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[Arterus]

Hello everyone. For a lot of us here on the forums at least, this isn't going to be our first mechwarrior title to play. Well it's time to take a trip down memory lane, and bask in the sweet tint of the nostalgia goggles. I'm proud to say that Mechwarrior 2 was the first official PC game I have ever played (never mind carmen san diego and those old macintosh skiing games). I still hold fondly to the memories I had, when my father came home with MW2 and a joystick, pushing the disk in and watching him take down those pesky Jade Falcon clanners. Those were the days.


So here we are, in this thread, and it's time for you all to post your first memory ever from the mechwarrior series.

I remember my first time playing it. It was so foreign to me, and I can't even remember how old I was at the time. Young, but not exactly sure. 9, 10 years old? Anyways, I chose to play as Clan Wolf, because my childish mind thought their symbol looked better (and I still do). I strapped up in a Fire Moth, ready to run the tutorial and get to the mech-on-mech combat. I thought I was an ace, until the training started. I walked forward, ready to stop at the nav point, yet unable to find the controls to stop. So I kept running past it, finally was able to stop, but then started going in reverse. Being young I couldn't ever get it exactly standing still, so I just kept running back and forth or running in a circle as I listened to the instructor. I clearly wasn't a trueborn for the cockpit like I believed. I remember running the worst obstacle course ever, getting frustrated with the firing mechanics, and eventually, shooting the instructor for fun because I kept forgetting my mission objectives. I still hold the fire moth dear to my heart, as I recall the voice of the instructor telling me he was going to teach me a lesson for shooting him. But of course, that never stopped me from reloading so I could shoot him in the next tutorial run.

Alright guys, let's hear 'em! Be it tabletop, the first mechwarrior game, MW2, 3, 4, so be it. All are welcome to share their stories.

[Bloodweaver]

The first Mechwarrior memory that really stands out is, MW2, running a Vulture to take out a disabled dropship and its tech vehicles, along with its defending mechs, in the middle of a desert! I think it was the first mission in the Wolf campaign...

[Dagger6T6]

tabletop days in middle school... circa 1989, we finally got the teacher to allow us to play Battletech in study hall at the end of the week. So me and my friends prepped all week to have some 1v1 matches. I had picked a Warhammer and one of my friends chose a Battlemaster.

We set up the old hex board and started playing, we only had room for half the hexboard on our small desk so we maneuvered just a couple of rounds and then I got to open with the first salvo... SRM6 launching, roll a 12... Battlemaster hit in the head... 9 points of armor, 3 internal... head destroyed. Roar and cheers erupt from my side of the desk and the teacher promptly shuts down all Battletech operations for the remainder of the year. It was the first and only match we got to play in study hall...

[Kobold]

It wasn't the first time I played, but I remember getting to play MW3 at the 1999 GenCon (I was playing in the Battletech CCG world championships, but couldn't make it past the round robin, boo). However that was the first time I tried using mouse aiming and it was omgbbqwtf.

[Arterus]

Bloodweaver, the vulture is my all time favorite mech. I can't run a solaris championship unless I'm in my custom vulture II.

Dagger, I can only imagine how great and terrible it was that your first and only game ended with one salvo, haha.

Yeah kobold, I tried playing MW3 when I didn't have a joystick, and I quickly nope'd my way to the exit screen until I got one.

[Captain Commander]

Mech Warrior Mercs over a 33.6. 1v1 Dire Wolf armed with nothing but PPCs. Fired everything - won the match.

Can't wait to be playing.

-CC

[Bloodweaver]

Arterus, on 26 June 2012 - 08:57 PM, said:

Bloodweaver, the vulture is my all time favorite mech. I can't run a solaris championship unless I'm in my custom vulture II.

Waaait a minute... You weren't that punk in MW4 who'd always spawn right next to me and IMMEDIATELY jam a pair of Arrow IV's up my rear, are you!? WE ARE NOT FRIENDS

Incidentally, I loved playing MW3 via mouse... the moving reticle was awesome! I'd always have it set that it was dead-center in the screen though, so moving the mouse would actually move the pilot's head around. I found it pretty intuitive, personally... very flight-sim-like.

[Yuba Frank]

It's been a long time. Must be 1996 or so I'm thinking; whenever MW2 came out. Running MW2 for the first time after loading it and watching the opening movie. That was cool. I was hooked.

I remember being on duty at the firehouse...we had a three man engine company, battalion chief, and a two man medic squad. The medic dorm was on the other side of the engine room from the day room and our dorms. The engine crew would go over to the medic's and we'd play MW2 all night long between calls. That was late 90's. I hooked the guys up and taught them the game...I've always been a bad influence. BC never knew. Or never cared. It was fun times.

Edited by Yuba Frank, 26 June 2012 - 09:12 PM.

[Falcor]

My first Mechwarrior memory... begins with Mechwarrior 1, on my families first computer. My older brother installed it, and I was so hooked on it. When you first start the game, it needs clearance codes of which you have to look up in the manual, to type in as a means of copy protection. Terms like: Foxtrot alpha zulu, stuff like that... it kind of reminded me of the age verification quiz at the beginning of Leisure Suit Larry 1, which was also on our computer at the time.

My favorite mech in the game was the Phoenix Hawk. I can't really even give a valid reason as to why... I just liked it. Looking back at gameplay videos of MW1 now... man. It brings back memories for sure, but its dated even WORSE then I remember it. Although it still strangely looks like fun. Afterwards my brother introduced me to "The Crescent Hawk's Inception" and the sequel "The Crescent Hawk's Revenge" of which I thoroughly enjoyed as well =D.

Edited by Falcor, 26 June 2012 - 09:16 PM.

[Archangelwlf]

My first experiences with BT came with a friend who introduced me to the table top. From there I pretty much spent every bit of my allowance and when I started working paychecks on gaining new mechs to paint, TMs, and novels. He lent me a copy of Crescent Hawk's Revenge and from there it was all over for me. I've owned every BT game since then.

[BloodLegacy]

I got my start in the BT universe reading the novels. I think it was the first of the Blood of Kerensky saga.

That aside, my first MW experience was the original MW for Nintendo. Since then I have owned/read/played every single BT universe product to date to the best of my knowledge. Every single novel, game, hell even the kinex toys.

[Arterus]

Bloodweaver, on 26 June 2012 - 09:04 PM, said:

Waaait a minute... You weren't that punk in MW4 who'd always spawn right next to me and IMMEDIATELY jam a pair of Arrow IV's up my rear, are you!? WE ARE NOT FRIENDS

Hahaha nope. I run 2 CLRM10's, 4 LMG's, and 2 ER Large Pulse, 8 heatsink, max ferro fibrous, enhanced optics. Don't really like the arrow systems, I feel the weight to damage ratio isn't as great as popping on some Heavy Rocket Launchers.

[Karrin]

First experience.

year 2000. Mechwarrior 2 Ps1.
3 years old, didn't know what to do. Played for hours just killing the training instructor.

[Rejarial Galatan]

early 90's MechWarrior 2. I remember being soo frustrated when I could not get the game to install on my computer. When I finally got it working, i was blown away. So much so, that I took screen shots and printed out a few. One still is on my Bedroom door to this day. A trial of position, in a Storm Crow. Ah those were the days.

Funny thing is, I remember thinking: This game looks soo awesome! Still does, for what they had to work with back then.

I would LOVE to see a modern day remake of MW2 using the new engines, computers and graphics cards of today. That would be trippy!

[Elkarlo]

Hard to tell. I think one of my first experience was a small 1v1 fight with my Friends we had some Short matches running Battletech.
And then i had the Novells to Read. Three days later i was hooked up and had MW2 running. But i realy was infected by the Novells and the Story which was simply Awesome Stuff back in 1997.

In 1998 I had already my first Company, around 2000 i had two Battalions and 2002 my RKG was complete and i putt lot efford into getting the cool Makross Mechs, luckely for the Europeans Ralparsa didn't pay much attention to the Lawsuit so you got some of the Macross Machines till 2000 thank's to France. ( i'm german)

So for me i have lot of memories of Solaris an Field Battles in Battletech and only Mw2 Mercs realy touched my heart simply it's because the same as we did on the Table.

Mw3 got i when i was conscripted to the Armee, and i had Drivers Ready Duty that Weekend, which means lot of Waiting. I setup my System and played MW3 that weekend through. In empty Barracks. That is the most rememberworth for me in Mw3.
And when the Officer came and asked what i am doing i said: Working on my Drivers Skills. (got an APC, tracked Drivers License)

Edited by Elkarlo, 26 June 2012 - 10:40 PM.

[DireWolf421]

Ok, wow I feel old when reading everyone's posts before mine... And here's why, I bought the original boxed set when I was like 12 or 13 (1979-80) and played with a few friends at the time. (one of my older friends got me into D&D in 1978) so I already was a roll gaming player then. Bought MW1 for my at/pc clone around 1993-ish maybe 1994 and played that for awhile. Then MW2 came out... I've been hooked ever since, but then again I always loved any video game that pit me against over whelming odds. (I've still got my MW2 and MW4 disks around here but they won't install anymore, yeah I played them so much that I wore out the disks) I might go over to gog.com and see if they have them for digital download to get ready for this one.

later youngsters

Edited by DireWolf421, 26 June 2012 - 11:11 PM.