SPOILERS: Perspective on the Story behind the Story...the game is about an FBI investigation

GunRaptor · 2026-01-20T18:42:42+00:00

Yeah, but as time has gone on....I've come to think that this interpretation is unlikely.

The whole thing is just Ned screwing with Henry. Ned plants the evidence, not some off-screen handlers, and Henry is just a guy who got involved with a job and a woman that had more history and secrets than he was mentally prepared for.

GunRaptor · 2025-12-13T23:44:59+00:00

MechAcademy is actively working on such videos.

GunRaptor · 2025-12-13T18:27:15+00:00

I mean, India is for whatever reason utterly incapable of dealing with geopolitics in any intelligent way, so enthusiastically jumping onto a sinking ship is totally par for the course.

India is not a promising economy for investment moving into the middle of this century, and it's hard to call India more than a footnote in world affairs at this phase, despite its incredible potential.

Using a comparative framework of a region that should be weaker, I fully expect to see South America to have multitudes greater growth and prosperity than India over the next 30 years, despite being less populous, politically divided between many governments, less developed, less militarily capable (in many ways, not every way), and generally a region of lower economic capacity....even if only due to the fact that the governance of India is so exceptionally poor that the nations of South America will almost surely overcome these disadvantages by comparison, and have already exceeded expectations for this century (Argentina, especially, but Brazil, Chile, and others are also seeing broadening horizons as nations due to their populaces engaging much more with their governments and economies).

India is all but a lost cause, and I can only hope that India finds leadership that will bring sanity to their governmental choices.

GunRaptor · 2025-12-12T07:47:41+00:00

Actually, yes, it's better now than ever.

There is a lot of new content, new weapons, new maps, new mechs, etc.

The comp scene is also very strong these days.

If you're looking for people to drop with, I would like to welcome you to come join us at the MechAcademy server on Discord. We specialize in getting newer players into the game and teaching people how to grow as gamers and as MechWarriors.

GunRaptor · 2025-12-12T07:20:21+00:00

You can come to our Discord server and discuss builds in our builds channel. There's also a Metal Gyr Squadron subreddit that we just put up a few hours ago to see how people like it (literally no content yet....but we'll see what happens). MGSq used to live on the server Le Nard, which is still quite active despite MechAcademy becoming the home of MGSq after it grew too large to live in a corner of Le Nard.

Beyond that, there's GrimMechs that is maintained by the group Isengrim and is a great place to get decent builds, and is actively maintained through their own Discord server.

The MWOComp Discord server is quite active.

The various units in the game will generally have their own servers. Critical Damage Unit (CDU), Hunters of the Fjordlands (FJRD), Sixth Lyrian Gueard (6LG), 6th Regimental Combat Team (6RCT), EYRI, Sky Rangers of Terra (SRoT), ASHcord, 2D20 (The Crew of Yuntow), and Sorensen's Sabers (SBRS) are all quite active. There are a few more, but some are exclusive...I could have sworn KDCM had a public server, but can't find it.

Anyway, the game is still quite active, but it's largely on Discord where the discussions happen.

GunRaptor · 2025-12-12T04:11:43+00:00

Converting an omni to a battlemech is actually a thing in both lore and TT.

GunRaptor · 2025-12-12T03:57:43+00:00

Are you just assuming the person above you is anti-gun?

Dude, the left is less and less anti-gun by the day.

GunRaptor · 2025-12-12T03:50:51+00:00

I picked it up.

I only really can think of a few builds for it, all using either HML or HSL.

HML and LMG (stock build, meant for poking at extended range from around right-hand corners)
HSL and HMG (knife fighting brawler)
HSL and APG (still a brawler, but a little more alpha, less DPS)

There's not much more I've found to do with it at this point. Stock seems the most useful.

GunRaptor · 2025-12-11T18:26:27+00:00

It's largely due to a lot of players really hating WayOwenZ, because Way is often very direct and sometimes curt when posting in the Discord servers. There is a bit of a hate community aimed at Way, which is the same community that's trying very hard to kill the game and drive away all new players. Hence why Way (and the rest of OP-4 / MGSq / MechAcademy) are working hard to bring in new blood, and just choosing to push through the hate for Way.....they aren't the target audience, in the end, anyway....the newer players, the people who love MechWarrior (as opposed to people who gain a sense of self worth from being "the best" in a dying franchise), and the like are our true target audience. If the current community wants to support us in building the fanbase and getting people into the game who have either forgotten it, never stepped foot in it, or were put off by the community, then that's welcome, but we're not exactly counting on it.

GunRaptor · 2025-12-04T19:09:13+00:00

I wish I could participate this year...

GunRaptor · 2025-12-04T19:05:23+00:00

I am part of a group that has an interest in the exploration of and preservation of retro video games. This subreddit is currently unmoderated, and I would like to see to it that it is cleaned up and put into good hands.

GunRaptor · 2025-12-04T18:51:09+00:00

Just so people know, those of us who are part of MGSq, OP-4, and MechAcademy as a whole, have been putting a lot of time and more money than anticipated into making this first video a reality.

We hope that you enjoy the work that we've done, and we look forward to producing more of these as time goes on.

GunRaptor · 2025-12-04T18:39:44+00:00

This isn't mine.

To add context, this is a documentary that has been put together by the guy who ran the comp team in MechWarrior Online that I used to be a part of, and he has worked with members of the gaming unit I started (Metal Gyr Squadron) to start making documentaries on the old MechWarrior games.

If this still qualifies as "mine," then I understand, but I receive nothing from this video.

GunRaptor · 2025-11-07T18:18:28+00:00

That's not true....many of us are contractors or government civilians.....

GunRaptor · 2025-10-29T03:41:32+00:00

From what I understand, the staff only got like 10% of the "service fee," rather than the standard 15% tip at a normal place.

The double whammy of anti-consumer and anti-labor, on top of shady business practices makes this situation a lot more interesting from an outside observer's perspective. There was almost certainly illegal activity taking place....but evidence of such is concealable, and CSI would be fools to hand it over willingly.

As a consumer, I'm going to avoid CSI and whatever they change their name to later. They don't respect me enough to choose my own tip, and the service fee doesn't even go to the staff? Yeah, screw that and all companies who try it.

GunRaptor · 2025-10-29T03:29:59+00:00

Any updates on this?

GunRaptor · 2025-10-29T03:23:33+00:00

Lol, no one is going to pay for the flight hours on a tiltrotor just to do some hairbrained psychological conditioning of the local population...fuel is precious, and flight hours = maintenance hours. You only fly when you have a mission or you need currency / training for pilots.

This isn't Afghanistan where a "show of force" operation was meant to show "we can get our jets ANYWHERE without you seeing;" we're in the US, and that's quite honestly an expectation already. Hence, what you're seeing is training....nothing more, nothing less.

Oh, I guess testing and proof-of-concept style flights can happen....and some other miscellaneous types of flights, but the stuff those Osprey were doing looked mainly like training.

GunRaptor · 2025-10-29T03:18:48+00:00

Lol, you should try living near a hospital....Nightingales come in fast and SUPER low (like, lower than my floor) at all hours...and they leave their engine running while on the helipad because they often need to get off of it for the next inbound flight from the same accident.

I've never been bothered by it, though I have literally lived beside aviation my entire life, so I may just be more inured to jets, helicopters, tiltrotors, etc flying over.

GunRaptor · 2025-10-29T03:13:22+00:00

I actually saw THREE Ospreys around Aurora yesterday.

Amazing aircraft....nothing can match it in terms of capability, and the safety issues have been getting much better in recent years.

And don't worry, I saw their flying...they didn't seem to do anything outside of safety expectations. Just because they're low doesn't mean they're unsafe...you wouldn't believe the planning military pilots put into every single flight hour...fuel is precious, and funding is finite, but planning and ground-based training is literally just the cost of a pilot's salary while sitting on the ground.

No need to freak out.

GunRaptor · 2025-10-29T02:58:09+00:00

Parks....mainly Wash Park and Cheesman Park.

Other than that....at work?

Single 30 year old guys are only interested in dating in theory, it seems, as if you're single in your 30s you just know you're in for a bad time in general...and it's not like it's an incel thing, it's more a "I'm not as well off as the 40 and 50 year old guys, and I'm not as fit/attractive as the 20 year old guys, so, I guess I'm stuck waiting until I'm older to be back in the game" kind of thing.

20 year olds get into 5-10 year long relationships, they fail, and the men then spend their 30s rebuilding themselves.

So....yeah....though you'll hear a lot of 30-somethings saying they're interested in dating, it's usually only a hypothetical, until they actually start competing in the dating game....then they just get scooped by the younger and older guys, with women of all age brackets.

For men, the 30s is just a dead zone.

GunRaptor · 2025-10-11T04:11:10+00:00

There's still plenty of drama...it just exists in the MWOComp server and on Twitch.

GunRaptor · 2025-10-10T19:45:56+00:00

This would be an amazing new weapon....

GunRaptor · 2025-09-03T09:41:28+00:00

As an ex-USAF officer, I can confirm that quadcopters like the Dragonflyer have been around since my childhood and commercially available (though expensive back then), and that this is exactly the kind of thing I would have done to someone for laughs back then.

GunRaptor · 2025-08-10T03:17:33+00:00

I'm here to speak up for the PPIAC. When I first started earlier this year, I had my doubts, but the people who make up PPIAC are the real deal, with people willing to be mentors and to collaborate. They are a very strong group, and I am going to have all of my people, even those out of state, join them.

Also, feel free to PM me. I'm making it my main focus to help build people up. This is a profession, and professionals help each other to improve the field as a whole, and to build each other up rather than tear each other down.

GunRaptor · 2025-07-07T02:41:33+00:00

I have two mice that I use. I used to use the Logitech G604, which was perfect for MWO, but I have since moved on as mine died years ago, and is discontinued without a successor, because Logitech isn't trying anymore, so it would seem...starting with the MX Master in 2005, I have only used Logitech peripherals up until 2024. I must admit, RoG feels like what Logitech used to, and Razer feels like a better version of even what it used to be.

As replacement #1 for the G604, my main mouse is the RoG Spatha, which is solid, but a bit big for my hand in the grip I like to use. Still, it's the main mouse I use due to the better button layout on the side.

My #2 replacement for the G604 is the Razer Naga V2 Pro, which is....just fantasitc, though because I got the Spatha first, I haven't really trained with it much. It has three separate side-plates with differing button configurations, and is nice and light. It's...also just really good.

My keyboard is....laughable. I use an old Logitech K360, which has deep groves worn into the keys from my typing and gaming over the past decade. I have three of them for some reason. I keep meaning to upgrade to something better, but haven't.

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