sorokin
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Post by sorokin on Jul 8, 2020 22:15:51 GMT
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Post by The Snark Knight on Jul 8, 2020 22:25:05 GMT
Uncertain if that is Yuri 2.
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sorokin
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Post by sorokin on Jul 8, 2020 22:28:22 GMT
Uncertain if that is Yuri 2. It literally is.
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Post by The Snark Knight on Jul 8, 2020 22:47:26 GMT
Uncertain if that is Yuri 2. It literally is. Awesome news. If I'd refreshed before posting I would've figured it out from the link in your previous post! I was going to be sad if it was just another dude named Yuri.
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Post by gobber on Jul 9, 2020 0:43:21 GMT
Oh ho ho
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Post by Soul Samurai on Jul 9, 2020 4:51:19 GMT
Hungerford said something in the keynote -- I'm not going to go make a transcript -- that amounted to how the model "slammed into people with his shield and then shot them point-blank with his shotgun". Also, he said that the model is a "Man-o-War Breacher", which I take to be a new keyword -- like Tanker -- and I'm going to guess this guy is not a character...but who knows. I haven't seen confirmation of that one way or another. Sounds interesting!
... also that's not what "point blank" means, but I'm getting tired of fighting that battle.
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Post by Soul Samurai on Jul 9, 2020 4:52:28 GMT
Oh ho ho Interesting! Does that mean that PP is going to release a Riot Quest Karchev model? Because I'm very excited by that thought!
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Post by gobber on Jul 9, 2020 7:31:27 GMT
Oh ho ho Interesting! Does that mean that PP is going to release a Riot Quest Karchev model? Because I'm very excited by that thought! Yeah Malvin and Mayhem were riot quest's season 2 'boss fight' model; so he's saying Karchev will be the same for season 3
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Post by Soul Samurai on Jul 9, 2020 7:47:31 GMT
Very cool!
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Post by michael on Jul 9, 2020 13:49:04 GMT
Sounds interesting!
... also that's not what "point blank" means, but I'm getting tired of fighting that battle.
It means “fired very close to the target”, right? What are we missing?
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Post by Soul Samurai on Jul 9, 2020 15:03:54 GMT
Sounds interesting! ... also that's not what "point blank" means, but I'm getting tired of fighting that battle.
It means “fired very close to the target”, right? What are we missing? "Point blank range" is the range over which you don't have to adjust elevation in order to hit within a specified distance of the point of aim. Basically, bullets fly in an arc: if you adjust your sights so that the bullet is hitting exactly at your point of aim at, say, 200 yards, then at 100 yards it might be a couple of inches higher than your point of aim and at 300 yards it will probably be three or four inches below your point of aim. So your "point blank range" in that case might be something like 150 to 250 yards, because when aiming at a target within between 150 and 250 yards your bullet will hit within an inch of your point of aim. Here's the clearest diagram I could find with a quick web search: This is a simplified case because here the trajectory is flat enough that the bullet never goes above the desired "kill zone", so the minimum range is basically at the muzzle. This is not always the case; as I said before the point blank range may actually start at a significant distance away from the muzzle. "Point blank range" does not mean "fired from just a few feet away from the target"; actually if that target is that close it might be closer than your minimum point blank range (depending on your rifle setup and the allowable deviation from point of aim), and your maximum point blank range can be several hundred yards out. And yes, I know that words mean whatever the consensus is that they mean, so if everyone decides that "point blank range" means "very very close range" then that's what it means. Still, the original/true/technical meaning of the term is not "very very close range".
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shmeep
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Post by shmeep on Jul 9, 2020 15:43:27 GMT
It means “fired very close to the target”, right? What are we missing? "Point blank range" is the range over which you don't have to adjust elevation in order to hit within a specified distance of the point of aim. Basically, bullets fly in an arc: if you adjust your sights so that the bullet is hitting exactly at your point of aim at, say, 200 yards, then at 100 yards it might be a couple of inches higher than your point of aim and at 300 yards it will probably be three or four inches below your point of aim. So your "point blank range" in that case might be something like 150 to 250 yards, because when aiming at a target within between 150 and 250 yards your bullet will hit within an inch of your point of aim. Here's the clearest diagram I could find with a quick web search: This is a simplified case because here the trajectory is flat enough that the bullet never goes above the desired "kill zone", so the minimum range is basically at the muzzle. This is not always the case; as I said before the point blank range may actually start at a significant distance away from the muzzle. "Point blank range" does not mean "fired from just a few feet away from the target"; actually if that target is that close it might be closer than your minimum point blank range (depending on your rifle setup and the allowable deviation from point of aim), and your maximum point blank range can be several hundred yards out. And yes, I know that words mean whatever the consensus is that they mean, so if everyone decides that "point blank range" means "very very close range" then that's what it means. Still, the original/true/technical meaning of the term is not "very very close range". Interesting! Didn't know that, I would've guessed point blank means, well, point blank. It's a bit like the online confusion around the word 'literally'.
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Post by michael on Jul 9, 2020 15:52:02 GMT
It means “fired very close to the target”, right? What are we missing? "Point blank range" is the range over which you don't have to adjust elevation in order to hit within a specified distance of the point of aim. Basically, bullets fly in an arc: if you adjust your sights so that the bullet is hitting exactly at your point of aim at, say, 200 yards, then at 100 yards it might be a couple of inches higher than your point of aim and at 300 yards it will probably be three or four inches below your point of aim. So your "point blank range" in that case might be something like 150 to 250 yards, because when aiming at a target within between 150 and 250 yards your bullet will hit within an inch of your point of aim. Here's the clearest diagram I could find with a quick web search: This is a simplified case because here the trajectory is flat enough that the bullet never goes above the desired "kill zone", so the minimum range is basically at the muzzle. This is not always the case; as I said before the point blank range may actually start at a significant distance away from the muzzle. "Point blank range" does not mean "fired from just a few feet away from the target"; actually if that target is that close it might be closer than your minimum point blank range (depending on your rifle setup and the allowable deviation from point of aim), and your maximum point blank range can be several hundred yards out. And yes, I know that words mean whatever the consensus is that they mean, so if everyone decides that "point blank range" means "very very close range" then that's what it means. Still, the original/true/technical meaning of the term is not "very very close range".
Man, you have decimated me with your knowledge!
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Post by Soul Samurai on Jul 9, 2020 16:08:16 GMT
Man, you have decimated me with your knowledge!
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Post by Soul Samurai on Jul 9, 2020 16:12:10 GMT
It's a bit like the online confusion around the word 'literally'. I don't think anyone's confused about the meaning of the word, I think they just carelessly use it wrong without thinking about it. At least, I hope everyone knows the actual meaning of the word...
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