Guns Of Icarus Online
Main => The Classroom => Q&A => Topic started by: Bronzium on October 30, 2014, 04:48:50 pm
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Hey guys, it's me again, this time with a question. I've heard loads of words used by the GoIO community, and frankly, I'm not as quick as some to pick up on their meanings. For instance, I still don't know what a blenderfish is, and there are still probably some newbies who haven't heard of what a "munker" is yet.
Just wondering if perhaps this could be a thread where veteran players could put down some commonly used phrases within GoIO, just so newbies get an idea as to what some people mean if they say something on the chat or whatnot.
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Ships:
Blenderfish - Heavy Carronade Godldfish
Lumberfish - Lumberjack Goldfish
Mantifish - Manticore Hwacha Goldfish
Flackfish - Heavyflack Goldfish (very rare)
Munker- Junker with mostly to all guns as Mine launcher. Used by experienced crews to show off an punish teammates.
Metamiddion - Pyramidion with A gatteling gun and a morter for the front to guns. While not unbeatable this combination is very effective even in inexperienced hands.
Engineers:
Main/Main Engineer - engineer responsible for the hull and engines, who will not be shooting unless everything is fixed or on cool down.
Gungineer - a player who is playing as an engineer but is expected to be shooting most of the time.
Buffgineer - a player who is playing as an engineer with a buffkit and can not be expected to perform rebuild/extinguis/repair at the same rate as the standard engineer.
Actions.
Cooldown - the period where a component can not be further repaired after a tool is used on it.
Double team - having two players rebuild a component at the same time (most often the hull).
Burning Engines/Baloon - the captain is using a tool that damages engines or balloon.
Flame Lock - a ship being rendered ineffective by the use of flamethrowers.
Chem Cycle - putting chem spray on everything every 20 seconds as a defense against flame lock.
Prebuff - stacking buff points on a component without actually activating the buff state. Allows the buffed state to be activated with one tool action at the time it is most needed.
Goomba Stomp - The act of ramming a ship vertically while it is on the ground as to do dammage to it from both the ram and the ground impact.
Walling - The act of ramming a ship horrizontally while it is next to a wall/piece of terrain as to do dammage to it from both the ram and the terrain impact.
Tactical bounce - The act of turning a ship by running into terrain/other ships such that the ship spins in a desired direction. May not always be intentional.
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carro - short of 'carronade' (heavy or light)
carrofish (sometimes used) = blenderfish = goldfish that has heavy carronade upfront
main (engineer) - the engineer who is responsible mainly (or only) for repairing things, especially hull (and things nearby)
starboard - right
port - left
aft - behind
to spot someone - to mark an enemy ship using spyglass
tanking - sitting and babysitting (repairing) only one, very important component (i.e. "I'm tanking hull")
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Nice Ram!: compliments players usually give me when I join their ship. This can get a bit uncomfortable on ships that say this a lot.
Ram Kill: when I kill something
Other players have argued for alternative definitions of these (which are of course incorrect) which are:
Nice Ram!: compliment to captain after executing a strategic ram e.g. turning the enemies guns away from you whilst keeping yours on the enemy
Ram Kill: when you kill an enemy by ramming them
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2v1: Any time you or a teammate has to fight 2 enemy ships on your own. "We're 2v1." "Ahh don't worry about it you were 2v1" "Wow you actually survived that 2v1" (Kinda self explanatory)
Strip/Stripping:Removing Perma Hull. "Strip their hull." "The hull getting stripped something fierce."
And Something only i say, Melon says it too now sometimes:
Olé-ing: Whilst in a mobula dodging a ramming opponent by flying above or below. If it is particularly cool you must say Olé to your crew. I think Matadoring is maybe a better choice of words..
Also, blending is something people sometimes generally use for having your balloon popped so much you blend into the floor.
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Moonshine! = get to the engines now, we are about to go really fast and break them.
Burning engines: using any tool that damages your engines. Moonshine, claw, kerosine.
Hydro: using hydrogen tool. To gunner it means "We are about to go up fast, shoot low." To an engineer, it means, "OMG GET TO THE BALLOON NOW!"
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Tap The Hull - Repair the hull. It doesn't need much repair, just a tap.
Oh No a Flamethrower! - Your ship is in range of a flamethrower. Chem Spray everything.
Happy Birthday - Your Team just got a kill or you just won the match.
Quack Quack - Your Team just got a kill or you just won the match.
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One of the ducks should post their lexicon into this thread. Unless is is a closely guarded clan secret.
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meatgrind: charging into 2v1 situations which most of the times results in another death for your side
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gg Muse: Some sort of bug or mechanics messed up a match, maneuver, or lobby.
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Ras (pronounced "RAZ", short for raspberries): Enemy hull armor is down
Nuts: Enemy hull armor is back up
Biscuits: Enemy's balloon is down
Delicious: Enemy's balloon and hull armor are down
Peached: Component is one hit away from being rebuilt
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"mortar mortar mortar mortar mortar mortar!" or "flak flak flak flak flak flak flak!": The enemy's armor is stripped, please drop what you are doing and kill them
Velcro: getting stuck to terrain and unable to get free, resulting in a slow painful death
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"I'm caking the shot" - Your gunner is loading incendiary ammo into the gun.
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Maniacal laughter: Mine kill
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"Poof!" - an enemy being totally wrecked by mines
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A few alternative ship names:
Mantifish is also commonly called a Hwachafish.
Munker is short for Mine Junker which it can also be referred to as.
Additional ship names:
Brawl Junker - can refer to any Junker build with a focus on close-range fighting.
Flameidion - typically refers to a Pyramidion build with 2 Dragon Tongue Light Flamethrowers in the front. Sometimes also refers to a variant which uses one Barking Dog Light Carronade and a Dragon Tongue Light Flamethrowers as the front two guns instead (which can also be referred to separately as a Carro-Flameidion).
Minemidion - a Pyramidion build which uses Phobos Mine Launchers as one or both front guns with a focus on employing mines.
"Carrot*" [Carro-Art] (short for Carronade-Artemis) - a Pyramidion build which has an Artemis Light Rocket Launcher in the front along with a Barking Dog Light Carronade. Many other build variants exist which may also sometimes be called a "Carrot" but generally there is a capability to break components.
"Hades-Flak*" - a Pyramidion build which has a Hades Light Cannon and a Echidna Light Flak Cannon as its front two guns.
*Note that many Pyramidion ship builds are named for its front two guns with these being examples. More examples: "Gatling-Mortar" "Double Shotty"
Flame Squid - any squid with one or multiple Dragon Tongue Light Flamethrowers. Typically used for harassment in conjunction with other weapons. A variant using at least one Barking Dog Light Carronade and one Dragon Tongue Light Flamethrower may also sometimes be referred to as a Carro-Flamer Squid.
"Mary Poppins" ["Merry Popping"] - a Galleon build which employs at least 2 Hellhound Heavy Twin Carronades wherein both are typically on the leftport side with a focus on close-range fighting.
Hwachspire - a Spire which uses a Manticore Heavy Hwacha.
Lumberspire - a Spire which uses a Lumberjack Heavy Mortar, usually with a focus on long-range.
Flakspire - a Spire which uses a Typhoon Heavy Flak Cannon, variants exist including those with a close-range focus and those with a long-range focus.
Cheese Mobula - a Mobula build which almost invariably uses two Artemis Light Rocket Launchers and one Mercury Field Gun.
Mine Mobula - a Mobula build with a primary focus on laying mines using the Phobos Mine Launcher.
A few Additional Terms:
Shotty - Barking Dog Light Carronade
Flamer - Dragon Tongue Light Flamethrower
Heavy Flak - Typhoon Heavy Flak Cannon
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Disappointed that no one seems to know that Catfish is the real name for a goldfish with a hwacha.
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There is no global name for a goldfish with a hwacha.
Some call it hwachafish. Other call it shatterfish. And some others got even other names.
Not every build has a common name.
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Somehow I feel like he's trying to make a joke or it's an inside thing within certain circles. Best not pursue it further...
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Time to make Melon proud! - Spud Nick is trying to get a ram kill. Wish him luck and repair the engines.
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I'm Sorry Melon. - Spud Nick just missed a ram.
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I like to say "Smells like moonshine!" if I see an opportunity for a good ram.
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Sit Down! - Mines exploded above the enemy ship causing them to be flung downwards.
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This is obvious but still confusing:
Hull/Armor - the repairable health
Hull/Permahull - the irreparable health
In context:
captain: HULL HULL HULL HULL HULL!!!!!! HUUUUUULLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!
->Which I take to mean "abandon ship"
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This is obvious but still confusing:
Hull/Armor - the repairable health
Hull/Permahull - the irreparable health
In context:
captain: HULL HULL HULL HULL HULL!!!!!! HUUUUUULLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!
->Which I take to mean "abandon ship"
It bugs me even more when the (usually very new) captain calls the hull armor "shields". This isn't the Galactic Federation dammit! And this most certainly ain't a STARSHIP. *fuming engines*
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Well, it does have an icon of a shield...
That said, I did play a match with a little kid recently who kept saying "repair the shield" and it definitely started to grate on me. >_<
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Well, it does have an icon of a shield...
That said, I did play a match with a little kid recently who kept saying "repair the shield" and it definitely started to grate on me. >_<
"FIRE THE LAZAR CANNONS!" One full match of that will end your gaming for a full day. X_X
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You can also find people referring to spires as Lumberstick, Flakstick, and so on.
Artemis/carronade Pyramidion: Carrot
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Watch the competitive streams. Casters usually use lingo while what they're talking about is on the screen.
Ask in chat if they mention something you don't get. We're pretty friendly.
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I use the terms "health" and "shields" when I'm trying to explain hull repairs to new engineers or damage types to new gunners, because I sort of assume everyone has played some iteration of Halo by now and it seems to get the point across.
Balloon lock - when you're in a bad position and an enemy ship is able to repeatedly destroy your balloon without you being able to escape or retaliate. Most often happens to Galleons, but Junkers get in this situation too. Usage: (to co-captain) Their carro-flamer squid has me under balloon lock, can you get him off me?
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Pyramid Demon: A new name for a pyramidion, as coined today.
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What's a Dragon Boat? A Ship with a lot of flames?
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What's a Dragon Boat? A Ship with a lot of flames?
I've never heard that one, but I like it :D
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Old thread: https://gunsoficarus.com/community/forum/index.php/topic,754
I especially like swizy's post, it mirrors my experience.
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Dragonfire Galleon - Double Lumber/Merc side, Double Hwatcha side.
Is this what the dragon boat is?
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LeMoonisms -Things Richard LeMoon says on his ships.
"We may take some damage." -Panic and start repairing in 3... 2.... 1....
Pineapple - Triple carro trifecta junker.
"Keep eyes up." Everyone get spyglasses out and watch everywhere.
Pillowsnuff - sitting on an enemy with a Mobula
"Smells like moonshine" - Generally on a Galleon. Enemy ahead. We are about to ram. Ignore guns.
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"Tap" it: The act of repairing a non-broken component by hitting it with your mallet, pipe wrench, or purse, and then immediately returning to your previous endeavor.
i.e. "Hey, tap the balloon real quick, please."
"Camp (aka Tank)" it: The act of staying next to a component, broken or otherwise, and hitting it with whatever tool is most suitable, in an attempt to prevent it from breaking and causing your game to explode; most typically for the Hull/Armor.
i.e. "AHHHH CAMP THE HULL!"
or "TANK TANK TANK TANK TANK TANK"
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"Spotting stick" = spyglass, as in "spotting sticks out!" (look for and spot enemies)
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"HULL! HULL! HULL! HULL! HULL!" - Main engineer, fix the beacon on the balcony, asap!
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I know I was the OP for this thread, but nonetheless, I feel like adding two terms to this:
Gunker - A Junker with all Gatling Guns. (which is surprisingly effective)
Carronker - A Junker with all Light Carronades. (which can also be effective)
(If you ever see me piloting, I'l be using either one, or a metamidion sometimes.)
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Among certain members, I believe Gunker is also known as Dakka. But five gatling is insufficient Dakka.
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Among certain members, I believe Gunker is also known as Dakka. But five gatling is insufficient Dakka.
NEVAR ENUFF DAKKA! NEVAR!
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"Top Speed!" - Our balloon has been destroyed.
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Murder time - That time when the enemy's hull armor is down and it is possible to get away with murder.
Missed a kill-shot - There was a moment where we could have killed that other ship, but due to somebody's lack of skill it didn't happen.
Watch the Paint - Stop running into the scenery.
Chew off <Component name> - Redirect Gatling fire at specified component because breaking it is more important than stripping hull armor at the moment.
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The onlt peeve I've got is the whole hull thing.
Hull is meant to be the ship's HP.
But when people say hull, they mean armour.
But saying armour sounds dumb. But saying hull is kinda incorrect.
So what's the deal here?
Also I call a mantifish. A noob fish, because its a very very popular goldfish for noobs.
Same with the quad manti galleon. I call that noob galleon.
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@Ceresbane
"Hull" to me refers to the hull repair point where armor is fixed. If I start screaming "Hull Hull Hull" at my engineers I expect them to interpret that as "Please go to the hull repair point and fix it so we do not die."
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Also I call a mantifish. A noob fish, because its a very very popular goldfish for noobs.
Same with the quad manti galleon. I call that noob galleon.
...So anything at all that uses the Hwacha is immediate noob. Yeah, on the Gally maybe pair it with an HC. But dualhwacha Gally has more disable power, is more forgiving, and can disable two ships at once.
And the Goldy: HC is mainly for anti-bloon, not disable. (Although it does a good job of that too). What else would you have a disable Goldy use? An HF?
More on topic: Toothpick'd
When you literally fly through a Spire, snapping them like a toothpick.
'Oh god my Armor/Hull!': When an enterprising Brawlbula trains four Gats on you.
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Also I call a mantifish. A noob fish, because its a very very popular goldfish for noobs.
Same with the quad manti galleon. I call that noob galleon.
...So anything at all that uses the Hwacha is immediate noob. Yeah, on the Gally maybe pair it with an HC. But dualhwacha Gally has more disable power, is more forgiving, and can disable two ships at once.
And the Goldy: HC is mainly for anti-bloon, not disable. (Although it does a good job of that too). What else would you have a disable Goldy use? An HF?
More on topic: Toothpick'd
When you literally fly through a Spire, snapping them like a toothpick.
'Oh god my Armor/Hull!': When an enterprising Brawlbula trains four Gats on you.
somebody doesn't know the wonders of the cult of lumber.
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Lumber is also Anti-Bloon, although I admit it is decent at disable too. Everyone has their opinions, and mine is that just because it is relatively easy to shoot and good at it's job, doesn't make it a 'noob' weapon. Flamers are a noob weapon, then, and so are gats and carronades!
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Also I call a mantifish. A noob fish, because its a very very popular goldfish for noobs.
Same with the quad manti galleon. I call that noob galleon.
...So anything at all that uses the Hwacha is immediate noob. Yeah, on the Gally maybe pair it with an HC. But dualhwacha Gally has more disable power, is more forgiving, and can disable two ships at once.
And the Goldy: HC is mainly for anti-bloon, not disable. (Although it does a good job of that too). What else would you have a disable Goldy use? An HF?
More on topic: Toothpick'd
When you literally fly through a Spire, snapping them like a toothpick.
'Oh god my Armor/Hull!': When an enterprising Brawlbula trains four Gats on you.
somebody doesn't know the wonders of the cult of lumber.
lol
Lumberjack is great, but HwachaFish and LumberFish serve two wildly different purposes. To say the HwachaFish is a noob build is massively unfair. Same with the Hwacha Galleon. There is no "noob gun". Every gun has a purpose which it serves.
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Also I call a mantifish. A noob fish, because its a very very popular goldfish for noobs.
Same with the quad manti galleon. I call that noob galleon.
...So anything at all that uses the Hwacha is immediate noob. Yeah, on the Gally maybe pair it with an HC. But dualhwacha Gally has more disable power, is more forgiving, and can disable two ships at once.
And the Goldy: HC is mainly for anti-bloon, not disable. (Although it does a good job of that too). What else would you have a disable Goldy use? An HF?
More on topic: Toothpick'd
When you literally fly through a Spire, snapping them like a toothpick.
'Oh god my Armor/Hull!': When an enterprising Brawlbula trains four Gats on you.
somebody doesn't know the wonders of the cult of lumber.
lol
Lumberjack is great, but HwachaFish and LumberFish serve two wildly different purposes. To say the HwachaFish is a noob build is massively unfair. Same with the Hwacha Galleon. There is no "noob gun". Every gun has a purpose which it serves.
Flamethrower is absolutely the noob gun.
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Also I call a mantifish. A noob fish, because its a very very popular goldfish for noobs.
Same with the quad manti galleon. I call that noob galleon.
...So anything at all that uses the Hwacha is immediate noob. Yeah, on the Gally maybe pair it with an HC. But dualhwacha Gally has more disable power, is more forgiving, and can disable two ships at once.
And the Goldy: HC is mainly for anti-bloon, not disable. (Although it does a good job of that too). What else would you have a disable Goldy use? An HF?
More on topic: Toothpick'd
When you literally fly through a Spire, snapping them like a toothpick.
'Oh god my Armor/Hull!': When an enterprising Brawlbula trains four Gats on you.
somebody doesn't know the wonders of the cult of lumber.
lol
Lumberjack is great, but HwachaFish and LumberFish serve two wildly different purposes. To say the HwachaFish is a noob build is massively unfair. Same with the Hwacha Galleon. There is no "noob gun". Every gun has a purpose which it serves.
Flamethrower is absolutely the noob gun.
But it's fun!
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Also I call a mantifish. A noob fish, because its a very very popular goldfish for noobs.
Same with the quad manti galleon. I call that noob galleon.
...So anything at all that uses the Hwacha is immediate noob. Yeah, on the Gally maybe pair it with an HC. But dualhwacha Gally has more disable power, is more forgiving, and can disable two ships at once.
And the Goldy: HC is mainly for anti-bloon, not disable. (Although it does a good job of that too). What else would you have a disable Goldy use? An HF?
More on topic: Toothpick'd
When you literally fly through a Spire, snapping them like a toothpick.
'Oh god my Armor/Hull!': When an enterprising Brawlbula trains four Gats on you.
somebody doesn't know the wonders of the cult of lumber.
lol
Lumberjack is great, but HwachaFish and LumberFish serve two wildly different purposes. To say the HwachaFish is a noob build is massively unfair. Same with the Hwacha Galleon. There is no "noob gun". Every gun has a purpose which it serves.
Flamethrower is absolutely the noob gun.
Look what you did to [Cake] you bastard
(http://seddy5.typepad.com/.a/6a0133ec49e4e4970b0133ec9e60c4970b-pi)
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To be fair, cake was founded on an all-banshee mobula. No flamethrowers involved.
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To be fair, cake was founded on an all-banshee mobula. No flamethrowers involved.
Actually Cake was founded on a flamer-banshee junker.
#CakeFacts 8) 8)
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To be fair, cake was founded on an all-banshee mobula. No flamethrowers involved.
Actually Cake was founded on a flamer-banshee junker.
#CakeFacts 8) 8)
Well I have been lied to, I don't know what to believe anymore... History has been turned upside down!
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To be fair, cake was founded on an all-banshee mobula. No flamethrowers involved.
Actually Cake was founded on a flamer-banshee junker.
#CakeFacts 8) 8)
Well I have been lied to, I don't know what to believe anymore... History has been turned upside down!
*obligatory "the cake is a lie"*
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To be fair, cake was founded on an all-banshee mobula. No flamethrowers involved.
Actually Cake was founded on a flamer-banshee junker.
#CakeFacts 8) 8)
Well I have been lied to, I don't know what to believe anymore... History has been turned upside down!
*obligatory "the cake is a lie"*
The cake wasn't a lie though. You SEE the cake at the end of portal...
(thread fully derailed)
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10/10 people 10/10.
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10/10 people 10/10.
*bows*
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Also I've seen a powder monkey miss an entire clip of flamethrower before.
I cried.
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Also I've seen a powder monkey miss an entire clip of flamethrower before.
I cried.
...How in Cthulhu's name (may he eat that PM's soul) do you even do that?
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notice my reasoning that got entirely ignored.
its noob because it is popularly used by noobs and evidently poorly utilised.
Its a typical noob build. Because noobs discover the power of a manticore and then spam it with no understanding of how to take full advantage nor understand the disadvantages.
Hence I look at a quad hwacha and laugh. Because its usually flown by a 111 pilot that tried a goldfish and thought... "I was moar"
and ppl can miss with lag. Sniping with lag is a nightmare.
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But But it was a flamethrower. You literally can't miss.
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But But it was a flamethrower. You literally can't miss.
really bad lag?
Might be one of those lags where ships are frozen in place and the noob was flaming that one position.
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notice my reasoning that got entirely ignored.
its noob because it is popularly used by noobs and evidently poorly utilised.
Its a typical noob build. Because noobs discover the power of a manticore and then spam it with no understanding of how to take full advantage nor understand the disadvantages.
Hence I look at a quad hwacha and laugh. Because its usually flown by a 111 pilot that tried a goldfish and thought... "I was moar"
and ppl can miss with lag. Sniping with lag is a nightmare.
Even with lag, you cannot miss with a flamer. Also, you make a good point there, but you said NONE of that in your first post. All you really conveyed was 'LOL HWACHA = NOOB'
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*ahem*
There was some confusion on the origin of Cake on the last page, so let me take this opportunity to clear a few things up.
Where 'Cake was founded' really depends on your definition of 'founded.'
The IDEA for Cake came from an inside joke revolving around a three banshee double flamer Junker, but the first all-Cake crew flew together on a 5 banshee mobula.
The latter case is when we malleted out a lot of the details of the clan, such as our love of fire weapons and the proper use of the term 'Happy Birthday.'
Now. To carry on with the lingo:
GGHB stands for Good Game, Happy Birthday.
Feel free to ask whose birthday it is, we will respond with 'yours.'
Feel free to deny that it is your birthday, because that just makes it your unbirthday.
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notice my reasoning that got entirely ignored.
its noob because it is popularly used by noobs and evidently poorly utilised.
Its a typical noob build. Because noobs discover the power of a manticore and then spam it with no understanding of how to take full advantage nor understand the disadvantages.
Hence I look at a quad hwacha and laugh. Because its usually flown by a 111 pilot that tried a goldfish and thought... "I was moar"
and ppl can miss with lag. Sniping with lag is a nightmare.
Even with lag, you cannot miss with a flamer. Also, you make a good point there, but you said NONE of that in your first post. All you really conveyed was 'LOL HWACHA = NOOB'
nop its in there. Its one of those ignored sentences and just selectively looking the thing that makes them buttmad.
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nop its in there. Its one of those ignored sentences and just selectively looking the thing that makes them buttmad.
English major here. You, sir, did not make that clear, so please don't insult us for not decoding you hidden message \o/
You said noting about why it's a "noob ship", other than that it's very popular with new players. A) it's a preset build and B) Every ship is poorly utilized by new players. That's because they're new "players. Futhermore, you made a blanket statement about hwacha heavy builds which, in calling it a noob ship, means that all the other good players who use a hwacha fish also are driving "noob ships" Just admit when you've worded something awkwardly and don't insult people for misunderstanding you :D
edit: holy passive agressive, batman. Not mad, for the record, but this is phrased kind of confrontational, which it's not meant to be.
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Thank you for that, DJ. I just couldn't find the right words.