Front page. Word get's around swiftly, and someone is bound to post a topic saying "OMG 3.0 RELEASE!!!!" here about ½ min after it's official. Because, by then, the PR blitz would be in full swing and someone would have said "it will be released today!" and people will spam the Ns.org site and refresh constantly.
<!--QuoteBegin--Tyrain+Dec 29 2003, 03:04 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Tyrain @ Dec 29 2003, 03:04 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> When it's time you will notice.
Usually it's on the frontpage. Top of the news also on Readyroom.org and a message waits in the forums. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> I suppose what you mean by when it's time is when we get about 50 or so pages of "3.0!! I r00l3 j00r b0x0rz!!" and whatnot. Not to mention bandwidth here would be about 99.99% used and you're stuck with an internet speed that resembles the capabilities of a hampster on a wheel.
the forums probably wont work when 3.0 is released because of the massive post spamming that all those overjoyed people will put on the forums. If i remeber it correctly thats what happend on the day of 2.0s release.
<!--QuoteBegin--meatball+Dec 29 2003, 03:44 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (meatball @ Dec 29 2003, 03:44 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> the forums probably wont work when 3.0 is released because of the massive post spamming that all those overjoyed people will put on the forums. If i remeber it correctly thats what happend on the day of 2.0s release. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> ...please don't remind me of that, I'm still trying to cleanse that godforsaken memory from my mind.......the horror.....the spammage.....
hopefully they'll release a windows and linux server side a full 24- 48 hours before the client release. everytime a game gets a new version some ppl will be the first to get it(obviously) and som epll are going to be a little late. ppl who had come late with all d/ls going bout 5 kb/s get it then all servers are full. thats what happened when the new sven coop came out. as soon as it comes out all ppl will think about is playing, if they have to wait a couple hours for a server to get open to play on it gets kinda aggrevating. but trust me, the release will be clear, im sure PHL will announce it, any ns clan site, fan site, and maybe cnn <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin--Namron+Dec 29 2003, 01:38 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Namron @ Dec 29 2003, 01:38 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I bet the forums will be deactivated when 3.0 comes out. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Most likely. With the release of 2.0, a great mass of players came (as it was displayed on Fileplanet.com and other large download sites of the like) to the forums and to NS, and they had to shut down the forums for quite a while. I believe it was a number of days... I suffered greatly :D
i just hope ns 3.0 doesnt turn into what FA 2.8 did. after fa finally got some attention tons and tons of n00bs (ot just ppl new to the game, that i dont mind, but i mean cs n00bs...) came in thinking it was a highly professionally done mod. after they found at it wasnt and still has lots of bugs and some guns are unbalanced, they became cocky cuz htey could exploit these bugs and balance issues. it drove away most of the community. but i think ns can over pass this. well, lets hope.
Guess thats one of the reasons that FA went to steam, considering the newb problem. I just wonder if 3.0 will be compatible with that new sven-coop, seems when I downloaded SVC, my NS2.0 stopped working. Got that problem that it couldn't load my "library of client.dll" or something like that. Went to the SVC site forums on tech support, they said it was something to do with the fmod.dll was too old or too new to deal with the other mods.
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<!--QuoteBegin--MrMojo+Dec 29 2003, 04:52 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (MrMojo @ Dec 29 2003, 04:52 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->I hope we get a torrent going too. That would be nice.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> I second that. Bittorrent rocks.
But on the other hand, 3.0 is supposed to be "Steam compatibile" so maybe we will all just log in to Steam and get a nice present of Natural Selection showing up in our menu and auto-updating. That would be like super groovy. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
I dont think the downloading will be a problem. As has been mentioned, the pros will probably use T1 connections on torrent and get it in 5 mins. Those copies will be sent around the world to Clan sites, web servers, file hosts...
Something like the Blaster Worm only far more enjoyable.
Spamming the front page and constantly refreshing? I've been doign that for about 1 week now. Sigh... Come on constellation... come on...
I'll throw it up on www.readyroom.org as soon as I hear about it, as well as a bit torrent link as soon as someone cooks it up. I'll be on IRC the whole time, if you get a torrent seeded, I'll try and post the link.
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on front page or on the fourms.
Usually it's on the frontpage. Top of the news also on Readyroom.org and a message waits in the forums.
Usually it's on the frontpage. Top of the news also on Readyroom.org and a message waits in the forums. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
I suppose what you mean by when it's time is when we get about 50 or so pages of "3.0!! I r00l3 j00r b0x0rz!!" and whatnot. Not to mention bandwidth here would be about 99.99% used and you're stuck with an internet speed that resembles the capabilities of a hampster on a wheel.
...please don't remind me of that, I'm still trying to cleanse that godforsaken memory from my mind.......the horror.....the spammage.....
Most likely. With the release of 2.0, a great mass of players came (as it was displayed on Fileplanet.com and other large download sites of the like) to the forums and to NS, and they had to shut down the forums for quite a while. I believe it was a number of days... I suffered greatly :D
n00bs (ot just ppl new to the game, that i dont mind, but i mean cs n00bs...) came in thinking it was a highly professionally done mod. after they found at it wasnt and still has lots of bugs and some guns are unbalanced, they became cocky cuz htey could exploit these bugs and balance issues. it drove away most of the community. but i think ns can over pass this. well, lets hope.
I second that. Bittorrent rocks.
But on the other hand, 3.0 is supposed to be "Steam compatibile" so maybe we will all just log in to Steam and get a nice present of Natural Selection showing up in our menu and auto-updating. That would be like super groovy. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
(<i>please please please please</i> <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> )
Something like the Blaster Worm only far more enjoyable.
Spamming the front page and constantly refreshing? I've been doign that for about 1 week now. Sigh... Come on constellation... come on...