New Ns Tourney, But For Individuals

Firewater · May 2004

<div class="IPBDescription">Unique Idea</div> This tournament is for the Battle for the Galaxy, a tournament based on territorial control (similar to planetside) where people play against each other on maps for control of the galaxy

<a href='http://ns.battleforthegalaxy.com/about.asp' target='_blank'>http://ns.battleforthegalaxy.com/about.asp</a>

Individual players sign up, and can play as long as they wish, players are split into divisions.

Please sign up, because the alien team is hurting for members.

Thanks <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' />

Salvation · May 2004

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Firewater · May 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Salvation @ May 28 2004, 01:02 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> link broken  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
Works fine for me

try this one

<a href='http://www.battleforthegalaxy.com/' target='_blank'>http://www.battleforthegalaxy.com/</a>

SaltzBad · May 2004

Hey wait a minute, you're a marine. Ho.

Firewater · May 2004

I was told to promote the aliens, I am trying to get Xeero and Saraph to join Aliens

MrMojo · May 2004

So it's going to be about a 1.5 to 1 marine majority if people can pick their teams, right? And everyone knows how great and balanced giant NS games are in favor of aliens, right?

Redford · May 2004

battle for the (foo) has allways amused me. It's like someone said "let's take a free game, add a tounament structure, then make people pay for it!" There is no reason why battle couldn't offer their servies for free - all they are paying for is the incredibly high cost of the servers they run, and they probally OWN their own servers physically. Thusly, we have another money making scheme - which is sadly quite effective.

l3igD · May 2004

Who said anything about paying? Really.. Before you starting dissing it. Read first.

Kaze · May 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>You MUST use Internet Explorer or Netscape to register!</td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>

Such a shame.

l3igD · May 2004

Yea it is. The funny thing is its possible to get around that without using ie or netscape. But then your account could bug ~_~

Rue · May 2004

WoW you have to load IE for 5mins, the horror!

I would sign up but are all the servers in the US?

l3igD · May 2004

Yes, Alot of people from other countries do sign up. They ping around 100 or more on the servers.

Jim_has_Skillz · May 2004

Omg firewater I hate you, we had a thread about this a long time ago. I am going to go search for it now.

Edit: <a href='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=62137' target='_blank'>Here it is</a>

l3igD · May 2004

Yea, I bumped that post to.. But firewater decided to make a new one. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' />

Salaman · May 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>Who said anything about paying? Really.. Before you starting dissing it. Read first.</td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>After registering you will have a couple of weeks to get to know the community and have a chance to see how the tournament works. Then, if you want to continue to participate, you will need to pay the enrollment fee (or find a sponsor willing to pay it for you) which will permit you to continue to participate through the end of the campaign</td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>

Oh well, I find it hard to play NS seriously on a competetive level when alien success is often determined by luck (random hive selection aka "GG powersilo syndrome"), not to mention the total absence of any cheat detection system.

Wirhe · May 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> WoW you have to load IE for 5mins, the horror!</td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
Unless, of course, you happen to be running on a non-Windows OS. Then it's a REAL horror. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /> (Imagine, like someone would taint their shiny new car with whatever the old one is puking out from its rear <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /> )

Personally, I wouldn't pay a penny of NS, but if they are making money out of this -congrats, wish I could be in-the-business too. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' />

Salvation · May 2004

i would pay to buy a retail verson of ns ^_^

l3igD · May 2004

Where did that quote come from? This tournament now is free.. We do have the option of turning on paying to register.. ITS SET AT 0.00 NOW. It will not change untill after this tournament is over and the next one is starting.. It might not even been pay to play the 2nd time around. No one knows yet.. I played BFE (A tournament for dod by the same person) I payed $3 to play in the tournament for 12 weeks. Did this hurt me in anyway? no... I think it makes the player base better if you have to pay a small 1 time fee..anywayz back on topic... The tournament is free right now.. It is going to stay free untill it is over. Then we will worry about the 2nd tournament.

Daxx · May 2004

Its a misconception from the general business practice of BattleForTheGalaxy. For a lot of their tournaments, a fee (usually nominal, and covers the entire campagne) is charged. However, for the NS Tournament, there is no fee.

Just to make it clear:

<span style='font-size:21pt;line-height:100%'><span style='color:red'>There is no fee to either sign up or play in the tournament</span></span>

If, in the future, NS gets enough of a following and playerbase, a small fee may be put in place. But not now.

Salaman · May 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>Where did that quote come from?</td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>

later half of the last paragraph of[URL=http://ns.battleforthegalaxy.com/about.asp]

under "Getting Started"

Perhaps it should be changed to avoid any misunderstandings.

Anyways, with classes over I guess I'll give this a shot if the whole thing is free...

l3igD · May 2004

Yea, I will work on getting someone to change it. Right now I posted it in the news.

Firewater · May 2004

I recommend any non competitive players who want to see what a competitive game is like to sign up, since there is no fee, and you can play as long as you want, or as little as you want, so if you don't like it, you can stop or you can keep playing.

Daxx · May 2004

It's more or less like a more organized version of NSPug. With an overall goal. Had I the time on Saturdays to play, I would.

Firewater · June 2004

You can play for just 1 hr if you want, if your saturdays are bogged down, its 16 hrs long the battle, so you can jump in at anytime, like I said this is a great way for people who want to get into some organized play, but don't have any experience. This is also great for people who like to "pub" but lacks the organization. the 10v10 format is great for people like who to pub in large servers, and also want organization and the teamwork that those large server rarely provide.

Firewater · June 2004

I just changed to the alien teams to be their new "prime" so now the tournament will be more balanced.

l3igD · June 2004

And the tournament is 8v8 now. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' />

Grendel · June 2004

NS is not WH40K. The Kharaa commander is not a "progenitor". Neither is he blue/purple or equipped with an ovipositor.

How about The Hivemind?

Zephor · June 2004

signed up i guess

Jim_has_Skillz · June 2004

You will have lots of fun! I was in the first beta and it was great except for a couple problems but thats why it was beta. I am sure this time around it will be a lot more fun.

l3igD · June 2004

BFTG is for fun yes. BUT. To make it fun you need to listen in battles and not just be a rambo... If you want to join just to rambo dont sign up <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' />

Jim_has_Skillz · June 2004

Yes, there is seriousness in all tournaments. Look at CPL do think its all just for fun there? There is a degree of fun and a degree of seriousness, if you are looking for fun and like to take orders(and give them), this is the place for you.

New Ns Tourney, But For Individuals

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