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bandit
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 Posted: 18-Nov-2003 11:04 Post subject: a couple of questions.. |
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I'm reading on my left:
"welcome bandit you have now visited
this site 4 time
you have 5 credit
What's mean? 
the 2nd ..  ..I'm trying to immagine
what does mean such word..munchkins?
I search also on vocabulary but invane..
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Daphne Wilde
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| Posted: 18-Nov-2003 11:46 Post subject: RE: a couple of questions.. |
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I could explain but...
" Oh Lord and mighty Mordel,
Please bless this unworthy wretch that he may have your knowledge and guidance in understanding your most holy and private domains. teach him to better take care of his knowledge and lead him to your blessed understanding. "
A-men...
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Mordel
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| Posted: 18-Nov-2003 12:26 Post subject: RE: a couple of questions.. |
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Concerning credits. Check out this topic. the same question was asked.
http://www.mordel.net/barandgrill/viewtopic.php?topic=3490&forum=1&post=35634&17
As for Munchkin, it's sort of tough to explain as I think people have their own interpretation of it. For me, in BattleTech terms, a munchkin would be someone that creates a 'mech with 12 medium pulse lasers and enough double heat sinks to cool down to zero each turn even if they jump the 5 movement you know they'll have. Essentially creating a design for devastation factor rather than for gameplay and playability. In many peoples opion, Pulse lasers and the targeting computer were the biggest examples of munchkin that were created.
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Havoc~Ronin
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| Posted: 18-Nov-2003 12:32 Post subject: RE: a couple of questions.. |
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To assist you with the second question..."Munchkins" usually refers to those who are under a predefined age (usually pre-pubescent). In the growth cycle, you start with anklebiters (I know, I have one). They then become childabeasts, especially when they form herds in places such schoolyards. It is at this point when the munchkinism begins to surface, some faster than others. Hopefully this will help sort things out.
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Pinhead
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| Posted: 18-Nov-2003 20:12 Post subject: RE: a couple of questions.. |
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My definition of munchkinism differs from Mordel's only in that I believe a munchkin is someone who can only play a mech that has every advantage, usually based around weapons that do 12 damage or more. They like to take advantage of holes in the rules, which allows them to add to the randomness of the game.
but then again, I've always been a laser boat kind of guy...
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Mordel
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| Posted: 18-Nov-2003 20:57 Post subject: RE: a couple of questions.. |
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Driving a laser boat doesn't make you a munchkin. Heck, driving a laser boat with a TC doesn't make you a munchkin. BUT, driving a laser boat with a TC EVERY time you play makes you a munchkin.
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chihawk
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| Posted: 18-Nov-2003 20:58 Post subject: RE: a couple of questions.. |
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On 2003-11-18 20:57, Mordel wrote:
Driving a laser boat doesn't make you a munchkin. Heck, driving a laser boat with a TC doesn't make you a munchkin. BUT, driving a laser boat with a TC EVERY time you play makes you a munchkin.
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Agreed.
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Jade_Dragon
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| Posted: 19-Nov-2003 12:26 Post subject: RE: a couple of questions.. |
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A munchkin is someone who plays only to win or I should say only to whoop up on his opponents. Like previously stated he or even she will always be running something like a Clan Dire Wolf packed with Large and Medium pulse lasers, a TC and maybe a Gauss or PPC.
These are the people that laugh when they do 45+ points of damage to your 'Mech at long range but yet cry when you hit them with a couple of MLs and there is a slim chance that you might get a critical hit on their precious TC.
BTW, most players have gone through a Munchkin phase at one point in time or another.
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Discord
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| Posted: 19-Nov-2003 13:33 Post subject: RE: a couple of questions.. |
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Some amount of munchkinism is fine. Everyone likes to try to build the perfect mech. But most munchkins overdo it. They're the ones with the custom tech, the overblown home rules, and refuse to play anything resembling a balanced game.
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Sir Henry
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| Posted: 19-Nov-2003 13:48 Post subject: RE: a couple of questions.. |
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Discord, are you supposed to be watching Tunnel Rat????? 
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Oafman
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| Posted: 20-Nov-2003 13:27 Post subject: RE: a couple of questions.. |
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I am still trying to figure out the whole easy win concept. Where is the fun in that? Just had a game last Saturday that lasted a good 6 hours and was still undecided up until the second to last firing round. There is nothing better that almost being out of the fight and getting that one lucky head shot or critical roll that turns the tables on an opponent.
'Fama est nihil sine fortuna.'
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Mordel
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| Posted: 20-Nov-2003 15:49 Post subject: RE: a couple of questions.. |
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You'll find the people that use the munchkin tactics to try and get easy wins have very little in strategy. Put them in a 3025 mech that overheats and they'll dies within the first 30 minutes of game play.
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Motown Scrapper
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| Posted: 20-Nov-2003 18:54 Post subject: RE: a couple of questions.. |
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I like it when I win with an Inferior force.An example in a recent battle the opposing force was an elite Clan Wolf Asault star plus a single medium mech (I do not know why he added that mech).My force a light aerostar and a light vehicle star from the 2nd Flurrys galaxie old star league equipment with some minor upgrades( mostly replacing star league armour and weapons with clan equivalents.)The fighters were all under 30 tons and with the exception of two Kangas so were the vees they included two Gabrials and two Beagles. At the start of the match the Wolf players were laughing and predicting that my Flurries would all be gone in two rounds. After a cluster bomb attack (my pilots were so bad I figured that no way could they expect to hit with standard bombs and eight brutal rounds their last mech finnaly fell (he refused hegira he said no way could he surrender to warrior wannabes) I had five fighter a crippled Kanga and a damaged Cyrano left but I denied them the road and claimed their Dropship as Issorla,Using green warrior wannabes driving scrap yard refugees.My GM gave me a lot more respect after that one.
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Discord
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| Posted: 20-Nov-2003 19:36 Post subject: RE: a couple of questions.. |
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On 2003-11-19 13:48, Sir Henry wrote:
Discord, are you supposed to be watching Tunnel Rat?????
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She does sleep sometimes.
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Oafman
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| Posted: 20-Nov-2003 22:18 Post subject: RE: a couple of questions.. |
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I have learned one thing from playing this game all these years. Prediting a victory does not guarantee a victory. This is coming from someone who has learned the hard way. Humilation comes down hard when the die roll does not.
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