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DruBoDruBo Back In Beige Join Date: 2002-02-06 Member: 172Members, NS1 Playtester
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<div class="IPBDescription">Publicity!</div>this here is a direct quote from the front page of the popular cartoon site Penny Arcade.

<!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->Natural Selection Mod for HL: It's like these ######## have some weird machine inside my brain that tells them what I want. I've talked about how a Command & Conquer: Renegade with just as much conquering but more commanding would bind me into servitude. Well, no need to wait for some jackhole to authorize innovation. Natural Selection is congealing my gaming fantasies.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

wanna know who was responsible for this?

drumroll....

me! I emailed Tycho after realizing that they hadn't ever mentioned NS in a newspost, and therefore didn't know about it.

/me pats himself on the back.
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  • FreestylerFreestyler The First NS Fan Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 20Members
    w00t

    Thats MonsE's job though.  he'll be mad with j00!
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  • DruBoDruBo Back In Beige Join Date: 2002-02-06 Member: 172Members, NS1 Playtester
    He was taking his sweet time. It's his fault. He could have done it a lot sooner.

    Besides, he's not going to come all the way to NYC to beat me up, is he?
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  • JedisarJedisar Join Date: 2002-03-03 Member: 264Awaiting Authorization
    No, Actually..he'll just send me.
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  • MonsieurEvilMonsieurEvil Join Date: 2002-01-22 Member: 4Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    Mad? Why would I be mad? PR is PR. It's not like if you make a posting I don't get that big raise from nothing to zero...
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  • DruBoDruBo Back In Beige Join Date: 2002-02-06 Member: 172Members, NS1 Playtester
    I think, however modestly, that this should be added to my list of "peon points", along with getting free pro hosting for NS World and offering to host a playtest server.

    /me wants a promotion
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  • FlayraFlayra Game Director, Unknown Worlds Entertainment San Francisco Join Date: 2002-01-22 Member: 3Super Administrators, NS2 Developer, Subnautica Developer
    Nice work, Drunken.  I've been painfully witholding e-mail from those guys for quite some time.  I didn't want them to see us until we were near completion.  I guess now is a good time. <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->

    I DO think that NS will be right up Gabe and Tycho's collective alleys.  They're obvious love of Tribes, teamplay and drama suggest this.

    I can't wait for them to see it.
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  • DruBoDruBo Back In Beige Join Date: 2002-02-06 Member: 172Members, NS1 Playtester
    here's the text of the email I sent Tycho:

    <!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->
    I'm surprised you guys haven't tackled this one yet. That can only mean you haven't heard of it, and so I'm taking the news-bringing onto my own shoulders.

    Natural Selection is a new mod for half-life. There are a lot of new mods for half-life, but this one is *really cool*. It's got a lot of features that are a result of influences from other games. Here is a list of these other games.

    -Tribes series
    -AvP series
    -System Shock 2
    -Original Half-Life
    -Homeworld: Cataclysm
    -Starcraft
    -Counter-Strike (not much is taken from here, but being a half-life mod means being compared to CS)
    -Battlezone series

    interested yet? you should be.

    <a href="http://www.readyroom.org" target="_blank">http://www.readyroom.org</a> <--- Natural Selection news site

    <a href="http://www.natural-selection.org" target="_blank">http://www.natural-selection.org</a> <----- Official site, it has the forums, not very frequent updates though

    <a href="http://n-s-world.cjb.net" target="_blank">http://n-s-world.cjb.net</a> <---- Official map resource

    Enjoy!
    -J
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    notice how I mentioned mostly games that they've called "amazing" in my influences list. That was entirely on purpose.
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  • pielemuispielemuis Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 72Members, NS1 Playtester
    heh you got some nice PR skills drunken <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->
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  • BananBanan Join Date: 2002-02-22 Member: 235Members
    Lol, why don't you get Ns on the front page of your local newspaper?
    heh
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  • DruBoDruBo Back In Beige Join Date: 2002-02-06 Member: 172Members, NS1 Playtester
    Unfortunately, I live in New York City, so "local newspaper" is synonymous with "international publication."

    I might be able to slide it onto some college TV though. We'll see.
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  • coilcoil Amateur pirate. Professional monkey. All pance. Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 424Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    Hi, wandered over from Penny Arcade, and all I have to say is DIZAMN.  Your PR definitely worked... and this mod looks absolutely amazing.  I've got a couple friends who are gonna go ape-sh!t when they see it.  (:
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  • MoleculorMoleculor Namer-of-Bob Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 9Members
    OM#G! We just made Penny Arcade? *ties self to computer and doesn't leave for three days* Mooooore moderation!

    <!--emo&:p--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'><!--endemo-->

    Penny Arcade == God-like (Even though I mostly just read MegaTokyo... think someone should EMail Largo?)
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  • SlycasterSlycaster Limited Edition Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 24Members, NS1 Playtester
    Oooo, more people who read MT!? *high fives mole*

    MT and Penny-Arcade just rock!
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  • MartMart Origin of SUYF Join Date: 2002-02-26 Member: 248Members
    I prefer Sluggy Freelance myself
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  • MoleculorMoleculor Namer-of-Bob Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 9Members
    Used to read that too. I'll have to go through the archives some day.

    Also read Clan BOB, Angst Technology, Avalon, Sinfest, BBoCS, RPG World, and several others.
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  • FireFroFireFro Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 426Members
    Hiya.  I also heard about this through Penny Arcade, so the PR is working.  I posted a link to my Tribes clan about the site, and with any hope they'll spread the word to the people they play with.

    I myself am blown away by what I've seen here.  It really sounds like the game I've been waiting for.  A long time ago I thought of the notion of a game that was WarCraft where the people I commanded were other players (as I'm sure a number of us have dared to dream).  I didn't honestly think the game would ever be made (or made right).  This seems to be that and more.  GL to the makers and community.  I'll be there to d/l it the day it's released.
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  • coilcoil Amateur pirate. Professional monkey. All pance. Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 424Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    Oh, another thing... this is without a dout the best-looking, most professional mod I've ever seen.  Sure, Action has a long history and pretty commited staff/fanbase, but y'all did it RIGHT.  Everything from the website to the models to the maps to the PR to (2 pages of gushing deleted) are absolutely kick @ss.  I can't wait for the next movie and the actual release!!  Incidentally, what's the ETA now?
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  • FlayraFlayra Game Director, Unknown Worlds Entertainment San Francisco Join Date: 2002-01-22 Member: 3Super Administrators, NS2 Developer, Subnautica Developer
    Hey Coil and FireFro (and any other new members).

    Thanks for the kind words, we've been working quietly for quite some time now.  I don't like to give release dates, but let's just say that we're very nearly at feature complete and are actively playtesting.  It shouldn't be long now.

    Yeah, I'm sure lots of people have thought of the basic concept before, sometimes I wonder why no one has done it yet (well, the Battlezone games did it kind of, but not very well).  

    Welcome!
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    now u gotta try for gamespot and other gaming sites.
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  • HikusoHikuso Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 69Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Cyanide+April 12 2002,16:16--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Cyanide @ April 12 2002,16:16)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->Oooo, more people who read MT!?<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    WTF?!

    i though EVERYBODY read MT <!--emo&:0--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':0'><!--endemo-->
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  • DruBoDruBo Back In Beige Join Date: 2002-02-06 Member: 172Members, NS1 Playtester
    I am also, embarassingly, addicted to <a href="http://www.schlockmercenary.com" target="_blank">Schlock Mercenary</a>.

    But PA has long been my favorite. I even have the book.

    Flayra: someone in IRC mentioned bringing Tycho (from PA, not that Celchuuuu character) into the next playtest. What do you think?
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  • HicksHicks Join Date: 2002-04-11 Member: 418Members
    fans...their coming....

    <a href="http://hub.avpnetwork.com/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=general&Number=200666&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5" target="_blank">NS-thread</a>
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  • GreedoGreedo Bounty Hunter Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 37Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    because I'm not registered on those forums, I'll tell you here.  That's not an "ultra cool pistol," it's an ultra cool light machine gun.   <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->

    oh, and also, that's the seige turret, not the sentry gun.  hehe.  <!--emo&:p--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'><!--endemo-->



    <!--EDIT|Greedo386|April 12 2002,20:05-->
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  • coilcoil Amateur pirate. Professional monkey. All pance. Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 424Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    Online comic addiction?  I don't have an online comic addiction.  I just read Mac Hall, Exploitation Now, RPG World, Polymer City, Megatokyo, Penny Arcade, Little Gamers, Bobbins, GPF, PvP, College Roomies From Hell!!!, Sinfest, and Sluggy Freelance.

    (BTW, that's not order of preference, just the order I have them bookmarked, by update schedule.  Sluggy was my first and still favorite, I'm a longtime fan of GPF, Sinfest, and Megatokyo, and the others are pretty much all bad@ss recent discoveries)

    But like I said, I don't have an online comics addiction.
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  • Silver_FoxSilver_Fox Spammer Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 34Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    I like their picture of the "Ultra Cool Pistol skin"...

    <!--emo&;)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'><!--endemo-->

    oh, yea, I instantly like Hicks_SOC ...

    <!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->
    <span style='color:green'><N.G.E.>
    Rei Ayanami</span>
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    <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo-->
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  • mr_Nebelmr_Nebel Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 36Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--TychoCelchuuu+April 13 2002,13:08--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (TychoCelchuuu @ April 13 2002,13:08)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->now u gotta try for gamespot and other gaming sites.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Especially somewhere like Voodoo Extreme.
    Get something there and the exposure will be massive.
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  • coilcoil Amateur pirate. Professional monkey. All pance. Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 424Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    BTW, you got the best deal you can from PA - a Friday post.  That'll be front-page till Monday.
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    hey....

    someones gotta email daniel morris at extendedplay@pcgamer.com. hes the guy in charge of the MOD column at PCGamer. you know what that is, right?
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  • pielemuispielemuis Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 72Members, NS1 Playtester
    erm I know Drunkne did a fine job, but I'm sure monsE has everything under control, hey they hired the guy so Flayra must've seen something good in him <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    come on even flayra has to be drunk when recruiting at some point. its a statistical fact.
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