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Dec-12-3070 | ~ Clan Ice Hellion
Set to Live & Active
Verbruggan |
Dec-02-3070 | ~ Calderon Protectorate setup processed and set to LIVE
Verbruggan |
Dec-02-3070 | ~Avanti's Angels Setup Processed and set to Live
~Blazing Aces Setup Processed and set to Live
~Clan Goliath Scorpion Setup Processed and set to Live
Verbruggan |
Nov-26-3070 | ~ League Rules Pages updated:
* attacks_battles.html
* league_economics.html
* pilots_handbook.html
Verbruggan |
Nov-25-3070 | ~Clan Steel Viper Setup Processed and set to Live
Verbruggan |
Nov-23-3070 | ~Blazing Aces Set to Live
Verbruggan |
Nov-21-3070 | ~Clan Snow Raven Setup Processed & Set to Live
Verbruggan |
Nov-14-3070 | ~Dark Caste set to live
Verbruggan |
Nov-02-3070 | League Rule modification:
With the implementation of TacOps in the client, the use of Thunder Augmented Ammo can be utilized by the Cappellan Confederation team only, at no greater than three (3) tons per drop.
Verbruggan |
Nov-01-3070 | ~ Storm Metal Thunder set to Live
Verbruggan |
Oct-14-3070 | New units set to live
~ HRR
~ Kell Hounds
Verbruggan |
Sep-24-3070 | ~ Mica Majority set to active
Verbruggan |
Sep-24-3070 | A correction has been made to the following minor raid. Outcome of a successful raid of this type will actually yield the units of the actual slot distrupted to the attacker.
Factory Disruption – This Raid will target a single Factory Slot for production disruption. The Attacker winning this raid will result in the production numbers for that Planet being reduced by half the factories maximum output for that slot (even into negative numbers). A factory currently at 0 or negative numbers may not be further disrupted. The attacker will steal that same number of Units from the factory.
Verbruggan |
Sep-23-3070 | ~ Wolf set to active
~ GBD set to active
~ OA set to Vacant
~Factory Disruption Raid outcome online (corrected to apply as seen in league rules).
Verbruggan |
Jul-28-3070 | Storms Metal Thunder to nuetral with Word of Blake (end House Merc status)
Verbruggan |
Jul-15-3070 | Unit status change:
~ Mark Brody Gang (Pirate) upgrading to Minnesota Tribe (Pirate)
Verbruggan |
Jun-20-3070 | ~ ComStar Provider selection Circinus Federation (selects Free Rasalhague Republic)
~ ComStar Provider selection Marian Hegemony (selects Word of Blake)
Been meaning to do it weeks ago. Finally got around to it.
Verbruggan |
Jun-20-3070 | ~ SLDF Vacant
~ Outward Alliance Set to Active
Verbruggan |
Jun-12-3070 | Diplomacy changes
~ Wolf Dragoons and Capellan Confederation are downgraded (Neutral)
Verbruggan |
Jun-05-3070 | Set to Live:
~ 12th Vegan Rangers
Diplomacy changes
~ Hanseatic League upgrades Lyran Alliance (Military Alliance)
~ Clan Star Adder downgrades Clan Snow Raven (Border Dispute)
~ Lyran Alliance downgrades Avanti's Angels (Military Alliance *league correction*)
Verbruggan |
May-31-3070 | Set to Live
~ Circinus Federation
~ Magistracy of Canopus
~ Marian Hegemony
~ 12th Vegan Rangers
~ Taurian Concordat
~ Lyran Alliance (restructured) will be coming online in coming days
Verbruggan |
May-22-3070 | After consultation with the CO of Lyran Alliance & admins, the decision to set Lyran Alliance to Inactive has been reached. All Battles Major and Minor will be completed. None retreated.
Donutking will endeavour to play out some of the battle load, as well as assign them to specific allies and mercs. Others will be handled (distributed by) myself.
More will be posted regarding this in the leaders lounge in the next couple days. For now, any team with active battles with Lyran Alliance are asked to keep to the Battle Arrangement threads to finish them out within league guidelines.
Verbruggan |
May-20-3070 | Applications Processed and Set to Live
~Taurian Concordat
Verbruggan |
May-12-3070 | Applications Processed and Set to Live
~Clan Wolf in Exile
~Mark Brody Gang
~Storms Metal Thunder
~Kell Hounds
League Launch presently set for Midnight Eastern US Time Tuesday.
Verbruggan |
May-10-3070 | Applications Processed and Set to Live
~Capellan Confederation
~Hanseatic League
~Clan Star Adder
Verbruggan |
May-06-3070 | Applications Processed and Set to Live
~Lyran Alliance
~Word of Blake
~Draconis Combine
~New Belt Pirates
~Clan Jade Falcon
Verbruggan |
May-05-3070 | Automation Access Granted to:
~CNC
~Storms Metal Thunder
~New Belt Pirates
~Hoods Heavy Cavalry
Applications Processed and Set to Live
~Clan Coyote
~Clan Diamond Shark
~Clan Snow Raven
~Federated Suns
~Free Worlds League
~Ghost Bear Dominion
Verbruggan |
May-02-3070 | Applications Processed and Set to Live
~ Northwind Highlanders
~ Wolfs Dragoons
Verbruggan |
May-01-3070 | Automation Access granted to:
~ Hanseatic League
~ Magistry of Canopus
~ Northwind Highlanders
~ Mark Brody Gang
~ Hansens Roughriders
Applications Processed and Set to Live
~ Star League Defense Force
~ Clan Wolf
~ Clan Snow Raven
**NOTE** Jumpship movement temporarily restricted until the majority of applications are processed.
Verbruggan |
Apr-29-3070 | Unit setup access granted to the following units:
Capellan Confederation
Circinus Federation
Clan Coyote
Clan Diamond Shark
Clan Hells Horses
Clan Jade Falcon
Clan Snow Raven
Clan Star Adder
Clan Wolf
Draconis Combine
Federated Suns
Free Worlds League
Ghost Bear Dominion
Lyran Alliance
Star League Defense Force
Wolf's Dragoons
Word of Blake
More to come.
Verbruggan |
Apr-29-3070 | Initial Setup Spreadsheets for the IS House units were released tonight. Anticipate Clan applicants, ComStar, Periphery, Pirate and Mercenary Applicants to receive their login information in coming days.
Verbruggan |
Apr-26-3070 | The update to the automation for the launch of Classic 2.0 is just about complete. Unit Leaders should anticipate getting access to their setup pages any day. The Dev Team has a Beta Client in testing at the moment. Once they are assured that all is well, we will be uploading the Client to the NBT Classic Download area.
We appreciate your patience, 2.0 is definitely going to launch. So get ready...
Regards,
Verbruggan |
Apr-23-3070 | I just thought I would throw an update out there for everyone to keep you all in the loop as to progress as of the last few days. All major units currently have pending teams to take them over. Thank you to anyone who has been out promoting the league and trying to get potential players. We could still use a few more to fill out the various smaller units remaining.
Over the past few days we have entered close to 300 (that’s a phantom guess. Verb has done more than myself) units manually into the automation. That includes everything (price, availability, battle value, weight), yes we know there are a few typos in the unit abbreviations and we are trying to get an editor created to fix them shortly. We’ll be asking to get a hand double checking the Battle Values and Costs of all the current units shortly. To see the units currently in the automation simply click ‘Comstar News’ then ‘Mech Market’.
Factories have been added and now give you a rough idea as to where things will be come league start. Missing from the map is but maybe 2 or 3 factories. I can honestly say that this will be the most accurate listing of everything in the CBT universe in the year 3067. At the beginning of the league, the production will be elevated to balance out the gap for chassis which were not included in a specific teams startup build worksheet. A few months down the road, these factory outputs will be adjusted to offer a balanced variety of chassis in league play.
There are still a bunch of small things left to be done and it’s coming along very smoothly. We have encountered a few errors and have had to take a side step in some areas.
At the present moment no startup sheets have been finalized and sent out.
England |
Apr-13-3070 | Today the first batch of acceptance emails went out to their respected unit CO’s notifying them to their unit of selection. It took us time to pry over them and give a little grace period for any late applicants to apply but as of now those units with ‘Pending’ marked as their status and their CO and XO information filled out are closed for applications. There are still many great units left in the pool to draw and we encourage you to continue to look at them as a possibility.
I encourage you all to check your inboxes regardless. If you applied for a unit and you are not yet listed you might have an email with a few questions in regards to your application there.
The units who have so far been decided on have been updated on the ‘Unit Listing’ page of the NBT-Classic site. As a general update for you at this time we are finishing up on our final details. The starmap has been rolled back manually and still requires factory additions/removals and tweaking.
England |
Apr-13-3070 | ~ New maps have been added to the map cycle for the launch of 2.0
~ Unit Applicants set to Pending, have been accepted in order to close additional applications for already filled units.
Verbruggan |
Apr-07-3070 | Over the weekend, many of the applications for 2.0 have been processed. We are hoping that in the course of the next couple days we can get the setup sheets to the major unit applicants. Due to the overall size of setups for the Major IS Houses and Major Invading Clan units, these units have a priority. Rest assured, once this is accomplised, applicants will start receiving login instructions to setup the rest of the teams in very short order.
Verbruggan |
Mar-29-3070 | At this point in time I would like to officially open up Unit Applications to any interested parties. Please take note on the REQUIRED pilot amounts required to run your unit of choosing. We will be keeping a stricter eye on this and may even ask for a chance to sit down and talk to you and your whole team on IRC or Teamspeak.
Understand that just because you are putting in an application first doesn’t mean your going to receive said unit. We are going to be leaving applications open to the general public for about a week. This will give any interested parties a chance to still be able to apply for their unit before we make any official standing. After that time we will be in contact with the parties we think will be able to best run that unit.
With all that being said I look forward to having a great classic 2.0 with everyone. Good luck and happy hunting.
England |
Mar-25-3070 | The closure of first phase of NBT-Classic will come as no surprise to anyone here. We all knew it was going to happen eventually it was just a matter of when exactly. We missed our expected launch goal of March 1st by a little. However we feel that the changes made to 2.0 will more than make up for the delay.
We would like to take the time to thank everyone who participated in 1.0. Those units and players who managed to complete all their pending battles, and to those who are still launching and fighting battles we thank you even more. You're what keeps leagues like this alive and we hope that you continue to do so and enjoy the second phase of Classic just as much if not more than the first.
With all that being said, all units are going to be set to vacant this evening (March 25, 2008) in preparation for 2.0. This will consist of updating databases and startup numbers for the new phase. As to when Applications will be accepted and made available. I would like to put a date for this weekend so you can start submitting the applications then. This will give us the time it needs to do all the final run downs and checks. The new rules and edits to the existing ones will be changed during this time I should hope. It will take some time to sort though all the applications and should you not hear back immediately do not panic we have not forgotten just are merely bogged down.
England |
Jan-30-3070 | ~ Balzing Aces set to Active 1/30
Dark Phoenix |
Jan-28-3070 | ~ Rim Collection set to Active 1/28/08
Dark Phoenix |
Jan-28-3070 | ~ Hansens Roughriders set to Active 1/28
Dark Phoenix |
Dec-27-3069 | NBT-Classic 2.0 Development: As most in the league are aware at this point, NBT-Classic will be going through a reset in the near future as we launch a new version of NBT-C with various updates and improvements. Many will be taken from what we have learned from the past year, as well as updates to Classic BattleTech in general (TW).
The Dev Team has started batting around various ideas and getting some concepts nailed down. I then am taking the concepts to the coding team to see what can be worked in and what cannot (some are far more difficult than the ideas appear).
The NBT-Classic 1.0 league can continue playing with the current automation until we make an announcement otherwise. Eventually we will reach the point where we will have to actually reset something that will break the current league, be it planets, factories or whatever. Once that happens, we'll have to shut down the current and you'll have to wait for 2.0 to continue playing.
I still have not determined what we are going to do with the 1.0 league data itself. We may just kind of pickup where we left off here, but with new units and numbers and everything, or we may actually reset the map entirely. Not sure. Shame to lose all this history (almost a year). We'll know more as we nail down specific aspects of what will need changing.
Timeframe for this is uncertain at present. I hope that by mid-January we have all the concepts for updates nailed down amoung the Dev Team. Around the same time we should know how much coding will be needed to implement them. A couple weeks, a month, 2 months... At that point we can have a better idea of a specific launch window for NBT-Classic 2.0. My personal goal is no later than March 1st, but I do not wish to promise that until more is known.
If you have any ideas or suggestions for the relaunch, please feel free to bring them up in the NBT-Classic Development forum. All comments are welcome.
Dark Phoenix |
Nov-07-3069 | New Units online:
11/03 ~ Waco's Rangers
11/03 ~ Black Outlaws
11/04 ~ Gray Death Legion
11/07 ~ Wolf Clan
Dark Phoenix |
Oct-22-3069 | New Demi-Precentors Online: To help with the handling of league administrative responsibilities, we have made some changes to the League Admin structure for NBT.
Precentor Dark Phoenix - Lead Admin
Precentor Viking - Lead Coder & Admin
Demi-Precentor Toxic - General Administration
Demi-Precentor England
Demi-Precentor Verbruggan
Toxic has been filling in regarding various admin duties NBT wide for quite some time now, this just makes his role more official. England and Verbruggan are coming on board as Demi-Precentors to help with the day to day handling of NBT-Classic league responsibilities. They will retain their roles as league Unit Leaders at present, continuing to play in the league and fulfill the role of Admins.
Both have been solid members of NBT for many years. England was instrumental in the intial setup of Stage 1 of NBT-Solaris, putting dozens and dozens of hours into the entering of the various Life Paths and Affiliations, making sure that everything was entered as best possible within the Solaris system. Verbruggan likewise has played several roles within NBT to date, including helping my wife and I move into our new house last year and providing us with a wealth of excellent beer to take the edge off that stressful day.
I trust both to be able to play the role of a League Admin, while still maintaining a role as a league player. They will both be reporting to Viking and myself in regards to their duties, and if there is a case that they cannot come to a consensus, or they feel that there may be a conflict of interest, then one of the other admins will fill in.
We hope that this change in administration structure will help out NBT-Classic and help it continue to move forward more smoothly in the months and years to come.
Dark Phoenix |
Sep-22-3069 | Official NBT-Classic Client Package: Version 1.2 / Date: 09/22/07
NBT-Classic 1.2 Client Package
This package will be used for all league drops. It includes the current units and maps for use in NBT-Classic. This is a complete new install. Please uninstall your previous version and install this updated package.
Notes on this version: Several map updates have been made as well as a couple new maps added. The biggest part of this update is a group of 95 new 'Mechs for use in the league. At present, they are just part of the package itself. Units will be able to build new factories for these 'Mechs based upon their Unit Class (IS, Clan, Periphery, etc). Over the coming week, booster packs will be processed based upon your actual faction, granting you access to an initial group of these 'Mechs for use.
Dark Phoenix |
Jul-15-3069 | Official NBT-Classic Client Package: Version 1.1 / Date: 07/15/07
NBT-Classic 1.1 Client Package
This package will be used for all league drops. It includes the current units and maps for use in NBT-Classic.
Dark Phoenix |
Jun-22-3069 | Allied Garrison Rules Updated: The required number of units for Allied Garrison bonuses to take effect on planet is now 5 (down from 10). This includes both the transfer of battles to allies, as well as delivery of Black Market units.
Dark Phoenix |
Jun-13-3069 | Battle Protocols - In-Server Rules Updated: An addition to the Battle Protocols rules has been made today on the matter of retreating units. Specifically:
Retreating Units - Units may only be retreated off of your home edge once 50% of your force (based on total BV) has been destroyed. Any unit retreated before this point is considered destroyed.
Also, as a reminder, the following was added last month to the rules as well regarding units pushed off the edge of the map:
Removal from Field - If any unit is forcibly removed from the field, a la charging or DFA, it is considered dead for reporting purposes. This is true reguardless of whether or not the unit was on its home edge.
Dark Phoenix |
Jun-01-3069 | Black Market Delivery Change: When Black Market chassis are delivered to a planet, they are now dropped into Mothball status on the planet, rather than directly into Owner or Allied Garrison. You will need to transfer them to your assigned garrison section manually.
There was a bug in the system that allowed Black Market deliveries to excessively over-garrison a planet (outside of standard league limits). The change will prevent that issue in the future.
Dark Phoenix |
May-18-3069 | Further Rules Updates Online: In our efforts to get the rules pages updated for NBT-Classic, the remaining rules pages have been brought online with updated numbers and terminology: The following pages have been modified and posted:
nbt-classic/alliances_diplomacy.html
nbt-classic/attacks_battles.html
nbt-classic/battle_protocol.html
nbt-classic/battle_reporting.html
nbt-classic/faq.html
nbt-classic/jumpships_and_travel.html
nbt-classic/new_unit_setup.html
nbt-classic/planetary_assaults.html
nbt-classic/planetary_management.html
Most of the changes are based around terminology not functionality. Changing references of 'Mechs to Units to denote that Vehicles can be used as well, and things like that. Some numbers have also been updated to match with what is actually in use within the league at present.
The big page update is in regards to the Battle Protocols rules. They have been revamped to deal with using MegaMek rather than MW4. Also, a couple changes have been made as to specific time frames and procedures that must be followed by all units. It is going to be very important for every unit in the league to read this page, take note of the changes detailed here and immediately begin following these procedures.
If you have any questions or comments on the updates above, please let us know.
Dark Phoenix |
May-14-3069 | Limited Rules Updates Online: In our efforts to get the rules pages updated for NBT-Classic, the first 3 pages have been brought online with updated numbers and terminology: League Overview, Pilot's Handbook and League Economics.
In conjunction with this, several value changes have been made in both the automation and the rules:
Factory Purchasing Online: As most know, the factory system was stalled to date (10 billion surcharge) until we determined how much we wished to loosen the restrictions on factory expansions. The surcharge has been reduced to the base 2 billion, and factory expansions are now online. A unit may build a factory for any 'Mech that they already produce. They may also build a factory for any 'Mech that they have stolen 35 chassis of during the course of the league. This applies to both IS and Clan 'Mechs, regardless of the tech level of the unit in question.
Transport Jump Costs: The transport jump costs have been reduced to 10% of their league start numbers, thus making transports the cheapest method of transport in the league, while still being combat limited in use.
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Further updates pending.....
Dark Phoenix |
May-02-3069 | Planetary Assault Rules Updated: In the Drop Zone Stage, the Attacker no longer has to destroy all Defender units in order to win the drops. This is to prevent abuse of this option by the Defender retreating a single unit. The match is decided normally by BV destroyed.
Dark Phoenix |
Apr-28-3069 | League Mechanics Tweaks: A couple coding changes were made this weekend (thanks to the magic wand of Viking). Both provide some quality of life features that should provide some better options for the units within the automation, as well as making the handling of battles far easier.
Vehicle Factory Production: Previously if you purchased vehicles from an allied factory, it was based on your own vehicle allowances, regardless of who you were purchasing from. As of today, if you purchase from an allied factory, you will have access to the vehicle listing for that unit, rather than your own. Any purchases also are taken out of the factory owners allotment for the week, rather than your own.
For example: WD heads to a LA planet to purchase Vehicles. Rather than seeing the Merc Vehicle Listing, they will be able to choose from the House Vehicle Listing. Any purchased would reduce the total number of LA vehicles available for that week. If WD were to purchase vehicles from Outreach, they would be limited to the Merc Vehicle Listing instead.
Multi-Drop Tracker Updated for BV: This has always been a sticky item for NBT-Classic, as the NBT automation system is designed entirely around tonnage of 'Mechs (20-100) rather than BV or other options. As such it takes some work to get the various systems to take BV into account rather than tonnage. One of the major systems of the league in this regard is the Multi-Drop Tracker, as it actually determines on the fly if a battle is won/lost based on tonnage lost.
As of today, the Tracker now takes BV into account rather than tonnage. This means that all rules in the tracker that used to apply to tonnage, not apply regarding BV. This includes the 50% destroyed requirement, who destroys the most BV wins (Partial Destruction Rules) and so forth. This means that the Tracker now accounts for the BV of all the units involved, preventing units from using or reporting too many in play.
There may be some hiccups with this, as it has only recieved alpha testing to date, but everything looks like it is working 100%, so we are releasing the changes to live. This should make the reporting of GRaids and PAs far easier and prevent some of the tonnage conflict issues that have happened on a couple drops to date.
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We hope you enjoy these additions / tweaks to the league. As mentioned previously, the NBT automation is gradually evolving to handle the requirements of the MegaMek client and the impact it has on the league. More to come...
Dark Phoenix |
Apr-22-3069 | League Economics Numbers Updated: The following league numbers have been updated as of this week. The rules will be updated with the next file uploads (Dark Jackal is working on some overall text updates).
- Factory Ally Premium: Purchasing units from an allied factory now incurs a 50% premium, rather than a 15% premium.
- Maintenance Factors: Clans have been increased by 25%. IS and ComStar have been decreased by 20%.
- Maintenance Planet: Decreased to 10 million.
- Maintenance Charge Station: Decreased to 75 million.
- Industry Arrays: Clan array ranges from 7 to 12 (11 norm); IS array ranges from 9 to 14 (13 norm).
As always, all numbers are subject to change and further modification based on the pace and requirements of the league. Over the coming weeks I will be watching to see the effects of the current numbers to see if additional decreasing of the fees should be done, or if some increasing is needed in certain areas. One of the core concepts is to prevent an economy explosion that results in making the economy itself a pointless exercise. At the same time, the fees should not be oppressive. The economy should promote stragegic planning on the part of units, but not prevent actual combat from taking place.
Straight 1/2 numbers from previous leagues are not possible, because no all numbers in NBT-Classic have been halved. So a balance is being found over the initial weeks and months of the league. If in the process of this your unit finds itself in dire straights economically, please PM me, and I will take a closer look at your economy and may grant a limited Economic Booster Pack to carry you through.
Thank you for your cooperation and patience as we get everything tweaked out. Enjoy!
Dark Phoenix |
Apr-16-3069 | First Two Week's Over-Garrison Fees Deleted: All Daily Fees and Weekly Fees have been deleted from the NBT-Classic database for the period of April 1st through April 15th. The incidental fees remain. After this point, you will be subject to the full charges that go along with having planets in Over-Garrison.
Dark Phoenix |
Apr-05-3069 | NBT-Classic Client Package Update: Version 1.01 / Date: 04/04/07
http://www.netbattletech.com/download/gameclients/nbt-classic/nbtc_patch_040407.exe
Fixes a couple invalid unit files.
Dark Phoenix |
Apr-03-3069 | Official NBT-Classic Client Package: Version 1.0 / Date: 04/02/07
http://www.netbattletech.com/download/gameclients/nbt-classic/nbtc_setup_040207.exe
This package will be used for all league drops. It includes the current units and maps for use in NBT-Classic.
Dark Phoenix |
Apr-01-3069 | NBT-Classic Begins!!! - After much time, effort and player support, NBT opens its doors to the MegaMek public for the first time, in the form of NBT-Classic. At 10:00pm (est) on April 1st, 2007 (3069 gametime) the Jump Automation was unlocked and the NBT Units are able to commence attacks and begin playing.
Welcome to NBT-Classic.
We sincerly hope everyone enjoys the new league. We thank all of you for your patience while we finished up the automation and rules tweaking. We are starting the league with a solid 2 dozen units at present: 4 Houses, 3 Periphery, 5 Clans along with Mercs and Pirates. Hopefully these will be the first of many to join NBT over the coming months. The league pace will be slower in general, picking up as the newer units become familiar with NBT.
As is typical with the launching of a new NBT league, several special tweaks will be made over the next two weeks. For the next two (2) Sundays, all Over-Garrison fees will be removed from the NBT-Classic database. This will enable units to get their forces and economies organized without suffering from crippling fees.
Salute
Dark Phoenix |
Apr-01-3069 | Initial Unit Setups Processed / Initial Funds Deposited: Everybody who has finished their unit setups is now processed, all resources placed on planets, initial funds deposited and units set to Active. You will not be able to jump outside of your space until Monday afternoon, but you now have full control over your unit, internal to your own space.
This will enable units to get their Jumpships loaded and moved into attack positions, as well as moving any needed resources around before combat actually begins. We have a couple automation items to finish up (map assignments to terrains) before any battles can be processed (though they will be able to be launched). I am hoping to open up combat drops this evening, or tomorrow at the latest. Thank you for your patience.
Dark Phoenix |
Mar-05-3069 | Jumpship Capacities Updated: The carrying capacities of all Jumpships have been reduced to approx. 50% of previous numbers to bring them in line with the lower garrison levels.
Dark Phoenix |
Feb-24-3069 | Unit Setup Process Begins!!!: After much time and effort on the part of both NBT and those supporting this pending league, the initial automation access for the first 25 NBT-Classic units has been granted. Each of these units will be able to setup their rosters, their 'Mech and Vehicle placements, as well as Industry and Jumpships. The following units make up the initial NBT-Classic family:
Avanti's Angels
Band of the Damned
Capellan Confederation
Castilian Alliance
Clan Jade Falcon
Clan Nova Cat
Clan Wolf
ComStar
Dark Caste
Federated Suns
Free Worlds League
Ghost Bear Dominion
Jarnfolk
Kell Hounds
Lyran Alliance
Minnesota Tribe
New Belt Pirates
Northwind Highlanders
Red Legion
Romanov's Crusaders
Sleipnir's Hooves
Star League Defense Force
Tortuga Dominions
Umayyad Horde
Wolf's Dragoons
We welcome these units, as well as those future ones that may join the league. Thanks very much for your patience, and we look forward to working and playing with you over the months to come.
Dark Phoenix |
May-14-3068 | NBT-IRC Functionality Expanded: We are bringing a web based interface to the NBT-IRC server online. At present this interface is only in beta mode, but we shall be working on it over the coming weeks, adding functionality and updating the style to match the rest of the NBT site.
We hope you enjoy this new option provided to the NBT League System: NBT-IRC Web Interface
Dark Phoenix |
Apr-07-3068 | Nbt-Classic PLT Phase 3 Begins: Today Phase 3 of the PLT has been brought online. You can find the details on the new PLT Phase 3 rules here.
Dark Phoenix |
Mar-24-3068 | Nbt-Classic PLT Phase 2 Begins: Today Phase 2 of the PLT has been brought online. We are extending the battle time to 90 minutes, and slightly reducing the size of the generated map. Also, a new Unit Package will be available on the auto-updater later today, with a host of additional 'Mechs and Vehicles for use in all matches (both upcoming Phase 2 and the pending Phase 1).
Modified Battle Parameters:
- Time Restriction: All battles last a maximum of 90 minutes from launch. Your goal is to accomplish as much as possible within that time frame. At the end of the 60 minute time frame, finish your current round, and then conclude your battle by using the /victory and /defeat commands. The 90 min timer for the match is to start AFTER all unit placement has been done. This basically means that the timer does not start until the 1st 'Mech is moved.
- Map Size: 35x35 GENERATED
We had over a dozen matches fought in the first week of the PLT. An excellent start to our little project. Please keep up the fine participation. As the PLT progresses we will narrow down the needed changes not only for more productive and fun PLT matches, but also for the actual league drops. Thanks and good hunting.
Dark Phoenix |
Mar-18-3068 | PLT Phase 1.1 Client Online: The 1.1 client package for participation in PLT Phase 1 has been compiled and is now available on the Downloads page. You may download it at the following link: MM30.9-NBTC-PLT1.1.exe
If you have already installed the 1.0 Client, please uninstall it, and then download and install this updated version.
Notes on this version: Our initial auto-updater has been brought online. It will enable us to add units and configuration changes as needed during the course of the PLT. This will prevent users from having to do the uninstall/reinstall process above from this point onward. Much thanks to both Skuggi and Toxicsoul for their hard work tonight bringing this online.
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Mar-17-3068 | PLT Phase 1.0 Client Online: The 1.0 client package for participation in PLT Phase 1 has been compiled and is now available on the Downloads page. You may download it at the following link: MM30.9-NBTC-PLT1.0.exe
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Mar-17-3068 | NBT-Classic PLT Phase 1 Open For Business
We are pleased to announce the launching of Phase 1 of the NBT-Classic Pre-League Tournament (PLT)! The purpose of the various phases of this PLT will be to provide to the Development Team needed data and drop experiences to help mold the new league into a viable format: A NBT style league, making use of the MegaMek Client. We would like to welcome all with an interest in furthering this goal and who wish to participate in this PLT ladder to feel free to sign up and join in.
PLT Phase 1 is a simplified ladder system, running very similar to the PLT that NBT has used prior to the launch of its previous two leagues (Mercs and HC). It will be managed through the forums, with a system of challenges and challengers. Each participant will receive an available unit listing that they have to select from for each match. The goal of Phase 1 is primarily to determine how much can be accomplished within a specific time period (60 minutes to start). Each drop will have set conditions, including map size, allowed Battle Value, Pilot stats and so forth. Once you have completed the drop, you will report the winner and upload your gamelog.txt file for review.
The rankings of the PLT will be updated daily, and all who participate in the various Phases of the PLT will receive monetary awards at the start of the NBT-Classic league, the size of the reward being tied to your level of participation, as well as how you did. More matches means a larger award; more wins means an even an even larger award.
For further information please refer to the NBT-Classic PLT Phase 1 Signup thread.
The NBTC Leader's Lounge and Battle Arrangements will be open for all to view during the PLT, though only participants may actually post. Further discussion regarding NBTC development should still continue in the existing NBT-Classic Development forum.
Further NBT-Classic announcements will be posted on the NBT-Classic League Updates page.
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Nov-15-3067 | NBT-Classic Website Activated: We've gone ahead and activated the NBT-Classic site. At present it is pretty much a duplicate of the NBT-HC website. Over the coming months we will bring it in line with the changes necessary for making use of MegaMek as a game platform. The Classic Development Team are working with those on the forums to nail down how this will work.
If you have any suggestions, please make them known on the NBT HPG Uplink.
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