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Midnight · « **Reply #30 on:** July 26, 2005, 01:45:52 PM »

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Originally posted by Chairboy
If we're talking about mechs in general, I gotta put up a vanity link:

My Halloween costume last year
http://hallert.net/mech/mechcostume.htm

I'm sure there's at least one person out there who hasn't seen it yet.

Wow.. That thing is fugging cool. I will certainly be copying that one some day. BTW do you have any further updates? I've got some suggestions for the weapons that you might like.

Chairboy · « **Reply #31 on:** July 26, 2005, 02:44:51 PM »

Heh, thanks. I'm not sure if I'm going to wear it again this year, it depends on whether I get off my bellybutton and build another costume.

TheDudeDVant · « **Reply #32 on:** July 26, 2005, 03:03:40 PM »

I dont remember Mechwarrior being on Gamestorm.. It was on Gamespy.. 8)

I do remember Alien though.. lmao Great game it was!

indy007 · « **Reply #33 on:** July 26, 2005, 03:32:10 PM »

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Originally posted by RightF00T
Ahh...MechWarriors...isn't that another game EA killed around the same time they killed AW? I remember it on GameStorm.

MechWarrior was the original RPG by FASA. Battletech was the board game version. There are some old rpg's out there for it from the 386 days. Then Mechwarrior 2 came out... I almost wanna say it was Activision & not EA. Eventually FASA went under and Microsoft bought up the video game rights, while Wizkids bought up the board game rights.

Ironically, Microsoft actually did make the series better as far as the PC games goes. MW4 was pretty good, it came a very long way since Mechwarrior2's NetMech multiplayer. I gotta say though, the XBOX version.. hate it. Loses the feel of what battletech is supposed to be... gotta have more buttons!

For the best Battletech experience, you have to make it to a Dave & Busters. They have simulator pods, usually in setups of 8-10 pods. Stick, throttle, pedals, main view screen, seperate radar & damage screen, and 7 more screens for weapons, reactor, and coolant. Various "realism" settings too, lets you get more performance out of your guns & 'mech.

StarOfAfrica2 · « **Reply #34 on:** July 26, 2005, 04:48:04 PM »

Kesmai produced "Multiplayer BattleTech" and hosted it on Gamestorm.

Mechwarrior was a totally different game, different company.

IIRC Kesmai paid to use the BattleTech name, it was a registered trademark of FASA.

indy007 · « **Reply #35 on:** July 26, 2005, 04:56:13 PM »

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Originally posted by StarOfAfrica2
Kesmai produced "Multiplayer BattleTech" and hosted it on Gamestorm.

Mechwarrior was a totally different game, different company.

IIRC Kesmai paid to use the BattleTech name, it was a registered trademark of FASA.

I remember seeing it, never got to play it though

CavPuke · « **Reply #36 on:** July 26, 2005, 05:47:55 PM »

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Originally posted by StarOfAfrica2
Kesmai produced "Multiplayer BattleTech" and hosted it on Gamestorm.

Mechwarrior was a totally different game, different company.

IIRC Kesmai paid to use the BattleTech name, it was a registered trademark of FASA.

Actually Kesmai ran the game Multi-Player Battle Tech via services like GEnie, Compuserver etc, along with AW and some others. They were strictly online games only (pay by the hour). There were stand alone versions of MPBT IIRC it was named MechWarrior but had no online play. The game transitioned to EGA MPBT Solaris which I think was run on GameStorm. Then EA bought the rights to the online ver, produced MPBT:3025 and promptly killed it. MW2 thru Mercs has supported online play but in a limited fashion, think the max players per server is 24. The MW community is still alive and kicking tho. MekTek (http://www.mektek.net ) is still adding mods to the game for free along with NBT. Unfortunately when MS bought the rights they shifted their focus to the XBox ver(s) where more money is to be had. Sad to see a title with a long history go by the way side.

Wolfala · « **Reply #37 on:** July 26, 2005, 07:09:20 PM »

Well...

When you guys are busy duking it out over who's the baddest in the air. I think i'll step up and walk around the base to wait for ya to land.

Gunslinger · « **Reply #38 on:** July 26, 2005, 07:18:54 PM »

wolf which game is that?

Octavius · « **Reply #39 on:** July 26, 2005, 07:23:13 PM »

Sweet Madcat wolf!

MW4's "new engine" sucked and continues to suck ass. Anyone prefer MW3 over 4?

Wolfala · « **Reply #40 on:** July 26, 2005, 07:29:39 PM »

I prefer MW3 since its actually more along the lines of a sim. That was a rendering Gunny.

Wolf

Pongo · « **Reply #41 on:** July 26, 2005, 08:18:24 PM »

lol the mech doenst even raise its feet. It just shuffels along. Does something that needs wheels on its feet to work count as a mech or the most ineficient car ever made?
watch the video.
32million yen?

Midnight · « **Reply #42 on:** July 26, 2005, 09:54:17 PM »

LOL.. this mech can be stopped by a simple pot-hole... great combat unit

Ever tried to roller-blade down hill and turn without bending your knees... I'd hate to be in that thing if it fell over...

AdmRose · « **Reply #43 on:** July 26, 2005, 10:10:50 PM »

I know my post was an AT-ST, I was just using that picture since it looked like the one at the beginning of the thread. I was asking when they were going to come out with the AT-AT, I know that wasn't an AT-AT.

I'm going to find a life now.

Chairboy · « **Reply #44 on:** July 26, 2005, 10:33:06 PM »

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Originally posted by Midnight
LOL.. this mech can be stopped by a simple pot-hole... great combat unit

This may be a shocker... but the first treaded test vehicles that eventually led to the 'Tank' we know today... they weren't terribly great either as 'combat units'.

It's called R&D.