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[1453 R]

So most everybody who posts here semi-regularly knows that roughly thirty percent of all General Discussion chatter is some variation on "LYTES OP NED NERF H8 DYNG 2 SMOL STUF." Inevitable, people with a grasp on MWO, the Battletech canon, game development, and basic English respond with things like logic, reason, evidence, and also properly spelled and structured sentences...but it never seems to get anywhere. Rejoinders of "maybe you should, y'know...play a light 'Mech?" are always rebuffed with some version of "I DONT NED 2 PLEY LYTE 2 NO OP"

Because f@#$ our lives, right?

So. In honor of my buddy Maker's phobic hatred of the number 2 and in the pursuit of lulz on the forum, I'm proposing we make February 22nd the First Anual Sphere-Wide Galactic Flea-For-All. Hop on, and play matches in your light 'Mechs. Fleas yes, but also whatever else you feel like running. Lolcusts, Doomfish, Skinkubi, Cute Foxes, Arctic Cheeseburgers, Sadders, Commadon'ts, Meth Linuxes, Spiderps, Jennerds, Firehydrants, Capellan Trash Cans, whatever you happen to have that's under forty tons and otherwise floats your boat. And throw a "GALACTIC FLEA-FOR-ALL" into all chat at match start, just to show solidarity with the cause.

Let's punch those light queue numbers up as high as the assault queue usually is. I wanna see matches with twelve-plus light 'Mechs zooming around the map displaying an appalling lack of high-speed gunnery skills. I wanna see bad tunnel-vision assault LRM boats complaining on the forums about something that's actually happening for once. I wanna see people out there in 'Mechs they haven't driven for six months trying to remember how small lasers work. I wanna see Piranhas running away from an entire lance of blue lights and questioning its life decisions.

So who's with me on this one? Anybody else ready for some memes? Anybody else ready to see D A T A, TTB, Baradul, and all the rest not even realize some nameless nitwit on the forums is throwing out dumb fake holidays just because why not play the lightest whitest lamest 'Mechs in their stables just to see what happens?

Who's ready to Flea For All?

[DaZur]

1453 R, on 02 February 2022 - 10:33 AM, said:

The laughs would be uncontainable...

As an Aside, I'd especially love the tears shed by folks trying to play a "normal" match and be surrounded by ankle-biters.

I also think the MM would melt into a whimpering puddle trying to balance metrics.

[ScrapIron Prime]

the 22nd? Done. i will sally forth in my Sarah's Jenner and be brutally farmed! o7

[DaZur]

ScrapIron Prime, on 02 February 2022 - 11:01 AM, said:

the 22nd? Done. i will sally forth in my Sarah's Jenner and be brutally farmed! o7

I'll join you in my single PPC'd, ECM'd, JJ superlative, spotter/shot-caller Myst Lynx (Affectionally named "Myst-Buster".

[ScrapIron Prime]

DaZur, on 02 February 2022 - 11:23 AM, said:

I'll join you in my single PPC'd, ECM'd, JJ superlative, spotter/shot-caller Myst Lynx (Affectionally named "Myst-Buster".

"I reject your mech and substitute my own!"

[pbiggz]

Cant. Tuesday is Mount Hyjal night.

Take some vids tho.

[Meep Meep]

Every day is flea-for-all when I log in.


If this does go down try to fit for max dps and short range since you will be knife fighting other lights too and those fits work best in packs.

[Radbacker]

I have lights, I generally don’t use them and I’m generally useless with them especially against other lights but I would definitely be down for this, sounds like fun for all (except those that stubbornly won’t do it), may we could have a few mediums in there as Assaults.

CU 22nd Radbacker

[Novakaine]

Lurmcust and my Lurmbie will be standing by!

Edited by Novakaine, 02 February 2022 - 10:50 PM.

[caravann]

I will bring my kitfox with 80 alpha strike. That surely will shut up the talk about the flea.

2 heavy large lasers, 2 heavy medium, 2 SRM6

104kph

[Vamboozle]

Lol - I’m in even if it means the death of my (admittedly average) PSR.

Starts wondering where he left the keys to the Locust……

[Mochyn Pupur]

I can see a dip in numbers with people opting out of playing lights, their choice, but overall as an idea, meh, no benefit. Good light players will still outplay those who aren't as competent or experienced, so the driver to being weight restricted is . . . ?

[pbiggz]

PeppaPig, on 03 February 2022 - 03:22 AM, said:

I can see a dip in numbers with people opting out of playing lights, their choice, but overall as an idea, meh, no benefit. Good light players will still outplay those who aren't as competent or experienced, so the driver to being weight restricted is . . . ?

What are you talking about?

OP just wants to have a powow on the 22nd, he's not telling people they must pilot lights...

[CFC Conky]

I’m in!
Good hunting,
CFC Conky

[Vamboozle]

Just got me a shiny new Flea and took it out for a spin this evening.

All I can say is anyone after an easy kill on the 22nd - just look me up……������

Edited by Vamboozle, 03 February 2022 - 01:04 PM.

[Blood Rose]

Count this Urbanmech in

[Meep Meep]

Vamboozle, on 03 February 2022 - 01:04 PM, said:

Just got me a shiny new Flea and took it out for a spin this evening.

All I can say is anyone after an easy kill on the 22nd - just look me up……������

The flea is far better as a flanker and skirmisher than backstabber to me. Try this fit and fight at range instead of trying to knife fight. Use stealth to get around and turn it off when you need to do sustained fire or stay in stealth and fill up the heat bar then hide and turn it off to cool down.

Stealth Flea

[Rondoe]

I have a few lights IS and Clan. Guess it's as good a reason as any to dust them off actually use them.

IIRC I liked my Urbies.

So yeah I'm in!

[Mark Yore]

I'll bring my AC20 Adder...

[Andrewlik]

I'm up for this!