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[Davegt27]

Back in my day we ran stock back armor and got our faces caved in

Back in my day we ran stock mouse settings so we could spread DMG all over the place

Back in my day we did not have tier 5 easy cry baby mode you got your head kicked in by teams

Edited by Davegt27, 13 May 2019 - 05:53 PM.

[Gagis]

Back in my day GaussPPC ruled the skies.

[John Bronco]

Back in my day an AC20 was something to be feared.

[VonBruinwald]

Back in my day we bought merch not mech-packs to support the Devs:

[JediPanther]

Jenners use to be light mech terrorists.

Cat C4's lrm 40 was a huge lrm alpha.
Gaus had no charge mechanic.
K2 Dual 20s had no ghost heat.
35 ton mechs had more armor than 20 ton mechs.
The devs played the game and had events as hunt the dev to win prizes.
The devs did charity causes and even gave away a mech for support.
Devs replied using their own fourum.
Devs made videos to sell you hero mechs instead of wall-of-text-buy-now.

[Mark Nicholson]

Back in my day we had to play on tables, because there were no videogames yet.

[GottFaust]

Remember when this whole area was nothing but light mechs falling over as far as the eye could see?
Pepperidge Farm remembers.

[N a p e s]

Back in my day we didn't have a cadet bonus or (semi) optimized trial mechs. You started with stock mechs and you died A LOT!

[ccrider]

Back in my day, streak 2s were ct hunting abominations, the real lurmpocalypse occurred, mgs and flamers were for joke builds, QP and GQ were the same thing and I learned to play CW by getting rolled by TCAF during the day and NS and NKVA at night.

[Mister Maf]

Back in my day, we didn't try to NASCAR around each other like chickens; we angrily stared at the central map formation until one side got impatient and pushed and died.

New Old Frozen City Classic really set it for me how much the culture of the game has changed.

[FireStoat]

Back in my day the Timberwolf was looked down on for having an oversized engine an enormous side torsos, but it was still fun to play because you could do simple rolling pokes with it from cover.

1) Negative agility quirks
2) Civil War Patch reassignment of mech agility values for tonnage class
3) Civl War Patch de synch of engine from agility

Oh. Well, I guess it needed all 3 changes at once. somehow.

[VonBruinwald]

Mark Nicholson, on 08 May 2019 - 10:34 AM, said:

Back in my day we had to play on tables, because there were no videogames yet.

Atari Pong - 1975
ZX Spectrum - 1982
Amstrad CPC 464 -1984
Battetech Tabletop - 1984

You had options...

[MechaBattler]

Back in my day we dropped on Viridian Bog or whatever mudhole came up. And we didn't whine about it.

[FupDup]

Back in my day we didn't have no fancy-shmancy mechs. We had sticks; two sticks, and a rock. And we had to share the rock!

Edited by FupDup, 08 May 2019 - 02:48 PM.

[Kiiyor]

Back in my day one of the most terrifying mechs on the battlefield was an un-restricted Awesome 8Q with an XL400 crammed to the gills with medium pulse.

[CFC Conky]

FupDup, on 08 May 2019 - 02:47 PM, said:

Back in my day we didn't have no fancy-shmancy mechs. We had sticks; two sticks, and a rock. And we had to share the rock!

Yeah, but we had to walk uphill, two miles, in the snow, both ways, just to get the rock.

Oh, and we were thankful!

[Kiiyor]

CFC Conky, on 08 May 2019 - 03:25 PM, said:

Yeah, but we had to walk uphill, two miles, in the snow, both ways, just to get the rock.

LUXURY.

Our Rocks were made with gravel glued together.

And they had single heatsinks.

[VonBruinwald]

Kiiyor, on 08 May 2019 - 03:33 PM, said:

LUXURY.

Our Rocks were made with gravel glued together.

And they had single heatsinks.

Aye, you were lucky having glue. We had stick ta gravel together using our own spit and blood. And then we ta eat the thing or go bed hungry!

And you were double lucky having single heatsinks, we had prototype single heatsinks. Every time we tried to dissipate heat we'd have to roll 2d6 and if rolled equal or less than the heat being dissipated we'd suffer an engine crit.

Edited by VonBruinwald, 08 May 2019 - 04:44 PM.

[Novakaine]

Back in my day we never used armor and our mechs were powered by steam.
On a side note I have two unopened boxed first edition because computer's weigh 1/2 ton in 1984

Edited by Novakaine, 08 May 2019 - 04:19 PM.

[CFC Conky]

Kiiyor, on 08 May 2019 - 03:33 PM, said:

LUXURY.

Our Rocks were made with gravel glued together.

And they had single heatsinks.

You try telling the young people of today that, they'll never believe you.