Any of you guys play MechWarrior 2-4 on the PC back in the day? That was my first competitive gaming experience and what got me into PC building and PC gaming in general. I have tons of awesome memories playing MW3 mainly. I played for CGB back when I was a teenager and 90% of my clan were 40+ YO. And boy, did we take that game seriously. Weekly practices and all. I piloted a Shadowcat mostly outfitted with medium lasers and a NARC beacon. Most of the other guys were all outfitted with long range weaponry, mostly long range missiles (LRM) unless we were playing a C1 match (all energy weaponry) but most clan matches were C5 (which is all weapons go) But I would breakaway from my lance, tag the first mechs to come into range with a NARC beacon and then circle back, then my lance would harass the crap out of them with LRM's all while being outside of their targeting range. Then I would circle back and harass them with medium lasers all while using the terrain to obstruct their LRM's which were always really easy to predict. But oh man... good times. Also, the Shadowcat was great at maneuvering and evading ER PPC's and gauss rifles. FOr the guys that played, you know what I am talking about. The key was to never target mechs head on with a medium scout mech, always moving perpendicular with your torso twisted and then changing direction every 30-50 yards. That being said, A Shadowcat with 14-15 medium lasers was also assault worthy. Even though that kind of weapon outfit wasnt canon to the battletech Shadowcat. In that sense, the old MW games werent canon at all, almost. Which I believe there was a clan match spec for more canon accurate outfits. i think it was C6? Cant remember. But from what I remember most clan matches were C5.
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loads of them, but the magic is usually impossible to communicate with enough brevity. One I like to share is the first time that I ever played an Xbox. I was a die hard PC gamer with a strong tilt toward FPS and hyper-paced games. I was at a college party where some guys convinced me to join in their Halo tournament, despite my protests that I didn't know how to use the controller. They gave me a couple of practice rounds and I figured it out - though it felt awful and imprecise, and I had no idea about the map layout or various weapons that could be picked up. I got my first kill with what they told me was a shitty gun - a needler I think it was called. I liked it because I felt the high ROF helped compensate for the imprecision of aiming controls. After that first kill - they started the match for real.
Guys, what happened next made no damn sense. I just ran around jumping and spraying needles all over the damn place. I was doing this kind of figure 8 lap that I'd found to keep grabbing items that'd pop up. I went up the ranks as it was play until you die. The disbelief in the little crowd was palpable, with all kinds of jokes and smack talk being thrown around. I was siding with the people saying it's just beginners luck and there's no reason for me to be winning like this... As opponents left fully animated in their disgust I was having to struggle to see through the tears of laughter and disbelief. Finally, the host and apparent best-in-the-room was up, so I could rest knowing that my time had come to an end. ...until I'd put him down a few games and he was now leaning toward the screen hanging off the edge of the couch. I just lost it. I couldn't even finish the match. I just excused myself and went to chat with another group that wasn't interested in the VG fest. Those were good times.Paintball Selection and Storage - How to make your niche paintball part idea.
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