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The Daily Grind?
Apr. 6th, 2016 08:11 pmIf I could stay awake 24 hours a day, I could grind on Gundam: Duel Company 40 times a day, and so earn the Gold for a FAZZ (Full-Armor Double Zeta Gundam) in 10 days. And then two weeks later, have the Gold for an Ex-S (Extreme Superior Gundam).
Why do I feel I'm already DONE with this game?
Useless Fact
Dec. 24th, 2015 10:47 pmTanks But No Tanks?
Dec. 20th, 2015 01:43 pmOn Saturday I played the demo version of the new Team Yankee permutation of Flames of War and again I want to build an army in the worst way.
Years ago I could have gotten diecast tanks in the right size/scale for the game, but now they seem to be scarce, which means I'll probably troll every thrift store I can find in five or six counties for the things, if there are any to be found. Most of the ones I'd seek would have been made by Motormax or Polyfect, specifically the Cold War designs. (I'd bought the Motormax Sherman, Churchill and T34-85 for the WW2 version of Flames of War, but I since have gotten rid of those.)
Duel Company
Sep. 28th, 2014 12:13 am1) I need to somehow tell my Troop to refrain from attacking Sinanjus, Kshatriyas, or any M.S. units piloted by Frontal (man, I hate that name) or Marida Cruz. They are impossible to kill.
2) Build Strike Gundams are impossible to fight. In my latest battle, one took out two of my M.S. units SIMULTANEOUSLY. I guess I should be glad they haven't released a Reiji Pilot card yet.
3) I lose more fights from my M.S. targeting fresh enemy when there are damaged enemy in play that could be finished off.
Mobile Enough To Suit?
Jul. 21st, 2014 01:42 pm
Thanks to me having a Bandai Channel account for years, I've been able to finagle a Bandai Namco account, which gives me the benefit of allowing me to play GUNDAM: DUEL COMPANY when the game still has yet to be released to the North American market.
This is my Troop's homescreen.
This is my card bank as it was yesterday. (There have been changes.) All my current cards are "Rental" cards, which means I got them for free but they aren't worth anything. I wish I could get codes for the Promo cards, but nobody who's got them is sharing.
This is a typical Formation screen, where you lay out your Troop cards to make Platoons for combat. It's good that everything's in English, else I'd be totally lost.
The results of my first practice battle the other day. I'm now in a multi-player Conquest campaign. Currently my Troop is #8 in a 32-Troop Army, with more than 100 kills so far.
Knock Knock On The Door/Who's It For?
Jun. 23rd, 2014 08:14 pmThe Whirled Cup
Jun. 12th, 2014 02:42 pmMy layman's commentary on the rather obscure and little-regarded sports tournament that just got underway:
* The Rattlesnakes (Team U.S.A.) are in a very rough group with powerhouse nations Germany, Ghana and Portugal. They'll need to play some epic stuff to advance...and if they do, the likelihood of a showdown with the Russians in the round of 16 is very high.
* I think it's a foregone conclusion that home team Brazil will advance and then dominate their bracket. For possible "dark horses" for the title match I see Spain, Uruguay or maybe Argentina.
Randomnity
Jun. 10th, 2014 02:21 pm* The Public Radio station is playing the Lord of the Rings Symphony as I'm writing this.
* Dad just installed the window air conditioner unit, and it works.
* I frosted the cupcakes for Dad's Bible study group tomorrow.
* When I looked up my own name on a search through my data base for a graphic I've already shared here, I found a reference in a Battletech e-book. I'm a Steiner. I don't know how I feel about that.
* We await word from our mechanic on the status of Dad's pickup truck. A stud in one of the wheel mounts failed, and the other studs for that wheel mount were in bad shape, so he's replacing the lot.
* I'm dabbling with Bitstrips on Facebook...but it doesn't seem to be habit-forming, yet.
Another Link For The Page
Apr. 30th, 2014 05:48 pmhttp://www.roleplayer.me/frustratedpilot
http://www.roleplayer.me/749134
Again, there probably won't be much there for a while.
PS: http://www.aniroleplay.com/frustratedpilot <- Or here either.
Randomnity, Again
Mar. 6th, 2014 11:00 pm*) Zvezda in Russia promises that there will be new kits in their Art of Tactic series that will be scale compatible with Wings of Glory WW2...and I'm particularly interested in the Bristol Blenheim bombers. Well, with the politics between Stateside and Moscow being what they are, I shouldn't expect to get these very quickly.
*) REIGN on CW is a mess. It's supposed to be historical but their visual RNA for scenery, props, costuming and casting is jarringly off-the-mark. Or, at least, I THINK it's supposed to be historical.
Skies Of A Different Color
Dec. 6th, 2013 01:09 pmNo wonder this never actually caught on. It was expensive at launch, and for a collectable game, needlessly complex and lacking in avenues for creativity.
FreeWill Taps A Land Card
Sep. 17th, 2013 07:41 pmIn the indigenous culture of Hawaii, "mana" refers to a spiritual power that may abide in people, objects, and natural locations. You can acquire more of it by acting with integrity and excellence, but you might lose some of it if your actions are careless or unfocused. For instance, a healer who does a mediocre job of curing her patients could lose the mana that made her a healer in the first place. I believe that similar principles hold true for non-Hawaiians. All of us have an ever-shifting relationship with the primal life force. What's the current state of your own personal supply, Sagittarius? It's time to make sure you're taking full advantage of the mana you have been blessed with. Your motto: "Use it or lose it."
So we're playing M:TG now? My deck is obsolete but I can't justify going to Wal*Mart to buy foil packs.
It's a shame the game is so adversarial. Why aren't there avenues for cooperative play?
