Check in thread for old forum members migrating.

[carmenara]

I observe a distinct lack of sheep in the avatar selections here.
That and the site is horribly slow. It's like being back in the age of Zeppelin travel. And 56k modems.

 

[Packrat]

I observe a distinct lack of sheep in the avatar selections here.
That and the site is horribly slow. It's like being back in the age of Zeppelin travel. And 56k modems.

I think because the game isn't out yet we only have Class B HPG. Once it's released, we'll hopefully be upgraded to the First Circuit.

 

[Rhodium]

That's got to be a fun little hurdle for a company that makes wargames.

So yeah, forgot to check in sooner. Name's mostly the same, but at least one other person on the forum is a fan of the most entertaining of Greek philosophers. Since I couldn't bring my Brotherhood of Randis avatar (electing to brandish the Irish branch of my family in its stead), I decided to staple an appropriate title onto the name.

It reminds me of the family guy bit where Brian was on a bus tour in Germany, and the tour guide was talking about German history. Then Brian tells him he left a gap between 1934 and 1945, and the tour guide started screaming at him that nothing happened in between there! there was party! cookies were served! XD

 

[Timaeus]

I observe a distinct lack of sheep in the avatar selections here.
That and the site is horribly slow. It's like being back in the age of Zeppelin travel. And 56k modems.

I have noticed this too when mobile, and getting less than decent reception.

 

[TaurianMerc]

I've actually found it faster than old site.
Maybe because I'm closer to Sweden than the US

 

[stjobe]

That and the site is horribly slow. It's like being back in the age of Zeppelin travel. And 56k modems.

Loading this page and a random thread page over at our old forums gives some interesting details:
PDX: 120 requests, 37.1 kb transferred, finish 2.20s
HBS: 83 requests, 83.7 kB transferred, finish 4.51s

I don't think these forums are any slower than the old one; quite the contrary actually. But, as always, YMMV.

 

[Durin]

Is your av unavailable anymore like mine is?

Do you mean avatar with av?

 

[Kereminde]

I haven't noticed it loading slower than the HBS site, and it does get easier to load the big threads considering several of those on the HBS forum . . . broke. Badly.

 

[Packrat]

I've noticed that the first time in a browsing session I visit this site tends to be quite slow, but once I'm in it runs pretty smooth. Guess it has something to do with the initial login.

 

[Kereminde]

But it won't load my awesome avatar.

Wait, that's because I don't have one yet.

Hmmm.

 

[stjobe]

I've noticed that the first time in a browsing session I visit this site tends to be quite slow, but once I'm in it runs pretty smooth. Guess it has something to do with the initial login.

It does. First time it has to not only validate your login, it also needs to load every page element from the remote server(s). On subsequent loads it will use your browser cache for at least some elements.

 

[TaurianMerc]

In short, no more loading message every time I change page.
Not that I want to sound like I'm complaining about the old site, I miss it already.

 

[Rhodium]

Hey, so question, does HBS still own BattleTech (the game, not the franchise), or does Paradox own it now?

 

[TaurianMerc]

Until we hear otherwise, it's still HBS's game; PDX are just the publishers.

 

[Stefan Amaris Jr]

You're on a roll TaurianMerc, already doubled your post count from the old place

(good to see)

 

[MeiSooHaityu]

Hey, so question, does HBS still own BattleTech (the game, not the franchise), or does Paradox own it now?

HBS is the developer and the owner of the game. Paradox is handling the publishing of the game a long with assisting with internal testing, localization, and post launch support.

 

[gruese]

 

[TaurianMerc]

You're on a roll TaurianMerc, already doubled your post count from the old place

(good to see)

going OT for a minute, but if you saw my "farewell post" on the open letter thread back in the old country, this is me determined to show the naysayers they were wrong. Our community is still going strong and it will survive

As you were.

 

[Brother Diogenes]

Hey, so question, does HBS still own BattleTech (the game, not the franchise), or does Paradox own it now?

HBS is the developer and the owner of the game. Paradox is handling the publishing of the game a long with assisting with internal testing, localization, and post launch support.

And now, of course, the forum-hosting. Not part of the original plan, but with the old forum showing cracks in the foundation, the anticipated jump in membership when the game releases, and the devs being too busy to build a new one of their own... it made sense.

 

[Uhlume]

I'm using a different handle here than I was for the MW forums, but I wasn't particularly active there as it stands.

Now all I need to figure out is how to get access to the Valhallan forums back.