1.04 Manual

GrayDuckGrayDuck Join Date: 2003-05-08 Member: 16134Members, Constellation
in NS General Discussion
<div class="IPBDescription">Nostalgia...</div> Forgive me if this has been posted, I searched and came up empty... but I recently found this on one of our servers and it brought back a lot a memories!

<a href='http://www.lunixmonster.org/hosted/grayduck/oldmanual/' target='_blank'>Old NS Manual</a>
It is too funneh when compared to the
<a href='http://manual.nsguides.org/' target='_blank'>New NS Manual</a>
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  • gazOzzgazOzz Work&#39;s a ... Join Date: 2003-12-25 Member: 24747Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Contributor, Constellation
    edited March 2005
    I still have the offline version... That awesome manual was one of the biggest reasons I started playing ns... I remember spending hours reading; no memorizing it before actually started playing... ^_^

    I hope new official manual will be as good as that one...

    EDIT: the second link is not the <b>official</b> NS3.0 manual...
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  • ScrapScrap Join Date: 2005-01-06 Member: 32953Members
    awwww...you sir brought back sad memories :
    with this most advanced ability, the Gorge becomes a kind of hive itself. It can spontaneously create primitive, fully autonomous Skulks, that attack any enemies nearby. These Skulks are not as powerful or clever as hive spawned ones, and are also unstable. If not destroyed in combat, they self-destruct after 15 seconds, doing damage to any enemies nearby (a lesser version of xenocide).

    Long live the babbel babbel babbblerss.
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  • KungFuDiscoMonkeyKungFuDiscoMonkey Creator of ns_altair 日本福岡県 Join Date: 2003-03-15 Member: 14555Members, NS1 Playtester, Reinforced - Onos
    Yeah the old manual was great from a backstory perspective and very nostalgic.
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  • SwiftSwift Lost Keys Join Date: 2005-02-19 Member: 41683Members, Constellation
    Sigh... 4 posts when I was reading it... Good times.
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  • HybridclawHybridclaw Join Date: 2003-11-03 Member: 22271Members
    the new manuel doesn't have much of a story behind it <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • XCanXCan Join Date: 2002-11-03 Member: 5904Members, Constellation
    I would love the hear the story behind the mechanisms of a bunnyhopping Onos. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • typical_skeletontypical_skeleton Join Date: 2003-02-24 Member: 13944Members
    Old manual was okay for backstory, horrible as a manual. As a newbie, I can remember it not providing answers I needed. In fact, I didn't even know what parts of it directly pertained to the game and what parts didn't. Was a bit silly for a "manual".

    It's okay for reading.
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  • HannebambelHannebambel Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 5416Banned
    The days, when NS made the most fun.

    Gore 120
    Acid Rocket 50, lesser splash damage
    Xenocide 400/800(), reduces outwards

    These days aliens actually even dealt damage.
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  • FooKerFooKer Join Date: 2003-07-31 Member: 18622Members, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-gazOzz+Mar 15 2005, 04:34 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (gazOzz @ Mar 15 2005, 04:34 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I still have the offline version... That awesome manual was one of the biggest reasons I started playing ns... I remember spending hours reading; no memorizing it before actually started playing... ^_^

    I hope new official manual will be as good as that one...

    EDIT: the second link is not the <b>official</b> NS3.0 manual... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    It pretty much is the same. Only the NSGuide manual had many helpers, NiteOwl got it up for the offical <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • CondizzleCondizzle Join Date: 2004-10-05 Member: 32107Members
    I spent hours reading this while I was downloading. Great stories.
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  • That_Annoying_KidThat_Annoying_Kid Sire of Titles Join Date: 2003-03-01 Member: 14175Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-gazOzz+Mar 15 2005, 01:34 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (gazOzz @ Mar 15 2005, 01:34 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I still have the offline version... That awesome manual was one of the biggest reasons I started playing ns... I remember spending hours reading; no memorizing it before actually started playing... ^_^ <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    ^^

    I loved the first manual, my story situational ethics had a link to the offical 1.xx manual. <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • TwelveTwelve Join Date: 2005-01-17 Member: 36044Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Scrap+Mar 15 2005, 04:35 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Scrap @ Mar 15 2005, 04:35 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Long live the babbel babbel babbblerss. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I've had many good laughs thanks to Babblers, the first time I saw them swim, spawning them inside an Onos...ahhh the memories.
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  • GrendelGrendel All that is fear... Join Date: 2002-07-19 Member: 970Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor, NS2 Playtester
    The original manual was great, from a background perspective. From a utility perspective, it wasn't a huge amount of use. Sadly, my editing was limited to grammar, spelling and occasionally successfully arguing for a few things to be clarified. With all that said and done, I still think Jeff did very well in meeting his brief, which was above all to make the manual engaging and interesting to read.
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