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[Aoi Esq]

root, on 20 June 2012 - 05:57 PM, said:

I play Battletech: Firestorm in the Tesla II pods on a semi-regular basis, with the MechCorps guys (http://www.mechcorps.com). I also volunteer at their local mobile deployments at various cons.
Full uniform, patches, pins, 1-minute training spiel.

So much fun to be had, with the regulars, and in introducing the newbs to the glory of mechanized combat!

Do you use the original training videos? ^^

[impaler]

Ask and you shall receive. Here is my old gear from Battletech!!!

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[impaler]

impaler, on 20 June 2012 - 06:08 PM, said:

Ask and you shall receive. Here is my old gear from Battletech!!!

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http://i141.photobuc...er/IMG_0352.jpg

Forgot 1:

This is my key chain/ Rookie Champion trophy I received back in 1997. The engraving needs to be redone so I left that out.


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[CowboyHatValor]

Wow...googled some of these. They are AWESOME! Don't know of any near Fort Worth...

[Stormlord]

Ahh, Virtual World. I watched it being built from the ground up at a local mall in San Diego here. We really got into it, to say the least! Tournaments, etc. were incredible.

Good memories! Here's to hoping that the present/future tech will provide a similar experience sometime in the near future! LOVED IT!

[MoonStorm]

I did once at a Dave&Buster's way back on vacation. I wish there was some near by. It was fun.

Edited by MoonStorm, 20 June 2012 - 06:30 PM.

[Conn Man]

Virtual World's website: http://www.mechjock.com/
There is also a FB group page where old pilots have been reconnecting:
https://www.facebook...ps/20359405748/

Darklord was in my first Master Trial. A lot of the other names are really familiar, I think I heard a lot of stories with them.

[Aoi Esq]

impaler, on 20 June 2012 - 06:17 PM, said:

Forgot 1:

This is my key chain/ Rookie Champion trophy I received back in 1997. The engraving needs to be redone so I left that out.


http://i141.photobuc...er/IMG_0355.jpg

Dude - I have the same vulture patch in the same freakin' place. Jacket's a bit different, though.

Nice Picard pin. Never got any of the snazzy ones. Only entered one tourney, and came in second, so no special pin for me. So sad.

Semi-off-topic, the one thing I'm a bit worried about w/r/t MWO is how the devs said they wanted to reduce circle straffing. IMHO, that's what made fights so much fun...

[impaler]

Conn Man, on 20 June 2012 - 06:47 PM, said:

Virtual World's website: http://www.mechjock.com/
There is also a FB group page where old pilots have been reconnecting:
https://www.facebook...ps/20359405748/

Darklord was in my first Master Trial. A lot of the other names are really familiar, I think I heard a lot of stories with them.

What was your pilot name back then?

[Skandarr]

The Airlock in Kirkland Washington has 8 tesla pods in operation, an awesome little set up. So much fun, I got the chance to play there last summer and it was a blast. If anyone gets in the area, look them up and have a great time!

[Conn Man]

impaler, on 20 June 2012 - 09:44 PM, said:

What was your pilot name back then?

Same name. I didn't meet DL until after the Center had closed.

[Red Sun]

A local arcade/fun center just closed down that had a few of those sims. If I'd thought of it sooner, I would've gone to the auction and seen if I could've picked them up! But that auction was June 2 and I just looked it up today That would've been so cool to play MWO in....

[Jai Zen]

Hey Church where is The Airlock in Seattle? I didn't realize they had tesla pods up here or I woulda been in 'em

[FactorlanP]

impaler, on 20 June 2012 - 04:57 PM, said:

So how many people here have actually played in one of the simulation pods back in the old days?

I used to go down to North Pier in Chicago and play every week, mostly on Sunday's. I even helped in the beta testing back when FASA was not an MS entity. I also have a key chain with my name and rookie champion title.

I still use it to this day. The engraving needs to be redone but it's still my favorite. lol!

I played at the same BattleTech Center as you. In the early box pods. A group of us would trek up to Chicago from college (in St Louis) to play.

[Darklord]

Darklord still lives

[PhoenixX2]

If anybody is interested I run a store with a set of pods in Grand rapids Michigan. More info can be found on the link for VWE above.

[impaler]

Darklord, on 22 June 2012 - 02:59 PM, said:

Darklord still lives

Wow. Wassup Darklord, not sure you remember me or not. I played Sunday nights with Manfred, Bunny, and Grimson. Callsign was Sandman.

[MuffinTop]

I was at Navy bootcamp in Great Mistakes,IL(Waukgen) during the winter of 1993,but was there for my "A" school for Hospital Corpsman during the summer. I wished I had visited the navy pier to enjoy the battletech experience!

[FSlSlayer]

A go-kart place in Highway 6 houston has BT Simulation Pods in the back. Fun stuff

[Vander StarStrife]

Dave & Busters near me have this .... was in a pod not to long ago .... wonder if I could get an old one and refit it for MWO ..... hmmmm