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[Dakkonn]

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[Vertous]

In 2002 i think i seen my dad playing mechcommander 2 i loved the way the catapults walked and the reincarnation of mechs when the salvage craft hovered above the battlefield. But most of all i loved the LONG TOM ARTILLERY PIECES that you can put in the mechs although that in the battle tech universe is unreal.

[WTFClock]

Vertous, on 13 February 2012 - 08:48 AM, said:

In 2002 i think i seen my dad playing mechcommander 2 i loved the way the catapults walked and the reincarnation of mechs when the salvage craft hovered above the battlefield. But most of all i loved the LONG TOM ARTILLERY PIECES that you can put in the mechs although that in the battle tech universe is unreal.

Mehcommander was never fun for me-I was too young to understand most of it. :S

[Simon Osis]

well its funny with me the first time i played a MW game was MW2 but i only played a few time cuz the comp i was trying to use was crap so i lost interest, an then one day years after trying to play MW2 i went to a buddys house an he was playing a game that i hadnt seen he play befor an when i asked he said he was playing MechAssult i instinly made the conetion with MW2 an run to the store to get it, though it was not what i rememberd of MW2 it was still fun wasnt a simulator based like MW2 but was still a good game, so i play the hell out of that till MA2 came out at witch point i found a clan to take me in an show me the ropes of how to b realy dam good in a mech so i became a "Smoke Jaguar" an climed the ranks to Star Colone an we devistated every one on that game it was incredable but then the next gen consules came out an the game slowly died off since it was a Xbox an not a Xbox 360 game...so to qwench my thurst for mech battleing i went to amazon.com an bought MW4 mercs/black knight/vengence an played the hell out of those till my lil brother got pissed at my one day an burnt all of my mech games but i had played MW4 for like 3 years an wanted to wait to get back in to it when they came out with a new onw witch most seqels come out every 2-3 maybe even 4 years but here we are a decade latter.......*****!

Edited by Simon Osis, 13 February 2012 - 04:43 PM.

[GargoyleKDR]

1984. Battledroids (aka BattleTech, 1st Edition)

[ilikain]

1988 when I saw a friend's brother playing Crescent Hawk's inception... Other that Dungeon Master, that was probably the game that I was the most obsessed with, and for the longest time...

I can't play it now, tried after MWO was announced, but I played through that game soooo many times...

I have been playing the TT and MW titles ever since... Oh, and the 3 or so times that I made it out to the pods in the San Fransisco area ... EPIC!

Edit: Forgot to mention the novels... Yeah, read too many of those... I can't remember which book it was, but there was one with the description of an assassin's bullet as it flew through the air... It involved all the physics, aerodynamics and a myriad other factors that I found fascinating.

Edited by ilikain, 15 February 2012 - 08:29 PM.

[Maris]

Yes its not that great but the Battletech cartoon got me into it.

Then, the MW2 game came out and I was like, hey, isn't that the robot from that cartoon?! I GOT TO HAVE IT! Made my dad buy it for me and happily "mechwarrioring" ever since!

[Vanidor]

I played battletech back in the 1980's at least 25 years ago. I wish I could remember the exact date. I played the game with friends of mine at Grand Forks AFB, ND in 1986-7. Later, the Amiga had the first online game which was identical to the game board of battletech but you could move the mechs yourself. Loved that game.
I played all the later battletech/mechwarrior games and even the battle pods in NYC in some arcade near Times Square. I can't wait for this game to come out.

[Deux]

I got hooked back in 86 when i picked up the first Gray Death Novel...when lead to the Role Playing game and it was allll down hill from there.

Edited by deux, 15 February 2012 - 09:30 PM.

[lsp]

I cant even remember the name of the game it was such a long time ago. It was the 90's, it was the rts style game mech commander maybe? I was real young my uncle and grandfather were into them. I'm not and never was really into the lore and all that stuff and the last mech warrior game I can remember playing is one of the third person ones for xbox. Off topic they were also into warhammer 40k which I got way more into. Actually used to play the TT version of that which is funny cause I was not one of the nerdy kids through growing up.(Just liked building painting the mini's.)

Edited by lsp, 15 February 2012 - 09:47 PM.

[Brakkyn]

I played one of the games for the Super NES. I believe it was "MechWarrior 3050". I could not comprehend the game at all and never knew what the heck I was doing.

Years later, memories of that game came back to me. I would remember bits and pieces--something about Jade Falcon and a computerized voice saying the names of weapons: "Inferno", "autocannon", "PPC", "Gauss rifle" (pronounced "gauze"). I remember driving a Mad Cat and trying to kill stuff, always having to pick up coolant or I would blow up...and as I said before, never really understanding what I was doing.

That was my original introduction, and I never got back into it until I played a demo for "MechWarrior 3", but this was only after hearing about "MechWarrior 4: Vengeance" from a pal.

I started buying up MechWarrior games left and right: all of the MechWarrior 4 series, MechWarrior 3 Gold, the Titanium Trilogy, MechCommander 2, and a free download of MechCommander Gold. I've been a moderate/purist fan ever since without ever laying a hand on the tabletop game.

[Bebo]

I was maybe 7 years old. Got MW2 for my older brothers playstation. Proceeded to get MW2: Mercs for PC, buy the table top game, ccgs, books, MW3, MW4, and now i'm here. Battletech is my all time favorite franchise, a couple years ago I was able to watch the entire animated series.

[Pht]

1999, with Mechwarrior 3, is when I got into MW.

[Dezereus]

I got into this around age 10. My school at the time had 3 battletech novels in the library and once I read the first one I was hooked. Tracked down more books as I went along, played MW 2, 3, 4 and mechcommander (gold I think, but I can't remember). Besides my younger brother to a lesser degree; I really don't know anyone into BattleTech, but I have convinced several of my friends to take the plunge on this game whenever it comes out.

Ever since I first started reading the novels I've loved BattleTech, but it is also the source of my greatest frustration! I own two of the "Blood of Kerensky" Trilogy... Curse you "Lost Destiny" and your elusiveness!

[GodzillaGalactusGodmode]

1995, it actually came with my IBM computer when I bought it.

[Vicious Grin]

I don’t know what kind of Monday you’re having, but I’m having one that sounds like the sigh an old armchair makes when you sit in it, like exasperation is too much effort, and instead deflating despondency is all that can be enunciated. And then boom Mechwarrior. Mechwarrior 2 was my foray back in the day, I’ve moved more to stratedgy gaming, Total War. While Total War has been fine, it’s getting a little tedious, so bring on the Mechs. Mechwarrior 4 was pretty toasty if I remember rightly, so I can only imagine what’s going to happen with this, great potential.

[Dirk Le Daring]

G'day I remember having the boxed Battletech with the folding cardboard mech prints on them, but not the year, pretty close to release, did not play it much though , not many to play with. I then reencountered Mechwarrior as Mechwarrior 2 and loved it....still do Netmech was my very first online gaming experience, was the best , beers and Netmech with friends on the weekend. I am very much looking foreward to Mechwarrior Online. ........... oh and thanks to all who are making it happen



and it is what got me into computers

Edited by Dirk Le Daring, 19 February 2012 - 08:27 PM.

[Arnold Carns]

1997. I played MW 2 on the PS One. Had to get it fixed for the usage of US games because it was a PAL console. When I finally got my first PC in '98, I played it again and also all the following titles, GBL, MW2: Mercs, etc. I even got a copy of the very first MechWarrior from Activision and played it whole through. Nice game!
Today, I'm waiting for MW:O, just that excited as I was when I went to the store to pick up my altered PS One to finally start to play MechWarrior 2!
Is it already Summer yet!?

With BattleTech itself I got hooked up when the RPG/Boardgame wave swapped over Europe and FanPro published the german edition of BT in 1989.

Edited by Arnold Carns, 19 February 2012 - 08:37 PM.

[Nathan K]

For me, it was with MW2. When I saw that Timberwolf on the box cover, it was love at first sight.

[Scotty Sotken]

Ahh. For me it was back in Mech Warrior 2. The good old days. A buddy of mine had the Titanium Trilogy, and I just loved playing it with him, so I had to get a copy of MW2. Tossed straight in to the clans. Clan wolf has always held a soft spot for me. Something about those matches that were just excellent. I was... probably 8 or 9 at the time... But I still remember that sexy voice telling you the planet, temperature, your weapons online, and that all systems were nominal (come on... you know that disembodied voice was great) I sure hope that they include the invasion of the clans at some point. Running the battle of Tukayyid (spelling?) would be AWESOME!