New name, more aliens and other stuff

ChapelChapel Join Date: 2002-10-06 Member: 1449Members
<div class="IPBDescription">Come children!</div>I think you should change the name of the mod. Honestly when I first heard of this mod I imagined it was some sort of gardening simulator. Natural Selection is just a bad name.

Try one of the following:
Durinian Concept (Survival of the fittest)
GalaktiSplat (cooky for commercial appeal)
UniWars
Aliens VS TSA

Add a level 6 alien which is a big octopus with nearly undodgable tentacle swipes that can either kill you in 1-2 hits or it can pick you up and if you have less then 50 life, it swallows you. This thing should move very slow though.

Make engineers which can build all kinds of stuff for the marines but much more efficiently. However they should have nearly no offensive capabilities.

Also, put maps where some scientists are trapped and the marines need to go rescue them.
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  • coilcoil Amateur pirate. Professional monkey. All pance. Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 424Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    "Durinian" - do you mean Darwinian?

    As for the rest of this... I hope I'm just not getting your sense of humor.
  • Res1Res1 Join Date: 2002-08-18 Member: 1187Members
  • ChapelChapel Join Date: 2002-10-06 Member: 1449Members
    I actually only heard it, so yeah I guess it could be Darwinian.

    Seriously think about it. I have some more ideas.

    You should make one where the aliens have to plant a seed in some machine or something. If it grows past a certain point it takes over machinery. Marines need to stop it before it takes over the machine.
  • WoggyWoggy Join Date: 2002-10-09 Member: 1466Members
    Uhhh....
    No  <!--emo&???--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'><!--endemo-->
  • BattousaixBattousaix Join Date: 2002-06-25 Member: 822Members
    Umm they won´t change the name because some guy just came and sayed it sounds like a garden simulator.......
    Anyways, i hope you are not drunk because most of the ideas sound wierd........
  • ComproxComprox *chortle* Canada Join Date: 2002-01-23 Member: 7Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, NS2 Developer, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Silver, Subnautica Developer, Subnautica Playtester, Pistachionauts
    Here's alittle history lesson:
    you said "Durinian Concept (Survival of the fittest)", guess what term also means that? Hmm...I dunno, could it be Darwin's theory of <b>Natural Selection</b>? Naww...

    Octupus on land that eats marines and won't be added in due to hull size limits of 5 aliens, hard coded in HL engine.

    The marines are meant to work as a team, and that doesnt mean defend the engineer, it means work together to build <!--emo&;)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'><!--endemo-->

    Rescuing hostages...hmm... where have I heard of that before? Seriously man, a little brain goes a long ways here!



    <!--EDIT|Comprox|Oct. 12 2002,02:10-->
  • AsranielAsraniel Join Date: 2002-06-03 Member: 724Members, Playtest Lead, Forum Moderators, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Shadow, Subnautica Playtester, Retired Community Developer
    rofl, thats realy funny, specialy the level 6 idea... i think you read too many books about the cuthlus clan (how do you write that?)
  • DreadDread Join Date: 2002-07-24 Member: 993Members
    Most of those ideas are bad, BUT I think scientist rescuing could fit the theme nicely. Scientists have been webbed in to corner for alien breakfast in the main hive and TSA has to get them out. Ok, its in CS and aliens movie but you can't make a good mod if you try to avoid everything that has been done(we can't use grenadelauncher cause they already have it in FA and we can't use flamethrower cause its in RtCW and so on).
  • MoleculorMoleculor Namer-of-Bob Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 9Members
    <b><span style='color:lightblue'>*moved to... er... hrmm... General, I guess*</span></b>
  • GingerGinger Join Date: 2002-08-01 Member: 1043Members
    if there was a level 6 what is the point of being a marine coz aliens would win ALL the time.. then people would get ###### off with NS then play another game!
  • EngarEngar Join Date: 2002-06-11 Member: 754Members
    When I read the first post I thought this was just some crazy joke. Now, after reading the second post by Chapel, I'm desperatly trying to convince myself your joking. I'm pretty sure that some joke possible names were given out earlier and I'm almost certain that Aliens Vs TSA was one. As for the other things, well there not terrible ideas just terribly implausable. None the less, welcome to NS Forums. <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->
  • JedisarJedisar Join Date: 2002-03-03 Member: 264Awaiting Authorization
    Chapel, you might want to check out the FAQ's in All the sections, and Read the info at www.readyroom.org before posting again.
  • KassingerKassinger Shades of grey Join Date: 2002-02-20 Member: 229Members, Constellation
    Rar rar... <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0">

    No offense Chapel, but I don't think the time to suggest a new name, a new alien class which will unbalance everything and machine seed is during these last playtest times...I don't think anytime would be right to suggest all of these. Oh man, this was wierd.  :p

    Enjoy your stay here at the NS forums and try to read up on as much as possible. Made you'll end up liking the choices the team has made so far. Lol!
  • KhaimKhaim Join Date: 2002-06-28 Member: 841Members, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    no commment on the stupidity of chapel's post...
  • CForresterCForrester P0rk(h0p Join Date: 2002-10-05 Member: 1439Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin--Khaim+Oct. 12 2002,05:27--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Khaim @ Oct. 12 2002,05:27)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->no commment on the stupidity of chapel's post...<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Zing! <!--emo&;)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'><!--endemo-->
  • humbabahumbaba That Exciting Tales From the Frontline Guy Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 86Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    hehehehehehe. Easy on the new guy, boys. Funny stuff here, we oughtta put together a "hall of shame" thread in the ideas forum with all the silly ideas that have been dreamed up and then sticky it, with "credit" given where its due.



    <!--EDIT|humbaba|Oct. 12 2002,12:38-->
  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    Is this Chapel from Paroxysm? You aren't as stupid there.
  • BattousaixBattousaix Join Date: 2002-06-25 Member: 822Members
    hahaha ok enough humilliation, close the topic <!--emo&:p--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'><!--endemo-->
  • BathroomMonkeyBathroomMonkey Feces-hurling Monkey Boy Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 78Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    <!--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-->Durinian Concept (Survival of the fittest)
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    Damn straight!  I've been petitioning VALVe for the longest time to change the name 'Half Life' to 'Frederick Soddy's Discoveries Concerning Radioactive Decay'.

    Note: I'm pretty sure it was Soddy, but any pedantic science types that know better, feel free to correct me.



    <!--EDIT|BathroomMonkey|Oct. 12 2002,14:53-->
  • LegionnairedLegionnaired Join Date: 2002-04-30 Member: 552Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin--BathroomMonkey+Oct. 12 2002,14:53--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (BathroomMonkey @ Oct. 12 2002,14:53)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin--><!--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-->Durinian Concept (Survival of the fittest)
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    Damn straight!  I've been petitioning VALVe for the longest time to change the name 'Half Life' to 'Frederick Soddy's Discoveries Concerning Radioactive Decay'.

    Note: I'm pretty sure it was Soddy, but any pedantic science types that know better, feel free to correct me.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    That was the most awesome ownage of a n00b I have ever seen.

    Props to you.
  • TraneTrane Join Date: 2002-02-01 Member: 148Members
    LOL.....  This guy has to be joking... hes got to be.  Octopus alien??? TSA vs. Marines???  Hum, if its not this guys is stoned as crap.
  • MoleculorMoleculor Namer-of-Bob Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 9Members
    Actually, the original name for the mod (years ago) was Humans Vs. Aliens.
  • Phoenix1Phoenix1 Join Date: 2002-08-14 Member: 1150Members
    Hmm...

    Lets take a look at this:

    a)A game mode where the "Marines" go in and have to rescue hostages from the "Aliens..." Do they get to buy weapons before each round and can we please get those aliens some better fitting ski masks?

    b)A game mode where you, as an "Alien" have to place a "Seed" in a machine, and you can only place this "Seed" in that specific "Seed Site" and then we, as the "Marines" have to come and defuse..err.."Destroy" the seed.

    Oh and I love the idea of a big giant land octopus, one suggestion though, can we have him shoot awp bullets from the ends of his tentacles, that would be awsome

    Great ideas man.
  • TraneTrane Join Date: 2002-02-01 Member: 148Members
    lol, i didnt catch the seed idea... im so slow, go easy on him, i think hes just trying to see how everyone would react to some silly ideas.  Hes probably laughing really hard as we all post saying, "dumb ideas man".   He probably sayin "duh"      at least i hope. <!--emo&???--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'><!--endemo-->
  • UnitUnit Join Date: 2002-08-26 Member: 1230Members
    LoL

    I don't know why you guys are actually taking this guy seriously, maybe because his attempt at humor missed all of us by a mile.

    LoL...funny stuff.
  • BattousaixBattousaix Join Date: 2002-06-25 Member: 822Members
    If hes talking seriously, we should call an ambulance...... =P
  • ChapelChapel Join Date: 2002-10-06 Member: 1449Members
    No seriously think about it my ideas are good.

    You can have a level 6 alien. TFC had like 12 classes. Its the exact same thing. That's why you can have an engineer who builds stuff. And maybe put up lil crystals they can go and bring up to the command center? It would be cool. Have a bunch of crystals set up around the map and make it so engineers and builder aliens can get them.

    And plz make the aliens able to take over a command center and produce possessed marines that kill their still surviving comrades.

    And make my level 6 alien plus make a level 7 alien that is like a human but red and has a long very sharp tongue that it kills with. This one should be able to climb walls.

    To even it up make a marine that has a giant robot with huge guns.

    Also make my 2 gameplay modes. Seriously think about it.

    Scientists are trapped and TSA has to go rescue them. If Aliens kill them they lose resources but they could gain life for example by eating them.

    TSA ship. Aliens onboard wanna take control so they need to plant their seed in the engine. It could grow beyond repair after say 30 seconds.
  • LongtoothLongtooth Join Date: 2002-07-02 Member: 863Members
    You can not just come in and suggest name changes for a MOD which is near completion!  Are you insane?  Thats like me walking into Blizzard headquaters right before Warcraft 3 went gold and saying,
    "Guys I don't like the name....sounds too serious makes me think of C&C,  how about "Humans vs Orc vs Night Elves vs  Undead"?
  • SurgeSurge asda4a3sklflkgh Join Date: 2002-07-14 Member: 944Members
    I think Scientist (or any person for that matter. pilots, whatever) rescuing would be fun (though a little CS-ish), or helping out Human NPCs or something... saving some research or whatever. Add some more objectives in the next releases, I say. Some people may get bored with the same old "kill the other team and their base".

    As for the name... I think Natural Selection fits it. Sounds good to me. Better than the ones you gave... as for the rest of your ideas... er... Let's just say you don't want to hear my opinion. I hope you're joking.

    Edit: Hey, I don't think Counter- I mean, NS wants your objective ideas....
  • MrPinkMrPink Join Date: 2002-05-28 Member: 678Members
    wait, so ns will never have more than 5 aliens?
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