Tales from the frontlines

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  • SurgeSurge asda4a3sklflkgh Join Date: 2002-07-14 Member: 944Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Fam+Oct. 13 2002,15:27--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Fam @ Oct. 13 2002,15:27)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->Yes, I knifed an Onos once, during an alien base assault. It was Greedo though, so i basically just walked up, pulled up a chair and started knifing.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Were you one of the L33t knif3z0r thugs hitting Comprox?
  • GwahirGwahir Join Date: 2002-04-24 Member: 513Members, Constellation
    I hope that level 5 movement issue was resolved...

    and to the 100th page posters, please, you'll just get deleted.
    <!--emo&::sentry::--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/turret.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='::sentry::'><!--endemo-->  <!--emo&::onos::--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tiny.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='::onos::'><!--endemo-->
  • Da_SargeDa_Sarge Old School Suck Join Date: 2002-10-15 Member: 1502Members
    Coollage stories. I can't wait till I make my own up...I can see it now


    Da Sarge +  <!--emo&::asrifle::--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/asrifle.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='::asrifle::'><!--endemo--> -  <!--emo&::onos::--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tiny.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='::onos::'><!--endemo--> = BIG FUN
  • QUADQUAD Join Date: 2002-07-17 Member: 963Members
    Actually sarge, without the aliens NS would'nt be "Big fun". just though I ought to let you know that.
  • VyvnVyvn Join Date: 2002-08-24 Member: 1226Members
    Hmm...I took that assortment of little NS guys to represent the fun in <i>killing</i> the aliens  <!--emo&:p--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'><!--endemo--> .
  • FireWarriorFireWarrior Join Date: 2002-07-13 Member: 931Members
    good story Storm. Now can we please get on with it? MORE STORIES!!!!!

    Come on Let's get it up to page 150 with NOTHING BUT STORIES!!!! (in my dreams probably...)
  • humbabahumbaba That Exciting Tales From the Frontline Guy Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 86Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    This thread ought to be nuked with the release of NS. . .

    However . . .until then, I have a story.

    The map was Hera. I joined late in the game. They had 3 hives. I was standing around in reception, building up a base. I watched . . the deathmessages suddenly roll in. It came as little surprise. With three hives, people are gonna be dying left and right. I double checked my scoreboard again and realized that, to my dismay, nobody had "Rein" marked next to their name. In other words, we had no Infantry Portal.
    Plague dropped one and an alternate command console in reception. By now, our base consisted of at least 4 or 5 turrets, an armory, a resource node, Command Console, and one infantry portal. It looked ugly.
    I took two team mates with me and we stormed through the Holo Room. It was empty. Even the double nodes were untaken. We moved on, past an alien RT tower in the next room, walking under catwalks. We wound our way to the "Green Hive" (I still call it by its old name). Its acutally called "Computer Core". Knowing the drill, we fired no shots and waited for our turret factory. Setting up a turret factory, Plague dropped a turret and told us to not finish it. Of course, we were going to do the simultaneous strike tactic mentioned in previous stories. However, we were overzealous and the turret snapped up and alert. It began blasting the hive, and the hive's pleas for help were doubtlessly hitting the hive sights of the entire alien team.
        "KILL IT" I typed over team chat. Holstering my pistol and drawing my shotgun, I got underneath the hive and began to pump shells as fast as I could click. BAM! chik click . .BAM!. My two teammates streamed LMG bullets into the hive as the turret spun its gatling and, within 30 seconds, the hive was down. Not bad for the price of a shotgun, Turret Factory, and one turret. Well, any minute now, a bunch of Onos' would be here. That would be the end of us. Might as well keep up the momentum.
        "Neeeeeeeexxxt Hive!" I type and we head off through a vent and drop down about 3 rooms away from the Archiving hive. I still have my shotgun, but its low on ammo. We reach a large room with a generator cylinder in teh middle. Catwalks are strung around this octagonal room and a gummed up, unopenable door leads into the bottom of the Archiving hive. I lower the lift to the catwalks and we all jump in. As we ride up to the catwalks, which lead into archiving, I hear the stomping of an Onos. Running past, I rush into the Archiving hive. As I round a corner, I run face first into a wall of webs. I look in front of me. Arrays of turrets and defense chambers to heal them. THIS is NOT good.
         Backign up quickly, I struggle free from the webs and run back to my comrades. I hear LMG fire and the scream of a teammate amidst soudns of stomping. The Onos is coming up the lift. I look at the railing. Its only 3 stories up or so. I jump off as my teammate is gored. Hitting tab as I run away, shotgun in tow, I look to see everyone dead. Ah . . . so here we are. I run around a corner as I hear the lvl 5 stomp after me. Ducking quickly behind a pillar. I watch and giggle as the Onos barrels right past me down the hallway. I wait 10 seconds, then step out of the shadows. Maybe they left the CC . . .
          I run back through the holo Room, the way I came. I run up to reception and look around. Empty. LMGs scatter the floor and bullet holes stitch the walls. The node streams freely. I run to the lift leading back to the marine start. I lower down and then, realizing I want to die, type "Kill Me!!". No sooner do I say that do I hear a Flap . . .Flap . . Flap flap flap. . . Flap. Lerk. I pull my shotgun barrel upwards to the top of the lifts shaft. I watch as the lerk crawls to the edge of the shaft. He sees me and I see him. I dont fire. Timing is EVERYTHING with the shotgun. He drops down and clearly, wants to bite my face off. He drops right on top of me and CHOMP! takes away most of my hitpoints. BAM! chik click . .Splattered lerk.
        "HAHAHAHAH!" I type and raise the lift again. I ride up and hear the sounds of a skulk coming. He comes up the ramp and leaps right at my face. BAM!!  .. . dead skulk. feeling extremely naughty, and very spiteful, I type "HAH! I'm not gonna give you the satisfaction of killing me". I pull up the console and type "kill". Team two wins. hehehe, sure, I lost the war, but I won the battle.
  • GwahirGwahir Join Date: 2002-04-24 Member: 513Members, Constellation
    hehe, giving up isn't really a bad thing when you don't really have a chance... It strikes me that aliens have far more of a chance of coming back from the edge than the marines do.
  • UnknownUnknown Join Date: 2002-06-12 Member: 759Members
    Good Job humb <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo--> Thats what I do..... <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->  Suiside when im totally outnumbered with no teammates in covering range.
  • SurgeSurge asda4a3sklflkgh Join Date: 2002-07-14 Member: 944Members
    No teammates *PERIOD! <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->

    He committed seppuku to save honor! <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo--> Yeah, that's right Humbebeh, you show those losers who's bosz0r!

    (Note: Bushido Half-Life: The only mod where you kill yourself for positive reasons.)
  • RhoadsToNowhereRhoadsToNowhere i r 8 Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 33Members
    Bah, you were a dead man as soon as I lumbered over to where you were.  Let's see you shotgun an Onos, meatpop <!--emo&:p--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'><!--endemo-->
  • GwahirGwahir Join Date: 2002-04-24 Member: 513Members, Constellation
    well he has shotguned an Onos before, doubtful he'd have had enough ammo this time though...

    edit: I've reached a quadruple digit post count it seems, why must I suffer such things?!
  • SkriftSkrift Join Date: 2002-09-25 Member: 1329Members
    Excellent story Humbaba! <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo--> Keep them coming!
  • NecroNecro &lt;insert non-birthday-related title here&gt; Join Date: 2002-08-09 Member: 1118Members
    *wipes tear*

    way 2 go humbmuffin!
  • HikeebaHikeeba Join Date: 2002-10-03 Member: 1418Members
    Rock on humb!

    Can't wait to actually play the game.
  • reevesreeves Join Date: 2002-08-15 Member: 1170Members
    wow, almost an entire day went by without a post in this thread...taht would have been sad.

    newho. nice story humbaba
  • MavericMaveric Join Date: 2002-08-07 Member: 1101Members
    sry, but i'd continue on and try to take down as many as i could... nothing gets ya going like HA, HMG, and 5 skulks, all in a line in a vent... <!--emo&;)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'><!--endemo-->

    besides, i really do think that i'd be the only one left after that sorta thing went down. <!--emo&:0--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':0'><!--endemo--> Heavy armor on my body, Heavy machine gun in my hands, welder on my belt.

    yup.

    <span style='color:tan'>*Lock and Load*</span>
    /me puts on Heavy metal music
    <!--emo&::asrifle::--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/asrifle.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='::asrifle::'><!--endemo-->  <!--emo&::onos::--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tiny.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='::onos::'><!--endemo-->
  • NecroNecro &lt;insert non-birthday-related title here&gt; Join Date: 2002-08-09 Member: 1118Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Maveric+Oct. 16 2002,23:58--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Maveric @ Oct. 16 2002,23:58)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->sry, but i'd continue on and try to take down as many as i could... nothing gets ya going like HA, HMG, and 5 skulks, all in a line in a vent... <!--emo&;)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'><!--endemo-->

    besides, i really do think that i'd be the only one left after that sorta thing went down. <!--emo&:0--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':0'><!--endemo--> Heavy armor on my body, Heavy machine gun in my hands, welder on my belt.

    yup.

    <span style='color:tan'>*Lock and Load*</span>
    /me puts on Heavy metal music
    <!--emo&::asrifle::--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/asrifle.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='::asrifle::'><!--endemo-->  <!--emo&::onos::--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tiny.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='::onos::'><!--endemo--><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    pff! just wait till u get ingame against 5 skulks! you'll be crying for mommy!
  • UnknownUnknown Join Date: 2002-06-12 Member: 759Members
    <!--me&Unknown--><span id='ME'><center>Unknown wishes for more stories</center></span><!--e-me-->

    <!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->"I wish, I wish, I was a fish." -Someone I forget <!--emo&???--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'><!--endemo--><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo-->
  • SurgeSurge asda4a3sklflkgh Join Date: 2002-07-14 Member: 944Members
    A fish is a fish, of cour-.... wait, that doesn't work...

    HAXXX! that n00bz0r Ohnos wuz haxx0r1ng!!11!
  • PeregineDivePeregineDive Join Date: 2002-07-15 Member: 951Members
    so whats to become of this thread once NS is released?

           -PD
  • UnknownUnknown Join Date: 2002-06-12 Member: 759Members
    I believe that all of the other posts are gonna get deleted or this entire thread is going to be locked and reproduced with all the orginal PT stories and with all new player stories. <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo-->
  • Da_SargeDa_Sarge Old School Suck Join Date: 2002-10-15 Member: 1502Members
    I guess it'll stay....and people can post away stories of thier gritty NS experiances.

    n00b story: I was a  <!--emo&::asrifle::--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/asrifle.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='::asrifle::'><!--endemo--> then a  <!--emo&::onos::--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tiny.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='::onos::'><!--endemo--> came up, so I shot him..and then I ran...then I came to a corner...I turned...then I got up and got some penut butter and jelly, and when I came back I was dead. IT WAS THE SCARIEST THING EVER!!!! I think the onos had some H4Xx going.....
  • humbabahumbaba That Exciting Tales From the Frontline Guy Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 86Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    Heres a little clip of a game from NS_Nothing.

             We were playing a small game with 3 to 4 players on each side. I was playing as aliens on Nothing (a rare occurence, given the shottitude of the map). I had been harassing the enemy, and as soon as I got enough RPs to evolve to a lerk, I did so. Flying off, I decided I'd scout out to see if the powersilo, possibly one of the easiest for marines to secure, was still under out control. A builder was following me. I rounded the corner entering the hive and saw an array of marine turrets lock on me, I dodged out of the way just before I was shot up.
         The gorge decided it wasnt worth the effort. I felt like tryign something gutsy, and I rounded the corner. Just as the turrets locked on, I leapt into the air. Flap!. I pumped my wings up, skimming the top of the entryway to the Powersilo. Soaring over the turrets and the perilous liquid below, I pumped my wings straight up. Seeing a long, thin, shelf along the top edge, I arced around and swooped in, untouched. Peeking out over the ledge, I surveyed the base. A phase gate, turret factory, and 3 turrets. I began to fling spikes at the nearest turret, when A few marines leapt out of the phase gate and looked up at me with calculating percision. They took aim and fired on me. I recoild back against the wall, half of my health gone. In an attempt to throw them off, I jumped up against the roof of the silo, 5 or 6 stories up, and flapped madly across to an opposing ledge. I did this repeatedly, sending them into confusion as I flung spikes down below.
          Almost dead form the LMG fire peppering me from below, I landed on a ledge and pulled up my popup menu. Sliding my cursor over to gorge, I began devolving. I hateched and placed a turret along the edge. The marine turrets below locked on and began firing, but they couldnt kill it fast enough. I completed building it and then began healing spraying it madly as I saved up enough for a defense chamber and another turret. I placed these and began to grow them. Eventually, I was shot to pieces, however the marines proved unable to kill those buildigns, and they drew the attention of the turrets away from any potential attacking aliens.
  • FreemantleFreemantle Join Date: 2002-06-16 Member: 783Members
    Offensive gorge w00tage!
  • CMEastCMEast Join Date: 2002-05-19 Member: 632Members
    NIce story Humbaba, does that mean the turrets cant shoot directly above them? (Im guessing no, in which case your flippin fast)
  • MavericMaveric Join Date: 2002-08-07 Member: 1101Members
    necro- that isn't true.

    /hears something

    wait... something's wrong... we are in a ambush... prepare yourself.

    /whirls around, Commander drops meh HMG; HA.
    /me sees skulk

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

    /sees backup

    hey! hey over here!

    /thud... thud... thud... thud thud thud THUD THUD THUD !!!!
    *heavy metal music begins to play*
    RUN!

    <!--emo&::onos::--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tiny.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='::onos::'><!--endemo-->
    /Onos aprears smashing through doorway.
    /onos smashes some marine backup, others fire madly, i run for a vent, as does other marines while others try failingly to hold off the onos.

    INTO THE VENT! INTO TEH VENT!!! /me yells

    in the vent now...
    /click-clack click-clack click-clack

    oooo crap!


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    Meh first game. <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo-->
  • NecroNecro &lt;insert non-birthday-related title here&gt; Join Date: 2002-08-09 Member: 1118Members
    mav, you would be afraid...if ur alone <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->

    great story humb!
  • Outlaw_StarOutlaw_Star Join Date: 2002-09-14 Member: 1314Members
    Stupid ?, but why didn't you attack the phase gate first, instead of the turret? Only reason i can think of isthat phase gates have more health then a turret. Other wise all i can assume is that it was a poor tatical move on your part to allow marines to phase in, if it could have been destroyed.
  • GwahirGwahir Join Date: 2002-04-24 Member: 513Members, Constellation
    well, I don't think the lerk has much health.  In order to destroy the phase gate, he would need to open himself to turret fire and even then, the marines would probably have gotten through.  What he did, was attempt to remove a more immediate source of damage.
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