btech

[Ohma]

MechAssault is/was fun but it's basically just a 3rd person shooter. It also has an arcade feel so I can understand why it's mostly ignored.

fixed

[Veef]

i don't want to go check that thread

nobody listens or cares

i got another video uploading

maybe i should just post them there

[Veef]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=80woulReEyw

i think the MW3 CD is trying to destroy my drive

the music is spazzing out so i ejected the disk

there's a no CD patch but some say it doesn't work well on xps

[Veef]

talking with people brings out the best in me i guess

in response to "big stompy robots that are utterly helpless against their own weapons" being kind of realistic if Mechs are supposed to be WALKING TANKS

(12:32:34 PM) Andrew: Yeah but even tanks have defenses
(12:32:48 PM) Andrew: Their armor is designed to (hopefully) deflect glancing blows
(12:32:55 PM) Andrew: they're low to the ground
(12:33:07 PM) Andrew: have smoke grenades and cameoflague
(12:34:02 PM) Andrew: A Valkyrie has its speed against missiles. Later ones have shields for deflecting bullets. Mobile Suits have natural jamming, agility, and power.
(12:34:11 PM) Andrew: All a battlemech has is hoping the other guy misses
(12:34:42 PM) Andrew: they are less adept than a soldier with body armor

[Veef]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Cmf9ExrKMeg

i'm just trying to recreate the multi experience i had

protip G key is get up

[Veef]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=LJcQFxaPitQ

i didn't remember you could leg people in MW2

so is this really just the same shit for like a decade

[uraniun235]

i don't remember mechs getting knocked over when they lose a leg, just coming to a stop and hopping on one leg

maybe that's mercenaries though, i never played mercenaries

[starku]

Oh dear

[Darth Fanboy]

GUYS

BATTLETECH PODS.

Apparently some places still have them, but none close to me. This is a crime, and while I am not one who needs an obscene amount of money to be happy I would not refuse enough wealth to buy a dozen or so.

[Veef]

oh

you're not Ford

change your avatar jerk

[Veef]

i don't remember mechs getting knocked over when they lose a leg, just coming to a stop and hopping on one leg

maybe that's mercenaries though, i never played mercenaries

i was a bit confused myself

my copy is the Dos/95 version

The rip I found is supposedly the same but the files are slightly different

it is a mystery

[starku]

the lol of the really wide mechs losing a leg when moving and not falling down is beyond the conception of modern informatics

[Veef]

the Mad Kitties tumble over in a really funny way

like they're so top heavy they just keel over onto their B-29 cockpits

[starku]

A would have thought they'd fall backwards

But I forgot lrm launchers weigh noting compared to ppcs and torso cockpits

Ps what robot is the armour diagram based onE

[Veef]

Supposedly it's a modified Armored VF-1A Valkyrie Crusader

also most of the buttons on the keyboard are so you can individually change each HUD element

you can have a full screen of nothing but heat displays

because heat is very important

[starku]

Sign of the times

Xwing had a button for s-foils

[Veef]

at least is Rouge Squadron doing that made you faster

because of uh

aerodynamics?

[joviwan]

"Group fire"? What the hell?


Every memory I ever had of MechWarrior 2 is "Anhkmped-fire, engaged."

I don't get it.

EDIT: Oh, you're playing Mercenaries. That has to be the reason.

[Veef]

you find a kitty with its leg blown off, its LRM packs baking in the sun

you could roll an assist and help it stand up

but you're not

why is that

[Darth Fanboy]

oh

you're not Ford

change your avatar jerk

Clearly my avatar is different notice the baby being consumed instead of the pepper

This is classic avatars week for me right now SDN Gothic is back up at THA OTHER BOARD.

But come on, Battletech Pods, does anyone else have memories of playing?

[Veef]

no because my arcade had Virtual On

[uraniun235]

But come on, Battletech Pods, does anyone else have memories of playing?

no, i wish i did though, i bet i would have gotten the hugest kick out of it as an adolescent

not joking or being snide it would have been super k-rad awesome

[Zod]

oh

you're not Ford

change your avatar jerk

Clearly my avatar is different notice the baby being consumed instead of the pepper

This is classic avatars week for me right now SDN Gothic is back up at THA OTHER BOARD.

But come on, Battletech Pods, does anyone else have memories of playing?

for me it was the classic star wars arcade game cabinets with the red line vector graphics that made you feel like you were in an x-wing

[Veef]

what about Tail Gunner

[joviwan]

But come on, Battletech Pods, does anyone else have memories of playing?

Okay, so I've narrowed it down


My two favorite parts of btech are

1) assigning narrative to what just happened while playing megamek (Gary 7 valorously rammed his truck into the Warhammer's foot. He died instantly, warhammer unscathed, but the bridge collapsed under the added weight and dropped him 300 feet into a river. Gary 7 was awarded posthumously for his quick thinking and hasty self sacrifice).

2) PODS!




man these were so cool as a kid

I'll be honest I'd think they were so cool right now, if there were any that existed anywhere near me

Nope.