Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Recent Events

Uhm, nothing to do with recent real life events(as much as they suck. Norks with nukes. Urgh.), and everything to do with our game.

The latest version of Megamek is out. I tried to run it, but it's too slow. The 30.11 version is still the most stable. I mainly use it for bot testing, although strangely enough, my home PC can't run the bot for more than 3 minutes before the bot shuts down. So I'm actually using my school-issued tablet PC for this... when I doing other work, of course! It's cathartic to pit the stoopid bots against each other and see them come up with the darnest moves.

Like...

Backing into the frontal firing arc of an enemy that had already moved.

Charging into an enemy ECM bubble.

Attempting to stand on a damaged gyro when there's no immediate danger.

And countless others. But if it's bot against bot, at least their stupidity cancels out.

Onto other news. Jon and me were training in the use of VTOLs and C3, and I gotta say the Mantis and Pintos are nasty pieces of work. Although with 4/5 pilots, the VTOLs do tend to sideslip...

Finally, I'm negotiating with the Settler's Katong people for the 29th October Vengeance Gambit: Riposte event. But I need players!

The Wobbly Guy

Thursday, October 05, 2006

Vengeance Gambit: Prelude to Riposte

Jackson Davion and his Fedrat scum have prevailed over the valiant Word of Blake forces!

Prelude to Riposte
Sunday 8th October, Settlers' Katong, 2.00pm.

Mission description: Zucker knows too much, and somebody in High Command wants him to stay alive. Since he is now in the hands of the Federated Suns, and held in a supposedly secure facility, you have to get him out ASAP before he spills too much.

Don't worry. Only a light force of mechs and vehicles are defending the place, and you're getting Tau Zombies to help.

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BTW, forces for Vengeance Gambit: Riposte have been finalised. Now we need to set a date. The 15th of October seems to be unpopular, so how about the 29th?

Pls reply to me in my email or in the comments thread!

The Wobbly Guy