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[Xantalos]

And a large amount in no way deliberate.

[Phoenix Flame]

I know what I know, but I don't know what you know I know.
Or something like that.

John Galt I know is the patron saint of fetch, enemy to zone x's everywhere, who can split mountains with a whisper, and has a bit of a cult of personality. Any bells rung?
Cause if not beats me. Only one I know.

Maybe? I'll freely admit that I've never read Atlas Shrugged.

Probably for the best. You can believe rand's rather hopelessly naive and selfish philosophy all you want, but she really wasn't a good writer. I forget if it's AS or Fountain head where she had like a 70 page conversation between two characters which was basically just her talking straight to the reader, building bad arguments and then knocking them down to make her position look good.  I mean, it was common for books of the kind to do shit like that (The Jungle's last 20 pages was basically just OH GOD I LOVE COMMUNISM SO MUCH! OH GOD!) but that doesn't make it right. Thats why the good social commentary sci-fi blended things relatively seamlessly, your 1984's, brave new worlds, We's, Fahrenheit 451's, etc.

Please see helpful chart

I'm pretty sure Radio knows that I'm still active in ER, but just in case:  Steve Saint wants those bonus tokens!  His first mission was defense of hephaestus, and he got killed by our own cannons in both phases.  >.>

He's had a very fitting career. I feel like, if someone tallied all the deaths in ER, at least 50% would be teammate related.

I believe this is the point to bring up the famous John Rogers Quote:

There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.

I've never read Atlas Shrugged but given how painful it was for me to read the sword of truth series (The first book was ok before it turned into preachy objectivism so I perhaps foolishly kept hoping it would go back to that... and I hate leaving a story unfinished) I don't intend to either...

[Devastator]

If you guys want some good fantasy literature, read those Patrick Rothfuss novels.  They're excellent on many levels.

[Xantalos]

I know what I know, but I don't know what you know I know.
Or something like that.

John Galt I know is the patron saint of fetch, enemy to zone x's everywhere, who can split mountains with a whisper, and has a bit of a cult of personality. Any bells rung?
Cause if not beats me. Only one I know.

Maybe? I'll freely admit that I've never read Atlas Shrugged.

Probably for the best. You can believe rand's rather hopelessly naive and selfish philosophy all you want, but she really wasn't a good writer. I forget if it's AS or Fountain head where she had like a 70 page conversation between two characters which was basically just her talking straight to the reader, building bad arguments and then knocking them down to make her position look good.  I mean, it was common for books of the kind to do shit like that (The Jungle's last 20 pages was basically just OH GOD I LOVE COMMUNISM SO MUCH! OH GOD!) but that doesn't make it right. Thats why the good social commentary sci-fi blended things relatively seamlessly, your 1984's, brave new worlds, We's, Fahrenheit 451's, etc.

Please see helpful chart

I'm pretty sure Radio knows that I'm still active in ER, but just in case:  Steve Saint wants those bonus tokens!  His first mission was defense of hephaestus, and he got killed by our own cannons in both phases.  >.>

He's had a very fitting career. I feel like, if someone tallied all the deaths in ER, at least 50% would be teammate related.

I believe this is the point to bring up the famous John Rogers Quote:

There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.

I've never read Atlas Shrugged but given how painful it was for me to read the sword of truth series (The first book was ok before it turned into preachy objectivism so I perhaps foolishly kept hoping it would go back to that... and I hate leaving a story unfinished) I don't intend to either...

Oh lord you brought up Sword of Truth. Now I remember the demon chicken.
Why

[Sean Mirrsen]

Any advice on Anton's so-called attack strategy? I've been trying to poke Steve into giving him some examples of how space battles are usually fought around here, but in the end I am forced to keep using Gundam as my space battle reference... which is really suboptimal, if you think about it.

[Pancaek]

If you guys want some good fantasy literature, read those Patrick Rothfuss novels.  They're excellent on many levels.

Seconded. They're great.

[Radio Controlled]

Jhoseph is dead. May too. Both gone, for good this time. Renen...he might be alive, somewhere in the wreckage. The doc did good work on him. There's not much left to kill. Maybe if ARM wins this, salvage crews might find a brain case in the debris field. Maybe.

Rest in peace, you magnificent bastards. You died well.

[piecewise]

Jhoseph is dead. May too. Both gone, for good this time. Renen...he might be alive, somewhere in the wreckage. The doc did good work on him. There's not much left to kill. Maybe if ARM wins this, salvage crews might find a brain case in the debris field. Maybe.

Rest in piece, you magnificent bastards. You died well.

That one hurt.

[Xantalos]

Damn, son. Isaac Newton strikes again.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Please see helpful chart

Wow. I'm not sure, but I think that I'd rather follow the "How To Succeed as a Stephanie Meyer" chart.

He's had a very fitting career. I feel like, if someone tallied all the deaths in ER, at least 50% would be teammate related.

Well, let's see. Grate's first death was from an enemy amp specialist, then he got shot by a panicky teammate, the third was a joint venture between himself, the Armory Master, and the laws of metaphysics, followed by a death from giant fan which can be considered a neutral party.
25% of Grate's deaths were due to enemies, 42% were from allies, and 33% were caused by bystanders.

And a large amount in no way deliberate.

For me, 58% were caused deliberately.

If you guys want some good fantasy literature, read those Patrick Rothfuss novels.  They're excellent on many levels.

That name sounds familiar...
*Google*
Oh, he's the guy who wrote/is writing the Kingkiller trilogy. Good books. Still, I've a feeling that Kvothe's post-University time will be unfortunately contracted to a fraction of the final novel, which is a shame since it sounds like a good fraction of his great deeds occurred after he was expelled. Although I guess killing a king would probably get him kicked out.

Any advice on Anton's so-called attack strategy? I've been trying to poke Steve into giving him some examples of how space battles are usually fought around here, but in the end I am forced to keep using Gundam as my space battle reference... which is really suboptimal, if you think about it.

I tend to assume that space battles are like rocket tag in three dimensions and slow motion.

Jhoseph is dead. May too. Both gone, for good this time. Renen...he might be alive, somewhere in the wreckage. The doc did good work on him. There's not much left to kill. Maybe if ARM wins this, salvage crews might find a brain case in the debris field. Maybe.

Rest in piece, you magnificent bastards. You died well.

That one hurt.

Ayup.
Good trope to add.

[Toaster]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

* Toaster pours one out

[Sean Mirrsen]

Daym. Ship Gamma just went critical. Or, well, went to a critical. R.I.P. May and Jhoseph, and whoever else was on Team G but was too braindead to be mentioned. R.I.P. in this case meaning "Ripped Into Particles".

Also.

...the enemy is now rather unhappy with the black death...

Mwehehehe. A plague on all your houses, UWM! The Black Death consume you all!

...somebody remind me who the hell is Leo?

[Scotsmen]

I know what I know, but I don't know what you know I know.
Or something like that.

John Galt I know is the patron saint of fetch, enemy to zone x's everywhere, who can split mountains with a whisper, and has a bit of a cult of personality. Any bells rung?
Cause if not beats me. Only one I know.

Maybe? I'll freely admit that I've never read Atlas Shrugged.

Probably for the best. You can believe rand's rather hopelessly naive and selfish philosophy all you want, but she really wasn't a good writer. I forget if it's AS or Fountain head where she had like a 70 page conversation between two characters which was basically just her talking straight to the reader, building bad arguments and then knocking them down to make her position look good.  I mean, it was common for books of the kind to do shit like that (The Jungle's last 20 pages was basically just OH GOD I LOVE COMMUNISM SO MUCH! OH GOD!) but that doesn't make it right. Thats why the good social commentary sci-fi blended things relatively seamlessly, your 1984's, brave new worlds, We's, Fahrenheit 451's, etc.

Please see helpful chart

I'm pretty sure Radio knows that I'm still active in ER, but just in case:  Steve Saint wants those bonus tokens!  His first mission was defense of hephaestus, and he got killed by our own cannons in both phases.  >.>

He's had a very fitting career. I feel like, if someone tallied all the deaths in ER, at least 50% would be teammate related.

I believe this is the point to bring up the famous John Rogers Quote:

There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.

I've never read Atlas Shrugged but given how painful it was for me to read the sword of truth series (The first book was ok before it turned into preachy objectivism so I perhaps foolishly kept hoping it would go back to that... and I hate leaving a story unfinished) I don't intend to either...

The Lord of the Rings! Hobbits, dwarves, elves and men, kings and queens!

[syvarris]

What?   May... May is dead?

That's shocking.  She was just the type of character that you don't imagine dying.  Milno?  Sure, he comes close all the time.  Miyamoto?  Jim?  Yeah, they are the type to stay behind and hold off the overwhelming force so everyone else lives.  But May?  She's not supposed to die.  Kinda like Wash.


@Scotsmen in on-ship thread
If you want to fight a player, you can spawn in a VR copy of "Steve Saint" (my char) and I'll play him.
You chose Jim?  Hahaha, you're going to die so quick.

[Xanmyral]

Maybe? I'll freely admit that I've never read Atlas Shrugged.

There's a John Galt in Atlas Shrugged? Huh, never read it either. Heard mixed things about it though, mostly humorous jabs.