What's the big deal with the nda?

f3rretf3rret Join Date: 2002-05-29 Member: 686Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">Now that we are feature complete?</div>I realize that all the playtesters signed Non Disclosure Agreements when they started testing. But what is so secret now? All the features are done! Carved in stone, yadda yadda yadda. Unless the PT's were blabbing about damage numbers and such things....

So, I guess my question is: What is still Subject To Change, and what is Carved In Stone?
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  • Spyder_MonkeySpyder_Monkey Vampire-Ninja-Monkey Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 8Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    Now, if you guys knew everything about the mod, what would be left to surprise you on the release date? Feature complete doesn't mean that changes can't happen anymore. Flayra could be deleting this mod from his hard-drive at this very moment in a fit of rage, now where would that leave us?
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  • CyonProCyonPro Join Date: 2002-02-02 Member: 154Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Spyder Monkey+July 03 2002,11:36--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Spyder Monkey @ July 03 2002,11:36)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->Flayra could be deleting this mod from his hard-drive at this very moment in a fit of rage, now where would that leave us?<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    In Hell.
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  • f3rretf3rret Join Date: 2002-05-29 Member: 686Members
    It would leave you guys emailing the mod to us. <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo--> The PT's would still have it. <!--emo&;)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'><!--endemo-->

    I suppose, eh. ARE there surprises, or is it just that things still may change on a whim?
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  • GobyWanGobyWan Join Date: 2002-02-22 Member: 234Members
    Feature Complete doesn't mean they're telling us all the features <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->
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  • Imperial_FistImperial_Fist Join Date: 2002-05-19 Member: 633Members
    whats the big deal about it being feature compleat? its very exiting but its a mod and things can happen so just ignore it id rather the NS ppl just come up and say NS IS OUT TOMMOROR...anyone... <!--emo&:(--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':('><!--endemo-->
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  • UnknownUnknown Join Date: 1970-01-01 Member:
    <!--QuoteBegin--Spyder Monkey+July 03 2002,11:36--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Spyder Monkey @ July 03 2002,11:36)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->Flayra could be deleting this mod from his hard-drive at this very moment in a fit of rage, now where would that leave us?<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    In an asylum?

    <rocking back and forth>
    "I see Bobs ... they are everywhere ..."
    "I see Bobs ... they are real ..."
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  • LegionnairedLegionnaired Join Date: 2002-04-30 Member: 552Members, Constellation
    Hmm, i think the "Hell on earth" comment would be a little closer.
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  • 10RoUNdTOmMYgUN10RoUNdTOmMYgUN Join Date: 2002-05-03 Member: 572Members
    If the mod happened to disappear , there would be about 2,000  <!--emo&:asrifle:--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/asrifle.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':asrifle:'><!--endemo-->  looking for a Bob named Flayra  <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo-->
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  • Sgt_XSgt_X Join Date: 2002-03-01 Member: 261Members
    Who wants to join the "Society that will Form an Angry Mob if Flayra deletes NS's Code from His HD!" Said mob will of coarse make it's first stop Flayra's house, and it's a <b>violent</b> and angry mob.

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

    mwahahahahahahaha
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  • CyonProCyonPro Join Date: 2002-02-02 Member: 154Members
    Power to the People.
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  • LegionnairedLegionnaired Join Date: 2002-04-30 Member: 552Members, Constellation
    Yeah, i mean, we have his real name and relative location....

    We could find him easily...

    Of course, we'd take along a copy of some revovery software <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->
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  • Pr0phecyPr0phecy Join Date: 2002-04-04 Member: 381Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Cortechs+July 03 2002,12:43--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Cortechs @ July 03 2002,12:43)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin--Spyder Monkey+July 03 2002,11:36--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Spyder Monkey @ July 03 2002,11:36)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->Flayra could be deleting this mod from his hard-drive at this very moment in a fit of rage, now where would that leave us?<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    In an asylum?

    <rocking back and forth>
    "I see Bobs ... they are everywhere ..."
    "I see Bobs ... they are real ..."<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    LLLLLLOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

    <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo-->  <!--emo&:p--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'><!--endemo-->  <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo-->  <!--emo&:p--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'><!--endemo-->
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  • XTS_HighlanderXTS_Highlander Join Date: 2002-04-13 Member: 429Members
    Oh god, look what you started Spyder!  <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo-->

    My advice to everyone who wants more information about Ns is this:  grab a coke, sit back, and await The Great Release.  There's nothing else you can really do (other than participate in the "Society that will Form an Angry Mob if Flayra deletes NS's Code from His HD!"'s lynching of Flayra).  Regardless of Ns being feature complete, I'm sure that everything is still STC (shudder).
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  • CyonProCyonPro Join Date: 2002-02-02 Member: 154Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--XTS_Highlander+July 03 2002,16:14--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (XTS_Highlander @ July 03 2002,16:14)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->"Society that will Form an Angry Mob if Flayra deletes NS's Code from His HD!"<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I predict that the STWFAAMIFDNSCFHHD will become a force to reckoned with, if properly angered. We should make every effort to make sure that doesn't happen.



    <!--EDIT|CyonPro|July 03 2002,16:20-->
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  • CommandoCommando Join Date: 2002-05-22 Member: 657Members, NS1 Playtester
    Might need to shorten the name a bit first...
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  • Pr0phecyPr0phecy Join Date: 2002-04-04 Member: 381Members
    llololololo omg u guys r funny

    i like the name STWFAAMIFDNSCFHHD...easy to remember dont u agree?
    lol i give 5 bucks to someone that can read that as  a word
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  • Sgt_XSgt_X Join Date: 2002-03-01 Member: 261Members
    Society that will Form an Angry Mob <b>if Flayra deletes NS's Code from His HD!</b>

    That's if he deletes it in a fit of rage. Other wise i'm fine. In fact anyone who tries to carry out the mobbing if that doesn't happen will be in much pain.

    /me is now fearing this topic is fast heading to the great <i>Lock!</i> in the sky.
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  • KidzeldaKidzelda Join Date: 2002-06-25 Member: 819Members
    well, if you take just the important words..."<b>Society</b>that will <b>Form</b> an angry <b>Mob</b> if <b>Flayra</b> deletes <b>NS</b>'s code from his <b>HD</b>!"So that leaves us with...SFMFNSHD.
    See, much shorter <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo-->
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  • CyonProCyonPro Join Date: 2002-02-02 Member: 154Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Kidzelda+July 03 2002,18:26--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Kidzelda @ July 03 2002,18:26)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->SFMFNSHD.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Sounds like me sneezing <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo-->
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  • TalionTalion Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 28Members
    How about SMFF'D?

    Saddly there wasn't a 'U' or an 'R' for that matter.
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  • Pr0phecyPr0phecy Join Date: 2002-04-04 Member: 381Members
    theres a town in africa with 74 letters...u cant read 2 words after another because everything is liek this: zdfskfosfjisayfasi.....

    man someone had a weird idea when he thought of that
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  • GreedoGreedo Bounty Hunter Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 37Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    This topic got off-topic quickly.  Let me just close the discussion with this:  The NDA was never solely in effect to keep playtesters from talking about things that might change the next weekend (though that was a main part of it).  There are certain things that we, for one reason or another, just don't want you to know about.  You don't want to find out the surprise ending to a movie before you see it, do you?

    Don't worry.  Soon enough, you'll all know just as much as we do about the game.
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