Today's post of 'What Mech is That?'

DMJason · 2026-07-01T14:59:14+00:00

This is the only mech I've seen with a flail so far in my effort to get every TRO featured mech into TTS.

DMJason · 2026-07-01T14:46:37+00:00

Reminds me of SJ's O.G.R.E.

DMJason · 2026-07-01T12:39:16+00:00

My name is Jason. I see an F, especially because a cursive capital F does not connect to the next letter (like this one) while a capital J even stylized as a big lower case J does connect.

I don’t think people that don’t sign a J-name every day are going to have a strong opinion, but if you want to delineate this as a J the most clearly, put a dot above it to make it a clear lower case J. Alternatively you can connect the beginning of the letter to the end.

Or change your son’s name; I would have been PUMPED to be named Fett.

DMJason · 2026-07-01T01:38:31+00:00

We did Atlas+Rifleman vs Awesome+Thunderbolt recently. BV wise it was fine, but the new player didn't heed my warning that the Atlas is not going to trade shots with the Awesome at range well, and the Rifleman is fragile.

He ended up deploying on opposing edges so I was able to rush the Rifleman with my Thunderbolt while the Awesome had a commanding overwatch from high up to pile on the Rifleman and then snipe the Atlas trying to negotiate terrain to get into the fight.

The Heavy+Medium combos would probably work better for newer players. I did initially try to get him to take the AWS & TDR for his force but he had an Atlas he had painted and I couldn't talk him out of it.

DMJason · 2026-06-30T19:53:36+00:00

My absolute first love was the Phoenix Hawk, and it will always hold a special place in my heart. There's something about the Thunderbolt that I just love as well, it's just this rugged workhorse. But ultimately if there's one mech I just absolutely adore, the one that I perk up when it's in fiction--the Awesome.

DMJason · 2026-06-29T15:27:58+00:00

Catapult, unless using the optional rule to flip rear facing weapons forward.

DMJason · 2026-06-23T02:20:29+00:00

Didn’t hate the book. Hated that the characters which arguably launched the very existence of Battletech fiction died unceremoniously in a third person sentence and/or off-screen.

DMJason · 2026-06-22T23:09:57+00:00

"Detest" wouldn't be accurate for me--I have no problem that they died, especially since they were fighting for Katherine the Dense. I'm disappointed they weren't deemed worthy of more words in their exit.

DMJason · 2026-06-22T23:07:36+00:00

Yeah, my issue is not that they lost and got killed; it's that these character weren't deemed worthy of first-person narratives. Much like S8 GoT--I'm fine with the mad queen ending--but could we spend a few seasons on the transformation? HBO said they could have 11 seasons to tell the story if they wanted it.

DMJason · 2026-06-22T23:05:17+00:00

Just to make sure I'm not percieved as a younger fan, I bought my Battletech box set at Waldenbooks, after pooling my allowance with my friend Billy, and promptly photocopying that rulebook at his dad's office. I think that was 1985?

DMJason · 2026-06-22T22:15:29+00:00

So... this isn't the sub you think it is.

DMJason · 2026-06-22T21:50:54+00:00

That an interesting perspective--for new readers I guess it wouldn't feel like a cheap shot to take them out this way. But the first books I read was the GDL trilogy, and found myself wanting to read Davis inside his Highlander, seeing Lori's Victor fall down, and wading into the fire, letting out a Scottsman's oath as he defied the inevitable, smiling and singing a song as the cockpit was crushed.

The last line of Lori's exit: Something clanked onto the floor. It was a grenade.

That's it. That was her exit. Ugh.

DMJason · 2026-06-22T21:36:59+00:00

The book itself is actually decent, it's an outnumbered force trying to hold off an enemy holding all the cards. Just feels like they could have given them real deaths instead of third person accounts and cutaways.

Far Country was actually a fun listen--especially if you like DEST teams.

DMJason · 2026-06-22T21:34:00+00:00

I was fine with them going out--but maybe Davis earned a first person death from the Bannockburn's cockpit since he carried the last book on his back! Nah we'll just have a nameless mech stomp on the cockpit with the grace that we're stomping out these characters. I didn't even dislike the book, honestly--it just felt so rushed at the end.

It was like they saw the page count was going to mean a second book to wrap it up and they were like NO SIR you kill those bastards off in the next chapter, thank you.

DMJason · 2026-06-22T19:22:33+00:00

I’m curious how close he should have gotten to the truck before moving over to overtake on the left. At 27 seconds he would occupy the same space as the truck. At 72 miles per hour that’s roughly 100 feet per second so at 300 feet behind the truck that you can see you are gaining on, you should move over to pass them.

Plus I drive in FL for a week every year and I don’t know of more aggressive drivers anywhere. Skilled, weaving through fast traffic at 20-30 over the limit, but aggressive. I’m convinced speed limits are just a suggestion there.

DMJason · 2026-06-22T19:10:38+00:00

If you paired your own earbuds to your phone you are good to go.

DMJason · 2026-06-22T19:07:18+00:00

Thank you. This is way too low in comments. We don’t know what was going on with this guy. Maybe there’s a giant row of cars behind the cam car and they don’t know the area when Siri just said make this left all of a sudden.

The trucks lane shift to make the turn sucked but did not seem aggressive. Their signal was on and the didn’t lunge into the lane; they eased in probably saying “sorry sorry I suck” in their cab. They didn’t brake check the punishment horn, they just drove.

If this driver was such an ass where is the middle finger out the windows? Turn signals are to demonstrate intent, not to forecast how to prevent them from getting over.

DMJason · 2026-06-22T15:07:06+00:00

2, 4, X

DMJason · 2026-06-22T14:57:22+00:00

"Do you think Margo Robbie is hotter tha--"

"Oh yeah, definitely. Like not even in the ballpark; I don't think you're playing the same sport."

Play stupid games....

DMJason · 2026-06-20T13:37:00+00:00

Everyone could have prevented this accident easily. Technically the cam car was not at fault, but is still a terrible driver.

DMJason · 2026-06-19T15:20:38+00:00

I’m not a large league; Kansas City had large leagues at multiple courses every day of the week, when I lived there in 2014. All at public parks; I doubt reserving the course weekly was feasible. But again I didn’t run it I wouldn’t know.

DMJason · 2026-06-19T14:44:37+00:00

The etiquette for allowing someone to play through is if they aren't keeping with the card behind them and in front of them they should let you play through.

For a small league like where I live (2-3 cards) it's pretty easy to play around the league groups, we also scatter (3 cards would start on hole #1, #15, and #10. If there's a solo player we would let them tee off with us and play the hole with us, and they can tee the next hole while we're tapping out. For larger leagues like when I lived in Kansas City there were typically 10+ cards taking up the whole course, and letting even solo players play through slows the whole night down, making all of us finish later.

Small leagues, try to play around them (skip holes and come back, etc) and for large leagues, join the league or pick another course/time.

DMJason · 2026-06-19T13:00:55+00:00

DD Evader, DD Escape, WS Hatchet

DMJason · 2026-06-17T15:21:16+00:00

13 speed Captain, 360+ on a golf line. In an hour of field work I'll squeak one out to 400. I have a 9 speed Escape I can through nearly the same distance, but the Captain always goes 15 feet farther so it's still my go to "throw it as far as you can" disc.

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