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Running and Gunning - Higan Vs. The Magna Pater

@MelonHead

I never said Innue wasn't. But I digress, I can scarcely believe what I'm reading. This is ridiculous. Higan's very first shot in the room was directed at exactly the place where Slimy was hiding. When he reached behind his back, it was with excellent timing and precision, despite him not knowing where or when Slimy would attack. That's like Gonad turning his back on an opponent, and when they swing a sword at his head, he goes, "Hruh, wait! Head of Gonad is where brain is!" and blocks it without looking. Are you joking?

"Anomoly Detection" was NOT indicated in the CS at all.

Yes, my character uses experience to fight.

Cute, a tactical retreat. You mean Slimy dodging bullets, and you putting up an OOC ruckus because it shouldn't be able to do that at mid-range. You still meta-gamed, stop trying to shift the perspective.

Without the Anomaly Vision, Slimy would have been able to run rings around Higan. It was a huge change you made and forced me to adapt my character's whole fighting style. A direct confrontation with a strong enemy is something Slimy prefers to avoid, but the Anomaly Vision ruined nearly all of its options. I'm a pushover most of the time though, so letting you do that is on my shoulders.

As for the damage thing, that can be abused on the flip-side. I don't set damage in stone either, but there is a limit to how much bull I will ignore.

Running and Gunning - Higan Vs. The Magna Pater

@MelonHead

So basically you just repeated yourself again, ignored my entire post save for the analogy, twisted it around and took it out of proportion so that it looks like I make no sense, and then claimed victory.

Didn't I already point out the futility of this, or are you intent on going around in circles? Fine, whatever floats your boat. I think my attack was good enough to fracture the lens (because of how shock travels, and not through a magical metal that somehow absorbs all force). Slimy is incredibly strong, basalt is very hard, and there is no way the lens can survive having all of that crash down directly on top of it. Your "scratch" ever so nicely works in your favor. You've coasted by on metagaming throughout the entire match, but I don't suppose you informed Innue of those little tidbits, huh? Adding things to your character after the fact without putting it on the profile and not telling me, arguing over my own character's capabilities (which are in fact all in the profile), having your character repeatedly "guess" or "anticipate" where mine is hiding with perfect timing and precision, and having the one attack Slimy landed on the mech's greatest weak point block out a paltry half of Higan's vision. That last one doesn't sound bad? I should mention then that the half which is blacked out isn't the one Slimy is on, so Higan is now in the most fortunate position of being able to easily trap and kill it, as there is little way left for it to escape. The moment of truth was that mighty blow it struck, and you seem to think the entire set of results is up for grabs by Lady Luck, who happens to be in your service.

Momma Mia.

Running and Gunning - Higan Vs. The Magna Pater

@MelonHead

Funny you should be talking about burden of truth. You've got a lot more to account for than I do, not that you'll believe me when I say that. You just keep tossing the same baloney over and over, and I am refusing to play your game by repeating myself. You calmly explained and I calmly debunked.
Imagine having a telescope. Say you took it outside and gave the top part just above the lens a hard blow with a brick. Yes, I know the difference in toughness. What is a telescope compared to a mech? Just like how a dude with a brick is incomparable to a six-hundred and fifty pound eldritch beast with a chunk of basalt the size of your head.

It's only a poor attack in your opinion. I say it's a good one, and that is where we truly differ in this argument. Funny thing that you should be talking about my character not taking much damage though, considering yours hasn't been so much as scratched. Yeah, I know. Not your fault, not your problem.

You haven't read my proposal yet? Go back and check my post where I point out all the instances of circular reasoning. It's at the bottom.

As for the trusty old Judge's Decision victory, I could roll with that. After you see my proposal we'll decide on either a judge or a mutual agreement.

Running and Gunning - Higan Vs. The Magna Pater

@MelonHead

It's circular reasoning because every time I answer your arguments, you say I'm wrong and bring up the same points that I've already responded to.

Now are you drawing forth every little potential complaint that you can imagine to discredit me? Go on then, tell me how my character should be in pieces after having been grazed by the bullets. Wait... Go back and read more closely. I was careful to only describe the damage each round inflicted as it passed near instead of specifying that it was an outright hit, just in case you felt like bringing up how even the shock from a graze can screw Slimy up. The one time a bullet did definitively touch it was when I let you have your way when Slimy was in flight. It lost ribs and a wing, and had its guts poking out.

"Silently the beast ducked, the round passing so close the monster could feel the heat of it on the tips of its ears."

"It was getting clipped left and right. An ear gone in the blink of an eye.
There goes a patch of skin. A rock dug up from a round smashing into the ground ahead thwacked it on the forehead."

"The rifle round nearly hit its target, opening a small furrow where its left ass cheek would be if it had ass cheeks."

How's that for foresight? Now if we are done beating around the bush, how about my proposal?

Running and Gunning - Higan Vs. The Magna Pater

@MelonHead

1. Circular reasoning.

2. Thought you meant something else.

3. The head was the nearest target.

4. Thought you knew about Newton's Law. Circle back to inquiry #1 and repeat.

5. Circular reasoning.

Counter Time...

1. Nice try. Saying that it launched itself "through the legs" as if it had been intending to pop right out the other side. I wrote that its goal was to reach Higan's undercarriage. Its momentum would cease as it met the leg. Are you misinterpreting my own posts? Cut that out, I don't dig that.

2. If Shash had started in his lair with Higan nowhere in sight, the fight would have been over then and there. I decided to not be cheap. What a reward I earned, huh? You still should have put that in the profile beforehand. Perhaps Slimy might suddenly explode with metal-melting laser farts.

3. Slimy's senses are as sharp as Higan's armor is strong. Sound resonates differently with glass than it does metal. Acoustics and all.

4. Yeah, because it is fast.

I can see we'll get nowhere fast this way, and despite my opinion that Higan should be utterly blind right now, I'll settle for meeting you halfway. Higan can keep half of his vision, but on the opposite side that you initially chose.

Running and Gunning - Higan Vs. The Magna Pater

@MelonHead

Except when a hard blow to a shield breaks the arm behind it? Of course there is a limit, and you are ignoring it.

I don't recall Slimy being thrown around, and I specified just why he avoided being grabbed. Your answer to that? Simply pretend what I said doesn't exist and continue thinking Higan's blind, amazingly timed lucky grab was perfect. Are you ignoring things again? Yes. Let's see if in your next point you ignore something else that had been already laid out.

Not your fault I chose to make an ineffective attack? That's right, I already had taken responsibility for that in my last O.O.C post. I know I chose to fight underdog style, but don't think waving that fact around will make this puppy roll over.

You don't even have the word "lens" in your last post, and yes it is very convenient for you.

1. That's not called prediction, it is called reaction, and it did not "counter" itself.

2. That was to make up for how your character somehow whittled up an "anaomoly radar" to rofl-find Slimy and nullify any advantages he could have had without letting me know.

3. You doubt the potency of Shash's echo location?

4. Look up what the square-cube law is. Now add that to a greasy bat-snake that can contort its frame through any gap the size of its head.

Arena Chat Thread

@Rilla

Here are the links to my two latest ranked wins.

http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/91411-the-black-mountain-tournament-trixi-vs-gonad/ic

http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/90819-black-mountain-tourney-guzman-vs-gonad/ic

Running and Gunning - Higan Vs. The Magna Pater

@MelonHead

You are missing the point. The metal plating is 100mm, not the glass, and even if the metal doesn't dent the shock can transfer to the lens. The force of the blow doesn't just magically dissipate, Newton's law and all. The rock does not need to hit the lens directly to fuck it up.

It's nice that you can decide if and when it is convenient to take damage depending on the circumstances, but I'd scarcely encourage adding that on top of how Higan also boasts the favor of the Lucky Guess Goddesses. With all its strength and while holding the hardest naturally found object for many miles around, Slimy failed to trouble even the weakest spot on his opponent. A little fuzziness and black patches very conveniently appearing over the side that Slimy isn't on is scarcely an inconvenience, especially when Higan can make up for the slight loss in sight by just turning. Why does turning matter if Shash is on his body? Slimy can't get down without being shot, and is now without a way to inflict any damage unless he can get away.

I know I asked for this match, and having Slimy run, hide, and breed was the initial plan, and it is to be expected that it would be one-sided given the circumstances. Invincible armor isn't too big of a deal I suppose, and neither is having the guy inside be unusually good at guessing hiding spots. The instances of Lady Luck kissing his fanny are just a bit too much though.

Running and Gunning - Higan Vs. The Magna Pater

@MelonHead

Throughout the match I've been trying to avoid starting up OOC business. I always try to. But now, I have a piece to say. I highly doubt that the occular thing is tough enough to not be hindered by the blow. Even if the metal is too hard to dent, the shock would obliterate the lens, bulletproof or not.

Running and Gunning - Higan Vs. The Magna Pater

@MelonHead

1. It simply did not do that. I wrote that it ducked from the grab and went for the gap. Nowhere does what you've just specified exist. It stuck around until the rock landed, at which point it still had not been grabbed.

2. The gap is still there and close enough to escape through, no clue what you mean.
Somehow though, I think this is tied to how you think Slimy moved forwards into the grab instead of first ducking away.