We love you UWE
Asraniel
Join Date: 2002-06-03 Member: 724Members, Playtest Lead, Forum Moderators, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Shadow, Subnautica Playtester, Retired Community Developer
Join Date: 2002-06-03 Member: 724Members, Playtest Lead, Forum Moderators, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Shadow, Subnautica Playtester, Retired Community Developer
<div class="IPBDescription">Lets show them some love :)</div>Hey, with all those negative comments currently because some people have problems with the current "beta development release" the devs might need some cheering up, and they deserve it!
I had my first 2 real games with 155, sure, it took many tries until i got into a server and it crashed after 10 minutes, but those 10 minutes where really fun!
The game has progressed so much since the first alpha release. I'm not saying its perfect or anything, its in develepment. But there is tons of content and it looks just great. With every patch the game gets better.
So i would like to encourage the UWE team, don't let the negative comments get you. Perhaps try to make a news posts linking to the NS2HD videos to cheer up the people? Not everybody is subscribed to his channel.
Sol, let this thread be reserved for happyness and praising, there are enough other threads already.
I had my first 2 real games with 155, sure, it took many tries until i got into a server and it crashed after 10 minutes, but those 10 minutes where really fun!
The game has progressed so much since the first alpha release. I'm not saying its perfect or anything, its in develepment. But there is tons of content and it looks just great. With every patch the game gets better.
So i would like to encourage the UWE team, don't let the negative comments get you. Perhaps try to make a news posts linking to the NS2HD videos to cheer up the people? Not everybody is subscribed to his channel.
Sol, let this thread be reserved for happyness and praising, there are enough other threads already.
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Good job UWE, you have my full unconditional support and love.
<3
Nicholas aka k1nk0s
Goodjob UWE! I know it's only going to get better from here on out.
I love the videos he does.
Regarding the game, solving this memory leak will be a blast. So far I can play flawless until this issue crash the server. And the hydra problem, which I think is related to the memory leak, or it makes it worst and faster.
Joined a game as alien, capped 4/3 of the map almost with no effort (sadly crashed). On another server I joined marine (with a friend), I go commander and in about 3 minutes I capped half of the map, 1/4 was free and the aliens got 1/4.
I do really love the new dynamic of the game. It has all I wanted on NS 1.
One thing I enjoyed the most to see was a Fade blinking in front of me, it is amazing. I'll try the Fade next time I join a server as alien.
I read some people saying that perhaps no one will play gorge, but I love to play as a gorge, support my team, slide down the stairs... tongue out. Call me silly but I love the gorge, my favourite Kharaa.
Can't wait to convince the people at my GAMING university (oh yes living the dream or something) to buy, join in on the fun and create mods and whatnot!
I have already managed to raise quite a few eyebrows with the editor which is miles and miles ahead with the user friendly interface, so honestly you're doing a thorough job AND you're this small company pulling it all off!
*thumbsup*
Sadly this community could be harsh with their comments despite that 99.99% of them dont know the first thing about making games, they probably learned the words game engine when they got into the alpha.
March on guys!
keep it up!
Good job UWE, you have my full unconditional support and love.
<3
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I tell you why people are so upset, because they are used to have almost perfect "betas" these days. It's a new trick done by quite some companies to release such "betas" (which are in fact nothing but demos) and give their customers the illusion they would participate in the development of their favourite game, when in fact they already know what to do themself and don't care at all about what they say. What we have here however is a "real" beta.
Also keep in mind, that we had the same moaning and complaining when the alpha was released, because some people just wont get it.
So for all those people (like it has been said dozens of times):
><b>A Beta doesn't simply mean that you get to play the game before others. It means that there are still problems lingering around, some may even be larger and game breaking. By participating in such a beta you try to help the developers of getting the game to a level where it's enjoyable for you as a customer. Throw out your thoughts all day long, but don't go around and rage like a retard, that doesn't help anyone. Help them get the game to the level where you can fully enjoy it. </b><
Sadly I haven't gotten around too much to test out the current version, but to me it seems, compared to previous versions that the game has made some huge jumps in the right direction. I can't say too much else about it, but I like where this game is headed, it's going to be amazing.
Keep on going UWE, I will definitely support you because you guys are on hell of a team :)
NS2 is amazing and will only get better. :)
I've just registered on the forums even tho I played a lot of NS until the TacticalGamer servers died. After reading the last couple blog entries I wanted to make a UWE Support Thread, since I think it's fairly needed. I guess this thread fits, so my point is: Most of us have been really frustrated and questioned NS2's progress; myself lost a lot of interest after the fall 2009 let down, but I'm still really curious so I've been checking the blog quite often. Now, I haven't preordered yet -shame on me-. And I know I'd been pissed off if I had after the bunch of delays and problems with the game.
Nevertheless just now I realized that this game is probably not about us as much as the devs'. They've spent the last 4+ (?) years working on it, and if the game didn't get to see the light of day due to lack of funding or whatever, it's their loss and not as much as ours. After all, for us there are plenty of games out there (even tho none as awesome as NS), and we've all spent 40 dollars on really worthless things a couple times (Left 4 Dead anyone?). The devs in the other hand would see the last 4 years of their life being wasted into something that never came to be.
Now I know we are customers, and those who never got to play NS1 might not see my point; but truth is (and I've read it quite often here in the forums) most of us have had a lot of fun and even personal growth playing NS1. That alone pays for the 40 dollars they are charging us for the preorder. So why don't we give the devs a break and hold our negativity back for a couple months? Even tho I've felt rather pessimistic about the game's progress, I never registered to spit it on the devs' faces, and I dont think I would have even if I had preordered. That helps no-one other than your hurt ego and illusions.
In short, and as the thread says... let's show UWE a little love. I'm sure that'll help the game's progress a lot more than raging day and night about how the game is late and still mostly unplayable from what I've read. Myself I'll preorder as soon as I can and even if I don't post everyday some cheer words for the team, I sure as hell won't be annoying them and killing their enthusiasm.
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Its easier to blame than to make complements.
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(and you also get more attention - sadly thats what we do everyday [shes a ######, hes an ass, windows is crap, osx is crap, linux is crap, nvidia is crap, amd is crap, intel is crap, your country is crap, your religion is crap, you re a noob, whatever - and only the loudest will win right?])
UWE did a great job so far, sure its not perfect yet - but <u><b>i've had a LOT fun games already</b></u>
Give me a W!
Give me a E!
Whats that?
Unknown Worlds Entertainment! *cheering like mad*
Cant wait to get my hands on the beta, and for the record - i havent been this worked up about a game since HL2 was first announced.. Though honestly i think im gonna squeeze some more fun out of this game than hl2!
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Its easier to blame than to make complements.
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(and you also get more attention - sadly thats what we do everyday [shes a ######, hes an ass, windows is crap, osx is crap, linux is crap, nvidia is crap, amd is crap, intel is crap, your country is crap, your religion is crap, you re a noob, whatever - and only the loudest will win right?])
UWE did a great job so far, sure its not perfect yet - but <u><b>i've had a LOT fun games already</b></u><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Great way of putting it :).
I know with being older, and things in life changing, goals, priorities, views etc. I can't expect, or shouldn't for NS2 to bring those back. But what I do expect is new experiences that will come with NS2 and I am sure they will be good in their own way as well.
UWE has made one amazing game already, here is to number 2.
Thank you guys.
To be perfectly honest though, putting Charlie in charge of Twitter is like PR suicide some days. Asking for help with a programming bug over Twitter is just tasteless, and acting surprised when players experienced connection issues after "testing with 4-6 people over LAN" embarrassed me just by reading it. I know they like having a close and open relationship with the community, and that is FANTASTIC, but there are some things that do not belong in the public eye. Poorly delivering the right words will do more harm than good. I feel like they are crippling themselves with some of the PR decisions they make, and as someone interested in playing NS2 with other people at some point in the future, this leaves me distressed.
That said, they've been getting a lot right, lately. Making a public statement about the current build's major problems, how they are being fixed, and what issues still need to be addressed is SPECTACULAR. The tracker is a grand idea, too. The community needs to look at the development team and see skilled individuals working to alleviate their problems. Anything less will cause people to lose faith, and worse yet, respect. We'll ask for a honest and open report of the development process, but in truth, we just want to hear you're on top of things. Asking for help over Twitter is exactly not that.
I feel like the PR ball has been fumbled around over at UWE, and it's causing a lot of undue negativity for NS2 that is starting to show up on the forums. Which brings me to the last point I have to share: Stop reading the damn forums so much, UWE. (I'm looking at you, Cory.) Your forums are nothing more than a portal through which disgruntled people may slap you. The people who love and admire your work are not flocking here to tell you, they're lurking in the shadows, watching you, while remaining pleasantly pacified with your progress. It is no wonder you're losing moral, the forums is quite literately a collection of people who have a problem with you. If you want to feel good about yourselves, go play your game with the fans. That's where the real joy comes from.
My little rant ends here.
Keep rockin' UWE.
You rock UWE, and I really don't want to quote christina aguilera here, but, you are beautiful, no matter what they say...... (damn that was ######!) and the awkward tension consumed the forums!
MUCH LOVE!!!
<3 UWE
Playing games for about 20 years now and fps games for about a decade i eventually got bored of the usual stuff the big studios release. I guess i've circle strafed enough, drove tanks way too often and have seen too much CoD/UT/BF/whatever in general. Beside i'm not actually pleased how the big guys handle their games/community support and i don't expect any of them to develop any innovative new game. Atm it feels more like the games i've been playing for the last 10 years just with achiements and some grind factor. And i bet a lot of the guys around here felt at some point the same. So i started voting with my wallet a few years back, buying games produced and released by indie devs because i believe these are the guys beeing able to pull something great off, buying engines like torque to support the development of those and donating whenever i felt it was worth it.
Thats how i actually ended up buying NS2, even though i've never played ns1, and i have to say this was the single best investment over the last years even if the game isn't finished yet. I think, in opposite to some others, its been a great move to develop spark because in the long run it will give UWE so many more options even after ns2 will have been released. Beside, the stuff they've got in there is truly amazing, let it be the content pipeline with the editor or the renderer. And the problems that occour now in the beta are just a minor annoyances when you look at the bigger picture. I think its been a great move to stay independent and make the game UWE wants to make not what some marketing guys and analysts think will sell good. I love the communication with the devs over here so much more than watching another pr video with some random lead desinger/CEO/artist telling everyone how great/innovative/"never seen before" their ###### is.
And the best thing is, i enjoy the game so much more than most of the games i've played in recent years.
//Levi
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Hey Fluffy :)
Good job! :)
Give me a W!
Give me a E!
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Unknown Worlds Entertainment! Raa raa raa!
<3, Devs.
Heya, good to see you!
Been a while :D
--Cory
So yeah, pretty cool, looks like it will be good once all the bugs are ironed out.
We can see every step they are working on, <i>before</i> the patch is coming out.
They <b>trust</b> the community.
They listen to the community.
We have the chance to see a complete new game and engine growing. I for myself had never the chance.
They share their knowledge, so that we can learn from them and together with them, if we want to make an own game sometime.
With this early Beta we are not gamers who play a finished game with less content and say "ye, well, quite cool and all...glad to be the first one who played it...".
No, here we are part of the developing team. I don't say that because they try to make it look like this, I say that, because they prove it with every patch. We are the testers and they listen to our results.
I like this way of developing.