Well BlackWasp, I wish you well, and make sure you stay out in those trees, no falling out of them. Hope to see you around.

That's what shaft K/Ds should look like.

LULZ, this is damn funny, I like this thread.

How do you say De-Lovely, de-licious, de-vine, how do you say DEE-GROOVY, how do you say Dee Lite? Easy, Twiggy.

NOW THAT IS FUNNY! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA . . . . (In a sad sort of way)

Well, to be fair to my posts, they were related, but fine, so be it, Riddler, you have found peace, completion, let this go then. I'll post Dee Lite elsewhere, but keep the tunes dialog going, I'm definitely someone to talk to, I love all this stuff.

And since I'm already here and doing the "tunage" bit, A very interesting take on this song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EclKk3puvmc

BTW, if you're into that sort of thing, there is a Cole Porter tribute album out there that has a lot of cover artists that is great, if you are interested I'll hunt it down for you.

Oddly enough, this group was a rise to fame in a cold war mind set, international, edgy, but still "de-lovely" and lots of peace and love. I'm far from that type, but there was an honesty about the music that was real, and I love this group. Ironically I play Tanki to Dee Lite often, and boom, come to find out, the international appeal of the group was it's downfall, because the lead singer created a false image of being English, while being from Ohio, and the other two band members were in fact Japanese and Russian, DJ Oleg I think (ha, music I play Tanki too, and there was a Russian in the band). Once her deception was learned of, the "authenticity" of the band fizzled out. The lead singer also became a little too consumed in her own success, not trying to salvage the relationship she had with the other two when things went south, and as a result there was a huge rift in the band. They fell apart. Back to the point though, this song RIDDLER posted seems like exactly the source for this mantra and band ideal. (If there is another one, I'm too lazy to wiki it, and I think I have have remembered anyways from reading in the past). And FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE, if gems like these are dropped here, MODs, NEVER, EVER, NEVER EVER, close this thread, never. Good to know there are people with taste, culture, and savvy. IT doesn't need to appeal as much as it once did to hold deep significance in life, as proven by that song.

That's actually a great find, and now SO MUCH makes sense now, as I think I have found the origins of inspiration for none other than . . .

I fight because I can, because boys, when a man can no longer fight, he is NO LONGER relevant. And yeah, it's not just Tanki, again, metaphor for life.

Already started, but stopped abruptly, the first two MU's were fine, but then the angle gets steep, QUICK. EXPENSIVE.

Well, just snagged my M3, we'll see, but the first run seems like AWESOMENESS! Okay, bragging over, as you all were.

Yer darn right pardner.

As always, thank you HTown.

So . . . since I dropped in here and sad something for Valentines, figured maybe a new song to the list might be nice. Trouble is Southern Rock is a bit hard to come by, even southern inspired rock. So I have some other things to listen to also, and today I'm adding a song that's really a drinking song, but for now I'll put it on a new list I'll call "Other Things To Listen To While Playing". Hope y'all enjoy it.

That paint might be good for Desert, Iran, etc, but I like to hide in trees, I'd need greens, greys, and tans.

Camouflage.

I simply don't encounter enough Smoky's to justify protection of it over rails. Shafts, again, one on one, the slug fest, those last about 2 minutes in a game. It's a law of diminishing returns. No hangs around and plays snipe/counter-sniper for 15 minutes. That said, YES, I WILL AGREE that the surprise shot from a clever and crafty Shaft would be completely negated by this paint and that, in and of itself COULD be useful against very organized teams that have Shafts that take up position and counter interceptors at key locations as the flag runner returns on a pre-planned route. This paint would throw off the security they had of knowing a Shaft shot is not coming from a given direction. That said, timing to the flag runner might still permit a second shot from the enemy Shaft, so it's a toss up. Hammer, well, YES, when they do come around, they are excessively annoying, and this would go a long way to keeping them from handing you your rear immediately, maybe giving you time to sword fight with them or relocated. Again, game play and style has a lot to do with it. Tenacious Shafts are dealt with by me by switching positions and flanking them more often than not. Back and forth exchanges are simply a waste of time to me. As for Rails not being an issue, they are when you play in a Hornet. I'm not a heavy armor, Viking + guy. I have A HULL and A TURRET (okay, I have a Thunder too, but that was just for mission completion in in DMs and TDMs, otherwise I never use it). Hornet and Shaft, that's me. Two rails hunting me makes life miserable, especially if they are on a team and communicating, popping out in succession, one after the other. Two direct hits from them are usually enough to kill me. Drugged rails are especially a nuisance, as they can one shot me often. But like I said, play style, and Jade is better choice for heavy armor hulls probably. Do make note too, I STILL CARE A LOT about camo pattern, and Jade fails in this category.

Well, just a reminder tah all you'awl Texans tah not ferget tah say Happy Valentines Day tah you and yers this year. Happy Valentines Day yall.

Well, I read the nit above already about paint. I, for one, DO NOT USE paint, but it's funny this came up, because the other day I was toying with perhaps considering one. Prodigi was my final pick for PROTECTION. I think paints and armors should be separated, paint being for camo, armor for protection. That said, Prodigi is a digital matrix camo job and it offers great protection against rail, and in my experience, opposition does generally seek out Shafts with other Shafts, they send a pair of rails to do long distance tag team sniping on Shafts. The other big enemy is Firebird at close range, so a touch of protection for it. Otherwise, yes, Thunders and Smokys are the other concerns. I find myself getting attacked by Ricos and rails far more than much else though, and Ricos are annoying, but can be dealt with, Rails, well, they are the jack of all trades and in pairs are the worst opponent you can face in Tanki in terms defending one's self. So there you have it, my thoughts on paint based upon PROTECTION, and NOT usefulness in camo, like the article piece I contributed to some time back.

This is me musing and just dwelling on thoughts. So yesterday I was playing and there was a very pesky Rico/Viking. For whatever reason, it was generally "one-shotable" with full charge (I'm terrible in identifying M1 and M2 differences, so maybe an M1). It was roaming around the map and causing general mayhem and destruction, harassment, spawn camping, and base trolling. Effective enough too. It would also respawn on dying and hang out in their base for a little bit before coming out (maybe it liked the change of pace, do a little defense, do a little offense, do a little, dance, get down to night . . . sorry, never mind, wrong train of thought). It turned out to be problematic enough that I decided it needed to be shut down regularly. so it became my mission, find it, scope it, kill it. Which I did, quite successfully for a little while. This didn't go unnoticed by said unit, and they decided they weren't pleased with my singling them out and decided to bring the heat back to me. They could actually play, turn their turret, all that, but drugs were usually involved, at least one. Sheilds were the big one once they started stalking me. So to get the point, I had shot them, and escaped back into an alley. They came around another building and started laying into me just as I was scoping. I was getting hit over and over, and any Shaft knows Ricos are so stupidly frustrating it's enough to make you want to shoot someone IRL. They bounce is ALWAYS just enough to lift you, scoped, out of the line of sight of to fire upon reaching the bounce apex, and the timing of the physics always means by the time you drop back down, if you're not PERFECT with your timing, the next hit bounces you again. Well, I did it. Medium range, being tossed like a salad at a vegan diner, and I got it, next hit would have done me in, full charge, drop and boom. I get hit with with the plasma ball as I come out of scope, FPS going mad (show much happening, enemy going into destruction animation, plasma ball changing the visibility, me zooming out) to the point that is was like a scene out of movie, slow-mo, enemy going up, plasma ball traveling into me, the final thump, nearly dead, and there is the hulk of the opponent Viking charred before my eyes. I almost cried it was so beautiful. Now, for what's important, not bragging. Ricos pose a special issue with the bounce. Learn to drop your barrel a little when scoped and getting hit by them, when the bounce apex is reached, you might still be in line with their hull, or the travel time down will include more of them within your cross hairs, giving you that extra precious half sec to see it and fire. Practice this. Ricos are not used to Shafts scoping them up close and killing them, might even try to practice this myself to bait them in and then do it.

You know, you are on to something here, but I've found that giving up my location to mine takes precious time often that makes me miss game winning/aiding shots to support the team, but I agree, this does help mitigated immensely the tactic of hunting us down while drugged. Serpuhov Blue team is damn near impossible to mine effectively and cover all your bases. Red team Sniper locations are actually fairly easy (yes, I always use Sepuhov as an example, I'm a broken record, I know). You did say something there that is key, where they are doing it from regularly. The KEY placement of mines might be a good way to deter them from defacto using that spot over and over during a round, you just have to see who's playing that round and they're shtick as it were. Without drugs, well, frankly, Monte Carlo is not a great place for Shafts to square off at close range, but assuming you have enough skill to NOT drive yourself off an edge, I am never worried about a slug fest in my Shaft against an equal opponent, I can actually arcade fight half way decent, and they couldn't havem ade it to the base probably without a scratch, so then it's just skill. I have left a jaw or two dragging before as I have killed off two units in "sword" fights at the same time. Shafts DO NEED these skills, something that is VERY lacking unfortunately with a the majority of Shafts I fear. Mines are the other great one, like Arcade said. - - - All said and told though, I suppose it's more frustration than anything else. I guess I should be flattered that my unit is a high priority target, I just hate it comes at the expense of their fresh entry to the base drugged up and healed up. Kid is right, if they weren't drugged, I'd be stoked, come and get me, nice to play a little cat and mouse once in a while, but when the rail sails around the corner I KNOW he is coming from because I JUST full charged him on his way there and he pops out with DD and a full bar, well, that more like fly and swatter, not cat and mouse. Alright, no more complaining, the mine thing might be effective and maybe I'll start doing it more, that costs me crystals, but hey, if I can keep them guessing long enough maybe it won't be for nothing, and I can rack up more money that way in earning of winning earnings (ha, like that would ever make a dent in the price of mines). Still, play to win, think to win, think winning, so be it, so more mines are in the future.

God bless this state. One of the best economies in the union too, hear that you filthy east coast liberals! Socialism sucks! No taxes, and we thrive. Sorry, ahem, I get . .. um . . . well, I'm vehement on my liberty and core values . . . as you were.

Amen to that. I'm not frog fan in terms of services, but in the end, American is American and we all shoot at our enemies and we all cover each other in a fire fight. God bless him and his family, and all the other unsung heroes that fade into obscurity that have given it all . . .