i played when it went free and TF2 got an item. never finished getting my items and stopped playing. That was around the time D3 came out though so I was stuck on that for a while
Same as Geoff's situation. Loved MNC and was really good at it. My wife and I used to play it together. SMNC was a super mess and felt totally disjointed and like a cash grab.
I fucking LOVED SMNC way more than MNC. It was far more balanced, intelligently made, and more dota-like. I played sniper and had a KDR averaging 7 in MNC. I just walked into servers, annihilated everything without them having any hope of fighting back, and walked out. It was so fucking stupid if you were good at the game.
I think the problem I ran into with SMNC was that I didn't go right from the first to the second. I stopped playing MNC, then when I decided to pick it back up again, I found that it basically evolved into SMNC. When I tried it, everything was different. Bad timing to try to get into it really.
MNC was good but I loved SMNC even more! I played a mean support and combat girl. Occasionally the tank and capt. Sparks on occasion....God I loved capt. Sparks but the population went down south and only the hardcore stayed and eventually the game died off sadly :-(
Veteran all the way. Hot hands to amplify the butthurt. Running around grappling everything to death was super fun.