215 replies to this topic

[Tumbling Dice]

I have no illusions of placing in this competition, but I am grateful for whatever prizes are offered as it gives me an idea of how bad I really am at warring with mechanical antiques of the future. My question would be: Is there a place where I can see how many entrants are in the competition? This would allow me to better gauge my ineptitude.

[Thrudvangar]

Kamikaze Viking, on 16 August 2014 - 12:05 AM, said:

Its certainly interesting to compare the scores for each of the top lists.

At the time of this snapshot:
Lights seems to Favour InnerSphere IS 1793-2280 vs Clan 1549-2157
Mediums close but Clans slightly ahead. IS 1713-2184 vs Clan 1735- 2221
Heavys IS 1639-2115 vs Clan 1954-2543
and Assaults IS 1832-2255 vs Clan 1851-2815

The Clans are clearly a long way ahead in the > 50 tons ranges

yeah, boating all the heavy ACs makes the difference, i think. ding ding ding left side gone.
i still think that there is no real burst damage.. the whole damage from an CAC20 or CERLL is
dealing with the first tick of the weapon, so the other bullets who should deal 5 damage can
be targeted somewhere else as the damage from all is already given out.

it really feels like that sometimes

Edited by Enzlaved, 16 August 2014 - 12:22 AM.

[Catalina Steiner]

Ardney, on 15 August 2014 - 12:46 PM, said:

IS board is showing my faction correctly whereas clan board shows me as Steiner =\

You don't know much about House Steiner, right? We bought you.

Edited by Catalina Steiner, 16 August 2014 - 02:49 AM.

[Thunder Child]

Ya know, House Steiner and Clan Diamond Shark would get along swimmingly. They're both the Economic Powerhouses of their respective factions.

[sCOREscream]

Nice, but for me the damage counts too less

[Mister Blastman]

KumoriMyou, on 15 August 2014 - 12:44 PM, said:

who else here has noticed that this is clearly a PAY TO WIN challenge
CLAN assault is not avalable to everyone and heavy so PAY TO WIN THERE

NICE PAY TO WIN CHALLENGE

I didn't pay a dime for my c-bill summoner (thanks pgi glitch!), and managed to get up to 14th last night in the heavy category.

Sure it is hard mode but who said the hard road can't be fun, too.

Edited by Mister Blastman, 16 August 2014 - 06:09 AM.

[Alienized]

actually what i wonder is, does it favor lighter mechs of one wheightclass when combinign battlepoints? otherwise Chassis like the Dragon will hardly rank top altho in heavy category.

as it would be nice to see which mech people have used mainly to achieve the rank they have in the board.

[LiGhtningFF13]

Catalina Steiner, on 16 August 2014 - 02:48 AM, said:

You don't know much about House Steiner, right? We bought you.

Go Catalina go! Fight and bring glory to our faction and our beloved Archon!

[Docta Pain]

Please place the variant the player used to accumulate the majority of their score between their name and score.

[verybad]

Nikolai Lubkiewicz, on 15 August 2014 - 09:07 AM, said:

We're currently under a legal restriction from Quebec law where-in we cannot offer more than $100.00 in total prize value from a promotional contest. The alternative is a mountain of red-tape and paperwork to register the contest with the provincial gambling bureau.

As such, we looked at 3 alternative ways to deliver prizes for this competition, including reducing the number of prizes and dropping the top level prize: We felt the path we took was the safest of the options, but you are more than welcome to disagree and let us know why! There will be plenty more events like this in the future and room to adjust with each one.

Threaten them with mechs!

[IllCaesar]

verybad, on 16 August 2014 - 10:41 AM, said:

Threaten them with mechs!

This might work. I hear that the Canadian military is composed of guys in red coats riding around on horses wielding hockey sticks, with jars of frozen maple syrup as projectile weapons.

Edited by MarsAtlas, 16 August 2014 - 11:40 AM.

[Eglar]

AH, I'm late for the party unfortunately wont have too much time this W/E. will be recording the matches anyhow:

https://docs.google....p=sharing#gid=2

[Catra Lanis]

Wolfiac, on 16 August 2014 - 12:16 AM, said:

I have no illusions of placing in this competition, but I am grateful for whatever prizes are offered as it gives me an idea of how bad I really am at warring with mechanical antiques of the future. My question would be: Is there a place where I can see how many entrants are in the competition? This would allow me to better gauge my ineptitude.

I entered solely for the same purpose as you, I was hoping to see the total number of participants so I could see where I was.

[Ardney]

Catalina Steiner, on 16 August 2014 - 02:48 AM, said:

You don't know much about House Steiner, right? We bought you.

I suppose it was inevitable after they put me on the bargain shelf

[Thunder Child]

Mister Blastman, on 16 August 2014 - 06:09 AM, said:

I didn't pay a dime for my c-bill summoner (thanks pgi glitch!), and managed to get up to 14th last night in the heavy category.

Sure it is hard mode but who said the hard road can't be fun, too.

Hard mode can make it worthwhile too. I'm happy to get to 42nd on the chart with a Superstock T-bolt 5S. And in case someone doesn't know what a Superstock is, it's a Stock Weapon Loadout (can upgrade ER, Streak, Uac, etc), Stock Engine Size, and for the Maximum Machoness you can run Stock Armor too, but your allowed to tweak allocations, Ammo and H/Sink Placement, and upgrade to DHS, Endo, Etc.

Edited by Thunder Child, 16 August 2014 - 02:09 PM.

[MX Duke]

Nikolai Lubkiewicz, on 15 August 2014 - 09:07 AM, said:

We're currently under a legal restriction from Quebec law where-in we cannot offer more than $100.00 in total prize value from a promotional contest. The alternative is a mountain of red-tape and paperwork to register the contest with the provincial gambling bureau.

As such, we looked at 3 alternative ways to deliver prizes for this competition, including reducing the number of prizes and dropping the top level prize: We felt the path we took was the safest of the options, but you are more than welcome to disagree and let us know why! There will be plenty more events like this in the future and room to adjust with each one.

Just curious, can you make the argument that the prize has no monetary value?

[MechWarrior5152251]

Who in their right mind would start a company in Canada? Unless you got Trillions in government subsidies like the Nuclear Industry.

[BARBAR0SSA]

911 Inside Job, on 16 August 2014 - 02:29 PM, said:

Who in their right mind would start a company in Canada? Unless you got Trillions in government subsidies like the Nuclear Industry.

China is scary, Europe...well they'd have WAY more time off and USA destroyed their own economy, not many choices.

[focuspark]

Nikolai Lubkiewicz, on 15 August 2014 - 09:07 AM, said:

We're currently under a legal restriction from Quebec law where-in we cannot offer more than $100.00 in total prize value from a promotional contest. The alternative is a mountain of red-tape and paperwork to register the contest with the provincial gambling bureau.

As such, we looked at 3 alternative ways to deliver prizes for this competition, including reducing the number of prizes and dropping the top level prize: We felt the path we took was the safest of the options, but you are more than welcome to disagree and let us know why! There will be plenty more events like this in the future and room to adjust with each one.

Ah! Finally a good reason to let Quebec secede, then ask America to intervene with prejudice.

shad0w4life, on 16 August 2014 - 03:04 PM, said:

China is scary, Europe...well they'd have WAY more time off and USA destroyed their own economy, not many choices.

Growing steadily at 4%, unemployment looks be under control... not sure which USA you're looking at, but the one I see if doing fairly well. Even the "doomed housing market" is back to 2006 levels.

MX Duke, on 16 August 2014 - 02:16 PM, said:

Just curious, can you make the argument that the prize has no monetary value?

No because they literally charge money for MC.

... speaking of which: is that $100 US or CAN? I'm guess CAN and the exchange rate isn't helping.

[BARBAR0SSA]

focuspark, on 16 August 2014 - 03:09 PM, said:

Growing steadily at 4%, unemployment looks be under control... not sure which USA you're looking at, but the one I see if doing fairly well. Even the "doomed housing market" is back to 2006 levels.

It still happened.......