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Offline Taristin

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Why do you dislike the Colossus so much?
Reply #200 on: July 12, 2005, 11:53:36 pm
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*bans Cobra*


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Offline deep_eyes

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Reply #201 on: July 13, 2005, 12:26:05 am
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Nothing quite screams "You're DOOOMED!" like a battleship, though.

The Colossus single-handedly destroyed the NTF as a military force, doing in weeks what would have taken multiple destroyers months. The NTF had a lot of practice at node blockades, and threw back multi-battlegroup attempts to breach them repeatedly. They could not stop the Colossus. Sometimes you can get away with a bunch of smaller ships, but sometimes they just die too fast when exposed to heavy fire one at a time.


i agree with the DOOMED part.

however the colossus was moreso like a political  statement... on joint terran vasudan coporation for the good of the alliance.
 

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Reply #202 on: July 13, 2005, 02:58:47 am
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Originally posted by Goober5000
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*bans Cobra*


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Why do you dislike the Colossus so much?
Reply #203 on: July 13, 2005, 03:39:31 am
Did he insult you so much, Goober? You don't know how a professional player he is unless you have played a multiplayer face-to-face melee with him. There is a probability that completing Bearbaiting perfectly is easy for him.
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Offline Kie99

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Reply #204 on: July 13, 2005, 05:27:14 am
After playing multiplayer with him, I can confirm that Cobra could not possibly complete BearBaiting perfectly.
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Reply #205 on: July 13, 2005, 05:28:23 am
Still doesn't deserve a ban, In my opinion
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Reply #206 on: July 13, 2005, 07:20:15 am
He wasn't banned, TopAce. It's called humour.
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Reply #207 on: July 13, 2005, 08:15:51 am
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Did he insult you so much, Goober? You don't know how a professional player he is unless you have played a multiplayer face-to-face melee with him. There is a probability that completing Bearbaiting perfectly is easy for him.


That's not the point. The thing is, he's bragged about this in the past, and while his skill is all good and well, he doesn't need to put others down in regards to it. :doubt:
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Reply #208 on: July 13, 2005, 02:28:51 pm
More generally, he has an annoying tendency to jump into the middle of discussions about missions or FRED or contests or whatever, and say "Pfft, that's easy!" or "I've done that!" or "You guys are slow, I did that years ago." when it's quite clear that either a) he hasn't done it (more likely); or b) he has no desire to show us.  That's trolling.
 

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Reply #209 on: July 14, 2005, 01:28:59 am
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Jesus.

By the way: I went back and did High Noon without ordering my wingmen to ignore the Sath...(they got wasted, if you were wondering.)

1. I noticed how quickly the C swings around to bring its turrets to bear, but it's not as quick as you guys describe.
2. I can't believe you guys hate the Colossus so much. What is wrong with you? 4 or 5 beam cannons going off at once, pummeling the Sathanas into oblivion. It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. It's so beautiful.



It took the Collossus 15 minutes to take out that Sathanas. The Sathanas could obliterate the Collossus in less than 1 minute. Which one do you think is stronger?


And the Collossus was ugly. It looked like a giant baseball bat in space.
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Reply #210 on: July 14, 2005, 01:33:58 am
That doesn't mean it sucks. Besides, Shivan things have always, on average, been more powerful than their Terran and Vasudan counterparts. Particularly when it comes to weaponry. Besides, I was commenting on the beauty of 4 or 5 green beams going off at the same time. Yes, beauty, because it's a giant shotgun shaped thing spewing energy all over the place. That's awesome.
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Reply #211 on: July 14, 2005, 02:01:48 am
The colossus looks like a baseball bat?


Jeez kosh, what kinda discount baseball do you play?
actualy, mabye not.
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Reply #212 on: July 14, 2005, 12:22:10 pm
FireCrack, have you ever actually seen the big C trying to turn?
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Reply #213 on: July 14, 2005, 12:53:47 pm
Moreover, have you ever been hit by the Colossus when it was trying to turn?  Just take your hand off the throttle and you go for one heck of a ride.  Well...  You go for one heck of a ride, or your hull integrity is too low to survive the initial impact, and you go for one very short ride.
 

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Reply #214 on: July 14, 2005, 01:37:13 pm
I've seen it turn. I still don't get how it looks like a baseball bat.

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Reply #215 on: July 14, 2005, 02:18:58 pm
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Originally posted by FireCrack
The colossus looks like a baseball bat?


Jeez kosh, what kinda discount baseball do you play?


There are two reasons you call the Colossus a baseball club:
1/ The model's centre is not located in the centre of the ship, it's in the engines. (Basically, just where it is ideal to grab a real baseball club :)).
2/ The notorious manoeuvre in High Noon.
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Reply #216 on: July 14, 2005, 02:39:32 pm
Yes but none of those actually make it look like a baseball bat, it merely acts like one.
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Reply #217 on: July 14, 2005, 03:31:31 pm
I wonder, how many things does the Colossus make you remember: One said it was a water-pistol, the other says it's a baseball bat, someone else mentioned it a a wireless drill(or something like that).
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Offline aldo_14

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Reply #218 on: July 14, 2005, 03:36:10 pm
A giant heap of ****e.

but not in visual terms
 

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Reply #219 on: July 14, 2005, 04:05:55 pm
How about an Assault Rifle?
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