Your First Impressions Of Ns

Corrupt_ConvergenceCorrupt_Convergence Join Date: 2003-11-12 Member: 22645Members
edited November 2003 in NS General Discussion
<div class="IPBDescription">When You Were A NSPlayer...</div> What were your first impressions about Natural-Selection when you first played it? How astonished were you to the features in this great mod? NS is an unique HL mod, and it has a lot of players. What were your first thoughts or moments about NS? What are your thoughts on NS 2.0, which changed the strategy around?
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  • Soylent_greenSoylent_green Join Date: 2002-12-20 Member: 11220Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    Ouch what's that thing chewing my foot?
  • LastLast Join Date: 2003-10-06 Member: 21463Members
    OK THIS GAME IS STUPID HOW IS SOMEBODY SUPPOSED TO KILL THOSE ALIEN THINGS JESUS CHRIST F THIS ILL PLAY SOME CS KTHX
  • Knife_After_DarkKnife_After_Dark Join Date: 2003-03-29 Member: 15000Members
    "OMG! WARCRAFT 3 MEETS SCI-FI"


    I seriously thought I was gonna be a good comm cause of my WC3 experience, I was an "ok" comm at first and then I just plain sucked after that (I don't have a mic, too shy) and it was 1.03 I first commed I think
  • ShotGun_MarineShotGun_Marine Join Date: 2003-09-24 Member: 21154Members
    I thought it was great because the comm dropped me a hmg and Ha as soon as i spawned <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • lochnesslochness Join Date: 2002-12-13 Member: 10753Members
    everybody has 500 ping, this mod is gonna rule
  • Private_ColemanPrivate_Coleman PhD in Video Games Join Date: 2002-11-07 Member: 7510Members
    Turret Farms of doom arent as fun as they sound...
  • GwahirGwahir Join Date: 2002-04-24 Member: 513Members, Constellation
    edited November 2003
    I thought: "I've been waiting so long for 1.0 to come out, and I like it. Wait a second, it's a little too easy for marines to win... Oh that's a bug... *plays a bit, while waiting for the patch* Ah life is better. *next patch* better *next patch* okay *next patch* Very good. *Plays, gets into OSS* Strategies are getting a bit repetitive... but I still like the game!"

    I guess that's long after I was a newblet, but it's still fun.

    edit: I remember when marines expected every single node to be protected with a set of turrets.
  • xl-cowxl-cow Join Date: 2003-09-24 Member: 21163Members
    What is this large green grey object attached to my hip and how the hell do I get away from it?
  • Degenerate_MonkeyDegenerate_Monkey Join Date: 2003-11-15 Member: 22934Members
    visual ecstasy. Dynamic lighting on the HL engine.. wheeeeeee
    and it's fun too!
  • RaVeRaVe Join Date: 2003-06-20 Member: 17538Members
    Uhh...how the hell do I build stuff?

    And that was just my first question....the rest well I knew because I found this site and RTFM :/
  • EidolanEidolan Join Date: 2002-11-15 Member: 8694Members
    "i'm going to build the best base ever!", and i have.
  • EidolanEidolan Join Date: 2002-11-15 Member: 8694Members
    or "i wounder if a sentery will fit up here"
  • Jabba_The_HuntJabba_The_Hunt Join Date: 2003-01-05 Member: 11850Members
    edited November 2003
    a mixture of OMG what a massive game, and WTH am I supposed to do?

    took me about 1 day to get the basics sorted and about a week to learn everything <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

    Edit: I also thought it was very cool that the aliens could climb walls <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • EidolanEidolan Join Date: 2002-11-15 Member: 8694Members
    Oh, i was never a "nsplayer", you'd think after so many years of halflife most people whould know how to name them selfs right off the bat.
  • IceBaronIceBaron Join Date: 2003-02-25 Member: 13954Members
    I kept dying without ever seeing anyone. Or I'd just catch a glimpse of something right before getting killed. Really scary to play as a marine. But I didn't start till 2.0
  • 5EuroSchein5EuroSchein Join Date: 2003-03-31 Member: 15077Members
    I will neveer learn these levels.
    They seemed to be to complex <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • BigBullBigBull Join Date: 2003-04-02 Member: 15123Members
    *first time eaten by onos in 2.0* been playing since 1.03

    *Holy *****
  • BeRzErKeRBeRzErKeR Join Date: 2003-02-18 Member: 13691Members
    edited November 2003
    As a marine I tried to figure out how to buy guns, and as an alien I was simply like "WTH?" <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->

    And I remember that for the first ten or so games I just kept asking people "How do you play this game?" <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • GruuuntGruuunt Join Date: 2003-11-07 Member: 22353Members
    edited November 2003
    Wowa, where the heck is this thing going, I keep going up the wall.... <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • MadcapMagicianMadcapMagician Join Date: 2003-04-07 Member: 15265Members, Constellation
    Are games supposed to be 5 hours long?
  • AndervalAnderval &lt;3 Join Date: 2003-05-05 Member: 16073Members, Constellation
    I remember my first game ever (1.03 on bast) i looked down the big ladder and saw a wierd alien running up the ladder towards me biting.

    Thanks to the ladder/vent bug that was also my first kill in ns <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

    needless to say things went downhil from there.
  • airyKairyK Join Date: 2002-12-19 Member: 11126Members
    hmm, i started playing on the map ns_nancy on version 1.02 i think? and about soiled my self when i seen the onos for the first time...after that showed the mod to a few of my friends and have been playing ever since.
  • esunaesuna Rock Bottom Join Date: 2003-04-03 Member: 15175Members, Constellation
    "This is crap.."

    *uninstalls*

    Seriously, it took me a month or two to bother installing it again.
  • RetalesRetales Panigg cultist Join Date: 2003-08-07 Member: 19180Members
    "OMG WTH ARE THOSE SPLASHY THINGS FLYING INTO OUR BASE?!?!1+1+one". And when I first encountered a gorge I thought it was a skulk (I had seen neither of them). <!--emo&::gorge::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/pudgy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='pudgy.gif'><!--endemo--> = <!--emo&::skulk::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/skulk.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='skulk.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • Nil_IQNil_IQ Join Date: 2003-04-15 Member: 15520Members
    Several of my early thoughts:

    "Um... where did half-life go?"

    "Sensory chamber sounds coolest, i'll drop that"

    "I'm a pretty good gorge actually..." (after spending the whole game dropping ocs in random spots and actually getting first place on the leaderboard through kills)

    "WHY CAN'T I DROP SENSORY CHAMBERS?" (after DCs have already been put down)

    "What....the...HELL is THAT???"
  • Fog_cartoonsFog_cartoons Join Date: 2003-09-08 Member: 20658Members
    I first saw NS on a funny screenshots thing on planethalflife...and i read marines...ALIENS.... woo! the thing is its so cool, and original so i downloaded it after looking at the screenshots at www.n-s.org after then playing i was hooked until my good friend steam came along and decided it would make things complicated for me and my simple brain. nothing could replace the feeling i got when i first saw NS though, it was the best gaming experince ever.
  • RabidWeaselRabidWeasel Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 5337Members
    I specced a gorge bouncing around a res node with 2 friends saying over voice-com 'I'm a fat little puppy!' repeatedly (nov 1st 6.00 AM)

    I didn't play marine until 1.03. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • InquisitiveIdiotInquisitiveIdiot Join Date: 2003-10-21 Member: 21854Members
    "Holy crap! People die quickly in this game!"

    This was coming from Wulfram 2, a similar RTS/FPS tank game where battles often last a good 30 seconds. Then...

    "Holy crap! How did that gorge build that OC so quickly?"

    I had yet to learn the intricacies of the "use" key, generally resorting to dropping OCs and waiting for them to build themselves.

    After that, I caught on rather easily.
  • uberbrokeuberbroke Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 2438Members
    It was ns_tanith in v1.0. I thought this mod has a truck load of potential, and I was right.

    But I *seriously* thought medpacks spawn at regular intervals (just like UT/Q3).... In very convenient places. I also though waypoints were automated...

    And of course the first buttun I pressed when I spawned was "B" <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • JezpuhJezpuh Join Date: 2003-04-03 Member: 15157Banned
    "What the hell is this? Everything is so messed."
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