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[Blackjadeoriginal]

Hi there,
I am an old pilot from the Mechwarrior Leagues and before. I see someone took my one and only handle so I chose Blackjadeoriginal. I went by Blackjade the entire time I played the game from the time it came out through mercs 4. Mercs 3 sucked!
I was wondering if there are any old school players doing this new version of mercs. I am thinking about dusting off the neuro helmet......wait do we still use those?

[sycocys]

Interview with Viegle of OLD. And join FRR for CW grouping, the least we can do is get you set on the right path.

Just add him in-game or search him on the forums and tell him Commander Cupcakes (or sycocys, either one should suffice) sent you. Most of us are 30+, some 40+ and older, so it won't be playing with children.

[Chados]

Yes.

I played Kesmai's Multiplayer Online Battletech, designed off the original Mechwarrior code, in the early 1990s

[Tarl Cabot]

Chados, on 02 March 2016 - 05:05 PM, said:

Yes.

I played Kesmai's Multiplayer Online Battletech, designed off the original Mechwarrior code, in the early 1990s

And the dreaded credit card burnout People would freak now if they had to pay by the hour. For myself it was $6 non-prime time (after 6pm local time to 8am local time) and $18 prime time (business hours).

[Creag]

If you can remember a few player names it might help. The Templars have just had a player name is Yelloww return, I have seen another Templar thinking about coming back.

[S 0 L E N Y A]

old guy here too. Well, older anyways.

Tarl Cabot, on 02 March 2016 - 05:23 PM, said:

And the dreaded credit card burnout People would freak now if they had to pay by the hour. For myself it was $6 non-prime time (after 6pm local time to 8am local time) and $18 prime time (business hours).

Pssssh, that is nothing.
Virtual World was like 15 dollars for a single 10 min match. And that was over 20 years ago.

[War Steiner]

Warsteiner

Vampires & Dragon's Breath (House Marik) = MPBT
3rd Sirian Lancers (House Marik) = 3025
Lothian League = NBT MW4

Edited by War Steiner, 02 March 2016 - 05:46 PM.

[Rhavin]

I played comp teams in Mechwarrior 4, I was with the 9th Whiskey Iregulars , we were not any good but after 9 shots of Jim Bean who is? Was also a member of Hunter Supreme for a bit, we did better but had less fun.

I ran a hell spawn, or a hellhound and my call sign was Givumh3ll when with the 9th, and Landshark when with HS. I think I knew you at some point. Not sure though. Anyways, welcome to MWO.

[Tarl Cabot]

Boogie138, on 02 March 2016 - 05:35 PM, said:

old guy here too. Well, older anyways.



Pssssh, that is nothing.
Virtual World was like 15 dollars for a single 10 min match. And that was over 20 years ago.

ROFL, tell me about it. VW was actually easier on my wallet overall, especially since it was far enough way (6hrs) that I would not be visiting it every weekend!! Anyhow, took my nephew (9-10yrs at the time) for a boy's week out and headed to Dallas for Six Flags and VW and some other place. On the 4th day I let him decide and he picked VW. Paid extra for the VHS tapes.

[S 0 L E N Y A]

Tarl Cabot, on 03 March 2016 - 11:05 AM, said:

ROFL, tell me about it. VW was actually easier on my wallet overall, especially since it was far enough way (6hrs) that I would not be visiting it every weekend!! Anyhow, took my nephew (9-10yrs at the time) for a boy's week out and headed to Dallas for Six Flags and VW and some other place. On the 4th day I let him decide and he picked VW. Paid extra for the VHS tapes.

Nice!
I lived well within an hour of 3 of em.
However, at the price they wanted I can honestly say it was not a regular thing for me.

Fast forward many years later to the Tesla II pods running Battletech Firestorm, I really luck out. There is a shop with 8 pods in my town, and me and my friends go so regularly that the owner ends up charging us 10 bucks a day for all day play.

So given that for a very very long time I paid AT LEAST 40 dollars a month to feed my mech addiction, it is easy (sadly) for me to rationalize throwing some real cash to PGI for mech packs and bays and the like.

[Blackjadeoriginal]

So the units is was in during the Mechwarrior Leagues era:
Skagg head shooters
Wolf's Freelancers Here is a unit roster: http://wolfsfreelanc...com/roster.html

I can't believe it is still up. You see my handle there. I was a unit lead. Man those were some fun *a$$ days!!!


Players I can recall of off of the top of my head:
Tank
Osterizer....crazy canadian
Tryant
St Benny
Col. Wildcard or Col. Oak from the Early days
8088
Bulldozer
GrinnerWolf of course. Our founder. He wrote some Mercs fiction "Winds of change" you can check out here: http://wolfsfreelanc...d.com/info.html
It's pretty good.

Anyway I was loooking to pick up again. The MErcs on;line is similar to what we used to do in MWL.

Guess I'll download the game tonight and check it out.

[MechZ1lla]

Boogie138, on 02 March 2016 - 05:35 PM, said:

old guy here too. Well, older anyways.



Pssssh, that is nothing.
Virtual World was like 15 dollars for a single 10 min match. And that was over 20 years ago.

Yeah. I recall blowing most of a paycheck a few times on that. Eesh.


I was in [DOA] and ran [CRW] for years before I was threatened with divorce if I didn't quit.

Got divorced anyway. Go fig.

Edited by Winterknight, 04 March 2016 - 08:57 AM.

[Scaramanga Goldgun]

I think i played against you black jade, when [ik] iconian knights was still in mwl before they went into wow. Good to see you man.

[Warspawn]

Chados, on 02 March 2016 - 05:05 PM, said:

Yes.

I played Kesmai's Multiplayer Online Battletech, designed off the original Mechwarrior code, in the early 1990s

OMFG so did I! Off of GeNie...9600 baud modem...fought for Liao at that time with a merc unit (lol...VERY expensive, yep!). That's before the Solaris expansion.

Wow....so very cool!

*edit-->Was Desdichado then. Major. Heh....didn't know other old dawgs were here, heh!

Edited by Warspawn, 25 March 2016 - 05:02 PM.

[Chados]

I was Kurita. Ran with the 9th Benjamin Regulars and later commanded the 17th Rasalhague Regulars. Made it to second-grade Chu-sa , and typically piloted the old Rifleman 3N, MPBT's version was outfitted like the 3C we have in MWO.

Great to see some of the old GEnie crowd still driving mechs! When we played, it was 3025 in game, so we all are Third Succession War veterans! We ought to get some sort of badge or something

Edited by Chados, 26 March 2016 - 08:13 PM.

[iseakyll]

I played mech 2 and 4 till we went to WoW. Funny how time can circle around. [IK]piledriver was the name. I have seen a V8I Smitty in game, not sure if he is the same Smitty tho.

[Unreliable Mercenary]

sycocys, on 02 March 2016 - 03:04 PM, said:

Interview with Viegle of OLD. And join FRR for CW grouping, the least we can do is get you set on the right path.

Just add him in-game or search him on the forums and tell him Commander Cupcakes (or sycocys, either one should suffice) sent you. Most of us are 30+, some 40+ and older, so it won't be playing with children.

I might do that as well.

[Ceryph]

Farthest I go back is MW2, 3, and 4, but I really only remember 4 lol

[Kungsarme]

Necro thread, but had to jump in. General Major Shadowborne, XO Free Rasalhague Republic (FRR), Rasalhague Kungsarme (*RKA*). We roleplayed the split from Kurita under the command of General Corwin. Chados, were you known as Chaos then?

[Jonathan8883]

I played NetMech via Kali in the mid-90s. Registry & TKZ.