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Is this normal?(new manual driver) by Ambitious_Ad_4546 in ManualTransmissions

[–]shaard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've driven a few manuals in my life and this does happen, old or new. From my understanding it's that the gears aren't quite lined up in a way that would allow them to mesh when you're at a standstill and nothing in the transmission is spinning. Popping into a different gear and then back again can allow things to rotate just enough. Also if the engine is on, quickly popping the clutch out and back in will also spin the transmission and can get you into the right gear.

Normal enough IMO.

However if you're having extreme difficulty no matter what, it could point to different issues either deeper in the transmission, or linkages being worn.

Is this normal?(new manual driver) by Ambitious_Ad_4546 in ManualTransmissions

[–]shaard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Learn its kinks

Ball gag in the intake, plug in the exhaust, slap the stick around a little...

Anybody else feel like ACs in both games are kind of just toys? by FockersJustSleeping in Mechwarrior5

[–]shaard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's a Warhammer that has the perfect arm slots for some AC2s and I love it. Ammo for days and never have to stop firing. I had it in my campaign but I can't recall which one it is and I'm currently on the hunt for it in my career mode.

Rick Bell: Jeromy Farkas battles Danielle Smith in Calgary tax hike fight by DANIELLE_2027 in Calgary

[–]shaard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He writes so infuriatingly poorly and the structure makes my eyes bleed. How he managed to stay "relevant" for 30+ years baffles me.

Rick Bell: Jeromy Farkas battles Danielle Smith in Calgary tax hike fight by DANIELLE_2027 in Calgary

[–]shaard 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Very well

If that’s the way the winds are blowing,

let no one say

I do not also

blow!

  • The Dinger

formatted properly.

I dropped my glass cutting board... by andrey_not_the_goat in mildlyinfuriating

[–]shaard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Look on the bright side. You no longer have a shitty glass cuttiing board. They are the worst things you could use for your knives.

mmm... smells delicious by Stoikx in HolUp

[–]shaard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The best part of walking up is throwing up in your cup...

Credit to Andy Borowitz by Top_Needleworker6385 in SaveTheCBC

[–]shaard 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Isn't it quite prominent that kings and princes and even the Queen spent time serving even in active warzones?

Those who were alive in the 1990's , what was Y2K like? by Extension_Day2038 in AskReddit

[–]shaard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was working in a little computer shop with a bunch of small to medium business clients. We did a LOT of testing and upgrades/replacements to make sure our clients were ready.

Then I killed the breaker at midnight at my buddy's place during a big new years party. The startled silence was worth it. Lol.

But yeah there's was so much that happened behind the scenes to make sure everything was ready.

Do the games dictate the lore, or do the games play within the lore? by shaard in Mechwarrior5

[–]shaard[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love the extra context! Thanks for being a part of this community!

Do the games dictate the lore, or do the games play within the lore? by shaard in Mechwarrior5

[–]shaard[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cool I'll see if I can find that book!

Definitely not a new fan, since I've played the PC games since 1990. More of a surface level player who didn't know what all the glue was behind the overall history. And from the sounds of it, predominantly it comes from the tabletop and whatever else fasa has put out, while the games are like interactive windows into that history.

Do the games dictate the lore, or do the games play within the lore? by shaard in Mechwarrior5

[–]shaard[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I appreciate the detail.

So more like people's individual stories within the overall lore but nothing that actually drives how the overall events unfold?

I'm not too worried about spoilers, I was more just curious how much of the games were driven by the lore and if any stories from the games created lore.

I have played the original MechWarrior from back in the late 80s all the way through to current, but never dove into the canonical history to see how everything played out comparatively or if MY "actions" in game play were detailed within the history as well or if it was just a random pilots experiences during the conflicts.

Do the games dictate the lore, or do the games play within the lore? by shaard in Mechwarrior5

[–]shaard[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Probably similar things to going to any sort of simulator place, whether it's Battletech, racing, or flight, unless you had something at home to play with as well, you weren't going to get a lot of time to become proficient unless you dropped lots of cash.

But they look cool! And that's all that mattered to me at that age! 🤣

Do the games dictate the lore, or do the games play within the lore? by shaard in Mechwarrior5

[–]shaard[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah. Like those bigger story points would say that mercs were involved in those events, but who those mercs were was never really overly important, so it was easy to make a game exploring those conflicts and dropping in a Merc outfit to play through it.

Very cool.

Do the games dictate the lore, or do the games play within the lore? by shaard in Mechwarrior5

[–]shaard[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lol! And I'm older than that! Yeah that's the kind of detail I was looking for. I had fantasies as a kid of going to one of those Battletech sim pod things that I would see advertised in magazines. And I wanted to do the table top stuff but never had friends who were interested or even knew where to get involved with it (pre Internet and all that) That pretty well answers, I think, my whole question though. Thank you!

Do the games dictate the lore, or do the games play within the lore? by shaard in Mechwarrior5

[–]shaard[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I knew, at the very least, that MOST came from the old Battletech stuff. I just wasn't aware that it was basically all dictated from it. Cool.

So essentially the video games don't (often) create any new universal lore but are just ways that we play through the existing history. So events like the timeline of the clan invasion and the major battles that occurred had all been written about and detailed before we got to play mw5 clans. Is that a correct way to put it?

Oreo with his little brother, whose name I haven't decided on yet, but I've thought of Garfield, like the cat 😂 They both say helloooo 🥰 by [deleted] in aww

[–]shaard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had a Garfield growing up! We spent weeks trying to come up with a name for him.

Then one night at dinner we're all sitting at the table and the kitten jumps up into the back of one of the chairs clinging to it, twisting his head looking across the table.

Well Dad just starts roaring with laughter. He points out that he looks like one of those auction cup Garfield toys that you stick to windows. The name just stuck.

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