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Good Idea - Bad Idea
« on: 14 February 2015, 13:06:28 »
If you've seen the Animaniacs segment of Good Idea - Bad Idea, then you'll know how it goes.

For those who don't know, I'll start with an example:
Good Idea-
Make your young child stay with you in the public

Bad Idea-
Make your young child go alone in the public unattended

Got it?  Good!  Ready?  Go!

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Re: Good Idea - Bad Idea
« Reply #1 on: 14 February 2015, 13:55:37 »
Good Idea - Taking a Smoke Jaguar Warrior with you on a trial of possession

Bad Idea - Taking a Smoke Jaguar Warrior with you on a charity fund raiser
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Re: Good Idea - Bad Idea
« Reply #2 on: 14 February 2015, 14:28:23 »
I've used these before, but...

Good Idea:  Performing a Highlander burial.

*A Capellan Locust is seen doing a scouting run in a canyon.  100 feet above, a Highlander watches.  As soon as the Locust pilot gets under the cliff, the Highlander comes down, jets engaged, and smashes the Locust into a biscuit*

Bad Idea:  Performing an Urbanmech burial.

*In an open field, a Davion Urbanmech engages a Kuritan Atlas at close range.  The Urbanmech engages his jump jets, but try as he might, he fails to clear the Atlas.  Indeed, before he gets halfway up, the Kuritan's Atlas grabs the poor little Urbanmech and smashing it on its head like a beer can.  In fact, the resulting damage is about the same:  Atlas unscathed, Urbanmech crunched into a Mech biscuit*


Good Idea:  Throwing a penny into a wishing well.

*A mercenary in the employee of the LC walks by a wishing well.  Reaching into his pocket, he pulls out a penny that he got as change when he worked for the FWL.  He throws it into the well, wishing for good luck and fortune.*

Bad Idea:  Throwing Star Commander Penny into a wishing well.

*A Draconis Combine MechWarrior walks past a well with Star Commander Penny, an aerospace pilot from Clan Nova Cat, being drug behind him.  He proceeds to throw her into the well, and watches as she falls to certain death.  Unfortunately, this is 3053, and the planet this occurs on is under Clan Nova Cat control, long before they make peace with the Combine.  Unbeknownst to him, Point Commander Michelle, an Elemental with Clan Nova Cat, sees what the "dezgra freebirth" does, sneaks up behind the Combine MechWarrior, and taps him on the shoulder.  The MechWarrior turns around, looks up, and is stunned by the 7 foot tall muscular Elemental staring at him.  Point Commander Michelle picks up the Combine warrior by the uniform, then proceeds to throw him down the well, wishing that her actions wind up in her codex in hopes that one day, she may win a Bloodname.*

The End!
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Re: Good Idea - Bad Idea
« Reply #3 on: 17 February 2015, 16:32:26 »
Good Idea - Using small field artillery to handle in coming targets.  Good defend infantry positions.

Bad idea - Using Infantry Support Davy Crockett-I to handle in coming targets.  Which also takes out the infantry firing the weapon as well.
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Re: Good Idea - Bad Idea
« Reply #4 on: 17 February 2015, 16:54:34 »
Good idea:  Feeding your pet goldfish.

*Cue:  film of a MechWarrior feeding his goldfish food*

Bad idea:  Feeding your pet diamond shark. 

*Cue:  film of a MechWarrior trying to feed a goldfish to a diamond shark, gets eaten*

Good idea:  Having a Diamond Shark for dinner.

*Cue:  Film of a group of Clan merchants having dinner with a Diamond Shark merchant at the table*

Bad idea:  Letting your pet diamond shark have a Diamond Shark for dinner.

*Cue:  group of merchants pushing a Diamond Shark merchant off of a boat into shark infested waters.  Immediately a diamond shark jumps up, eats the Diamond Shark merchant, then jumps up and eats the other merchants in the boat*

The End
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Re: Good Idea - Bad Idea
« Reply #5 on: 03 March 2015, 07:16:14 »
Good Idea - Playing pranks on your Mechwarrior buddy
Bad Idea -  Playing prank on your Mechwarrior buddy who can stop on you for filling his cockpit with golfballs.

Good Idea - Making smooth moves towards the attractive woman
Bad Idea - Making smooth moves towards the attractive woman who turns out to be Manei Domini spy.
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Re: Good Idea - Bad Idea
« Reply #6 on: 07 March 2015, 09:33:06 »
Good idea: Making friends with Clan Ghost Bear. (Scene of a Mechwarrior talking with a Clan Mechwarrior, both are smiling and laughing)
Bad Idea: Making friends with a Ghost Bear;

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Re: Good Idea - Bad Idea
« Reply #7 on: 14 March 2015, 08:09:42 »
Good Idea - Using a WarShip pop those annoying DropShips thinking they can take down their ship.
Bad Idea - Using a WarShip try to pop that squadron of Castrum Pocket WarShips and thinking your going get way with it.
"Men, fetch the Urbanmechs.  We have an interrogation to attend to." - jklantern
"How do you defeat a Dragau? Shoot the damn thing. Lots." - Jellico 
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"It's 200 LY to Sian, we got a full load of shells, a half a platoon of Grenadiers, it's exploding outside, and we're wearing flak jackets." VoTW Destrier - Misterpants
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Re: Good Idea - Bad Idea
« Reply #8 on: 14 March 2015, 20:44:56 »
Good idea:  Using Mechwarriors to put down an uprising

*Cue:  Members of a Combine Mech unit protecting a city against several squads of armed citizens and a company of tanks attempting to stage a coup*

Bad idea:  Using warships to put down an uprising.

*Cue:  Turtle Bay*
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Re: Good Idea - Bad Idea
« Reply #9 on: 15 March 2015, 10:04:57 »
Good idea: Upgrading those dusty old medium lasers to the latest ER Model.
Bad Idea: Accepting an upgrade from someone in the M Domini.
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Re: Good Idea - Bad Idea
« Reply #10 on: 16 March 2015, 13:57:49 »
Slightly off topic but I do recall a series of posts about life in the clans or how the Khans acted and talked, and at one point it goes to Operation Bulldog...it was in a funny/jokes thread, anyone know where that is?
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Re: Good Idea - Bad Idea
« Reply #11 on: 16 March 2015, 16:30:17 »
Good Idea: Date a hot heir-apparent.
Bad Idea: Date Katherine Steiner-Davion.
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Re: Good Idea - Bad Idea
« Reply #12 on: 17 March 2015, 10:37:00 »
Good Idea: Starting this thread.
Bad Idea: Posting in this thread.
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Re: Good Idea - Bad Idea
« Reply #13 on: 19 March 2015, 12:07:58 »
Good Idea: Being a aerospace pilot and ejecting from the plane before explodes.
Bad Idea: Being aerospace pilot of the Lucifer Aerospace Fighter who has to hope the plane fly away to pieces around him since it doesn't have ejection seat.
"Men, fetch the Urbanmechs.  We have an interrogation to attend to." - jklantern
"How do you defeat a Dragau? Shoot the damn thing. Lots." - Jellico 
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Re: Good Idea - Bad Idea
« Reply #14 on: 27 March 2015, 15:47:24 »
Good idea: Using Com Star to inform your allies on how and when to attack the Clans
Bad idea: Using a Star Com. to send the same message

Good idea: Shelling an enemies position with artillery
Bad idea: Doing it when you already engaged said enemy in close-quarter fighting
Worse idea: Shelling an enemy with artillery who had engaged you in cq-fighting

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Re: Good Idea - Bad Idea
« Reply #15 on: 27 March 2015, 22:51:43 »
No, if you're not willing to shell your own position, you aren't willing to win.0

Good idea: joining the Army
Bad idea: joining the Army
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Re: Good Idea - Bad Idea
« Reply #16 on: 28 March 2015, 07:26:30 »

Good idea: Becoming MechWarrior
Bad idea: Becoming MechWarrior who pilots a UrbanMech.
"Men, fetch the Urbanmechs.  We have an interrogation to attend to." - jklantern
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Re: Good Idea - Bad Idea
« Reply #17 on: 28 March 2015, 09:57:16 »
Good idea - Challenging your opponent to a honourable duel.

Bad idea - Challenging an elemental to a wrestling match.
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Re: Good Idea - Bad Idea
« Reply #18 on: 29 March 2015, 12:25:24 »
Good idea: Going to war inside a Demolisher tank
Bad idea: Going to war inside a demolished tank

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Re: Good Idea - Bad Idea
« Reply #19 on: 10 April 2015, 06:45:02 »
Good idea: Using a WarShip to provide fire support for the troops below.
Bad idea: Using a Warship as ammunition of the fire support for the troops below.  *Splat*crack*explosion*screams*
"Men, fetch the Urbanmechs.  We have an interrogation to attend to." - jklantern
"How do you defeat a Dragau? Shoot the damn thing. Lots." - Jellico 
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