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BobaFatt

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yep, it''s on FB.

Here's the image which accompanied it:
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No statement needed. A picture is worth a thousand words. I might set that to the background on my phone for the next month or two...
 

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Well, Christmas in July is just around the corner.

AND what better way for HBS to celebrate Independence Day (stateside) by setting the unseen free :D

They need to come with a big fat American flag skin, or a bald eagle decal, or both.
 

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I think we have PGI to thank for a lot of this so a Canadian flag and leaf would be more fitting.
Sunday is Canada Day. Feel free to join in the celebrations.
 

KnightCole

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I think we have PGI to thank for a lot of this so a Canadian flag and leaf would be more fitting.

Well, if they released in July, they could totally give us both, cuz why not. Canadian developers, US Independence day holiday.
 

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Yeah I woke up this morning and the side feed of the browser was a link to the fb statement and the grey death marauder.

All praise the marauder in all its glorious destructive madness. *cough*

Good to hear.:D
 

Zeusbunnyears

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Or....And bear with me here...If they release in July, July 1st is our National Holiday celebration the birth of Canada as a Nation, as well as your US Independence Day ;)

Canadian independence? You still have the Queen on your money :p ;)

Joking aside it would be a great DLC hint hint wink wink nudge nudge chuckle chuckle.
 

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Haha.

Please don't do that. It's contagious.
Killjoy. ;)

Personally, I don't expect HBS to release another official statement besides the one they already did when HG dropped the suit against them - for HBS, that was the end of the case.

Whether or not the end to the full case means we'll see the "classic" 'Mechs in BATTLETECH, well - the proof will be in the pudding, as they say.
The original expression was "The proof of the pudding is in the eating," which is much more sensible than our modern shortening of it.

We all need to be patient until HBS makes a statement or releases the unseen. We don't know the terms of their settlement, which came before the others and was potentially constrained by the fact that Jordan previously settled with HG. I hope that we'll see them all soon, but we must be patient.

On a side note, I just had a mental image of how the unseen should be announced by HBS:

Mitch doing a voiceover: "Unleash the unseen!" Then the doors of a mechbay open and the original starter lance strides out to some epic music.
 

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I just want to point out the obvious outcome of what happened. It is in Russ Bullock's answer:

"Piranha Games will continue to use the "classic" BattleTech designs..."

While it states nothing specific it states the obvious. What are the classic BattleTech designs? You know the answer.
I stated this the other day. Then CGL posts that image in their statement? That is what I call verification and validation. As previously noted, "A picture says a thousand words."
 

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Killjoy. ;)


The original expression was "The proof of the pudding is in the eating," which is much more sensible than our modern shortening of it.

We all need to be patient until HBS makes a statement or releases the unseen. We don't know the terms of their settlement, which came before the others and was potentially constrained by the fact that Jordan previously settled with HG. I hope that we'll see them all soon, but we must be patient.

On a side note, I just had a mental image of how the unseen should be announced by HBS:

Mitch doing a voiceover: "Unleash the unseen!" Then the doors of a mechbay open and the original starter lance strides out to some epic music.

Dang so I should stop digging in pudding looking for proof. Ah well it was fun while it lasted.
 

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On a side note, I just had a mental image of how the unseen should be announced by HBS:

Mitch doing a voiceover: "Unleash the unseen!" Then the doors of a mechbay open and the original starter lance strides out to some epic music.

Lol, naw, Mitch saying it, but to 'Th3B33f' voice over lol.
 

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For those asking about availability of mechs and timelines, I just finished reading the Reddit AMA Tyler did a few months ago... and it's worth noting that EVERY time he was asked about ANY upcoming DLC mechs, his response was some variation of the fact that they have plans, but they can't talk about those plans because of NDAs.

This applied even to mechs that are obviously completely free of HG legal entanglements.

So don't hold your breath waiting for official announcements. The first announcement we hear will likely be the one stating that a patch available for beta testing has specific new mechs in it.