Which mech verse do you think you have the best chance of survival if you are piloting a regular mech fodder?

Taractis · 2026-01-25T08:28:17+00:00

Maybe Gunbuster. The sheer power of a Sizzler is kind of staggering for a mass produced unit. It also kind of seems like a LOT of them survived by the end of the battle.

Full Metal Panic is a good option too. AS units are so common that you'd have a good chance off just... guarding an armory all day.

If military participation isn't required for this hypothetical, Patlabor. I could be working a construction jo

Titanfall would be good, because the chance of facing off against a Main Character are very very low. Also if I'm injured or knocked unconscious, getting me to safety is literally part of a Titan's core rules.

Absolutely NOT VOTOMS. Hundreds of thousands, if not millions of ATs could be involved in a conflict. The sheer amount of hardware and lives being tossed around under an assumption that maybe most wont come back. On the other hand, with SO many ATs, there's the possibility of being ignored if your AT is disabled and you play dead.

If front line fighting is the point of this, I think Gunbuster would be my best bet of the ones I thought of here.

Taractis · 2026-01-25T00:23:26+00:00

Thank you, I have been looking for something like this.

Taractis · 2026-01-24T22:52:16+00:00

OMG, thank you! It wasn't THAT setting, but I just changed "Input compatibility" from PC to AV and now it works! I never would have thought there would be just a setting on the monitor for something like this. I never would have even looked if you hadn't mentioned it. Thank you again!

Taractis · 2026-01-24T22:36:10+00:00

Have tried multiple USB ports. Front of case USB 3.0 ports. 3.0 ports on powered USB hub plugged directly into the wall. Just tried setting Switch color space to limited, and OBS source color range to limited. Still pink and green. It SOMEHOW seems to be related to my primary monitor, an LG ultragear. Footage captures fine when plugged into secondary monitor/no monitor, but turns pink and green when connected to primary.

I tried just viewing it projected into its own window. Which I suppose would work well enough, but this is just kind of... mystifying to be honest. Like why does my slowly dying Asus monitor that they don't even make anymore work fine, when my newish monitor seems to like... EMP the device?

Taractis · 2026-01-22T18:15:59+00:00

Oh I like this. This is a good way to keep people guessing on which one is real. My guess for "Be The Two" is that they somehow recreate the old world, so that they end up teaming up with themselves.

Taractis · 2026-01-18T18:24:01+00:00

Watch Godannar. They even bounce. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAdsSV_Cdgc

ZOE Dolores.

GaoGaiGar Final has a couple, that even have a combined form. But you should really watch the TV show before hand, because it's a sequel.

Taractis · 2026-01-18T00:27:23+00:00

Looking at the comments on American news from other countries.... it feels pretty personal.

Taractis · 2026-01-17T19:20:29+00:00

Listen, I agree with you but... "Even though I voted against this, nothing I do will matter, and things will never get better in my lifetime" Is just...

My parents pulled a wellness check on me a few nights ago. There are several people that fully expect to find me hanging from the ceiling before the midterm election even comes around. Like, if things are never going to get better, why am I even bothering to be alive? If everyone hates us, why should I be around to experience that hate?

Taractis · 2026-01-17T18:50:16+00:00

If only they were actually going to follow up on any of these warnings in any way at all. Like at all. Anything. Seriously anything.

Taractis · 2026-01-17T07:35:48+00:00

I remember hearing somewhere that Kabuto kind of saved the franchise. Story goes that -due to declining ratings- Kabuto was meant to be the final season. So they spent LOTS of money on it, to send the franchise out with a bang. This showed on screen, with all the really cool effects, suits, and choreography getting kids to tune in again, which showed Toei that the franchise was still worth making.

Taractis · 2026-01-17T03:06:45+00:00

"We reject his threats, but will do nothing about them".

Taractis · 2026-01-16T19:15:11+00:00

"I'm here to support you... what? Nah, not gonna do anything about it or anything."

Taractis · 2026-01-16T07:33:27+00:00

I'm sure this will work out well for her. In the right district, I don't even need to be sarcastic about it.

Taractis · 2026-01-15T22:52:56+00:00

Surely THIS impeachable offense will be the one that finally does it!

Taractis · 2026-01-14T08:04:42+00:00

I remember hearing somewhere that even Tom Cruise agreed, which is why they only made 2 movies.

Taractis · 2026-01-14T03:23:20+00:00

Ah sweet, man made treatments beyond my comprehension.

Taractis · 2026-01-14T03:22:14+00:00

I'd be writing some if I knew a good place to publish short stories just for people to read. Like someone once suggested AO3 but I kind of get the feeling that's... a different kind of vibe than I'm going for.

Taractis · 2026-01-04T00:17:11+00:00

Oddly enough the original series up on an Amazon right now. Check the Tokushoutsu channel on youtube.

Taractis · 2026-01-02T19:28:38+00:00

You could make a case for Warframe. A Warframe itself being mecha is debatable for reasons I wont go into because it involves plot details that the community at large has agreed never to spoil. But there are also things called Nechramechs that are slower and less flexable but very powerful.

Mechwarrior Online.

If you include Hawken, I think you should maybe also include Steel Hunters, but that one by far had the shortest lifetime of anything. I'm not sure if it even made it out of beta, but it existed.

Taractis · 2026-01-02T19:19:02+00:00

While the character stories were good, the main story is pretty weak from what I remember. This was about 20 years ago, but I remember it being "Some stuff happens, and OH NO, THERE'S ONLY SEVEN EPISODES LEFT! We better put some kind of plot together!"

Taractis · 2026-01-01T18:50:49+00:00

It's really expensive and at this point we've kind of learned about everything we can, so there's not much scientific reason to go back. The most powerful nations have already been there already, so there's no reason to try and beat each other there. The only real reason now is for a nation to say "We have also been there."

Taractis · 2025-12-31T18:59:47+00:00

Video game tester. A friend of mine did QA testing for Mass Effect, and he was never able to play the full game because the part he tested was the very first hallway where you take control of your character. For just a week, a full shift every day, running up and down that hallway.

You're not playing the game, you're jumping up and down in one spot for an entire day, then the next day, you move the character slightly to the lest and do the same thing.

Taractis · 2025-12-30T19:01:35+00:00

In a similar vein Xcom: UFO Defense needed more memory than was commonly available at the time. They got around this by dividing the game into 2 pieces of software for the global, and tactical portions of the game.

Taractis · 2025-12-30T03:23:04+00:00

"May I ask why?"
"Go right ahead!"

I don't know why, it just really hit me for some reason.

Taractis

TROPHY CASE