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For of you megamek players over here, I know your here, quit trying to hide. We even made this awesome professional speech up.
(now to try and bribe rick into giving me a sticky on this)

The Link: www.netbattletech.com/nbt-classic

The Forums: www.netbattletech.com/hpguplink/

The History: Since 1997, NetBattleTech has provided gaming enthusiasts with an exemplary gaming environment, a dedicated Admin staff and solid competition for all who join our community. Through the course of 5 successful NBT leagues we have worked with units and pilots alike in the continued evolution of NBT. Now, with the introduction of a new game platform, NBT continues this tradition and history with NBT-Classic.

The League: NBT-Classic is a real-time planetary / resource league making use of the Megamek game engine, based upon the 3067 timeline of the Classic BattleTech universe. What does this mean for Commanders and units who participate? Your unit takes the role of one of the many factions in an interstellar battle for supremacy, star systems and resources. Your goal? To prove yourself as the top unit in the league, be it by conquering systems, raking in the cold hard cash, or stealing the resources of other units.

A variety of roles are provided to be filled, depending on your units desires: Play as a mighty House, in control of 100’s of systems, and striving to win your place as First Lord of the Star League. Or play as a Periphery, smaller by far, but with the desire to prove ones worth, playing the Houses against one another to gain the upper hand. Then you have Mercenaries, out only for the almighty dollar, selling their services to the highest bidder, working to outshine the competition. Finally, the lowest of the low, the Pirates feed off of the misery of others, picking at the edges of civilization to ensure their own survival. These are the players. These are the champions, the nobels, the scoundrels. This is the universe we create and evolve though our actions, be they role-play or combat operations battling your way across the universe.

The Game: While the league provides the backdrop for the community, what draws people together is the game we play, namely Megamek. The game has been worked into the league to provide a variety of play and an ever changing environment. Depending on the battles launched against and by your enemies, your unit will fight in differing conditions, maps and play styles. A quick recon battle to steal enemy information while the defenders strive to drive you off as quickly as possible. Or a grand planetary assault battle as the defenders of a planet make their stand against enemy forces and the attackers strive to push for victory on a key planet. A Raid deep behind enemy lines to secure factory resources, holding the military assets to ensure your economic survival. These are the battles that are fought. These are the stakes.

The Units: What has always made NBT strong are the dedicated units and players that make up our membership. Units who strive for excellence, for enjoyment of the game, for community. These are the type units that we are looking for our new league. If you or your unit is interested in a competitive and organized play environment, NBT is the place to be.

The Plan: NBT-Classic has officially entered application and setup mode. The final numbers for the league itself are being nailed down by the Concept Development Team, and Unit Applications are now being accepted. The beauty of the NBT system is that it has been evolving over the past 10 years into its current form, and is a tried and true league system. The automation is almost online, the rules are written, the Administration staff in place. NBT also has available a bank of servers for league use as well as a dedicated Teamspeak server for use by all units. These servers are owned by the NBT league, and are maintained by a dedicated staff of Server Admins each night of the week.

Our goal is to launch the new league on February 1st, 2007. However, we need the support of a substantial group of people in order to operate this league effectively. At this time we are accepting Unit Applications for all units in the league, Houses, Periphery, Mercs and Pirates. Unit Setup set up has already begun, giving units a some time to get everything finalized and for the final league numbers to be nailed down and necessary coding tweaks to be made. Then, when enough units and interest is shown, we will throw the switch and units can begin launching attacks against one another, striving for interstellar dominance, just as they and others have done many times over the past 10 years.

So we take this opportunity to invite you to join our community. If you have an interest in the above, by all means drop by our forums and website and check us out. We welcome one and all to join us as we launch the latest NBT league, one that promises to provide great fun and competition for all who join.

If you have any questions/comments, this post/thread will be monitored by members of our Concept Development Team who are in charge of advertising our new league and answering questions that prospective members may have. We are posting this message on several major Battletech and Megamek boards only at this point to get a feel for initial interest as well as to be able to handle any questions that arise. We look forward to hearing from you.

Signed

Dark Phoenix – NBT Lead Admin
NBT-Classic CDT Members