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[InnerSphereNews]

Bam, week done, finished. The weekend looms ahead, large and inviting. What'll everyone be doing? For our review, let's look back and see what happened. Most of it was good, some sad.

I want to start by offering my condolances to the wife, children, family, friends, and fellow Goodswarmers of Sean Smith, AKA 'Vile Rat.' Though I had never met him, even I knew Kill A Blue -> Tell Vile Rat. He will truly be missed, and I have named my Jenner (complete with XL engine and 6 small lasers) Kill A Blue in his honour.

Over on our end, we started the week with Ask The Devs 16 - Answers. Following that, we had our 10th Desktop Wallpaper (which was not my personal Mech, but similar to Mr. Pond.) and we had a great Wednesday with our Dev Chat with Thomas Dziegielewski, the Senior Gameplay Engineer. After that was Weekly Screenshot 18, where I asked everyone to guess what happened. What's your guess?

Cheers, The MechWarrior Online Team

[RedFoxsi]

There is no such thing as "Goodswarmers" it is GoonSwarm........

[Gasmask]

"Goodswarmers" is a more a description.

[Alexei Karnov]

Likely just a typo

[Darklin]

RIP Vile Rat.

I crossed his path, and cross hairs several times.

I also sat across the e-table from him in negotiations.

Just exchanged a few msgs with him a few months back that I was leaving that place for another.. damn.

Edited by Darklin, 14 September 2012 - 04:45 PM.

[Vandamsel]

RIP Vile Rat

You were a legend in Eve and a great person for serving your country. You won't be forgotten!

Edited by Vandamsel, 14 September 2012 - 05:06 PM.

[Betz86]

i hate waiting on the status pending to go thow......!!!!!!!!

[Telpher]

o7
For me it doesnt matter what game we playing..or what coutry we r from..we coming here ..to net for game.. fun..maybe our second life..
Its sad.. ,very sad one from us..players died..killed
someone who like us ..here in MWO ..Inside and outside trying make this world ,game better..
I dont know him but i read
our last hope that he found his world far away frm this madnes...blood, religion wars, fanatics...

[*]

ps..
i hope my english wasn;'t so bad.. i try say what i think about this..about Vile Rat..

Edited by Telpher, 15 September 2012 - 11:01 AM.

[Joseph Le Mur]

OH GOD BEES


(and RIP Vile Rat -- I never mucked with the Goons in EVE, but I have lived vicariously through an EVE goon I know... ********, the lot of them, but they have a sense of honor.)

[KTV Crash]

Screenshots and interviews are a poor substitute for game development.

[Scr3wball]

So why is the Mechwarrior Online Team offering condolences to Goons for having lost a member? We had someone in our gaming community pass recently. Would it be possible to get a shout out for her? I mean, you didn't know this person but you didn't know Vile Rat either.

It's truly sad when someone close passes. Particularly a young person.

Regardless, this is the second time i've witnessed the Mechwarrior Online Team catering to the Goons. In another instance the MW Online team allowed the Goons to break the forum rules and they allow it to continue today.

So why is the MW Online Team allowing them to break the rules? And why are they giving special mention of deceased members whom they apparently never knew?

If this is going to turn into another situation where the Devs are clinging to a group of gamers simply for revenue while ******** on the rest of the community i'll just go ahead and demand my 120 bucks back.

Sorry for your loss goons. But this has nothing to do with Mr. Smith.

[snaketzu]

So here I am looking for a new MMO to play, and I see here complaints of the some of the same issues that caused me to leave EVE after 5 years. Looks like I wont be spending money here, either.

[Hot Round]

Your English was very good....Better that some native speakers.