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mechagalaxy · 3 years

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Sten Hugo Hiller - 627184: Mountain Climbing Mecha Combat #1409

(By Sten Hugo Hiller - 627184) Mountain Climbing Mecha Combat #1409 Brought to you by ANN Highlighting the February 3367 Krampus The Gaming Authorities decided the time had yet again come to let the 70 ton Krampus take the center stage. On the eight highest tops it would be the only legal model. -On K9 they were given an unlimited event instead. The Krampus is perhaps not the most glamorous of Mechs, and it have some rather glaring drawbacks. Low speed, low weapon aquisition rate and mediocre targeting being the top three. But it have decent shielding, and good evasive abilities, so it is a pretty survivable ride unless you face Mechs more advanced or heavier than it. The last Krampus event we had was back in January `66, and we had managed to get a Silver back then. But several of the opponents had outmassed us in that event, and since we would be outlicenced by up to 100 by the regulars on K3, having the formation in tip-top shape would be a good idea. A bit before the scramble the formation was brought out of mothballs. To get a feel for the opposition we went over to the arena. We signed up, and a couple strikes saw us claim a spot on the slopes. Few of the opponents had brought their Krampus`es up yet, but could be expected to so before the scramble started. But as I saw it, there were still more than a half-hour until the scramble started. We had gotten some new weapons and equipment since the last time the formation had been in action, so to get the best performance out of them some TLC would be mandatory. Said TLC took its time, but when I returned to the arena we were as prepared to kick butts and wreck mayhem as we could be. Unfortunately my timing had been off, and the scramble was already over. I was met by the crew as they filed out, and was given plenty of accusing stares. But they also handed over footage from the fighting on all the tops, so at least I could figure out that this events winners had been: Div 1 381+ (32 Commanders): Fabio Favaro, Odin`s Secret Chamber (42m,14s) 2: Ben Rail 3: Bernard Johnson 4: Were Wolf 5: Sherriff Leary Wretham 6: Jeff Haas 7: Sal Vezzosi Jr 8: Gary Muenzel 9: Mk Mathews 10: Randy Taylor Div 2 -380 (7 Commanders): Yusuke Paul Okabayashi, M&L Team Banzai (6h,39m) Div 3 -293 (21 Commanders): Chong Chin, Heroes (9h,10m) Div 4 -188 (19 Commanders): retiredarmyman, Death`s Revenge (13h,37m) Div 5 -140 (13 Commanders): Grego, B.S.L.R. (1h,57m) Div 6 -112 (13 Commanders): Mike Slowenski, Chess Dragons (1h,52m) Div 7 88 (21 Commanders): Markus Eisenhand, Black Star Bandits (26m,33s) Div 8 -61 (18 Commanders): Djohn Ddrake, Death`s Hecklers (1d,10h) Div 9 -36 (24 Commanders): Captain Beefheart, Ronins 2 (18m,19s) On the eight tops where only Krampus`es were allowed to fight 7(G,3S)+0+3(2S)+2S+4(G,1S)+3(2S)+2(1S)+4(3S)= Two Golds, fourteen Silvers and ten Bronzes were awarded to Commanders who might have had pure Krampus formations. Total Contestants: 168 Total medals claimed: 123 (of 135 possible) Compared to the Anzu Chrono, sixteen additional Commanders signed up for the fighting. But despite this influx, this time the imbalance between the tops were actually worse. This resulted in a full dozen of Bronzes, from a trio of tops ending unclaimed. (Those were later returned for resmelting.) The last half-hour saw only the Golds on K7 and K9 being fought over. Four other Golds were held for at least two hours, one of them for more than a day. Was this due to strong winners, or a low participation during the scramble? Hard to say. Perhaps we can get a clue if we look at the number of medals held for more than 30 minutes in this event: .............Silvers......Bronzes Div 1 ....2 of 4.........4 of 10 Div 2 ....4 of 4.........2 of 2 Div 3 ....1 of 4.........8 of 10 Div 4 ....4 of 4.......10 of 10 Div 5 ....4 of 4.........8 of 8 Div 6 ....1 of 4.........4 of 10 Div 7 ....1 of 4.........4 of 10 Div 8 ....3 of 4.........8 of 10 Div 9 ....3 of 4.........6 of 10 We had three tops (K2, K4 and K5) where no successfull medal attacks were launched. On another trio of tops (Mount Olympus, K6 and K7) the action were fierce enough to redistribute most of the medals. A total of thirteen Silvers (36%) and twenty-six Bronzes (33%) changed hands, giving percentages higher than the 22% for the Golds. None of the clans managed to bring home more than one Gold, and none of the unaligned Commanders rose to the top this time either. But we had one repeat winner; Yusuke Paul Okabayashi from Myth and Legends Team Banzai on K2. Upcoming event: SelfSame Here we get an event where everyone are free to choose what model of Mechs they prefer to fight in. But only the chosen model (placed in the pointMech spot) will be active in the fighting. For most Commanders this will be a question of quantity or quality. Do you bring lots of lesser Mechs, or fewer of the top models? Event ends January 9 between 1700 and 1730 New York Time

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nonbinarysasquatch · 7 years

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DC Rebirth Round 3

Forgot to do this after finishing Wonder Woman Vol.2. This time there’s a mix of Volume 1s and Volume 2s.

The Excellent:

1. Green Lanterns Vol.2: The Phantom Lantern: This remains one of the best Rebirth books. My love for Jessica Cruz and Simon Baz knows no bounds.

2. All-Star Batman Vol.1: My Own Worst Enemy: Not quite as good as Detective Comics but still light years better than Batman Vol.1 was. This book weirdly made me ship Bruce Wayne and Harvey Dent.

3. The Hellblazer Vol.1: The Poison Truth: This is one of those things were it just has a lot of personal appeal. I don’t have a ton of past experience with John Constantine but I enjoyed this book

4. Wonder Woman Vol.2: Year One: A more enjoyable read than Vol.1 just because I could actually follow what was going on. A pretty great take on Diana’s origin story.

The Great:

5. Superman Vol.2: Trials of the Super Son: Not as good as Volume 1 was but still pretty damn great.

6. Action Comics Vol.2: Welcome to the Planet: A slight improvement on Volume 1 that really works well hand in hand with Superman. You honestly can go wrong with Rebirth Supes and the Kent-Lane family.

7. Green Arrow Vol.2: Island of Scars: Still can’t believe how much I’m enjoying Green Arrow. Not as wonderful as the first volume but still great.

The Meh:

8. Red Hood and the Outlaws Vol.1: Dark Trinity: As I said before I was kinda iffy about reading anything by Scott Lobdell but this wasn’t terrible. But it also wasn’t all that good either.

The Bad:

9. Deathstroke Vol.1: The Professional: This felt a bit like a book designed for cishet guys who really like asshole protagonists. Beyond that, I was frustrated by how confusing the narrative was for a new reader and I’m someone who LOVES non-linear narratives. This was pretty terrible. I doubt I’ll read the second volume unless I’m just bored or something.

10. Justice League Vol.2: Outbreak: There’s just no way of mincing words here: This book is poorly written. It’s not offensive or problematic. The ideas aren’t even bad. It’s just not good. I thought the first volume was OK but this was just... I don’t even understand how something this mediocre even makes it to print.

Disappointingly no books by queer writers or women in that batch (though Green Lanterns and Deathstroke written by black authors.)

#dc rebirth #dc comics #steven reads comics #I wonder how much shouting from the rooftops I will have to do to get people to read green lanterns

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