much effort in my novel ideas :/
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Collected from last few pages for Hellbie to put into the schedule post (no dates for any yet), not in order:
Requests not listed in schedule:
Firestarter Omni
I can do the Firestarter Omni if no one else wants it. I don't have a ton of experience with it (more with the regular Firestarter) but I looked at its configs the other day and its definitely interesting. I have most of my Ha Otoko article written, although I need to edit it, and so the Firestarter won't be ready for a few weeks probably.
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No, I actually deserve criticism for it. I meant to get that done last week, meant to get the Eyrie written up, meant to do laundry, buy groceries, all the other things I can't seem to find time to do anymore, and accomplished exactly none of it. Now I'm wearing my last clean pair of suit pants, considering the finer points of mustard for dinner, and still haven't done anything about the schedule.
So... grocery shopping, then I'll see what I can put together on the schedule. If you have an article that you want to do in the next few weeks, PM me or post it again here after this post (so I don't have to go digging back several pages to pore over it all), and I'll get that built over the next couple of days. If no updates are made by Sunday afternoon EST, please poke me about it so I don't miss another week.
I am sorry, guys. Not good times to be your friendly-ish neighborhood admin.
*poke poke poke poke poke*
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Having seen the Wolverine mentioned several times on this page I'd like to point out that I covered it last year (http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=53536.0).
Yes, it needed two posts to fit.
Also, standing reservation on the Trebuchet, though it won't happen anytime soon...
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*poke poke poke poke poke*
Yeah, I know. To be fair, I did glance in, and despite my request I had exactly ZERO PMs or responses in the thread regarding people's claims, and as I said I don't have the time to dig back through page after page here to find claims. A little bummed there, but I suppose it's probably my fault more than anything. Regardless, the call still stands, if you have an article, SAY SOMETHING IN THIS THREAD AFTER THIS POST OR PM ME, and I'll get it on the schedule. Right now, I have nothing. Bummer.
That said, if no one has anything for this week I can toss they Eyrie up. (With the partial wing, jets, and talons, tossing it up could make for an interesting landing anyway!)
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Having seen the Wolverine mentioned several times on this page I'd like to point out that I covered it last year (http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=53536.0).
Yes, it needed two posts to fit.
I was more lamenting that you had, since now I can't (though you did a remarkable job, and by the way thanks for the kind mention). In the context of long articles, the fact you needed two posts perhaps proves we were right to think of that mech.
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To be fair, last time as this time, you offered a post option, which it seems everyone took (perhaps lazyness, though it only saves a click or two, or perhaps to air requests publicly so as to avoid two people PMing you the same one and leaving you to be refree?)
I'll send you a PM, if that's what you'd sooner have.
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I was more lamenting that you had, since now I can't (though you did a remarkable job, and by the way thanks for the kind mention). In the context of long articles, the fact you needed two posts perhaps proves we were right to think of that mech.
Heh. CWD may have started the series, but I very much feel it was you who turned it into what it is today and your articles certainly always stand the test of time!
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Kinder words than I deserve (as much as the vain part of me longs to hear them). My greatest contribution was probably in throwing the doors open to all, rather than keeping an iron grip on the series (which the vain part of me has always had mixed feelings about; I do seem to be a jerk deep down). I am glad it comes from you, since I still think of 'smart armor' when reading these.
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Yeah, I know. To be fair, I did glance in, and despite my request I had exactly ZERO PMs or responses in the thread regarding people's claims, and as I said I don't have the time to dig back through page after page here to find claims. A little bummed there, but I suppose it's probably my fault more than anything. Regardless, the call still stands, if you have an article, SAY SOMETHING IN THIS THREAD AFTER THIS POST OR PM ME, and I'll get it on the schedule. Right now, I have nothing. Bummer.
That said, if no one has anything for this week I can toss they Eyrie up. (With the partial wing, jets, and talons, tossing it up could make for an interesting landing anyway!)
I collected bunch of claims near the middle of this page (assuming forum standard posts per page setting). Figured you'd see them...
As for 'Mechs, i got Thunder, Lao Hu, Thanatos and Tian-zong ready to go. Though i'll yield this week for the Eyrie if possible.
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I collected bunch of claims near the middle of this page (assuming forum standard posts per page setting). Figured you'd see them...
As for 'Mechs, i got Thunder, Lao Hu, Thanatos and Tian-zong ready to go. Though i'll yield this week for the Eyrie if possible.
Yeah, Eyrie just needs to actually get posted either Thursday evening or Friday morning (depending on what time I get home from my Star Wars game), it's written and all. Simple and quick one, there's no variants (to my dismay), so it wasn't hard to do. I'll toss it up.
I have Empyrus and Iron Mongoose (and myself), I'll get the original post modified when I get home tonight and add on anyone else joining in as I hear from them.
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Anyone up for the Rabid Coyote? The only article listed for it in the directory is lost to time and the interwebs. I want to say that might've been one of IM's, from the days of yore?
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I recall doing that one. I haven't thought much about it since, I'll confess (the Savage Coyote I did around the same time I like better) but I could probably dig something up, if no one who's followed the Coyotes more closely wants to take a stab at it.
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Got as much updated as I could find, but nothing SCHEDULED past this week so I could figure out who has article ready and who is just claiming something. I'll try to get that set later today or tomorrow.
One thing I do want to bring up is that there's a lot of claims lately on doing entire series (all the Ost Mechs, all the Celestials, etc.) all in one article. Please... don't do that. First it means articles that are absolutely enormous, which sucks to read through. It also makes it a lot of work for the writer- as both Scotty and I can attest, that's not fun to deal with. And perhaps above all else, if you take an entire series, it means less for other fans to work on. If you want to do an article about the Mad Cat, awesome- if you want to do one that includes the II, III, IV, etc., just break it into four articles. Please?
And perhaps most important of all, if you have a claim on something because you think you might want to do it a year or so from now and don't want someone else to do it instead... please, don't do that. If you have the time, write it up. If you don't, let someone else and just leave comments on their article instead. Some of these have sat around for a long time, and keeping it on perma-hold doesn't do anyone in the community any good.
Anyway, if you see something on the schedule that needs changing, let me know and I'll dive in at it when I get a chance (PM is the best bet right now, as that alerts me by E-mail, and my time for browsing the forums over the next couple of weeks is going to be a bit hard to predict)
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I'd like to take a crack at the Rabid Coyote but it may be a little while before I get to it with some other BattleTech-related items on my plate. (Not nearly as fun, unfortunately.)
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Cephalus article is written and finished, unless I have some more ideas between now and whenever it gets posted.
Also, you still have the Storm Raider on the requests but it was scooped up by me and posted a bit ago....unless by leaving it up there you're saying my article was as uninspiring and forgettable as the Storm Raider itself can be :'(
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Cephalus article is written and finished, unless I have some more ideas between now and whenever it gets posted.
Also, you still have the Storm Raider on the requests but it was scooped up by me and posted a bit ago....unless by leaving it up there you're saying my article was as uninspiring and forgettable as the Storm Raider itself can be :'(
*sigh* I missed one, it's not an indication that I'm dissatisfied with an article, it's an oversight. I apologize.
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With respect to my 'claim' to the Ost mechs, it began life as a joke, and seeing that another had prior claim, I think it should return to the realm of jokes. Perhaps I'll have just the Ostscout (an interesting and fulfilling mech in it's own right) for myself and leave GreekFire to the Ostroc and Ostsol in what way is deemed best.
As for scheduling, I can do the Wyrm any time, but the others need more research.
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GreekFire has been absent for over a year, so i'd say any claims he has made are free now.
Whatever happened to him anyway?
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Seems true. That said, I disappeared for like four years, so who am I to speak? That said, it's still best that the super suffer fest remain a joke. I'll do the Ostscout sooner rather than later, and then work on to the other members of the family bit by bit.
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*sigh* I missed one, it's not an indication that I'm dissatisfied with an article, it's an oversight. I apologize.
Come on Hellbie, you know I'm just messing with ya O0
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If someone has an article they want to put up, go for it. After another failure on my end, I'd rather someone put up something decent. Eyrie is on hold for the foreseeable.
Sorry guys. I'd like to say I'll get better at this, but after this much time we all know that's not going to happen.
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Fine, i'll post Thunder then.
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If someone has an article they want to put up, go for it. After another failure on my end, I'd rather someone put up something decent. Eyrie is on hold for the foreseeable.
Sorry guys. I'd like to say I'll get better at this, but after this much time we all know that's not going to happen.
This post doesn't make sense to me. I have yet to read an article written by you that I didn't find both enjoyable and informative.
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This post doesn't make sense to me. I have yet to read an article written by you that I didn't find both enjoyable and informative.
I am inclined to concur with my esteemed colleague. We think you're awesome, Hellbie.
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[stupid]
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The one he wrote on the Exterminator where he used the Chameleon LPS on the text was rather annoying....
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Hellbie your articles are great, you're like a friend I know, she's an artist, a DAMN good one, but she's the most self critical person I know. Don't be so hard on yourself matey!
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So, looking ahead for this week, there are several options.
Helbie could do the Eyrie. He's said he's on hold, which is somewhat open ended, and so if we take him at his word we should ignore this. But, it's also belived that the article does in fact exist, so perhaps it shouldn't be entirely overlooked, either.
I've offered to put up my Great Wyrm. Though I did do that mech before, it is an all new article that reflects ongoing conversations and developments in the world and in the story. It's a pretty curt little affair, and the mech isn't particularly well known or liked, but at least no one will be able to accuse the Mech of the Week of being too Clan Mongoose focused (not that that would be a bad thing).
Or, we could have Empyrus do the Lao Hu. It is fitting, since we just digested the Thunder, and doing the two back to bad would offer a lot of opportunity to compare and contrast and have both fresh in our minds, rather than having a week or two off in between. If there were to be an objection, it would be that the democratized mech of the week system does seem to favor rotating authors to ensure that all the many, many names listed on the front page get their day in the son. This particular author wouldn't raise any objection in this case, but I'm but one voice.
We know wantec has the Cephalus ready. I don't know a damn thing about the mech, so I'd be keen to learn more, but perhaps those who know more may not share my opinion.
Elcor05 may be ready with the Ha Otako or may need editing (if you need help, I've been known to lend a hand, though I'm a pretty poor editor at the best of times; many other authors are available as better options, though again I can't speak for them).
I think Giovanni mentions being able to do something at some point, though at this point its several pages back to get there.
Unrelated note, how did the last thread last five and change years in 50 pages, while this one has hit nine in but half a year? Though of course, it went the first five or so years with no thread at all, so perhaps its just the upward trend.
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I have no preference one way or another. I'm fine reading about something else, fine posting mine.
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I had a reply post and two PMs within the first ten minutes of posting pointing out how bad the Eyrie article was, which is why it left as quickly as it did. If it gets revisited at some point, it will be a ground-up rebuild, and honestly I don't have that in me this week at the very least- you guys deserve a real article about it, not something that is as poor as I apparently did, and that'll take some time. (I've also scrapped the mostly-assembled Shrike article for the same reasons- clearly I need to re-evaluate what I'm doing with my writing at this point and not make the same mistakes that sank this. Honestly I'm kind of ashamed to leave the Gyrfalcon and Scorpion articles up, but removing them now would also remove the discussion posts, and I'd rather not do that.)
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1) Since Helbie has withdrawn, I'll have the Shrike, though in a week or a month. This isn't really my priority message, but I want it on the first line so if someone skims later, it's easy to spot than buried under a paragraph that is more important but long.
2) Helbie, I'd caution you against being your own worst critic. I didn't see the Eyrie article, but looking at the Gyrfalcon and Scorpion which you disparage, I see nothing to be ashamed of. No gross errors in editing (though many have seen over the years that this is not my strong point), the prose flows well and is readable, and the analysis is through and insightful. Now, I won't argue that it's your best work, or that it stands with the all time greats of the series. But its better than some work I've published, and at least as good as a fair few other articles from other authors (who I don't think would be ashamed of the comparison).
Now, we know you've got a lot going on in your life. Most everyone does (I might be a key exception, now that my daughter is finally in all day school, and even then I've got plenty to do). No one expects a masterpiece every go, something that's had tens of hours spent on it. Mostly, I'll do my research over the week in my free time, waiting for things or in the bathroom or what have you, and then spend an hour or two one day on writing, with maybe ten minutes for a last read through day of (again, that lets lots of editing errors slip through). If the Scorpion is the sort of thing that you can pound out in a morning or an evening in your free time, then while again it won't win too much hardware at the Mech of the Week awards (back when there were also tanks and fighters and warships all the time, I always thought we should have those), it will be more than good enough.
Lastly, I'd love to take the look at the unpublished Shrike article. If you'd sooner, I'll give it a look and offer my commentary to improve it, or just intersperse my own to add "interest" and banter. Or, if you're committed to leaving your work in the dark, then I'll just use it as a research aid for my own work (the Shrike isn't a mech I have the level of familiarity with as I do something like an Archer or Stormcrow).
3) It still leaves this week unsolved. I too I'm easy about what should take place, but I'd sooner not settle it day off if we can. If anyone else wants to weigh in, let their voice count first. But, if not, I'll vote for the Lao Hu, since I like the idea of seeing that discussion about the Thunder evolve and being able to put the two in context.
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Like you said the Lao Hu fits theme-wise with the Thunder. And, yes my Cephalus article is ready whenever it's requested. So my vote is the Lao Hu if it's ready to go.
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I just got back from out of town and probably won't have the Ha Otoko, but it'll probably be ready next week. Iron Mongoose I'd love more eyes on it once its done.
Also I also vote Lao Hu for consistency's sake.
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That's three votes for Lao Hu already (i abstained from voting).
I reckon it is all right if i'll post Lao Hu? Not sure how i'll be home tomorrow and i'm currently completely free. A bit early for MotW though (but not unusual for me).
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Well, three votes and two abstinations is probability a quorum, so whenever you're ready.
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Is there anything I can write a piece on?
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Is there anything I can write a piece on?
The first post in the thread (which is pretty current) says Zeus-X and Rabid Coyote have been requested. Although I think the Rabid Coyote has been claimed.
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Is there anything I can write a piece on?
The Koschei has never been done.
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The first post in the thread (which is pretty current) says Zeus-X and Rabid Coyote have been requested. Although I think the Rabid Coyote has been claimed.
Yes it has!
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Want the Commando? I built most of the article a while back (actually New Years, before it got bumped out of the way), but since it's in the same style as the Eyrie and other articles of mine it's probably not really in postable format at this point. I'd rather someone else write these Mechs up than do it myself and ruin them, so if you want that one it's all yours.
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Sure i'll do the Commando :) There's more than a few variants so gimme some time to do it.
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I wish the Mechwarrior 2 Mercenaries variant of the Commando had been canonized.
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Is that the one with the dual Gauss rifles?
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A dual-Gauss Rifle Commando?
No, it drops the SRM 4 to add two more medium lasers and armor.
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It's one of my favorites although sometimes I'd prefer one more laser and another ton of SRM ammo.
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What are we getting today, the Cephalus? Something else?
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Sure I can post that one
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Just a quick note that any ideas i had about writing about the Celestial OmniMechs will be cancelled without further notice. I just won't be having time (or interest) to write about them anytime soon. BattleTech video game won't help any :D (Maybe for Christmas but this ain't a promise.)
Still got Thanatos and Tian-Zong articles ready to post as needed, though PMing me might be needed for me to notice stuff, unsure how actively i'll be frequenting the board. I'll write about the Bombardier later this year for sure.
Summer kinda throws a wrench in any and all plans, somehow.
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We don't seem to be having any article for this week?
Shall i post Tian-zong or Thanatos, or does someone else having something going up late?
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The Tian-zong sounds nice.
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I can post it in few hours (4-5 maybe), unless someone else wants to post something. ****** neighbors screwed up my schedule for everything today...
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Been doing research on the Hyena and the Diomede, but don't think I could have either ready for today with a sick kid.
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Just a quick note that any ideas i had about writing about the Celestial OmniMechs will be cancelled without further notice.
I'd be willing to take a stab at writing an article for at least one Celestial. If the audience doesn't think that my trial run is wretched or horrible and time allows for it in the future, I could possibly write others.
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I'd be willing to take a stab at writing an article for at least one Celestial. If the audience doesn't think that my trial run is wretched or horrible and time allows for it in the future, I could possibly write others.
No one I think will stand in your way. Just say which you want to start with, so no one duplicates your work unnecessarily.
Do be mindful, you may not want to go first of the series, or you may want to do it at a time when you or another author is working on another in the series, because I feel it can be desirable to talk about the Celestial series in the proper context (see the recent article on the Cephalus, which puts it in the context of the Society forces very nicely). Now, that's a super high standard and no one will hold you to it, to be sure. But, if you really want to challenge yourself, then I think that's the challenge. I've done the series in the past, so I could lend a hand, or do one of the mechs you don't, if you would like.
As to next week, I'll take it with the Great Wyrm. After that, up in the air.
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I was giving some thought to doing either the Grigori and/or Deva. Does anyone have a preference on either one they would want to see first?
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About the Celestials, i'll note that 3 of them are already covered. Archangel, Seraph and Deva are covered, by Kopfjager (who hasn't been around since 2014). Malak has an alpha strike article.
Personally i thought about writing about each one (thus doubling for the already covered ones) because that way they all would have consistent tone, and i'd have an "introductory" article for them as well. Neatly covering seven days.
I don't think neither intro article nor consistent tone are necessary though.
I'll post the Tian-zong in a moment, i just need to fire up my other computer...
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Ouch, looks like i forgot to do some editing before finishing writing the Tian-zong article... Edits might appear...
EDIT Hmph. Not my finest article, but passable. Somewhat disjointed perhaps, but not going to re-arrange everything now.
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About the Celestials, i'll note that 3 of them are already covered. Archangel, Seraph and Deva are covered, by Kopfjager (who hasn't been around since 2014). Malak has an alpha strike article.
Personally i thought about writing about each one (thus doubling for the already covered ones) because that way they all would have consistent tone, and i'd have an "introductory" article for them as well. Neatly covering seven days.
I don't think neither intro article nor consistent tone are necessary though.
Grigori it is then. I have been giving some thought this afternoon about an intro piece to tie things together with other designs. Was there ever a previous article on the MD done reviewing their various cybernetic implants?
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I have a draft put together for the Grigori. If anyone wants to provide constructive criticism I'll be happy to send it to them to review.
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So who's got something ready for this week? I don't recall seeing any claims on this week, so I thought I'd get the conversation rolling before we get to Friday & the weekend.
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I got the Thanatos ready. But keep that as back-up for now.
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I've not even started on the Commando yet so go ahead.
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I'd mentioned my intentions for this week in my post of the 27th, but if someone else is chomping at the bit, I won't deny them.
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I'd mentioned my intentions for this week in my post of the 27th, but if someone else is chomping at the bit, I won't deny them.
And that's why I asked. I totally missed it at the end of your post.
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The pitfalls of being long winded, I suppose.
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Double-checking Iron Mongoose's post ;) it looks like nothing's set in stone for this week. How are everyone's articles coming along? Anyone have something ready and a strong desire to post it?
If not I have one ready, but it might bury everyone with the text involved, 4250 words according to MS Word.
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I fell behind because I started an online Masters program. Sorry.
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I fell behind because I started an online Masters program. Sorry.
Hey don't worry about. A Master's program is definitely more important than this.
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Hey don't worry about. A Master's program is definitely more important than this.
You'd think so, but my heart's not in it. I'm really just trying to squeeze the last few months out of my GI Bill payments out of the government.... Still, have to pass the classes or else the government takes the money back and it's already been spent on stuff like rent and groceries.
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You'd think so, but my heart's not in it. I'm really just trying to squeeze the last few months out of my GI Bill payments out of the government.... Still, have to pass the classes or else the government takes the money back and it's already been spent on stuff like rent and groceries.
Is it at least something useful? Last time a friend from the boards took a break for a masters, it was to study Coptic language.
As to articles, if you look closely, buried in my post four pages back you'll see... I got nothing.
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I've no issue with wanted casting Wall of Text.
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I have done a write up on the Grigori. I can post it if you guys want when i get home from work tomorrow.
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Go for the Grigori. I'm still debating whether or not to split my wall of text into smaller articles and if so, how to do it.
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Article is up. Sorry about the delay. Had a lousy day at work yesterday and decided to go out afterwards.
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No need to appologise Fire :) I'm gonna work on the Commando this week too so we'll have that ready. Lots of variants for the lil thing :)
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Article is up. Sorry about the delay. Had a lousy day at work yesterday and decided to go out afterwards.
To paraphrase Napoleon, after a good day at work, you deserve to go out. After a bad day at work, you need to go out.
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Good luck with that. There are quote a few variants of the Commando out there. Funny enough, the one with the Large Laser they included in HBS game is one I don't think I ever have seen on the table and completely forgotten about until it started lighting up my forces in the first few games.
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As most people have enjoyed the article and not ripped it to shreds I'd be happy to cover the last two Celestials. I can try and have another done this week or bow out for anyone else that wants or would like to do one.
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I'll step in and throw the Commando at the board this Friday week :) Gives you a break and less pressure that way :)
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I'll also put the Commando IIC in the Commando article, its basically a variant of the Commando and is its brother from another mother. No point in writing a MoTW about the Commy IIC as its a single machine type, so might as well put it in there too.
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After some thought and a rereading, the wall-'o-text article has been split in two. Part one is slimmed down to 2400 words, and Part two is 2100 words. I can fit those in whenever in the schedule, although it's probably best to keep them close by.
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Blimey Wantec, what Mech's that for?
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Finished the Diomede article a bit earlier than expected, so rather than sit on it until tomorrow, the inaugural WorkMech Wednesday's going to be a bit early for some this week.
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Perfectly timed for this hemisphere. Not my fault you Yankees are running late ;)
And nice article, Gio ... I gotta kitbash one of them these days, to go with my complete collection of Dig Lords. And on that note ... mind covering that family next? Include the bitsy MiningMech in with it, if you don't mind.
W.
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Got an outstanding request for the Hyena I'll probably do next week, but I'll add them in for the week after. :)
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Seeing as my Penetrator article is basically complete, I'm thinking I'd like to have a crack at the Nexus and Nexus II next...
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Go for it Getz :) The Nexii evolved from the lemon that was the Jackrabbit into a nice lil family of Mechs, I'm sure it will be a great article :)
I should have the Commando up at some point today, just working on final points and editing.
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Dig Lord article will probably be next week at this point.
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:'( I shall cultivate patience, and find someone in the office to accept the ritual penance.
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Hi there,
Marauder648's article on the Commando kind of got me inspired, so I was wondering... is there any vacancy in the MOTW schedule? ;D
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Hi there,
Marauder648's article on the Commando kind of got me inspired, so I was wondering... is there any vacancy in the MOTW schedule? ;D
Sure, there's always room for more. There's only two real requirements around here, 1) Check the Fan Article Directory Thread here (http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=174.msg1139#msg1139) to make sure the 'Mech you want hasn't been done recently and 2) check the MUL to make sure you don't miss any variants.
As for a particular date, there's a few articles written and waiting, but I don't think any order has been set right now. Here's what I see as finished & waiting to post:
Wantec - Mystery Mega Article, Parts 1 & 2
Getz - Penetrator
Firesproket - 2x Celestials (possibly finished, I forget which ones)
Any others I'm missing?
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I'm gonna do the Merlin and welcome aboard Kidd :)
I was originally gonna do the Pouncer then I remembered i'd done that :s the master list might need a bit of updating.
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Sure, there's always room for more. There's only two real requirements around here, 1) Check the Fan Article Directory Thread here (http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=174.msg1139#msg1139) to make sure the 'Mech you want hasn't been done recently and 2) check the MUL to make sure you don't miss any variants.
As for a particular date, there's a few articles written and waiting, but I don't think any order has been set right now. Here's what I see as finished & waiting to post:
Wantec - Mystery Mega Article, Parts 1 & 2
Getz - Penetrator
Firesproket - 2x Celestials (possibly finished, I forget which ones)
Any others I'm missing?
Okay cool! O0 I'll try my hand at the Panther.
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Okay cool! O0 I'll try my hand at the Panther.
You know we're gonna rag on you if you fail to mention the -10K's terrible case of "Shiny Kit Syndrome". ;)
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I have yet to work on any additional writing. It is has been a busy month at work. On top of that my parents are moving next week and I am helping them out over the weekend get smaller items packed. I probably won't have another opportunity to work on writing again until the holiday weekend. The small amount of downtime I have has been sucked away with the beta.
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I have yet to work on any additional writing. It is has been a busy month at work. On top of that my parents are moving next week and I am helping them out over the weekend get smaller items packed. I probably won't have another opportunity to work on writing again until the holiday weekend. The small amount of downtime I have has been sucked away with the beta.
No problem, life happens.
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You know we're gonna rag on you if you fail to mention the -10K's terrible case of "Shiny Kit Syndrome". ;)
Hey now, the 90s were a strange time for me....
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edit: decided to remove draft from public view ::)
Well I had the Panther article planned out already, so it was quickly done. Rather long though, as there are 13 variants to cover. Ready to publish whenever... just give the word.
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Any others I'm missing?
I've got Thanatos waiting.
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I've been off the ball on writing so I have nothing ready, but the Shrike can be made ready in the span of a week when my turn comes (and since there are others more ready, it needen't come overly soon). As for the Scorpions, I'm trying to save my pennies to buy up some material I don't have, and pennies are scarcer than I wish they were, so that one won't probably be avalable till fall at best.
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Is there an updated schedule/reservation list somewhere? I've been following the thread but have lost track completely of who's doing what when and which other articles people have sitting in the tubes reward to launch.
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No, not really.
Looks like we have ready:
wantec with the second half of Superheavy
Getz with the Penitrator
Empirus with the Thanatos (almost typed Thanos)
Kidd with the Panther
Plus reservations for the Marlin, Shrike, and doubtless a few others.
Honestly, if there's some willing sucker... I mean volenteer... we might consider restarting this thread with them at the top, rather than poor Helbie (we miss you Helbie!) and then having that person coordanate things. For my part, like General Sherman I will not run if nominated nor serve if elected, but that's not to say that there isn't someone else who could. And if we're being really careful, too keep the presdential metaphor going, we should ensure the second post is by the vice-mech of the week presedent, so that if the first person has to drop out the second can step in with the second post, which is still easy to see, and not hide it seven or eleven pages in.
Or, we can just keep going willy nilly, I suppose. Or I guess if there's a willing person with mod powers to edit Helbie's post, they could take over in this thread. Just ideas.
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I'm working on my take on the Eyrie, just in case Hellbie doesn't want revise his first take. It's essentially done, but I thought of a section I wanted to add to it.
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Hey now, the 90s were a strange time for me....
When wasn't?
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Shall I put up my Penetrator article this weekend?
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Go for it Getz, i've got the Merlin ready to go if we need a lil filler.
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I'll put up the Merlin this week if we need a filler, its a small ish article as there's very few variants of it but i'll polish it up and be ready if needed.
Also I think the link to the Goshawk is down or broken, I was unable to get to it from the Mech article thread. And if needs be, i'll gladly do an article about the Goshawk.
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If you need more time, i can post Thanatos this week. Just need to do a polishing pass (if i bother) and i can post it.
And looks like Goshawk article does no longer exists for whatever reason. Search comes up effectively empty.
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Anyone interested in the Triskelion? Since we just saw all the superheavy tripods covered, why not go ahead and cover the 75 tonner? Anybody?
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Might take a stab at it, though i don't really care for it. But on the other hand... No promises though, will need to do some evaluation first.
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You can go ahead and post the Thanos :) Its got far more interesting stuff than the Merlin :D The Merlin's ready to go its more a case of emergency filler than anything :)
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Empyrus, if the Triskellion isn't up your alley I can do it.
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Panther redux+update is ready at any time.
I'll pass on the Triskelion, but are there any other Mechs or tanks not covered?
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Panther redux+update is ready at any time.
I'll pass on the Triskelion, but are there any other Mechs or tanks not covered?
Oh yes, plenty left to cover for the first time. And more that have been covered before and either didn't make it over to this version of the boards or have new variants since the last writing.
Check this list -> http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=174.msg1139#msg1139 to see what's been covered. If it's not on the list, you can give a go. Just give everyone a heads up so you don't duplicate someone else's work.
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Some 'Mechs with articles are missing from the article archive.
Speaking of missing articles, the ones i know are missing:
At least Mercury II, Battle Cobra, Pouncer, Mercury and Anubis are missing, and one Marauder IIC links to Centaur Battle Armor. There might be more, don't know.
http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=3266.msg74411#msg74411
http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=56417.msg1297191#msg1297191
http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=56231.msg1292935#msg1292935
http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=13477.msg315916#msg315916
http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=50713.msg1170528#msg1170528
Correct Marauder IIC by Kotetsu:
http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=41431.msg956334#msg956334
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I'm putting together a Goshawk article and working on redoing the Blood Kite as reading that I realise that it was A++ poop.
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Oh yes, plenty left to cover for the first time. And more that have been covered before and either didn't make it over to this version of the boards or have new variants since the last writing.
Check this list -> http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=174.msg1139#msg1139 to see what's been covered. If it's not on the list, you can give a go. Just give everyone a heads up so you don't duplicate someone else's work.
Righto.
Then I shall continue working from the bottom-up, and begin research on... the Quickdraw! (wah wah waaah...)
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Probably no WorkMech Wednesday article this week. Wife and I have been building a Shadow Hawk head for me to wear to the San Diego Comic-Con this week.
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Probably no WorkMech Wednesday article this week. Wife and I have been building a Shadow Hawk head for me to wear to the San Diego Comic-Con this week.
Post pictures, please!
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Post pictures, please!
Work in Progress posts here:
http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=54650.0
Head's done except decorations and maybe a mesh for the faceplate.
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And looks like Goshawk article does no longer exists for whatever reason. Search comes up effectively empty.
I'm putting together a Goshawk article and working on redoing the Blood Kite as reading that I realise that it was A++ poop.
Here is the Goshawk MotW (http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=52153.msg1203043#msg1203043). It was posted under its Clan name.
marauder648, if you've already put virtual pen to virtual paper, why don't you just add your thoughts to the existing thread? I prefer the MotW repository to be encyclopaedic, with thoughts and updates on a given design being bundled in one place.
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I won't re-write someone's article :) So no need :) I will re-do my Blood Kite one though as that was poorly done.
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Who's up this Friday, if no one's ready I can hurl the Merlin at the board (assuming we don't get a plague of 504's again).
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And seeing as we've had now news about Friday's MOTW i'll throw the Merlin at the board (assuming the bloody forum's working :-\ )
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Panther next week then?
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Panther next week then?
Go for it :)
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And seeing as we've had now news about Friday's MOTW i'll throw the Merlin at the board (assuming the bloody forum's working :-\ )
You had to say it, didn't you?
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You had to say it, didn't you?
MUAHAHAH!
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Finally got past the 504s. Formatting Panther, prepare for drop!
Edit: Okay, article is up. Apologies for the delay. For future reference, when do MOTWs usually get posted, Fridays or Saturdays?
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Fridays-Saturday night, usually, from my perspective. Which works out to... (late?) Fridays in US timezones, usually, i think?
IMO, don't worry about being late. Stuff happens, and this is just volunteer work done for fun so not a big deal.
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It's traditionally Friday afternoons in my experience, yes, but don't bust your chops excessively over it.
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Indeed, usually Friday, but baring in mind there's obviously time differences. I for example tend to post mine when people are mostly asleep as i'm in Ireland and many readers are in the US. There's no specific time to post it, Friday's the traditional day but it does not HAVE to be Friday.
Also bloody superb article :) Bravo sir!
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Quick! Someone post a MoTW before the WoB 504th Division shows up again!
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Have we got a MoTW for this week? I can hammer out something today if needs be.
*edit*
That's what I'm doing.
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Life and 504s have kept me from doing pretty much anything on the forums recently.
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Life and 504s have kept me from doing pretty much anything on the forums recently.
Tell me about it...
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Yay, I recovered the Dig Lord/Dig King!
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Do we have anything for this Friday or should we do something?
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I might get something (that tripod whose name i always forget) for next week or week after (no promises yet though), but nothing now.
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No worries, i'll fart out the Rabid Coyote, its only got 2 variants but is an interesting design, should have it some time tomorrow.
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I might get something (that tripod whose name i always forget) for next week or week after (no promises yet though), but nothing now.
Treskellion?
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Triskelion, yes. Stupid name, hard to remember.
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I started writing up the other two missing WoB omnis awhile ago. I could probably have one done by next week if need be.
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I started writing up the other two missing WoB omnis awhile ago. I could probably have one done by next week if need be.
Sounds awesome Firesprocket :) Saves me having to hurredly pump out filler :D
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Crap, it's already Monday. Got two days for the Jabberwocky.
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The Preta seems to be coming along quicker than the Malak so I will post it late friday after I get home from work.
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The Preta seems to be coming along quicker than the Malak so I will post it late friday after I get home from work.
Awesome :) Thank you for taking this up :)
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Put it up this morning not knowing I'd have the time where i could otherwise have done so now. I can do the Malak for next week if needed of let someone else take a day instead.
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Is there anything outstanding/requested? Wouldn't mind writing an article up this weekend, as it should be quiet at work.
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I can have the Malak done this week if no one else will have something ready.
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Feel free to write up what you want folks, there's nothing in demand IIRC, so choose something and give it a whirl :)
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I have a Devastator article ready to go up this Friday, but would appreciate the stats for the DVS-10 if anyone has them.
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I'll get them to you if I can find them.
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It should be in tech readout 3150, if that helps!
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All that's in there is it was derived from the MUSE EARTH model in XTRO Davion, used an XLFE, and mounts re-engineered lasers as a counter to advanced armors. Some polling of other members of the MUL Team suggests that the TRO3150 NTNU variants do not have released record sheets, nor am I aware of any myself.
For the record, I don't know anything about the variant personally. I didn't even know it existed until it was mentioned in here.
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In class this week from 5:30 AM to 1:30 PM each day. Depending on level of consciousness after tomorrow's class, I may or may not get a WorkMech Wednesday done this week.
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I give up on the Triskelion. Can't really say anything interesting about it... not enough to write an article. Need to do other stuff anyway.
(It is just uninspiring unlike the colossals.)
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Once I get my situation strightened out (just moved and my roommate doesn't yet understand the need to pay for full bore wired internet) I might have a look. A lot of times, uninspiring mechs are the best to write about, because you can go off on how uninspiring they are. Or, anyone else looking for a request to fill might (I'll request it, just to contrast it to the other super heavy tripods)
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I have a Devastator article ready to go up this Friday, but would appreciate the stats for the DVS-10 if anyone has them.
There is no record sheet out for it. It is just a fluff from the back of the 3150 book. If you want to go ahead and post your article this Friday, feel free. I doubt I am going to either have time or mood to finish up the Malak article by Friday. I am exhausted from work the last two days and that isn't going to change suddenly by the end of the week.
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Cool, thanks Moonsword. I'll happily post it up this Friday.
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The Malak should be ready for next week if no one else steps up.
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Apparently we are missing an article on the Wolftrap, so I'm happy to write an article about this much maligned mech for two weeks time.
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I will post the malak after I get off work this evening.
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Hey guys. I know I haven't been around for a while, things here have been a little rocky of late. I'm making an effort to get back into my gaming groove though, and I realize that means I need to get back to cracking on my promised MOTW articles. So I'll kickstart those back into gear and let you know when I'm ready to post.
In the meantime, I've got a lot of catching up to do!
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Cheers Eagle and welcome back :)
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Will we have anything for this Friday? If needs be I can bang something out.
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bang away :)
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bang away :)
Clan Crossbow it is.
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My last requests were really well done, but I have a couple of more now. First off a classic mech with the Victor. Next up, another mech I really like, the Argus. Thank you for the time and hard work as always
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I like classics, I'll take a stab at the Victor :)
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If the Argus hasn't been done and hasn't been claimed I'll be happy to do it. I probably won't have it ready for a couple weeks though as I am busy this weekend and next when my sister comes to town to visit.
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Has anyone got anything ready for the Friday just passed? If not I can find and punt something out about the Gallant.
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I should have the Argus ready for next week. I typed most of it up last night, but fell asleep before I could proof it.
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My posting may be delayed until later in the weekend. I haven't had a chance to do a proofing and won't be able to do so until Thursday or later Friday. So unless anyone wants to take my place this week, expect the Argus to most likely get posted on Saturday.
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So my FWLM-Age of War article is just about finished. Should be proofed and ready for this coming Friday. It's all in-character and it's not exactly short.
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Go for it.
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Yas do it :)
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Ingredients assembled, Victor article baking in the oven. Give me until Saturday I think.
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Anyone got anything for tomorrow or shall I bang something out?
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Gonna try getting the Wolfhound out later on today :)
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anyone got anything for today/Tomorrow?
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Dakkagor? I know he's been working on his Wolf Trap article. I'll poke him and see how he's doing.
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I'll work on an article for the Gladiator (not the Clan one) later today to put something up. Fortunately there's only 35versions of it so it'll be simple.
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So, um, how's the schedule?
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Its been insane at work and i've been knackered at the weekends to do anything :s I'll try getting the Gladiator done this weekend.
But other people are gonna need to step up.
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I'm moving to a new town and starting a new job, so things are crazy for me too. I need a couple weeks to get everything settled down and then I can crank out a couple.
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No excuses, you're all getting 20% pay cuts!
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Lemme see here. Zero from zero...take zero percentage of zero...carry the zero...
Damn. That's a huge pay cut, I'm not going to make any money!
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Sorry guys, I've been having a busy autumn at work so my Nexus article is nowhere near finished. December is usually quiet, however, so I can try and get it ready for the near future.
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There doesn't appear to be any article for the Sarath. I would be happy to put it together.
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Please do :)
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Are there any Vehicle of the Week articles planned?
Because I would like to request an article on the Clan Ishtar, one that takes the look of that particular tank and rolls with it all the way into hillarity land. ;D
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I am fairly certain that I will have the Sarath ready to publish this week. I can always look at doing a vehicle assuming it hasn't already been done.
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Sarath posted. I would have liked to have put move into the article about experience playing the design. Thus far however my games that I have used it have been a very short use time. I used a B once and spent most of the time running a long away across the field to get to the battle and then sewed some chaos. Today I used a Prime and in it's opening round of fire took an HPPC to the head :(
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It appears the Ishtar has been done once before on the old forums, but I can't find anything that has been reposted. I can write it up if others believe the old post is lost to the void.
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Would anyone be interested in doing a Mech of the Week article for the Juggernaut or Colossus?
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The Ishtar was a great article :) Gonna do more of the Clan vehicles? And I can do the Juggy.
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I had not planned to do any additional Clan Vehicles. If there is a demand I might reconsider it. Most of the older ones first printed in 3060 would be pretty much the same back stories. IO can probably look over the Colossus and put something together. I don't think it would be done by the end of this week though.
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I wish I had more free time (working over the holidays >:( ); I'd love to take a stab a MoTW
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Gonna try do the Juggy this week, been so darn busy :s
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I'm going to try getting back on track here, for my part, and start working on the Quickdraw article. I'll let you know if I can get it ready for the 19th.
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I'll make an effort at getting my Nexus article finished within the next week or two.
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I'll have the Juggernaut ready to go for this Friday, so there's no rush. I'm polishing it now.
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Sounds good, I'll shoot for next Friday then.
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Sounds good, I'll shoot for next Friday then.
And I'll form the head!
Ahem... or take the Friday after.
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I got slammed at work so I've been bushed all week. QKD article isn't ready yet. I'll get it up this weekend, but it'll be late. Sorry guys.
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I got slammed at work so I've been bushed all week. QKD article isn't ready yet. I'll get it up this weekend, but it'll be late. Sorry guys.
RL trumps everything, no worries.
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I've been holding off posting my Nexus article in case The Eagle was able to come through with his Quickdraw entry (which I am, by the way, really looking forward to) but if no one has any objections I'll put it up on Friday as it's all ready to go.
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The Eagle must fly!
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Was someone still doing the Colossus?
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Yeah, life keeps getting in the way. At this point the 16th is a more attainable goal for me.
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The article has landed.
I've been playing with a lot of Blakeist stuff recently so I think I'll do the Grand Crusader next.
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Any requests for the next one? I'm up for tackling another :)
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Gonna do the Thor/Summoner as it seems there's no article about it which is a tad strange.
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Any requests for the next one? I'm up for tackling another :)
Has there ever been one on the Marauder IIC?
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Has there ever been one on the Marauder IIC?
Think there might be even two of those.
EDIT misremembered but there is one:
https://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=41431.msg956334#msg956334
The fan article directory has wrong link, it links to Centaur Battle Armor.
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Gonna do the Thor/Summoner as it seems there's no article about it which is a tad strange.
An article was done not that long ago, some time last year. But one can never say too much about the Thor ;)
I can try to write something up this weekend. I was doing some research for the Trojan (shameless plug: go check it out :D ), I can do a MotW for the Spartan, which has definitely not seen any recent posts
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Summoner article, listed as "Summoner".
https://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php/topic,23192.0.html
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Odd, I did a search and didn't find the summoner other than in old articles. Well that saves me writing that wall of text...so many variants...
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Has the Lament been given a writeup?
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It appears not!
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Has the Lament been given a writeup?
yes: https://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=36953.msg856313#msg856313 (https://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=36953.msg856313#msg856313)
:)
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dang it :s we're running out of Mechs to do! :(
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Nope. There are some 600 different 'Mechs, current fan article directory has some 350, especially when you count few that are missed from the list.
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I'm working on a writeup of the Spartan, just in case :) I can post it this weekend if necessary
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Blimey! Well gimme one from the list, don't care what and i'll start working on it :D
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How about the Lancelot? I was looking to see if there was an article on that last night and I couldn't find one.
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How about the Lancelot? I was looking to see if there was an article on that last night and I couldn't find one.
Good call! I'll second that; the Lancelot is another that doesn't get much attention
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Okies I'll do the Lancie :)
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The Spartan is ready, I can post it when you guys want :)
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An article was done not that long ago, some time last year. But one can never say too much about the Thor ;)
I can try to write something up this weekend. I was doing some research for the Trojan (shameless plug: go check it out :D ), I can do a MotW for the Spartan, which has definitely not seen any recent posts
You were about five years off. ;)
It's still about as comprehensive a write-up as you'll ever see, and a not small contributor to why I don't do articles much anymore (that and the Banshee).
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You know, it occurs to me that it would be really useful if we could get a pinned thread with links to past MotW articles.
Of course, tracking all of them down would be a pretty large undertaking.
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You know, it occurs to me that it would be really useful if we could get a pinned thread with links to past MotW articles.
Of course, tracking all of them down would be a pretty large undertaking.
https://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=174.0
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And that thing is indeed pinned...
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I stand corrected.
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You were about five years off. ;)
It's still about as comprehensive a write-up as you'll ever see, and a not small contributor to why I don't do articles much anymore (that and the Banshee).
Oops :-[
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Hey everyone, ages ago I volunteered for the Ha Otoko and the Firestarer O. Unfortunately I didn't have the time then and took a break from the forum, and I don't have the time now. I doubt anyone is lining up to get them, but they're free game for anyone who wants them. Thanks!
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I'll pin the Hoplite down too and do one on the tic-tac with legs.
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https://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=174.0
I could do with being updated, however, and perhaps arranged alphabetically?
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I could do with being updated, however, and perhaps arranged alphabetically?
Unfortunately, the person who had been maintaining it has passed, which is why it hasn't updated in some time.
That said, the best bet in that thread is to use your browser's 'find' option, look for the name of the unit in question, and filter through the results- and check for the right spelling, of course, because as i learned once doing VotW and finding a tank wasn't on the list... if you spell it wrong, you write an article a second time and upset the original author. (I miss writing articles, I definitely don't miss the beating I took from people in PM over it.)
If anyone has the time and dedication to build a new version of the index, it's not going to be a quick or easy process, but it would have to be the hard way- only the original poster or a moderator can modify the original post, and with the former gone and the latter already overworked as it is the other option is a rebuild- and one that would need to be worked on weekly-ish, so it's a long-term project. If anyone IS interested, know what you're getting yourself into- and contact me so I can make sure it's stickied and all that.
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For a second there I thought you meant me, but then I checked and saw it was Moonsword that accidentally covered the same tank I did six months later.
What blight on fun and good times got mad at something like that? ???
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Nah, I had it happen with the Schmitt as well. (Part of the reason I stopped doing VotW... there's a lot fewer tanks out there than Mechs, and I was running out of things to cover that hadn't already been done. There's only so much to say about the 3060 flatbed truck, after all.)
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I'm pretty sure the Roadrunner hasn't got an article yet, right?
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I'm pretty sure the Roadrunner hasn't got an article yet, right?
I didn't even know that there's a canon roadrunner :o
Anybody object me posting the Spartan? It would be good to follow up the Lancelot with another SLDF ḿech
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Spartaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan away :D
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I didn't even know that there's a canon roadrunner :o
It's in the print copy of TRO: 3150. Mass of 15 tons, moves 14/21.
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It's in the print copy of TRO: 3150. Mass of 15 tons, moves 14/21.
It also is 1) a blast to use and 2) has a surprisingly great miniature. (Mine is now in charcoal grey and blood red on my shelf)
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The miniature is also smaller than some Protomechs.
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The miniature is also smaller than some Protomechs.
Which is really not the worst thing- it IS smaller than some of them. ;D
Nah, seriously, if you've not tried a Roadrunner, it's a hoot. Super-fast, high-risk/high reward stuff, the way Clan tech should be. If it works, you move fast enough no one can take advantage of your Pepsi-can armor, light off basically a pair of IS large lasers into someone's ass, and zip away to do it again in a couple of turns. If you do it wrong (or if you just end up unlucky), you're a grimy smear on the battlefield because of even small-end weaponry (I lost one to a minefield in a Megamek game a while back- both legs destroyed, I like to think the rest of the Mech continued in the air for another few hexes on sheer momentum).
The Clans don't really do zerg-rush stuff (abhorrent!), but even without that as an option it's fun to use them in hit-and-fade attacks, and the bigger the opponent the better. How infuriating must it be for some poor schmuck in a Warhammer IIC to find himself being depantsed by a skilled Roadrunner pilot, unable to strike back despite outsizing his opponent several times over?
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Gonna try get the Hoplite out today.
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I'm in process of moving and it is ****** stressful, so i was thinking i'd write as that is nice way to unwind.
Thinking of the Exterminator, it has interesting flaws and ideas. If i do write, i expect it'll be ready "today" (not my timezone though) or tomorrow.
But. I don't know if readers are reading this thread, but if they are, i will not hear any critique about my writing (factual errors aside). Not here to write professionally, so critique is completely pointless, it will just piss me off and it isn't relevant to others.
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Exterminate away!
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I'm looking forward to that. The Exterminator is a personal favourite...
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Given how quiet it is, i'm thinking another article could be fitting.
Not sure what though. I've been toying with the idea of writing about the Wight but not sure about that yet, likewise i've been thinking about the Naga and O-Bakemono but frankly i don't think i know enough about artillery. Also the Dark Age Colossals are interesting, but nothing to be done on short notice. A 'Mech from HBS Battletech game would be nice but every single one has been written about as far as i can determine!
Difficult decision.... were there any requests?
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The HawkWolf and Pathfinder have never been done. And the Trebuchet is lost to the sands of time.
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Mmm. The Trebuchet has too many variants. My keyboard seems to have been damaged while moving to my new place, it has trouble capitalizing letters (with left shift). Go figure. So, not keen on writing too long articles.
Personal preference would be the Hellspawn or Chimera but... well, too much writing, again.
A 'Mech i've been considering is the Kheper but not sure about that.
I'll take a look at the Pathfinder, seems simple enough, despite not being a big fan of retrotech.
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We still need an article on the Roadrunner.
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Well, i missed that. I barely even remember the 'Mech exists ::)
Someone else can tackle it, perhaps at the proper day to boot. I wrote the Pathfinder as a stop-gap, sorta. Starting tomorrow, my time will be taken up by need to organize everything (all my stuff is scattered all over the place still!) and playing HBS' Battletech.
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Nicely done, never even heard of the pathfinder. I'll pump out the Black Watch seeing as there's no article for it and its quite a simple one to do.
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Is there an article about the Sarath? I looked in the article index, but search turned up nothing.
Thanks!
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Is there an article about the Sarath? I looked in the article index, but search turned up nothing.
Thanks!
How about here (https://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=59810.0)?
It's a interesting Mech for sure...
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How about here (https://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=59810.0)?
It's a interesting Mech for sure...
D'oh! Thanks.
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Can I request a MotW on a specific model of Trebuchet? I'm interested in the TBT-K7R "RepoMech", and its immediate ancestor, the -XK7. They're distinct enough from other Trebs that a standalone article seems justified to me.
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There doesn't seem to be a Trebuchet article in the first place.
(I think someone said they have long-term claim on the article for the 'Mech until they get around writing it?)
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There doesn't seem to be a Trebuchet article in the first place.
(I think someone said they have long-term claim on the article for the 'Mech until they get around writing it?)
Some of those 'long term claims' go back a few years, and sometimes to people who don't even come here anymore. To me, that's ridiculous- if they're going to write the article, do it, or let someone else.
See if you can find the person who wanted to do it, send them a note, if you haven't heard back after a reasonable amount of time just go for it.
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Some of those 'long term claims' go back a few years, and sometimes to people who don't even come here anymore. To me, that's ridiculous- if they're going to write the article, do it, or let someone else.
See if you can find the person who wanted to do it, send them a note, if you haven't heard back after a reasonable amount of time just go for it.
Seyla! I'll also have the Blackwatch done for tomorrow.
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It looks like I never got around to the Rabid Coyote. I should rectify that one of these days...
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It looks like I never got around to the Rabid Coyote. I should rectify that one of these days...
Mmmmm, munchboat. I dig it. :thumbsup:
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We still need an article on the Roadrunner.
I saw this, I was inspired. The Article is done, I just need to be put on the schedule.
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I saw this, I was inspired. The Article is done, I just need to be put on the schedule.
Make that next week then, perhaps? Friday 18th?
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Can we stop with the extra bits in the titles? Early, late, doesn't really matter, but it makes it a little hard to search for an article when they all have the padded titles. Just post it when it's ready, no one really minds if it's not right on time- there's no set timetable anyway.
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Make that next week then, perhaps? Friday 18th?
Works for me!
It was an easy one given only one variant...
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There's an old Mad Cat Mk II article, but there have been five variants for the mech published since then. Maybe someone would be interested in doing a new write up?
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There's an old Mad Cat Mk II article, but there have been five variants for the mech published since then. Maybe someone would be interested in doing a new write up?
Always wanted to do that one... one of those new versions was my bastard love-child. >:D Looking forward to seeing what someone does with it.
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I had requested the Blackjack some time ago. Seems like someone said they’d get to it but that was....I’m not sure, probably over a year ago. If no one wants it, I might give it a whirl myself, but I actually play (tabletop or MegaMek) so seldom that I don’t really feel qualified to do it justice on that side of things. Anyone want to give it a shot, or should I? (There is one old article listed on the reference thread, but it’s from 2004, so it would be woefully out of date even if it isn’t lost to the sands of time)
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New rule, dibs on article writing expires if you don't do it within 60-90 days?
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Seems reasonable.
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New rule, dibs on article writing expires if you don't do it within 60-90 days?
Aye, perfectly reasonable.
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Then let's give everyone with Dibs 60-90 days (90 seems the better option) to prep an article or drop it.
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Wow, yeah, that would be me on both counts.
Since I really meant those "dibs"... what, 5 years ago? and RL may get hectic come June, what about this?
Trebuchet May 25
Blackjack June 1
Would that work?
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I am still working (slowly) on my Grand Crusader article
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I’ve just noticed that there’s apparently no article for the Awesome, just a couple of notes in the directory of a lost article from ‘05. Considering how much of a mainstay it is, that really shocks me. Anyone want to tackle it?
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I'll take it.
Beats the Chimera.
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Speaking of the Chimera, i might write about it.
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I'll take it.
Beats the Chimera.
I'd certainly hope that an Awesome could beat a Chimera. ^-^
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The original model Chimera, definitely. The later sword-packing one? That Awesome might need to luck out a little...
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Forgot about that variant. Yeah, a 7/11/7 with a nasty laser array and TSM could inflict some serious pain while maneuvering enough to prevent the Awesome from getting a decent shot at it.
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Hellbie's mention of the sword Chimera elsewhere is what made me think of MOTWing it. It really is something... someone go for it.
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It is pretty nasty all right... but i can't tolerate asymmetric jump jet arrangements. So annoying.
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Sorry! Posting roadrunner tonight!
Also, if someone wants art for the Chimera, I have some cool stuff...
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Sorry! Posting roadrunner tonight!
Also, if someone wants art for the Chimera, I have some cool stuff...
You did the resculpt for the mini, no? I remember the preview renders looked pretty good.
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Check this out:
(https://imgur.com/a5i4GBX.png)
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That's helluva solid.
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Wow, that actually looks dangerous.
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TBT will be posted sometime this weekend. I had health and work issues to tend to this week. Apologies.
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TBT will be posted sometime this weekend. I had health and work issues to tend to this week. Apologies.
How dare you have health issues, you monster. GET BACK TO PROVIDING US FREE CONTENT! :p
Seriously, though, it's all right. Taking care of yourself is important.
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Check this out:
(https://imgur.com/a5i4GBX.png)
Huh. ???
From that angle, it kinda looks like a hybrid between the legs of a Chimera and the upper torso and arms(well, one arm) of a Hunchback IIC! And that sword looks more like a X-Men Wolverine style claw/retractable blade. ^^
But I like it! Nobody ever said that a sword had to be held in the hand and honestly, this looks a lot more how I would imagine a sword/hatchet mounted on a Mech! :D
Oh by the way... some time ago I asked if someone could do an article on the Madcat Mk. III. We have MotW's for all other versions of the Timber Wolf/Mad Cat, this is the only one missing. Is there still someone planning to do it, or has real life thrown a wrench in that? I fully understand if that's the case(RL always comes first), I just wanted to ask.
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How dare you have health issues, you monster. GET BACK TO PROVIDING US FREE CONTENT! :p
Seriously, though, it's all right. Taking care of yourself is important.
Ayup, things with higher priority kept on coming up all over the weekend. Including daytime sleep. :-\
That said, my rationale stands: things (unrelated to health) will get more hectic and I will want to post both MotW - both the TBT-** (which I *did* start work on) and the BJ-* - by next weekend. TBT hopefully early in the week, but on Thursday at the latest. In that case, the Blackjack will be delayed until Sunday 3rd.
Again, apologies.
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Since I don't see any other MOTWs up, I've gone and put up the Awesome.
Hmm. I'm game for the Mad Cat II if no one else is.
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Has anyone started to work on a Sun Spider article? Or a Roughneck one?
I mean, I know both of those aren't canon yet, but a MotW for machines with convertible stats (And have been stated as planned-for-canon, IIRC) but are only apocryphal as of yet isn't normal, but I've found both are designs with some merit.
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Has anyone started to work on a Sun Spider article? Or a Roughneck one?
I mean, I know both of those aren't canon yet, but a MotW for machines with convertible stats (And have been stated as planned-for-canon, IIRC) but are only apocryphal as of yet isn't normal, but I've found both are designs with some merit.
I would like these to be honest. I am a big fan of the roughneck.
Request for a canon unit however, The Pegasus
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The Pegasus is a hovercraft, not a mech. Unless you meant the Perseus.
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I'm up for doing one, anyone got any suggestions?
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I would like these to be honest. I am a big fan of the roughneck.
Request for a canon unit however, The Pegasus
I think I'll set up two seperate MOTW style-things and put them up the week of the MWO 2018 Championship. Anyone got any agreement on that?
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I'm up for doing one, anyone got any suggestions?
Outside of trying to figure out what the archive is and is not available and thus could use an update, I'd like to get another person's take on the Hound. It doesn't look like it had been reviewed previously and it is only the one chassis.
Now that the Stanley Cup finals are over, I'll probably take a crack at writing up something new. I might take a stab at one of those archived mechs that is no longer available.
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Sure I can do the Hound for this Friday if we need something :)
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The Pegasus is a hovercraft, not a mech. Unless you meant the Perseus.
Yes I did, it got removed by the author, however if we could grab a VoTW with Pegasus as well that works.
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I removed the Perseus MOTW (and most of my other articles) for eventual rewriting. Just went over them one day and decided, "nah, i can't have these up, not as they are".
The Perseus article is unfortunately one of those that need a bit more work, i think, as i ended up disliking the 'Mech.
Of course, if someone wants to write their own take on the 'Mech, be my guest.
There's a separate Vehicle of the Week schedule thread stickied. Not exactly active, but then again there are no people making requests, recommend placing that Pegasus request there, perhaps someone will do that.
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-= Peeks out from around a corner and slowly, tentatively raises a hand. =- I heard the Perseus mentioned on offer?
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I did write an article for it (last year?) but i don't like the 'Mech and as a result i don't think the article ended up good at all.
So, not problem from my end if you want to write about it. Saves me from needing to revise my article at all, i can just pretend it never happened.
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That's a fairly common sentiment for the Perseus.
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I can't seem to find an article on the Anzu. Since the mini just got released, that's a flaw that should be corrected.
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-= Waves a purple flag =- Shall I add it to my list?
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There was an article, but it was removed for whatever reason: https://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php/topic,32044.0.html
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If memory serves, Gespenst was having issues with other people on the boards and decided to up-stakes and take his article with him. He's back around so if he still has a copy of his article and can be convinced to repost it, I'm totally fine with that. From what I recall, it was an excellent read.
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I've just spotted we don't have an article for the Piranah, i'll do one later. Have we got a MoTW to go for today/tomorrow?
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Does not appear so. I am working on the Pegasus that some requested for votd.
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Okay i'll work on the Piranah and hopefully have it up today.
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I should be able to post the Mad Cat Mk II tomorrow.
I notice the Hellbringer has been lost to the mists of time. Can somebody do that one?
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I would but with me being mad busy at work and then exhausted afterwards (thank you Battle for Azeroth!) I'm not sure if I could do it as I'm going home and then zonking out after work and the last thing I wanna do is spend hours staring at a computer after doing it all day.
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Hellbringer has article, it is just typoed in the list. "Hellberinger" perhaps.
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Hi everyone.
For those who remember me - I'm back. Real life has been something else during these past few years, but now I feel like I'm ready to come back to these forums and maybe write a bit again.
For those who don't remember me: whassup.
If anyone wants a MotW done, and done proper: I'll take the first request I get and run with it. No ETA, but I'll post it the moment I'm done.
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Wait, this is a 2017 thread. We need to rename this thread to get a new and improved 2018 version.
Any mods able to do that?
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MotW hasn't been that active really, no one's been bothered by the wrong year.
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Welcome back Greek Fire :) I remmeber you :)
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Nice to see you back.
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Hi everyone.
For those who remember me - I'm back. Real life has been something else during these past few years, but now I feel like I'm ready to come back to these forums and maybe write a bit again.
For those who don't remember me: whassup.
If anyone wants a MotW done, and done proper: I'll take the first request I get and run with it. No ETA, but I'll post it the moment I'm done.
Welcome back. Wish we had new protomech designs for you. Still appreciate your past series on them.
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Welcome back! Long time!
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Nice to see some old faces. I hope everyone's doing well.
If people are willing we can get a schedule going again. I just got a request to do the Svartalfa, so lemme put that up. I'm a bit out of the loop, so if you're working on an article or would like to reserve one, just leave a message here and I'll edit this post with everyone's reservations/requests/whatever.
UPCOMING
GreekFire: Svartalfa - ETA: Unknown
RESERVED
Tbd
REQUESTED
TBD
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I'll note that we discussed about reservations earlier, someone suggested that they stay up 90 days or so if there is no further talk about them, to avoid eternity projects.
Dunno if that became "official".
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I'm pretty sure it did since everybody agreed it was a good idea.
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I'll note that we discussed about reservations earlier, someone suggested that they stay up 90 days or so if there is no further talk about them, to avoid eternity projects.
Dunno if that became "official".
That's more than reasonable. Or if two people want to do the same write-up, but one person hasn't shown signs of life for a while, then PMs can probably resolve the issue.
But in any case people can write about whatever they want whenever they want anyway. It's not like they're gonna get banned for writing about something that's been covered.
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I'm going to try do an article for the Javelin over the next few days.
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Was that Mad Cat Mk II article ever completed?
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I have it ready to go. Will post it some time later today.
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My Grand Crusader article is finished. I'll post it up on Friday.
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CHeers :D
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Ah, the Grand Crusader. The big lump not even the Word liked, so they made a second one that was even worse.
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The deed is done.
Ah, the Grand Crusader. The big lump not even the Word liked, so they made a second one that was even worse.
There are actually four Grand Crusader variants, and in my opinion the two more obscure ones (the 02 and 03) are easily the best. That said, it's still not a great machine by any standards - there's a reason I own three Legacy miniatures but only one "Grand Cru."
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So long as nobody objects, I think I'll do the Crab next.
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So long as nobody objects, I think I'll do the Crab next.
No one could possibly object to that!
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So long as nobody objects, I think I'll do the Crab next.
The 'Mech or is it a write-up about Hellbie?
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The deed is done.
There are actually four Grand Crusader variants, and in my opinion the two more obscure ones (the 02 and 03) are easily the best. That said, it's still not a great machine by any standards - there's a reason I own three Legacy miniatures but only one "Grand Cru."
I was primarily referring to its appearance. Though the reseen did get saddled with LGR Disease.
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Ayup, things with higher priority kept on coming up all over the weekend. Including daytime sleep. :-\
That said, my rationale stands: things (unrelated to health) will get more hectic and I will want to post both MotW - both the TBT-** (which I *did* start work on) and the BJ-* - by next weekend. TBT hopefully early in the week, but on Thursday at the latest. In that case, the Blackjack will be delayed until Sunday 3rd.
Again, apologies.
This seems to be jymset's most recent post on the forums. I sent him a PM a few weeks ago, but haven't had a response. Much as I think I'm not the guy or it (because I rarely get a chance to play the game, on tabletop or MegaMek), I may go ahead and give the Blackjack a shot myself.
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Didn't we get an article on the Blackjack Star League and Succession Wars variants this year?
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A quick search of the Fan Articles board isn't showing anything like that, but it could just be that my search-fu is weak.
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https://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=48989.msg1130600#msg1130600
I did it a while back. But thats the Omni one, not the standard one.
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I kind of dropped off the face of the Earth (well, RL pushed me off, truth be told) but I'm back. I'm thinking of doing a writeup for the War Dog this weekend, unless there are any objections? :)
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I've not had any chance to do a MoTW this week, just too busy at work, i'll try work on it Thursday/Friday.
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What mech are we getting this week?
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Not sure, which one are you doing?
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Anyone working on a Helios article? If not, I'll take a crack at it. I don't have a lot of free time, so it might take a few months.
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I don't seem to see anything written about the Orochi or Peacekeeper. Anyone interested in covering either one?
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Both interesting mech, I'd particularly like to see one about the Orochi.
For my part, my Crab article is nearly done.
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I could possibly write up something on one or the other next week. What would be folks preference?
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Either one.
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The crab is done.
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Assuming I don't get distracted I'll see what I can do about throwing something together for the Orochi this week.
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Seems appropriate. The first time I saw the Orochi I thought it was a bit of a turkey.
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The believe the Orochi is done. I just have to proof it again when I'm of my full faculties and not affected by sleeping medication.
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I don't know. Releasing that version sounds fun.
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It is no where near Hunter S Thompson material. With the holiday over and back to my regular routine I'm going to try and look it over this week and post it on Friday.
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Continuing by trawl through SLDF/C*/WoB designs, I think I might give the Champion a go next.
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I may look at doing the requested Peacekeeper. It will not likely be ready until at least NY's eve.
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I don't seem to be able to find a current MotW article on the Defiance.
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While doing some cleaning up of belongings when I moved a while back, I found the USB drive that had all my notes and such from MotW articles, and it still has the old Apollo article on there- I'd done all the testing on it, wrote it up, then held it in reserve in case there was a week that no one had anything ready as a buffer. Since I've got that article here, the offer still stands- let me know if you guys need an article done on short notice. (PM me because I rarely look in here in-general.)
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Feel free to post it whenever.
I don't seem to be able to find a current MotW article on the Defiance.
I have some interest in this, but don't know when I'm going to have the time to sit down to write up anything these days. I peered over the Peacekeeper a couple times and wanted to try and use one, but every time I went to commit I ended up nixing the unit because of 'why is x piece of equipment on this thing!?'
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Yeah, the Peacekeeper was built by a committee of people who apparently hated whoever was going to have to pilot it.
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Are people still doing MotW articles, and can I request the Firefly?
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I'll consider it. Mildy intrigued by the 'Mech, and i need to get back to writing anyhow.
But i don't outright claim it, anyone else wanna write it, be my guest.
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Are people still doing MotW articles, and can I request the Firefly?
Good choice. Sort of a proto-Cougar in a lot of ways, trading speed for firepower. Looking forward to seeing it.
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Have two requests of my own:
The Shrike
The Eyrie
We've got the Gyrfalcon and Jade Hawk already, we need the Jade Falcon totems finished.
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I'll do the Shrike if folks want :)
*edit*
Shrike's up :p
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Was anyone still interested in doing the Defiance or Peacekeeper?
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Okay, i've considered the Firefly and decided i won't write it, i'll leave it to someone else.
So, currently requested 'Mechs:
-Firefly
-Eyrie
-Defiance
-Peacekeeper
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I'll crack on with the Eyrie :)
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If there's no articles from anyone else for this week, i'll repost the Thanatos tomorrow, err, today (later). I've been revising that one, plus the original thread didn't get that long before it went bad.
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Go for it :)
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I'll try get the Defiance out within the next few days.
*Edit*
And the Defiance is up.
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I *think* I've managed to update this link in my sig: https://pastebin.com/9LNAMhFC
...so that it's up to date. It can help people decide which 'Mechs they want to work on, and quickly see what hasn't been covered.
If I missed any, lemme know.
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I'm going to try to put together the Warlord article over the weekend.
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I'm reserving the Ryoken-III XP.
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Warlord posted
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I'll reserve Ti Ts'ang.
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I'll reserve the Solitaire and the Firefly. I'm fairly certain I can have one or both done by next week. Since we posted 2 articles today I don't know that there is necessarily a rush.
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I can tackle the Trebuchet if Jymset's article isn't completed. Their last check in though seem to indicated something near completion to post though and I don't want to step on anyone's toes.
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The BJ was fun. I could have the TBT by Tuesday.
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You do that!
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I'm totally slacking on my comittment this week. I had an unplanned visit to the ER last week and follow up today. Between the two I got sucked into a comfy chair and binged movies over the weekend. So outside chance I will get some writing done by Sunday. If I do, I will either post it next week if someone else drops something during this week or, if not, just drop it once it is done.
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A modest amount of the Firefly is now written. Anyone that has a copy of the TRO Succession Wars can you PM and let me know if there is a fluff description of the FFL-3A please?
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FFL-3A doesn't have fluff description, only stats in RS SW.
You need to infer some stuff from Historical: Operation Klondike writeup for the Firefly.
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Well I inferred quite a bit from Klondike. If stats are available can someome pm them to me? Sarna has nothing on it yet because of their moritorium and buying a PDF right now isn't in my budget. The MUL didn't even have an AS card to compare against fluff :(
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Well I inferred quite a bit from Klondike. If stats are available can someome pm them to me? Sarna has nothing on it yet because of their moritorium and buying a PDF right now isn't in my budget. The MUL didn't even have an AS card to compare against fluff :(
Done.
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Thanks again for sending that to me. Knowing what I do now, that changed a significant part of what I had written up on Saturday. I aim to get the rewrite wrapped up tomorrow after work or Wednesday when I have off from work. My brain is mush right now. Somehow I managed to write up the first draft and only include 2 sentences about Wolf's Dragoons xp
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Firefly is finally up. My plans for the weekend got washed out so I will probably work on the Solitaire over the weekend and have that ready to pump out next week. Not a whole lot of ground to cover with it even if I'm a fanboy for the design.
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I'd like to put in a request for the Gallowglas, ol' reliable.
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I'd consider it. I still have a Solitaire article to do. You'd think I'd have it done by now only having two models to choose from, but writing a short article for me is apparently a difficult task. I have a working title that I came up with today at least. In either case, I won't be sitting down to write anything until at least next week.
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Do we have a Sun Cobra article?
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Do we have a Sun Cobra article?
From over a decade ago, but it is lost now.
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We should get a new one. Especially with the Sun Cobra 2 now out.
Actually, I'd be willing to give it a shot.
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I was feeling ambitious and decided to write up a little article for the Sun Cobra (https://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=67125.0). Hope people like it.
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I'd like to put in a request for the Gallowglas, ol' reliable.
I can do that. Reserved.
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Looks like the original write up for the Centurion Omni got taken down. Anyone want to do a new one?
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Re: My articles that are taken down like Centurion Omni: I intend to add them back at some point. Just need to go over them. Might take a look at it tomorrow or later.
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Okay.
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The Solitaire is 90% done. I have to proof read it. I plan on doing that later this week at some point. Right now I'm brain dead from the holiday.
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I'm going to reserve the Nightstar. Hopefully I will have it up on Tuesday to celebrate the release of Mechwarrior 5.
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Go for it. I didn't proof last week. I was side tracked by a family emergency.
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Nightstar up.
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A USB drive I need for a work project has several -otW articles in various states of completion on it. I need the drive, so over the next few days I'll be tidying them up, adding image links, and putting them here. I need the space more than I need them collecting metaphorical dust.
Expect the Hachiman, Mithras, and Zorya tanks, and the Dart, Predator and Hermes II Mechs. The rest aren't advanced enough in writing to be worth finishing.
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Nobody's requested it, but I'd like to take a crack at the Corvis.
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Nobody's requested it, but I'd like to take a crack at the Corvis.
Are you gonna note Omni-Corvis from TP Tokasha? Not much lore there though.
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Sometime this week I'll ha e the last couple of mine (Hermes II, Predator) up, as well as one more vehicle (Hachiman). Need to get them tidied up before posting, but can't do it from work.
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Are you gonna note Omni-Corvis from TP Tokasha? Not much lore there though.
I had planned to treat it as a separate 'mech like the Blackjack articles did. But I think I'm going to mention it as a historical footnote for anyone interested.
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Short of me endlessly nitpicking it, I've finished the Corvis. Let me know when I should post.
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Post whenever you want, we're long past adhering to any sort of schedule.
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Solitaire is up. I'm on liberal leave from work right now because of COVID concerns so I may end up writing other articles over the next few weeks depending on how long I'm out of work. I can do a Centurion Omni or Trebuchet article if the folks that originally reserved them aren't going to get around to it, or I can do something else. Feel free to post suggestions.
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Solitaire is up. I'm on liberal leave from work right now because of COVID concerns so I may end up writing other articles over the next few weeks depending on how long I'm out of work. I can do a Centurion Omni or Trebuchet article if the folks that originally reserved them aren't going to get around to it, or I can do something else. Feel free to post suggestions.
I'll refurbish my Omni Centurion article and return it.
Just sorted out Hauptmann article, definitely needed some minor improvements.
EDIT Done. Didn't need much tweaking.
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Yo, would someone be interested in writing about the Quasimodo?
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Yo, would someone be interested in writing about the Quasimodo?
I thought that was already done, but a quick search indicates it has not so I guess I'll take it and maybe get it up next week unless someone has something else ready that is new and ready to go.
Update:
It will probably won't be until the weekend before I can get this kicked out. Work was able to get me a remote set up and after 2 days where things were a disaster, today went off more or less without a hitch (for me at least). Now I just have to resist the temptation to sign up for CBS online and binge Picard until after do some writing.
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Was someone gonna make Mad Cat III article at some point? Just wondering because there doesn't seem to be one, unless i'm failing at searching?
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Currently writing a Firestarter article since there isn't one. Also covering the Firestarter Omni.
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In the same article?
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In the same article?
Uh, depends on how long this thing ends up being. Due to their similarity, i'm inclined to do one article, but length argues for two.
Which is better?
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My instinct would be to go for two, but if you think that it's short enough, one should work fine.
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My advice would be three articles - One for the original Firestarter, one for the Omni, and one for the 3145 models.
The Omni is ten tons heavier than the others, it's essentially a completely different mech with different roles.
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Yeah the article got long enough the Omni gets separate article.
The DA models get incorporated in the base article though, they're not that different.
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Would anyone be interested in tackling the Lynx sometime? The original arrive is long gone it seems, and was pushing 20 years old anyways.
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I can give it a shot.
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Would anyone be interested in tackling the Lynx sometime? The original arrive is long gone it seems, and was pushing 20 years old anyways.
Lovely mech. Ugly mini.
Request- system of the week; Narc and iNarc
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I got motivated again and started a write up the Peacekeeper. Right now it's really bland, sadly. Once I have a little more motivation and creativity thought I'll get back to wrapping it up and post it.
*Update:. My main computer died last night and I don't know yet if it is simply the power supply or the hard drive too. It will be awhile before I get around figuring out if it can be salvaged.
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So I'm kinda gonna be posting stuff whenever, based upon when I'm in the mood to write something.
Got too much free time right now.
All to say, don't mind me.
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Hooray, more articles!
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I never did get around to posting the Hermes II or Predator articles, did I? I saved them to my work computer, but of course I can't get on that at the moment.
Hermes II when I get a chance, Predator I can pretty easily just rebuild and post sometime later this week when I have time. (The Mech, that is- I already covered the Predator tank,and it was a fun one)
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I've always been wanting to write one up for the Copper and Inquisitor series, just keep not getting around to it.
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So since I finally finished those ancient requests that I grabbed years ago, any new requests?
Preferably something obscure or wonky.
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So since I finally finished those ancient requests that I grabbed years ago, any new requests?
Preferably something obscure or wonky.
How about the Thunder Stallion?
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So since I finally finished those ancient requests that I grabbed years ago, any new requests?
Preferably something obscure or wonky.
I've been wanting to do it myself, but demands on my time make it ever more unlikely, if you ever want to try an article on the Copper and its apparent cousins in the Peacemaker/keeper and Inquisitor series.
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Is it just me, or has the Bishamon never gotten an article, even way back in the lost archives?
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Just noticed the same with the Cadaver, which I found a bit surprising.
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Is it just me, or has the Bishamon never gotten an article, even way back in the lost archives?
Really? I'm sure there was one, I even started one a few years ago and abandoned it because there was an existing one.
...or I drink too much and imagined the entire thing. Also plausible.
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https://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=65797.msg1515709#msg1515709
There might(?) be two more new mechs from RS:SW. The firefly isn't my kind of mech, and I'm not really interested in the flea. Anyone who wants to update those articles feel free; I'm not.
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I've been wanting to do it myself, but demands on my time make it ever more unlikely, if you ever want to try an article on the Copper and its apparent cousins in the Peacemaker/keeper and Inquisitor series.
I'm taking a look at the Vehicle Annex and trying to get a handle on what I'd need to cover for that type of write-up.
I'm a lot less familiar with SecurityMechs, so someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I think we've never gotten stats for the:
-GS-54 Guard
-CCU-36 Pacifier
-IT-80 Inquisitor
Right? If that's the case I might just focus on the Copper/Peacekeeper/Peacemaker, since they all have a shared lineage, and leave the Inquisitor (II) for another article in case we happen to get the Inquisitor stats in a surprise product somehow.
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I finally got around to getting the hard drive out of my old one and into my new machine. I just have to find the time next weekend to sort through the contents so I should be able to get that Peacekeeper article up soon.
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Really? I'm sure there was one, I even started one a few years ago and abandoned it because there was an existing one.
...or I drink too much and imagined the entire thing. Also plausible.
You wanna work on one? Otherwise I'll tackle it.
Got the Gravedigger pretty much done on my end.
I finally got around to getting the hard drive out of my old one and into my new machine. I just have to find the time next weekend to sort through the contents so I should be able to get that Peacekeeper article up soon.
That's great, I love the Peacekeeper.
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I've had someone reach out and request an article out of me for the Gunslinger, expect it up by the end of the coming week after I get back into town. I may also knock out the Flea, if no one else wants it- I've always had a soft spot for that goofy little bastard.
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I may also knock out the Flea, if no one else wants it- I've always had a soft spot for that goofy little bastard.
Awesome, go for it! If you include the Trooper you'll make me pretty happy.
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I've had someone reach out and request an article out of me for the Gunslinger, expect it up by the end of the coming week after I get back into town. I may also knock out the Flea, if no one else wants it- I've always had a soft spot for that goofy little bastard.
Actually did the gunslinger a while back
https://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=67566.0
Feel free if you want to make one better though.
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That makes that easy, if the article exists already I'm off the hook. I haven't had an opportunity to search the archive due to being away from home for a while due to a family matter.
Flea is up for grabs as well then!
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anyone want to do reservations for rec guide mechs and updates?
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anyone want to do reservations for rec guide mechs and updates?
Waiting for the moratorium period to finish before reserving 'Mechs; don't want to claim stuff the moment they come out.
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How long is the moratorium period? I've been out of of the game a minute but I have Opinions About Things.
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I have been meaning to page Trace to do the FotWs for Golden Century. I am too close to be objective.
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How long is the moratorium period? I've been out of of the game a minute but I have Opinions About Things.
Moratorium period is 6 weeks, meaning that Recognition Guide 1 is now officially up for grabs.
If anyone wants to do the Dominator - go for it!
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I would like to claim the Dominator, then.
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Looking at the list of 'Mechs with no articles...I'd love to see one on the Lobo. Also, some kind of Ostroc/Ostsol double feature would be pretty epic.
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I am going to try and get the Peacekeeper up this week. I started revising it on Friday night and forgot to save it. Power went out overnight. Started working on it again only for the power to go out twice more. Recovered most of it, but the took the hint and stopped working on it until the storms pass and stop knocking out my power.
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I'm about done with the Dominator, too. Will anyone mind terribly if there's two 'Mechs of the same Week?
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I'm about done with the Dominator, too. Will anyone mind terribly if there's two 'Mechs of the same Week?
Never.
Also, some kind of Ostroc/Ostsol double feature would be pretty epic.
I have a monstrous first draft kicking around on my old computer for just that.
Only reason I never refined it is because I was (and still am) waiting for the new art before finishing it.
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I got bored last night and today and work was slow waiting for programs to run, so I whipped up a Lobo article
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It seems the Exterminator doesnt have a writeup? Or did i overlook it? (That new variant looks really tempting... like a taco ;D :D). Im not volunteering. Just asking.
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It seems the Exterminator doesnt have a writeup? Or did i overlook it? (That new variant looks really tempting... like a taco ;D :D). Im not volunteering. Just asking.
It has ('cause i wrote it), it probably hasn't been added to the index. Lemme find it.
EDIT There we go:
https://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=61017.msg1399784#msg1399784
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It has ('cause i wrote it), it probably hasn't been added to the index. Lemme find it.
EDIT There we go:
https://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=61017.msg1399784#msg1399784
thank you :) lets re-surrect it
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Moratorium period for RecGuide 2 will officially be over tomorrow.
EDIT: I grabbed the Sojourner since no one else made a move on it.
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If nobody else has claimed it yet, I would like to cover the Sun Bear.
cheers,
Gabe
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If nobody else has claimed it yet, I would like to cover the Sun Bear.
cheers,
Gabe
That's fine, but just remember to respect the moratorium. Nothing on Golden Century until Sept. 11th.
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That's fine, but just remember to respect the moratorium. Nothing on Golden Century until Sept. 11th.
No problem, gives me plenty of time.
cheers,
Gabe
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Do we not have a current (ie non-archived) MotW on the Mongoose? Someone should correct that. I’d give it a whirl myself, but seeing as I rarely (if ever) get to play an actual tabletop game (even via MegaMek) I feel like I’m not best-placed for it. If no one else is interested I might still give it a shot.
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Well I finally did the thing and proofed and posted the Peacekeeper. Probably be my last article for a bit as I've just lost the itch because of self quarenteen.
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Do we not have a current (ie non-archived) MotW on the Mongoose? Someone should correct that. I’d give it a whirl myself, but seeing as I rarely (if ever) get to play an actual tabletop game (even via MegaMek) I feel like I’m not best-placed for it. If no one else is interested I might still give it a shot.
I would definitely encourage you to give it a shot, even if you're rusty!
It's always great to have more voices in here.
Also, unless there's any objections, I'm going to do the Heirofalcon next.
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No problem, gives me plenty of time.
cheers,
Gabe
Uhh, yeah...since I've had to spend time writing to actually earn money (barely), I haven't written anything for the Sun Bear. But I seem to have a dry spell right now, so maybe I should get something done...
cheers,
Gabe
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Well I finally did the thing and proofed and posted the Peacekeeper. Probably be my last article for a bit as I've just lost the itch because of self quarenteen.
All good. Thanks for the Peacekeeper all the same :thumbsup:
But yeah, I think quarantine is rough for most of us..
Uhh, yeah...since I've had to spend time writing to actually earn money (barely), I haven't written anything for the Sun Bear. But I seem to have a dry spell right now, so maybe I should get something done...
cheers,
Gabe
Ain't no thang, take the time you need.
Hierofalcon is up, will probably do the Hammerhead next. I'll gladly let someone else do it if anyone wants to tackle it, though!
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If no one else wants it, I'll be doing the Cricket next.
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So uh, yeah, that Sun Bear article...
I started it! Really I did! I can even post a preview for proof!
Don't know when I can finish it. Hallowe'en, maybe? Which would be kind of appropriate, since, as I argue in the article, it is just kind of another 'Mech dressed up in a new costume...
cheers,
Gabe
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Interesting fact for anyone wanting to do a MotW:
None of the classic Ost trio currently have articles up. :)
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Interesting fact for anyone wanting to do a MotW:
None of the classic Ost trio currently have articles up. :)
I've wanted to do a massive Osticle ever since we started getting the classic art redesigns...but I'm waiting for the new art to pop before bumping it up on my to-do list.
But that does leave the Ostscout open. Hmm.
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I'm keeping the word Osticle. I have no idea what I'm going to use it for yet, but I'll find something.
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Hi everyone,
My TRO:3026 is locked away in storage, so I need some help here.
I remember the fluff for one of the tanks in that book mentions a unit of that tank named "Hildegarde", which was famous for being a deathtrap for its crews. Can somebody please remind me what kind of tank it was and which military it served in? (I would guess Lyran, by the name...?)
I'm asking here because I want to mention it in the MoTW article I'm writing for the Sun Bear, which is similar with regard to the aforementioned characteristic...
cheers,
Gabe
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According to TRO 3039, Hildegarde was a Marik Militia Demolisher.
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According to TRO 3039, Hildegarde was a Marik Militia Demolisher.
Yes, that was it! Thanks!
cheers,
Gabe
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Anyone interested in tackling the Minsk?
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Anyone interested in tackling the Minsk?
Hmm...given the general lack of response to my last article, I can't say I'm terribly eager to do another anytime soon.
cheers,
Gabe
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What was the last one you did?
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What was the last one you did?
The Sun Bear.
Cheers, Gabe
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Don't let it get you down. The un-storied, barely played, extinct Sun Bear got more responses than the Lynx, one of the better Mechs ever. Sometimes people don't feel that there is anything to add to a MotW. Could be worse. I have had otW responses immediately turn into thread derails longer than the on topic responses.
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I liked the Sun Bear article, I just had absolutely nothing I felt I could add by posting.
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Did anyone ever do any MotWs for the mechs in Hanseatic Crusade? Surely they're past the moratorium by now...
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Anyone interested in tackling the Minsk?
I am looking it over and might try and whip something out on it this weekend.
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Anyone recall if there is a clan by clan breakdown of mechs used? I thought there was one in the era report, but I haven't stumbled across it yet.
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As in the MUL?
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No RATs from Golden Century is what was looking for. Only item I found this far was a Klondike RAT.
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Finally got past the writer's block. I'll likely get around to publishing it next week after I've proof and fact checked.
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Logged on to post the Minsk and saw the Daikyu up so I'll hold off until next week :thumbsup:
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Has there been any movement on the large number of Capellan mechs that had their articles pulled, written by Empyrus?
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I'll try to get back to it. Haven't had much enthusiasm for BattleTech for a while.
Any particular ones you're especially interested in?
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Not any one in particular, I’ve read just about every other mech that’s been posted, so would be nice to finish the reading. :))
The Cappies have been growing on me more and more since I came back and their units generally confuse me.
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I was thinking of doing the Daimyo, but looking at the MUL there's variants I'm not familiar with. the 2KA and 3K
Does TRO:J have new variants, or is something weird happening in MUL land?
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I was thinking of doing the Daimyo, but looking at the MUL there's variants I'm not familiar with. the 2KA and 3K
Does TRO:J have new variants, or is something weird happening in MUL land?
TRO Jihad: "by combining the ’Mechs previously found in Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade , Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade , Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade , Technical Readout: 3060 , Technical Readout: 3067 , Technical Readout: 3075 , Technical Readout: 3085 , and Technical Readout: Project Phoenix "
EDIT Ah, sorry, misunderstood. The compilation TROs are just that, compilations, no changes or additions to text. The 3KA and 3K are mentioned somewhere (probably TRO3055/J entry for Daimyo) but don't have record sheets.
EDIT2 Hmm, weren't in TRO3055U.
EDIT Could be they're units alluded to in original TRO3055 perhaps, but very vaguely, and MUL team just created designations for them. There's some precedent, see the Huron Warrior: http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/4342/huron-warrior-hur-wo-r3l
This variant is only described in the 'Mech entry, designation is created by the MUL team.
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GreekFire gave explanation to those weird Daimyos:
https://bg.battletech.com/forums/errata/master-unit-list-mul-feedback-thread-iii-read-the-first-post/msg1719803/#msg1719803
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Can someone write a Thresher Mk II article and detail its fails?
Why do the Wolves insist on nice looking but kinda terrible 'Mechs...
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Can someone write a Thresher Mk II article and detail its fails?
Why do the Wolves insist on nice looking but kinda terrible 'Mechs...
Wolf Warrior: Just give me any Clan 'Mech.
Wolf Merchant: They were on sale.
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Kind of looking forward to reading the Crucible write-up myself. It's the most... 3050 design I've seen in a long while outside of a couple where they were constrained by clickytech.
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No kidding. Every time I look at the thing, I find myself looking over the entire stat block, looking for a shtick.
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"We ran out of armor plating but we have extra heat sinks"
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Wrote Omni Firestarter article finally, only a year late. Not the greatest thing, ran out of steam. But i figured i needed something start with...
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Can someone write a Thresher Mk II article and detail its fails?
I'll look it over late next week and see what I can whip up.
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I seem to have adopted the t-bolt article, unless the OP wants to handle the Rec Guide updates?
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Would anyone be interested in taking a crack at the Kheper, please? :)
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Would anyone be interested in taking a crack at the Kheper, please? :)
Yes, actually. It's been a while, and this one has been floating in my head for a bit.
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If everyone's cool with it, I'd like to reserve the Jade Phoenix. I already have some Thoughts about it from ilClan but I do want to wait until it gets released in a recguide.
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Well, my last attempt at a MoTW didn't get much attention, but I will take another crack at a near-forgotten transitional design that never entered full production: the Omni-Corvis.
cheers,
Gabe
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Sometimes things just unfold that way. I expected maybe 10 or so people to reply to my Thresher MK II article and instead got 3 pages. Conversely I put of the Fulcrum this morning and have close to fourty views but no replies yet either *shrug*
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I'll throw a couple of requests here:
Mongoose (and Mongoose II?)
Guillotine
So that we can get this filled:
https://bg.battletech.com/forums/fan-articles/mechs-of-the-kickstarter-directory/
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I'll throw a couple of requests here:
Mongoose (and Mongoose II?)
Guillotine
So that we can get this filled:
https://bg.battletech.com/forums/fan-articles/mechs-of-the-kickstarter-directory/
Trebuchet is missing too. If someone wants to go completionist, feel free, I'll update that directory thread if able.
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I would not mind doing the Trebuchet, however someone at one point they had already started writing it?
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Jymset claimed it years ago... But no movement. I'd say go for it. Or send PM to jymset.
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I haven't done a MOTW in a long while. I'll take the Guillotine! Always liked it and the new mini is fantastic.
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Well, it's been long enough: anyone want to tackle the Iron Cheetah, Rime Otter, or Mastodon?
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Well, it's been long enough: anyone want to tackle the Iron Cheetah, Rime Otter, or Mastodon?
I've got an Iron Cheetah article about ready to post.
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Anyone interested in tackling an oldie? There's no Naga article right now.
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I'll make an attempt at the Naga.
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red shift tagged.
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I'll make an attempt at the Naga.
No need to hit that one on the nose, close will count. ;)
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Well, it's been long enough: anyone want to tackle the Iron Cheetah, Rime Otter, or Mastodon?
If no one is working them, I’ll write up the Mastodon, probably this weekend, followed by the Rime Otter in another week or so.
EDIT: I’ll also write up the Kontio when RG 21 clears unless someone else is hankering to do it.
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Mastadon and Kontio are up, partly thanks to the MLK holiday. Rime Otter will be up on or before 1/29 weekend. May turn to Amarok and StormWolf after that, but happy if someone beats me to them.
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Anyone mind if I write up a replacement for the long-gone Flea article? And if it's fine, what day should I post it?
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Post it whenever you want, it's been years since there was a regular schedule.
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Will do. I just didn't want to steal anyone's regularly scheduled thunder.
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what what recguides mechs are open that haven't been taken?
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So I'd like to volenteer to do both the Ion Sparrow (Butcher Bird)and the Jade Pheonix. if thats alright with everyone?
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I was thinking of taking the Regent if nobody else wanted to call dibs.
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So I'd like to volenteer to do both the Ion Sparrow (Butcher Bird)and the Jade Pheonix. if thats alright with everyone?
Diplominator indicated they wanted to do the Jade Phoenix, but I don't think the Ion Sparrow is claimed.
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Diplominator indicated they wanted to do the Jade Phoenix, but I don't think the Ion Sparrow is claimed.
sounds good, I'll get the Ion Sparrow next week.
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I got excited and wrote up an article for the Regent, guess I'll post it now.
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sounds good, I'll get the Ion Sparrow next week.
Thanks. I know it's been a minute since I claimed the JP but I'm about ready to go on the article.
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Thanks. I know it's been a minute since I claimed the JP but I'm about ready to go on the article.
expect me to send you a PM about my article actually, the Ion Sparrow the Jade Pheonix and the Heirofalcon are clearly all part of the same development family I think both our articles would benifit from our discussing amongst ourselves :)
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I'll be posting the Jade Phoenix for Diplo in about a week's time.
Don't want to immediately post it since the Regent just went up.
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I'll be posting the Jade Phoenix for Diplo in about a week's time.
Don't want to immediately post it since the Regent just went up.
I planned to post next week myself. I sent Diplo a copy of my rough draft for the Ion Sparrow as I figured there might be some "cross pollenation of ideas" given te JP IS and HF are all related. I actually ment to get in touch with you too :)
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I planned to post next week myself. I sent Diplo a copy of my rough draft for the Ion Sparrow as I figured there might be some "cross pollenation of ideas" given te JP IS and HF are all related. I actually ment to get in touch with you too :)
With the Fireball just going up, I'm planning on delaying the Jade Phoenix by another week. Want to coordinate and post the Ion Sparrow next Friday as well? Don't want to flood the boards with too many MotW simultaneously.
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Also, I'd like to officially grab the Alpha Wolf.
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The Fireball was more that I found the half-made article (sans images and XF writeup) in a folder and decided to do the half-hour of work to get it done and posted- no intention to step on any toes intended. Sorry about that- if needed, I can delete.
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Don't worry about it, it's not a problem and there's certainly no rush.
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Ended up posting the Jade Phoenix today at Diplo's request.
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Hi, new guy here. Does anyone know how to find old MotW articles that are in the archive and not on this forum? I've been trying to find the article about the Osiris. Could anyone please tell me how to find it, or maybe reposting it?
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Since somehow it seems this mech went all this time without any kind of article, I did one for the Grim Reaper.
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Are there any Kickstarter mechs that haven't got an article yet?
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Are there any Kickstarter mechs that haven't got an article yet?
Trebuchet
Mongoose
Guillotine
I need to redo the Raven article
Merc packs
Sagittaire
AS box set:
Wraith (i think?)
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AS box set:
Wraith (i think?)
Wraith has one. That user made six posts, of which two are MOT* articles.
do we have a full list of what is in the AS box?
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I don't think so.
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Wraith has one. That user made six posts, of which two are MOT* articles.
do we have a full list of what is in the AS box?
Ah, the Wraith article is not listed in the index, i think.
As for the contents of the box set:
Pouncer
Warhawk
Fire Moth
Timber Wolf
Nova
Wraith
Archer
Warhammer
Atlas
Locust
Blackjack
Phoenix Hawk
Stinger
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How the Hell is the Saggitire missed? Anyway I'll get that one
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Did we ever get an article on the Shadow Cat III?
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I have been asked to put something together foe the Executioner-B from Shrapnel #8. Would it be better to put it in the main thread or tack it onto the Executioner article. Also when would you think it would fit in?
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I have been asked to put something together foe the Executioner-B from Shrapnel #8. Would it be better to put it in the main thread or tack it onto the Executioner article. Also when would you think it would fit in?
I think that thing is its own mech. YMMV
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Agreed.
Honestly, I'm not really a fan of combining MotWs, even with closely related mechs.
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Sweet. Put me in the queue. ;)
What does it look like at the moment.
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Empty, I think. BrianDavion said they're planning to do the Sagitaire, but no scheduled date for release on it.
Was that a no regarding a Shadow Cat III article?
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I did a Tell me about the Shadow Cat III and there was a few pages on it. but it got side tracked after a few posts
https://bg.battletech.com/forums/fan-articles/shadow-cat-iii-74050/msg1735576/#msg1735576
thats the only thing on it, other than the occasional 'this mech is similar' mention in different articles
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So it could use an actual MotW article.
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Empty, I think. BrianDavion said they're planning to do the Sagitaire, but no scheduled date for release on it.
Was that a no regarding a Shadow Cat III article?
I'm going to try to get the Saggy out sometime next week.
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Executioner-B is up.
How is that Rime Otter MotW from January going? I have written up a behind the scenes look for when the MotW is posted.
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I'll post the Saggitire Sunday
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I couldn't find one in a search, and am curious - was there ever an article written for the Legacy?
Edited, Never mind, I did find it, I missed it the first time.
Nahuris
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still planning on the Saggitire this week. hoping to get it up tonight :)
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Wait, is there really not a Trebuchet article?
Holy crap, there isn't.
How does one of the most important Mechs in the FWL arsenal not have... that won't do. That WILL NOT DO.
I'll have something up as soon as possible.
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Wait, is there really not a Trebuchet article?
Holy crap, there isn't.
How does one of the most important Mechs in the FWL arsenal not have... that won't do. That WILL NOT DO.
I'll have something up as soon as possible.
I look forward to this article. Over the course of the chassis' lifetime, it's gone from a kinda-crappy support 'Mech to legit terrifying.
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I look forward to this article. Over the course of the chassis' lifetime, it's gone from a kinda-crappy support 'Mech to legit terrifying.
It’s been up for just over a month now
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Do we have a MotW article on the Ocelot?
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Do we have a MotW article on the Ocelot?
A quick search says no, although there is something mentioned about it in the archives. It might never have made it over.
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In that case, we could probably use a new one.
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Is there an Ostsol Mot* anywhere?
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Is there an Ostsol Mot* anywhere?
No. Another search sees it brought up in quite a few other Articles as a point of comparison but nothing on this iteration of the forums.
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I've got an update on the Phantom's new configs ready to go and can put it out immediately. Lemme know if I can.
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We have to wait until Rec Guide 27 clears the moratorium period first. That's what, six weeks?
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I thought this applied
Good news, BattleMech fans! As the latest Recognition Guides are being released, selected items will have an article written to reveal the newest additions to the BattleTech universe in the context of their history.
These articles are an exception to the moratorium policy. Please do not write articles other than those selected and released by Beemers until the normal moratorium is up!
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The important part of that announcement is
selected and released by Beemers
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I've been thinking of dipping my toes back in the water. Anyone have any requests? Preferably something odd and/or flawed.
EDIT: Oh, hey, this!
In that case, we could probably use a new one.
I'll do that.
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We could also use one for the Shadow Cat III.
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The important part of that announcement is
So basicly forum officals (for want of a better term) will be releasing articles on the fan articles section? ???
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No, people with Beemers will. That includes forum officials, but also includes CGL staff, writers and other freelancers, and plain old Demo Team agents, plus any other roles I've forgotten.
For example, Sartris wrote and posted the Chameleon article, but he is NOT a forum official.
I get what you were trying to say, but the idea that anyone with a Battlemaster icon is part of running or maintaining this particular forum is a misconception that needed to be nipped in the bud early.
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It doesn't seem like the Yinghuochong has an article. Does anyone mind if I get back into the swing of things with that?
Uhhhhhh... No yes or no yet.
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Go ahead.
On a related note, as nobody seems interested in doing the Shadow Cat III I'm thinking that I'll take a stab at it.
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What happened with the Rime Otter article? It was slated for quite a while ago.
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I'm going to start working on one for the Shadow Cat III.
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Rec guide 26 and I think 27 are off of restriction if anyone wants to do and update or take in the new things.
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Last I heard the plan was for Battlemasters to do articles on some of them based on what was written, can we get a confirm that what's in the recguides that are "Avaliable" don't have someone planning to make it?
Also I just noticed there's not been a MOTW for the Cuirass, Any objections if I take that?
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What happened with the Rime Otter article? It was slated for quite a while ago.
Mastadon and Kontio are up, partly thanks to the MLK holiday. Rime Otter will be up on or before 1/29 weekend. May turn to Amarok and StormWolf after that, but happy if someone beats me to them.
If using the I presume US date format, up in two weeks-ish
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If using the I presume US date format, up in two weeks-ish
No…it was said it would be up in the beginning of last year. I asked about it at the end last year (a few weeks ago)
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No…it was said it would be up in the beginning of last year. I asked about it at the end last year (a few weeks ago)
Then no idea, you'll have to ask them directly, if they don't respond here or assume the article is not going to be posted
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Then no idea, you'll have to ask them directly, if they don't respond here or assume the article is not going to be posted
I already did. No response despite them being active elsewhere.
I guess it was more a plea that someone else write one up. A year is a good while to call it dead in the water.
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So going to work up the Cuirass MOTW, hope to have it ready for next friday.
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Last I heard the plan was for Battlemasters to do articles on some of them based on what was written, can we get a confirm that what's in the recguides that are "Avaliable" don't have someone planning to make it?
Was it published six weeks ago? Is there an article on it? Yes and no, respectively? Okay then, have fun.
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I already did. No response despite them being active elsewhere.
I guess it was more a plea that someone else write one up. A year is a good while to call it dead in the water.
I really didn't want to write it given my role in RecGuides, but after the Mastodon and Kontio I really want the discussion. Especially now it has had a year of play.
Anyone have a problem if I write the Rime Otter up?
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Seems fine to me.
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is rec guide 29 clear for discussion yet? I've been meaning to amend my Saggitire MOTW when I can to discuss the 14R
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It’s 6 weeks, so this Friday it should be up if I counted right. It released on the 6th of January.
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It’s 6 weeks, so this Friday it should be up if I counted right. It released on the 6th of January.
thanks, I'll prep for then
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Any movement on the Shadow Cat III or the Ying-thing?
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Hello Everyone,
In a recent search of the MOTW articles and looking at the "mechs of the kickstarter directory" post in this board, it would appear that there is no article (or scheduled article) for the Guillotine? This came up when looking at sources for my Thunderbolt thread over in the General.
If this is correct, I'd love to write one up and post it in the next week or so if that's cool with everyone?
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Hello Everyone,
In a recent search of the MOTW articles and looking at the "mechs of the kickstarter directory" post in this board, it would appear that there is no article (or scheduled article) for the Guillotine? This came up when looking at sources for my Thunderbolt thread over in the General.
If this is correct, I'd love to write one up and post it in the next week or so if that's cool with everyone?
I had volunteered to do it like a year ago, but life got in the way and it fell off my radar so I'm pretty sure there's no article for it yet.
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"mechs of the kickstarter directory"
I need to update that thing to the current kickstarter.
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I would also be happy to do one on the Clint.
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I had volunteered to do it like a year ago, but life got in the way and it fell off my radar so I'm pretty sure there's no article for it yet.
I can have one up soon unless you still want to do it?
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I should do the Firefly.
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I'm going to start working on one for the Shadow Cat III.
Moonsword, were you still interested in this?
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I can have one up soon unless you still want to do it?
All yours, brother.
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Moonsword, were you still interested in this?
Yes, it's actually written, I just need to find a week on the schedule and get someone to give the final draft a once-over.
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I should do the Firefly.
There is one? I linked to it in my list. (https://bg.battletech.com/forums/fan-articles/mech-of-the-week-firefly) I suppose you could append your own write-up.
it's a great introtech mech, just gets questionable upgrades in the tech revival era, then stops getting new ones before they get good (the new RG one aside). SHS and ER lasers should not be mixed.
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So there is! Can't believe I forgot about it, it's not even that old.
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Is anyone doing the new Hellcat/Hellhound II from RecGuide 30?
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Between RecGuide 17 and Shrapnel 5, we really went the whole nine yards in upgrading the Crusader. I'd be very interested in a MotW update!
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Is anyone doing the new Hellcat/Hellhound II from RecGuide 30?
Unless someone else has already started working on this one, I'll take it, and the new updates to the Not-Named IIC from Rec Guides 30 & 5
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Yes, it's actually written, I just need to find a week on the schedule and get someone to give the final draft a once-over.
Any chance of this (Shadow Cat III) coming out?
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Do we have a MotW article on the Ocelot?
I can take this one since no one else seems to have claimed it.
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I can take this one since no one else seems to have claimed it.
https://bg.battletech.com/forums/fan-articles/mech-of-the-week-ocelot/
Moonsword beat you too it
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Thanks. That's what I get for just searching the fan forum index thread and not the forums itself
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I was looking through some old articles and I noticed that the Anzu article has been taken down and the author hasn't been active on the site for years. Does someone want to do a replacement article for it?
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That was Gespenst, a poster of strong opinions (most of which, for the record, I agreed with) but who took umbrage at some of the criticisms they received. Pity, because I really liked that Anzu article.
I'd love to do the replacement but I don't have a lot of time and no practical experience with the 'Mech itself. Unfortunately.
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I'd be happy to write up a MOTW for the Anzu. I'll try and get it posted by friday
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Did we ever get an article for the Doom Courser?
If not, I'd be willing to take a crack at it.
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I'm not seeing one or any claims using the search functions.
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I didn't either, but I wanted to double check. I should be able to bang an article out by this weekend.
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Okay, Doom Courser article is up.
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Was there an article on the Kheper? I can't seem to find it.
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Doesn't look like there is. There is an Uraeus article, the Kheper's sibling design.
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Given that there's no article on the Kheper, I think I'll try to write one.
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The article on the Kheper is up.
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Any chance of this (Shadow Cat III) coming out?
It's written but I had sent it to someone for commentary and lost track of things from there. I'll post it next week.
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Looks like the Jade Phoenix is lacking an article?
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Looks like the Jade Phoenix is lacking an article?
It’s got one
https://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php/topic,76616.msg1807706.html#msg1807706
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Weird. I went searching for it and couldn't find it.
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I'm surprised no one has done one on the Tempest. It's been almost a Marik exclusive for decades, sans merc units and the Marian Hegemony.
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Any chance anyone would be up for the War Crow, from RecGuide 7? It’s one of my favorite designs out of the Rec Guides, maybe the best clan heavy omni since the Night Gyr. But I don’t play on the tabletop enough to do it Justice (and in fact I’ve never had the chance to use it).
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Any chance anyone would be up for the War Crow, from RecGuide 7? It’s one of my favorite designs out of the Rec Guides, maybe the best clan heavy omni since the Night Gyr. But I don’t play on the tabletop enough to do it Justice (and in fact I’ve never had the chance to use it).
Already been done also.
https://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php/topic,72491.msg1691205.html#msg1691205
I'm surprised no one has done one on the Tempest. It's been almost a Marik exclusive for decades, sans merc units and the Marian Hegemony.
It’s not very inspiring although maybe the new RS:3150 variants will fire someone up.
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I've got a lot of experience with the Tempest, I could probably write something up.
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Already been done also.
https://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php/topic,72491.msg1691205.html#msg1691205 (https://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php/topic,72491.msg1691205.html#msg1691205)
It’s not very inspiring although maybe the new RS:3150 variants will fire someone up.
I narrowed search parameters like three times looking for that article. I hate this site’s search feature. Also, the directory needs updating, it’s wildly out of date (but I don’t think the guy who was maintaining it is active on the site anymore).
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In my experience search is reasonably fine as long as one checks "Search in topic subjects only" and limits board search to Fan Articles, uncheck "check all" and check "Fan Articles". Only the mech name as the search term, no "mech of the week" or anything else. And hope the name isn't misspelled.
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I narrowed search parameters like three times looking for that article. I hate this site’s search feature. Also, the directory needs updating, it’s wildly out of date (but I don’t think the guy who was maintaining it is active on the site anymore).
Chanman is still active on the site, I see posts from them fairly regularly. But yeah, they haven't updated the Mech of the Week directory in something like two years.
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Yes, it's actually written, I just need to find a week on the schedule and get someone to give the final draft a once-over.
Re: Shadow Cat III
Ever get this looked over?
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Has anyone done the Deimos? It’s definitely not listed in the Articles directory thread, and searching titles only gives me a short, 12 year old “Talk to me about”. It’s…it’s not a *good* mech. But it is interesting. Worth an article, certainly. If no one else wants to, I could try my hand, but I play so little that I feel like it’d be heavily slanted toward the fiction, and not as insightful about the tabletop as most of y’all would be.
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Has there ever been a Vulcan, Ostroc, or Ostol article?
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None of the osts have been done. Nor has the Vulcan. At least, I couldn't find them when I built my mechs of the kickstarter list.
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Is there an article on the Salamander (mech)?
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None of the osts have been done. Nor has the Vulcan. At least, I couldn't find them when I built my mechs of the kickstarter list.
The latter is actually my fault. I had a Vulcan article well under way when I finally hit my 'enough' point on doing this, and it ended up set aside about 75% done. It's probably saved somewhere, but not in a condition to be posted. Happy to let someone else take a run at it (and the Osts, of course), my guess is that it would be in better hands at that point anyway. Fun, odd little design that deserves top writing.
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So no Salamander article?
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Since it doesn't appear that there's a current PPR Salamander mech article, I'd be happy to write one.
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Since it doesn't appear that there's a current PPR Salamander mech article, I'd be happy to write one.
I don't see one anywhere, which means if there is one, it's so old that it's hard to find- so there might as well not be one.
Go nuts, looking forward to it. Always a unit I'm dismayed to see on the field in either my Falcon or Marik costumes.
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Great, I'll try to get one up tomorrow or Saturday
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Got bored on a work call and dug up the remnants of the Vulcan article. Needs updating with late models and some tweaks elsewhere, but I'll try to have it up tomorrow if I get time.
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Salamander is posted.
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So, what other mechs are we lacking articles for?
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So, what other mechs are we lacking articles for?
Ost mechs, a lot of the new IS rec guide mechs (Scotty covered them pretty well in his rec guide series but the links are messed up still iirc), Jenner IIC, Clint, Mongoose and Guillotine.
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So, what other mechs are we lacking articles for?
I never got an answer on this. I briefly considered trying it myself, but it’s busy season at work right now, so I probably [size=78%]wouldn’t have time until January at least.[/size]
Has anyone done the Deimos? It’s definitely not listed in the Articles directory thread, and searching titles only gives me a short, 12 year old “Talk to me about”. It’s…it’s not a *good* mech. But it is interesting. Worth an article, certainly. If no one else wants to, I could try my hand, but I play so little that I feel like it’d be heavily slanted toward the fiction, and not as insightful about the tabletop as most of y’all would be.
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I think there is no current Trebuchet article either.
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I think there is no current Trebuchet article either.
There is:
https://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php/topic,77843.msg1840011.html#msg1840011
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Thank you, I somehow missed that.
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It's new
Thank hellbie, iirc
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Ost mechs, a lot of the new IS rec guide mechs (Scotty covered them pretty well in his rec guide series but the links are messed up still iirc), Jenner IIC, Clint, Mongoose and Guillotine.
And the Mongoose II.
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I think the base mongoose too
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If anyone is willing to check it for accuracy, I have a first draft of a Hermes I article written up.
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Has anyone done the Deimos? It’s definitely not listed in the Articles directory thread, and searching titles only gives me a short, 12 year old “Talk to me about”. It’s…it’s not a *good* mech. But it is interesting. Worth an article, certainly. If no one else wants to, I could try my hand, but I play so little that I feel like it’d be heavily slanted toward the fiction, and not as insightful about the tabletop as most of y’all would be.
So, I finally got around to doing this. Does one of you pros want to look over my writeup before I post it?
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I could have sworn there was a Clint article somewhere. I even started one years ago and abandoned it because it had been covered.
That's going to drive me batty now. Crud.
I'll give it a look later on and if there's not one popping up, I'll give it a look-over, but it might be a bit.
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Doesn't look like there's a Clint article. There is a "Talk to me about Clint IIC" but that's all.
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Doesn't look like there's a Clint article. There is a "Talk to me about Clint IIC" but that's all.
I'm using my magical admin powers to look and see if it just ceased to be in the long-ago crash, but honestly if it's that far back, it needs a new one anyway. Being that it's only got half a dozen variants, I'll probably fold in the IIC as well and make life easy.
...eventually, when I get a spare few minutes. :blank:
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So i noticed that all the below have been long removed is there any chance someone would like to remake articles for them sure enough people would be interested in reading them. I would try myself by with my dyslexia even a short post is hard work with spelling not to mention grammar
JN-Jinggau
Huron Warrior
THR- Thunder
LHU- Lao Hu
The Perseus
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Feel free to make new articles. It is unlikely i'll find any interested in improving those, and i don't want the old ones around.
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Nobody has commented on my MOTW: The Masters thread. I'm feeling ignored here, especially since some of the opinions I expressed should be controversial.
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I suspect that the name is throwing people off. I didn't realize it was talking about C3 Master systems and thought it was a reference to Paul Master's Phoenix Hawk or a mech that The Master piloted.
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I could do a Lao Hu article, probably this week.
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Lao Hu article is up.
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I'll take a crack at the Perseus next week unless someone else wanted to claim it.
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Got the Perseus up. That turned out to be a lot longer than I thought it would be.
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Think I'll tackle the Thunder next.
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Hermes I article posted.
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Thunder is up.
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Got the Perseus up. That turned out to be a lot longer than I thought it would be.
Omnis are always a pain in the ass. The VOTW article on the Scapha had me ready to drink by the end of it.
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Yeah, the Regent was a lot easier thanks to having significantly fewer variants.
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Any chance someone might be interested in the Shockwave?
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Yeah, I'd be willing to take that one for my next article.
Would take the Huron Warrior but there's a variant in one of the XTROs that I don't have and even though it's a unique mech I don't want to leave it out or rely only on Sarna for it, so someone else can take that.
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Shockwave up.