mf0 logs -> 2014 -> Mon, 05 May 2014< mf0.20140504.log - mf0.20140506.log >
--- Log opened Mon May 05 00:00:08 2014
--- Day changed Mon May 05 2014
00:00
< Ced23Ric>
Without leverage?
00:00
< Ced23Ric>
YOu cannot force me by wanting to force me.
01:12
< Shades_Corvid>
and now I am pre writing posts for the future!
01:13
< Ced23Ric>
Sounds like magic!
02:38
< Shades_Corvid>
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2sp5179Jko0/U2bqLhdbS9I/AAAAAAAAA4k/qtKVoJfUt 9w/w503-h709-no/Where+the+Peaches.JPG
02:39
< Soren>
*innocent whistling*
02:39
< Soren>
*buuuuuuuuurp*
02:40
< Soren>
I needed a snack.
02:41
< Shades_Corvid>
These are how wars are started...
02:44
< Soren>
Itās true.
05:00
< FlakManiak>
That Chub needs more color coordination.
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< Mantisking>
Hello?
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< Ced23Ric>
Holy fuck.
15:27
< Ced23Ric>
The house is PACKED.
15:27
< Ced23Ric>
(5 people)
15:27
< Ced23Ric>
Hey Ray, Soren, Shades, Flak.
15:28
< Soren>
Yep.
15:29
< Ced23Ric>
Still missing afny. ;_;
15:29
< Ced23Ric>
Also, I'm missing Neutrinos in muh game.
15:29
< Ced23Ric>
Aaaand with Blackrock being the hardest faction left, I feel like I am about to hit the peak again.
15:30
< Ced23Ric>
(Muh Neutrinos. ;_;)
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15:32
< Mantisking_>
I walk away from my damn computer and it boots me out.
15:32
< Mantisking_>
Hey, Ced.
15:32
< Ced23Ric>
Hey Ray.
15:32
< Mantisking_>
Hey, Soren.
15:35
< Mantisking_>
How was everyone's weekend?
15:37
< Ced23Ric>
Relaxed, on my end.
15:37
< Ced23Ric>
Way too much Bricklink.
15:38
< Mantisking_>
Is such a thing as too much?
15:42
< Ced23Ric>
Mayhaps..?
15:44
< Ced23Ric>
I think I dmped like US$250 across several orders.
15:44
< Ced23Ric>
But then again, it's for 10 frames, new guns, restocking of parts I thought I had and a crippling obsession with tan parts for cover.
15:44
< Mantisking_>
Of course I say this as the person who has a table covered in unopened boxes of Lego.
17:23
< Mantisking_>
AFK.
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18:22
< MittenNinja>
sup guys?
18:25
< MittenNinja>
Anyone still around?
18:25
< Ced23Ric>
Yah
18:25
< Ced23Ric>
'Sup, Greg?
18:25
< Ced23Ric>
On your phone again?
18:25
< MittenNinja>
nah on the computer so i shouldnt have nay issues
18:25
< MittenNinja>
hopefully...
18:27
< Ced23Ric>
Gotcha!
18:28
< MittenNinja>
howve you been man?
18:29
< Ced23Ric>
Quite alright, actually.
18:30
< Ced23Ric>
Over the two years when I vanished, I just couldn't do it anymore.
18:30
< Ced23Ric>
No one to play with but my roomie, and only because his ankle was broken.
18:30
< Ced23Ric>
But then I saw the AB Kickstarter and decided to go and evangelize Berlin.
18:30
< MittenNinja>
hahaha
18:30
< MittenNinja>
hows it been going so far?
18:30
< Ced23Ric>
So I now ordered some demo teams, will assemble a kit and hit one store after another.
18:30
< Ced23Ric>
Still in the prep phase. ;)
18:31
< Ced23Ric>
But I got my felt, my parts ordered and, well, MFZ:Condensed is almost done, too.
18:31
< MittenNinja>
nice
18:31
< Ced23Ric>
Still gotta translate this into German, I recon.
18:31
< Ced23Ric>
*reckoen
18:31
< Ced23Ric>
-e
18:31
< Ced23Ric>
Fuckit, I give up.
18:31
< MittenNinja>
hahaha
18:32
< Ced23Ric>
Also, I am maintaining MFZ's 4chan presence.
18:32
< Ced23Ric>
Essentially snatched it from the guy who ran it before.
18:32
< MittenNinja>
4chan is one of those things that i never really delved into
18:33
< Ced23Ric>
http://boards.4chan.org/tg/thread/31861995
18:33
< Ced23Ric>
That's the thread that just hit the bump limit.
18:35
< Ced23Ric>
http://boards.4chan.org/tg/thread/31934737
18:35
< Ced23Ric>
An that is the new one.
18:35
< Ced23Ric>
Every 300 posts, the thread starts to sink down on the board.
18:35
< Ced23Ric>
But for 300 posts, it floats on the front page.
18:36
< Ced23Ric>
So every 300 posts, a new general is started.
18:36
< Ced23Ric>
People ask questions, share builds, show each other images, or work out the rules.
18:39
< MittenNinja>
cool man
18:40
< Ced23Ric>
Oh well. Once the demo teams are assembled, I'll go an polish some door handles.
18:40
< MittenNinja>
for sure
18:40
< Ced23Ric>
There is a dozen independent gaming stores in the city, and a bar that I want to schedule a demo event at.
18:40
< MittenNinja>
do you have any local cons out there?
18:40
< Ced23Ric>
Not much of a con culture.
18:41
< MittenNinja>
thats unfortunate
18:41
< Ced23Ric>
We have NordCon, which is a Larp/Reenactment thing.
18:41
< MittenNinja>
you coul always see if you and some others could start one up?
18:41
< Ced23Ric>
And otherwise, "cons" are LARP events, here.
18:41
< Ced23Ric>
No comic cons, war gaming cons, etc.
18:41
< Ced23Ric>
Con = LARP
18:42
< Mantisking>
Hello.
18:42
< MittenNinja>
sup mantis
18:42
< Mantisking>
Sup.
18:42
< Ced23Ric>
So, yeah.
18:42
< Mantisking>
Just trying to make it through the work day.
18:42
< Ced23Ric>
And: Who am I gonna start up a con with, Greg? ;)
18:42
< MittenNinja>
i hear ya
18:42
< MittenNinja>
talk to some of the local game shops
18:42
< Ced23Ric>
I think I am one of the only German MFZ players.
18:43
< Mantisking>
Pasukuru is in Germany, I think.
18:43
< MittenNinja>
see if any of them would be interested in starting up a gaming con
18:43
< MittenNinja>
board games, tabletop, mtg etc
18:43
< Ced23Ric>
They're not - it's all about local events at their stores.
18:43
< Ced23Ric>
Not much of a collaboration crowd.
18:43
< Ced23Ric>
But I'll probably just tour stores. :D
18:43
< MittenNinja>
that seems silly
18:43
< MittenNinja>
without collabortaion you dont grow
18:44
< Ced23Ric>
Not silly - just a different mentality. These stores invest in longterm loyal customers.
18:44
< Ced23Ric>
And they don't want to expose those to other stores.
18:45
< MittenNinja>
right, but the amount of exposure they could get with an event like that could nring them so many new gamers
18:46
< MittenNinja>
thus increasing sales, and player base
18:51
< Ced23Ric>
Sure - but you cannot calculate that number beforehand.
18:51
< Ced23Ric>
And a con's expensive.
18:51
< Ced23Ric>
At the very least, you need a location to house, say, 100 people.
18:52
< Ced23Ric>
But then you need to make sure people know it'S happening, and you need attractions, etc. pp.
18:52
< Ced23Ric>
The German consumer is very suspicious and not very curious. ;)
18:52
< Ced23Ric>
Again - it is a mentality thing.
18:52
< MittenNinja>
the best way I've seen to get a con started is by hosting a large tourney for something that has a large playerbase
18:52
< MittenNinja>
w40k, mtg, etc
18:53
< MittenNinja>
that brings people in
18:53
< Ced23Ric>
Sure. So you'd want to piggyback on that?
18:53
< MittenNinja>
hell yeah
18:53
< Ced23Ric>
I can see if there are any tourneys around these days.
18:53
< Ced23Ric>
See if I can get a sideshow.
18:53
< MittenNinja>
i demoed out at feast of blades, which is a big w40k tourney out here
18:53
< MittenNinja>
got a lot of good feedback and interest
18:54
< Ced23Ric>
Players inbetween things coming over?
18:54
< MittenNinja>
oh yeah
18:54
< Ced23Ric>
Did you get any "Oh, that's lego." with a condescending tone to it?
18:55
< Ced23Ric>
Like, looking down on it as children's toys?
18:55
< MittenNinja>
nope
18:55
< Ced23Ric>
Any other negative things?
18:55
< MittenNinja>
lots of "is that lego?" with a excited and curious tone
18:55
< Ced23Ric>
Ha!
18:55
< Ced23Ric>
Lego is such a universal fun bringer.
18:56
< MittenNinja>
i literally had one guy come over (he was with the privateer press media team) and he asked "Is this what i think it is?" i replied with "It
18:56
< MittenNinja>
's exactly what you think it is"
18:57
< Ced23Ric>
Nice.
18:57
< MittenNinja>
he started waving his arms around going "OOOOOOOHHHHHHH MYYYYYY GOD
18:57
< Ced23Ric>
Hahahaha.
18:57
< MittenNinja>
you will have a few people that will show no interest
18:57
< MittenNinja>
from the hardcore w40k elitist types
18:57
< Ced23Ric>
I figure.
18:57
< Ced23Ric>
Yeah.
18:57
< Ced23Ric>
The "tourneyfags", as 4chan calls them. :D
18:57
< MittenNinja>
hahahaha
18:58
< Ced23Ric>
Or "MLG progamer".
18:58
< MittenNinja>
the worst response i got from anyone who actually stopped to check it out was "that's pretty cool"
18:58
< Ced23Ric>
But, yeah. I know the type.
18:58
< Ced23Ric>
I wanna hit that one nerd bar.
18:58
< Ced23Ric>
Like, it is legitimately a nerd bar.
18:58
< Ced23Ric>
Their theme is "crashed space station".
18:58
< MittenNinja>
nice
18:59
< Ced23Ric>
And it is covered with bits and bobs and ancient technology.
18:59
< Ced23Ric>
Once a year they go on C64 gaming sprees.
18:59
< MittenNinja>
hahaha
18:59
< Ced23Ric>
Or do injection molding, CNC cutting, 3D printing, and soldering etc. in their members only workshop.
18:59
< MittenNinja>
thats pretty sweet
18:59
< Ced23Ric>
You can order beer via a Commodore console.
19:00
< Ced23Ric>
Or change the music, if you have a passcode.
19:00
< Ced23Ric>
And there's projectors, toilets are UV lights only ...
19:00
< Ced23Ric>
It's a weird place.
19:00
< Ced23Ric>
But in a good sense.
19:00
< MittenNinja>
sounds pretty cool
19:00
< Ced23Ric>
Right by a larger canal, so in the summer, you have a cool patio to chill on.
19:00
< Ced23Ric>
And it's smack dab in the center of the city.
19:01
< Ced23Ric>
... incidentially, 15 minutes from my place.
19:01
< MittenNinja>
perfect
19:01
< Ced23Ric>
And I know the owner.
19:01
< Ced23Ric>
That was the best story.
19:01
< Ced23Ric>
My roomie and I were playing Ingress, which is basically Google Maps:The Game.
19:01
< Ced23Ric>
You physically go to sites, and when your GPS is close enough you can hack, attack or loot portals.
19:02
< Ced23Ric>
And the bar had their own portal, blue, our enemies.
19:02
< MittenNinja>
yeah i checked it out. wasnt a big fan of it though
19:02
< Ced23Ric>
So we sat outside and looted it dry, then bombed the shit out of it.
19:02
< Ced23Ric>
Suddenly get a message in global chat: "Come in for a beer!"
19:02
< MittenNinja>
the poor excuse for a tutorial and poor ui made it difficult to get into
19:02
< Ced23Ric>
The bartender had messaged us. :D
19:02
< MittenNinja>
haha nice
19:02
< Ced23Ric>
So we got to know the crew, had several beer and shots on the house and ... stayed until 4am.
19:03
< Ced23Ric>
Fun times.
19:03
< MittenNinja>
for sure
19:03
< Ced23Ric>
They now have a neonlight on top of the building, that glows blue or green, depending on who controls the portal now.
19:03
< MittenNinja>
that is awesome
19:03
< Ced23Ric>
So, yeah. Lotsa nerds. I think MFZ has a chance there.
19:03
< Ced23Ric>
They love lego and mindstorm.
19:03
< MittenNinja>
i would say so
19:04
< Ced23Ric>
And while I suspect some of them using the 3D printer to build frames ...
19:04
< Ced23Ric>
... I am sure I can hook some of them.
19:04
< MittenNinja>
hey theres nothing wrong with printing frames
19:04
< Ced23Ric>
Imagine them printing their own lego.
19:04
< Ced23Ric>
In colours we cannot fathom.
19:04
< Ced23Ric>
My roomie asked me if I need the univerisity's 3D printer.
19:04
< MittenNinja>
im all fo rthat
19:05
< Ced23Ric>
That thing can even print fucking copper.
19:10
< Ced23Ric>
I am a little worried.
19:11
< MittenNinja>
about what?
19:11
< Ced23Ric>
MFZ isn't good at handling serious games, you know?
19:11
< MittenNinja>
oh it is
19:11
< Ced23Ric>
It's a glorious casual carnage fest.
19:11
< Ced23Ric>
But at the "build ceiling", there is not much room.
19:11
< MittenNinja>
the big barrier is the fact that the rules are very simple and a lot of serious gamers think that simple = dumbed down
19:12
< Ced23Ric>
Not so much. Movement and tactical resource allocation is important.
19:12
< Ced23Ric>
But I'm already having questions like this: "So, is there currently any reason to not just take WW G YY RdRd / RaRa / RdRa on everything?"
19:13
< MittenNinja>
of course there is
19:13
< Ced23Ric>
Like?
19:14
< Ced23Ric>
I am still not seeing much value in HtH.
19:14
< MittenNinja>
oh there is
19:14
< Ced23Ric>
And B/G remain weak compared to spot.
19:14
< MittenNinja>
you dont really want your entire company loaded out with hth
19:14
< MittenNinja>
keep in mind you dont need Y to spot
19:14
< Ced23Ric>
Sure, but you need it to spot in cover or keep a spot chain going across the battlefield.
19:15
< MittenNinja>
true
19:15
< MittenNinja>
but with a good movement you can just maneuver so that the target isnt in cover anymore
19:15
< MittenNinja>
or
19:15
< MittenNinja>
shred the cover with your attack instead of attacking the frame to destroy the cover, then spot
19:15
< Ced23Ric>
I guess there is a shift in value in larger games.
19:16
< Ced23Ric>
1 vs 1 is pretty cut and dry.
19:16
< Ced23Ric>
But 4 players or 5 is a crazy madhouse.
19:16
< MittenNinja>
yeah 1v1 is not how to showcase the game
19:17
< MittenNinja>
3 player is by far the best
19:17
< Ced23Ric>
5 gets small fast, eh?
19:17
< Ced23Ric>
And lots of waiting.
19:17
< MittenNinja>
5 is probably the second best
19:17
< MittenNinja>
IMM it goes 3, 5, 4, 2
19:17
< MittenNinja>
from best to worst
19:17
< Ced23Ric>
Gotcha.
19:18
< MittenNinja>
without a third person
19:18
< MittenNinja>
you lose the entire shifting alliances of convienience
19:18
< MittenNinja>
which is one of the best parts of the game
19:19
< MittenNinja>
and also one of the parts that adds the most depth tactically
19:19
< Ced23Ric>
Yeah, because you need to preserve forces, yet attack.
19:19
< Ced23Ric>
A conundrum.
19:19
< Ced23Ric>
Once the bullets fly, the cat is out of the bag.
19:19
< MittenNinja>
when its 1v1 you only have one option really
19:19
< MittenNinja>
attack the other dude
19:19
< Ced23Ric>
Yeah. And then, the firepower disparity favours the heavy.
19:20
< MittenNinja>
exactly
19:20
< Ced23Ric>
We tried many times, with various loadouts.
19:20
< MittenNinja>
going back to the build question
19:20
< Ced23Ric>
Heavy takes the cake almost always.
19:20
< Ced23Ric>
Yah.
19:20
< MittenNinja>
my "grunts" are Rd, Rh, B, G
19:20
< MittenNinja>
in fact my serpent legion only has one frame with Y dice
19:20
< Ced23Ric>
Wow, daring.
19:21
< MittenNinja>
and only 3 without a HtH system
19:21
< Ced23Ric>
I wouldn't give up on spot like that, honestly.
19:21
< MittenNinja>
granted only one has no ranged weapons
19:21
< MittenNinja>
if you play smart its not much of an issue
19:21
< Ced23Ric>
I'd rely on whites for HtH.
19:21
< MittenNinja>
i still have spots up most of the time
19:21
< MittenNinja>
you have 2 reds for that
19:21
< MittenNinja>
a G for move
19:21
< MittenNinja>
and a B for defense
19:21
< MittenNinja>
you generally dont need to use them for those
19:22
< MittenNinja>
one of the biggest advantages to having B and G dice is the fact that you can use your whites for other things
19:22
< Ced23Ric>
Mhmm-mhmm.
19:22
< Ced23Ric>
Well, I'd use it for spot.
19:22
< MittenNinja>
if you run RdRdYY, what happens if you roll a 4 for attack and a 3 for spot and your whites are 5 and 4?
19:22
< Ced23Ric>
So I figure I might aswell use Spot right away and let the whites handle def/move as needed.
19:23
< Ced23Ric>
Then I can defend 4, attack 5.
19:23
< MittenNinja>
you may have to sacrifice your Def or move to get the attack or spot you need
19:23
< MittenNinja>
sorry i should have thrown some lower rolls in there
19:23
< Ced23Ric>
That is just the same as having attack 4, move 3, and those whites.
19:24
< Ced23Ric>
Only that your move is locked.
19:24
< Ced23Ric>
You lock one function and assign the other two as needed.
19:24
< MittenNinja>
so your highest Red is a 3, your highest Y is a 2, you roll a 6 and a 2 for whites
19:24
< Ced23Ric>
I rather lock spot.
19:24
< MittenNinja>
what do you do?
19:25
< MittenNinja>
through the games ive played I've found that double systems are usually very overrated
19:25
< MittenNinja>
you're banking half of your systems towards one die
19:25
< MittenNinja>
die type i should say
19:26
< MittenNinja>
if those roll low, you've wasted half of your dice on a 3
19:26
< MittenNinja>
if you diversify, a poor roll doesnt hurt you very much
19:27
< MittenNinja>
im seriously considering dropping my double art systems on my snipers to single art
19:28
< MittenNinja>
and adding another B
19:32
< MittenNinja>
most of the Why wouldnt i take this loadout all the time? questions are things that are answered with more experience
19:32
< Mantisking>
Yup.
19:32
< Mantisking>
:-)
19:33
< MittenNinja>
the more you play, the more you realize that what "seems" like the best idea isnt
19:33
< MittenNinja>
its the same as the "why wouldnt i take 4 systems all the time" question that was asked a bunch early on
19:33
< Mantisking>
Or you realize you can't make them work like someone else has because you have a different mindset.
19:33
< MittenNinja>
yep
19:34
< MittenNinja>
but yeah
19:34
< MittenNinja>
the last series of pictures i posted to the FB groupfrom AQ was from a game where i was the defender with 3 frames, all loaded out with Rd, Rh, B, G, SSR.
19:35
< MittenNinja>
i gave up both my starting stations
19:35
< Mantisking>
Ballsy.
19:35
< MittenNinja>
but by being smart with movement and destruction of cover i still ended up winning
19:36
< MittenNinja>
the other guys were set up like so:
19:36
< MittenNinja>
3x Soldier with SSR, 1x Ra, G, B
19:37
< MittenNinja>
and 1x 2Ra 1B 1G, 1x 2Rh 2Y, 1x 2Rd 1B 1Y, 1x 1Rd 1Rh 1B 1Y
19:37
< MittenNinja>
so i had no Artillery and no Y
19:37
< MittenNinja>
they had both
19:41
< Mantisking>
His forces seem pretty artillery heavy.
19:41
< Mantisking>
Whoops, "their".
19:42
< Mantisking>
Or I could just shut up because I can't read. :-)
20:10
< MittenNinja>
lol
20:10
< MittenNinja>
yeah each had one artillery unit
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< Mantisking>
MN, I told you about the Arty team in the PAX East Demos, right?
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