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[Pookah]

The Great and Grand tradition:

"The Urbie Derby"

Brothers, Sisters, Freeborn or Vat-birthed. I fear and grieve for our community as for all these cycles or War and Skirmish, we have forgotten the things that make the Terran race human.

The Urbie Derby was a traditional event during the Turkey Season. Where we, as a community of mech pilots would drop our banners and for one day cycle, gather together and share a processed turkey dawg and watch as a group of madcap teams patch together the parts of and Urbanmech and race. They need not be pretty, they need not have enough ammo nor armour being held on by duct tape and the collected will of the pit crew mechanics. All they needed to do was cross the finish line still moving.

I ask, no, I demand to CommStar that they give us back our freedom. Give us a track filled with steep and weaving mountain climbs and risky falls. Give us triggered land mine fields and surprise artillery fire. Racing fast and shooting true to be the either the first over the finish line, or the last pilot standing.

Give us the Glory of The Urbie Derby!

[Pookah]

"To the Developers, I humbly offer this as a suggestion as a recurring Special Festive Event open for 2-4 teams of four Urbanmechs to run a circuit and survive being shot in the back by the opposing team to cross over the finish line first to win the event. This is a similar event to the game of football in No-man's land during Christmas of WWI"

"To the Mecha-jockeys, I humbly offer this for your perusal. If you would like to try this out, please up like the main post and add anything else you might like to see in the Urbie Derby in the replies.
Let's make this something to look forward to every year!"

Edited by Pookah, 27 November 2024 - 11:58 PM.

[Captain KoS]

Ok let me expand on this idea for you.

12 vs 12

Team 1 The racers 12 urban mechs race along the track to make it to the finish line. No weapons only speed and maneuverability. They win by using the random terrain, dips, hills, and spires as cover and their fellow racers as sacrificial lambs to team two. Smartest racer who crosses the line first is the Winner out of the 12000 points for the race 1st gets 6000, 2nd gets 3000, 3rd 1500, 4th 750, 5th 375, etc till 12th place (Also known as the first one killed) gets 3 points. If no one finishes the race team one gets nothing.

Team 2 Randomly spaced along the track unable to move from that spot in what ever mech they want to run. Their goal to stop as many as they can from getting past them. Should they manage to blow up all the urbi's team two wins and the prize points are spread evenly as 1000 a piece since they are in no danger. If the Urbies win their race .... team two gets nothing.

But since you will never know if you're a racer or a obstacle you have to load up a 2 mech drop pod. One automatically has an Urbi in it that you can modify as you see fit. IE more or less armor, faster or slower engines, EDC or Stealth armor, extra jump jets and heat sinks, etc... And the other mech is the one you use for shooting at the racers. When you drop you don't know what you are till the race is about to start.

Edited by Captain KoS, 05 January 2025 - 07:58 AM.