i just gotta ask this...

Raptor091288 · July 2002

<div class="IPBDescription">quick question i guess</div>do you have a planned release date for this mod?/do you have any idea when it will be released? (ive been dying to know ever since i first heard of this mod on PHL)

Gwahir · July 2002

ah yes of course they do: "When it's done"

(psst I once read they were shooting for July, but by saying "shooting for" this is by no means reliable)

coil · July 2002

"When it's done" is the most accurate answer.

Sgt_X · July 2002

When it's done. You're new so I'm also going to advise going <a href="http://www.natural-selection.org/faq.html" target="_blank">here</a>, <a href="http://www.natural-selection.org/cgi-bin/ikonboard/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=1;t=35" target="_blank">here</a>, and <a href="http://www.readyroom.org/" target="_blank">here</a>. Those are your basic FAQs which you should read before posting anything else. Also you should read the FAQ for each forum.

***Edit*** Gwahir and Coil beat me by one, minute and two minutes. That's what I get for being helpful. <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'> ***/Edit***

Pi_Gi · July 2002

I read somewhere April-May. Then Summer. Then When its done. So.... it may have been released already if you go by release date announcements. Oooeeeoooeeeoooeeoooeee......

goodness... the bonuses of sleep depravation.... absolute insanity.

Sgt_X · July 2002

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Pi Gi @ July 17 2002,18:17)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I read somewhere April-May. Then Summer. Then When its done.</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
I have a feeling an admin might want to make you be in pain for putting the first two up, they seem a bit, tense when it comes to release dates.

Sono · July 2002

Well, when it's done, but NS is feature complete, so less than year <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>
I bet on soon.

Pi_Gi · July 2002

Actually I didn't make the first two up. Honest! Those were off of I think rr.org and a preview somewhere. But I didn't make them up! HONEST!!!!!!!!!!

Sgt_X · July 2002

I didn't say make up, is put up. There is a <i>slight</i> difference between the two. <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'>

Kintak · July 2002

Release us from the horror of waiting another day! I must play!
That rhymed. Maybe the NS team likes rhymes. QUICKLY! Everyone must make rhymes just in case!

Sono · July 2002

I want you're gore, cause you're a dirty w#*#*

Kintak · July 2002

What? I don't understand.

Surge · July 2002

Gore rhymes with um... who-... ah, you should know.

Kintak · July 2002

I'm a marine. Ya know what I mean?

LPC · July 2002

I sometimes #### my pants, and I do it without any ants

DruBo · July 2002

/me tries to think of a good rhyme

/me fails

oh well, when in doubt, quote The Clash

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">All over people changing their votes
Along with their overcoats
If Adolf Hitler flew in today
They'd send a limousine anyway
</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>

yeah.

PIP · July 2002

Mabye they could tell us if they are planning to announce the release a week in advance or so...or if they will just release it suddenly, or if there will be an irc party???

Kintak · July 2002

The release would be really good if it was released RIGHT NOW! *hint* *hint*

A soldier is what I am.
Our rations consist of spam.

Moleculor · July 2002

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Pi Gi @ July 18 2002,01:17)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I read somewhere April-May. Then Summer. Then When its done. So.... it may have been released already if you go by release date announcements. </td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
The thing with those dates is that they were all 'Shooting For' dates as well, and 'When It's Done' was what everyone was saying from day one. However, it was learned that people tend to over-believe the 'Shooting For' dates more than the true 'When It's Done', so... no more 'Shooting For' dates.

Kintak · July 2002

Can you possibly give us a hint to how close to completion NS is? Just a hint? We'll make more rhymes for you if you doo! My anticipation is getting to the point where I refresh the news page every 5 minutes. Yes. It is sad.

Merkaba · July 2002

Close. Very close. Hang in there.

Although, read Moleculars signature <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>

Kintak · July 2002

I know they are subject to change. I don't wanna be annoying but, how close are we talking? Like, within a week close, or within 2 weeks close? (At the moment unless it changes)

I really want to play <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'>

MonsieurEvil · July 2002

Us making up dates will only lead to your disappointment. We don't know. It's as simple as that. Please stop asking, as all you do is stress us out, which makes things take even longer. Learn some self-discipline.

Kintak · July 2002

Alright, I'll stop. I'm just very excited. I didn't mean to annoy you or anything.

CollateralDamage · July 2002

I guess hitting the perfect release time must be pretty tough. On the one hand, you don't want any fatal bugs in the initial release, as this makes the rest of the world write the game off as a failure way too quickly (example: Battlecruiser).

On the other hand, if you don't happen to be Blizzard, no release will ever be free of bugs, exploits and all sorts of problems only a large public can discover.

Could that be because hand-chosen playtesters are usually too 'nice' to uncover what people who don't hesitate to break the game will do?

Kintak · July 2002

I never really liked the whole playtester thing. I think the bugs would thin out faster with a public beta. I'm sure that the NS team has it's reason though, so I'll just shut up now.

MonsieurEvil · July 2002

Trust me. Our playtesters have found hundreds of irritating bugs. Unlike a public beta though, we can have them update our bug database with a single issue, not hundreds of duplicates from well-meaning users. If you get into the programming business, you will find that (and Microsoft went so far as to do a study on this), that after a half-dozen testers see a product, 99% of the bad features and issues are uncovered in the first 3 hours. Additional users only lead to duplication, and wasted admin effort. This has been proven over and over during tests, where the first couple users to show up make all the observations and experience the bugs that the next 50 testers see all that weekend.

Kintak · July 2002

Ah I see. Thank you for explaining that to me.

MonsieurEvil · July 2002

Cool. Welcome to the forums, if no one said so yet. Your last question was a good one.

GobyWan · July 2002

NS will be fun,
but you'll get it <b>when it's done.</b>

I can rhyme.

Haije · July 2002

hmmm, how to get the dev's to tell us a date....

I know! we'll melt their icy hearts with a cool island song. Wait, no, that won't work, we'll have to warm their cold hearts with a hot island beat. Wait, it's supposed to be a cool island song.

hmmm, maybe we could freshen their hot hearts with a cool island song...YEAH, THAT'S IT!

In the tropical isles with the coconut trees....

okay so I watch too much south park, screw you

i just gotta ask this...

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