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[Vulix]

Hello MechWarriors!

If you're reading this, you are probably interested in playing MechWarriors Online (MWO), and may even perhaps be interested in joining a player-run mercenary corporation. While not much information has been publicly released concerning merecenary corporations and their role in MWO, we do know that groups of players will be competing against one another for control over territory within the BattleTech universe. The general assumption is such territory will be extremely advantageous to possess and will greatly shape MWO's persistent universe.

While there already exist some established mercenary corporations to play with, I felt that the release of MWO will introduce many new gamers to the BattleTech universe, and many of these individuals may not wish to join groups with established histories and hierarchies. No one wants to play a new game just to become a grunt in someone else's army.

I'm starting this corporation for that very reason. The real spirit I want to push is a casual, yet competitive group of players who share a common goal - to kick *** in MWO. Requirements to join and maintain membership will be nearly non-existant, as I don't want people to feel pressured to play or have to really work hard just to enjoy a video game. However, players within the Carrion Crows community should work together to achieve their own MWO goals, and we will field competitive squads against our adversaries.

I really see this mercenary corporation becoming a corporation of mercenaries; no obligations, no bs, just a group of individuals that come together to kick ***. For this reason, I also believe leadership and direction provided to the corporation should be communal; I would strongly advocate for all community members to never shy from sharing their opinions and own perspectives on anything this corporation does in the future. Of course, in the end a decision must be made by someone, which I believe can be handled through meritocracy; those who contribute the most to this corporation should obviously have the greatest influence in its directon.

That's really the groundwork I would like to see this corp. built upon. Any other ideas, suggestions, and thoughts would be very well received. Additionally, as interest grows, the community would definitely expand to include dedicated voice servers and other infrastructure necessary to support a gaming community.

Best,
Vulix
www.carrioncrows.com

Edited by Vulix, 28 July 2012 - 01:29 PM.

[Jassaris]

this sounds awesome i have played all the Mechwarrior Games back many years ago. i think best game ever im in this full on . I had a THOR it was Bad ***. and ready to bring out of moth balls to pilot again

[Vulix]

Great! And of course that's no problem =)

I've been reviewing voice server hosts as of late. We should have our own TS or mumble server in the coming weeks

[Vulix]

If anyone is interested in joining, please register on the carrion crows forums or PM me here.The earlier you join, the more impact you will have on the direction of the corp of course. Own it up

[plodder]

Look forward to jumping with you or againt ya, either way, good luck in your endevour

[Vulix]

If any other merc corps are interested in forming an alliance, please check this out: http://mwomercs.com/...enary-alliance/

[Vulix]

Just an update:

Things are progressing pretty smoothly. We have some contributors creating artwork, so sigs and all that are provided. You can also occassionally find us on the public TS3 server hosted by PGI if you ever want to chat with us.

I'd say everyone who has joined so far is happy they did thus far. We're still looking for more people, so if you want to check us out please feel free to do so. Again, I'm keeping the corp very democratic, so if you're welcome to have an active role in guiding the corp, or just playing more casually; we welcome players of all types.

[Vulix]

The next person to join up wins a random picture from Google images!

[Skye Storm]

I must ask, why not purchase your own ts server, for five ppl for 12 months is 1.28 USD

[Vulix]

Oh we plan too; we have an active thread on the forums asking what voice comms software people prefer, and I am going to chose the one most voted on. I personally like mumble, but it seems TS3 is the most liked by the other folks in Crows, so I'm going to go with that most likely. I'm just taking the time to read reviews on TS3 hosts (I want to keep our webserver and voice server separate so that in case voice\forums goes down, the other should still be up). We should have something up soon though

[Sabastion]

I joined up and I'm looking forward to working with everyone

[Arkany]

Welcome to the corp. Sabastion.

[Vulix]

Sabastion, on 01 August 2012 - 04:42 PM, said:

I joined up and I'm looking forward to working with everyone

Great taste man. Nice to have you here
We'll be getting a voice server by the end of this weekend, I'll be sure to send you the details

[Isin Dule]

ill join

[Vulix]

Isin Dule, on 01 August 2012 - 05:37 PM, said:

ill join

Would be cool to have you

[nksharp]

Guess nobody likes to use ventrilo anymore :?

Did you guys get a TS server yet, would like to play with some new people as playing solo is getting annoying.

[Vulix]

nksharp, on 01 August 2012 - 06:42 PM, said:

Guess nobody likes to use ventrilo anymore :?

Did you guys get a TS server yet, would like to play with some new people as playing solo is getting annoying.

We'll have one up by the end of this weekend. I'll be posting something on our forums but I'll make sure you get the info as well

[Vulix]

Ok we have a 30 man teamspeak set up now, will be expanded if needed.

No pass, just connect too:

ts3.carrioncrows.com:39380

The address, colon and all. Just paste that into the address spot and you should be golden.


That being said, I have never admin'd a TS3 server before, so expect everything to be a little screwey for a few days while I figure stuff out. I've currently divided the server into a public lobby section, as well as a section for Carrion Crow members and for people wanting to play games as a group (you should be able to create subchannels on the fly)

[Jackie Hawker]

casual team based competition? sign me up! I don't have a mic though, so might be a slight communications barrier, I'll try my best to follow any orders or suggestions from commanders/officers/teammates though

[Vulix]

Tecar, on 03 August 2012 - 09:43 PM, said:

casual team based competition? sign me up! I don't have a mic though, so might be a slight communications barrier, I'll try my best to follow any orders or suggestions from commanders/officers/teammates though

No problem; it would still be a good idea to get the teamspeak 3 client for when we play matches (so you can hear everyone and stuff), but having one to talk isn't required. Welcome aboard though! See you on our forums