6 replies to this topic

[Broceratops]

Whats up with the mercs part?

[Jost]

mwo was already camped?

[Jason1138]

mechwarrioronline.com seems free

some variant or .org or .net would have been preferable to mercs imo, but who knows what the story is

[Chillybill]

if you look at the MWO references in facebook, twitter and the internet in general you will find lots of references to MWO so I am guessing that they were looking for something that worked well across all the social networks as well as the internet domain, just my 2 C-bills (guessing)

[Drake Brimstone]

Btw, .org wouldn't work. There are restrictions on the use of the .org top level domain that would prohibit a for profit corporation from using it. .net might also have restrictions that would prohibit it's use. Your average user* would also get confused, they are used to .com top level domains. Additionaly something like mechwarrioronline.com is just too long for your average user* to want to have to type in.


* = There are alot of idiots out there who bring down the average IQ of the population, so to cater to the average, you have to cater to a lower IQ.

[Mal]

Maybe it's tied into the "old" reboot of MechWarrior that PGI was originally going to do, that has since been cancelled and turned into MWO?

[Durant Carlyle]

Perhaps the original intent was for us all to be mercenaries like in MW4: Mercs. The intent shifted, but the infrastructure was already set for the domain name.