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HMW: The first trailer for HMW2 is here!

Date: Tuesday, February 10th 2009 5:01am CST
Categories: Site News, Site Articles, Game News, Press Releases, Digital Media News, Heavy Metal War
Posted by: Psychout | Credit(s): Omega Sentinel

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We've known that this has been coming for years.

Since the Heavy Metal Warriors first faced off against each other back in 2003 we have seen HMW grow and develop into the wargame we all know and love to hate, but we also knew its time was running out and a new world would one day take its place.

Then, a month ago, this was released: The first teaser for HMW2.
The first peek into a whole new world and whet the appetite for what was to come.

Now, thanks to Omega Sentinel, we can get our next insight in to how some aspects of the future of Heavy Metal War will change.
Concentrating on the new dual-wield weapon systems and introducing the concept of 'Spark Points' to your transformations, the programmer who has taken Heavy Metal War and made it just that little bit more Heavy presents...


Alts and Ammo! The second trailer for Heavy Metal War II
Sorry the quality is kind of bad. Best I could do with a short amount of time.


There ya go folks, the words of a genius.

Got an opinion or questions about the video?
Wanna find out more about HMW2?
Never even heard of HMW!?!

Then join us in the organised chaos that is the Heavy Metal War discussion boards for more information, discussion, insights and arguments about the future of HMW, and more.

Visit for the game, stay for the Bounty Hunting...

HMW: Noticed the mission changes yet? UPDATED!!

Date: Monday, January 19th 2009 10:52am CST
Categories: Site News, Heavy Metal War
Posted by: Psychout | Credit(s): Omega Sentinel

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Here ya' go guys, a few of the promised new missions have been added to allow the higher level players here a chance to stretch their mechanical legs and cause a bit of havoc.

Be sure to check back into the Heavy Metal War discussion boards to see how this affects the game over the next few months and to watch for any other changes that may be coming over the next few weeks.


Omega Sentinel write:
Just added 3 level 2-4 missions written by Psychout and Jeep.

1 = Max V Pred
1 = Bot V Con
1 = Con V Pred


Cheers guys,
Psychout.

HMW: Noticed the mission changes yet?

Date: Friday, January 16th 2009 4:41pm CST
Categories: Site News, Game News, Heavy Metal War
Posted by: Psychout | Credit(s): Psychout, Omega Sentinel

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Hey guys,
OS has made some alterations to the Heavy Metal War missions!

As well as modifying the mission brackets to account for our new level 4's over the next few days, we've tweaked a few of the mission genration rules in the hope that they work a bit better for you all from now on.

1) ALL Predacon and Maximal mission weightings have set to the lowest amount so they should now ONLY triggered by a Max/Pred being active.
2) Likewise, Bot v Con and Pred v Max mission weightings have been raised so these should now be the auto generated ones.
3) ALL BW v G1 missions have been reduced to 4v4 participants
4) Pred v Max missions have been left at 6v6


So, drop in to HMW:GD and tell us you think, is it any better?

Bounty Hunters? Now is your time!

Date: Tuesday, December 30th 2008 11:32am CST
Categories: Site News, Site Articles, Heavy Metal War
Posted by: Dead Metal | Credit(s): Psychout, Chaoslock, Goribus, neliz

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Warriors of Cybertron,
We are The Huntmasters, and we represent the Bounty Hunting Elite of our world.

We have been watching those amongst you who have shown a thirst for the hunt.

Some amongst you hunt for the bounty, the sporting glory or the thrill of the chase. Others dedicate their time to capturing criminals and lawbreakers in these chaotic times and then there are also those who seek the answers to the universe that rest just out of their reach...
but the undeniable fact is that the skill and the dedication to the task you have shown is unquestionable.

In the past, many hunters have graced the Hall of Fame of Cybertron's Hunter Elite






Now, We offer you the chance to join the ranks of these elite and allow your unique breed of Cybertronian the opportunity to stalk your prey once more as a Heavy Metal Hunter.

The Decepticon among you known to us as Tammuz set you a challenge to test your hunting skills, which continues for another 4 cycles. We who have been watching that challenge and have added our own condition...

SUCCESSFULLY COLLECT THE FULL 12 MEMBERS OF ANY OPPOSITION TEAM AND PASS OUR TEST.

Complete this challenge as part of Tammuz's hunt, or as part of your war for the planet, and you will be granted a hunting licence that will award you the once-lost access codes to the hunter's database, as it is rebuilt. Through this database you will have access to the logs of the Heavy Metal Hunter's alliance and we will allow you to pass and receive payment for your deeds.

Hunters of Cybertron, when you feel you have passed out test post your application for a licence below, and as long as our condition is met you will be granted that previledge.

New opportunities await you Cybertronians; the Autobot neliz, has already proven himself by collecting Fearless Echoes Predacon team, and his name will be added to the Hunters Hall of Fame.


He is only the first, and will not be the last.



Placing a Bounty

For those of you with energon to burn or an axe to grind, should you wish post a bounty yourselves, here are the rules of the hunt:
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• Bounties can be set on individiual Transformers, an entire commander's team, or any combination of the above.
  
  
• To accept a public bounty a hunter must post to say he undertaking it. This does not exclude other hunters from also attempting the bounty. Private bounties must remain private until after completion and then can only be be disclosed at the clients request.
  
  
• In the case of Private bounties, only Licensed hunters can be 'brokered' and all bounty applications must be made through PM's to us, The Huntmasters.
  
  
• Please edit and submit this form if you wish to place a bounty.

APPLICATION TO PLACE A BOUNTY

Applicant Name :
• Do you wish your name to be disclosed? [ ] Yes [ ] No
• Do you wish this bounty to be disclosed publicly? [ ] Yes [ ] No
(Public disclosure will alert your target that a bounty has been placed upon them)

Name of intended target :
• Do you wish to place this bounty on the entire team? [ ] Yes [ ] No
• If no, please list the names of the individual bots you wish the bounty to be placed on.
(Please also provide links to targeted team/bots)

Do you wish this to be a public or privately listed bounty? [ ] Private [ ] Public
• If privately listed, please provide the name(s) of the bounty hunter whose services you wish to engage.
(Please note that a publicly listed bounty means any bounty hunter may accept the contract)

State the time period you want this bounty to be open for:
(By default a bounty will remain open for two weeks, if not claimed by then it will be automatically closed)

Value of Bounty (in Energon):
It is advised that you read the guidelines regarding costing of bounties
(Please state again whether it's for a team or individual bot(s) or both)


Please submit your bounty request to the hunters thread or to the The Huntmasters and wait for a response. Request of, and/or acceptance of, a bounty application is no guarantee of completion.

Just fill in this form and post it, or send it to us.



Bounty Guidelines, per individual target
Standard bounties as rates by Power level as set by Huntmaster consent.
These are not mandatory, but keep these enforced where possible to ensure all hunters are working to the same standards.

Lvl 0 = €500
Lvl 1 = €1,000
Lvl 2 = €2,000
Lvl 3 = €3,000
Lvl 4 = €4,000
Lvl 5 = €5,000

Anything above level 5 is negotiated on a case-by-case basis between client and hunter.



Who else amongst you has the skill to be the next licensed Heavy Metal Hunter?

Heavy Metal War: A new age, the Beast Wars factions

Date: Thursday, October 16th 2008 2:44pm CDT
Categories: Site News, Site Articles, Heavy Metal War
Posted by: Dead Metal | Credit(s): Psychout, High Command

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Cybertron; a planet destroyed.

History calls it:
Heavy Metal War: First Generation.

You watched, as for millennia the Autobots and Decepticons fought a civil war that ended when Optimus Prime, making the ultimate sacrifice, hurled himself and his nemesis Megatron into the core of Cybertron, uniting it with the Matrix.

The shockwave crashed all transformer-descended life across the universe.
The Great War was ended, but the cost was huge.

This was ‘The Great Reset’




The time for the First Generation was over, thus began:
Heavy Metal War: The Organic Age

You saw Cybertron, devastated and drifting in space until struck by an alien asteroid.
From this, a new species of Transformer evolved; Efficient, smaller, just as powerful - maybe even deadlier. Heroic peacekeepers and warlike predators took the names Maximal and Predacon and war resumes for a new generation whilst the Autobots and Decepticons, reactivated as weapons of war, broke free to continue to their unending battle across Cybertron.



Now it is time for you to join that war.

Maximal, Autobot, Predacon, Decepticon; four factions fighting for Cybertron; to protect her; to bring her peace; to conquer her; to make her the seat of power in the universe. Will you choose to further Cybertron’s evolution and stop the archaic first generation tearing your planet apart or will you choose the fight to eradicate this new organic disease that has infected your home and decendants?

Chose your allegiance carefully:
Maximals; Reluctantly fighting the Predacon’s to bring order to your world, drawn deeper into conflict by the warlike ways of the ancient Autobots and Decepticons that ravaged the planet so long ago. All must be stopped if order is to survive.

Predacons; Fighting to seize control of Cybertron and purge the weak Maximal fools, to return the world it to its natural chaotic state ruled by us alone. If the ancients try to stand in our way, then they will be destroyed for none can oppose our might.

Or chose to follow the ancient path of the Autobot or Decepticon survivors, continue the great galactic war that raged across the universe, and purge the planet of all who would oppose you or threaten your freedom.

Defend or destroy, purge or protect?

Four Warring Factions
Heavy
Two Generations
Metal
One Planet
War


The strategy game that's more than meets the eye..

HMW Behind Enemy Lines - Issue 2 Has Been Released!

Date: Saturday, July 12th 2008 4:40pm CDT
Category: Heavy Metal War
Posted by: Mkall | Credit(s): Burn

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Behind Enemy Lines Issue 2 has been publicly released. Rather than write my own comments, I might as well let its Chief Editor, Burn do the talking!


Yes, believe it or not, it's been close to a month since the last issue. But the time has passed and with a last minute rush here it is, Issue 2 of YOUR e-mag, Behind Enemy Lines, with not one, but TWO covers to celebrate the fifth anniversary of HMW! (Which was this weekend btw)

Here's the obligatory guide to downloading to enjoy.

:

• ImageVenue links, complete with thumbnails. - Just click on them to open them up and read. I went with IV because the files are too large for Seibertron.com's attachments option and too large for Photobucket. • A zip file hosted at Rapidshare - Just download the file and unzip it and use your image viewing program to read • A CBZ file hosted at Rapidshare - This is pretty much the exact same file as the zip file, just the extension is renamed. This is the format used for digital comics. To open it you need to use CDisplay to view them.

You only need to choose one method to view it, so don't download all three options. Just one will do you!

[size=200">ISSUE TWO

ImageVenue





Rapidshare Zip/CBZ files

• CBZ File •

• Zip File •

If there are any problems with the links let me know immediately.

LAST MINUTE THANK YOUS!
I forgot to thank Dealer for his submission of his team logo. Even though I told him it wouldn't be used this issue, I came up with a way to use it so ... SURPRISE!

I'd also like to apologise in advance OS in case he took offense to my little photocomic. Normally i'd run these by the people in question first to get their okay, but due to my own poor organising skills I didn't get the chance to do it. So hopefully OS, you've gotten a chuckle out of it, if not, SORRY!

ENJOY!

Behind Enemy Lines - Issue 1 - June 2008

Date: Monday, June 2nd 2008 12:09am CDT
Categories: Site News, Site Articles, Heavy Metal War
Posted by: First Gen | Credit(s): Burn

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Finally, the long awaited Issue #1 of Behind Enemy Lines is available. Seibertron.com's own Burn gives us the breakdown:

Well, here it is folks, following on from the preview Issue Zero from a few weeks back, it's time for Issue One of Behind Enemy Lines.

Here's the obligatory guide to downloading to enjoy.

:

• ImageVenue links, complete with thumbnails. - Just click on them to open them up and read. I went with IV because the files are too large for Seibertron.com's attachments option and too large for Photobucket. • A zip file hosted at Rapidshare - Just download the file and unzip it and use your image viewing program to read • A CBZ file hosted at Rapidshare - This is pretty much the exact same file as the zip file, just the extension is renamed. This is the format used for digital comics. To open it you need to use CDisplay to view them.

You only need to choose one method to view it, so don't download all three options. Just one will do you!

[size=200">ISSUE ONE








{ [size=150">ZIP File } | { [size=150">CBZ File }

Any problems with any of the links let me know ASAP!.

Not in on the action? Join Heavy Metal War today and begin the battle for Cybertron!!!!

Seibertron.com EXCLUSIVE - "Behind Enemy Lines" - Issue Zero now online!

Date: Friday, April 11th 2008 5:55pm CDT
Categories: Site News, Comic Book News, Site Articles, People News, Interviews, Heavy Metal War
Posted by: First Gen | Credit(s): Burn

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Seibertron.com's own Burn has posted a new monthy E-zine covering info, interviews and a peek behind the curtain of Heavy Metal War. Here is Burn's original post with the updated E-zine:



Welcome to "Behind Enemy Lines", what will hopefully be a monthly e-magazine dedicated to all things HMW.

It began by a suggestion from Hollow One that someone come up with an idea to fill in the gap left by Kamjin and Frontline's disappearance.

Thus Behind Enemy Lines was born. The concept is simple, showcase as much of the talent the HMW playing community has to offer as well as interviews, news, crosswords, well, basically anything that can be crammed into it that people will hopefully enjoy.

And hopefully we'll do it monthly!

As of Issue Zero there is only one full time position on the magazine "staff" and that's myself as Editor and Compiler. Will there be other positions opening up? Yes and No.

Because this magazine will be open to EVERYONE to contribute to. Whethere you can draw, write, photoshop, kitbash, compile a puzzle or whatever you feel you can contribute, you can. This is a magazine for YOU made by YOU. There are absoloutely no limitations on it.

Now I think i've just about covered everything in how this is hopefully going to work, so let me tell you about Issue Zero. It's a "preview" issue, 10 pages in total (including the cover). Seems a bit small? It is, because it's just that, a preview issue, to show you how the magazine will be set up.

We've got a sample of a REALLY old interview from Mkall.
Artwork of Gore.
MTMTE bios from Tammuz
A brief excerpt from JP's story for the "Echoes of the Past tournament.
And most importantly, an update on Alpha Strike!

So enough from me, it's time we got on with the show. At this current point in time you have three options for downloading and reading this comic.

• ImageVenue links, complete with thumbnails. - Just click on them to open them up and read. I went with IV because the files are too large for Seibertron.com's attachments option and too large for Photobucket.

• A zip file hosted at Rapidshare - Just download the file and unzip it and use your image viewing program to read

• A CBZ file hosted at Rapidshare - This is pretty much the exact same file as the zip file, just the extension is renamed. This is the format used for digital comics. To open it you need to use CDisplay to view them.

Yeah, i'll shut up and post now.

[size=200">ISSUE ZERO





{ ZIP File } | { CBZ File }

Any problems with any of the links let me know ASAP!.

NOW GO AND ENJOY!

Heavy Metal War: The Minicons are Here!

Date: Monday, July 16th 2007 10:51pm CDT
Categories: Site News, Heavy Metal War
Posted by: Hotrod | Credit(s): Omega Sentinel

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The Minicons are here!
Be sure to visit the new Minicon section of HMW here to acquire some new companions for your Transformers. You can select your Minicons based on the abilities you want and even name each one of them.

Get them while they last because they won't be this easy to get forever!

Database server is having problems ... should be resolved within 72 hours

Date: Friday, February 23rd 2007 5:16pm CST
Categories: Site News, Heavy Metal War
Posted by: Seibertron | Credit(s): Seibertron

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Sorry for the delay in relaying this information to you guys. The site is currently running off a backup server right now. HMW will be down for the next 72 hours until this problem is resolved. Apparently the database server had a bad scuzzy drive which has been causing the problems with the bad database tables, according to ThePlanet (the company which hosts Seibertron.com's servers). This would explain why I wasn't able to create proper backups of the Forums, Demiurgic City and Heavy Metal War during the past few months. The only thing that looks like something wrong happened with this latest problem are the private messages but I haven't had a chance to check yet. Hopefully once this issue is resolved, everything will be back to normal. I apologize for any inconvenience this has caused any of you.

Seibertron.com's Server Hosting Company said:

The Trouble Ticket you entered into Server Command of EV1Servers.net has been modified. The following notes have been made to your ticket. ------------------------ Description of the Resolution: 2/22/2007 5:25:08 PM DataCenter Ryan Yzquierdo It appears that sda is going bad, and will need to be replaced. Since this is a hardware failure you will need a restore and the restore, obviously will be of no charge to you. All we need is the go ahead to bring your server down for this maintenance or a good date and time thats convenient for you. Your server only holds two drives so we can remove your sdb drive temporarily to slave the old master to the new master drive for data recovery. Please let us know how you would like to proceed. Thank you. Aaron R Datacenter Server Technician Houston Datacenter 2 The Planet