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[AdultPuppetShow]

Geeze, sorry for equating the OP saying "Match Score" to, you know, "Match Score".

They absolutely should make that clarification.

[NocturnalBeast]

luigi256, on 07 November 2014 - 10:28 AM, said:

Whoa 140 score that is pretty steep I think. Unless that is damage.

Is it safe to say that the hamster wheel comes with the hamster?

Wait Baltor broke it down pretty well it does not sound that bad after all

It comes with the hamster, but no wood chips, so you will need to buy the air freshener cockpit item to go along with the hamster wheel. :-)

[Korindrux]

Not so much weight restriction for two player group... should not be difficult to complete

[o0Marduk0o]

AdultPuppetShow, on 07 November 2014 - 10:41 AM, said:

Geeze, sorry for equating the OP saying "Match Score" to, you know, "Match Score".

They absolutely should make that clarification.

You can see the formula on the tournament page and make your own math, it is so obvious.

[Rhialto]

Rhialto, on 07 November 2014 - 10:12 AM, said:

What is the Social Warhorn? A specific one or any?

I see they fixed it following my post, it's now Sonic Boom Warhorn.

[NocturnalBeast]

Is a tonne of fun more fun than a ton of fun? In the USA, we only have tons of fun.

[AdultPuppetShow]

o0Marduk0o, on 07 November 2014 - 10:42 AM, said:

You can see the formula on the tournament page and make your own math, it is so obvious.

I see that now, but at first glance I saw, "Match Score".

It's not unreasonable for someone to assume that it's the very same "Match Score" you see on the after action report. Especially since the very last event actually used the "Match Score", requiring only 30 points to qualify for a match.

They should definitely change their wording so there isn't any further confusion and forum arguments such as this.

Edited by AdultPuppetShow, 07 November 2014 - 10:49 AM.

[TheStrider]

Feels like a high ceiling for a challenge. Have to see how it goes... Don't think I got 60 matches in for the Halloween one, and I played it quite a bit.

Then again, this one is another day long...

[michaelius]

So we are back to crappy challanges that exclude majority of userbase from the start ?

[WarHippy]

Uhg... Not a fan of tonnage restrictions in particular when they seem so random. I mean seriously... 2 players get 200 tons but add a third and it is only 220. Hope people have fun, but I'm not interested.

[ATM87]

See weekend event: "YAY weekend event!"

See "Group Queue Challenge" the one weekend my lancemate is out of town: "Really?"

Fingers crossed for something for us PUGgers.

[Tarogato]

Doubtful I'll participate. I usually spend my time in solo queue and a couple cockpit items isn't enough incentive for me to set up my mic and establish a group on any of the TS servers. Actually I don't really like cockpit items at all. I'd rather play for paint colours.

Question though: is there anywhere we can preview warhorns? Like "x warhorn" and it plays "x soundclip"?

Edited by Tarogato, 07 November 2014 - 10:56 AM.

[VXJaeger]

Pretty annoying to calculate dropweights manually

[vortmax]

Love this challenge. Finally a group challenge that isn't just a Lance (4-man) challenge!

Be sure to check the various TS servers for groups if you want to PUG into one.

[Joe Mallad]

No disrespect... And I know this is for "science" to see how well tonnage limits work. But the prizes are not interesting what so ever

I can't even pretend to want to try this when I need to "qualify" in at least 20 matches to just end up with a MWO coffee cup? LOL

The Halloween event was fun because we could possibly qualify in every match. And we had a chance to get XP, C-Bill and things like weapons and so on. In fact, I won this very MWO coffee cup by qualifying in 1 match in that event. Now I have to qualify 20 times to get the same cup?

Sorry guys... I don't think this weekends turnout will be as good as the Halloween event. Even if it is for "Science".

[BMKA]

DONTOR, on 07 November 2014 - 10:40 AM, said:

Hey look this problem solved itself! You 2 have eachother now.

lol

[IllCaesar]

AdultPuppetShow, on 07 November 2014 - 10:29 AM, said:

Maybe I'm just bad but I rarely get more than 100 match score in most games. Can't imagine doing it 60 times in a row.

Guess I'm out of this race.

All you need is seven spot assists and a positive enemy-to-friendly damage ratio to qualify. Say, even just three spot assists with four general assists will work. It shouldn't be that hard at all.

I'm thinking of going out with my Hunchback-4J. TAG in the head with rapid-fire LRM10s, should do quite well. Alternatively, any light with ECM to protect from enemy LRMs and/or spot enemies will also be viable.

OT: 60 qualifying matches, and all with a group? Thats a hell of a lot...

Edited by MarsAtlas, 07 November 2014 - 11:01 AM.

[Rhialto]

Tarogato, on 07 November 2014 - 10:56 AM, said:

Question though: is there anywhere we can preview warhorns? Like "x warhorn" and it plays "x soundclip"?

https://soundcloud.com/mechwarrior

[o0Marduk0o]

AdultPuppetShow, on 07 November 2014 - 10:45 AM, said:

Especially since the very last event actually used the "Match Score", requiring only 30 points to qualify for a match.

They should definitely change their wording so there isn't any further confusion and forum arguments such as this.

No, the last event did not used a match score of 30. It used a different formula as well, which is written down every time on the event or tournament page.

OLD:
Score Formula

Score formula: (kills) + (kill_assists × 2) + (spot_assist × 2) + ((damage - friendlyfire_damage) ÷ 15) + (cbills_earned ÷ 10000) + (xp_earned ÷ 100)

This is not how the after round match score is calculated.

They may change the wording but the meaning is clear when you read the rules to qualify.

[Belorion]

VXJaeger, on 07 November 2014 - 10:57 AM, said:

Pretty annoying to calculate dropweights manually

Luckily Windows include a calculator.