Ummm... I'm looking at PHL and see nothing about NS' last playtest... I'm pretty sure they tested this weekend, so that would be RC6. I'm betting the release at 7. I've thought so since RC1.
I do hope you're right though! <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo-->
Where on PHL does it say anything about Ns having its last playtest.
From the fact they are playtesting full-stop means they're probably near release and look at the front page, they've put up a progress percentage thing.
I'd say they're so close to release, you can almost smell the fresh underwear of a marine who just survived an ambush by a bob <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->. Of course I could be wrong, as usual.
*cowers in fear incase mod comes along to spank my arse about guessing of release*
<!--QuoteBegin--Jammer+Aug. 11 2002,19:10--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Jammer @ Aug. 11 2002,19:10)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->Ummm... I'm looking at PHL and see nothing about NS' last playtest... I'm pretty sure they tested this weekend, so that would be RC6. I'm betting the release at 7. I've thought so since RC1.
I do hope you're right though! <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo--><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> i didnt see ANYTHING either about ns... just those 2 pics awhile back
<!--QuoteBegin--Pi Gi+Aug. 11 2002,16<!--emo&:0--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':0'><!--endemo-->6--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Pi Gi @ Aug. 11 2002,16<!--emo&:0--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':0'><!--endemo-->6)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->Last playtest? Did I read that right?<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> No, you didn't read that right.
<b><span style='color:red'>When it's done. And when that time comes, you will know without a doubt that it is done.</b></span>
The team also casually mentioned that they're in the "final agonizing time of playtesting, getting rid of a few lingering bugs, adding last minute art, and getting ready to unleash NS on the world."
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<!--QuoteBegin--DOOManiac+Aug. 11 2002,19:20--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (DOOManiac @ Aug. 11 2002,19:20)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->they mean "last" in the sense of last saturday. yeah it was last saturday, that doesn't mean there won't be any more saturdays...<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> OMG! its the last saturday <!--emo&:0--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':0'><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin--Greedo386+Aug. 12 2002,16:18--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Greedo386 @ Aug. 12 2002,16:18)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin--><b><span style='color:red'>When it's done. And when that time comes, you will know without a doubt that it is done.</b></span><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> But... but... but... Then we can't speculate!!
Well, My theory is: A game can be tested even longer than it has been in development and <i>STILL</i> have bugs in it upon release.
'Course it's always fun to pretend it'll come out bug free. ^^ But seriously, if NS comes out BUG FREE, I will be more than impressed.
I can think of many a mod that were extensivly tested and needed to be patched because of rather obvious bugs...
Don't get me wrong however, no one likes downloading patches. (On the exception of me, but... Y'know... that's ME!<!--emo&;)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'><!--endemo--> I got my money on late september at the latest, Mid-late August at the earliest, take it with a grain of salt.
No one likes speculation when the day before release things are still STC (Subject to change. =).
no game is flawless on release, so don't expect NS to be <!--emo&:p--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin--Cyanide+Aug. 11 2002,23:48--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Cyanide @ Aug. 11 2002,23:48)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->no game is flawless on release, so don't expect NS to be <!--emo&:p--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'><!--endemo--><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> very very true <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo-->
This phrase seems to be the source of Pi Gi's confusion I could see that coming if you speed read it or English isn't your native language. It says <!--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-->"final agonizing <b><u>time of </b></u>playtesting,<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> <b>Not</b> the final agonizing playtesting
<!--QuoteBegin--BedwettingType+Aug. 11 2002,23:58--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (BedwettingType @ Aug. 11 2002,23:58)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin--Greedo386+Aug. 12 2002,16:18--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Greedo386 @ Aug. 12 2002,16:18)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin--><b><span style='color:red'>When it's done. And when that time comes, you will know without a doubt that it is done.</b></span><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> But... but... but... Then we can't speculate!!<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> The key is not to ask when it will be released (when it is done), but to ask when will it be done.
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Eh, actually, it's already done... we're just playing it among ourselves because we don't feel like releasing it yet. Flayra said he wants us all to be NS gods before we release it, so we can pwn you all... Clan NSPT!
you better be joking coil lol... i read the first part and started thinking "OMFG YOU ########!!" then i saw <!--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-->BTW, I'm joking.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> and i was like, *sigh of relief* whew... anyway, mods, mind if i say when i think it will be released...? (hope not, i'm gonna anyway, then again you can always nuke the post...) new page says SUMMER release right? well, in the US that late sept at the latest its coming out... (yeah, i guess its ok since another person already did lol) and earliest... tomorrow? (j/k btw, like that would happen... id slap myself on the forehead so hard my skull would crack if it did) earliest im guessing is (very) late aug/early sept.
and, the chances of PHL actually joking are very slim... they rarely (i don't think theyve ever done it) post a joke about something so serious like NS.. (on the news section anyway) about those pics: 1st pic: by turret/marine there 2nd pic: by marine 3rd pic: kinda wierd looking... 4th pic: uhh, dont know? doesnt look like anything really happening there except the commander view, unless theres a path from the part the marines are in and to the level... 4s right? or if i may use the nickname... if there is a path there, bye blinkies (unless they 'blink' away)
It would take an act of God or Congress to give out a release date. I somehow get zhe feeling that one day it'll be released.
I just hope that day comes soon.
<a href="Http://Planethalflife.com" target="_blank">Http://Planethalflife.com</a> *Reads a bit* *Sees that Natural Selection has been released* *Goes to every mirrior and goes nuts because everyone else has done the same thing* >.<
<img src="http://www.sojdev.com/community/images/smiles/icon_smile_signup.gif" border="0"> ALWAYS read the fine print. STC!
As things currently stand with PHL, they'll announce the release of NS two days after it happens and give exactly one link: the one to their money-making device called Fileplanet.
But (approx) 999,999,999 mirrors will be posted at ns.org and rr.org. <!--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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I do hope you're right though! <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo-->
From the fact they are playtesting full-stop means they're probably near release and look at the front page, they've put up a progress percentage thing.
I'd say they're so close to release, you can almost smell the fresh underwear of a marine who just survived an ambush by a bob <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->. Of course I could be wrong, as usual.
*cowers in fear incase mod comes along to spank my arse about guessing of release*
I do hope you're right though! <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo--><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
i didnt see ANYTHING either about ns... just those 2 pics awhile back
No, you didn't read that right.
<b><span style='color:red'>When it's done. And when that time comes, you will know without a doubt that it is done.</b></span>
<!--EDIT|Greedo386|Aug. 11 2002,16:19-->
Tues. August 6, 2002. Right there on PHL.
<a href="http://www.planethalflife.com/news/archive.asp" target="_blank">http://www.planethalflife.com/news/archive.asp</a>
you'll have to scroll a bit....
OMG! its the last saturday <!--emo&:0--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':0'><!--endemo-->
/me hides under rock
But... but... but... Then we can't speculate!!
'Course it's always fun to pretend it'll come out bug free. ^^ But seriously, if NS comes out BUG FREE, I will be more than impressed.
I can think of many a mod that were extensivly tested and needed to be patched because of rather obvious bugs...
Don't get me wrong however, no one likes downloading patches. (On the exception of me, but... Y'know... that's ME!<!--emo&;)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'><!--endemo--> I got my money on late september at the latest, Mid-late August at the earliest, take it with a grain of salt.
No one likes speculation when the day before release things are still STC (Subject to change. =).
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very very true <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo-->
<b>Not</b> the final agonizing playtesting
Thanks for proving what we all know, that we have no way of knowing how soon until NS is released.
GRRRRRR <!--emo&:angry:--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mad.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':angry:'><!--endemo-->
But... but... but... Then we can't speculate!!<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The key is not to ask when it will be released (when it is done), but to ask when will it be done.
<!--emo&:p--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'><!--endemo-->
BTW, I'm joking.
;O. Yeah. Don't worry, it'll be out soon enough. Here's some rope. Chew it for a while, NS will be out before you know it.
<!--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-->BTW, I'm joking.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
and i was like, *sigh of relief* whew...
anyway, mods, mind if i say when i think it will be released...? (hope not, i'm gonna anyway, then again you can always nuke the post...)
new page says SUMMER release right? well, in the US that late sept at the latest its coming out... (yeah, i guess its ok since another person already did lol) and earliest... tomorrow? (j/k btw, like that would happen... id slap myself on the forehead so hard my skull would crack if it did) earliest im guessing is (very) late aug/early sept.
and, the chances of PHL actually joking are very slim... they rarely (i don't think theyve ever done it) post a joke about something so serious like NS.. (on the news section anyway)
about those pics:
1st pic: by turret/marine there
2nd pic: by marine
3rd pic: kinda wierd looking...
4th pic: uhh, dont know? doesnt look like anything really happening there except the commander view, unless theres a path from the part the marines are in and to the level... 4s right? or if i may use the nickname... if there is a path there, bye blinkies (unless they 'blink' away)
I just hope that day comes soon.
<a href="Http://Planethalflife.com" target="_blank">Http://Planethalflife.com</a> *Reads a bit* *Sees that Natural Selection has been released* *Goes to every mirrior and goes nuts because everyone else has done the same thing* >.<
<img src="http://www.sojdev.com/community/images/smiles/icon_smile_signup.gif" border="0"> ALWAYS read the fine print. STC!