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Offline nano

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"The Remnant" - A Poem I think you might appreciate
« on: June 11, 2008, 04:07:50 PM »
Some may have already seen this, but I thought the guys working hard on this mod might really appreciate where this poem is coming from.  Anyway, I wrote this recently.  Hope you enjoy it:

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The Remnant


We are the Remnant,
You and I.
Of days long gone,
Of times gone by.

We stride the servers,
Looking for a foe.
They leave too soon.
We are the last to go.

We dream of new glories,
We practice our skills.
We build new configs,
Striving for more kills.

We dream of new glories,
Yet to be revealed.
We wait for new epics,
On new battlefields.

Will we lose faith?
Never yet.
We fight on,
With our gaze well set.

One day we know,
Our work will be rewarded.
With a new game, new mechs,
Our dreams un-thwarted.

New servers will thrive!
Our foes multiplied!

But…

Until then,
We keep the faith.
Us, The Remnant,
The last to abate.





The Remnant (Part II)


My friend, we are The Remnant,
You and I.
The last, the proud,
Refusing to say die.

The Devs are long gone.
No word from above.
What of the future,
Of the game that we love.

We've been through it all,
Seen the highs, seen the lows.
We remain here, patient,
To see where it goes.

S&T says "Wait and See!",
Then closes the door.
When will it come?
We've been through this before.

And so we've no choice,
But to wait, to see what is new.

Meanwhile....

The Remnant fights on.
Me and you.


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Re: "The Remnant" - A Poem I think you might appreciate
« Reply #1 on: June 15, 2008, 07:54:06 PM »
cool!  :o but how many MW´s are poets ??? 1


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Re: "The Remnant" - A Poem I think you might appreciate
« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2008, 10:20:53 AM »
here is a good one from the jade falcon trilogy  ;D
9 little battlemechs tempting cruel fate. one got religion, and then there were 8.

8 little battlemechs looking up to heaven. one fell to hell and then there were 7

7 little battlemechs thinking they were alive. two tripped on wires, and then there were 5

5 little battlemechs playing tough at war. one got a stomach cramp and then there were 4

4 little battlemechs sliding down the scree. one ate a Summoner and then there were 3

3 little battlemechs none of them new. one lost it's nuts and bolts and then there were 2

2 little battlemechs coming at a run. one ate the grass and then was one.

1 little battlemech with nowhere left to run.
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Re: "The Remnant" - A Poem I think you might appreciate
« Reply #3 on: July 03, 2008, 06:48:36 PM »
here is a good one from the jade falcon trilogy  ;D
AAAA Aidian pyrdes little chant!
ITS 'Mech not Mech... you see that damned thing in front?! USE IT.... 'Mech is shortened from BATTLEMECH.... i hate u all... HA!

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Re: "The Remnant" - A Poem I think you might appreciate
« Reply #4 on: July 03, 2008, 06:56:45 PM »
I thought that sounded familiar...

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Re: "The Remnant" - A Poem I think you might appreciate
« Reply #5 on: July 03, 2008, 10:19:29 PM »
Haha I love that one from the Jade Falcon Trilogy. Yeah, a word of advice Nano, try to avoid the repetitive rhyme scheme of abab, and vary it up a bit, our minds become accustomed to it and it can become a bit tedious. Good ideas, but I think you can do better with the execution of those ideas!

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Re: "The Remnant" - A Poem I think you might appreciate
« Reply #6 on: July 05, 2008, 02:48:37 PM »
Thanks for the advice!  I appreciate it.  I'll have to work on it some more.

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Re: "The Remnant" - A Poem I think you might appreciate
« Reply #7 on: July 08, 2008, 08:18:38 PM »
yeah, keep up the good work man ;D
"As we admire some, there are those we despise. Our hatred for the Draconis Combine is simple and requires little explanation. They plumbed the depths of depravity when they murdered our families to bring us to our knees. We will never grant them mercy or expect it."

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Re: "The Remnant" - A Poem I think you might appreciate
« Reply #8 on: February 19, 2009, 01:50:41 AM »
This is old but I figure I'm never going to get back to it I might as well release it:

Got permission from nano and George to mix it up, did and had some mixed reviews on it so I'm not expecting stellar critiques! But I figured I'd share anyhow..

http://www.mediafire.com/?jtzmwvdmyw4

*it's not anything to anything, just some sort of atmospheric narrative..

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Re: "The Remnant" - A Poem I think you might appreciate
« Reply #9 on: February 19, 2009, 06:12:00 PM »
Excellent job Stormin!  Words and ideas have failed me in my attempts to write something like this.  Glad to see they came to you.  I enjoyed it.

Haha!  Looks like the words came to you after all my friend.  Keep it up!

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That was great!  I thoroughly enjoyed it!


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Re: "The Remnant" - A Poem I think you might appreciate
« Reply #10 on: February 19, 2009, 06:25:43 PM »
hehe - This is a remix of my first poem.  YouTube video here:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exkl77qeG04

I wrote a second one called "Fare Thee Well MechWarrior", but its the third one that words are failing me on... :P