Applying Battletech concepts in your real life

[StuartYee]

I know this is exceptionally nerdy, but does anyone take anything from Battletech and apply it to your daily life in the real world?

For example, I have several sales positions at work for which I'm hiring for and the pay will be based on experience. I created a spreadsheet and was trying to think of a way to label the different levels of experience. At first I put "No Experience, Minimal Experience, At Least One Sales Job and Experienced". I had trouble remembering how I categorized the experience levels for applicants until I erased it and relabeled them "Green, Regular, Veteran and Elite" It works!

For my existing team members, I may add the terms "Questionable, Reliable and Fanatical" to their dossiers! j/k!

I also throw the phrase "Bargained well and done" around a lot at work which sounds good even though no one here knows where that comes from. I do get odd looks occasionally if I say "No guts, no galaxy."

Anyone else have any similar experiences?

[Weirdo]

Battletech has certainly aided my knowledge of Excel, and thanks to my time running games at conventions, I can honestly tell employers that I do have experience managing others! O0 Though now my boss thinks I spend all my spare time playing Star Wars MMOs...

[Hersh67]

Battletech has certainly aided my knowledge of Excel, and thanks to my time running games at conventions, I can honestly tell employers that I do have experience managing others! O0 Though now my boss thinks I spend all my spare time playing Star Wars MMOs...

You have not educated him about the ways of the Giant Stompy Robots???  Shame on you, Weirdo.  Take time to educate him.

[Weirdo]

There will be plenty of time... 8)

[Prillotashekta]

I, um... I did say "no guts, no galaxy" immediately before asking my (now)wife out for the first time.  :-[
I did get teased about that for quite some time later.

[Neko_Bijin]

I once had to manage 20 miles on a highway with the radiator badly malfunctioning.  Airflow was helping to cool the motor, so if I went too slow, the temp. needle went up.  But if I went too fast, it also went up.

[StuartYee]

I, um... I did say "no guts, no galaxy" immediately before asking my (now)wife out for the first time.  :-[
I did get teased about that for quite some time later.

That is tremendously awesome.

I once had to manage 20 miles on a highway with the radiator badly malfunctioning.  Airflow was helping to cool the motor, so if I went too slow, the temp. needle went up.  But if I went too fast, it also went up.

Did you upgrade to double heatsinks afterward?

[cold1]

I work in sales and have used "bargained well and done" at the end of a tough negotiation before. O0

Also, we're having a baby boy in May and 3 weeks ago my wife gave me her top 3 name choices... Archer, Alaric, and Aidan.  She knows nothing of the BT universe but I somehow love her more now.

[Hersh67]

Not Aleric.  The boy is liable to kill his mother...

[Taurevanime]

I once had to manage 20 miles on a highway with the radiator badly malfunctioning.  Airflow was helping to cool the motor, so if I went too slow, the temp. needle went up.  But if I went too fast, it also went up.

Getting that extra speed by being in the sweet spot of TSM is hard to hold isn't it?

[Marwynn]

In my Stats 101 back in my university days I had to provide examples and illustrations for an analysis of normal dice. I used BT as the backdrop, and got one of the few 100s I ever got in uni.

Of course I used DCMS 'Mechs.

[cold1]

Not Aleric.  The boy is liable to kill his mother...

That's her current front runner... I'm leaning towards Archer but losing at the moment.

[ClarkeMarek]

Does it count if I take one look at this and think, "Oh, cool, C3i!" ???

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

Battletech has taught me that the right tool makes the job much easier.

And the right tool is almost always overwhelming force. :D

[guardiandashi]

I haven't actually used it but one of my favorite catch phrases is on the flavor text from the saturation bombardment card for the battletech ccg

" If brute force does not solve your problems, you aren't using enough."

[ClarkeMarek]

I have thought about using ROM or WOB as am alternate suffix if I ever get a vanity call, assuming of course that my first choice gets picked.

[MadVoorpak]

I use clan terminology in day to day life occasionally.

Quineg, Aff, I tend to avoid  contractions.

the only time where battletech concepts have actually applied in my life significantly was when I challenged a friend to a Trial of Possession over the xbox controller and while he was distracted  and wondering  wtf I was talking about, I stoled it :D

[Hersh67]

I use clan terminology in day to day life occasionally.

Quineg, Aff, I tend to avoid  contractions.

the only time where battletech concepts have actually applied in my life significantly was when I challenged a friend to a Trial of Possession over the xbox controller and while he was distracted  and wondering  wtf I was talking about, I stoled it :D

Dezgra surat.   >:(

[Libertadkrieger]

I once challenged a friend to a Trial of Poesession over the last can of mountain dew.  We fired up megamek and did a quick Daishi vs Daishi duel.  I won.   8)

[Hersh67]

I once challenged a friend to a Trial of Poesession over the last can of mountain dew.  We fired up megamek and did a quick Daishi vs Daishi duel.  I won.   8)

 O0 O0 O0  Bargained well and done!  You bring honor on your bloodHouse.

[MadVoorpak]

Dezgra surat.   >:(

Psh. I prefer to think of it as a Warden/Wolf approach to things.

[StuartYee]

I have thought about using ROM or WOB as am alternate suffix if I ever get a vanity call, assuming of course that my first choice gets picked.

I operate on 2 meters, 440 and HF (whenever I get a chance). I have on a few occasions nearly accidentally ended my transmission with "quiaff?".

It never ceases to amaze me how Ham operators infiltrate nearly every other hobby community out there.  ;)

[ClarkeMarek]

I operate on 2 meters, 440 and HF (whenever I get a chance). I have on a few occasions nearly accidentally ended my transmission with "quiaff?".

It never ceases to amaze me how Ham operators infiltrate nearly every other hobby community out there.  ;)

Tell me about it.  Course, I'm stuck on 2, and I'd get on 10 if I had the right antennae.  I really need to improve my skills in that area.  I'm a bad ham. :-[

[StuartYee]

I'm expanding my Sales team from 3 to 5 sales people including myself. I am therefore referring to myself (well in my head at least) as Star Commander.

Additionally, we have a system of prospect ownership that can roughly translate to competing for the right contact a given prospect.

Bargained well and done.

[Demon55]

I generally do not use contractions.  They are so... Barbaric. 

[StuartYee]

I generally do not use contractions.  They are so... Barbaric.

Darn it! I put a contraction in my previous post!  :-[

[Hersh67]

Darn it! I put a contraction in my previous post!  :-[

Then edit it out and delete the quoted post...  Simple.

[Khymerion]

When in doubt while GMing, I usually find myself asking two questions:   

What would Hans do in this situation?

If that fails...

What would ROM do in this situation?

and if that fails...

What would the WoB do in this situation?

When questions are pushed through that matrix, few GMing problems ever go unresolved.

[TylerDurden]

I'm expanding my Sales team from 3 to 5 sales people including myself. I am therefore referring to myself (well in my head at least) as Star Commander.

I have done the same.  :)

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

When in doubt while GMing, I usually find myself asking two questions:   

What would Hans do in this situation?

If that fails...

What would ROM do in this situation?

and if that fails...

What would the WoB do in this situation?

When questions are pushed through that matrix, few GMing problems ever go unresolved.

1) Shoot them first
2) Shoot them first and make it look like someone else did it
3) Nuke the planet

[VF1LAM]

I thought about saying to the person who handed me my high school diploma:  "Bargained well, and done."

[StuartYee]

I have done the same.  :)

It turns we're only expanding to four including myself. Lance leader?

Eh, it just doesn't have the same ring to it as Star Commander.... :(