Estimation of natural selection server count

myname321 · October 2002

From how much people that is in the forums:Heres my equation

1512x1/3=504 1512 people devided by 1/3 average people who will play the game

504/3=167 504 devided by the number of average players in a server

-==={167 Servers}===- <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':0'>

JediYoshi · October 2002

Nice.. err.. name

NS = Money

And as we all know...

Money = Evil

Soo...

NS = Evil

Silarn · October 2002

But... you don't need money to get NS. <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'>

JediYoshi · October 2002

(Edit: How do things get so off-topic so quickly?)

BTW: I left out, NS Production = Money

SonnyG007 · October 2002

We shouldn't be talking about server counts just yet. Does anyone remember the Existence forums about 2 weeks before they release, "Existence will at least beat DOD, may CS after a couple months" "ohh ya has to be at least 300 servers first day, 500 second day...etc"

Yes Existence and NS is different but you still. Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Da_Sarge · October 2002

Odd....I never heard of Existance. Well, so long as there are players who want to play NS, there will be servers to keep em happy......I hope.

SonnyG007 · October 2002

You never heard of Existence! <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':0'>

Existence was a matrix mod with grafix about the same if not better quality than NS and about a twice as big fan base. Unfortunatly I think the mod relied too much on teamwork...Pretty much everyone one the rebel team had to work in perfect teamwork for them too win. When you got on a good team it was pretty fun but since it was released with only 2 maps(same map, 1 night, 1 day) some extremly annoying bugs tht requred you to quit the game and rejoin, killed the mod. This was the mod that most people thought would be the CS killer. Much like how we are with NS. My biggest concern used to be NS ending up like existence but with the recent post/changelogs/screens I'm pretty sure NS will be successful.

Gwahir · October 2002

I agree, Flayra seems a very dedicated bug hunter, AND they're releasing with 7 beautiful maps.

Gibby · October 2002

These topics are getting more pointless every second.

"you going to play NS?"

"you like water for drinking? i do"

"what is ur keyboard prefrence for ns ergonomic or not ergonomic"

"this dosen't mean anything im just posting for some reason"

Give it a break, either post something relevant (read: with a point) or don't post at all.

reeves · October 2002

forums are made for conversations, while they may not seem to have a point that directly affects you, somebody may learn something from someone elses "pointless" post

Messenjah · October 2002

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (reeves @ Oct. 16 2002,22:56)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">forums are made for conversations, while they may not seem to have a point that directly affects you, somebody may learn something from someone elses "pointless" post</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
Then they belong in the off-topic section.

Bill · October 2002

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (reeves @ Oct. 16 2002,22:56)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">forums are made for conversations, while they may not seem to have a point that directly affects you, somebody may learn something from someone elses "pointless" post</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
Uh huh, and from myname123's current posts I have learned that there is no hope for humanity.

loofbote · October 2002

existence was cool for about 4 months straight on that god damn map... If only they released it with 10 maps and alot less bugs it would have killed cs badly. Now they have 3 maps that arent that good and since I played first map so much the other got boring fast cause they were smaller(one was at least) and I had already played it so much that I got bored badly. heres the link to the site <a href="http://www.whatisexistense.com" target="_blank">existence</a> its pretty fun but they need maps! and mappers! But people say this will beat CS because its 1 of a kind (you can argue that others come close but not as far as this is with its gameplay) I mean the aliens pretty much have built in wallhack! and you can BUILD stuff AND be the guy that defends it (heh like some other games (battlezone battlezone2 plus various others but you ever play it multiplayer?) theres another game that will sorta like this, its for ut2k3(total annihilation mod) but its more like bz2 and your againts people and in big machines. But this is an fps and rts!! When this game comes out we're gonna see allllllot more games trying to do this (even ones sold in stores and not a modification to another game(might use and engine to another game tho)) Well I sorta see where the doubt is coming from but, youve got lotsa of good maps for release, working out as many bugs as possible, the more you guys take for this to come the more people find out about this and the more people wanna play (thank god for planethalf-life tells people about mods progresses...)

oh btw go to this mods forums! there empty!!! <a href="http://www.planethalf-life.com/sap" target="_blank">To Serve and Protect</a> but I wont be there for awhile cause its forums and quests forums broke each other <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':('> so now I'm gonna be here alot more and everyday!(heh check my posts per day! Id have to spam alot to get that up!

Daxx · October 2002

Oh man. Periods and sentence formation. Get to know them, they are your friends.

Sancho · October 2002

<img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':0'>7--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Bill @ Oct. 16 2002,08<img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':0'>7)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (reeves @ Oct. 16 2002,22:56)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">forums are made for conversations, while they may not seem to have a point that directly affects you, somebody may learn something from someone elses "pointless" post</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
Uh huh, and from myname123's current posts I have learned that there is no hope for humanity.</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
So sad. Obviously natural selection isn't taking its toll on the human race. <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':('>

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Oh man. Periods and sentence formation. Get to know them, they are your friends.</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>

Amen, and the link doesn't even work <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'>

JediYoshi · October 2002

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Daxx22 @ Oct. 16 2002,23:55)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Oh man. Periods and sentence formation. Get to know them, they are your friends.</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
<a href="http://penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2002-10-11&res=l" target="_blank">Yes, our best friend to be</a>

Sancho · October 2002

Haha! Funny stuff!

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I let people know when it's ok to breathe!</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>

Classic

Necro · October 2002

the problem with existence was 1 map.

10RoUNdTOmMYgUN · October 2002

I played existence a bit , I liked it but yeah , the one map and other things like 10 health after respawn and such became a real downer.

And yes, myname123, could you maybe ,just once..........offer something that wasn't a waste of time to read. <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'>

TychoCelchuuu · October 2002

Same to you Necro. Same to you.

SuperMunchkin · October 2002

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (TychoCelchuuu @ Oct. 17 2002,09:34)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Same to you Necro. Same to you.</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
lol

But surely Necro isn't AS bad?

=Edit: ON TOPIC=
There will be enough servers for everyone who wants to play to play on. World wide even! Flayra's netcode. Yummy like candy- except better!

Disclaimer: Unexperienced Opinion

Sgt_X · October 2002

In the unlikely event that MonsE's PR blitz and grabbing of server fail horribly I will personaly set up a dedicated server.

Unknown · October 2002

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Sgt. X @ Oct. 17 2002,10:29)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">In the unlikely event that MonsE's PR blitz and grabbing of server fail horribly I will personaly set up a dedicated server.</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
I shal too....only if my dad lets me touch his computer. <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'> <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mad.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':angry:'>

Epoch · October 2002

Take a look at <a href="http://www.joshbeeler.com/doombrigade" target="_blank">The Doom Brigade</a>

It will be ready before release day.
It will have people playing.
Enough said.

Necro · October 2002

tycho what do u mean? i don't spam! infact 90% of my posts r helpful in one way or another, also i fixed a bug (jetpack always on back one) so praise me!....or not <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'>

Greedo · October 2002

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Necro- @ Oct. 17 2002,16:58)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">tycho what do u mean? i don't spam! infact 90% of my posts r helpful in one way or another, also i fixed a bug (jetpack always on back one) so praise me!....or not <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
I think that percentage is off. By a lot. <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/bored.gif" border="0">

Gwahir · October 2002

I've often considered setting up a server, but as I've said before, my connection for what looks like the rest of the school year is pretty bad...

p.s. just out of curiosity, what is my perceived useful post rate?

Legionnaired · October 2002

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Greedo386 @ Oct. 17 2002,20:38)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Necro- @ Oct. 17 2002,16:58)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">tycho what do u mean? i don't spam! infact 90% of my posts r helpful in one way or another, also i fixed a bug (jetpack always on back one) so praise me!....or not <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
I think that percentage is off. By a lot. <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/bored.gif" border="0"></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
Pwned.

Trane · October 2002

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Legionnaired @ Oct. 18 2002,00:30)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Greedo386 @ Oct. 17 2002,20:38)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Necro- @ Oct. 17 2002,16:58)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">tycho what do u mean? i don't spam! infact 90% of my posts r helpful in one way or another, also i fixed a bug (jetpack always on back one) so praise me!....or not <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
I think that percentage is off. By a lot. <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/bored.gif" border="0"></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
Pwned.</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
Legionared useful post ratio drops <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'> as does mine with this useless post. <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'>

Estimation of natural selection server count

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