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Galaxy Commander Stephen Ward

Member Since 18 Jul 2012
Offline Last Active Feb 22 2013 02:26 PM
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In Topic: Age Poll

21 August 2012 - 06:04 PM

First a moment of silence in the honor of Thorgar Wulfson's wife.

It is great to see a some what even age span. I was shocked at first by the TT numbers. Then after reading some posts I totally forgot about Mechwarrior 1,2,3,4, Commander.

I also like knowing there are other married folks out there play MWO and other games.

Regarding the Alienware. I did a Cost analyst on building my own (which I have done several times in the past) After adding the following up, time+money+resources, I determined an Alienware PC was the path for me. While I was a skeptic at first. All and all I am please with my purchase.
Good hunting

In Topic: Age Poll

21 August 2012 - 04:40 PM

View PostCrimson Chaos, on 21 August 2012 - 10:38 AM, said:

You need a selection for "divorced" for those of us whose wives made us choose between them and gaming.

Ask and you shale receive. I did the same thing with my first wife. She told me to grow up and spend more time serving god.

In Topic: So... can you just play this game instead of living it?

19 August 2012 - 10:24 AM

View PostTexashawk, on 18 August 2012 - 10:48 PM, said:

Wow... thanks for all the replies. It's good to know there are some relatively 'old farts' on here (I fondly remember playing MW2 when I was in college - first game I ever upgraded my computer to play!) So I think I will be getting in on the beta; even though it's FTP (which as an old-school gamer is a concept I abhor in theory, but that's another post entirely and it seems MWO may steer clear of my main burns in this regard)

One follow-up question: Can you play this game 'lone wolf' part-time and still be part of a lance/unit when desired? I have a sinking feeling that I'll want to play this a lot once I get the hang of it, and I especially like the tactical and strategic part of working as a unit to achieve objectives as opposed to a free-for-all. That being said, I'd still want to practice in 'open' matches since there is no offline component (that I've seen; perhaps I've missed something).

We should take an age poll. Because my hypothesis is the mean age is between 30 and 42. Like you my youth was spent living in the BT world. Now I'm married, management level position at a large company, full time grad student for psychology, and researching my dissertation. I still have time to fit a few games in.
Welcome to the club of married folks with awesome spouses that don't mind the other playing their childhood dream...piloting a mech!!!

In Topic: Word of Blake/nukes

03 August 2012 - 12:38 PM

We should focus on the real game. The game is 3048 why have WoB enter the picture. While I understand some would have fun with this. I think we all learned from Battlefield 2112 metaweapons don't work. They make the game completely about getting those weapons rather then the tactics of warfare.