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[Causa Davion]

I'm 27, Started with Mechwarrior 2: Mercenaries.

Went back and got Mechwarrior 2. I was excited to learn it was about the Clans. Read a ton of the Battletech books, mostly from the very first sighting of the Clans, on through the destruction of Smoke Jaguar.

Then through the years I've played MW3, MW4, black knight, and Mercenaries, Mech Commander and the fan packs, etc etc...

[Anastasius]

I am 38. I started playing Battletech circa 1984-85.

[Slade Bedlam Armstrong]

I wonder if I'll be one of the silverbacks. 40 here. I've played BattleTech from the get-go. Painted up more than a few lances in my time for the tabletop version. Hoping this turns out to be a great game!

[Creel]

Joseph Mallan, on 08 November 2011 - 12:11 PM, said:

MechWarrior "ClickyTech" or MechWarrior the video games or MechWarrior the RPG? Some of our inner child has been reawaken, let us have our fun and play for a little while, before we need to get back to work supporting our own families. Or in my case, before I have to go back home from work and have dinner with my family. I'm 45 now and I RP Shadowrun every weekend with my daughter and her friends (age 20ish)!!! Never grow up Never surrender!

I see what you did there.

[kaziem]

Another 21. Looks like we have an older age distribution, which I'm happy about. I mean, yeah, we'll need new blood at some point, but I like not playing online with high-school age people. Generally speaking, age brings a semblance of maturity.

[Dayuhan]

As of this posting I am 46. Started with the Battletech Board Game and Mechwarrior RPG, also played Battletech on the Amiga, and all PC versions of Battletch up to MW3 - I went inactive shortly before the Expansion packs started being released.

[HIemfire]

Steelgrave, on 02 November 2011 - 09:47 AM, said:

Never run a Locust through a city at full tilt and expect to survive turning.

Love that reference.

29. Looking back, where the heck did my toys go?

[Obsidian]

Seems most people are just old enough to like Ponies.

[Glare]

I like the way this guy thinks.

[JDH4mm3r]

turned 33 this year. I started near the end of MW2...about 13 years ago. Still playing....hah!

Aegis - CTF was pretty much your forte along with Fixer, Beef, BiggieJ.. and the rest. I had a lot of fun winging with those guys =)

[Rayah]

I'm 16 over here, I started with MechAssault 2 and went backwards with the series.

EDIT: I feel like such a noob after reading some of these posts...

Edited by Rayzor, 08 November 2011 - 06:44 PM.

[Joxer the Mighty]

Old enough... 8-\

[WolfHound5223]

20 going to be 21 soon, loved the books when I was younger played a few of the games. I am throughly disappointed that I can't find too many of the old books for sale anymore.

[Quietruck]

52 and still playing. I started playing MW4 when it first came out, been at it ever since. I have obtained and played older versions. Mech Commander Gold, MW2 , Heavy Gear 1 and 2. I'm looking forward to seeing what we will end up with next summer.

[Zerik]

21 here, and have been into the universe since my grandpa handed me the disk to MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat when I was 7. Good times... Now I've read every book I can get my hands on, and would love to play the tabletop, if the complexity didn't scare so many people in the area away!

[BaD JuJu]

ice trey, on 08 November 2011 - 12:01 AM, said:

You're aware that Battletech is a boardgame in which no roleplaying is involved, right? Not unless you're using the roleplaying expansions. Games for me usually involve rolling dice and having chats about current events and other nerdy pursuits as we scoot our pieces around the board.

As for forum based roleplaying, let people do what they want.

Beyond that, I would suggest that you abandon your adherence to the idea of "Maturity". You're 33 years old - no Football Johnny is going to come by and pants you for having fun, especially not in the privacy of your own home. Better to sit around a table roleplaying and socializing with a group of friends than holing up in your basement playing videogames all day. There's clearly a flaw in that logic, brought on only because a large enough proportion of people became interested in videogames for it to become a socially-accepted norm. My own dad does the same damned thing to me whenever I'm not doing what HE thought was socially acceptable, which usually meant the exact same thing we're ALL about to be doing - playing computer games. The truth is, maturity is not dictated by what you do, but how you act in all situations. Someone can be more mature and have his stuff together better than the average joe, yet play these games of make-believe you seem to be deriding; Likewise, there are bound to be grown men who've forsaken all their childhood toys to put on their show for the rest of the world, but still manage to behave like inattentive, Ad-Hominem-using, tantrum-throwing manchildren.

Whether you're playing video games, Roleplaying Dungeons and Dragons, Going to the movies, Watching Television, or reading a fiction novel, it's all the same thing - Escapism for entertainment purposes. If you feel you don't like something, I think that's fine and well, but don't deride someone for their preference on how to go about acquiring the same overall experience.

Listen, I have no trouble with people doing what they want, but when you are an adult and you enjoy playing some video games, especially ones that you have a great fondness for like this. You shouldn't have to call someone Khan, Star Commander, Prince, etc. to play with a group of people. I spent a decent portion of my early life calling people by rank, after being blown up and shot literally. You respect that, but if you can not understand why someone like me finds it childish to see grown adults having to show imaginary respect, just for the right to play in some lobbies or matches, I find it offensive. That is why I hope they have some way to implement RP servers.
I have been around the world and I have seen people do far worse things to one another than this, I just do not want to have to deal with it when I play a video game that I enjoy, and will drop money into. Some of us should have that right too, or is that too much to ask for?

[BaD JuJu]

Rayzor, on 08 November 2011 - 06:32 PM, said:

I'm 16 over here, I started with MechAssault 2 and went backwards with the series.

EDIT: I feel like such a noob after reading some of these posts...

Do not feel like a noob, many of us remember being your age and finding a game they really enjoy. Mechassault 2 matches on gamebattles back in the day was a lot of fun, Mechwarrior was just as much fun just a bit different. Just remember every one was a noob and still is one to some extent.

[Dirkfall]

As expected

P.S. I'm 26

Edited by Dirkfall, 09 November 2011 - 10:44 AM.

[aresfiend]

I am 15. MA1-MW3-MW4-MA2-MW-MC2-MW2-MC

lol

[Houston]

50 here