Hivemind?

Sono · May 2002

AFAIK the hive mind is set up by the hive. <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'>
And AFAIK you win the game once all hives and aliens are dead.

So now you imagine that the last hive is destroyed, but there are still aliens alive. Do those aliens then still can use hivemind?
It would be unlogical if you may use hivemind, also theres no hive left.

/me expecting a 'not already decided style answer'

Greedo · May 2002

Actually, you bring up a good point. I honestly couldn't tell you whether or not hive mind cuts out when there are no hives. I've never thought about it. I certainly think that it would be the logical choice, though. Hmm...

SmokeMasta · May 2002

if the alien hive or the marine command center is destroyed the game is over right ?

Spyder_Monkey · May 2002

Disclaimer: Subject to change. (Bet you're all tired of hearing that one <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'> )

As of right now, every player on one side must be dead at the same time. What I'd like to see in the final product is that all opposition must be destroyed with no chance of respawning to achieve victory.

XTS_Highlander · May 2002

Yeah Spyder that sound much more feasible and logical to me. Once all hives have been destroyed AND all alien opposition wiped out, then the game should logically end.

Nemesis_Zero · May 2002

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Spyder Monkey @ May 16 2002,09:15)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Disclaimer: Subject to change.</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
You were right, it is.

Flayra mentioned once (in IRC, I believe) that the winning conditions will be changed to this.

Reaver_Pryde · May 2002

That's pretty insightful.
I think it'd be cool if it was set up like that. It'd reward resourceful marines who were smart enough to avoid combat and take the hive out quick. Nice idea.

Reaver

SmokeMasta · May 2002

it's just like any other RTS.
destroy the main base and you'll loose 4 sure.

Sono · May 2002

/me thinks, that it should be a win when ALL of the enemy team is wiped out. players AND buildings.

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Ah nemesis /me looking forward for sr tomorrow. Or maybe I gonna watch Calligula again. *sick*
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Reaver_Pryde · May 2002

^agrees with sono.

Reaver

Diogenes_Dog · May 2002

If the levels are truly massive, people are going to pull some pretty idiotic stunts to keep the game alive after everything else is dead. Poor sports would pull this #### in SC and War2 all the time (hide the peon/pylon). How hard would it be to find a Bob or level3 who didn't want to be found?

I guess it wouldn't be a problem, though, as long as you can vote people off. Just make the voting process nice and idiot proof. I can't count the number of times when there was an obvious hacker (I'm thinking particularly of the old speed hack, where you could fire the AWP like 5 times in a second) in CS on some random server, and 2/3 of the people there weren't smart enough (even with step by step instructions) to figure out how to vote in the console. :(

-dio

Greedo · May 2002

Don't worry about the lamers hiding in the shadows. There will be ways for them to be sought out and destroyed.

SmokeMasta · May 2002

i agree with greedo
if he is hiding somewhere in a shaft you can always send in a young child that fit's in the shaft <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'>

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