Natural Selection Is A Realism Mod

NarfwakNarfwak Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 5258Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, Playtest Lead, Forum Moderators, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Reinforced - Supporter, Reinforced - Silver, Reinforced - Gold, Reinforced - Diamond, Reinforced - Shadow, Subnautica PT Lead, NS2 Community Developer
edited June 2004 in Off-Topic
<div class="IPBDescription">... according to PC Gamer magazine ...</div> In the August 2004 issue of PC Gamer, which subscribers (me) should be receiving now, Dan Morris wrote a section in the Extended Play editorial giving our good friend Half-Life a last hurrah before its sequel comes out and it becomes hopelessly outdated (in Dan's eyes, at least). Nothing wrong here - that is, until Dan, throwing out several big mod names, makes a rather idiotic stumble. Here's the whole paragraph:

<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->And I can't forget the lesser-known, but equally compelling, lights of this ever-creative mod community.  Consider <i>Science & Industry</i>, where the objective was to raid your enemy's research facility and kidnap his scientists.  <b>Or the much more sinister <i>Natural Selection</i>, with its plethora of real-world weapons and its hyper-realistic combat mode.</b><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Huh? Reading this, I got the impression that Dan has never even played NS - hell, he probably hasn't even visited the web site! Not only does he describe a game that I've never played, he refers to it as "lesser-known," despite NS having more time played on Steam than Team Fortress Classic!

I think you guys know what to do. Here are the addresses:
<b>extendedplay@pcgamer.com
letters@pcgamer.com</b>
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  • aonomusaonomus Dedicated NS Mastermind (no need for school) Join Date: 2003-11-26 Member: 23605Members, Constellation
    All I can say is... WTH is <b><i><u>THAT</u></i></b> guy on
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  • MrMojoMrMojo Join Date: 2002-11-25 Member: 9882Members, Constellation
    #pcgamer on gamesnet
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  • BigBullBigBull Join Date: 2003-04-02 Member: 15123Members
    This perfect for the convo we had in IRC #naturalselection (shameful plug)
    lol
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  • Umbraed_MonkeyUmbraed_Monkey Join Date: 2002-11-25 Member: 9922Members
    Hyper-realistic Combat?!

    <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • raz0rraz0r Join Date: 2003-07-24 Member: 18395Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-MrMojo+Jun 20 2004, 05:02 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (MrMojo @ Jun 20 2004, 05:02 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> #pcgamer on gamesnet <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    #gamesurge surely?

    realistic?





























    ahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
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  • CartiCarti Join Date: 2003-07-12 Member: 18099Members, Constellation
    *sigh* I hare game reviewers who make a comment on a game/mod which they havent played before.
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  • CoolCookieCooksCoolCookieCooks Pretty Girl Join Date: 2003-05-18 Member: 16446Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor, Constellation
    it is #pcgamer on gamesURGE :o
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  • DiablusDiablus Join Date: 2003-03-31 Member: 15080Members
    edited June 2004
    oh man thats really funny, Yes 5 ton space cow being stopped dead in its track by a Light armored marine when charging 50-60 mph in his direction, oh yea. and marines hopping all over the place when they see a alien, is 100% thumbs up realistic, lmao..... <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • KaMiKaZe1KaMiKaZe1 Join Date: 2002-11-18 Member: 9196Members
    edited June 2004
    To think that he is getting payed to throw out crap like that on a regular basis.
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  • LegionnairedLegionnaired Join Date: 2002-04-30 Member: 552Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-Narfwak+Jun 20 2004, 10:58 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Narfwak @ Jun 20 2004, 10:58 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> In the August 2004 issue of PC Gamer, which subscribers (me) should be receiving now, Dan Morris wrote a section in the Extended Play editorial giving our good friend Half-Life a last hurrah before its sequel comes out and it becomes hopelessly outdated (in Dan's eyes, at least). Nothing wrong here - that is, until Dan, throwing out several big mod names, makes a rather idiotic stumble. Here's the whole paragraph:

    <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->And I can't forget the lesser-known, but equally compelling, lights of this ever-creative mod community.  Consider <i>Science & Industry</i>, where the objective was to raid your enemy's research facility and kidnap his scientists.  <b>Or the much more sinister <i>Natural Selection</i>, with its plethora of real-world weapons and its hyper-realistic combat mode.</b><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Huh? Reading this, I got the impression that Dan has never even played NS - hell, he probably hasn't even visited the web site! Not only does he describe a game that I've never played, he refers to it as "lesser-known," despite NS having more time played on Steam than Team Fortress Classic!

    I think you guys know what to do. Here are the addresses:
    <b>extendedplay@pcgamer.com
    letters@pcgamer.com</b> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    He probably meant to say "Hostile Intent."
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  • NarfwakNarfwak Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 5258Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, Playtest Lead, Forum Moderators, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Reinforced - Supporter, Reinforced - Silver, Reinforced - Gold, Reinforced - Diamond, Reinforced - Shadow, Subnautica PT Lead, NS2 Community Developer
    . . . in which case he wouldn't have mentioned Natural Selection at all, which is equally bad. Gee effing gee.
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  • TxRandomTxRandom Join Date: 2004-05-18 Member: 28741Members
    He must have been on something or just went brain dead for a second and really meant to put something else.
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  • Paranoia2MBParanoia2MB Join Date: 2002-11-09 Member: 7832Members
    edited June 2004
    Pc gamer <span style='color:white'>is in my opinion not a good mag</span>. Gg

    <span style='color:white'>Keep your swearing in check around here, please.</span>
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  • WirheWirhe Join Date: 2003-06-22 Member: 17610Members
    Heh, hopefully you didn't really buy the magazine, PC-Gamer being the most corrupt "review" mag in the market. This is just regular BS they sell there, so you'd just better ignore it like the rest of what they have written. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • Umbraed_MonkeyUmbraed_Monkey Join Date: 2002-11-25 Member: 9922Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Legionnaired+Jun 20 2004, 12:22 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Legionnaired @ Jun 20 2004, 12:22 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> He probably meant to say "Hostile Intent." <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Then why did he specifically mention combat mode?
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  • MrMojoMrMojo Join Date: 2002-11-25 Member: 9882Members, Constellation
    om·bat P Pronunciation Key (km-bt, kmbt)
    v. com·bat·ed, or com·bat·ted com·bat·ing, or com·bat·ting com·bats or com·bats
    v. tr.
    To oppose in battle; fight against.
    To oppose vigorously; struggle against. See Synonyms at oppose.
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  • LuckyLucky Join Date: 2003-11-16 Member: 23001Members
    For those that don't know how PC gamer's reviewers do their reviews, here's a basic template:
    1. New game's name (remember, all older version are obsolete - new version is a must buy).
    2. Make new game look good, no matter how badly it sucks - games must sell.
    3. To insure the readers of correctness of your deep insights, make sure to use a lot of terms and names they might have seen on the other internet websites - deep research is unnessesary though, as most of our readers are completely ignorant of facts of gaming market and will swallow everything you feed them.

    I do believe most of you got my point...
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  • coriscoris Join Date: 2003-07-08 Member: 18034Members, Constellation
    Lucky_ i agree to some extent, though I actually have to admit that I sometimes agree with their oppinions.

    Though, I got very dissapointed at black and white after they gave it like 96% or something like that. I think it sucked <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    I do love the way they comment on all images though, its usually funny as hell (im talking about swedish PCG here, I dont know anything about all the other PCG-versions out there <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> )
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  • WirheWirhe Join Date: 2003-06-22 Member: 17610Members
    It does not "suck." In fact it does it's job pretty well; being a AD-magazine with a price-tag. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • littlewildlittlewild Join Date: 2002-11-20 Member: 9467Members
    The fact is everyone has a different taste for games. Buying a 96% game like Black and White will not guarantee you hours of fun unless you actually like that genre of games. I often bought games that were rated at 70%++ but I enjoyed every single bit of the game.
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  • WarfareWarfare Join Date: 2002-10-29 Member: 1697Members
    I think he meant Science & Industry being the lesser known, not Natural Selection.
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  • MavericMaveric Join Date: 2002-08-07 Member: 1101Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Warfare+Jun 20 2004, 09:19 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Warfare @ Jun 20 2004, 09:19 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I think he meant Science & Industry being the lesser known, not Natural Selection. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    He's still a idiot for such a blatant typo.
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  • DelarosaDelarosa Naturally Custom Join Date: 2002-11-29 Member: 10214Members, NS1 Playtester
    <!--QuoteBegin-Warfare+Jun 20 2004, 11:19 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Warfare @ Jun 20 2004, 11:19 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I think he meant Science & Industry being the lesser known, not Natural Selection. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    S&I doesn't have *any* real world weaponry... it's not a typo... it's a blatant lack of information on both mods
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  • 7Bistromath7Bistromath Join Date: 2003-12-04 Member: 23928Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-littlewild+Jun 20 2004, 10:37 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (littlewild @ Jun 20 2004, 10:37 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> The fact is everyone has a different taste for games. Buying a 96% game like Black and White will not guarantee you hours of fun unless you actually like that genre of games. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    You didn't get B&W did you?

    What the "96%" actually was is the proportion of people who actually like that genre of games who thought B&W was a terrible pile of horse crap.
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  • includeinclude aka RpTheHotrod Dallas, TX Join Date: 2003-01-08 Member: 12027Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Shadow
    They probably meant realistic weaponary...meaning....raw....real guns and bullets (meaning that it IS possible to make them today). No laser rifles and magic railguns.
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  • AbsolutCamperAbsolutCamper Join Date: 2004-05-10 Member: 28591Members
    I'm thinking he probably wrote this at 3am in the morning on a hangover, or he just hasn't played NS before.
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  • ChargeCharge Join Date: 2003-02-05 Member: 13144Members
    i smell sarcasm
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  • BJayDBJayD Join Date: 2002-09-02 Member: 1263Members
    S&I contains pistols, shotguns, tommyguns, crossbows, etc. They're all pretty real as in they exist in the real world, even thought they may not have models that match their real world versions.
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  • AlcapwnAlcapwn &quot;War is the science of destruction&quot; - John Abbot Join Date: 2003-06-21 Member: 17590Members
    well i just went into there irc channel under ikilledwiththis and told em.

    Hopefully i dont get banned =/
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  • Jmmsbnd007Jmmsbnd007 Join Date: 2002-11-24 Member: 9793Banned, Constellation
    edited June 2004
    <!--QuoteBegin-Vo0do0-MoNk3h+Jun 21 2004, 02:23 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Vo0do0-MoNk3h @ Jun 21 2004, 02:23 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> S&I contains pistols, shotguns, tommyguns, crossbows, etc. They're all pretty real as in they exist in the real world, even thought they may not have models that match their real world versions. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    ...and gauss guns, rocket pistols (4 shots), GI Destabilizer, etc etc <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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