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Archaea brought 8 players and swapped out players between maps during both previous Cologne events. The swaps took 5 minutes max and did not cause any delays. It would also be possible to restrict swaps to only happen between matches, which would el…
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I certainly agree with ray that making decisions can be tough, and running competitive events in ns1/2 has always been known as a thankless job. The people who put in the effort needed to get things done deserve all the more respect for that, includ…
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This guy is a troll. Ignore.
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(Quote) I would have reacted in the same manner regardless of who this happened to, be it some unknown from division 4 or one of my own teammates from Archaea. I have not ever, and will not ever, allow injustice to go by without speaking up. Ever…
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(Quote) Your modification of my analogy makes little sense. The ensl rules cannot be sensibly interpreted to mean that using a hack for legitimate purposes is illegal, nor has this ever been the case in any tournament for the past 10 years of NS1…
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I'll clarify for those who don't know the details of what happened: Eissfeldt downloaded and used a wallhack to spectate a player he suspected might be wallhacking, in order to obtain proof. About a week later, he received an automatic VAC ban on hi…
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So basically all of quaxy/exertus (what's your agenda?) and the guy who made the decision (Zefram) immediately disliked my post. Good stuff.
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I have trouble putting into words just how ridiculous it is that Eissfeldt has been banned from participating in this tournament. There is not a single competitive player that believes that he has ever used a hack in a match. Yes, it was stupid of h…
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(Quote) We decided to take a summer break after the ensl season 2 final mid may. The plan was to maybe start playing again come fall. After the nations cup later that month, eagleye, ray and tane decided they wanted to play with their national te…
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I understand that this needs to be done before new years to secure favorable travel arrangements, but there has to be some way to organize/schedule this so that the most critical matches aren't played in what's pretty much the worst week of the year.
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Snails are a huge favorite to win, but given that Titus just pulled off the biggest upset since the ensl season 10 final in 2008, by beating Godar, it seems unwise to discount them.
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Seems like reasonable rules, my only issue is with 15. Timing. Having a portion of the tournament in the middle of Christmas when many players and spectators go on vacation, and may not even have access to a computer capable of playing the game, is …
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(Quote) I actually mentioned this way back when, amongst a million other things, in a huge post on the private balance forums wasabi set up for sewlek, but I guess he never got around to fixing it. I think the reason things like this doesn't get …
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This is really amazing. Massive kudos to Wasabi and the other organisers for trucking through all the difficulties of getting funding community that is honestly too small to support such an event. Getting Intel and Nvidia onboard is very impressive.…
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What if you added a "show inactive servers" checkbox that had to be manually selected? That would preserve your faster queries for most searches, while still make it possible to find old games.
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Perhaps if I explain the problem better: I'm trying to find the stats for a match I played in a few months back, but it doesn't seem like that is currently possible? Previously I could just go to my player page ( in NS2Stats.com - Statistics for Natural Selection 2 Comment by fanatic September 2013
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Looks the the filtering technically works, but it's practically useless because it only shows rounds from about 15 different servers. I guess it needs an "any/don't filter" box under the different filtering options.
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Any idea when the filtering will work again? I'm trying to check the stats of matches some months ago, but can't find them because it only shows public games.
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Thank you for that insightful post, alcalde. I have put together this small montage of pictures in your honor.
in Goðar signing off
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September 2013
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This is as good a place as any to post this, so here it is: I've decided to retire from NS2.
The reason is mostly that I'm tired of the game, as well as having a lot more afk responsibilities since this is my last year at university. I'v… -
There's quite a few odd changes in b253, including this particularly inexplicable addition. Historically, higher lifeforms (not skulks) used to emit growls at random intervals in ns1, but it was never explained why they did so and its only effect on…
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Grats to Snails for winning and kudos to all the casters for putting in a phenomenal effort.
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Crosspost from ensl:
Unfortunately we had to resign from the cup. Due to <various reasons>, it turns out we only have five players who can play this week, which obviously means we can't play any games. We wouldn't have signed up if… -
(Quote) Fair enough. I'm not sure if I agree with that design philosophy, though, it comes with a lot of undesireable side effects.
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(Quote) Not the best of examples, considering exos make public almost unplayable at the moment. Almost every game is marine turtle to exo. No wonder the playerbase is vanishing, when every round that isn't a one-sided stomp, is a dull grind for b…
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Yup, this is gonna be good. Division 1 is a great group of top teams, expect lots of ggs between even teams.
Snails and Saunamen are the favorites. They both have solid lineups with few weak links, great teamwork and strats. Nexzil's a b… -
^^^ I agree with this. (Quote) You must be the superman of vision then, because those flash effects are distracting as hell. Two years after I started playing this game, I still get disoriented by them every time. I have a 120hz monitor and as sol…
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Single fades aren't all that strong, I agree. A marine with w1/a1 and a shotgun can hold off a fade (and even kill a greedy fade) with proper aim and positioning. The problem is the ball. A team of 4 fades and 1 lerk, all with regen, who play safely…
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(Quote) I'm not talking about going full retard. The Onos would still be very slow compared to fades, lerks and skulks.
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(Quote) Well, you're wrong and you're right. Yes, there should be several playstyles. The problem is that there's only one playstyle now: Spike + umbra spam. With the nerfed speed, fixed hitboxes and removed glancing bites (lerk is the only class…