It will be released when it's done!

GobyWanGobyWan Join Date: 2002-02-22 Member: 234Members
<div class="IPBDescription">Sticky me please.</div>Here's what I've collected from all the <b>official</b> statements on the topic of when it will be done.

<b>No speculation.</b> Flayra said to stop that entirely, so don't make any conjectures as to the date.

<b>The current progress is on the main site.</b> Which is <a href="http://www.natural-selection.org." target="_blank">http://www.natural-selection.org</a>. NS is close to 90% done in most areas, and is being worked on steadily.

<b>MonsE said soon.</b> Get your hopes up, but again, don't start betting on dates. Don't even start hoping on dates. Don't mention dates in connection with NS's release.

I hope that clears up the situation a bit.
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  • Silver_FoxSilver_Fox Spammer Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 34Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    you are stating something that been obvious since .. I dont know - a few months ago.

    And there are already os stickied posts regarding this isuue.

    However - something more idiot proof like this might work ...



    <!--EDIT|Silver Fox|Aug. 01 2002,19:25-->
  • MonsieurEvilMonsieurEvil Join Date: 2002-01-22 Member: 4Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    And here is a good example of why we do not give you release dates:

    <a href="http://www.planethalflife.com/hostileintent/" target="_blank">Hostile Intent after 3 years of stops and starts</a>
  • GobyWanGobyWan Join Date: 2002-02-22 Member: 234Members
    Silverfox - I know there are stickied posts on this, but people don't read them, if all these speculative posts are any indication. Greedo's locked down a few recently, that's what made me decide to post this in a visible spot.

    MonsE - Ooog. Didn't they lose an angry coder recently? I'm not even going to touch that one.
  • the_stalkerthe_stalker Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 49Members
    /me puts a sticky note on GobyWan's forhead  <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo-->
  • ScytheScythe Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 46NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation, Reinforced - Silver
    /me hides bookie hat *

    ...

    What?

    --Scythe--
    the_only_scythe@subdimension.com
  • the_stalkerthe_stalker Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 49Members
    /me stares at the computer screen  <!--emo&:0--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':0'><!--endemo-->
    hhmmm, whats the topic about now?
  • LongtoothLongtooth Join Date: 2002-07-02 Member: 863Members
    <span style='color:red'><b>***NUKED*** What part of 'Do not speculate about the release date' do you <i>not</i> understand?</span></b>



    <!--EDIT|Greedo386|Aug. 02 2002,04:33-->
  • Nemesis_ZeroNemesis_Zero Old European Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 75Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    Who says NS has been in development for 18 months? It's at least two years as far as I know!


    Oh, and to make sure, how about adding a background image to the forums, saying "WHEN IT'S DONE" in fontsize 50? <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->
  • InsaneInsane Anomaly Join Date: 2002-05-13 Member: 605Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, NS2 Developer, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, NS2 Map Tester, Subnautica Developer, Pistachionauts, Future Perfect Developer
    Pleeeeeease take heed of this everyone.  It's just getting old now.  I remember once seeing about 3 topics per page asking about this.
  • SmokeMastaSmokeMasta Join Date: 2002-04-13 Member: 430Members
    just look around on Overmind.org (flay's page) and you will find early texts about NS <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->
    check
    <a href="http://www.overmind.org/NewsArchive.html" target="_blank">http://www.overmind.org/NewsArchive.html</a> for the "news" about NS <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->
  • DunsbyDunsby Join Date: 2002-08-01 Member: 1042Awaiting Authorization
    4 topics 19posts on the forum there <!--emo&:p--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'><!--endemo-->
  • TiCKTiCK Join Date: 2002-05-30 Member: 708Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--MonsieurEvil+Aug. 01 2002,22:32--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (MonsieurEvil @ Aug. 01 2002,22:32)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->And here is a good example of why we do not give you release dates:

    <a href="http://www.planethalflife.com/hostileintent/" target="_blank">Hostile Intent after 3 years of stops and starts</a><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Ug.. did they do anything? It looks exactly like counter-strike.
  • LegionnairedLegionnaired Join Date: 2002-04-30 Member: 552Members, Constellation
    Yeah..

    <!--me&Legionnaired--><span id='ME'><center>Legionnaired Pokes Hostile Intent with a stick...</center></span><!--e-me-->

    It may be like CS w/o all the hacking, I dunno.
  • MonsieurEvilMonsieurEvil Join Date: 2002-01-22 Member: 4Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    Hmm. They used to have a great movie that showed a bunch of live action, but I had to dig and dig to find a site that still had a copy, as I believe they had to get rid of a bunch of things in it (all the animations and models) due to yet another developer leaving:

    <a href="ftp://ftp.gamesdomain.co.uk/pub/movies/gd/HostileIntent_scene2.avi" target="_blank">HI Ingame Movie</a>

    There is some still media <a href="http://www.planethalflife.com/hostileintent/MediaIngame.html" target="_blank">here</a>

    I'm surprised more people haven't heard of these guys (was called The Sherman Project years ago). The mod has been in development since Christ was a corporal. They just had so many 'do-overs', where someone would leave and take the rights to all the materials they worked on with them. You'd think they would have learned after the 10th time to get exclusive ownership of the materials...
  • LongtoothLongtooth Join Date: 2002-07-02 Member: 863Members
    But greedo my formulas were perfect!
  • Raptor091288Raptor091288 Join Date: 2002-07-15 Member: 955Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    <note: this is not in any way serious and is intended to be a joke>

    the mod will be out after 08/02/02, and before 12/31/06 (and twenty-six seconds)

    ok, now on to the serious part...
    everyone should just quit talking about when its going to be out... (at least on the forums) its just pointless, cause chances are its not gonna be out when people say it is, unless Flay or someone else on the team said its gonna be out around that date, hen chances are, its not going to be out then... (i know, its been said millions of times before, it should be made perfectly clear on all threads like this, or maybe a moderator can sticky a thread about "do not try to speculate the release date")
  • MCThornGristleMCThornGristle Join Date: 2002-06-06 Member: 733Members
    I don't understand why speculation about release dates is so bad.  Forum-goers have really nothing else better to do while they wait - it makes us feel better to pretend we have a vague idea that we know when the waiting will end.

    So what if it spreads wild forum rumors?  Forum rumors don't leak to anywhere like planethalflife; if people are saying the mod's going to be released in August and it isn't, so what?  People will keep waiting just the same as they have been - we don't have a choice.
  • JediYoshiJediYoshi The Cupcake Boss Join Date: 2002-05-27 Member: 674Members
    Was this seriously the concept for the Marine at that time?

    <img src="http://www.overmind.org/strathl/smmarine_final2.jpg" border="0">
  • LongtoothLongtooth Join Date: 2002-07-02 Member: 863Members
    IT looks like a Hirogan from Star Trek: Voyager(Yeah I watch it you got a problem with it?)
  • SemperFiSemperFi Join Date: 2002-08-02 Member: 1049Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--TiCK+Aug. 02 2002,13:38--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (TiCK @ Aug. 02 2002,13:38)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin--MonsieurEvil+Aug. 01 2002,22:32--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (MonsieurEvil @ Aug. 01 2002,22:32)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->And here is a good example of why we do not give you release dates:

    <a href="http://www.planethalflife.com/hostileintent/" target="_blank">Hostile Intent after 3 years of stops and starts</a><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Ug.. did they do anything? It looks exactly like counter-strike.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    So now everygame having player models with skimasks looks like CS? Right....especially since this game has been in development before CS came out. And i actually think this game looks kinda cool, i love iron sights.
  • TiCKTiCK Join Date: 2002-05-30 Member: 708Members
    Yeah, the little man at the top looks exactly the same, only in white.

    AK47? Mp5? Bad Guys ™ vs. Good Guys ©? Skimasks?

    It is all so tired.. I am ready for *gasp* NEW ideas and concepts.
  • StormFist9016StormFist9016 Join Date: 2002-07-21 Member: 978Members
    well at least this isnt no cs copy <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->

    and also stop asking for the release date your all slowing them down by making them respond with threats  <!--emo&:0--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':0'><!--endemo-->
  • GwahirGwahir Join Date: 2002-04-24 Member: 513Members, Constellation
    *Gwahir hands the specialized weaponry he designed to the devs and moderators*

    And those threats aren't idle.

    There's little to go against in this case, let them do their work, it'll make you happier in the end.
  • MooMoo_the_SnowCowMooMoo_the_SnowCow Join Date: 2002-08-03 Member: 1057Members
    I was waiting for Hostile Intent to come out for awhile but then just gave up waiting and forgot about it.
  • mark_necmark_nec Join Date: 2002-06-20 Member: 802Members
    i think another good example of why not to speculate is tf2...i remember back in the day goin to 15 sites a day to see what was goin on with the game and everybody was all hyped up about it ready to come out....then nothing happened....kinda depressing 2 years later and still....nothing happened...
  • SemperFiSemperFi Join Date: 2002-08-02 Member: 1049Members
    CS drove TF2 into vaporware. Since valve spends all there time helping CS with there Condition Zero and all there releases and now DoD theyll probably never finish TF2. I mean god them graphics still look good even now i want it so bad. #### YOU COUNTERSTRIKE AHHHHHH!!!!!!!
  • FireWarriorFireWarrior Join Date: 2002-07-13 Member: 931Members
    Don't you people know ANYTHING?

    Valve decided that the HL engine was too outdated to do what they wanted so they are working on a completely new engine for TF2.
  • SmokeMastaSmokeMasta Join Date: 2002-04-13 Member: 430Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--FireWarrior+Aug. 04 2002,13:18--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (FireWarrior @ Aug. 04 2002,13:18)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->Don't you people know ANYTHING?

    Valve decided that the HL engine was too outdated to do what they wanted so they are working on a completely new engine for TF2.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    that is very old news
  • GreedoGreedo Bounty Hunter Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 37Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    <!--QuoteBegin--SmokeMasta+Aug. 04 2002,10:56--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (SmokeMasta @ Aug. 04 2002,10:56)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->that is very old news<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Obviously not to |SemperFi| over there.

    And as a side note:  I hate people who claim TF2 is vaporware, and I hope they all start crying to their mommies for the $60 to buy it when Valve starts its publicity blitz before the end of the year.
  • PeregineDivePeregineDive Join Date: 2002-07-15 Member: 951Members
    hmm... looking at Flay's old page I saw some Upgrade info... did you guys really put in a "Tactical nuke - Long reload time, slow firing time, huge explosion. One ammo cannister supplies one nuke. Can clear a room. Is preceded by an increasing pitched whine."??  That definetly would be interesting  <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo-->


             -PD
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