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Re: Vehicle of the Week Schedule
« Reply #330 on: 17 June 2015, 17:25:38 »
Jellico usually handles our DropShip of the week reviews. I would suggest dropping him a PM as I don't know if he reads this thread.
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Re: Vehicle of the Week Schedule
« Reply #331 on: 17 June 2015, 18:55:15 »
Quote from: JadeHellbringer on 17 June 2015, 15:25:10
Non-combat units like transport vehicles tend to draw very few comments- so a lot of work for an article that no one reads. Probably not going to happen, honestly. I get requests like that every so often, and it's one of those things that seems good to the requester, and absolutely no one else. Pity, because they can be just as interesting as a line tank or something combat-oriented like that, but just don't gather enough attention for the work needed.
Anything that can actually haul a company of BA needs it's own article.

Also are/how are they affected by the errata that gives WiGE floatation hulls?
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Re: Vehicle of the Week Schedule
« Reply #332 on: 17 June 2015, 19:24:38 »
Definitely better for amphibious operations than hovertanks & hover APCs.
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Re: Vehicle of the Week Schedule
« Reply #333 on: 17 June 2015, 19:35:11 »
Quote from: SCC on 17 June 2015, 18:55:15
Also are/how are they affected by the errata that gives WiGE floatation hulls?

How is a WiGE that's already amphibious affected by an errata that gives all WiGEs flotation hulls? About as much as that law kicking around requiring that all humans contain DNA.
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Re: Vehicle of the Week Schedule
« Reply #334 on: 17 June 2015, 19:56:33 »
Quote from: SCC on 17 June 2015, 18:55:15
Anything that can actually haul a company of BA needs it's own article.

Also are/how are they affected by the errata that gives WiGE floatation hulls?

The request is appreciated, but I still do not plan to cover it at this time. Thank you. If that changes you'll know when the article is posted.
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Re: Vehicle of the Week Schedule
« Reply #335 on: 17 June 2015, 20:10:47 »
Quote from: Weirdo on 17 June 2015, 19:35:11
How is a WiGE that's already amphibious affected by an errata that gives all WiGEs flotation hulls? About as much as that law kicking around requiring that all humans contain DNA.
Because the designs in question are Support Vehicles, not Combat Vehicles, so instead of Floatation Hull they'd probably get the Amphibious Chassis and Controls Modification. Now these vehicles already HAVE that so it's no too big an issue, unless it no longer eats up tonnage
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Re: Vehicle of the Week Schedule
« Reply #336 on: 17 June 2015, 20:14:18 »
With this thread being for schedule notes for VotW and NOT for arguing minutiae of rules, I'm going to ask that you take the discussion somewhere else, such as the ground combat forum. Then again, you already know all that.
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Re: Vehicle of the Week Schedule
« Reply #337 on: 19 June 2015, 10:42:47 »
I'm contemplating the MHI Defense since it seems curiously omitted.
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Re: Vehicle of the Week Schedule
« Reply #338 on: 21 June 2015, 19:03:56 »
Quote from: False Son on 19 June 2015, 10:42:47
I'm contemplating the MHI Defense since it seems curiously omitted.

I may have also asked for the Pollux ADA. Wouldn't hurt to do a combo and compare with the Partisan?
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Re: Vehicle of the Week Schedule
« Reply #339 on: 22 June 2015, 13:13:44 »
Quote from: Knightmare on 21 June 2015, 19:03:56
I may have also asked for the Pollux ADA. Wouldn't hurt to do a combo and compare with the Partisan?

My intention was to compare the MHI Defense to the Partisan and Aesir to highlight how they each fill a niche for air defense.
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Re: Vehicle of the Week Schedule
« Reply #340 on: 22 June 2015, 23:15:46 »
Quote from: False Son on 19 June 2015, 10:42:47
I'm contemplating the MHI Defense since it seems curiously omitted.

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Re: Vehicle of the Week Schedule
« Reply #341 on: 28 June 2015, 21:17:41 »
Delaying VotW until tomorrow due to my computer eating part of the article (ARGH), bring extra RAC ammo and meet me here on Monday.
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Re: Vehicle of the Week Schedule
« Reply #342 on: 28 June 2015, 22:02:52 »
For the list - Huey (although I'm still interested in an "artillery vee" omnibus article), and Fox armoured car.
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Re: Vehicle of the Week Schedule
« Reply #343 on: 28 June 2015, 22:26:27 »
Quote from: worktroll on 28 June 2015, 22:02:52
For the list - Huey (although I'm still interested in an "artillery vee" omnibus article), and Fox armoured car.

That artillery article isn't done, but it IS in progress. Stay tuned- not REAL soon, but... eventually.
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Re: Vehicle of the Week Schedule
« Reply #344 on: 29 June 2015, 11:09:06 »
Is this where we put requests for an article??

If so, I would like to learn more about the Fulcrum Heavy Hovertank.

Thanks.
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Re: Vehicle of the Week Schedule
« Reply #345 on: 29 June 2015, 11:13:51 »
Quote from: jymset on 22 June 2015, 23:15:46
Skanda! ^-^

Oh please no...

I don't know if i'd have any new insights in that article.  It would be a list of how things didn't work out.  I skipped the Bardiche article for exactly that reason.  I could do a song and dance to try and upsell the Skanda, but people would see right through it.
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Re: Vehicle of the Week Schedule
« Reply #346 on: 29 June 2015, 11:19:48 »
I'll mark the Fulcrum down, but guys I'll put it here again:

PLEASE PM ME YOUR REQUESTS!!!

I check my PMs regularly as part of the mod job here- and I get an e-mail when I get a PM that I can use as a reminder. If something comes in here, I may or may not see it in a timely fashion. So... any requests in here as of right now, I think I have on my list, but really- if you want me to cover something, SEND IT TO ME. (This also keeps people from being annoyed if I cover a request more recent than theirs- I don't go in any kind of order, which is by design)

Thank you, sorry for being a jerk but I keep asking for this by PM and it keeps not happening.
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Re: Vehicle of the Week Schedule
« Reply #347 on: 29 June 2015, 18:39:15 »
[Kurgan]Forgive me, Hellbie. I am a worm ...[/Kurgan]

(BTW - did you know that the actor who was the Kurgan, also does the voice for Mr. Crab in Spongebob? And now you know.)
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Re: Vehicle of the Week Schedule
« Reply #348 on: 29 June 2015, 19:11:29 »
Yeah, Clancy Brown.  He also did the voice of Lex Luthor, was the drill sergeant in Starship Troopers, the head guard in Shawkshank Redemption and the VA for Chevy truck commercials.  He gets around.
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Re: Vehicle of the Week Schedule
« Reply #349 on: 30 June 2015, 07:00:55 »
Quote from: False Son on 29 June 2015, 19:11:29
Yeah, Clancy Brown.  He also did the voice of Lex Luthor, was the drill sergeant in Starship Troopers, the head guard in Shawkshank Redemption and the VA for Chevy truck commercials.  He gets around.
In a Chevy truck?
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Re: Vehicle of the Week Schedule
« Reply #350 on: 30 June 2015, 08:26:22 »
Clearly, a man of his stature requires no less than a howdah. :)

But we digress. Howdahs are not conventional vehicles, they are DropShips. Let us stick to such.
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Re: Vehicle of the Week Schedule
« Reply #351 on: 06 July 2015, 11:21:47 »
Keeps hitting F5...

Hellbie, where's my VotW fix?
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Re: Vehicle of the Week Schedule
« Reply #352 on: 06 July 2015, 11:52:25 »
Quote from: Welshman on 06 July 2015, 11:21:47
Keeps hitting F5...

Hellbie, where's my VotW fix?

After last week's repeated disasters, culminating in finding that a spelling mishap kept me from seeing the existing article... honestly I didn't test a damned thing this week. Every time I started on something I just kept asking myself 'why bother, this is going to suck just as badly as the rest have.'

Maybe next week. At this point I'm not sure continuing this column is a good idea, at least with me at the helm. I'm not doing too great at it lately. If other people want a crack at the helm, they're probably better choices for it than I am. (Mr. Burns' room of monkeys writing Shakespeare might be a better option, really)

I'll try to get something cobbled together and see if I can get something done this week. At this point, no idea.
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Re: Vehicle of the Week Schedule
« Reply #353 on: 06 July 2015, 12:28:38 »
Quote from: JadeHellbringer on 06 July 2015, 11:52:25
At this point I'm not sure continuing this column is a good idea, at least with me at the helm. I'm not doing too great at it lately. If other people want a crack at the helm, they're probably better choices for it than I am. (Mr. Burns' room of monkeys writing Shakespeare might be a better option, really)

Don't make me come out there and shackle you to the keyboard. Your articles are excellent and even when you accidentally doubled up, it was a good article.

Don't deprive of us of the king of VoTW articles. You set the standard people aspire to.
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Re: Vehicle of the Week Schedule
« Reply #354 on: 06 July 2015, 12:49:20 »
Seriously.  Hellbie, you're damn good at VOTWs, and even a duplicate is better than nothing at all.  We need our fix. :D
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Re: Vehicle of the Week Schedule
« Reply #355 on: 06 July 2015, 15:20:55 »
Threw together a look at the Mars at least, via request- I have enough experience with it to at least feign that I know what I'm talking about.
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Re: Vehicle of the Week Schedule
« Reply #356 on: 17 July 2015, 21:14:47 »
An FYI, article may be delayed a day due to a full weekend. I'll try to get it done on Sunday if I can, but Monday afternoon is more likely.

Give you a hint though... it's a support-sized vehicle, it's been requested by four different people, and it's going to be a lot of fun.
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Re: Vehicle of the Week Schedule
« Reply #357 on: 26 July 2015, 18:26:11 »
Next article on 7/27, won't have a chance to finish it up tonight. Sorry, I hate to have a late one two weeks in a row, but it's been a busy couple of days.
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Re: Vehicle of the Week Schedule
« Reply #358 on: 31 July 2015, 11:04:41 »
Due to my attending RomeCon this weekend (you don't know about RomeCon? It's hanging around with GhostBear, Greatsarcasmo, Redshirt, etc. and getting in gaming, Brickfair, a trip to the Udvar-Hazy aviation museum, etc.- didn't you get your invite?), VotW is on hold this weekend. I'll not have time to work on it until probably Monday, but being the Bandit and having a zillion configurations, it may be Tuesday before it gets posted. I'd apologize, but since I'll be spending my Sunday in front of a Concorde instead... stuff it, dear readers.  }:)
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Re: Vehicle of the Week Schedule
« Reply #359 on: 31 July 2015, 17:22:55 »
Withdrawal symptoms already setting in...
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