This topic has been inside my head, popping in and out and around every so often and I thought that it was about time I posted this far overdue thread.
Thank you.
To those who do not know much about me and my history with this game, I joined Hawken last year at it's Steam release, however I have been keeping tabs on the game long before that when it was released all the way back on the 12/12/2012. It took me so long to get to playing the game because my computer (or laptop) was not good enough to run the game on it's initial release as it was more demanding back then. Anyways, I was told about the initial release from my friend DM30 (aka Drunken Monkey 30), and I cannot be more thankful about his recommendation after all these years.
Ever since I saw that initial trailer and loaded up the main menu around a year ago, I knew that this was not a game that I was not going to lose interest on and this was only further emphasised as I was absolutely wrecked in my first mech the Predator, over and over and over and over again. Normally, I would feel disheartened by this, but at the time, this initial beginning was the beginning of a long road filled with a lot of suffering and lot of determination and a lot of fun! It took me a month or two until I joined the Steam forums - my first gaming forum, and began discussing this and that about this game that I was/sorta am addicted to. Another month later, I got fed up with the Steam forum's negativity and moved on to the, what I referred to at the time, the "main forums". This was when I met a lot of you and the negativity from the Steam forums seemed to edge back a bit in this "new one". Unfortunately, this was also around the time Adhensive Games began to go a bit quiet so I missed their activity on the forums.
As time moved by, my passion for the game also dissipated as no updates went up, people was screaming out "Herken is ded" and I got more and more mechs, which I had realised that I was not all that good with. My enthusiasm for the game faded and almost went out completely as the months went by without an update and the community savaging for info about what happened to the old devs and if the game is truly dead. But then came the month of December (or around that time) when everyone's faith seemed to be at an all time low when I looked at the forums and saw an event. I can't remember the specific event name but it was basically called "The Hawken Birthday Party". The event was basically the "to go out with a bang of Hawken" - or at least that's how I interpreted it. With my faith with the game at an all time low, and with me feeling like I was part of the community, I thought of doing the one thing that I have not done at all in my entire life of video gaming:
Unmute my mic
I know - shock, gasp; but I feel like I'm a very flawed human being and at the time my voice is probably the most "flawed" part of me. This was literally the biggest challenge I did in my gaming career and it meant a lot to me when I did have the courage to unmute my mic in the event. It meant a lot more to me that no one judged me on my lisp.
The event was a massive success and I was grinning from ear-to-ear the entire time, laughing, smiling as the first community I was a part of partied and...laughed, it was super fun and was the probably the highlight of my entire holidays. This was also around the time when we played what I call "The Word Game" and we came up with silly sentences like "Spagetti is Beer" and "The Salty player was shooting himself into a dark sweaty mech", which by the way was a hilarious way to end the event. XD
This was the NA event that I was a part of and enjoyed every second of it - if you want to see the word game where we made the really weird sentences, it is around 17:20:
I would like to thank you guys though for that. I never thought that I would ever be confident and relaxed enough to openly talk to people via voice through the internet - most of which are people that I barely know. Despite some of the comments that have been occuring lately, this is a very good community and I just wanted to say a massive thank you for making me feel so confident now on the internet, and feel like I can be myself when talking to you all of you. :)
I'd also like to thank the new devs. This game has changed me - let it be for better or worse - and I am so glad that it did not die by fading into oblivion with no one telling us what's up or what went wrong. Keep up the great work Reloaded Games/Josh and Tiggs. :D
That's enough from me - I don't want this wall of text to extend any further. XD
Remember, Spagetti is Beer guys and I'll see you on the Battlefield! :D
Edited by Dawn_of_Ash, 08 July 2015 - 08:30 PM.
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