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Online Stahlseele

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Hoax?
« on: June 18, 2009, 07:25:02 PM »
A user with the Nickname SandT just posted this on the MegaMek Boards.
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Hi All! I work over at Smith & Tinker, and wanted to post here to let you know what we have been up to lately.  While our company is still not ready to release our plans for the IP’s that we have licensed from Microsoft, I thought you might be interested in checking out our new game.  It is our first game, and we just released it into public beta.  If you want to test it out, we would love to hear your thoughts: http://www.nanovor.com/play.

I promise that Smith & Tinker has great plans for Jordan’s previous creations, so stay posted and hang in there!
After 5 or 10 Minutes of investigation it does look legit enough . . but i would still advise to stay on the side of caution.


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http://www.classicbattletech.com/forums/index.php/topic,29976.msg1278759.html#msg1278759
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Re: Hoax?
« Reply #1 on: June 18, 2009, 07:40:54 PM »
Anything that wants to auto-launch an MSI installer when you view a website makes me twitchy.
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Re: Hoax?
« Reply #2 on: June 18, 2009, 07:50:02 PM »
Yeah, me too.
But still, it looks legit enough.
Also, sorry for posting in the wrong board.
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'any kind of discussion of randomness ALWAYS WILL EQUATE to being able to critically hit a mech's reactor by firing a micro beam laser while facing 80 degrees to the side, shooting the ground, which would cause a random explosion which would randomly crit his entire team's reactors which would randomly cause the server itself to explode which would randomly generate a strange quark which would randomly hit the earth and randomly randomness randomfapp the shit fapp random!'
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Re: Hoax?
« Reply #3 on: June 18, 2009, 07:54:16 PM »
My money is on hoax. A professional company would have more fanfare for a public beta of Any game, and a much more professional website.
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Re: Hoax?
« Reply #4 on: June 18, 2009, 09:00:58 PM »
Wiki says:
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The first game from Smith & Tinker will be called Nanovor.[5] Nanovor is an online battle game targeted to 7 - 12 year old boys. The release of Nanovor is slated for April 2009.[6]

Would you have more fanfare for something like this, Eldragon? ;)
This isn't an AAA Company (yet) and this surely isn't an AAA title, so I think it's real.
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Re: Hoax?
« Reply #5 on: June 18, 2009, 09:06:06 PM »
Yeah, seems like it.
I kinda got an confirmation on dumpshock.
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'any kind of discussion of randomness ALWAYS WILL EQUATE to being able to critically hit a mech's reactor by firing a micro beam laser while facing 80 degrees to the side, shooting the ground, which would cause a random explosion which would randomly crit his entire team's reactors which would randomly cause the server itself to explode which would randomly generate a strange quark which would randomly hit the earth and randomly randomness randomfapp the shit fapp random!'
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Re: Hoax?
« Reply #6 on: June 19, 2009, 01:03:32 AM »
I had heard the licenses were revoked my MS.
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Re: Hoax?
« Reply #7 on: June 19, 2009, 01:10:35 AM »
Hoax or not this entire thing is poorly made.  I downloaded the beta just to see it, and I cant even log in.  It looks like its loading, but it just stays at the log in screen.  I'm kinda worried because this company could possibly be the future of MechWarrior.
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Re: Hoax?
« Reply #8 on: June 19, 2009, 03:23:53 AM »
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« Last Edit: June 19, 2009, 04:23:28 AM by Tinker »
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Re: Hoax?
« Reply #9 on: June 19, 2009, 05:10:32 AM »
Quote from: Sqarky on June 19, 2009, 01:10:35 AM
[sarcasm]I'm kinda worried because this company could possibly be the future of MechWarrior.[/sarcasm]

Fixed.
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Re: Hoax?
« Reply #10 on: June 19, 2009, 06:15:54 AM »
Oh god a game company that targets audiences 7-12 and hasnt made a real game yet aquire the rights to MW??

How cheap was M$ selling the FASA rights? youd think a real company would pick em up just to sit on em atleast, as big money could be made.

This sounds like BS to me.
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Re: Hoax?
« Reply #11 on: June 19, 2009, 06:52:25 AM »
A company founded by the BattleTech inventor is going to do a new MechWarrior and thought they'd better get some first-hand experience with a child's game before getting onto the real thing?
I couldn't be happier.

There's a lot to be learned even with a child's game. It's still a game containing most of the stuff regular games do.

@Sparky: Guess why it's called beta. You've got 3 trials. ;)
But that's a good example as to why there was no MWLL beta up until now: Though it's labeled BETA some people still expect a full-fledged, running game.
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Re: Hoax?
« Reply #12 on: June 19, 2009, 06:53:56 AM »
I didnt realize it was the same guy. That changes things...
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Re: Hoax?
« Reply #13 on: June 19, 2009, 06:58:24 AM »
Quote from: SeniorBiscuit on June 19, 2009, 06:53:56 AM
I didnt realize it was the same guy. That changes things...

Pretty cool, huh?
I expect great things from them. Their canny course of action until now leaves me in good hope they don't rush things, 'cause it's been almost 2 years since they licensed from Microsoft and no big announcement so far with lot's of PR.
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Re: Hoax?
« Reply #14 on: June 19, 2009, 10:53:36 AM »
Oh, by the way, those people are behind Shadowrun as well.
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