------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GZG-ECC XX Quote Board FRIDAY NIGHT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ron Leonard: How close is ESCOM to Full Thrust? Steve Barosi: You played this last year Ron. Ron: Did I? Did I enjoy it? JP Fiset: Are you on Turn 4? Aaron Newman: We're starting the second game. The first was surviving the briefing. Casualties were... moderate. Ken Wang: I think you're sitting too close to Indy. Steve Barosi: Rolling these dice makes me feel like a man. Carl Scheu: His defense is, he's never PLAYED the game before! Aaron Newman: Wow! We've skipped over extreme range entirely and are at merely very long range. I'm Chitz the Vulture, circling over the dead, dead carcasses. Aaron Newman: What do you guys think of this? [Hands other players his suggested plans] It might be too much. But if it works, it'll be GREAT. JP Fiset: I wanna be Mister pink! Dave Skelley: Thank Gawd for Asbestos! Steve Barosi: That ship's pretty close to dead, so I don't see the point. Steve Barosi: So, you're running away. Aaron Newman: Well, we killed one [ship]. So we're done. Aaron Newman: Well, we did my plan last turn, and it worked well until it didn't. Someone else can take over. Steve Barosi: Jerry and I aren't communicating at all, and it's played right into the weaknesses of our opponents! Steve Barosi: Jerry, unleash the fury of the BEAR! When an Aliens game goes wrong: Jeff Aubert: I am gambling with the lives of my privates. Stuart Murray: You are CLEARLY gambling with your privates! Aaron Newman: Did you not see me roll a '6' for my threshold and lost no systems? Greg Davis: Martin, you're my ace in the hole! [After the tripods killed 5 tanks very quickly.] Dave Skelley: I'm dead, but I get to shoot first! Aaron Newman: I'm shooting two standard beams, a lanced beam, and the energy torp. Jerry Han: Are you shooting at the ship with the tiny tiny shield fluctuation? Aaron: Oh, of COURSE I am! JP Fiset: Who are you shooting at? Tom McCarthy: Does it matter? Ken Wang: The Pink one is now Brown ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SATURDAY MORNING ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Indy Kochte: Carl, how's it going? Carl Scheu: I have coffee! [... time passes ...] Carl Scheu: Uhhh, did I mention I have coffee? [Aaron Newman is explaining ESCOM mechanics and rules] Indy Kochte: You explains this SO much better than I do. Aaron: I also do weddings! Steve Barosi: I watch Johnny Quest, I know how though they should be! Jon Davis: Flaming Hockey Stiiiicks! Greg Davis: Screw it! I'm not going over here. Going over HERE. You're on your own. Damond Walker: It would be hilarious if we all died in the first room Steve Barosi: That would be awesome. Jon Davis: Rolllll Initiatiiiive!! Indy Kochte: Are you guys STILL in the first room? Steve Barosi: Shhh! Steve Barosi: Greg set me on fire. Greg Davis: I tried to enchant his sword, but instead enchanted his face. Aaron Newman: Shields are for suckers... however, jump points are for everyone! Aaron Newman: You've seen his drives, he can barely move his own ship! JP Fiset: I'm ready to trade some damage for manoeuvre. Aaron Newman: Because you're attacking a capital ship, the area defense is triggered. Thomas Scheu: That's unfortunate. Indy Kochte: You shouldn't have attacked the capital ship then. Don Rempinski: I rolled [his dice] so well, I bought his dice! Jon Davis: Teeeeeeeeeee-Booooone!!! Jon Davis: Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiitrous!!!! Death from above beats 4 aces. Tom McCarthy: I was hoping one of the Axles and Alloys guys would have brought some silly string and did the 'Fury Road' thing. Thomas Scheu: Is that a record for the most fighters attacking 1 ship? Dave Skelley: [starts rolling multiple thresholds near the end of the game, everything is fine] Jon Davis: Just roll for the gas tank. Dave Skelley: [rolls a 6] Jon Davis: BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SATURDAY AFTERNOON ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Aaron Newman: Jon -- the PLANET is shooting at us. Dave Skelley: This little frigate went to market Don Rempinski: That little frigate went boom? Stuart Murray: You're the guy who misses, right? Jeff Aubert: Yep. Stuart: You're going to shoot with dynamite? Jeff: Yep. Jeff Aubert: Billie Jean has a rifle? JP Fiset: You married up. I have to say, it's quite impressive that I'm not dead... Stuart Murray: Okay. You have a stampede going on next to you, and a stagecoach racing straight towards you. Make an intelligence check to get out of that parking spot. JP Fiset: You thought it was a Western -- turns out it's a Musical! Steve Barosi: You do have the proper demeanour for Boss Hogg, Jerry... of course that would make me Roscoe. [giggles strangely] Jerry Accord: It's not just dead, it's EXACTLY dead. Steve Barosi: He's washing his dice rolling hands, and he's washing all his luck off. Steve Barosi: 31, 32, 33 points [of damage]... that does not vape me. Greg Davis: But the thresholds... my Gawd, the thresholds. Steve: Yeah. I'll see you in an hour. Aaron Newman: Do you determine size by body mass, or by tentacle count? Carl Scheu: Don't shoot him! He has no fire control. Dave Hornung: But... he's THERE! I don't WANT him to be THERE. I want him DEAD. Jeff Aubert: I've never seen a vote-off before. I want to see how it works. Aaron Newman: We've never seen the back of Indy's head move between entries before. Jerry Han: Alright. How much damage coming in? Dave Hornung: Lots! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SATURDAY EVENING ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Drain, THEN fill. Steve Barosi: You're in a jungle in an underground cavern on Mars. How polite do you expect the vegetation to be? Aaron Newman: I expect it to be as polite as a well-manicured British lawn! Jerry Accord: Okay, So, Raptor Handling. How does that work? Steve Barosi: Raptor. Handling. Aaron Newman: VERY CAUTIOUSLY. Stuart Murray: Our beams don't equal your beams. [Then rolls 14 pts of damage] Jim Bell: Could you have done one more point? Now I gotta roll thresholds! Ken Wang: Oh, I failed every threshold check. Wait. My FTL is okay. Ken Wang: I failed every threshold by one! Dave Hornung: Well, at least you're consistent. Tom McCarthy: Is anyone launching ordnance? Jim Bell: My destroyer is deploying a debris cloud! Indy Kochte: What's left of my ship is going to throw a few things at you! This is not a laughing matter! Stuart Murray: Do I look like a happy alien right now? Indy Kochte: It's not a 5... it's a 1 with 5 times the experience. Jon Davis: [rolls miserably on 30 dice] Indy Kochte: The absolute worst damage roll by the aliens in the game. Greg Davis: You clearly had not been paying attention to my rolling earlier. Jon: 8 points! Greg: Never mind! Dave Hornung and Dave Skelley to Ken Wang: YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELING... WHOA THAT LOVIN' FEELING... YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELING AND IT'S GONE, GONE, GONE WHOA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SUNDAY MORNING ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Need... more... coffee.... Carl Scheu: I'm waving a hand here! Not dead yet! Jerry Han: We are now definitely approaching a**h*** territory. Don Rempinski: Should I move? Carl Scheu: Yeah, you should move. I'm going to try and do some damage this turn. Jon Davis: The key word is 'try'. JP Fiset: Dance! I want to see Jim dance! Carl Scheu: What's it take for this [mech] to stand up? Indy: A full move Carl: [stands mech up] Jon Davis: Oh look! A pop-up target! Tom McCarthy: Suddenly, that debris in front of you looks mighty dangerous. Thomas Scheu: I need a 3 to hit, he didn't move. [rolls 2d6, gets snake eyes] Jon Davis: I'm just a light mech. I've been going "Ping! Ping!" against an assault mech. Mike Hudak: [running the assault mech] Well, I've been pretty much doing the same to you. Tom McCarthy: You need a 5 or higher on a d10 Stuart Murray: That's easy! [rolls a 3]