Server "atmosphere"
Lumberjack_Wannabe
Join Date: 2003-03-11 Member: 14404Members, Constellation
Join Date: 2003-03-11 Member: 14404Members, Constellation
<div class="IPBDescription">Not every NS player breathes oxygen...</div> I've been noticing different server "atmospheres" or "gravity" lately in NS. This is the only game in which I actually noticed this (or maybe it's that new age music... and I'm still oblivious). They come in different flavors:
The Clan Server:
This server is full of either experianced, dedicated players, with a sprinkling of moderate or new players, or is full of new players with some bits of experiance here and there. Most of the time it's carbon dioxide oxygen, and has normal gravity.
The Newbie Server:
This server has 'Newbie' attached to it's name. What's ironic about this is that, sometimes, the server has a host of really good players on. But 99% of the time, it's completely filled with new players. Carbon dioxide takes most of the atmosphere. This is extremely unstable. The sky is literally falling in this server sometimes.
The Regular Public Server:
A mix of the lowliest players to the professionals play in public servers. Sometimes these servers have modifications, totally altering the arena. It is usually stable, with it's own exceptions. The atmosphere consists of a balance of carbon dioxide and oxygen, except in the extreme situations. Can suddenly turn into The Newbie Server.
The Regular Public Server Your A Regular On:
The same as The Regular Public Server, except that you know most of the regulars, and catch them playing most of the times. This leads to enjoyable fun up the wazzoo. Becoming a fanatical regular is not advised, though. Your going to have to leave one day or another...
If anyone would like to add another server flavor, be my guest.
The Clan Server:
This server is full of either experianced, dedicated players, with a sprinkling of moderate or new players, or is full of new players with some bits of experiance here and there. Most of the time it's carbon dioxide oxygen, and has normal gravity.
The Newbie Server:
This server has 'Newbie' attached to it's name. What's ironic about this is that, sometimes, the server has a host of really good players on. But 99% of the time, it's completely filled with new players. Carbon dioxide takes most of the atmosphere. This is extremely unstable. The sky is literally falling in this server sometimes.
The Regular Public Server:
A mix of the lowliest players to the professionals play in public servers. Sometimes these servers have modifications, totally altering the arena. It is usually stable, with it's own exceptions. The atmosphere consists of a balance of carbon dioxide and oxygen, except in the extreme situations. Can suddenly turn into The Newbie Server.
The Regular Public Server Your A Regular On:
The same as The Regular Public Server, except that you know most of the regulars, and catch them playing most of the times. This leads to enjoyable fun up the wazzoo. Becoming a fanatical regular is not advised, though. Your going to have to leave one day or another...
If anyone would like to add another server flavor, be my guest.
Comments
(now if anyone catches that....)
Nope... sorry <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
My sudden sayings of this oblivious and new age techno stuff is coming from this source:
<a href='http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view.php?id=88286' target='_blank'>One Ring To Rule Them All 2</a>
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Sure you mean hydrogen and not helium?
Unless it's making an obscure link to some pop culture icon I'm vastly ignorant of. Or if you like to breathe fire, that could work too.
Like the regular public server except this one has strong magnetic fields that cause the comm's system and hive mind to regularily and temporarily shut down *conveniently* for the short amount of time you swear or utter a curse on the server.
Degraded atmospheric multiple events (DAME's):
Like the regular public server except sometimes a meteor with H2SO4, aka Sulfuric Acid, along with nitrates and sulfites that are extreamly caustic to all matter making them either: A) Burn or B) React violently in other ways. Normal players become flamable quickly, to the bad bad bad meteorite lamer that just happened to "crash" into the server. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
Non-reactive planetoid, little colonization:
No or few players. They often know eachother and there are no quarells in the server.
Strained resource collection planet:
Very very very very very very very very very high ping. The server is nearing critical load.
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Fah'fah'n*fah
Man I almost fell off my chair laughing!
Dont forget the "elite" clan disguised as Newbie(1), newbie(2), etc who invade the Noob server and terriform it to either 90% bacteria (if they all go alein) or to perfact terran standard (if they all go marine)
This server runs much like the government in Iraq. There is an admin present almost all the time and if you step even slightly outside of their strict set of rules, you get blasted/kicked/banned into oblivion. These servers are usually for close friends of the admin as those are the only people willing to play more than once on such servers. Usually the ruleset favors the admin in some way or other and any rules can and will change to benefit the admin and his/her friends. All rules may be broken by his/her friends. Any ownage of the admin will result in the immediate kick/banning of the perpetrator without question. The atmosphere here is muddled methane filled with sparse oxygen. You can survive here but you'll be gagging and choking and eventually die if not removed from this environment within a certain time period. Flame retardant suits do no good as they have GLs...
These servers frequently hold referendums attempting to fire one of the members of parliament, and no matter how many times it fails to go through, they'll call for a re-vote. Often times, if you prefer a machine gun, you may "misread" the wording on some versions of the referendum, and accidentally vote in favour. The atmosphere is breathable, but leaves a bad taste in your mouth, some prefer tanks full of compresed stupid. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
The server not worth playing on: this server has some sort of chat filter on negating the reason to play on it. No matter who or what is playing in this server the atmosphere is thick damp stupidity and its the ADMIN's fault.
Hmmm, I'm surprised you missed that one... oh well, back to [WHO] Modified -2- 1.04.
With no atmosphere to support life, this free floating satalite is completely devoid of human life. One of the great enigmas of space, no one is quite sure why there are never any attempts at colonization.
The wretched hive of scum and villainy
This is a planet that you should avoid, as only the most unsavoury types tend to gather here. With a complete lack of police or modern peace-keeping technologies, there is nothing to stop vagabonds from running amok. The air is humid and breathable, but causes your clothes to feel itchy.
The foreign planet
While the atmosphere of the foreign planets vary like all others, there is one thing you for sure: the inhabitants don't know what the hell you are saying. It is best to just leave the natives on their own, as it will be hard to stake out an existance without knowing the local language. You also don't want to run the risk of being forceably removed.
Holy moly, I just about died from that one.
Type:</u>
Barren, sizemecly active.
<u>Atmosphere:</u>
Highly combustable benzene's and various other gases at the minimum requirements for the current inhabitants of the planet.
<u>Inhabitants:</u>
<ul>
<li>Sillicoid-
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Hot core is basis for digestive system.
<li>Extremely hard silicon outer shell; resistant to all fire and high temperature/pressure conditions.
<li>Division is equivelent to bacteria; once the sillicoid grows large enough it's hemispheres split in half and are two new sillicoids.
<li>Outer shell is soft enough for a basic "molten iron core muscle" to move the maliable outer shell in the desired direction.
<li>Posseses minimal inteligence.
</ul>
AKA
"Planet 'Stupid Flamer'"
Don't forget the machine races---or how to pronounce "Karrank%" <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
And now for another one:
"This stupid TANJ excuse for a dyson sphere."
Server happens to be of unusual dimensions. Very large, very strong infrastructure, moves fast---but it seems that all of the intelligent life relied on a very common strategy, and when a patch was introduced by those-who-develop-from-behind then civilization collapsed. People on the server tend to be ignorant as to the true nature of their dwelling--only an outsider can see how the server is truly running a ring topology.
Type:</u>
Barren, sizemecly active.
<u>Atmosphere:</u>
Highly combustable benzene's and various other gases at the minimum requirements for the current inhabitants of the planet.
<u>Inhabitants:</u>
<ul>
<li>Sillicoid-
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Hot core is basis for digestive system.
<li>Extremely hard silicon outer shell; resistant to all fire and high temperature/pressure conditions.
<li>Division is equivelent to bacteria; once the sillicoid grows large enough it's hemispheres split in half and are two new sillicoids.
<li>Outer shell is soft enough for a basic "molten iron core muscle" to move the maliable outer shell in the desired direction.
<li>Posseses minimal inteligence.
</ul>
AKA
"Planet 'Stupid Flamer'" <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
A nice reference from MOO2 i believe?