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[RK23] Battle for the Maniak Beer

Post by ArchyX74 » Wed Feb 01, 2023 1:50 pm

late entry, hope it's not too late

Somewhere in Nevada the brikverse
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A brootal gang cruises, their war dragsta spewing flames from every exhaust

Gutstabba- Almost there boyz! I see buildings!
Gogglez- You sure we goin da right way bawss?
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Gutstabba- YOU DOUBTING ME YA GIT
Gogglez- YES I'M DOUBTING YOU PIGBREATH! WE'RE JUST ABOUT OUTTA GAS!
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Gutstabba- WHY YOU-
Ninbroot- Oi gitz, quit yer scrappin an' look ahead!
Gutstabba- Izzat?
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Brootz- MANIAK BEER!
Gogglez- WE CAN GET OFFA' THIS DUMP!
Gutstabba- TAKE US IN GOGGLEZ!
Gogglez- AYE!
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*a few moments later*
*SKRRRRT*
Gutstabba- OI WATCH IT YA DUM GIT!
Gogglez- Sorry bawss! *snickering*
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Gutstabba- GET ME UP BROOTAL-DAMMIT!
Ninbroot- Right bawss!
Gogglez- Aye aye bawss!
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Ninbroot- Up ya get.
Gogglez- Hehe, have a nice fall bawss? Least yer armor kept ya safe!
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Gutstabba- WHY YOU- CMERE YA GIT AN I'LL BROOTALIZE YA!
Gogglez- Not happenin!
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Lex- HEY!
Brootz- Huh?
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Lex- You brootalz better go back the way you came, that Maniak Beer's ours!
Chuck- What he said.
Orange- *grunts in agreement*
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Brootdrone- YOU PANZEE, IT'S OURS!
Lex- I'd know that yell anywhere. Heads up you two, major malfunction's back for round two.
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Brootdrone- YOU SQUISHY GIT I'M GONNA BROOTALIZE YOUR SKULL INTO MUSH!
Rifleman- *beeps in agreement*
Pyro- *pyromaniacal chuckling intensifies*
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the stage is set for a battle of ossum proportions

Who will win and take home the keg of OT Maniak Beer? And who will be turned to plastic scrap? Stay tuned to find out!
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Objectives:
- retrieve the keg and take it to your side of the field to escape with it or hold onto it until the end of turn 5
- Or just murderise everyone else and be the last one standing by the end of turn 5

Bonus items are hidden throughout the field, players were given an opportunity to find them and use them to their advantage(though only 2 items ended up actually getting used)!
These include:
- a chainsaw on a stick
- 5 bottles and a can of Maniak beer (+1 to heroic feat rolls per beer drunk)
- a mysterious radio (wonder what it do?)
- a brick separator(?)

The battle was hosted and played over discord with the following contenders:
Brootalz - Sir Vegece, The Pilot
Shades Brigade - madmario
Trattorian Wanderers - NPC'd
?mystery? - BoultonPaulDefiant
The mystery faction will arrive at the start of turn 2

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[RK23] Battle for the Maniak Beer: Turn 1

Post by ArchyX74 » Wed Feb 01, 2023 1:56 pm

turn 1 order of initiative:
Shades brigade
Trattorian Wanderers
Brootalz

Orange kicks off the Shades' turn and moves into the scrapheap with the intent to search the toilet
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He gets a lovely wiff of the ages old stink pickle somebody had left behind
Orange- *Disgusted grunt*
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Lex runs in as well with an idea
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Hup!
Lex- Let's see how far this'll go!
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He rolls a 6 and sends a tyre on its merry way throw the air
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It bounces off the statue's head
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And straight for Gutstabba
Gutstabba- OI WATCH WHERE YOU THROW SHIT
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And contact!
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It gets knocked away though (save success!(yes there will be saving rolls like this from time to time, just wanna give everyone a chance))
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Gutstabba- HA! You'll have to try harder than that ya git!
[FEAT CRITICAL SUCCESS (somewhat)]
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Chuck finishes things off with a run toward the keg. He won't make it this turn.
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Trattorian wanderers
The brootdrone takes charge and starts the wanderers' turn with a feat, he's ready to blast off and take revenge for his beheading from Orange.
Brootdrone- TIME FOR A BROOTALISIN'!
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He takes a giant leap into the air
Brootdrone- I'M GONNA SHOW YA HOW IT FEELS TO LOSE YOUR HEAD!
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He lands right on top of Orange who failed his dodge roll! Lex on the other hand successfully dives over the nearby tyres.
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The brootdrone celebrates his first ever kill (finally the fucker kills somebody)! Lex lands behind the tyres while his buddy is unfortunately very dead.
Brootdrone- THAT'S FOR MY HEAD YA ORANGE GIT!
[FEAT SUCCESS]
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The pyro and rifleman meanwhile run for the keg.
Pyro- Mmmmmmm, I can taste it already!
Rifleman- *questioning beep*
Pyro- Shut up! Androids can dream too you know!
TRATTORIAN WANDERERS HAVE THE KEG
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The brootz shoot at the drones. Gogglez just stares at them because he's out of range. Gutstabba is able to land a shot but miffs the damage roll. The Ninbroot runs for the keg but ends up an inch short.
Gutstabba- GOGGLEZ STOP BEING USELESS AND SHOOT THE GITZ!
Gogglez- I'm outta range moron.
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End of turn 1
OVERWATCH
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Kills:
Shades: none
Trattorians: 1
Brootalz: none
Keg status: held by Trattorian Wanderers

*insert teleportation noises here*
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Eyepatch- Finally, the stupid teleporter works. Looks like we're in the right place!
Sawtooth- Yeah, and we already missed the start of the party.
Eyepatch- At least we were fashionably late. Now, let's go have some fun.
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Eyepatch and Sawtooth have entered the battle!

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[RK23] Battle for the Maniak Beer: Turn 2

Post by ArchyX74 » Wed Feb 01, 2023 2:01 pm

Turn 2 initiative order:
Shades Brigade
Trattorian wanderers
Brootalz
Renegades (Eyepatch and Sawtooth)

The Shades' turn begins with Lex getting up outta the dirt
Lex- Ugh, this place stinks.
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He's eyeing up that drone, what's he gonna do?

But first...
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Lex- Down the hatch.
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On obtaining and drinking a Purple Maniak Beer, Lex has gained a +1 to all heroic feat rolls.
He's also got a tiny buzz coming on.
Lex- WOO! That tastes weird.
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What happens? Nothing much. Purple's not catalogued so I guess we'll find out.

He makes a move on the brootdrone
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And that's a tackle!
Lex- HOW'S THIS FOR A KNOCKDOWN!?
Brootdrone- YOU SOFTBODY FUCK!
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The drone is now pinned while Lex begins some rudimentary programming
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Chuck finishes the Shades' turn with a run to the house but ends up just shy of both containers within
Chuck- Knock knock, anybody home? Guess not.
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The rifleman engages the Ninbroot and somehow fails to do damage with his bayonet. Meanwhile the pyro starts to make off with the beer!
Ninbroot- Gonna have to do better than that metal man!
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Gogglez runs in firing range of Pyro, and takes aim
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Gogglez- Hehe, I got you in my sights!
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Though an unfortunate roll of one means his gun explodes in his hand.
Gogglez- BROOTALDAMMIT WHY!?
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Eyepatch kicks off for the Renegades by making a beeline to where the action is
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Meanwhile Sawtooth decides to leap up onto the nearby building
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And up he goes
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He lands with grace
Sawtooth- Hello. Chuck.
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A use roll of 6 allows him to fire off two shots at Chuck, although only one of which succeeds in doing anything. Chuck loses his SMG.
Chuck- Goldilocks. That was my second favorite gun.
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End of turn 3
OVERWATCH
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Kills:
Shades: still none
Trattorians: 1
Brootalz: still none
Renegades: none
Keg status: remains held by Trattorian Wanderers

The brootdrone will be reprogrammed to work for the Shades Brigade until the end of turn 3.

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[RK23] Battle for the Maniak Beer: Turn 3

Post by ArchyX74 » Wed Feb 01, 2023 2:07 pm

order of initiative for turn 3:
Renegades
Shades Brigade
Trattorian Wanderers
Brootalz

Turn 3 of the Keg brawl begins. Things kick off with a shot from Eyepatch.
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A critfail in the damage roll however results in a ricochet and disarmament
Eyepatch- FUCK! What is that helmet made of!?
Lex- That's for me to know.
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Sawtooth decides that shooting isn't gonna "cut" it and jumps down with a fully revved chainsaw
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Unfortunately for Sawtooth, Chuck's uniform withstands the blow from the chainsaw
Sawtooth- What the fuck do you people make your uniforms with!?
Chuck- I'm afraid that's classified.
Sawtooth- Yeah right.
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Transitioning to the Shades' turn, Chuck knocks away Sawtooth's chainsaw and runs to the chainsaw-on-a-stick
Sawtooth- Chainsaw on chainsaw? You just caught my full undivided attention.
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Sadly he fails to surpass his opponent's armor roll
Chuck- Shit.
Sawtooth- Pathetic.
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The pair scrapping in the scrapheap finally get up and immediately start eyeing up that keg
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Pyro- Oh hell...
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DOGPILE!
Pyro- OH FUCK!
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The three of them are now disrupted I guess.

The only drone able to actually do anything this turn winds up for another attempt on the Ninbroot's life
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An over the top roll results in the total evisceration and pulping of the Ninbroot
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The Ninbroot has become a stumpbroot

The Brootalz' turn starts with Gogglez putting the fire out on his hand and going for the keg
Gogglez- You're mine, sunshine!
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He doesn't get very far. Keg's heavy.
Gogglez- Why couldn't this thing have come with wheels...
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Looks like Gutstabba is up to something
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BROOOOTAAAAAAAALZ
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The drones are reduced to oily viscera while Lex survives and gets blown away
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Gutstabba- AHAHAHAHAAAAA DATS DA WAY YA DO IT LADZ
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End of turn three
OVERWATCH
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Kills:
Shades Brigade: nil
Trattorian Wanderers: 2
Brootalz: 2
Renegades: still none
Keg status: Held by DA BROOTALZ

the battle is picking up, and there are now only 2 turns remaining

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[RK23] Battle for the Maniak Beer: Turn 4

Post by ArchyX74 » Wed Feb 01, 2023 2:12 pm

turn 4 order of initiative:
Trattorian Wanderers
Shades Brigade
Brootalz
Renegades

Turn 4 commences

The last surviving drone tries to shoot Gogglez but his rifle jams (not this again)
Rifleman- *frustrated beep*
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Onto the Shades' turn, Chuck goes for another attack but misses entirely and hits a wall instead
Chuck- Dammit there aint enough room in here!
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Lex seems to be eyeing up that discarded jetpack
Lex- Hmmmmm... What have we here?
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What on earth is he planning?
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Gutstabba- Huh?
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Gutstabba- WAAAAAAA-
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Gutstabba- AAAAAAAA!!!
Gogglez- OI WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING BROOTALDAMMIT!!
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Da Brootz take a dip and the jetpack flies off somewhere never to be seen again.
[FEAT SUCCESS]
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The pair is now disrupted

Eyepatch grabs his gun and runs for the keg, out of range to be able to shoot the Brootz.
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Sawtooth gets his chainsaw revved up
Sawtooth- Hope you're ready for this one
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The over revving results in a slashing wave and although Chuck dodges it, he wasn't the intended target.
Chuck- Ya missed.
Sawtooth- I wasn't aiming for you.
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The wave hits the wall and blasts it apart, half of it landing on chuck
Chuck- SHIT
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The rest landed outside. Chuck is now disrupted.
[FEAT SUCCESS]
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Sawtooth tries to finish off his disrupted opponent but fails to do enough damage
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and that concludes turn 4 folks
OVERWATCH
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kills:
Shades: still none, bro
Trattorians: 2
Brootalz: 2
Renegades: still no kills also
keg status: fell in some bushes (UNCONTROLLED)

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[RK23] Battle for the Maniak Beer: Turn 5

Post by ArchyX74 » Wed Feb 01, 2023 2:17 pm

order of initiative for turn 5:
Brootalz
Trattorian Wanderers
Shades Brigade
Renegades

The final turn begins, Gutstabba and Gogglez get up out the water.
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Being weaponless, Gutstabba grabs the next best thing. A severed head.
Pyro- Woah, hey there!
Gutstabba- QUIET TIN MAN
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And charges the last drone with it.
Rifleman- *alarmed beep*
Pyro- HEY DON'T YOU DO WHAT I THINK YOU'RE GONNA DO
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He's unable to do any damage.
Pyro- OW! ASSHOLE!
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Gogglez goes for the keg
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But ends up just shy of the edge of the field. Sorry buddy, no escape for you just yet.
Gogglez- C'mon, almost home free!
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The rifleman tries to get one last kill before the end but misses entirely
Rifleman- *Angry beep*
Gutstabba- HA! MISSED ME!
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Gotta get that targeting program fixed

On to the Shades.
What's Lex up to this time?
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Is he gonna pole vault with a battle axe?
Lex- Let's see if I still got it.
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He takes a run up
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Aaaand...
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Up he goes!
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Gogglez- Oh shi-
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Looks like someone's learning what it means to lose one's head
Lex- Yup, still got it.
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Lex manages to chalk up a kill for the Shades and retrieve the keg. [FEAT CRITICAL SUCCESS]
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Chuck manages to get the debris off himself and onto his opponent.
Chuck- Here, let's see how you like being buried under rubble!
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Finally, the Renegades.
With his partner now disrupted, Eyepatch makes one last desperate dash for the keg. Looks like Gutstabba wasn't the only one with a jetpack!
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And lands perfectly in Lex' path
Eyepatch- Hello Lex, old friend.
Lex- You! You're- You're alive!?
Eyepatch- Alive and well.
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Okay what the fuck.
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Lex just gets his torso evaporated I guess
Eyepatch- UNLIKE YOU!
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Keg grabbing time now
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Eyepatch holds it up proudly
Eyepatch- VICTORY IS MINE!
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Final overwatch
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Kills:
Shades: 1
Trattorians: 2
Brootalz: 2
Renegades: 1
Keg status: captured by Renegades

The game ends with a victory for the Renegades.

This battle was my first time hosting a game and was a ton of fun. Carrying out everyone's orders and feats was an interesting experience, but went smoothly nonetheless.

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[RK23] Battle for the Maniak Beer: EPILOGUE

Post by ArchyX74 » Wed Feb 01, 2023 3:23 pm

Eyepatch- Sawtooth! We have the keg, let's go.
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*teleportation noises*
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Sawtooth- Looks like it's time to bid farewell, Chuck.
Chuck- You're not going anywhere!
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*teleportation noises*
Chuck- Dammit!
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Chuck- Huh?
*beeping intensifies*
Chuck- Uh oh. I gotta get outta here!
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*beeping intensifies further*
Chuck- Oh shiiiii-
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*KABOOM*
Chuck- IIIIIIIIIIT!!!
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*fire crackling*
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Chuck- Ugh... That was way too close for comfort.
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Chuck- Asshole. Could've left a bottle of whiskey as a parting gift instead.
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*skrrrrrt*
Trigger- Yo Chuck! Looks like we missed the party and the BBQ.
Chuck- Heh. Good to see you too Trigger.
Trigger- So, you wanna tell us what happened?
Chuck- After we've taken care of our dead.
Trigger- Our... Dead?
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Parker- I wouldn't worry about the dead too much. As long as there's enough of them left, we can bring them back no problem.
Trigger- Yeah, but that doesn't make this any less depressing.
Parker- I agree buddy.
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Chuck- Found Lex. What's left of him at least.
Parker- Goodness! What happened to him?
Chuck- Some jackass with a nova sword vaporized his torso, we aint gonna be able to bring him back.
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Trigger- No...
Parker- That is... Most unfortunate.
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Trigger- FUCK!
Parker- TRIGGER! If you dent my car I will cleave you in twixt!
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Trigger- NEVERMIND YOUR CAR! Lex is dead and we can't bring him back!
Parker- Calm down Trigger, we'll figure something out! Just don't attack the car!
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Trigger- Calm down!? OUR BOSS IS FUCKING DEAD AND THERE'S JACKSHIT WE CAN DO!!!
Parker- Trigger...
Chuck- Hup! In you go boss, sorry if I'm a little rough.
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Parker- You have to realize Trigger, Lex knew very well the chances of him dying in a manner such as this were high. And yet he still went into battle. And he wouldn't want you throwing a fit over his death either.
Trigger- I know but... Still... If we can't bring him back, then what're we supposed to do?
Chuck- We bring him back.
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Trigger- What?
Parker- Chuck, surely you know our equipment cannot bring a minifig back from the dead if too much of their body is missing.
Chuck- Yeah. But Lex knew a guy, and we're gonna go see that guy. So saddle up! We gotta hurry before he truly passes the point of no return!
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Trigger- I hope you're right about this guy Chuck. If not, I aint telling the rest of the brigade that our boss is dead.
Chuck- Relax Trigger, Lex trusted that man so I will too.
Parker- Alright then. We'll find this mysterious man, do you know where he is?
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Chuck- Yeah, guy's got a place in the city ruins. He's set up with all the cutting edge medical equipment we need to bring back Lex.
Parker- You mean he's here? On this planet?
Chuck- Yup.
Trigger- What're we waiting for then? Let's get going!
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*meanwhile*
Gutstabba- I'm gonna brootalize ya tin git!
Rifleman- *objecting beep*
Pyro- Uh guys? You do realize everyone else has gone home already right?
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Gutstabba- Huh? Oh brootaldammit we really are the only ones left.
Rifleman- *confirming beep*
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Gutstabba- DOESN'T STOP ME BROOTALISIN YA! C'MERE YA TIN CAN!
Rifleman- *startled beep*
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*bop*
Gutstabba- I'LL STRANGLE THE LIFE OUTTA YA!
Pyro- You can't strangle a robot, we don't need to breathe
Gutstabba- SHUT IT FOOTBALL, YOU'RE NEXT!
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*smack*
Gutstabba- AGH
Rifleman- *dominant beep*
Gutstabba- DIDN'T FEEL NUFFIN'!
*wallop*
Gutstabba- TAKE THAT!
Pyro- I hate this planet.
Brootdrone- AGREED. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME I'VE LOST MY HEAD!
Pyro- Buddy, you've lost your everything.
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--TO BE CONTINUED--

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Re: [RK23] Battle for the Maniak Beer: EPILOGUE

Post by Scribonius » Mon Feb 06, 2023 8:01 pm

Time... for judgement... and laughs, apparently.

Fun: I'm going to give this one a score of 16 on the ol' fun-o-meter. Lots of action, plenty of silliness, lots of carnage, and plenty of strangeness. Love your 'positioning stick' that you made for action shots. Now we just need to figure out how to recreate it in clear trans so it blends in better! :D

Violence: 10. Lots of dismemberment, blood, death, and combat, but what do we expect when the Brootals are involved?

Photography: 7. While the shots are nice, and I love your action shots, they leave a little to be desired. Like, say, some kind of background. We don't need to see the clutter in the room beyond the table, and the way your captions were laid out had me mixing up which photo went to which caption sometimes.

Writing: 10. You did a great job capturing the characters attitudes and essences, without being annoying, and the idea of a Brootal-bot made me laugh SO much...

Story: 10. They recovered the beer. They recovered their friends. They recovered from being knocked down by a jetpack and kept on fighting, and you used a robot's head as a weapon, WHILE THE ROBOT WAS STILL TALKING. You can't write this kind of crap, except you did!

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Re: [RK23] Battle for the Maniak Beer

Post by Gorvoslov » Sat Feb 11, 2023 7:47 pm

Fun: 17
Violence: 8
Photography: 9
Writing: 8
Story: 7

Good first hosted battle. I always appreciate a good overwatch photo between turns.

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Re: [RK23] Battle for the Maniak Beer

Post by Quantumsurfer » Tue Feb 14, 2023 6:08 am

Lunchbox has been locked out of their account. They've sent their scores to me directly, so I will copypost them here on their behalf.
Lunchboxninja wrote:Fun: 16/20. Great ideas here, simple but effective.

Violence: 8/10 Little light in the earlier phases, but the chainsaws and the explosions come in clutch by the end.

Photography: 7/10. Had some interesting shots.

Writing: 8/10. Loved the dialogue.

Story: 8/10, loved the hints to the future and totally works with the rekon theme this year.

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