The Energon Pub

by **Wingz** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 12:24 pm

ThunderThruster wrote:I thought we'd already covered that?

It was briefly mentioned as a likely possibility, I believe, but not made a decision to my knowledge

Wanted to make a post so that anyone who hadn't made a say would have a chance to, so we're all on the same page.

Seems it's unanimous, then (should I be understanding you correctly, Steve :lol:

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Let's get'em :twisted:

by **Dragonslayer** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 8:55 am

Vos for the block! :-P

by **ThunderThruster** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 5:35 am

I thought we'd already covered that?

by **steve2275** » Thu Mar 29, 2018 10:43 pm

aye
not nay

by **Wingz** » Thu Mar 29, 2018 8:50 pm

Servant of Light wrote:
Wingz wrote:

You crack me up almost every time you post a picture!

Thanks, I have a good one for Steelsong for a special occasion, from an old Flipper movie poster.
Also this for Turbomagnus, but haven't seen a good use for it yet.
calamity.jpg

Awww, thinking of Steelsong!

You're awesome!!

Any objections to (6) Vos and naking this a game of Tic-Tac-Toe/Noughts and Crosses? With the event drawing very close, we should likely announce where we'll be attacking soon!

Are there any objections? :KREMZEEK:

by **S.o.L.** » Sun Mar 25, 2018 2:54 pm

Wingz wrote:

You crack me up almost every time you post a picture!

Thanks, I have a good one for Steelsong for a special occasion, from an old Flipper movie poster.

Also this for Turbomagnus, but haven't seen a good use for it yet.

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by **Burn** » Sat Mar 24, 2018 1:58 am

steve2275 wrote:
Burn wrote:WarGames (1983) starring a very young Matthew Broderick (first major role I believe)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Broderick not his first role

Major role I said.

by **Wingz** » Fri Mar 23, 2018 10:53 pm

Servant of Light wrote:Let's do this.

You crack me up almost every time you post a picture!

by **S.o.L.** » Fri Mar 23, 2018 8:14 pm

Let's do this.

by **turbomagnus** » Fri Mar 23, 2018 7:42 pm

Yeah, that's the movie. I used to have it recorded on tape along with "The Cat From Outer Space"...

by **steve2275** » Fri Mar 23, 2018 6:58 pm

Burn wrote:WarGames (1983) starring a very young Matthew Broderick (first major role I believe)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Broderick not his first role ;)^

by **ThunderThruster** » Fri Mar 23, 2018 8:32 am

Section 6/Vos is fine by me.

by **Burn** » Fri Mar 23, 2018 12:36 am

WarGames (1983) starring a very young Matthew Broderick (first major role I believe)

by **turbomagnus** » Thu Mar 22, 2018 11:31 pm

Burn wrote:Oh thank **** I'm not the only one who was hoping to see this turn into Noughts and Crosses ... or Tic-tac-toe as you weird colonials want to call it.

Tic-Tac-Toe always makes me think of this movie - can't remember the exact name - where a guy hacks into a top secret government project and starts (he thinks) playing games of tic-tac-toe with one of the scientists; the problem is that it's a project designed to create a computer intelligence to have control of America's nuclear weapons (remove the risk of the human factor type thing). Anyway, there's some kind of malfunction and the government actually brings him in because he's the only person, now that the security defenses are active, who can hack into the computer's systems and keep it from launching aforementioned weapons...

Anyway, he convinces the computer to play tic-tac-toe against itself and the computer keeps getting "cat" (not sure what other countries call it; no one wins, basically.) and then he has it apply that to thermonuclear war. The AI runs a series of scenarios and realizes that, just like tic-tac-toe, no one can win in thermonuclear war and the best solution is not to play (that is, not to launch) and shuts itself down.

As you can guess, the movie was a very... definite product of the Cold War era... but somehow, tic-tac-toe always makes me think of it...

by **Burn** » Thu Mar 22, 2018 8:05 pm

Oh thank **** I'm not the only one who was hoping to see this turn into Noughts and Crosses ... or Tic-tac-toe as you weird colonials want to call it.

by **Wingz** » Thu Mar 22, 2018 8:01 pm

turbomagnus wrote:Well, in that case, who wants to see if we can play tic-tac-toe better than HMW and keep the Cons out of Vos (6) and stop them from getting three sectors in a line across the map?

I like it! Consider the notion seconded! :KREMZEEK:

by **turbomagnus** » Thu Mar 22, 2018 7:40 pm

Well, in that case, who wants to see if we can play tic-tac-toe better than HMW and keep the Cons out of Vos (6) and stop them from getting three sectors in a line across the map?

by **Burn** » Thu Mar 22, 2018 7:07 pm

turbomagnus wrote:...Would anyone be offended if, because my Tarn idea backfired horribly, I abstain from any suggestions this next round? I'd still vote, just not offer up an idea on where to attack...

Offended? No. Very disappointed though.

You have ZERO reason to take any responsibility for this. You're over-thinking it. Believe me when I say it could have been ANY sector and the result would have been the same.

The 'Cons didn't fight harder because it was Tarn. The 'Cons just played.

Keep doing what you're doing Turbs. In time you, and others, will reach a point where things are a lot more balanced.

As I've said, the top bot can have over a billion XP, but the second top bot is still his equal as all their stats are maxed, and once you get past level 5, the odds of standing against a higher level increases more and more as there's only a few points difference in the primary stats.

by **Wingz** » Thu Mar 22, 2018 6:44 pm

ThunderThruster wrote:It was a fair idea, but maybe our overall execution wasn't as good as it could have been.

If we are going to lose the entire tournament, I say we make them fight for every sector, all the way until we're left at Iacon. If they want it, they work for it.

I like your style :twisted:

No worries, Turbo. We gave them a run for their money and placed! :KREMZEEK:

Just need more 'Bot participation, and we've got this! Just one more Autobot team would have made the difference there

by **ThunderThruster** » Thu Mar 22, 2018 2:05 pm

It was a fair idea, but maybe our overall execution wasn't as good as it could have been.

If we are going to lose the entire tournament, I say we make them fight for every sector, all the way until we're left at Iacon. If they want it, they work for it.

by **turbomagnus** » Thu Mar 22, 2018 10:15 am

...Would anyone be offended if, because my Tarn idea backfired horribly, I abstain from any suggestions this next round? I'd still vote, just not offer up an idea on where to attack...