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Nightmare
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 Posted: 04-Nov-2003 01:20 Post subject: Player types. You've seen it before. |
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And now, with out further ado, the Battle Tech Munchkin List...
1) Favorite Mech
Real Men pilot Marauders
Roleplayers pilot Griffins
Loonies pilot Locusts with paintballs loaded for the MG'S
Munchkins pilot Daishi-X's with Triple Heat Sinks, Jumpjets, 6 LPLs and TC.
2) Favorite Mech Weapon
Real Men use ER-PPC'S
Roleplayers use LB-X10AC's with Cluster
Loonies use Smoke SRM's
Munchkins use ER Pulse Compact XL PPCs, with built in TC.
3) Favorite Ground Vehicle
Real Men drive Demolisher IV's
Roleplayers drive refitted Saladins
Loonies drive Cooler Trucks loaded with 9 tons of Hagen-Daaz
Munchkins drive Overlord Dropships
4) Favorite Personal firearm
Real Men use Gyro-Slug rifles;
Roleplayers use Hold-Out pulse laser pistols
Loonies use Super Soakers
Munchkins use de-mounted Mech large pulse lasers
4a) Favorite Personal melee weapon
Real Men use Vibro-blades
Roleplayers use Stun Sticks
Loonies use rubber chickens
Munchkins use Mechs
5) Favorite Faction
Real Men play DCMS Elites
Roleplayers play Rhonda's Irregulars
Loonies play Word Of Bob
Munchkins form their own Clan (Clan Doom Munchkin)
7) Favorite piece of equipment
Real take Flak Suits
Roleplayers take sticky gloves
Loonies take vibra-bombs loaded with confetti
Munchkins take Improved Elemental Armor with move 5/5, 50 points of armor, and a Mech ER-PPC
8) Favorite Archetype
Real men take Veteran Mechwarrior
Roleplayers take Medics, Aero-Space pilots, or Technical Wizard
Loonies take Janitor
Munchkins take Blood Named Clan Il-Khan
9) Favorite Skill
Real men choose Piloting Mech
Roleplayers choose Technician
Loonies choose Natural Aptitude - Swimming
Munchkins choose Natural Aptitude Gunnery with a 6 Dex
10) Favorite Non-combat Skill
Real Men use Gambling
Roleplayers use Land-Management
Loonies use Seduction (with a 1 charisma)
Munchkins use Natural-Aptitude Whining
11) Favorite Non-combat Activity
Real Men repair and customize their mechs
Roleplayers sneak into the secret Com-Star facility and steal new weapons designs
Loonies paint targets on their mechs
Munchkins have their characters go to Virtual World
12) Favorite Drink
Real Men drink Timbiqui Dark
Roleplayers drink Aldeberan Fizzes
Loonies drink Lighter Fluid
Munchkins drink Stim-Packs / whatever gives them plusses / water (they are all under age, you know)
18) Favorite Combat Phrase:
Real Men say "Come Get Some, Asswipe!"
Roleplayers say "OK lads, as we practiced it...."
Loonies say "I'll run up in front of the Atlas in my Locust and punch it."
Munchkins say "What do you mean I missed? I have NA Gunnery with a base skill roll of -6! I can't miss!"
19) Favorite Mech paint scheme
Real Men paint their mech in house colors, decorated with skulls, lightning bolts, kill markers, etc.
Roleplayers paint the mechs in Camo patterns so good you can't find the minis on the geo-hexes.
Loonies paint their mechs in international orange and fluorescent green paisley.
Munchkins paint their mechs with special "invisible paint" that makes the mech completely invisible.
20) Favorite dying words
Real Men say "Eat fusion plasma Clan slime!" as they intentionally Stackpole their dying mechs.
Roleplayers say "C'est la Guerre!" and salute their opponents.
Loonies say "Thank you sir, may I have another?"
Munchkins say "Damn! I'll have to get another clone out of storage."
21) Favorite terrain
Real men prefer to fight in open rolling hills, with a few trees to block LOS.
Roleplayers prefer to fight in burning, half-bombed out cities.
Loonies prefer to fight inside the containment buildings of operating nuclear powerplants.
Munchkins prefer to fight in completely open, flat terrain, where they have heavily mined all approaches to their position.
22) Favorite planet to invade
Real Men like to invade Wotan.
Roleplayers like to invade Luthien.
Loonies like to invade Luna, of course!
Munchkins like to invade the Clan homeworlds all at once, and win.
23) Favorite non-battletech activity
Real Men pump iron.
Roleplayers read Sun-Tzu's "The Art of War" in the original chinese.
Loonies perfect their Marx brothers impersonations.
Munchkins go over the text of the "Battletech Compendium" with their family lawyers, looking for loopholes.
24) Favorite roleplaying game other than Battletech/Mechwarrior
Real Men play Twilight 2000
Roleplayers play Paranoia
Loonies play TOON
Munchkins play D&D - only they get to start their characters at 30th level.
25) Favorite Boardgame other than Btech
Real Men play Squad Leader
Roleplayers play Diplomacy
Loonies play Awful Green Things From Outer Space
Munchkins play Star Fleet Rules Wars ... err... Star Fleet Battles, and own every single expansion set and addendum - as well as having them memorized.
26) Favorite Computer Game
Real Men play Duke Nukem 3D on "Damn I'm Good" with Respawn, and never bother with any of the weapons other than the pistol.
Roleplayers play "Myst", and don't own the cheat book.
Loonies play "Pac Man", without looking at the screen.
Munchkins play "MechWarrior", and have all the cheat codes programmed into their Gravis gamepads.
credits: -Icaza
yankee@onr.com
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Adder Khan
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| Posted: 04-Nov-2003 02:17 Post subject: RE: Player types. You've seen it before. |
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| Very entertaining. I hope there will be more of these.
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js
Federated Suns
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| Posted: 04-Nov-2003 08:42 Post subject: RE: Player types. You've seen it before. |
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| I've always liked that list. I wind up somewhere between a roleplayer and a real man with the occasional munchkin lunacy thrown in.
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CO_17thRecon
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| Posted: 04-Nov-2003 09:25 Post subject: RE: Player types. You've seen it before. |
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Pretty cool, I average out at Roleplayer, with the occasional "real man" and "lunatic" answer thrown in.
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Nightmare
Lyran Alliance
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| Posted: 04-Nov-2003 09:58 Post subject: RE: Player types. You've seen it before. |
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On 2003-11-04 02:17, Adder Khan wrote:
Very entertaining. I hope there will be more of these.
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Players have made these lists about almost every single game you can imagine. They're just harder to find if it's a rare game. There's also general lists for fantasy, scifi, horror etc. Just google for munchkin lists or something.
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Raven!
Clan Snow Raven
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| Posted: 04-Nov-2003 11:03 Post subject: RE: Player types. You've seen it before. |
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Ok, first off, it is not being a loony to fight in a nuclear power plant, that is actually VERY FUN! Seriously, the LOOOOOK OF PANIC that comes over someones face when a player misses and hits the beaten up core, is priceless...
... the dice roll...
... a gasp of in-taken breath...
... the dice roll up to low to breach....
... raw relief...
Its great.
Give it a try sometime if you don't believe me!
Raven, not a loony!
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Sir Henry
Team Bansai
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| Posted: 04-Nov-2003 12:52 Post subject: RE: Player types. You've seen it before. |
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We had to disarm a Nuc in a mall. oops.... 
And we Ran.......
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Jade_Dragon
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| Posted: 04-Nov-2003 17:03 Post subject: RE: Player types. You've seen it before. |
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What's the point of running from a Nuc other than arriving at your eternal destination out of breath?
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Alexander
Heavy Horse Merc Brigade
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| Posted: 04-Nov-2003 17:51 Post subject: RE: Player types. You've seen it before. |
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It's all about getting away from the horrible blast, and into the cool mutating radiation zone! Have you ever RPed a Mechwarrior with three heads! Cool! 
Alexander
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Stinger
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| Posted: 04-Nov-2003 18:01 Post subject: RE: Player types. You've seen it before. |
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hehe Well I fall in to the Realmen, rolelplayer, with spikes of munchkin lunacy mixed in ( My last character was a NA Gunner but +5 Build, and I still missed on a regular basis, IF anyone know how to apease the Dice gods please let me know).
We actually played Twilight 2K rules set in the WW2 era. we started off on the Beaches of Normandy. My squad leader ended up going home with a purple but survived. And let me tell you that was a blast. The GM spent 6 months setting it up. He had caculations for random hits and how many dead were supposed to be on the beach for 2 minute intervals. There is nothing quite as scary as seeing the GM just start rolling random dice and removing parts of your squad as they died. Or being lifted off the ground from artillery explosions.
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AWAD
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| Posted: 04-Nov-2003 19:59 Post subject: RE: Player types. You've seen it before. |
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On 2003-11-04 17:03, Jade_Dragon wrote:
What's the point of running from a Nuc other than arriving at your eternal destination out of breath?
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That is great...... O man.
AWAD- still smirking
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AWAD
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| Posted: 04-Nov-2003 20:03 Post subject: RE: Player types. You've seen it before. |
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On 2003-11-04 01:20, Nightmare wrote:
And now, with out further ado, the Battle Tech Munchkin List...
1) Favorite Mech
Real Men pilot Marauders
Roleplayers pilot Griffins
Loonies pilot Locusts with paintballs loaded for the MG'S
Munchkins pilot Daishi-X's with Triple Heat Sinks, Jumpjets, 6 LPLs and TC.
credits: -Icaza
yankee@onr.com
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Great Job and I fall in the roleplayer with some lunacy. But you screwed up item#1
REAL MEN DRIVE LOCUSTS
AWAD- Loaded with Paintball ammo and 1 Clan ER Heavy Laser...... pigeon hole that one
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Nightmare
Lyran Alliance
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| Posted: 05-Nov-2003 00:10 Post subject: RE: Player types. You've seen it before. |
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Yes, yes, Real Men could certainly pilot Locusts too. They're effective mechs. Note that the Loony has paint ball ammo in his Locust...
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Jade_Dragon
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| Posted: 05-Nov-2003 09:47 Post subject: RE: Player types. You've seen it before. |
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On 2003-11-04 17:51, Alexander wrote:
It's all about getting away from the horrible blast, and into the cool mutating radiation zone! Have you ever RPed a Mechwarrior with three heads! Cool!
Alexander
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You must have alot of skills put into athletics and running in order to get from one to the other.
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Alexander
Heavy Horse Merc Brigade
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| Posted: 05-Nov-2003 10:07 Post subject: RE: Player types. You've seen it before. |
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Athletics, basket weaving, artistry. Its all about making a balanced character.
Alexander (Can't kill all the time!)
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