Zero Mech Engineering
.Welcome to ZME
Here, you will find the one of the largest repositories of MechWarrior battlemech configs on the planet. Founded on January 14th, 2000, ZME has assembled over 1500 configurations - some of which can be downloaded and installed directly onto your system. Take a look at our wonderful history, drop into some Mech4 Mercs and hit up the 1921 Arena, or if you are new to the MWO scene, glance at some of the configs we have rolled out for the next mech era.
Zero Mech Engineering is a group of individuals who have embraced the time-honored tradition of mechmaking for the multiplayer format. We welcome people from any clan to join us on our comms to participate in the crafting of a mech -- or to hit us up for some opens. Many of us have had league success in at least one of the MechWarrior games, and we're more than willing to share our knowledge, preserve your contributions, and have a great time.
1637 configs are currently in the repository -- Proudly configing since January 14, 2000.
.History of the Group
The world of MechWarrior and the entire mecha genre has always attracted my attention. Whether it was NetMech, Heavy Gear, or later iterations of MechWarrior, the games have always opened the door for intellectual minds seeking something special. In 1998, I logged on to the MSN Gaming Zone for the first time and found myself engulfed in a real time, evolving fiction that blew my mind. There were online legends. There was politics. And there were - most certainly - stories.
The ultimate pursuit of pilots in Mech3 was finding a holy grail configuration - a mech that was unbeatable in any condition and given any circumstance. There was plenty of lore surrounding such a mech config, particularly one created by the Hunterz dubbed the Zero. My clan leaders in Silent Wolf appointed me to the task of decoding the Zero.
As fate would have it, two members of the Hunterz - Zakynthos and Sephiroth - returned to the Zone on the same night I had set to unveil my first test of a refit Zero Chassis. Rumors had suggested that this mech was on an Avatar chassis, but quite frankly, I thought that platform was slow and cumbersome. I sought a workable loadout on a smaller and faster mech, and as such, I selected the Shadow Cat. Zaky and Seph confirmed that my design pieced together the legacy of the Zero. The Next Generation Weapon Zero hence made its debut.
The three of us found a passion for making mech configurations that pushed the gameplay of MW3, and on January 14, 2000, we combined our mech interests into a new fold called Zero Mech Engineering. ZME has always prided itself on being a place that rose above interclan politics. We brought together a wide mix of individuals who produced shocking variant after variant.
After nine years of maintaining this site on MSN Groups, MSN decided to pull the plug on the old service. In an effort to preserve the memories of an almost forgotten craft, I have ported all of the old documents from groups to this site. Please enjoy the legacies left by some of the greatest players of all time, and remember that some mentioned here have passed on from our world. A few games may not seem like much in the scheme of life, but they highlight happier times that deserve to be cherished.
