Gamespy Selects Ns As Mod Of The Year

TenSix · February 2003

<div class="IPBDescription">But apparently they never played it!</div> <a href='http://www.gamespy.com/goty2002/pc/index15.shtml' target='_blank'>http://www.gamespy.com/goty2002/pc/index15.shtml</a>

At the bottom, NS is Mod of the Year...all good and dandy eh? Except when you look at the screenshot, its from a Beta of NS! In fact it looks exactly the same as a screenshot posted in NS.org's screenshot section here:

<a href='http://www.natural-selection.org/commander9.html' target='_blank'>http://www.natural-selection.org/commander9.html</a>

Seriously...these guys get paid to write this stuff and they cant even get an actual screen <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'> I write inaccurate stuff all the time, can I be a journalist too? <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

RyoOhki · February 2003

Sure can, just write an article on how terrorists could learn to fly 767's by playing Microsoft Flight Simulator, or how playing Doom can cause you to massacre half a school. You'll be well on the way to journalistic stardom <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'>
I guess GameSpy learnt from Blizzard. Ever noticed how on the back of Blizzard games all the scrrenshots are from the alpha or beta versions of the game? <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

Zel · February 2003

and on the doom2 box the screenshots are using iddqd and idkfa! omg no!

FlatlineUTD · February 2003

Congrats NS team! That's pretty damn impressive. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>

My roommate came running in saying that DoD was mod of the year on GameSpy. Dunno where he got that idea from though.

moto43 · February 2003

Congratulations NS creators. You now have the merest fraction of the credit you deserve for this incredible mod.

HaZy · February 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Flatline[UTD] @ Feb 7 2003, 05:00 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> My roommate came running in saying that DoD was mod of the year on GameSpy. Dunno where he got that idea from though.  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
Most likely from here:

<a href='http://www.fileplanet.com/bestof2002/mods/results.asp' target='_blank'>http://www.fileplanet.com/bestof2002/mods/results.asp</a>

TipTop · February 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>http://www.fileplanet.com/bestof2002/mods/results.asp</td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>

... and that vote count of 9999 is not suspicious at all? (Bottle of Jone's soda anyone!)

Boneless · February 2003

Congrats Flayra and team... The hive is proud of you <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>

MMZ_Torak · February 2003

Wow Gamespy <i>is</i> good for something!

www.udpsoft.com/eye

Necro · February 2003

w00!

im sure flay is happy <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

CWolf · February 2003

Well done NS team - This award was very well deserved. I'm sure all of us agree on that <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>
Keep it up! <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

hoju2 · February 2003

Kindof of topic, but if you though putting a picture from the NS beta up was bad, check out their appraisal of UT3K's graphics:</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>On the surface, it's not too tough to figure out why UT2003 was nominated for this award. It's gorgeous. But as video card speeds and texture resolutions increase, prettiness alone does not necessarily earn victory in the graphics arena.

First, Unreal Tournament 2003 will run on an incredibly wide variety of systems. It's refreshing to find a game that can scale, and scale well. With the details turned down, UT2003 is playable on a sub-1 GHz machine using a mid-range 3DFX Voodoo card, meaning an extremely large audience can enjoy the title.

Second, UT2003 is also pointing the way for the future of PC graphics. In the past, every visible object had to be created using minimal polygon counts, and extremely limited tools. UT2003's system of static meshes allows artists to create objects that designers can then place into their levels at whim. This reduces the time the designer must spend crafting individual objects. As detail continues to increase, expect this system to become the standard way in which 3D games are built.

Extremely good looking, mindful of the past, and blazing a path to the future, Unreal Tournament 2003 was an easy choice for best PC Graphics.
</td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>From every single review I've read, scalable would NOT be the term I would apply to their graphics engine.

Naughty_Brembo · February 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>Sure can, just write an article on how terrorists could learn to fly 767's by playing Microsoft Flight Simulator, or how playing Doom can cause you to massacre half a school. You'll be well on the way to journalistic stardom</td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>

So well put.

Gamespy Selects Ns As Mod Of The Year

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