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BattleTech Miniatures / Re: 44th Shadow Division build up
« Last post by ISD on Today at 00:42:27 »
Ominous! :cool:
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Ground Combat / Re: Troopers: Elementals & those who aren't
« Last post by Charistoph on Today at 00:41:58 »
But yet the rules are clear enough that a large build and physical strength are somehow beneficial-enough to operation of powered armour to make minimum stats part of the RPG-rules.

I really wonder about that for the examples that look more like you sit in them, however.

Just saying that the personal scale of RPG-scale rulesets like Mechwarrior, Time of War, and Destiny is incredibly out of scale with the far more abstract scale of Total Warfare or Alpha Strike.
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Off Topic / Re: What is YOUR laptop size?
« Last post by garhkal on Today at 00:04:55 »
Biggest screen I could get.

However, I'm thinking about getting a new one. The fan in mine stopped working, so it overheats all the time. I tried to open it up, but it looks like I need a special tool for that. My guess is that it is jammed with cat hair, since my cat liked to lay behind it when I was working...

Damon.

WIth the # of stories i've heard about folks having stuff break, or damaged cause of cats lounging on things, knocking things over, i often wonder, WHO is controling the home?  The home owner, or their pet?!

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thank you for the suggestion. the current site is no longer being modified. i can pass this idea along to the 2.0 site dev.
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Infantry general, hordes of minigun infantry, troop carriers loaded up with RPG troopers to support the minigunners (both with speakers to heal them and rockets to help deal with tougher armor), a couple of airfields full of MiGs to deal with snipers if there's anything out there like that (detect with the troop carriers, force-attack a spot with napalm missiles from above), airdrop more minigunners regularly via general powers to reinforce and replenish losses, and just human-wave the crap out of the defender. It's messy, it's inefficient, and it is HILARIOUS.

For CHINNNNNAAAAA!!!

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Off Topic / Re: old pc (Dos) or console games you'd love to play again..
« Last post by ISD on Today at 00:01:00 »
Some of those early 90’s DOS shmups were fiercely addictive. Raptor: Call of the Shadows immediately comes to mind. Love to play that again on period-specific hardware.
A couple of years ago, when I was still on zwitter, the programmer was talking about redoing it and going for a kickstarter. I should check if I can find anything about that project now, I would back it! :laugh:

Raptor: CotS reminds me of Tyrian that I played an incredible amount of hours. Before that, Xenon II: Megablast and an even more obscure one was Space Goose.
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The Inner Sphere / Re: IS Trooper mechs
« Last post by blackjack on 12 February 2025, 23:32:33 »
Then the best trooper is probably the BJ-3 Blackjack. Durable. Medium range. 2 big guns. Boring.

100% agree on it being a trooper but disagree on it being boring!  :cheesy:
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MLU UI Suggestion:

Just a mild quality of life suggestion on the units page. Make the Search/Filters element Sticky. This will help massively when doing long research sessions that pull up large lists.

I recommend the following CSS that I use to adjust the site.
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#accordionList {

    position: sticky; //Stops element scrolling off the screen until the end of the containing element does.

    top: 0; //How far form the top of the screen the element will stick.

    z-index: 1; //Allows this element to be displayed over the top of other elements after it.

    background-color: white; // So other elements that are behind it do not show through.

}

I might also suggest moving Unit Search div within the #accordionList element so it sticks also.
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Fan Fiction / Re: A Long Journey
« Last post by The Wobbly Guy on 12 February 2025, 23:14:35 »
Quote
Your talking about a monster that could cover 3,796,742 sq mi in a layer of lava 260 meters thick. It's a planet killer for sure."

Uhm, do even experts use such precise numbers when talking? And without any real frame of reference, how big is 3.5 million sq miles? I looked it up and it's about the size of the USA!

Holy sh*t. :shocked:

Maybe the guy could have said, "... cover a mid-sized continent in a layer of..." instead.
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General BattleTech Discussion / Re: IIKhan Eyes only question (Spoilers)
« Last post by Asssilem on 12 February 2025, 23:11:37 »
Maybe "Dominions Divided". It covers all the events you mention. Candy Clicker
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