u/Zeerust_

Put simply: The Jaralaccs Macabre is a hideous piece of shit.
In a world of elegant and purpose-built VT designs, it stands out like a goth kid's DeviantArt OC. 30 meters tall with giant chrome wings, gargoyle teeth and huge talons on its feet, it seems amazing that any self-respecting company would sell this. But that's WM for you. They marketed to the same kind of knuckle-dragging idiot that would buy a stainless steel doorstop if it had a catchy enough name.
But.. at 70 pts it's also the cheapest way to carry a heavy railgun into combat. And it turns. And it soaks damage like a dry Shamwow.
If anyone asks, the one in the parking lot isn't mine.

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“All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies. And when they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you; DP-er, AR-er, tipping-over-er, Prince with the swift [WARN]. Be cunning, and full of tricks(like dodging up slopes to keep forward speed), and your people will never be destroyed.”

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Stat nerds like to look at VTs as a game of top trumps. “Which has better turning?” / “That one dominates long range.” / “No FSS? This thing belongs in a museum!” But your bad turning doesn't matter if you only go for flanks. Their long range won't factor if you refuse fights in the open. Ask the guy buying used at the Bin Sunday morning and he'll tell you: “The one that got me is the one I ignored.”

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Added some stuff to the bezel and put in new lighting so the screen blends in a bit better. Working on different lighting schemes for the different VTs.

VTs require maintenance like any other machine. Now imagine a machine that's effectively an attack helicopter balanced on two excavators, carrying a tank platoon's-worth of heavy guns, and the whole thing runs on a PC from a time when you could still find “Yugoslavia" on a map. So maybe be very nice to your crew-chief. Oh, and stop "forgetting" your piss-bottles in the cockpit for them to throw out. We all know you do that on purpose.

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When life closes one door, another usually opens. But that door is usually mined.

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Mmm that nice grippy concrete. Straight to 4th gear.

A TGS 2004 exclusive "red tea" figure that Razor gave me a while back. She be rockin that in-game til I die, dude.

What's your prized SB possession?

old VT paint-jobs