“We need a plan of attack.” – Captain America
“I have a plan – ATTACK!” responds Iron Man.
In our 4 man lance we have tried rotating who is leading. There is a new problem I think I have discovered. Since every match up is different one strategy wont work every time. The time in one match is not enough to know if the leadership worked.
The thing is we in our 4 man lance are not talking about the game as much as we were.
So what are we doing is saying "what do you want to try this time?" Instead of having a leader.
Leaders are people of action and make things happen.
Huge problem when one person in a lance won't step up.
Showing posts with label #quotes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #quotes. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Quoteable Wednesday version 9.0
Hicks: I like to keep this handy... for close encounters.
Frost: I heard *that.*
Aliens 1996
Wow huge patch yesterday ....I have never ran out of ammo so much lol! Final match of the night I played my dual AC2 hunchback. AC/2's are lightweight autocannons they work from pretty far away and they sound awesome. They can rip apart a mech if you can get a clean shot off.
The sound though they make is awesome - my wife can hear them through my headset and she does this every time.
Frost: I heard *that.*
Aliens 1996
Wow huge patch yesterday ....I have never ran out of ammo so much lol! Final match of the night I played my dual AC2 hunchback. AC/2's are lightweight autocannons they work from pretty far away and they sound awesome. They can rip apart a mech if you can get a clean shot off.
The sound though they make is awesome - my wife can hear them through my headset and she does this every time.
Sunday, December 16, 2012
Morgan Freeman and heroes in times of crisis.
I, in general do not like celebrities. I do not get star stuck like many people to me they are just people who happen to have a job that gets a lot of attention. Some stars can handle it others cannot.
Many of them use it as a platform ...and if you ask them their opinion you will get an earful.
Having said that I like Morgan Freeman the actor - I do not know what he believes or his politics ..I like his voice - very regal and commanding. He is a man that played God and I would like to think God has a voice as commanding and as powerful as MF. This quote is attributed to Morgan Freeman speaking about the deaths of the children in Connecticut:
"You want to know why. This may sound cynical, but here's why.
It's because of the way the media reports it. Flip on the news and watch how we treat the Batman theater shooter and the Oregon mall shooter like celebrities. Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris are household names, but do you know the name of a single *victim* of Columbine? Disturbed people who would otherwise just off themselves in their basements see the news and want to top it by doing something worse, and going out in a memorable way. Why a grade school? Why children? Because he'll be remembered as a horrible monster, instead of a sad nobody.
CNN's article says that if the body count "holds up", this will rank as the second deadliest shooting behind Virginia Tech, as if statistics somehow make one shooting worse than another. Then they post a video interview of third-graders for all the details of what they saw and heard while the shootings were happening. Fox News has plastered the killer's face on all their reports for hours. Any articles or news stories yet that focus on the victims and ignore the killer's identity? None that I've seen yet. Because they don't sell. So congratulations, sensationalist media, you've just lit the fire for someone to top this and knock off a day care center or a maternity ward next.
You can help by forgetting you ever read this man's name, and remembering the name of at least one victim. You can help by donating to mental health research instead of pointing to gun control as the problem. You can help by turning off the news."
I don't know the name of the guy that did this and I really don't care what his name is or why he did it ...I didn't even know about the incident until my wall started filling up with sympathy towards Connecticut.
There are heroes here in this incident as with all trauma there is a few who if asked before the day started if they knew they may die would they have jumped in would probably have no idea until that second they would jump in. Being a hero means you do something beyond what anyone else would do to show an amazing display or feat that is beyond what people expect at the risk of your own life to give up your life for someone else.
Super heroes - have powers that humans do not.
A firefighter is doing his job ...he become a hero when he risky everything, even disobeys his commander to rescue someone.
Captain Sullenberger was a pilot until he landed the United Flight 1549 in a miraculous way. He then became a hero.
In Connecticut:
A worker who turned on the intercom, alerting others in the building that something was very wrong. A custodian who risked his life by running through the halls warning of danger. A clerk who led 18 children on their hands and knees to safety, then gave them paper and crayons to keep them calm and quiet.
Columbine Victims - Columbine Heroes
Virginia Tech Victims - Virginia Tech Heroes
Aurora Shooting Victims - Aurora Heroes
Oregon Mall Victims - Oregon Mall Heroes
Sandy Hook Elementary Victims
Many of them use it as a platform ...and if you ask them their opinion you will get an earful.
Having said that I like Morgan Freeman the actor - I do not know what he believes or his politics ..I like his voice - very regal and commanding. He is a man that played God and I would like to think God has a voice as commanding and as powerful as MF. This quote is attributed to Morgan Freeman speaking about the deaths of the children in Connecticut:
"You want to know why. This may sound cynical, but here's why.
It's because of the way the media reports it. Flip on the news and watch how we treat the Batman theater shooter and the Oregon mall shooter like celebrities. Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris are household names, but do you know the name of a single *victim* of Columbine? Disturbed people who would otherwise just off themselves in their basements see the news and want to top it by doing something worse, and going out in a memorable way. Why a grade school? Why children? Because he'll be remembered as a horrible monster, instead of a sad nobody.
CNN's article says that if the body count "holds up", this will rank as the second deadliest shooting behind Virginia Tech, as if statistics somehow make one shooting worse than another. Then they post a video interview of third-graders for all the details of what they saw and heard while the shootings were happening. Fox News has plastered the killer's face on all their reports for hours. Any articles or news stories yet that focus on the victims and ignore the killer's identity? None that I've seen yet. Because they don't sell. So congratulations, sensationalist media, you've just lit the fire for someone to top this and knock off a day care center or a maternity ward next.
You can help by forgetting you ever read this man's name, and remembering the name of at least one victim. You can help by donating to mental health research instead of pointing to gun control as the problem. You can help by turning off the news."
I don't know the name of the guy that did this and I really don't care what his name is or why he did it ...I didn't even know about the incident until my wall started filling up with sympathy towards Connecticut.
There are heroes here in this incident as with all trauma there is a few who if asked before the day started if they knew they may die would they have jumped in would probably have no idea until that second they would jump in. Being a hero means you do something beyond what anyone else would do to show an amazing display or feat that is beyond what people expect at the risk of your own life to give up your life for someone else.
Super heroes - have powers that humans do not.
A firefighter is doing his job ...he become a hero when he risky everything, even disobeys his commander to rescue someone.
Captain Sullenberger was a pilot until he landed the United Flight 1549 in a miraculous way. He then became a hero.
In Connecticut:
A worker who turned on the intercom, alerting others in the building that something was very wrong. A custodian who risked his life by running through the halls warning of danger. A clerk who led 18 children on their hands and knees to safety, then gave them paper and crayons to keep them calm and quiet.
Columbine Victims - Columbine Heroes
Virginia Tech Victims - Virginia Tech Heroes
Aurora Shooting Victims - Aurora Heroes
Oregon Mall Victims - Oregon Mall Heroes
Sandy Hook Elementary Victims
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Quotable Wednesday version 8.0
Bryan: "I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my daughter go now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you." TAKEN 2008
Classy line ....overquoted some may say. I feel many times running into a match feels this way. You join a match for a battle ...they sneak to cap the base. You have 2 choices really. Run back and defend or race to cap them first.
The strategy is deciding at what point you have overcommitted to running to the enemy base. I got "yelled" at by someone (not sure if it was a pug on my team or a enemy mech). Telling me what kind of person I was for running to base instead of fighting it out with the enemy.
Classy line ....overquoted some may say. I feel many times running into a match feels this way. You join a match for a battle ...they sneak to cap the base. You have 2 choices really. Run back and defend or race to cap them first.
The strategy is deciding at what point you have overcommitted to running to the enemy base. I got "yelled" at by someone (not sure if it was a pug on my team or a enemy mech). Telling me what kind of person I was for running to base instead of fighting it out with the enemy.
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Quotable Wednesday version 7.0
Mugatu: "I feel like I’m taking crazy pills!”- - Zoolander
Seriously PGI adds 8 man groups back and ECM.
ECM makes me feel like a the whiners in the forums ...its so overpowered. It jams electronics or can obscure the enemy from your view. It makes it very very hard to target the mechs from range.
A lot of losing. CRAZY PILLS!
Seriously PGI adds 8 man groups back and ECM.
ECM makes me feel like a the whiners in the forums ...its so overpowered. It jams electronics or can obscure the enemy from your view. It makes it very very hard to target the mechs from range.
A lot of losing. CRAZY PILLS!
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Quotable Wednesday version 3.0
“Maybe we can build a fire, sing a couple of songs!” - Carter Burke - Aliens
Last night (Wednesday) was bad ...so bad I wanted to log out. A full group of guys (premade) and we were failed every drop. This guy is waiting for an open spot and chimes in to tell us all what we are doing wrong.
....Now I am not sayign he wasn't right ...mostly he was because he couldn't see what we awere doing but could tell we were failing so he made some suggestions. The problem is was though his approach.
He was an asshole.
We lost a few matches here and there but I would say 12 out of 16 drops were victories after he joined us. Calling out strats and (again) focus firing.
I didn't want to quit because we were losing or because he called out sound strats -- I wanted to quit because of his attitude.
I grew past it and ended up enjoying the night. He is still an asshole.
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Quotable Wednesday Version 2.0
Funboy: "Look what you've done to my sheets."
Last night out of twelve games I lost one. I was running my streakcat and my team made me feel like a rockstar with great tactics.
Reminds me of Funboy's comment to the Crow after being shot with his own gun. He exclaims "Look what you've done to my sheets." The streaks firing down on unsuspecting enemies.
Its fun to beat the crap out of a team; especially a well known premade.
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Quotable Wednesday version 1.0
“I need you to be clever, Bean. I need you to think of solutions to problems we haven't seen yet. I want you to try things that no one has ever tried because they're absolutely stupid.” -Ender Wiggin
- Ender's Game
It is vitally important in the beta of MechWarrior Online to try new techniques. The more people playing (especially in premades) the more important to try crazy tactics like capping the base instead of trying to out gun the enemy.
I have loaded into a match which should have been 8 vs 8 and have 4 in my team crash so now we have a 4vs8. We can try to take them out strategically but we cannot account for the 4 that ran directly to our base. We lost ...not due to pilot error; we lost to numbers. We killed the 4 and they capped our base with 4. We could have left one behind to guard but we just didn't have the resources.
- Ender's Game
It is vitally important in the beta of MechWarrior Online to try new techniques. The more people playing (especially in premades) the more important to try crazy tactics like capping the base instead of trying to out gun the enemy.
I have loaded into a match which should have been 8 vs 8 and have 4 in my team crash so now we have a 4vs8. We can try to take them out strategically but we cannot account for the 4 that ran directly to our base. We lost ...not due to pilot error; we lost to numbers. We killed the 4 and they capped our base with 4. We could have left one behind to guard but we just didn't have the resources.
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Quotable Wednesday's Verison 0.1
If you happen to catch yesterdays post I was thinking about adding battletech history and info.
I have decided to make Wednesday a qay where I quote a clip from a book or movie that I think can apply to gaming (especially from a strategy standpoint).
Today's Quote:
"You want to learn the first rule you'd know if you ever spent a day in your life...you never open your mouth till you know what the shot is."
This quote is directed at a manager ...the manager was promoted over other way more expeirence people becuse of someone he knew.
How does this apply to gaming? Don't take for granted the knowledgeable people around you unless you know what the shot is if you are talking you are not listening to the plan. You are worse than the enemy.
I have decided to make Wednesday a qay where I quote a clip from a book or movie that I think can apply to gaming (especially from a strategy standpoint).
Today's Quote:
"You want to learn the first rule you'd know if you ever spent a day in your life...you never open your mouth till you know what the shot is."
How does this apply to gaming? Don't take for granted the knowledgeable people around you unless you know what the shot is if you are talking you are not listening to the plan. You are worse than the enemy.
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