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[Sergey Kosinskiy]

Tesunie, on 12 January 2015 - 05:53 PM, said:

Sorry to hear that. Always fun playing with you (even if I can only understand most of what you say and not all of it). We'll have to see if we can adjust the event to a better time for everyone. Maybe Tuesday? I have all day Tuesday off myself, and could play much earlier matches then...

Thank you. Well time for me is not great, but i can do it, if i dont have to work this day. So no complains from me about time.

Sorry for English:)

Edited by Sergey Kosinskiy, 13 January 2015 - 06:26 AM.

[Tesunie]

Sergey Kosinskiy, on 13 January 2015 - 06:26 AM, said:

Thank you. Well time for me is not great, but i can do it, if i dont have to work this day. So no complains from me about time.

Sorry for English:)

If Tuesday will work better for people, I'm all for the change. We haven't had a SMM since CW was released. There was only one other person in the TS waiting for SMM . This tells me that we need a change. If Mondays are not working so well anymore, then we need to change it. But, I think we need to find out if we still have enough people interested in it.

I see these are objectives right now:
- Find out who is still interested in this event.
- If they are no longer interested in this event, maybe find out why and see if it's something we can correct. (We may need to ban certain mechs due to quirks?)
- We need to find out what times those who are interested can possibly join. Then select a new time that benefits as many people as possible. We need to look to the larger sections of the group, and will never be able to cater to everyone's time table. Sadly, some people will just end up being excluded due to time constraints, but if it keeps SMM going...
- We need to drop the false pretense that this is a NA centric event. It is no longer (and I don't think it ever was intended to be) rotated around NA players only. This does nothing but drive division between our members, and I think I see some hurt feelings over this attitude. We are a group. It's about time we started to act like one.


One thing I think needs to change, we need to not plan these events near the end of a CW attack phase. At least till the attack phase times are changed again... I think we've lost so many people because CW attack phase times (best times to play) conflict with SMM run times.



To start (and sorry if it's all in US Eastern times):
- I'm available almost any day of the week, after 9 pm.
- I have currently Tuesday and Friday off. But I'm not a morning person, so you wont see me on here till around 1 pm.
- Saturday I can't get on at all. The whole day is taken with other commitments.
- I don't have Premium time on my Stock Mech account... and I'm too broke to afford it at this time. (Basically, I'm expendable.)

[Sergey Kosinskiy]

I am still interested in SMM, and stock event in general. BUT! I work 3 day, after 3. so when i dont have to work, i will be there on TS, if i have to work, sorry i just cant make it, all of the stock event is very early in the morning for me, abot 5 or 6 in the morning. Premium time for me isn't a problem. I have a lot of it.
Sorry for English.

Edited by Sergey Kosinskiy, 13 January 2015 - 12:01 PM.

[Alaskan Nobody]

Tesunie, on 13 January 2015 - 10:01 AM, said:

I see these are objectives right now:
- Find out who is still interested in this event.

I am VERY interested. (been converting more of my mechs - such as my Adders and Locusts - over to stock)

But my schedule is extremely erratic (as is my sense of time)
So there is no way for me to know when I will be available
(Most weeks lately I have - but have missed the timing )

[Tesunie]

So far (and I know we haven't give this much time yet), but three does not a playable group make... We'll give more time for responses, but so far what would Tuesday around 3-4 pm Eastern sound to people? Should land after patching and shouldn't be near any projected attack phase times. Or is this going in the opposite direction for you Sergey?
3 PM for me would be 11 AM for Shar and (if in same timezone as Moscow) 11 PM for Sergey... Seems a little late for Sergey.

Maybe Tuesday wont work (at the moment), as if we plan it sooner the patch will get in the way. Later and Sergey has a very late night... Suggestions?


PS @ Sergey: Your written English is fine. Your verbal English is good, just accented which can make it difficult to understand sometimes (typically when distracted by combat). Mind, only sometimes (and no offense is meant). Either way, there is no reason to apologize. It's all good.

[BarHaid]

I'll chime in. I hope to have a new computer in a couple months, and then I'll be available most any night past 8:00 PM pacific time. I'm not just lurking here, I swear!

[IraqiWalker]

I'm interested, but I do have problems making the times.

[Tesunie]

IraqiWalker, on 14 January 2015 - 08:57 PM, said:

I'm interested, but I do have problems making the times.

Any specific days/times that would work best for you? Right now, we are seeing what day/time will work best for the most people who are interested.

[IraqiWalker]

Tesunie, on 14 January 2015 - 09:10 PM, said:

Any specific days/times that would work best for you? Right now, we are seeing what day/time will work best for the most people who are interested.

It's best if you guys design the times around your schedules, as my schedule is anything but stable.

[Sergey Kosinskiy]

Tesunie, on 14 January 2015 - 03:11 PM, said:

So far (and I know we haven't give this much time yet), but three does not a playable group make... We'll give more time for responses, but so far what would Tuesday around 3-4 pm Eastern sound to people? Should land after patching and shouldn't be near any projected attack phase times. Or is this going in the opposite direction for you Sergey?
3 PM for me would be 11 AM for Shar and (if in same timezone as Moscow) 11 PM for Sergey... Seems a little late for Sergey.

Maybe Tuesday wont work (at the moment), as if we plan it sooner the patch will get in the way. Later and Sergey has a very late night... Suggestions?


PS @ Sergey: Your written English is fine. Your verbal English is good, just accented which can make it difficult to understand sometimes (typically when distracted by combat). Mind, only sometimes (and no offense is meant). Either way, there is no reason to apologize. It's all good.

Well Tuesday will work as much as any other day, when i have work, i probably cant make it, if i dont have to work, i can make it. Hmm, but if it gonna be 11PM, which for me is totaly fine.... yeah i probably can do 11PM even when i have to work, just not for 4 hours, something like 1 or 2 hours of play if i have work this day.
Basicly what i wanna say, for me this is as perfect as it can be.
But the main question what about other?

[Rhaythe]

Russ mentioned the possibility of adding a Stock Match button to private matches as a result of these Urban Mech sales. He said he wants to see 12v12 urbie stock battles.

That. Would. Rock.

[Alaskan Nobody]

IraqiWalker, on 14 January 2015 - 10:39 PM, said:

It's best if you guys design the times around your schedules, as my schedule is anything but stable.

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[General Taskeen]

With my many obligations outside this game and absence from playing in a while, I'm curious how has the population been? I'm assuming that's why a different day is being requested?

[Tesunie]

General Taskeen, on 16 January 2015 - 10:18 AM, said:

With my many obligations outside this game and absence from playing in a while, I'm curious how has the population been? I'm assuming that's why a different day is being requested?

No one (well three of us on average) are showing up. Since the release of CW, we've not had a SMM match.

Edited by Tesunie, 16 January 2015 - 10:33 AM.

[General Taskeen]

[Tesunie]

I think between CW and weekend events is why our population is so low right now.

At this moment, our run times is at prime CW attack phase times. This leads many players who would otherwise join us into playing CW instead.

[Rhaythe]

In honor of the dying Stock Mech Monday, and in the hopes of resurrecting some of the awesome, I offer up a few of my favorite Stock Mech Monday battles, caught on film:







IS vs Clan Matches:





And some "Stereo" videos:

[Jaeger Gonzo]

Intro is annoyingly too laud.
Would be nice if you show at the beginning who is playing.
Other wise great.

Edited by Jaeger Gonzo, 22 January 2015 - 10:43 PM.

[The Bionic Platypus]

I am sad this is dying. It appears I have once again missed the train

[Tesunie]

zombie ninja, on 24 January 2015 - 06:55 PM, said:

I am sad this is dying. It appears I have once again missed the train

We are trying to keep it alive, so if you know some friends... The train may just come to you!