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On another note:

Edited by penguineater91, 31 March 2013 - 06:46 PM.

[Hayashi]

I don't get these players sometimes. The ground next to me absorbs the damage from a whole team because none of them can aim without using Streaks or LRMs, while my PuG team smashes their turned backs.

Why???

And speaking of LRMs...



The ridiculousness of the enemies I'm fighting is only beaten by the lousiness of teams that can be decimated 0-7 by people who do this kind of fail things, leaving me to fight 8 mechs. Not likely... given the spider 5K only has one energy hardpoint.















This is how I feel at the end of nearly every match today, true regardless of whether I'm on the winning or losing side.

Edited by Hayashi, 31 March 2013 - 07:37 PM.

[juxstapo]

...sorry.. just had to mention this.

[Hayashi]

[Hayashi]

Niko Snow, on 31 March 2013 - 10:51 PM, said:

In Honour of a certain meme for a certain show and book which helped inspire half of a certain CRs name, I would love to pay Over 9000 Internets to the Artist who can patch together some House banners inspired by both that show and MWO. I cannot technically mention the name but they seem to be pretty cool about memes... this one might actually deserve is own thread so somebody better call shotgun.

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Edited by Hayashi, 01 April 2013 - 12:14 AM.

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[Hayashi]

Spoiler

Meanwhile...

Spoiler

By the way. These stats in the spider are mostly PuG, my Merc Corp people aren't online. Whereas my 3A stats were half Merc Corp half PuG. Also, if you check the decimal places. the Spider's KDR is about 9.44 rounded down. The Commando's KDR is about 9.36 rounded up. It looks the same, but actually the Spider's KDR is HIGHER than the 3A in spite of having lesser firepower.

Also, something's strange. If you average out the WLR, it's about 1.3 to 1.4 ish, weighted. This seems to be a sign that ELO is not actually working as intended - otherwise, it should be exactly 1. I shouldn't be winning more games than I lose... unless the matchmaker isn't working properly.

Now failures in balance cause matches to become like scissors-paper-stone, but it won't change match outcomes in the long run - that's ELO/Matchmaking's job.

I can only think of 2 reasons for this failure of ELO to reduce my WLR to 1.

1. I'm already at the top of ELO, so there's nowhere higher to go. Therefore I'm matched against people of lower skill, and therefore win much more often than I lose. (Skeptical of this, there are quite a few good pilots out there.)
2. All light mechs are overpowered, and by piloting almost exclusively lights, I bias every single match I'm in towards a win by guaranteeing the team a light mech. Given how the SDR-5K with its impressive firepower of 10 can pull games with 3 kills and 350+ damage... it's probably this.

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Probably not, but it's flattering to think it is.

Edited by Hayashi, 01 April 2013 - 12:13 AM.

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Hayashi, on 31 March 2013 - 04:05 PM, said:

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Sir Roland MXIII, on 01 April 2013 - 01:26 AM, said:

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Hayashi, on 01 April 2013 - 02:44 AM, said:

Spoiler

Honestly, I just picked a big number that started with "11" in homage to Spinal Tap. That's cool to know, though.

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Niko Snow, on 31 March 2013 - 10:51 PM, said:

In Honour of a certain meme for a certain show and book which helped inspire half of a certain CRs name, I would love to pay Over 9000 Internets to the Artist who can patch together some House banners inspired by both that show and MWO. I cannot technically mention the name but they seem to be pretty cool about memes... this one might actually deserve is own thread so somebody better call shotgun.

[Hayashi]

Bagheera, on 01 April 2013 - 04:58 AM, said:

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Niko Snow, on 31 March 2013 - 10:51 PM, said:

In Honour of a certain meme for a certain show and book which helped inspire half of a certain CRs name, I would love to pay Over 9000 Internets to the Artist who can patch together some House banners inspired by both that show and MWO. I cannot technically mention the name but they seem to be pretty cool about memes... this one might actually deserve is own thread so somebody better call shotgun.

Bagheera, on 01 April 2013 - 04:58 AM, said:

[Noesis]

Niko Snow, on 31 March 2013 - 10:51 PM, said:

In Honour of a certain meme for a certain show and book which helped inspire half of a certain CRs name, I would love to pay Over 9000 Internets to the Artist who can patch together some House banners inspired by both that show and MWO. I cannot technically mention the name but they seem to be pretty cool about memes... this one might actually deserve is own thread so somebody better call shotgun.

GALAXY RANGERS - No Guts No Glory

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Hayashi, on 01 April 2013 - 06:41 AM, said:

Spoiler

Edited by penguineater91, 01 April 2013 - 06:52 AM.

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penguineater91, on 01 April 2013 - 06:48 AM, said:

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Of course, input them word for word into Google Translate. ;-0 Egomane's translating his prank posts, but due to the AMOUNT of memes I make I'm too lazy to do the same. Gwahaha.

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penguineater91, on 01 April 2013 - 06:48 AM, said:

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Rushin Roulette, on 01 April 2013 - 07:01 AM, said: