Mechspecs fame!

Thread in 'MechWarrior Online' started by don Zappo, Nov 22, 2014.

  1. Fennixx

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    Sometimes its dangerous to call out a MechSpecer. See what happened:
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  2. tfun90

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    I used to get mechspech greetings more, but now with quirks and clan mechs having one to three obvious builds, there's not as much to post about (at least for what I come to mechspechs for).
     
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  3. Solahma

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    I think this is only partly true. Sure, there are now a lot of "perfected" builds, but many of the quirks have made other builds better too and other odd combinations that work well even if the quirks weren't specifically for the build.

    I still see occasional greetings in-game, but not many for sure. Many still don't even know about this site. It's more useful as a medium to discuss the build, why it works well, get feedback and see how other people make minor tweaks to it etc.
     
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  4. Durandal

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    Only person I see regularly as of late is Questia, who's usually on while I'm streaming. I used to see LT Satisfactory all the time, but it's been a while since our last run-in.
     
  5. PyckenZot

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    Mostly run into some well-known SweC guys and from time to time some UMAD celebrities and we say hi and cuddle when that happens. For some weird reason I see Remarius and Aylek most often but we don't really type hellos.

    Only had 1 or 2 instances where completely unknown pilots called us out as the mechspecs crowd,...
     
  6. Shock

    Shock Patron of the Underdog Staff Member

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    I definitely take note when I recognize someone from Mechspecs in a battle. It's fairly rare because I'm mostly in the solo queue and not at the skill level of most of you guys.
     
  7. Remarius

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    I get the occasional person that says hi but see a handful of peeps from here as well like @Lan or @Blagg Zear . Still NEVER had a good match when @LT Satisfactory is on the same or other team....

    Just guessing my brackets or tz are a bit different.
     
  8. Arnie

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    I see some of you more regular members now and then (playing in CET timezone). Sometimes I will pay my respect, sometimes I don't dare since I almost don't post so my name would not be familiar.
    Like yesterday when my buddy and myself (Arnie76) got steamrolled by Durandal and friends :dead:. Most of the time I guess you are not grouped with ELO-peasants like myself.
    Regarding perceived use of the site mechspecs for me is a very usefull resource but the Metamech guides have become a second source, albeit a more boring one.

    Edit: and I just saw that Michael mentioned me in his post (the guy asking about shipspecs). Guess that makes me almost famous;)?
     
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  9. Lan

    Lan Mech Wrangler

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    No worries pal, greeting ppl is a nice thing. :)

    Me and a lot of the SweC boys (and girl) get greeted in game and it's always amusing when we cannot figure out who the greeter is and how we met him/her. For example, I gain a lot of friends since it is easy remembering my very short callsign or the fact that when it comes to grouping up and sending people friend invites - well, inevitably it is me that gets that role. It makes it hard sometimes to know who you have met that way or if someone has read and liked a post.

    Some people we have spent time with on TS/VOIP and know more or less, good and fun people all of them. Dudes, 313, XWLF, BAGr's and quite a few streamers. Some we meet ingame repeatedly (12DG etc) and exchange greetings with if we've had good rounds or good coms, some we get as friends in the long run.

    Some people greet us for good posts or builds here on MechSpecs.

    I know for a fact that SirHitman is rightly feared in CW circuits and that his Blackjack videos have a damn high hitrate for MwO movies. Mad Panda is becoming known as The Lurmguy for his frequent use of missiles.

    It's fun being called out, Phil/Sean Lang now calls me as primary target if we meet across the battlefield. Don't think it's because of my pilot skills as much as I tend to use VOIP, call targets and keep the team alert and moving. I can have good rounds and some have given me cred afterwards, which is nice but I don't really think I'm famous. It's a small community.
     
  10. Azakael

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    I tend to avoid saying hi these days. I'd prefer people not notice when I am absolutely terribad.
    Because that's what happens when I say hello.
     
  11. cs_kami

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    Was dropping this past Saturday with UMAD, got kiled by @epikt , @Remarius was with him. Was leveling my Wave III mechs, still got ways to go.
     
  12. Remarius

    Remarius Star Lord

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    Lol poor @epikt was stuck with me in 0xp mechs I was levelling up.
     
  13. epikt

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    If I remember correctly we lost that drop... Remarius' fault, no doubt :p
     
  14. Durandal

    Durandal Min-Max Maniac

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    I kept running into Remarius during my stream last night. He hunted me down during my final match and gave me my worst result of the night XD

    Dood!!!
     
  15. Remarius

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    I did? Beyond chatting in matches I'm not sure I saw you but I was trying to level mechs with almost no xp on them so not having the greatest of times - what were you piloting?

    I seem to remember the first two times I fought you my team collapsed and I died trying to save people caught solo. Rest were fairly even and then the last I seem to recall was a massacre of your side. Ironically I'd got really fed up and started calling targets etc for our side so I could well have called you!
     
  16. Durandal

    Durandal Min-Max Maniac

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    Hehe you killed me once on Bog for my last match of the stream...I only got 99 damage in :(
     
  17. Remarius

    Remarius Star Lord

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    What were we piloting?
     
  18. Durandal

    Durandal Min-Max Maniac

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    No idea what you were in (the Crab maybe? Couldn't tell). I was in my Ember
     
  19. Remarius

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    100% certain I wasn't in a crab as not been in one since I levelled them. ;)

    If this was my morning/your night it would probably have been a Panther (LB10X), Enforcer (AC2/SPL), Grasshopper (MPL), Zeus (LL/LRM), Timberwolf (LPL/ERML) or Gargoyle (Gauss/ERSL).

    Edit: Also a DWF with dual Gauss/twelve SPL now I think about it!
     
  20. rjbass3

    rjbass3 Well-Known Member

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    This ^^^ - On occasion I see a few of you in game but rarely say anything because calling you out for a hello when you might be having a bad gaming day means others will pay more attention to your bad gaming day. I often get called out for a hello, I can only assume because of my charity events and most often when I get called out I am sucking that day (which isn't very different from normal).
     
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