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[Alistair Winter]

spectralthundr, on 11 July 2014 - 05:45 AM, said:

I'm not sure why people keep feeding his ego, just ignore the Island troll and he'll eventually go away from lack of attention.

This forum needs its celebrities, they add a bit of colour. What would we do without Bishop Steiner's jaded white knight spiel, or Joseph Mallan's stories about real life warfare or FupDup's dry wit? Vassago Rain's trolling has a bit of artistic merit sometimes, so I'm happy he's well fed.

[Agent of Change]

I feel the OP is just

[MeiSooHaityu]

Alistair Winter, on 11 July 2014 - 06:30 AM, said:

This forum needs its celebrities, they add a bit of colour. What would we do without Bishop Steiner's jaded white knight spiel, or Joseph Mallan's stories about real life warfare or FupDup's dry wit? Vassago Rain's trolling has a bit of artistic merit sometimes, so I'm happy he's well fed.

Lol, I like that. The Mwo celebs.

The Rat Pack of MWO. The Post Pack?

[Prezimonto]

My 3 year old looked at the screen and asked if we could play Big Stompy Robots.

They're robots.

[Heeden]

Close enough. I refer to them as stompy robots because the mechs in this game just don't do justice to the term "Titan" from 40k, otherwise I'd use that.

If people like anime they should feel free to call them Gundams or Destroids or whatever other designation they like. I'm sure we can all realise it means "two-legged fighting machine" and recognise that it's referring to the Battlemechs.

[CaptainDeez]

Roger that, see you in my AT-ST.

[CeeKay Boques]

How come Clan Wolf doesn't call their Mechs Lobots? amirite??


*tumbleweed*

Prezimonto, on 11 July 2014 - 06:37 AM, said:

My 3 year old looked at the screen and asked if we could play Big Stompy Robots.

They're robots.

My two year old says MEX! Lets play Mex! Hand me that Mex! I broke your mex, daddy.

[CaptainDeez]

[Kalimaster]

You don't sit inside a robot.

[Bilbo]

Kalimaster, on 11 July 2014 - 07:15 AM, said:

You don't sit inside a robot.

Why not?

[Bhael Fire]

Ok; here's my problem with calling them robots, mecha, gundams, etc.:

BattleTech is an American creation inspired by Japanese mecha culture...but distinctly Western in flavor. It tried to set itself apart from its origins by divorcing the term mecha or robot, and embracing these war machines as just that; Machines of War. Mechanical...but not mecha. Mecha is a Japanese term for anything mechanical...BattleTech is...American.

In other words, these are massive walking tanks...huge mechanized armored combat vehicles piloted by highly trained soldiers. The term robot, a Czech word incidentally, has different connotations. It suggest that these machines are autonomous entities, rather than vehicles. This is not the case.

So, while technically a BattleMech can be referred to as mecha or robot, a more accurate term is simply calling it a 'Mech...because that fits in better with the spirit of the BattleTech franchise.

That said, call these things whatever the hell you want.

[Jman5]

This is my favorite Transformers game.

[Sandslice]

Vassago Rain, on 10 July 2014 - 09:25 PM, said:

It's true.

They are gundams.

Almost. The Phoenix 'Mechs, at least, are combat armours. FREE DELOYER!

[Fut]

A lot of newer vehicles these days do things on their own - like applying the brakes if you're about to run into something, or parallel parking for the driver.

Are these things cars, or robots that we drive?

[CDLord HHGD]

[CaptainDeez]

Fut, on 11 July 2014 - 07:31 AM, said:

A lot of newer vehicles these days do things on their own - like applying the brakes if you're about to run into something, or parallel parking for the driver.

Are these things cars, or robots that we drive?

If google gets it's way, the latter.

[AlexEss]

Vassago Rain, on 10 July 2014 - 10:40 PM, said:

Gundams.

that word.... I am not sure it means what you think it means.... Also you killed my father.

[Gallowglas]

I disagree with the premise that mechs can't be defined as robots. Nothing says that a robot has to be self-aware, or even mimic intelligence. Classically speaking, a robot is only required to be a mechanical device which can process a series of complex instructions automatically. I think under that definition, particularly when you take into account what the C3 slave unit was capable of, it's pretty clear that mechs would qualify.

[CDLord HHGD]

Wow, jettisoned.... Harsh....

[Fut]

CaptainDeez, on 11 July 2014 - 07:47 AM, said:

If google gets it's way, the latter.

Google Cars are a bit different though. From what I gather, these things will do everything for us - just punch in where you want to go and kick back to enjoy the ride.

With that level of autonomy, I'd definitely call them "Robots with human cargo space".