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Do we know the Batchall line for all the clans?
« on: 21 August 2018, 19:51:59 »
Sarna has the line for Jade Falcon, Wolf, Ghost bear, and Smoke Jaguar. Is there a source for some of the other clans?

 I play Diamond shark and would love to know that one.

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Re: Do we know the Batchall line for all the clans?
« Reply #1 on: 21 August 2018, 19:59:26 »
It's probably a thing that's more personal to the warrior, really.  But there's a lot of Sharks/Foxes fans active on the forum, no doubt they'll give you some suggestions before long. :)

PS: if you're new to the forum and haven't checked out the Fox fan thread, I'd suggest checking it out here.

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Re: Do we know the Batchall line for all the clans?
« Reply #2 on: 21 August 2018, 20:53:40 »
It's probably a thing that's more personal to the warrior, really.

This was always my impression, too. I don’t think any Clan has a standardized batchall script. I feel like they just hit the salient points and improvise whatever boasts and/or insults that they feel in that moment.
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Re: Do we know the Batchall line for all the clans?
« Reply #3 on: 21 August 2018, 21:13:20 »
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Re: Do we know the Batchall line for all the clans?
« Reply #4 on: 21 August 2018, 21:28:02 »
The Sharkfox has wares if you have coin... ;D

I'm sure my compatriots will be able to come up with an actual INTELLIGENT response to your question.  I'm currently a wee bit sleep deprived.
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Re: Do we know the Batchall line for all the clans?
« Reply #5 on: 22 August 2018, 09:57:28 »
It is bound by each Clan's tradition and can be personal to the warrior, look at how it is handled in Blood of Kerensky trilogy.  Some of the fluff has noted that the traditional Clans have a strict formula that their warriors do not really deviate from . . . Clans that are a bit more free-wheeling like the Wolves & Sharkfoxes are more likely to vary what gets said when issuing challenges.  Anastasia Kerensky in Bonfire of Worlds offers some insights into the Clans' mentality about batchalls- typically it involves a lot of trash talking.

The batchall and bidding between commanders is where the battles start as each side tries to get into the other's head.  Natasha messed with Wolf Crusaders, look particularly to how she bid to take Gunzberg- at random removing stars until she had the Crusader at wits' end.  What you bid in a batchall can also unnerve the opposition- for instance bidding a secondline force against a frontline can insinuate that you do not respect the opposition, that you do not need your best warriors & material to defeat them.
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Re: Do we know the Batchall line for all the clans?
« Reply #6 on: 23 August 2018, 17:42:02 »
I'm sure there are literary-minded warriors who issue challenges in haiku... or insulting limericks.
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« Reply #7 on: 23 August 2018, 17:59:09 »
I'm sure there are literary-minded warriors who issue challenges in haiku... or insulting limericks.


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Re: Do we know the Batchall line for all the clans?
« Reply #8 on: 23 August 2018, 19:05:46 »

My name is Rodrigo Kalasa
I have come to mess up su casa
What force will you use
To fight me and lose
Once I ram my boot up your ass-a?


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Re: Do we know the Batchall line for all the clans?
« Reply #9 on: 23 August 2018, 20:12:57 »

My name is Rodrigo Kalasa
I have come to mess up su casa
What force will you use
To fight me and lose
Once I ram my boot up your ass-a?


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While I do have some Horse fame
When I kick your Shark-Fox lame
You'll cry and be rancor!

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Re: Do we know the Batchall line for all the clans?
« Reply #10 on: 23 August 2018, 20:55:10 »
My name is Truetanker
You'll fall like an anchor
While I do have some Horse fame
When I kick your Shark-Fox lame
You'll cry and be rancor!

BOOM-baby!

TT


I believe you misused the word "rancor" in your Batchall.  Just what one would expect from a Horse.  :p


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Re: Do we know the Batchall line for all the clans?
« Reply #11 on: 23 August 2018, 20:59:43 »
Hmm... think this needs some more thought....

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Re: Do we know the Batchall line for all the clans?
« Reply #12 on: 17 September 2018, 14:11:46 »
I think the Ghost Bear one is "I am [rank] [name].  I am here to take your stuff.  What will you fail to defend it with?"
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Re: Do we know the Batchall line for all the clans?
« Reply #13 on: 17 September 2018, 15:32:29 »
Sarna has the line for Jade Falcon, Wolf, Ghost bear, and Smoke Jaguar. Is there a source for some of the other clans?

 I play Diamond shark and would love to know that one.

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Re: Do we know the Batchall line for all the clans?
« Reply #14 on: 17 September 2018, 15:55:15 »
I think the Ghost Bear one is "I am [rank] [name].  I am here to take your stuff.  What will you fail to defend it with?"

That's a faulty presumption in that the Bears would proactively try to go out and take something.  The Bears end up getting stuff given to them they never initially bothered to try to get for themselves.

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« Reply #15 on: 17 September 2018, 16:47:52 »
That's a faulty presumption in that the Bears would proactively try to go out and take something.  The Bears end up getting stuff given to them they never initially bothered to try to get for themselves.


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Re: Do we know the Batchall line for all the clans?
« Reply #16 on: 18 September 2018, 03:36:22 »
"Package for the planet's inhabitants.  What unit wishes to pick it up."   ;D (Sorry, had to get the landDiamond Shark joke out there somehow.)

On a serious not, if I had to improv it:

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Re: Do we know the Batchall line for all the clans?
« Reply #17 on: 18 September 2018, 04:36:20 »
"Package for the planet's inhabitants.  What unit wishes to pick it up."   ;D (Sorry, had to get the landDiamond Shark joke out there somehow.)

Sounds more.like the FedEx service of the foxes

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Re: Do we know the Batchall line for all the clans?
« Reply #18 on: 04 October 2018, 18:43:52 »
We are Falcons, not parrots. We have more than one line to choose from before we kick your arses.

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« Reply #19 on: 04 October 2018, 19:19:59 »
We are Falcons, not parrots. We have more than one line to choose from before we kick your arses.

The Falcons are proud enough that they assume you KNOW who's coming to kick your arse without prelude.
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Re: Do we know the Batchall line for all the clans?
« Reply #20 on: 05 October 2018, 12:43:36 »
Would this be taught in the sibko?

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« Reply #21 on: 05 October 2018, 14:14:33 »
Would this be taught in the sibko?

I don't think there's a standard format for any batchall, but yes, the general idea of batchalls, how they work, that would definitely be taught.
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Re: Do we know the Batchall line for all the clans?
« Reply #22 on: 05 October 2018, 14:23:24 »
Really?  I thought with the Falcons it was more like . . .

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« Reply #23 on: 05 October 2018, 15:06:47 »
Really?  I thought with the Falcons it was more like . . .

"I am Star Captain Hanz and this is Star Captain Franz, and we are here to blow you up!  Here me know and believe me later you freebirth!"


Would that make the Nova Cat Batchall "TOONCES, WATCH OUT!"?
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Re: Do we know the Batchall line for all the clans?
« Reply #24 on: 05 October 2018, 15:55:52 »
maybe, but I need more cowbell to decide
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