Talking ns

WaffleSpoon

<div class="IPBDescription">With ppl..</div>Well, ever since I came here, I've been asking good players in CS, Tribes2 etc if they are to play NS.. alot of em doesnt even know what it is =/.. makes me sad that alot of ppl doesnt know this, so I've sortof taken it upon me to boost the game wherever possible..

last week I believe I got a good 10-12 ppl to go check here (many ppl just ignore me *grumble*).. buuut.. why not go to a larger site (not game sites, but other, like search engines n stuff) and try to make a smaller, still interesting add for "your natural selection" and a pic of a bob and a marine. Something to make ppl raise eyebrows and say "whoa, aliens...marines.hmm *click*"..

I'm sure u've thought about it, and if I am not mistaken, MonsE is the one in charge of the PR?.. but I mean, still many many players havn't heard of NS and its not like MnsE can get out to them all, and the little I do by telling ppl to "get the experience of yer life!! it rux" might not make much..

So, basically, what sort of commercials and PR is planned? Will there be alot of it, or just a "find us-play us" basis?

pielemuis

monsE does a great job with the pr, the team wants to keep up with the community so they let it grow slowly but steady, I can immagine the chaos if on 1 day 150 new members register on the forums...

Lazarus

when NS is ready to download, im gona try to send one of the admins at hugi.is/hl and try to get him to check out the NS website and maybe if he will like it, he might want to put the mod into the mod download list at hugi.is/files. And then im gona go to the forums and tell ppl how great the mod is and that they can download it at hugi.is and it will not cost them anything because the internet company will not send any bill for things that are downloaded from icelandic sever.

but of course im not gona do it if someone in the dev team doesnt like it.

Daxx

I already know that I'm going to be pimping this on our groups server when it comes out.  <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo-->

Gwahir

I've told a few people thus far, I'll keep with the slow, steady growth method:)

Flayra

Thanks for your PR work, every bit helps.

I'm not sure if we're going to go for the "biggest splash possible" or if we're going to keep the release relatively quiet so the community can grow slowly.  I think we'll probably go for the latter.  We'll probably have a quiet release (maybe not even announcing it on PHL immediately, though I'm sure they'll find out) and get everyone get up to speed and then let the game grow by word of mouth.

If we get as many people as possible really fast, we'll have a lot more difficulty keeping the community supportive and informed.  This way, people will hopefully learn how to play with mostly other people that know how to play.

chalupamonk

I've been telling my friends around school about it non-stop, heh.  I think Monse is doing an absolutely stunning job of PR (I used to think it was a BS job, but seeing how he handles it really changed my mind).  I'd rather see the community grow slowly, for a number of reasons.  First, it gives the team more time to compensate for anything that may go wrong (God forbid) with the release.  I doubt anyone hearing about it on a whim at PHL will have the patience to write calm and educated bug reports if they encounter problems, while the people in this forum right now are much more likely to offer useful help.  Second, it gives us forummies time to boost post counts so newcomers can gawk in terror at our counts  <!--emo&:p--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'><!--endemo--> .  

But seriously, with the level of beta testing going on right now, I doubt there will be any major problems with the release (here's hoping to none at all), and I'd rather see the community grow by word of mouth than by relentless advertizing - I think it would keep the community a lot tighter, and that's definitely a good thing.

Edo

I think to further do better PR, monse should go on the "Natural Selection Tour" where he visits every single person who has Half Life and shows them the game.

After introducing you to the game, monse drives off to yet another house.

To keep the tour going, you should perhaps feed monse (i dunno he might be picky on food) and give him a dollar for gas.

Also he should stalk the webmasters of every Half Life site, i.e. throwing rocks through windows with the words "Natural Selction Ownz u!" on the rock.

chalupamonk

Great idea!  First, though, he should be trained in the art of Ninjitsu, to ensure that they don't see him coming beforehand and scream like poor old me when I was hit by a shopping cart the other day.

/me is reminded of the end of Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.  Man, we <b>seriously</b> need to see this through.

MonsieurEvil

/me dons ninja suit and split-toe shoes

/me sharpens up throwing stars and polishes nunchucks

/me slithers up the side of a sheer wall, silently killing a few inattentive guards

/me changes default homepage to www.natural-selection.org on a sleeping webmaster's PC. Doing so starts a siren alarm, and a distant sound of dogs and doors slamming

/me leaps through window, trampolineing off of two guard's heads, vaulting over the wall, landing in a '68 convertible Ferrari, and speeding off.

<b>PR Mission: Accomplished</b>



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Gwahir

*munches popcorn*
when does the sequel come out?

Jacius

<!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo-->

*gets up off the floor from laughing* Anyone remember (back in the old days ;P) the "Who/What is BOB?" 'campaign'? I remember going into a TFC game and pasting my spray all over the enemy's flag room <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo--> Not sure if it got them into NS, but it sure was hi-larious!

/me scurries off to a FA 2.6 server...

Oh yea, nice job on the PRing MonsE, you're the best!

-Jacius

Hida_Tsuzua

Yes, kudos to MonsE for his excellent PR skills.  Though I'm not sure what got me here in the first place, I do know his PRing kept me here.

The_New_Akuma

send the link and to PCgamer, and ask if they can incude a link to it on there mag, i bet u they will say yes, since they put loads sof mod links in there mag and most of them suck. So im sure this one will get in, goooo on!

MariNe

Theyve done that b4 in an old issue when the halflife mod expo was over or something but i would like to see Pcgamer put up a bunch of screenshots and links to Natural-selection.og and the Readyroom. Then all the People will read and come to the site staring in awe and then get dissapointed the mod isnt out yet...Then they will all complain whens the mod gonna be done and Flayra will have a nervice breakdown and all hell will break lose.(The End)

The_New_Akuma

hmmm well ok then, how about AFTER the mods out hehe <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->

ShadowFang

heheheh, i am an admin on a DoD server... soooo.... i force people to come to this site or they'll get banned from every server that is under my control <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->...... I LOVE ADMIN POWERS!!!!

blueman

im thinking of opening a Natural Selection site, for the latin comunnity, but i wont have time till july. <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo--> kind of the rr.org but in spanish <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->

WaffleSpoon

aaaww I was hoping for large caravans of cars, all painted and wearing models of bob, drivin round in all major capitols in the world, large speakers that roam the screams of bob n tiny, and the music, and those enormous balloons floating high up in the air and...*blabbers on*

chalupamonk

Maybe something like Aphex Twin's Windowlicker video, except with the face of Bob on everything instead of his?  I'm sure that would attract attention.  Actually, wait, no.  It would scare the masses away, far away.