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[Glory in the Highest]

Feared. Tenacious. Victorious. Indomitable.

Steel Jaguar is a collection of competitive gamers who are as dedicated to victory and the play-to-win philosophy as they are to each other. Alongside holding themselves to a very high skill standard, +SJR+ members take pride in maintaining a level of respect for each other and for their opponents. +SJR+ is not just a gaming team, it has become a family of like-minded competitors - hence the tongue-in-cheek moniker by which initiates of the team are identified: "Jagbro". Jagbro culture operates by a simple code - "Be excellent to each other, and shoot robots."

Reborn from the ashes of its decade-old MechWarrior 4 incarnation, +SJR+ began a new reign in November 2011. From the first moment following MechWarrior Online's announcement, +SJR+ members made themselves active in the community by promoting competition and the need for a league scene in MechWarrior Online.

Originally known as Smoke Jaguar Reborn, the team made a decision in May, 2012: to abandon BattleTech roleplay in the unit's identity, and to embrace a unique identity. The team remodeled itself from the ground up, to mimic the structure of modern successful pro-gaming teams, and Steel Jaguar was born. This enabled the team to retain its decade-old "tags", +SJR+, but to forge forward without any copyright issues or conflicts of interest with other teams. This allowed +SJR+ pursue its main goal as a MechWarrior Online competitive team: to be the very best in the game.

As the MWO community grew, +SJR+ made the creation and promotion of a true competitive community its mission, and to further this end founded the premiere MechWarrior Online competitive league - Run Hot or Die.


Launch Event Tournament

• Team Tiger, led by +SJR+ JagerXII emerged champions, after facing Team Cobra, led by +SJR+ Magician, in the now-famous match that literally came down to the wire.

Run Hot or Die

• Season 1: In Run Hot or Die Season 1, +SJR+ finished undefeated in the regular season in both its North American and European divisions, and entered both NA and EU Playoffs as first seed. +SJR+ was the only team to have both its EU and NA divisions reach the Playoffs. +SJR+ NA ended up defeating Paragon in the championship match in the Loser’s Bracket, after having lost to KaoS in the winner’s bracket finals. SJR would have faced KaoS in the championship match, but KaoS withdrew from competition prior to the end of the season.
  
• Season 2: Champions RHOD European Division (10 teams)
  Champions RHOD North American Division (23 teams)

The Invitational

• Invitational Season 1 Champions (16 teams) – Feb 24, 2014
  
• Invitational Season 2 Champions (12 teams) – Aug 14, 2014

Last Mech Standing

• Season 1: Champions of LMS EU Division.
  
• Season 2: Champions of LMS NA Division – Dec 2, 2013
  Champions of LMS EU Division – Jan 20, 2014

Marik Civil War

• 1st Place Season 2 pre-season tournament.
  
• 1st Place Trial of Position Tournament
  
• Season 3: 1st place faction (with 2 other teams) and #1 team overall

Steel Jaguar is a highly competitive team. We will consider only members who share our competitive hunger and our dedication to success, teamwork, and personal skill improvement. We expect a high level of activity and attendance as well as a positive, goal-oriented attitude. We will consider individuals who meet the following criteria:

• Age 18+ only
  
• English speaking
  
• TeamSpeak 3 and microphone
  
• Computer currently able to run MechWarrior Online at a high FPS
  
• High level of activity, especially during 9-11 PM EST, Sunday-Thursday
  
• Greater than 2.0 overall KDR
  
• Knowledge of current ”meta” builds
  
• Play-to-Win mindset
  
• Positive, team-oriented attitude
  
• Willing to buy MC as needed in order to keep up, competitively

We are extremely selective, so put some time and thought into your application. If you put no effort into your application, we will expend no effort on reviewing it. The application will automatically post to a private board where all current members of +SJR+ can view it and state their opinions.

Do you think you have what it takes to be a Jag?

Questions? Visit us:Chat: irc.sjrgaming.com #steeljaguar ( Webchat )

Edited by Glory, 02 October 2014 - 07:50 AM.

[Eagle HH]

Badass kitteh on the prowl.

[Meth0s]

Seeking competitive gamers. Apply within.

[Eagle vFv]

grrawr awrr!

[Glory in the Highest]

Eagle Furey, on 29 May 2012 - 03:43 PM, said:

grrawr awrr!

Look out it's a jaguar!

[Eagle vFv]

You know, I was thinking a little bit about how MWO might play out and something came to me. If Merc Corp units are going to be battling for planets, one of the most important aspect to the success of a Merc Corp unit will have to be its ability to win battles. This is a must whether attacking OR defending. So I will just put it out there that the successful Merc Corps will not be the ones that boast numbers, rather the ones that are able to bring the better fight to the battlefield.

For anyone that wants to be a part of a successful Merc Corp not in boasting numbers but in superior team coordination we are the team you need to join.

[Meth0s]

We are still recruiting people who are interested in playing MWO competitively. With open beta nearing, we are working to be as prepared as possible to hit the ground running. If you want to be a part of that, please apply.

Edited by MethosFurey, 03 June 2012 - 03:30 PM.

[Glory in the Highest]

[Meth0s]

Other than our competitive experience with MW4, we also have members with competitive experience in Call of Duty, Battlefield, Command and Conquer, World of Warcraft, Doom 3, Unreal Tournament 4, and more. If you've played competitive before, whether a video game or on a physical sport, you know what it takes to try to be the best. And you also know that it can be frustrating to be around people who aren't as focused as you are. That is why we are recruiting specifically for competitive-minded people.

If you are new to competitive play, but you are thinking that maybe you want to play a game and try to be a top player/team, then I highly encourage you to give us a serious look. Perhaps you are wary about the attitudes that occur in a competitive team. We don't allow the negativity here. The best teams that have ever played e-sports (or any type of sport for that matter), have understood that you need to get along, you need to be willing to fight for each other.

I take gaming seriously because its what I enjoy doing. I enjoy trying to figure out how to improve, how to win. I enjoy trying to work with a team to get better. I enjoy that feeling of flow, when the team is just reacting and responding as a unified being. I enjoy the intense matches against other top players/teams.

[Meth0s]

This is one part of our vision statement:

Players are aimed at the long-term mastery of the game. Mastery is not based on winning or losing, but in how one plays the game. One can win ugly, and lose while playing extremely well. Mastery does not mean that one is the very best, but means that one has great knowledge and skill. Mastery takes time, lots of time, years. The popular idea of these days is that it takes 10,000 hours of performing a skill to become a master. That's a lot of time in a cockpit.

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More can be found here: http://www.sjrgaming...p?page=page3108

Edited by MethosFurey, 07 June 2012 - 03:43 AM.

[Glory in the Highest]

Happy Friday. Here's hoping for more Beta keys before the weekend!

[Meth0s]

So maybe you caught the MLG Pro live streams this past weekend from their tournament in Anaheim. And maybe you are thinking that being a 'pro gamer' has an appeal. Okay, so MWO isn't on MLG pro circuit, and who knows if there will ever be money tournaments, but if you want to play with other competitive-minded people, who have the desire and motivation to be a top team, then check us out at SJRGaming.com

Edited by MethosFurey, 11 June 2012 - 02:30 PM.

[Glory in the Highest]

What? Play a video game with the end goal of winning?

Get a life.

[Billy Taylor]

And I thought you lot were funny as SJR.

[Glory in the Highest]

Billy Taylor, on 14 June 2012 - 04:30 AM, said:

And I thought you lot were funny as SJR.

Still funny, still SJR.

[ScrewCityChris]

Great group of people!

[Glory in the Highest]

ScrewCityChris, on 14 June 2012 - 09:12 PM, said:

Great group of people!

Well thank you, Chris! You gentlemen and ladies in SoR are fantastic yourselves.

[Meth0s]

Thanks Chris.

So earlyaccess is delayed a bit, as well as Community Warfare, but we will play in whatever way we can, so that we can be ready for when things get real

Edited by MethosFurey, 16 June 2012 - 10:26 AM.

[Glory in the Highest]

We are getting close to closing down our open application-based recruitment for the North American division, and moving toward personal invitation only to fill our last few slots. Don't wait too long or you might find yourself waiting even longer.

[Flashfyre]

Glory, on 18 June 2012 - 06:29 PM, said:

We are getting close to closing down our open application-based recruitment for the North American division, and moving toward personal invitation only to fill our last few slots. Don't wait too long or you might find yourself waiting even longer.

Good thing I slipped through the cracks before you started weeding out the riff-raff!

Oh, and uh...RAWR