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[Valen Percival]

Oldschool BTMU* crew checking in.

Hey Scip, where is Cort?

Edited by Valen Percival, 04 November 2011 - 04:12 PM.

[Bianca Flowers]

hey VP.

[Syxx]

Checking in for old BTech MU*
'Name' changed a lot but the alias stayed the same, so using that as the pilot here

[Bianca Flowers]

maybe we'll make a merc group of old MUXers

[grumpicus]

Hey, I remember those things. My last memory was blasting around a lake in a J.Edgar at top speed making life interesting for some slow-pokes.

-John Darby (JDy)
-Blackbird (XX)

[Grei]

grumpicus, on 05 November 2011 - 01:45 PM, said:

Hey, I remember those things. My last memory was blasting around a lake in a J.Edgar at top speed making life interesting for some slow-pokes.

-John Darby (JDy)
-Blackbird (XX)

Hoovers were always fun...but I enjoyed the Zephyr more. Though for speed, nothing beat the Savannah Masters--sadly they were just too fast to really hit with.

Grei

[Tam Wolfcry]

***** Very nice to see so many people from before. Though I think the first one I was one had no clans, so not sure if 3056 fit that mold or not. I was in Kurita and the only other player I really remember was Yoshiko. Names seem familiar, but that was almost 20 years ago.

***** Tam

[Takezo Shimmen]

<Tak|MAD> checking in. I see a lot of old names in here.

[Lance Hawkins]

I see old people!

Lance_Hawkins@Bryant/3034++

And for a time:
Theme_Manager@3056
Khan Bjorn_Jorgensson@3056

Death Commandos from 3034, roll call!

Cheers
Øystein/Lance_Hawkins

[Dirkdaring]

Dirk Daring aka Galavon Pasig (Clan Steel Viper 3056) checking in. Howdy all!

Clan Steel Viper 3056 resource page:
http://hornerhouse.net/csv/

I found that 10 or so years ago on an old drive. Bring back memories! First website I ever made.

Edited by Dirkdaring, 05 November 2011 - 05:15 PM.

[Grei]

Bianca Flowers, on 05 November 2011 - 12:05 PM, said:

maybe we'll make a merc group of old MUXers

Sounds like a plan to me. Especially given the devs goal of having units work together (recon, strike, assault) in missions would be something we're all familiar with.

Grei

[Ghost]

I remember trying one out one day. At least ten years ago. First I had to stare at a wall of commands that made no sense, then I had to figure out how to start my training 'Mech up, then I had to figure out how to steer it with almost no visual information (go go text based graphics!), and then I fell off a cliff and died.

[torgian]

Oh man, that brings back memories. I've been in a few Btch Muxs. I remember taking my first steps in a Phoenix Hawk in Realspace. The sweet, sweet taste of my first real kill. And how freaking annoying those damned V-TOLS and hovercraft were. Freaking J-Edgars....


If I remember correctly, my first mux was either 3025 or 3030? It's been a long while. People were still fairly active in the evenings back then. I tried getting back into it like, maybe a year ago, but very few people were playing. It's too bad, those games really got tense too.

If someone makes a unit for old Muxers, count me in.

[torgian]

Ghost, on 05 November 2011 - 06:17 PM, said:

I remember trying one out one day. At least ten years ago. First I had to stare at a wall of commands that made no sense, then I had to figure out how to start my training 'Mech up, then I had to figure out how to steer it with almost no visual information (go go text based graphics!), and then I fell off a cliff and died.

LOL!! I remember the first time I tasted a wall. Wouldn't be the last, either.

[Grei]

Ghost, on 05 November 2011 - 06:17 PM, said:

I remember trying one out one day. At least ten years ago. First I had to stare at a wall of commands that made no sense, then I had to figure out how to start my training 'Mech up, then I had to figure out how to steer it with almost no visual information (go go text based graphics!), and then I fell off a cliff and died.

I think all of us went through a similar learning process when we started. Except it wasn't a cliff that got me...it was jumping into a bad landing among the enemy and stackpoling. Fell on landing, critted my engine, exploded my ammo due to heat, which destroyed more of my engine and BOOM!

Needless to say, I got very anti-ammo for a long time after that...still am, in fact.

Grei

Edited by Grei, 05 November 2011 - 08:48 PM.

[Bianca Flowers]

Grei, on 05 November 2011 - 08:47 PM, said:

I think all of us went through a similar learning process when we started. Except it wasn't a cliff that got me...it was jumping into a bad landing among the enemy and stackpoling. Fell on landing, critted my engine, exploded my ammo due to heat, which destroyed more of my engine and BOOM!

Needless to say, I got very anti-ammo for a long time after that...still am, in fact.

Grei

I remember going out on a Realspace site ina shiny new DV-6M Dervish and ran into a SHD-2H that fired, on the run, an LRM-5. That hit me for 1 point. Critical hit: Gyro. Gyro! *thud*

Most embarrassing loss ever!

[Tam Wolfcry]

***** I remember dueling it out in 70 ton grasshoppers in a training exercise to earn a place in a unit. Then my first assigned mech was a 55 ton dervish. Did pretty well with it until some LRM 20 critted my ammo. Death sucked as it forced me offline for days. The last mech I was assigned was a 85 ton battlemaster that I never got a chance to take out in combat.

***** Tam

[Bravo Walker]

I'd be interested in a MU* unit, too. I have played off and on for about 10 years as Bravo Walker. Started in college on 3030 with JF and Gil and those guys. Wow.

I still login to btmux.com 2950 to do tech work, but I don't have the time for long ops anymore.

I do hope the MWO devs played these games at some point and can use some of what made them so awesome. I particularly liked that different mech roles actually mattered, information was vital and that having to fight over resources actually makes the game a bit more exciting and interesting.

I'd love to see a Merc system where the unit has to pay for repairs, capture units, buy and sell equipment, stuff like that. Like Eve or Perpetuum but with less spreadsheets and more skill-based play. Personally, I don't have the skills, I'll just do the desk work.

[Galen Shannow]

laf nog bog and all that.

Definitely should have our own Merc group. We could name it VP's Mum.

Varxsis forever!

[Alex Khoury]

Hey guys, my first post on these forums.

I haven't read through this entire thread yet, but I see a few familiar names already. Nice to see some of you still around after 17 YEARS!.

Alex Khoury aka OracleNYC and ¡Oracle! on Virtual World pods and MW4