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[Tesunie]

Should I (Lt Kataren, as that account is not worthy of posting here yet it seems) create the unit? If so, who would be interested in joining? What names are we thinking?

Here is the names I'm thinking:
Battletech Stock Mech Corps (BSMC)
Stock Lancers (SL)
Tiger's Claws (TCLW) (In honor of Tiger Lily basically starting this whole thing)

Any other concepts?

[HlynkaCG]

Some additional thoughts (in no particular order)...

• FSM: Factory Spec Mechs
  
• SMRL: Stock Mech Racing League
  
• BTCB: Battletech Canon Builds
  
• TRO: Technical Readouts
  
• TROO: Technical Readouts Online
  
• 3050: The year
  
• Mech: What you see is what you get
  
• BTRE: Battletech Re-Enactors
  
• CMO: Canon Mechs Only
  
• CGU: Come Get Us

ETA:
Of these I think I like "Battletech Re-Enactors (BTRE)" the most.

Edited by HlynkaCG, 02 September 2014 - 04:49 PM.

[Tesunie]

HlynkaCG, on 02 September 2014 - 04:47 PM, said:

Some additional thoughts (in no particular order)...

• TRO: Technical Readouts

I like this. TT fans would instantly know what TRO would mean... Very steeped in what we want to represent. So, if this is the tag we would use, what would be the name of the unit itself? I don't think "Technical Readouts" is exactly a compelling Unit name...

[HlynkaCG]

Tesunie, on 02 September 2014 - 04:17 PM, said:

Here is the names I'm thinking:
Battletech Stock Mech Corps (BSMC)

I think Stock Battlemech Corps (SBMC) rolls off the tongue a bit easier, course it could just be the marine in me.

[HlynkaCG]

Tesunie, on 02 September 2014 - 04:59 PM, said:

I like this. TT fans would instantly know what TRO would mean... Very steeped in what we want to represent. So, if this is the tag we would use, what would be the name of the unit itself? I don't think "Technical Readouts" is exactly a compelling Unit name...

Not sure what the unit name would be, it was just a thought.

The Tag doesn't have to match the name exactly, we could call the unit itself "The league of ordinary battlemechs" or some such nonsense and still use "TRO" as our tag.

[Tesunie]

HlynkaCG, on 02 September 2014 - 04:59 PM, said:

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I think Stock Battlemech Corps (SBMC) rolls off the tongue a bit easier, course it could just be the marine in me.

I'm liking a "Stock Battlemech Corps (TRO)" at the moment... but I'd kinda like the tags to match the unit name as well. So (SBMC) might be more preferred...


I'll wait till either someone else makes the unit for us, or a few more opinions come in...

[HlynkaCG]

Tesunie, on 02 September 2014 - 05:21 PM, said:

I'm liking a "Stock Battlemech Corps (TRO)" at the moment... but I'd kinda like the tags to match the unit name as well. So (SBMC) might be more preferred...

For what it's worth I second the "Stock Battlemech Corps (TRO)" motion

ETA:
We may also want to consider MechForce Classic or some variation there of, as a unit name, seeing as it is the title of our website.

Edited by HlynkaCG, 02 September 2014 - 06:02 PM.

[Tesunie]

You know... I'd have a better time playing stock mechs in PUG matches... if people could stop STANDING RIGHT BEHIND ME BLOCKING ME IN TO DIE AS THEIR MEAT SHIELD!


...


Sorry. Venting... Last match I was gimped by a teammate who seemed to like my backside paint job too much... as an enemy Atlas made his own art on the front of my mech... Oh well. Nature of PUGing. Nature of a new account I guess too.



Edit: Did you know a single Gauss could also kill a Stock Locust? To the CT? Neither did I till now... I should have hidden better.

Edited by Tesunie, 02 September 2014 - 07:56 PM.

[HlynkaCG]

Tesunie, on 02 September 2014 - 07:36 PM, said:

You know... I'd have a better time playing stock mechs in PUG matches... if people could stop STANDING RIGHT BEHIND ME BLOCKING ME IN TO DIE AS THEIR MEAT SHIELD!


...


Sorry. Venting... Last match I was gimped by a teammate who seemed to like my backside paint job too much... as an enemy Atlas made his own art on the front of my mech... Oh well. Nature of PUGing. Nature of a new account I guess too.



Edit: Did you know a single Gauss could also kill a Stock Locust? To the CT? Neither did I till now... I should have hidden better.

Forest Colony, Conquest, around 20:00 PST?

[Alistair Winter]

Tesunie, on 02 September 2014 - 04:59 PM, said:

I like this. TT fans would instantly know what TRO would mean... Very steeped in what we want to represent. So, if this is the tag we would use, what would be the name of the unit itself? I don't think "Technical Readouts" is exactly a compelling Unit name...

I guess my opinion isn't worth much, since I've never participated in Stock mechm ondays, but I agree with this logic. It's better to have a tag that people recognise and understand, than a bunch of letters people won't notice unless they know it from the forums.

[TRO] and [3050] are great suggestions, in this regard.

[IraqiWalker]

Alistair Winter, on 03 September 2014 - 02:10 AM, said:

I guess my opinion isn't worth much, since I've never participated in Stock mechm ondays, but I agree with this logic. It's better to have a tag that people recognise and understand, than a bunch of letters people won't notice unless they know it from the forums.

[TRO] and [3050] are great suggestions, in this regard.

You know what would solve your predicament? Playing Stock Mech Mondays (or any of the other stock mech events if they are more convenient)

[Alistair Winter]

IraqiWalker, on 03 September 2014 - 03:37 AM, said:

You know what would solve your predicament? Playing Stock Mech Mondays (or any of the other stock mech events if they are more convenient)

When do the European guys play? If I may be so bold, perhaps the OP in this thread should have all the most recent updates? Or do you just handle everything on a day-to-day basis?

[Sergey Kosinskiy]

http://mechforceclas...njin.com/events

[Tesunie]

HlynkaCG, on 02 September 2014 - 10:28 PM, said:

Forest Colony, Conquest, around 20:00 PST?

Don't know. Whenever I posted that up (and edited it for the Locust FYI...).

You know, it has been so long since someone did that to me... I almost forgot the frustration it causes! Lt Kataren seems to have a ways to go before his Elo is set at a level where that slows down... I don't know if that's a good thing, or if it's a bad thing that my other account is at that Elo level (locked till Cadet bonus is finished last I recalled).

I do know when I'm done with Cadet Bonus, I'm going to create a "New User Experience Feedback" thread with my other account. Just don't know were to place such a thread? General topics? Patch feedback (which will get closed on Friday)?

[A banana in the tailpipe]

I took the liberty of reserving [MNSL] (Monday Night Stock League) in-case you guys want to use it.

[Lt Kataren]

Now that I'm out of the academy (I passed with flying colors by the way, top of the class!), I'm here and reporting for duty.
I come with my two currently assigned mechs, Little Tornado (Locust 1M) and Weatherman (4J). (Let's just say, my forecast for the enemy is sunny, with a chance of rain. LRM RAIN!)

So, now that it's all official, and I can now post anywhere on the forums with this account...

lockwoodx, on 03 September 2014 - 11:38 AM, said:

I took the liberty of reserving [MNSL] (Monday Night Stock League) in-case you guys want to use it.

I'm thinking [TRO] would be best... (No offense.)

[Rhaythe]

Another vote for TRO here.

[RF Greywolf]

Just a heads up. ThatDamnWolf has started his training and shall join the unit when he hs finished his cadet boot camp.

[IraqiWalker]

Alistair Winter, on 03 September 2014 - 07:19 AM, said:

When do the European guys play? If I may be so bold, perhaps the OP in this thread should have all the most recent updates? Or do you just handle everything on a day-to-day basis?

Sergey kosinskiy, on 03 September 2014 - 08:01 AM, said:

http://mechforceclas...njin.com/events

That's the schedule.

[Carl Avery]

Guys, it took me 800 matches to master all the weight classes on my stock account. Eight hundred miserable matches of getting my teeth kicked in while unlocking sub-par 'mechs. Think carefully before you do this to yourselves. : )

(Granted, you don't need to master the classes for the current stock event; you only need to elite them. However, you never know when that master slot might be necessary -- the suggested Sunday one did allow modules, which would mean needing to master for maximum effect.)

Edited by Carl Avery, 04 September 2014 - 05:35 PM.