No More Ns On Won?

Snake18Snake18 Join Date: 2004-08-03 Member: 30330Members
in NS General Discussion
I was on vactaion resently and when i got home i decided to play a little of my favorite game..NS. So i sat down started NS and to my serprize i get a message, something about NS is out of date and needs to be updated. Ok i say so i go to update it, wait for it to veryify and what happens? "Your NS exacutable is out of date but there are no updates. Its...out of date but theres no upgrades? WTH!? how can it be out of date but have NO upgrades. Then it hit me NS 3.0...and...the horrid STEAM! I say this to all the STEAM fans(if there are any) I hope you enjoyed ruining NS for the hundreds of WON players! But wiat it gets better, i sit there kinda mad,... a little sad... and i may have even cryed a bit (jk) then i decide, for my love of NS, i would download Steam and play NS 3.0. So i do, and guess what? STEAM tells me, "your CD key is invalid". Now im mad, my CD key is NOT invalid I BOUGHT my copy of HL from the store, in its original case! So heres my story, and my question as well,.. WHY DID U HAVE TO MAKE 3.0 FOR STEAM? and why did 2.01 and WON have to suffer the affect as well, i mean it wouldnt be so bad if we WON fans could still play the 2.0's on WON while the 3.0 players played on STEAM. Is that such a bad idea?
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  • brute_forcebrute_force Join Date: 2003-10-04 Member: 21433Members, Constellation
    *sigh* This forum is NOT for discussing the advantages or disadvantages of Steam/WON. The WON servers have been shut down, so you're basically forced to switch to Steam, like it or not. I don't see why you hate Steam if you haven't even used it before. Take it up with Valve if your CD-key doesn't work, this is not the place.
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  • esunaesuna Rock Bottom Join Date: 2003-04-03 Member: 15175Members, Constellation
    edited August 2004
    The NS team had precisely nothing to do with the demise of WON, that was Valve's call.

    And also, NS 3.0 was developed for Steam because there's little point developing it for WON due to it's impending shut down.

    *EDIT: Yeah, and what butt-force said too.
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  • im_lostim_lost TWG Rule Guru Join Date: 2003-04-26 Member: 15861Members
    edited August 2004
    Valve decided to shut down all of the WON servers. The NS team had nothing to do with that.

    Edit: The two posts above me said it all.
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  • QuaunautQuaunaut The longest seven days in history... Join Date: 2003-03-21 Member: 14759Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    <!--QuoteBegin-Snake18+Aug 4 2004, 08:04 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Snake18 @ Aug 4 2004, 08:04 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I was on vactaion resently and when i got home i decided to play a little of my favorite game..NS. So i sat down started NS and to my serprize i get a message, something about NS is out of date and needs to be updated. Ok i say so i go to update it, wait for it to veryify and what happens? "Your NS exacutable is out of date but there are no updates. Its...out of date but theres no upgrades? WTH!? how can it be out of date but have NO upgrades. Then it hit me NS 3.0...and...the horrid STEAM! I say this to all the STEAM fans(if there are any) I hope you enjoyed ruining NS for the hundreds of WON players! But wiat it gets better, i sit there kinda mad,... a little sad... and i may have even cryed a bit (jk) then i decide, for my love of NS, i would download Steam and play NS 3.0. So i do, and guess what? STEAM tells me, "your CD key is invalid". Now im mad, my CD key is NOT invalid I BOUGHT my copy of HL from the store, in its original case! So heres my story, and my question as well,.. WHY DID U HAVE TO MAKE 3.0 FOR STEAM? and why did 2.01 and WON have to suffer the affect as well, i mean it wouldnt be so bad if we WON fans could still play the 2.0's on WON while the 3.0 players played on STEAM. Is that such a bad idea? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    First off, WON is down.

    2nd off, if your CDkey is invalid, e-mail VALVe with a thing saying your cdkey and that you are wondering why steam believes its invalid.

    Lastly, steam is better than WON, period, and believe me, its been discussed hundreds of times, but every time steam wins out. Its advantages FAR outway the disadvantages, especially considering WON.
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  • Snake18Snake18 Join Date: 2004-08-03 Member: 30330Members
    I never said anything bad about the NS team or acused them of anything, as far as me never using STEAM i have, and its always let me down, and still has. <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • curlydavecurlydave Join Date: 2003-10-21 Member: 21855Members
    Sigh... Listen, there's nothing wrong with steam. Oldschool just isn't cool anymore, this reminds me of all the bs from cs players on the steamforums, you know, the type that are resistant to any type of change. (eg omg can't exploit awp anymore? you ruined my life) Just download and set up NS with steam. It's really alot better than the old won versions. There is no practical advantage to using WON anymore. Just give it a try.
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  • TresthTresth Join Date: 2002-11-03 Member: 5602Members, Constellation
    WON is no more. Deal with it.
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  • Marik_SteeleMarik_Steele To rule in hell... Join Date: 2002-11-20 Member: 9466Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Snake18+Aug 4 2004, 10:04 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Snake18 @ Aug 4 2004, 10:04 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> [...]WHY DID U HAVE TO MAKE 3.0 FOR STEAM?[...] <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Since this was the only all-caps question in your post, I'll address it specifically. Whether you prefer Steam or WON, NS on Steam is better than no NS at all.
    Everything else I think I would've said has been mentioned in posts above.
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