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Steel Battalion - The Call
Maradine
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Oh, hai. Been a few weeks. Perhaps you may not have heard, but through the generous donations of PA Forumers and PAX Enforcers, we have come across enough xbox hardware to power almost three Steel Battalion rooms. While our 2010 Seattle plans are not quite that epic (I've come to understand the rest of the show would like some place to set up), you can bet there will be 20 dedicated SB stations available at Prime.
20? Good lord, mara, whatever will you do with 20? An interesting question. Certainly, like in Boston, a set of 5 dedicated to new player boot camp. Perhaps 5 more for intermediate training and the midnight masters classes - these were a Saturday hit. But with the other 10, I bet we could pull off a PAX-long meta-campaign. That's right - giant robots AND meaningful consequences. And permadeath. And at least one more 9-on-1 Earthshaker vs. Vitzh match.
I'd like to repeat the phrase "PAX-long meta-campaign" again, because it makes the room go greyscale when I type it.
You can help make this happen. We need more Steel Battalion units and more copies of Line of Contact. Your donations will keep the game alive, make PAX that much more metal, and buff your gaming karma to the point where the admins start adding specialty mobiles, just for you.
Contact me via PM, or at maradine@gmail.com. Let's do this.
Ye with large black boxes--
We have the unique opportunity to do something that hasn't really been done in gaming yet. Well, hadn't been until East, but that's besides the point. I mean, 5v5 Steel Battalion? So passé. We want 20.
As you all know by now, XBL v1 is going down on the 15th. With it goes the opportunity to update new Xboxen to the Steel Battalion v1.1 code, and the ability to unlock all content. There are workarounds to this problem, but they are crappy to say the least.
What I am asking is this - your v1 Xbox has had a fantastic run. Retire it to our loving embrace, where we will keep it warm, fed, and pumping out steaming hot mecha action at least twice a year.
TL;DR - give us your xBox.
If you have a qualifying Xbox (functional, no mods, unbanned, all cables and cords), we want it. In fact, we want it so bad that we'll pay to have it shipped from wherever it is directly to our door before the 15th so we can upgrade its drive to what we need. Your reward is my undying gratitude, a good home for obsolete hardware, and free entrance to a Seattle local Freeplay event in the very near future.
Contact me via PM, or via maradine@gmail.com
If you also happen to have a SB rig you're willing to part with, you're an entirely different kind of hero, and I want you to PM me.
So - help us make the most ridiculously epic mecha simulation on the planet even more ridiculously epic.
M
We have the unique opportunity to do something that hasn't really been done in gaming yet. Well, hadn't been until East, but that's besides the point. I mean, 5v5 Steel Battalion? So passé. We want 20.
As you all know by now, XBL v1 is going down on the 15th. With it goes the opportunity to update new Xboxen to the Steel Battalion v1.1 code, and the ability to unlock all content. There are workarounds to this problem, but they are crappy to say the least.
What I am asking is this - your v1 Xbox has had a fantastic run. Retire it to our loving embrace, where we will keep it warm, fed, and pumping out steaming hot mecha action at least twice a year.
TL;DR - give us your xBox.
If you have a qualifying Xbox (functional, no mods, unbanned, all cables and cords), we want it. In fact, we want it so bad that we'll pay to have it shipped from wherever it is directly to our door before the 15th so we can upgrade its drive to what we need. Your reward is my undying gratitude, a good home for obsolete hardware, and free entrance to a Seattle local Freeplay event in the very near future.
Contact me via PM, or via maradine@gmail.com
If you also happen to have a SB rig you're willing to part with, you're an entirely different kind of hero, and I want you to PM me.
So - help us make the most ridiculously epic mecha simulation on the planet even more ridiculously epic.
M
Oh, hai. Been a few weeks. Perhaps you may not have heard, but through the generous donations of PA Forumers and PAX Enforcers, we have come across enough xbox hardware to power almost three Steel Battalion rooms. While our 2010 Seattle plans are not quite that epic (I've come to understand the rest of the show would like some place to set up), you can bet there will be 20 dedicated SB stations available at Prime.
20? Good lord, mara, whatever will you do with 20? An interesting question. Certainly, like in Boston, a set of 5 dedicated to new player boot camp. Perhaps 5 more for intermediate training and the midnight masters classes - these were a Saturday hit. But with the other 10, I bet we could pull off a PAX-long meta-campaign. That's right - giant robots AND meaningful consequences. And permadeath. And at least one more 9-on-1 Earthshaker vs. Vitzh match.
I'd like to repeat the phrase "PAX-long meta-campaign" again, because it makes the room go greyscale when I type it.
You can help make this happen. We need more Steel Battalion units and more copies of Line of Contact. Your donations will keep the game alive, make PAX that much more metal, and buff your gaming karma to the point where the admins start adding specialty mobiles, just for you.
Contact me via PM, or at maradine@gmail.com. Let's do this.
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Thanks Maradine.
Only problem is the one controller I have for it is missing a jack. That a problem?
Box, cables, and a controller would be swell.
Not a problem at all!
I have an old Xbox somewhere, but no SB controller unfortunately... It fell victim to a little brother and a cup of root beer, its circuits forever scorched and stickied.
Damn little brothers. Youd think the communists would have put an end to them by now.
But, I have an Xbox I may be able to send your way.
READ: If I can pry it from my step-dad's cold, dead fingers.
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Our next task is less urgent but equally important - the acquisition of more Steel Battalion hardware. Tell your friends, spread the word, we want your giant robot sticks.
Oh good! Felt really bad that I couldn't donate mine.
Now, to scour the Goodwills of the area for, and I quote, "giant robot sticks" 8-)
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read up, he got 28. also, it wouldn't work without the update which is no longer available due to no more xbl v.1 servers
MY HOVERCRAFT IS FULL OF EELS
...er, I mean, I sent you tracking numbers. Treat them well
(also persistent campaign demands some sort of hazing when pilots die)
edit: aaaaaaaaaaand make them do the Garpike Dance.
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It will be filled extremely, EXTREMELY well.
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Anyway, good luck finding the controllers. You'll be the first to know if I run across a set.
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Because I live in Boston and go to PAX East, but not Prime. I'd like to make sure this supports the one I go to.
I mean, I'm kind of assuming that the same set of stuff appears at both PAXes, just checking to make sure.
Treat them kindly
All threads must come to an end, and this is that time. The next time you hear from me will be with full campaign documentation. In the mean time, I give you a teaser:
http://tweetphoto.com/26277833
I'm willing to loan my SB rig for PAX '10 Seattle, if you guys need it. Drop me a line -- I live locally in the King County area.
Meta-game with backstory? Full-on in-character LARP perhaps? I think I need to go lie down.
Seattle actually has a Battletech center.
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#paforums_pax, all about the dicks.
I'm pretty confident Maradine's got enough to cover any space we could possibly fill with a Steel Battalion station, plus enough spares to cover surprise defects or damage. Even though the thread still says what it said a couple months ago.
(Sorry.)
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Two friends and I are fucking salivating at the chance to finally play Steel Battalion, and we want to know exactly how much time we're able to budget to it.
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Virtual On is where my username comes from. I love giant mechs more than many, many things.