Cs/ns
Shuvit_Viper
Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 62Members
Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 62Members
<!--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-->But will NS survive the release of CS 1.4? Both are tentatively scheduled for release in the next two months. 1.4 is in beta testing now, and NS is close to that point. As a beta tester of 1.4 and a rabid fan of NS, I can say that NS is surely more interesting. I can say that NS will make it through the release of 1.4 with many more fans than it thought possible. I can say that, without a doubt, NS will survive, and will not fall prey to natural selection of the HL mods. - <i>Greedo386, from <a href="http://www.readyroom.org/oped_greedo0130.html" target="_blank">RR article on CS. vs. NS</a></i><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
this is true.. but i also play beta 1.4 and therefore am not really active anymore at the forum, but i like ns more... only i lost my cs interest, and did not play any game any more, got really into the ns forum, but i like playing more then talking about playing.. but ns really is cool and tempts me. i cant wait to play it... isnt there a way the beta now can be released using steam <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->
just kidding... i really think ns could beat cs later on, because ns is more lamerproof, and very more original.. people get sick of the 'you cheat, no you' things and the laming... they want something new.. even if ns is released at the same time ns is, im going to kick cs and play ONLY ns, but for now i have to settle with CS... :
<!--EDIT|MonsieurEvil|Jan. 31 2002,09:39-->
this is true.. but i also play beta 1.4 and therefore am not really active anymore at the forum, but i like ns more... only i lost my cs interest, and did not play any game any more, got really into the ns forum, but i like playing more then talking about playing.. but ns really is cool and tempts me. i cant wait to play it... isnt there a way the beta now can be released using steam <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->
just kidding... i really think ns could beat cs later on, because ns is more lamerproof, and very more original.. people get sick of the 'you cheat, no you' things and the laming... they want something new.. even if ns is released at the same time ns is, im going to kick cs and play ONLY ns, but for now i have to settle with CS... :
<!--EDIT|MonsieurEvil|Jan. 31 2002,09:39-->
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however, I am looking forward to NS then I am to CS 1.4 (and yes, I'm a "beta tester" as well).
Although I do believe that NS shouldn't be published during the occasional 14 days server-blackout around the newest CS-release, I don't think that CS could be a real 'danger' for NS and vice versa - McDonalds may be bigger, but it can't seriously harm a five-star hotel.
A superb analogy! Quality over quantity. Well done, Nem.
For the most part, I usually don't play multiplayer games for reasons mentioned eariler (if I wish to game and socialize, I'll rather play a table-top, Shadowrun if I want to play with guns). However, somehow I caught Flayritus and look forward to the mod.
A possibly better anaology between CS and NS is Magic and Legend of the Five Rings. Magic is definatly bigger and more people know about it. However it's full of dimwits and there isn't a story or real community. Legend of the Five Rings is lesser known but loved by nearly all who play play it. It defeats Magic in almost all catorgorys. It has a real story going for it (players discuss story far more than mechcaics). The community is tight yet accepting and I've yet to met a lamer L5R player. By the way, it is the game I get my name from.
All hail the Crab!
<img src="http://home.iprimus.com.au/fusion/L5R/crabs/yakamoxp.jpg" border="0">
And btw, Fragmaster, Ugly Cat pwnz j0000!
Just making Cliff proud, before he bashes my face in ;D
<!--EDIT|mike|Feb. 01 2002,02:50-->
CS was great from beta 1-6 ... lots of great things were added, and not just weapons. improved player models and animations, some killer maps, new game modes, etc. after 6.5 (the introduction of the new (random-as-f***) netcode and 'user-friendly' GUI), things started going down hill, picked up a little with 1.0, and then cheats and lack of fresh content killed it, for me anyways.
NS seem to have muck more varieties of gameplay.
CS is on its final phase!
then, i discovered all the cool mods =)
Am I allowed to say the ***edited out*** word?
(That answer your question? <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo--> Don' worry, good of you to ask.)
<!--EDIT|Moleculor|Feb. 03 2002,02:50-->
wow, that could realy go on for a while <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->
Brood wars starting to be played more oddly enough
Ghost Recon bit of play and as well with q3 and UT
I am hoping to play NS soon
As good as NS is going to be, I don't believe it's going to take the place of any mod I play. I'll just have to make more time to add this to my schedule. I still am an avid TFC fan, and always will be. I'm one of the 238 people on the planet that haven't lost -all- faith in TF2. :|
I'm sure there are a million sci-fi fans that prefer futuristic human VS. alien combat over modern counter terrorism combat. The popularity of these forums can easily show this to be evident. Hell, I'm a hardcore sci-fi fan myself and I personally can't wait to dump CS for NS. The main reason I'm dumping CS is that you only truly experience a game to its fullest when there is an unsaturated and dedicated user base who go into each game with the full intent of playing by the rules and taking squad based combat seriously. Once you go commercial like CS did, you bring in an entirely new wave of people who proceed into each game with their own idea of how they want to play and how they think the game should be played, among other things. The semi-solution to this saturation is clans, but that type of organization still faces the same problems, just to a lesser degree. So, in sum I hope to have that dedicated communal experience with NS that most mods experience in their infant stages before they grow too big.
I was personally let down twice by Aliens vs. Predator's multiplayer gaming experience, and after reading about NS in the latest issue of PC Gamer Magazine I can't wait to jump into a game of NS to see whether or not if fulfills the Sci-Fi gaming experience I'm looking for.