One tiny suggestion for Alpha.

WatchMakerWatchMaker Join Date: 2003-09-26 Member: 21233Members, Constellation
in Ideas and Suggestions
<div class="IPBDescription">It will save everyone a headache.</div><img src="http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/8575/suggestionz.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />
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  • zimzumzimzum Join Date: 2004-09-02 Member: 31200Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    best idea ever. oh oh oh and it was actually posted IN I&S?!?!?! :)
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  • FocusedWolfFocusedWolf Join Date: 2005-01-09 Member: 34258Members
    edited July 2010
    Are you suggesting the dev team needs to spend a half hour or more to make such a display? I mean first they need to design a new font with sprites (maybe even 2 fonts, unless they can make a scalable font with vectors or something)... Then the code to place it + set the build string ... (and hopefully they keep track of release dates + version numbers, or else that means more code to write [ and time to do everytime they go to release a new build to the community ])... and lastly test... and lastly a several hour compile?

    Right now they are fully inundated coming up with new twitters every hour or so :P
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  • zimzumzimzum Join Date: 2004-09-02 Member: 31200Members, Reinforced - Shadow
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    you've GOTTA be kidding, right?
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  • KungFuDiscoMonkeyKungFuDiscoMonkey Creator of ns_altair 日本福岡県 Join Date: 2003-03-15 Member: 14555Members, NS1 Playtester, Reinforced - Onos
    I think build numbers have less meaning due to steam keeping everyone at the same version.
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  • Ge_FreakGe_Freak Join Date: 2010-06-30 Member: 72211Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1781395:date=Jul 21 2010, 07:50 AM:name=zimzum)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (zimzum @ Jul 21 2010, 07:50 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1781395"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--><img src="http://www.straferight.com/photopost/data/500/medium/double-facepalm.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />
    you've GOTTA be kidding, right?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Omg XD that made my day
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  • brownymasterbrownymaster Join Date: 2009-07-11 Member: 68110Members
    Build numbers are useful because you might be in game during an update or updated and trying to join an unupdated server. They also let you know when the last update was so you know that there was an update (i don't know if they're going to put in silent updates or every update a huge announcement) and you don't have to complain about a certain bug 100x until next update.
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  • AlignAlign Remain Calm Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 5216Forum Moderators, Constellation
    I thought the point was the giant <!--sizeo:7--><span style="font-size:36pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo-->ALPHA<!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--> in the middle of the screen.
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  • MahmuttiMahmutti Join Date: 2010-05-25 Member: 71854Members
    Yeah.. I don't think that the ALPHA text is large enough. It should block at least half of your screen.
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  • IeptBarakatIeptBarakat The most difficult name to speak ingame. Join Date: 2009-07-10 Member: 68107Members, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, NS2 Map Tester, Reinforced - Diamond, Reinforced - Shadow
    edited November 2010
    I never understood why people are either

    1) So curious as to their build number.(Your steam should be updating regardless.)

    or

    2)It says it when you hit console.(How do people not know this!)

    -sorry I necro'd this by accident-
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  • saikosaiko Join Date: 2007-04-10 Member: 60588Members
    Glad you did, now it doesn't like I necro's just to say....

    <!--quoteo(post=1781890:date=Jul 23 2010, 04:43 AM:name=Align)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Align @ Jul 23 2010, 04:43 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1781890"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I thought the point was the giant <!--sizeo:7--><span style="font-size:36pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo-->ALPHA<!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--> in the middle of the screen.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Good point, although the point of your point could be increased a few points to point out the fact incase they may have missed the point.
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