Question BMA/Survival alternatives?

Straight From The Squirrel's Mouth wrote: “What kind of P.E. is it?”  Anna just had to know, because she didn’t think sensei Tolman would want to teach a P.E. class that was making a bunch of out of shape kids run laps for an hour.
Ergonomic said, “Self-defense for non-martial arts kids.  Lots of defense, lots of how to run away when someone’s chasing you or blasting energy bolts at you, and even some really nasty offensive moves.  I don’t think I could do most of them.

Katssun wrote: What about for juniors and seniors?

We know about things like Exemplar Grace, but that's about it.

Astrodragon wrote:

Katssun wrote: What about for juniors and seniors?

We know about things like Exemplar Grace, but that's about it.

Exemplar Grace is an advanced combat class for high end exemplars and bricks, from what has been shown.
There are others.
Such as a combat magic class, for example. But likely limited to Juniors, for the same reason the advanced combat classes are, you need to know the basics first.
There is also Ms Dennons class for teaching bricks how to fight and how to fight bricks (shown in Dragonsfyre's G2 story

Efindumb wrote:

Astrodragon wrote:

Katssun wrote: What about for juniors and seniors?

We know about things like Exemplar Grace, but that's about it.

Exemplar Grace is an advanced combat class for high end exemplars and bricks, from what has been shown.
There are others.
Such as a combat magic class, for example. But likely limited to Juniors, for the same reason the advanced combat classes are, you need to know the basics first.
There is also Ms Dennons class for teaching bricks how to fight and how to fight bricks (shown in Dragonsfyre's G2 story

That may be the same exact class, it is never actually said who was being fought in her Exemplar class(es)- only that they'd learn how to handle their Exemplar powers a certain way...

Malady wrote: Well, Class of 1966, had Boxing, but that seems to have been depreciated?

Astrodragon wrote:

Efindumb wrote:

Astrodragon wrote:

Katssun wrote: What about for juniors and seniors?

We know about things like Exemplar Grace, but that's about it.

Exemplar Grace is an advanced combat class for high end exemplars and bricks, from what has been shown.
There are others.
Such as a combat magic class, for example. But likely limited to Juniors, for the same reason the advanced combat classes are, you need to know the basics first.
There is also Ms Dennons class for teaching bricks how to fight and how to fight bricks (shown in Dragonsfyre's G2 story

That may be the same exact class, it is never actually said who was being fought in her Exemplar class(es)- only that they'd learn how to handle their Exemplar powers a certain way...

They are not the same class, at least not in Gen2.

Wasamon wrote: Of the top of my head, hot take?

"Combat Readiness Devise Practical Lab"

"Non-Mental Exercise Elective"

"Stretch, Stretch, Keep on Stretching, STOP! ... for elastic shifters"

"Anger Management Class"

(And no, none of these are serious unless I somehow change my mind in the future)

Efindumb wrote: Anger management might be a class they already hold but hasn't been mentioned...it seems like a punitive class instead of a normal class and likely one assigned at the request of Dr. Bellows et al in the counseling offices

Efindumb wrote:

Astrodragon wrote:

Efindumb wrote:

Astrodragon wrote:

Katssun wrote: What about for juniors and seniors?

We know about things like Exemplar Grace, but that's about it.

Exemplar Grace is an advanced combat class for high end exemplars and bricks, from what has been shown.
There are others.
Such as a combat magic class, for example. But likely limited to Juniors, for the same reason the advanced combat classes are, you need to know the basics first.
There is also Ms Dennons class for teaching bricks how to fight and how to fight bricks (shown in Dragonsfyre's G2 story

That may be the same exact class, it is never actually said who was being fought in her Exemplar class(es)- only that they'd learn how to handle their Exemplar powers a certain way...

They are not the same class, at least not in Gen2.

Can you quote that? Because Iv;e gotten it shoved down my throat that things are a certain way but it never appears in any story and only in certain authors minds so how the hell is anyone supposed to know with the evidence that they have on hand pointing it one direction and all we have is the word that it's another?

Astrodragon wrote:

Efindumb wrote:

Astrodragon wrote:

Efindumb wrote:

Astrodragon wrote:

Katssun wrote: What about for juniors and seniors?

We know about things like Exemplar Grace, but that's about it.

Exemplar Grace is an advanced combat class for high end exemplars and bricks, from what has been shown.
There are others.
Such as a combat magic class, for example. But likely limited to Juniors, for the same reason the advanced combat classes are, you need to know the basics first.
There is also Ms Dennons class for teaching bricks how to fight and how to fight bricks (shown in Dragonsfyre's G2 story

That may be the same exact class, it is never actually said who was being fought in her Exemplar class(es)- only that they'd learn how to handle their Exemplar powers a certain way...

They are not the same class, at least not in Gen2.

Can you quote that? Because Iv;e gotten it shoved down my throat that things are a certain way but it never appears in any story and only in certain authors minds so how the hell is anyone supposed to know with the evidence that they have on hand pointing it one direction and all we have is the word that it's another?

I can most certainly quote that because I wrote the story including the class in Gen2. Perhaps if you read it you would see.

Efindumb wrote:

Wasamon wrote: Of the top of my head, hot take?

"Combat Readiness Devise Practical Lab"

"Non-Mental Exercise Elective"

"Stretch, Stretch, Keep on Stretching, STOP! ... for elastic shifters"

"Anger Management Class"

(And no, none of these are serious unless I somehow change my mind in the future)

Given some of the class names, they aren't too far off...especially the shifter joke. I'd be shocked if there wasn't already a "Combat Ready Deviser Lab" for those who create weapons particularly juniors and seniors who aren't directly involved in the Legacy Project that year.

Anger management might be a class they already hold but hasn't been mentioned...it seems like a punitive class instead of a normal class and likely one assigned at the request of Dr. Bellows et al in the counseling offices

Efindumb wrote:

Astrodragon wrote:

Efindumb wrote:

Astrodragon wrote:

Efindumb wrote:

Astrodragon wrote:

Katssun wrote: What about for juniors and seniors?

We know about things like Exemplar Grace, but that's about it.

Exemplar Grace is an advanced combat class for high end exemplars and bricks, from what has been shown.
There are others.
Such as a combat magic class, for example. But likely limited to Juniors, for the same reason the advanced combat classes are, you need to know the basics first.
There is also Ms Dennons class for teaching bricks how to fight and how to fight bricks (shown in Dragonsfyre's G2 story

That may be the same exact class, it is never actually said who was being fought in her Exemplar class(es)- only that they'd learn how to handle their Exemplar powers a certain way...

They are not the same class, at least not in Gen2.

Can you quote that? Because Iv;e gotten it shoved down my throat that things are a certain way but it never appears in any story and only in certain authors minds so how the hell is anyone supposed to know with the evidence that they have on hand pointing it one direction and all we have is the word that it's another?

I can most certainly quote that because I wrote the story including the class in Gen2. Perhaps if you read it you would see.

Fuck it. You guys just lost me. I expected this from Kristin but not others. I had heard horror stories about all of you, but to actually be told "because I said so" is hard to believe.

I won't read your story, not after your arrogance here. I refuse to read Kristin's stories, but you lost a potential reader.

Mister D wrote: There's a Gen1 background UV character, Gore, i think, who is required to take anger management classes, but instead learns how to fake normality while still being a sociopath.

Kettlekorn wrote:

Mister D wrote: There's a Gen1 background UV character, Gore, i think, who is required to take anger management classes, but instead learns how to fake normality while still being a sociopath.

That statement doesn't make sense. Sociopathy isn't an anger management issue, so of course anger management classes wouldn't cure it. But just as with normies, it's better to have a sociopath who can manage his anger than one who cannot.

Mister D wrote:

Kettlekorn wrote:

Mister D wrote: There's a Gen1 background UV character, Gore, i think, who is required to take anger management classes, but instead learns how to fake normality while still being a sociopath.

That statement doesn't make sense. Sociopathy isn't an anger management issue, so of course anger management classes wouldn't cure it. But just as with normies, it's better to have a sociopath who can manage his anger than one who cannot.

Sorry if i was unclear in what i said. i haven't read that story in a while.

i maybe should have used the word "psychopath", and not "sociopath".

It's explicitly said in the story in Gore's internal monologue, that he's just faking it to keep Dr. Bellow's happy, and that he still just wants to slaughter the world one person at a time.

Whatever word is used to describe him, he's a dangerous nutter.

Sir Lee wrote: It may seem odd, but there are jobs in which lessened empathy can be a desirable trait.

Hebblejebble wrote:

Sir Lee wrote: It may seem odd, but there are jobs in which lessened empathy can be a desirable trait.

Another less obvious one can be engineering. If your designing any piece of medical or safety equipment you inevitably reach a trade off between resource cost and human lives. For some major systems (e.g. aeroplane autopilot software) it really can turn into a discussion about "what is an acceptable number of deaths for our equipment to cause?".

Astrodragon wrote:

Hebblejebble wrote:

Sir Lee wrote: It may seem odd, but there are jobs in which lessened empathy can be a desirable trait.

Another less obvious one can be engineering. If your designing any piece of medical or safety equipment you inevitably reach a trade off between resource cost and human lives. For some major systems (e.g. aeroplane autopilot software) it really can turn into a discussion about "what is an acceptable number of deaths for our equipment to cause?".

Um. As someone who actually wrote flight-critical software, no, this isn't the calculation you employ.
Flight-critical software is designed as (a) redundant, and (b) to degrade gracefully.
That's why its so expensive (we basically added a zero on the end of development costs for it).
But the only reason cost/safety comes in is from the bean-counters, not the engineeers.

Note this isnt the same at all as 'bad things hapenning if the system fails', this is somethimes inevitable.

Hebblejebble wrote:

Sir Lee wrote: It may seem odd, but there are jobs in which lessened empathy can be a desirable trait.

Another less obvious one can be engineering. If your designing any piece of medical or safety equipment you inevitably reach a trade off between resource cost and human lives. For some major systems (e.g. aeroplane autopilot software) it really can turn into a discussion about "what is an acceptable number of deaths for our equipment to cause?".