Author Topic: Favorite bit of silly BTech trivia? (Read 22864 times)

grimlock1 · « **Reply #60 on:** 12 April 2018, 09:33:55 »

Quote from: BrokenMnemonic on 11 April 2018, 16:18:57

I like the planet Fjernet, after it was pointed out that Fjernet translated to deleted/removed in Norwegian.

Then there's the Tedibyhr system...

Planet names in general are just a font of tidbits and giggles.

Weirdo · « **Reply #61 on:** 12 April 2018, 12:17:24 »

Zebebelgenubi.

Say it out loud, I dare ya. :)

Now refrain from repeating it. I double dog dare ya. 8)

Zebebelgenuuuubi. ^-^

JadeHellbringer · « **Reply #62 on:** 12 April 2018, 14:47:56 »

I tried. People keep throwing holy water on me. I have regrets and a wet shirt.

iamfanboy · « **Reply #63 on:** 12 April 2018, 16:23:42 »

Quote from: JadeHellbringer on 12 April 2018, 14:47:56

I tried. People keep throwing holy water on me. I have regrets and a wet shirt.

I laughed so hard I choked on my tuna fish sandwich at this, and had a coughing fit that became an asthma attack.

While I applaud your humor, sir, dying for it is not my idea of a good time.

Even now, ten minutes later, it requires all my steely self-control to not fall prey to the same trap.

Kidd · « **Reply #64 on:** 12 April 2018, 16:37:16 »

I don't get the reference. Why? Is it one of those, you say it 3 times, ghost of Stefan Amaris appears schticks?

Cache · « **Reply #65 on:** 12 April 2018, 16:57:13 »

Quote from: Mendrugo on 06 April 2018, 16:31:19

Loren Coleman's tendency to create CCAF characters whose "Chinese" names are actually phonetic English puns.

Perhaps he was the person who called in the fake names for the Chinese airline crew...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2362486/KTVU-prank-Outrage-news-station-names-pilots-racially-insensitive-monikers.html
(foul language warning... sort of)

truetanker · « **Reply #66 on:** 12 April 2018, 17:40:03 »

Quote from: Weirdo on 12 April 2018, 12:17:24

Zebebelgenubi.

Say it out loud, I dare ya. :)

Now refrain from repeating it. I double dog dare ya. 8)

Zebebelgenuuuubi. ^-^

I think it's spelled wrong... only one b second should be an n.

Zubenelgenubi or Arbic for Scorpion's south claw.

TT

nerd · « **Reply #67 on:** 12 April 2018, 21:55:07 »

On a serious note, the final action of Ensign Henry Larson aboard the Bowfin in TRO3026 is the same as that taken by LCDR Howard W. Gilmore aboard USS Growler (SS-215) on the night of 6/7 February 1943.

E. Icaza · « **Reply #68 on:** 12 April 2018, 23:57:47 »

I found that there was a "Starbucks"-style coffee shop chain called "Java Pulse Generator" to be pretty amusing.

MoneyLovinOgre4Hire · « **Reply #69 on:** 13 April 2018, 01:29:38 »

The fact that Clanner English is spoken with a surfer-dude accent.

Kidd · « **Reply #70 on:** 13 April 2018, 01:41:28 »

Quote from: E. Icaza on 12 April 2018, 23:57:47

I found that there was a "Starbucks"-style coffee shop chain called "Java Pulse Generator" to be pretty amusing.

If there was 1 thing that cemented Dark Age in my mind as an attempt at "millennial Battletech", for good or ill, this was it.

Bonus points that every JPG is a front for Republic Intelligence. Tinfoil intensifies!

Weirdo · « **Reply #71 on:** 13 April 2018, 06:38:11 »

Quote from: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 13 April 2018, 01:29:38

The fact that Clanner English is spoken with a surfer-dude accent.

PLEASE tell me this is verifiable truth. This would make my world a...radical...place. 8)

grimlock1 · « **Reply #72 on:** 13 April 2018, 06:51:10 »

Quote from: Weirdo on 13 April 2018, 06:38:11

PLEASE tell me this is verifiable truth. This would make my world a...radical...place. 8)

Maybe for you, but now I'm stuck with the thought of all the Clanners in the old cartoon being voiced by the cast of Denver the Last Dinosaur, and I can't pour bleach into my brain to make it go away because I'm at work!

Tai Dai Cultist · « **Reply #73 on:** 13 April 2018, 09:43:12 »

Lostech discovery: A Clanspeak Liguistics Codex!

Empyrus · « **Reply #74 on:** 13 April 2018, 09:48:49 »

I always imagine the Clanners having slight fake-Russian accent.
It makes no sense whatsoever even if Kerenskys spoke Russian. But... i don't know, pseudo animal-tribe space-mongols who-speak English with bad fake-Russian accent? My brain just says "let's go with that".

MoneyLovinOgre4Hire · « **Reply #75 on:** 13 April 2018, 10:02:51 »

Quote from: Weirdo on 13 April 2018, 06:38:11

PLEASE tell me this is verifiable truth. This would make my world a...radical...place. 8)

I swear I saw Herb post it somewhere back when he was in charge.

Sartris · « **Reply #76 on:** 13 April 2018, 10:07:33 »

this, in combination with the clanner insistence on PROPER, contraction-free English, HAS to be canon.

grimlock1 · « **Reply #77 on:** 13 April 2018, 10:50:29 »

Quote from: Sartris on 13 April 2018, 10:07:33

this, in combination with the clanner insistence on PROPER, contraction-free English, HAS to be canon.

The idea of proper, contraction free speech, combined with a surfer dude accent is breaking my brain, just a little.

SteelRaven · « **Reply #78 on:** 13 April 2018, 11:50:40 »

Quote from: Empyrus on 13 April 2018, 09:48:49

I always imagine the Clanners having slight fake-Russian accent.

That's probably thanks to MW4: Mercs.

Sartris · « **Reply #79 on:** 13 April 2018, 12:05:54 »

Quote from: grimlock1 on 13 April 2018, 10:50:29

The idea of proper, contraction free speech, combined with a surfer dude accent is breaking my brain, just a little.

And perhaps the most believable thing about clan society

Kidd · « **Reply #80 on:** 13 April 2018, 12:16:39 »

Quote from: SteelRaven on 13 April 2018, 11:50:40

That's probably thanks to MW4: Mercs.

Why though, considering that MW2 features far more Clanners than Aisa Thastus?

Personally I can't read Joanna, Marthe Pryde or indeed any Falcon female save in some variant of the MW2 Jade Falcon intro narrator... snooty, condescending, borderline fanatical ::)

Empyrus · « **Reply #81 on:** 13 April 2018, 12:28:47 »

Quote from: SteelRaven on 13 April 2018, 11:50:40

That's probably thanks to MW4: Mercs.

The only fake-Russian in that game was that one DropShip captain. The Falcons? Sure don't sound Russian or fake-Russian to me.

SteelRaven · « **Reply #82 on:** 13 April 2018, 12:37:16 »

Quote from: Kidd on 13 April 2018, 12:16:39

Why though, considering that MW2 features far more Clanners than Aisa Thastus?

Personally I can't read Joanna, Marthe Pryde or indeed any Falcon female save in some variant of the MW2 Jade Falcon intro narrator... snooty, condescending, borderline fanatical ::)

*shrug* I keep thinking of the Battletech cartoon whenever someone brings up the Falcons ;D

Quote from: Empyrus on 13 April 2018, 12:28:47

The only fake-Russian in that game was that one DropShip captain. The Falcons? Sure don't sound Russian or fake-Russian to me.

The voice actor for Vlad used a fake Russian accent, slightly better than Peter's fake German. Stands out because, as mentioned earlier, no other clanner has said accent.

JadeHellbringer · « **Reply #83 on:** 13 April 2018, 12:38:47 »

Quote from: Empyrus on 13 April 2018, 12:28:47

The only fake-Russian in that game was that one DropShip captain. The Falcons? Sure don't sound Russian or fake-Russian to me.

What was his name, Pascha or something like that? Lame accent, but man is it nice having an Overlord backing you up for support. ;D

Empyrus · « **Reply #84 on:** 13 April 2018, 13:02:57 »

Quote from: SteelRaven on 13 April 2018, 12:37:16

The voice actor for Vlad used a fake Russian accent, slightly better than Peter's fake German. Stands out because, as mentioned earlier, no other clanner has said accent.

Ohh, i forgot Vlad was there. While i've played the game a lot, i often don't finish it somehow, i keep forgetting what happens in the final missions.

Quote from: JadeHellbringer on 13 April 2018, 12:38:47

What was his name, Pascha or something like that? Lame accent, but man is it nice having an Overlord backing you up for support. ;D

Dascha? No idea. Polite fellow though, the sort that makes you feel bad for siding with the other side.

Kidd · « **Reply #85 on:** 13 April 2018, 14:57:24 »

What about the list of known Clanner sports, isn't lacrosse mentioned as one of them or someth?

Quote from: Empyrus on 13 April 2018, 13:02:57

Dascha? No idea. Polite fellow though, the sort that makes you feel bad for siding with the other side.

Something like that. But he's a merc, not Clan. First encountered on I think Halloran.

Mendrugo · « **Reply #86 on:** 13 April 2018, 15:07:30 »

Captain Dashka commands a Hrothgar on Halloran V, and an Overlord on Tharkad.

Empyrus · « **Reply #87 on:** 13 April 2018, 15:17:43 »

Quote from: Kidd on 13 April 2018, 14:57:24

What about the list of known Clanner sports, isn't lacrosse mentioned as one of them or someth?

Ah, yes, "what's a foul?". I found that utterly hilarious moment in the Blood of Kerensky trilogy.

IIRC, the Clans play several games, but these are shared between certain Clan "groupings". Like, Wolves play lacrosse as do some others, but then there are Clans like Ghost Bears who apparently prefer American Football.

MoneyLovinOgre4Hire · « **Reply #88 on:** 13 April 2018, 15:25:08 »

Who unlike Wolf lacrosse players regard personal fouls with shame.

Tai Dai Cultist · « **Reply #89 on:** 13 April 2018, 15:30:11 »

And Mini-Putt was apparently popular enough with the Nova Cats to use it as a Trial of Possession for a world (in BULLDOG, IIRC).