Daniel_Allan_Clark Posted August 29, 2024 Posted August 29, 2024 WG matchmaking put my Mackensen in a double tier 8 CV game...against an enemy flank with a Hood... Do I meekly accept defeat? NO! You out-trade the Hood, help your flank win your side...and still lose because the rest of your team lost the other fight. Still, for how outmatched my ship was in this engagement, I feel like I did ok. Feel free to add some constructive critique, if you like. 20240828_232735_PGSB206-Mackensen_55_Seychelles.wowsreplay 3
ArIskandir Posted August 29, 2024 Posted August 29, 2024 9 hours ago, Daniel_Allan_Clark said: Feel free to add some constructive critique, if you like. Sounds like an interesting Match but I can't watch it on My phone 😕
Wowzery Posted August 29, 2024 Posted August 29, 2024 I will admit, when I played randoms I loved being on the weak flank in a battleship. So many targets to choose from and there is almost always one cruiser or battleship showing their broadside. Detonated many cruisers that way. 2
Daniel_Allan_Clark Posted August 29, 2024 Author Posted August 29, 2024 2 minutes ago, Wowzery said: I will admit, when I played randoms I loved being on the weak flank in a battleship. So many targets to choose from and there is almost always one cruiser or battleship showing their broadside. Detonated many cruisers that way. With my skill and RNG, usually my AP shells bounce or shatter on those broadsiding cruisers...because they are captained by guys who know how to bait shots. 😉 In this battle, I end up using HE some since I wanted to really hurt the Hood at range, and that was my best option until he decided to show me some broadside. I was actually surprised that our flank won our engagement. Didn't think we could do it initially.
Ensign Cthulhu Posted August 29, 2024 Posted August 29, 2024 Except Wargaming never said that. Show me where they said that. 1
ArIskandir Posted August 29, 2024 Posted August 29, 2024 It's friggin' hilarious what AI can generate on random input... 2
Ensign Cthulhu Posted August 29, 2024 Posted August 29, 2024 47 minutes ago, ArIskandir said: It's friggin' hilarious what AI can generate on random input... Which AI are you using, and what was the prompt? I find that Bing Image Generator often refuses to work with anything even remotely amorous or openly warlike. 1
ArIskandir Posted August 29, 2024 Posted August 29, 2024 17 minutes ago, Ensign Cthulhu said: Which AI are you using, and what was the prompt? I find that Bing Image Generator often refuses to work with anything even remotely amorous or openly warlike. It was Bing's... I thought there's Inquisitor Cthulhu burning heretics again. The literal prompt: Cthulhu as a Spanish Inquisitor burning heretics in a pire. 3
Wolfswetpaws Posted August 29, 2024 Posted August 29, 2024 20 minutes ago, ArIskandir said: 50 minutes ago, Ensign Cthulhu said: Which AI are you using, and what was the prompt? I find that Bing Image Generator often refuses to work with anything even remotely amorous or openly warlike. It was Bing's... I thought there's Inquisitor Cthulhu burning heretics again. The literal prompt: Cthulhu as a Spanish Inquisitor burning heretics in a pire. Father Guido Sarducci https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0637038/ 3
Wolfswetpaws Posted August 29, 2024 Posted August 29, 2024 14 hours ago, Daniel_Allan_Clark said: When WG says your flank is supposed to be the weak link... WG matchmaking put my Mackensen in a double tier 8 CV game...against an enemy flank with a Hood... Do I meekly accept defeat? NO! You out-trade the Hood, help your flank win your side...and still lose because the rest of your team lost the other fight. Still, for how outmatched my ship was in this engagement, I feel like I did ok. Feel free to add some constructive critique, if you like. 20240828_232735_PGSB206-Mackensen_55_Seychelles.wowsreplay 2.14 MB · 1 download Glad you didn't give-up. 🙂 In honor of you playing the Mackensen well, here's a little song to commemorate the occasion. 😉 "Mack the Knife" - Bobby Darin 1
Ensign Cthulhu Posted August 29, 2024 Posted August 29, 2024 1 hour ago, ArIskandir said: It was Bing's... I thought there's Inquisitor Cthulhu burning heretics again. The literal prompt: Cthulhu as a Spanish Inquisitor burning heretics in a pire. I asked it for two young lovers kissing in a forest and it flipped its s*** worse than Admiral Thunder being asked to Rank out. 3
Daniel_Allan_Clark Posted August 29, 2024 Author Posted August 29, 2024 1 hour ago, Wolfswetpaws said: Glad you didn't give-up. 🙂 In honor of you playing the Mackensen well, here's a little song to commemorate the occasion. 😉 "Mack the Knife" - Bobby Darin Ha! Never give up...I fight my battles like Captain James Lawrence wanted his men on USS Chesapeake to fight when defeated by HMS Shannon... "Don't give up the ship!" I'm fairly sure I could have done better, as I thought I would be focused by enemy airplanes and wasn't. 2
SureBridge Posted August 29, 2024 Posted August 29, 2024 I think that John Paul Jones' "I have not yet begun to fight" in his action against Seraphis would be closer to your action. Lawrence is largely remembered because his friend Captain Perry (no, not Mr. gunboat diplomacy) had a flag made up with those words as his battle standard in the great lakes campaign. He also had his ship christened "USS Lawrence". He's the one who sent the dispatch "We have met the enemy and they are ours..." following the victory on Lake Erie. 2
Admiral_Karasu Posted August 29, 2024 Posted August 29, 2024 29 minutes ago, SureBridge said: I think that John Paul Jones' "I have not yet begun to fight" in his action against Seraphis would be closer to your action. Lawrence is largely remembered because his friend Captain Perry (no, not Mr. gunboat diplomacy) had a flag made up with those words as his battle standard in the great lakes campaign. He also had his ship christened "USS Lawrence". He's the one who sent the dispatch "We have met the enemy and they are ours..." following the victory on Lake Erie. Ah! The famous Russian admiral John Paul Jones! (His actual uniform was a tad less flamboyant, though.) 1
Daniel_Allan_Clark Posted August 29, 2024 Author Posted August 29, 2024 15 minutes ago, SureBridge said: I think that John Paul Jones' "I have not yet begun to fight" in his action against Seraphis would be closer to your action. Lawrence is largely remembered because his friend Captain Perry (no, not Mr. gunboat diplomacy) had a flag made up with those words as his battle standard in the great lakes campaign. He also had his ship christened "USS Lawrence". He's the one who sent the dispatch "We have met the enemy and they are ours..." following the victory on Lake Erie. Yes indeed. We Americans have a pretty illustrious history of naval officers... 1
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