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[Juodas Varnas]

How could i forget?!
VALKYRIE
(In Norse mythology Valkyries are Odin's handmaids that chose the soldiers to go to Valhalla, or something along those lines, my Norse mythology knowledge is quite pathetic, to be honest).

[LordNothing]

Kuaron, on 02 December 2016 - 06:39 AM, said:

i have to admit. ive had gay experiences and dress like a girl when im alone at 3am and want to do it all the time but im afraid my lesbian mom will catch me, and i dream of having boobs instead of moobs. but i thought that video was totally gay.

you want equal rights, thats what guns are for. people will talk less crap if you keep a 9mm in your garter.

[LastKhan]

HGAK47, on 02 December 2016 - 06:15 AM, said:

Hello all,
I am not really very familiar with the Battltech universe but I was looking through all of the mechs the other day in game and unless I am blind I noticed that every single mech appears to have a masculine frame.

By that I mean mechs have bulky arms and chests, overall proportions and designs that appear much more like a "guy" than a girl. Some way more tough guy looking than others.

I was curious, is there space in the game for feminine looking mechs?

If anyone has played warframe for instance, that is a good idea of the kind of thing I mean, having both masculine and feminine frame designs.

This has to be a troll.

[fat4eyes]

The Fafnir has some sweet Heavy Gauss cleavage:




That's feminine. Or if you like skinny the Spider's the one for you:





Anorexia-riffic.

Furries get some love too. We got chickens:




and Bears:



We even have a mech for people who are into trash cans:




Mechwarrior's all about diversity.

[Kuaron]

LordNothing, on 02 December 2016 - 03:40 PM, said:

i have to admit. ive had gay experiences and dress like a girl when im alone at 3am and want to do it all the time but im afraid my lesbian mom will catch me, and i dream of having boobs instead of moobs. but i thought that video was totally gay.

you want equal rights, thats what guns are for. people will talk less crap if you keep a 9mm in your garter.

[ice trey]

They're more concerned with trying to make a 'mech look functional. They're more of a unisex thing. Besides the scale being from small and slender like the spider and locust, to being big and bulky like the Awesome and Banshee, neither are particularly trying to look male or female.

There were a few Clan 2nd-line designs in TRO 3055 unrevised that had a more curved, hippy, feminine look to them (Like the Goshawk), but still very much a unisex design. Overall, Battletech doesn't use that design philosophy, because it doesn't mesh well with the theories of the setting. The inner sphere is supposed to be more utilitarian, using very blocky, simple designs that are easy to maintain. The Clans have the technology to use more lithe looking mechs, but often aesthetics are instead done to emphasise their totemic designs.

I think that after the Kodiak's popularity and FASA opened the floodgates on totemic-mechs and protomechs that looked like armor seams on beasts from a monster manual, I don't really want to see woman-mechs or man-mechs, just mechs. Last thing we need is a mech with a butt and boobs running around.



Your best chances at finding "Feminine" mechs is in the Magistracy of Canopus, where they operate under a matriarchy, but until they get buddy-buddy with the Capellan Confederation, they really don't have the tech to make anything but a few bug-mechs, and even those first ones with high-tech they can make end up being shared designs with the CC.

Edited by ice trey, 02 December 2016 - 06:15 PM.

[LordNothing]

Kuaron, on 02 December 2016 - 04:41 PM, said:

i dont want mom to find out i only like girls sometimes. she would disown me.

Edited by LordNothing, 02 December 2016 - 05:39 PM.

[LordNothing]

ice trey, on 02 December 2016 - 05:15 PM, said:

They're more concerned with trying to make a 'mech look functional. They're more of a unisex thing. Besides the scale being from small and slender like the spider and locust, to being big and bulky like the Awesome and Banshee, neither are particularly trying to look male or female.

There were a few Clan 2nd-line designs in TRO 3055 unrevised that had a more curved, hippy, feminine look to them (Like the Goshawk), but still very much a unisex design. Overall, Battletech doesn't use that design philosophy, because it doesn't mesh well with the theories of the setting. The inner sphere is supposed to be more utilitarian, using very blocky, simple designs that are easy to maintain. The Clans have the technology to use more lithe looking mechs, but often aesthetics are instead done to emphasise their totemic designs.

I think that after the Kodiak's popularity and FASA opened the floodgates on totemic-mechs and protomechs that looked like armor seams on beasts from a monster manual, I don't really want to see woman-mechs or man-mechs, just mechs. Last thing we need is a mechs with a butt and boobs running around.



Your best chances at finding "Feminine" mechs is in the Magistracy of Canopus, where they operate under a matriarchy, but until they get buddy-buddy with the Capellan Confederation, they really don't have the tech to make anything but a few bug-mechs, and even those first ones with high-tech they can make end up being shared designs with the CC.

mechs arent supposed to have gender. they are machines after all. why does everybody need to anthropomorphize everything? its like a species wide form of narcissism. humans even put their deities into human form so they can say the dominant force in the universe looks like them. gender is nothing more than a system invented by evolution so that species can perpetuate their lines. its when societies start defining roles or the general overthinking of it when things go wrong. all those complex definitions that the pc crowd throws around only serve to build more walls between different groups of people. do we really want the battle of the sexes to have 10 fronts instead of one, the correct number is zero.

Edited by LordNothing, 02 December 2016 - 05:51 PM.

[Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh]

Yet another filthy CIS-gender provocation instead of thread!

[LordNothing]

people with colored hair are narcissists. </blanketjudgement>

Edited by LordNothing, 02 December 2016 - 06:00 PM.

[Quxudica]

Imperial X, on 02 December 2016 - 06:25 AM, said:

The fact that it even matters is mind blowing. Its a game based on big robots, where you get into the cockpit and shoot other big robots. There are plenty of female pilots in lore and a number of their hero mechs in game. As far as I know, there is no such thing as a "feminine looking" mech and I don't see much of a point to bringing gender equality into mech design either.

I came into this thread just to see how quickly some dolt whined about the op being either an "sjw" or "political correct". Took two posts apparently.

In reference to vehicle design, a "feminine" shape would also be described as a "sleeker" shape. Smoother lines and curves. It's a completely valid aesthetic preference and has absolutely nothing to do with "bringing gender equality to mech design". It's an even more relevant aesthetic preference given the generally humanoid shape of many mech chassis.

Some people just go looking for things to be offended by.

[Kasumi Sumika]

Just ask From Software for making Feminine Mech they can do that.








look at dem booty...

[Y E O N N E]

[razenWing]

I think machines by inherent that they are metal and cold, will always be more associated with males, regardless of design. Though I tend to refer to my mechs like the convention of calling your cars, fighter jets, or boats by the pronoun "she" or "her."

Here's a thought. If the "mechs" were bio-based. Now we are talking about warmth... about living and color. Would the design be more feminine then? Think like... zoids... but with bio exterior.

[DaZur]

Quxudica, on 02 December 2016 - 06:50 PM, said:

I came into this thread just to see how quickly some dolt whined about the op being either an "sjw" or "political correct". Took two posts apparently.

In reference to vehicle design, a "feminine" shape would also be described as a "sleeker" shape. Smoother lines and curves. It's a completely valid aesthetic preference and has absolutely nothing to do with "bringing gender equality to mech design". It's an even more relevant aesthetic preference given the generally humanoid shape of many mech chassis.

Some people just go looking for things to be offended by.

And some people parse words to derive their elicit intent.

Absolutely, "sleaker" can be a simile for smooth lines and curves... That said, that is not the inference to OP was making, particularly if you don't ignore the clear reference to "masculine frame".

[8Ball-]

I'm sure my quad nipple, pink Kodiak is feminine. All my team mates let me go through the choke points first.

[ElKatazTrofiko]

Hunka Junk, on 02 December 2016 - 08:00 AM, said:

They follow the same rules as WWII bombers that were all named after pinup girls.

Every mech in this game is female.

Notice the voice that talks to you? That ain't Moe from the pub talking.

If you aren't comfortable with your mechs being girls, then you should've asked more questions back in 1986.

It appears I will be building a Moe soundboard and then packaging my own Betty replacement.

"Hey! 'Dat was my arm there!"

[MW Waldorf Statler]

BT to begin is more a Combined Warfare Universe , thats Tanks with Legs...which tank has Feminin Geometries?

[Trollfeed]

LordNothing, on 02 December 2016 - 05:59 PM, said:

people with colored hair are narcissists. </blanketjudgement>

I have noticed that exessively bright colours in people work same ways than in insects. If looking at it hurts your eyes, there's very good changes that it's poisonous or otherwise dangerous to your health.

[Dogstar]

The Griffin Hero 'Sparky' has lazorboobs