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Heckindoc @heckindoc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

In just under an hour at 8pm Central Due to the current instability of the nightlies --> We are going to be playing with the new Company Generator coming to 0.51.01, starting a new company (tank company?) and taking on our first contract. Join at www.twitch.tv/heckindoc #megamek #battletech

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I have always played video games, now being in my 30s I would like to share that love with you. Outside I'm in the military and a Family Medicine doctor, here I'm just a guy who's doing his best. *No ...

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Heckindoc @heckindoc.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Thanks for the shout out -- there are some amazing new features with the newest version of MekHQ and MekBay now allows exporting of MUL files so you can track damage from your tabletop games in MekHQ for a more complete campaign tracking tool

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Heckindoc @heckindoc.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

In case you missed it, streams are going again! The most recent was a little slow to be uploaded. More tutorial videos should be coming as soon as I find the time!

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Heckindoc @heckindoc.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Hey sorry, I've actually been at a training event for the last 6 weeks and I'm just getting spun up again, be on the look out in the next 1-2 weeks! But not a ton changed -- the biggest things are the blob crews and advanced buildings

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Heckindoc @heckindoc.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Join on Twitch OR Youtube 8pm CDT Today for a continuation of the Billion Brigade as we continue with our current contract in hopes of moving closer to our financial goal. We will continue playing with the most recent 50.12 nightly www.twitch.tv/heckindoc

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Heckindoc @heckindoc.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Join @ 7pm Central for a continuation of the Billion Brigade as we continue with our current contract in hopes of moving closer to our financial goal. - By popular request, no later than next week, I will also be streaming on YouTube - Upcoming Streams (CST) Fri 2/6 7pm www.twitch.tv/heckindoc

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Heckindoc @heckindoc.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

I added a new feature to my Twitch page -- You can now see a live countdown to my next live stream! Head on over and check it out. Catch my live next on Wednesday at 8pm CST www.twitch.tv/heckindoc/ab... #Streamer #livestream #battletech #megamek #mekhq

Heckindoc @heckindoc.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

‪ Join 8pm Central for a continuation of the Billion Brigade as we continue with our current contract in hopes of moving closer to our financial goal. Schedule this week: Mon 2/2 8pm central Wed 2/4 8pm Fri 2/6 7pm www.twitch.tv/heckindoc #Battletech #megamek #mekhq #letsplay #tutorial

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Heckindoc @heckindoc.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

A very fun battle from my last stream. Check out the VOD on Youtube! I hope to see you at the next stream tomorrow at 7PM central time! #Battletech #Megamek #MekHQ #wargaming #tabletop www.youtube.com/@Heckindoc www.twitch.tv/heckindoc

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Heckindoc @heckindoc.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Join 8pm Central for a continuation of the Billion Brigade as we continue with our current contract in hopes of moving closer to our financial goal. Schedule this week: Mon 1-26 8pm central Fri 1-30 7pm www.twitch.tv/heckindoc #Battletech #megamek #mekhq #letsplay #tutorial

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Heckindoc @heckindoc.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

In this I stand with the developers of MegaMek and plan to continue playtesting and QCing the project that they continue to work on. You are welcome to have other opinions, and this one is mine. -HeckinDoc 11/11

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Heckindoc @heckindoc.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

hearsay. Should the author of this article like to speak with me directly, I would be more than happy to speak with them. I am actually looking forward to reading through some of their previous articles to learn more about their opinions. However in this one I feel that they have missed the mark 10/

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Heckindoc @heckindoc.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

forward with using any tools that he thought or believed in any way would jeopardize this wonderful project. Overall, I am disappointed in this article. I would have hoped that they would have spoken with Hammer or the other devs before publishing the article and not use secondary sources or 9/

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Heckindoc @heckindoc.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

by AI. And I know in making this statement I will likely be bombarded by examples. However, the developers who I have interacted with from the MegaMek project are some of the most careful and thoughtful humans that I have had the privilege of interacting with. Hammer, especially, would not move 8/

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Heckindoc @heckindoc.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

consideration before acting because they are always walking on a tightrope. Could more of an effort have been made to make it obvious AI was used in portions. Sure. However, I would challenge you to find software published by major companies in the last several years that has not been touched 7/

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Heckindoc @heckindoc.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

community regularly and does not appear to be involved in the development of MegaMek. I have not seen them on the discord channel. I have not seen them on the GitHub page. This is an open source project made with love by people who have lives and jobs outside of this who utilize tools with 6/

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Heckindoc @heckindoc.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

And looking at the revision history it can be seen that no changes aside from commenting code was made from Nov to now. What I am most disappointing about with the article is that the author makes sweeping statements and, while I am likely wrong, does not appear to interact with the Megamek 5/

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Heckindoc @heckindoc.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

work of the developers. I'm not going to beat a dead horse. Hammer provided an official reply, the AI article from the GitHub page was also published. One area where I can find fault is that it was not published immediately after it was written in Nov 2025 (which is shared by Hammer) 4/

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Heckindoc @heckindoc.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

profession as a physician is not excluded. Broadly speaking, the current dev team uses AI to assist them in tasks that would otherwise be time consuming and tedious, and is not involved in the primary process of producing MegaMek. The primary space that I have seen AI used is in checking the 3/

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Heckindoc @heckindoc.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

As I am not a regular reader of the substack, I'm not going to make any broad strokes about it, or the articles. I'm sure that they articles are well written and provide great insight. In this instance, I think it is off the mark AI tools pose great risk to many professions, my primary 2/

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Heckindoc @heckindoc.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

If you're going to tag me specifically then yes, I am practically obligated to respond. I do no agree with the stance of the article that was written and feel that it was written with inadequate research and care. To be fair, I have never read any of the articles on this substack 1/

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Heckindoc @heckindoc.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Thanks for the shout out, enjoy!

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Heckindoc @heckindoc.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Join in 60 minutes (8pm Central) for a continuation of the Billion Brigade as well continue our campaign in 50.10. If you can't join, don't worry you can always catch the VOD on Youtube. www.twitch.tv/heckindoc #Battletech #Megamek #MekHQ #Livestream #Letsplay

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Heckindoc @heckindoc.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Join in 45 minutes (8pm Central) for a continuation of the Billion Brigade as well continue our campaign in 50.10.. If you can't join, don't worry you can always catch the VOD on Youtube. www.twitch.tv/heckindoc #Battletech #Megamek #MekHQ #Livestream #Letsplay

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Heckindoc @heckindoc.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Tonight's stream will be canceled owing to a case of laryngitis. To be continued on Sunday!

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Heckindoc @heckindoc.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Tonights stream is starting in 1hr (8PM Central). With the upcoming 50.10 release, we'llbe making a new company in the most recent nightly and looking at the new features that will be coming out in this new release. If you can't join you can always catch the VODs on Youtube! www.twitch.tv/heckindoc

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Heckindoc @heckindoc.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Join me tonight (11/23/25) at 8PM Central on Twitch for more MekHQ / Megamek as we assault two data centers. If you can't be there, don't worry you can always catch the VOD on YouTube! www.twitch.tv/heckindoc #Battletech #Megamek #Mekhq #Twitch #Streaming #letsplay

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Heckindoc @heckindoc.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Streaming Schedule Thanksgiving Week: Sunday 11/23: 8pm-?? MekHQ Wednesday 11/26: 8pm-?? MekHQ Friday 11/28: 8pm-?? MekHQ Reminder: When 50.10 is released, we will be starting a new campaign. Catch the streams on Twitch: www.twitch.tv/heckindoc Or the VODs on Youtube: www.youtube.com/@Heckindoc

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Heckindoc @heckindoc.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Join me tonight (11/21/25) at 8PM Central (+/- pending how bedtime goes) on Twitch for more MekHQ / Megamek as we assault two data centers. If you can't be there, don't worry you can always catch the VOD on YouTube! www.twitch.tv/heckindoc #Battletech #Megamek #Mekhq #Twitch #Streaming #letsplay

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Heckindoc @heckindoc.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Stream Schedule this week (All times in Central) -- Monday 11/17: Monday Night Mechs 8pm-10pm Wednesday 11/19: Possible Stream Friday 11/21: Mechs 8pm - ?? Join on Twitch @ www.twitch.tv/heckindoc Or Catch the VODS on Youtube @ www.youtube.com/@Heckindoc If you haven't already pop over to follow!

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Heckindoc @heckindoc.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Join me tonight (11/14/25) at 8PM Central on Twitch for more MekHQ / Megamek as we assault two data centers. If you can't be there, don't worry you can always catch the VOD on YouTube! www.twitch.tv/heckindoc #Battletech #Megamek #Mekhq #Twitch #Streaming #lets

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Heckindoc @heckindoc.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Join me tonight at 8PM Central on Twitch for more MekHQ / Megamek with the continuation of our campaign. If you can't be there, don't worry you can always catch the VOD on YouTube! www.twitch.tv/heckindoc #Battletech #Megamek #Mekhq #Twitch #Streaming

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Heckindoc @heckindoc.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Oh I do too, it seems like such a small thing but I love it so much -- I'm just bummed that Bluesky has a hard time with the aspect ratio for a lot of the maps :(

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Heckindoc @heckindoc.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Join me tonight (11/8/2025) at 8PM Central Time for more MekHQ/Megamek on Twitch (www.twitch.tv/heckindoc). Or you can always catch the VODs on YouTube (www.youtube.com/@Heckindoc) #Megamek #MekHQ #Battletech #Letsplay

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Heckindoc @heckindoc.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Join me tonight around 8PM Central time for more Megamek/Mek HQ action. m.twitch.tv/heckindoc/home #Megamek #mekhq #battletech

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Heckindoc @heckindoc.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Join me tonight (11/1) around 8PM central time for more Megamek and MekHQ to continue the adventures of the Hammers Slammers Mercenary Company @ www.twitch.tv/heckindoc VOD will be available on Youtube and Twitch when the stream is done

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Heckindoc @heckindoc.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Another fun stream of Battletech antics

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