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#1 Deadfire

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Posted 27 April 2013 - 03:32 PM

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228th INDEPENDENT BATTLEMECH REGIMENT

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The 228th Independent Battlemech Regiment, or 228th IBR for short, is a Star League styled Merc Corp. We are what remains of the 326th Battlemech Division that chose not to depart with the rest of the SLDF in the Exodus. The 228th stayed to defend the Inner Sphere from the pirates, war criminals, and terrorists during the devastating civil war that took place soon after.

Decades of civil war without the support of any of the Great Houses left the 228th severely depleted of resources,mechs, and pilots. The remaining pilots that upheld the ideals of the Star League were dwindling in supply.

Finally, left with only a handful of idealistic pilots and a few old mechs from a forgotten Star League supply cache, the remnants of the 228th were approached by Comstar. They formed a Mercenary unit sponsored by Comstar, and resumed combat training and operations.

There was only one condition: Continue to uphold the integrity, traditions and culture of the Star League.

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The 228th IBR is founded and run by people that aim create a unique group for people to have fun in competitive play with. Employing the experience gained from the formation of past units in many other games, the 228th IBR represents what an MWO unit should be about: teamwork, fun, and blowing stuff up.

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Posted Image We Have Experience
Coming from a long history of strategy and simulation gaming, our senior members have gained significant experience in unit organization, clan relations, and other such unit-based wet-work. Our experience has also taught us to not fall into stagnation and complacency.

We're an experienced start-up, with a rare mix of both know-how and adaptability that our members are expected to maintain. From the top-down, this allows us to maintain a stable and functioning framework for our members to operate without disorganization, drama, and raging lunatics.

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While we are a highly competitive unit we strive to be supportive of new players as well. We value quality over quantity and focus on being a reliable, mature, and loyal group. We are an exclusive group of exceptional individuals that come together to blow stuff up, and we are looking for people who fit that profile.

Posted Image We Serve our MWO Community
The 228th IBR is a founding member of The Mercenary Star Coalition whose focus is in aiding not just the competitive community, but the community as a whole though information, articles, video media, TS3, competitive leagues and more.

Posted Image Decorated with Valor
Our unit is highly competitive and always strives to be the best. It is in this endeavor that we have found quickly ourselves as one of the premiere competitive units. Our competitive achievements include: First place in both Unit and Faction in Marik Civil War Season 2, as well as first place in Proxis for the Pirates. Currently we are seeking a repeat performance in Marik Civil War Season 3 as well as a strong showing in RHOD Season 3.

Posted Image We Had Fun Once, and It Was Awesome
We aren't some pseudo mil-sim unit that emphasizes illogical gameplay styles modeled after a real-world military unit and we won't force you to do regularly scheduled menial practice drills just for the sake of it.

However, we are not a casual unit either; we are composed of players skilled and mature enough that the unrelenting weight of a draconian clan framework is unnecessary. Our training has purpose. Our rank structure has meaning. Our natural ability to adapt and overcome is unparallelled.

Above all, we play games to have fun.


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Posted 30 April 2013 - 07:35 AM

Since it seems like you're going to remain fairly small (quality over quantity, right?), what time zone(s) do you have the most players in? So far I've seen nobody at all in your NGNG TeamSpeak channel (the AFK and NGNGTV channels don't count). I was lurking several hours last night in other channels and just now as I got home from class.

Edit: Also, is the "Star League style" stuff just fluff, or is there actually something to it? Is it organizational, role play stuff, or more in-depth than that?

Edited by Durant Carlyle, 30 April 2013 - 07:40 AM.


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Posted 30 April 2013 - 08:33 AM

View PostDurant Carlyle, on 30 April 2013 - 07:35 AM, said:

Since it seems like you're going to remain fairly small (quality over quantity, right?), what time zone(s) do you have the most players in? So far I've seen nobody at all in your NGNG TeamSpeak channel (the AFK and NGNGTV channels don't count). I was lurking several hours last night in other channels and just now as I got home from class.

Edit: Also, is the "Star League style" stuff just fluff, or is there actually something to it? Is it organizational, role play stuff, or more in-depth than that?


"Fairly small" is a relative term. Unlike some groups, we don't aim to have numbers reaching hundreds or thousands of players, but unlike others, we aren't happy with only have a handful of players that are active.

Ideally, I expect that we will cap our roster in a way that allows us to field at least three 8-man groups on an average night.

This is a relatively new group, so we are in the very early stages of growth. The players that make up the group are all active MWO players. We mostly play Tuesday - Saturday, so reaching some of us on a Monday can be difficult, and there are a few of us that have other duties with NGNG itself.

Furthermore, MWO is not the only game that we will support. There are numerous games that our members play, and while we will not be supporting a vast majority of them, there are a few that we will support as a group. As far as not seeing anyone in the channel, I was in the squad channel with some of our members for the better part of 6 hours last night.

The Star League style we talk about is related to how we expect our members to conduct themselves while playing MWO; with Honor, Loyalty, and Commitment.

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Posted 30 April 2013 - 09:58 AM

View PostSyllogy, on 30 April 2013 - 08:33 AM, said:

As far as not seeing anyone in the channel, I was in the squad channel with some of our members for the better part of 6 hours last night.

Yeah, "last night" is relative. Mine is likely later than yours.

Anyway, seems like a good core of a unit. Good luck with your recruiting!

#5 Deadfire

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Posted 08 May 2013 - 01:45 PM

Bump ;)

#6 Deadfire

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Posted 18 May 2013 - 11:44 AM

Welcome our newest pilots!

panicbutton
Kylewithasmile
Biggieboy
Defunked
MrOp

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Posted 24 May 2013 - 06:36 PM

Welcome to our new Pilots!

Maelas
Vercinix
Greatwolfe
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Posted 24 May 2013 - 07:24 PM

I played Commander Shepard in a video game and this is my Favorite Regiment on the Citadel.




Cheers.

#9 Deadfire

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Posted 28 May 2013 - 10:37 PM

Welcome to our new Pilots!

synner76
Rhin0

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Posted 02 June 2013 - 10:40 AM

Welcome to our new Pilots!

Omigir
Rez Kalamari
ohheLp
zarglight
Dispiritor
TheFoxyShortBus

Still looking for more in light of the Marik Campaign Season 2 is starting up very soon

#11 Deadfire

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Posted 08 June 2013 - 07:15 PM

Welcome to our new pilots:

Bigsheist
Razial
Meltoff
Queenblade
TheDA

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Posted 24 June 2013 - 05:54 PM

Welcome to our new pilots:

R13
Pikachar
gmfaux
Quinnage
Goth5150

We are still looking for Pilots for the upcoming Marik Campaign Season 2!

#13 Deadfire

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Posted 28 June 2013 - 03:59 PM


This was a bunch of fun drops done after a scrim done between the 228th IBR and the Swords of Kentares merc groups. Enjoy!

00:40: Trial Atlaswarrior Online
06:00: Trail Hunchbackwarrior Online
07:20: The Killing of the Losing Commander, via 126 medium lasers.
08:00: The Brawl is on!
11:00: Trial Spiderwarrior Online

#14 Deadfire

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Posted 30 June 2013 - 10:09 AM

Hey all just wanted to bump with that we have been running practices and 8 mans featured on NGNGtv's twitch stream. Though as we mostly playing late night in the PST times, so it may be too late for some. In addition in running in the newer Marik Campaign we are always looking to work with other units for matches, or just friendly practices with.

Hit us up on NGNG's TS, Private PM here, or on our website.

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Posted 03 July 2013 - 08:23 PM

^ we scrim talk to deadfire for more info

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Posted 05 July 2013 - 07:11 PM

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Posted 05 July 2013 - 07:12 PM

bump

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Posted 08 July 2013 - 11:45 PM

speed bump

#19 Deadfire

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Posted 12 July 2013 - 03:11 PM

With 12v12 coming, we are looking more competive members, however causals are accepted as well. We are playing 8s almost every night starting around 10pm EST / 7 PST and onwards.

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Posted 16 July 2013 - 01:47 PM

In addition to what Deadfire said above we have had a massive amount of advancements from our members into their roles in the 228th including a few new officers. In addition with our Corp’s large and ever growing size we have moved to our own TS3 server to help us stay more organised (though we still frequent the NGNG Outreach Server). Also we have neglected to name a wealth of our newer/newest members so here comes the list: Demolition Dingo, Irvine, Simon Osis, Dranume, Conduitx, Syldria, Titan Osis, ROFLwaffle49, Ragnar Ironarm, Seiferous, and Kiryn.

Edited by Vercinix, 16 July 2013 - 01:48 PM.






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