NS re-seeding and server restart?

DeZmond

DeZmond

Junior Administrator
Guys (and gals),

since we're on the verge of having a new server with more grunt and resources than before, it's probably time to ask ourselves whether we want to have a public server open 24/7 - is the NS community dead or does life remain? If so, can we tempt said life over to our server through re-seeding? Do we even want to play NS any more?

Points to remember:
-Hardly being actively developed at the moment
-Uses an ancient engine
-Strong point: we have KC's (and Tbone's!) custom map which is excellent. (co_firefly)

Let the debate begin.
 
Macca

Macca

Member
I wouldn't mind helping to seed the server if it was brought back, I'm pretty bored with most games out justnow so why not try an old game again :).
 
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HotStuff

Member
I still think ns is a fantastic game and I regularly play on the yo-clan server at least twice a week. There have been a few failed attempts to rejuvinate the THN ns server in the past year or so.

The problem with ns compared to other online games is that small games in ns are not much fun and can lead to problems:remember the "no HA or ONOS rule on small games" fueling internal arguments amongst the admins. You really need a minimum of 7v7 to have balanced play. In short - in small games, if aliens play well they always win!

ns is very much still alive and hundreds of dedicated players still play it regularly on their FAVOURITE servers. I think that when ns:s is released through steam in 2007, this would be a good time to start an ns:s server, as a lot of new people will buy the game and look for servers to play on. We undoutedly have a lot of experience with ns so in theory have the skills to police what could be a very competitive and enjoyable server to play on.

But for the moment, I doubt if I am willing to invest evenings seeding a server that is unlikely to produce fun competitive balanced play and attract customers.
 
SASniper

SASniper

In Cryo Sleep
Having played NS since V1.02 came out I've played pretty much every version of it. Back in the days of a much much smaller THN, the server was always very popular because the community was pretty much 100% NS so every night you had to hold your hand over "Retry" for quite sometime to be able to join (Yay for reserved lots later on though! ;))!

Although NS development has somewhat slowed down, NS: Source as HotStuff says should feed a new breath of life into it all again.

I'm game for helping seed an NS server abit..but I'd certainly help out alot more with NS on Source :)
 
Siksak

Siksak

In Cryo Sleep
In fact its the only online game I play. I am mostly on FX server as this has a good (good) player base.

But it could be fun, just remember that fewer and fewer play NS. YO server used to be packed full, and now its much easier to get on it, same goes for FXserver. It starts to fill up later and later in the day.
 
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Blammo!

Guest
I still play on FX, alot of noobs and morons lately :mad:. I'm sorry to say that I won't be helping to seed or even play on a THN server since I only play on FX. And to busy for clanning. If your going to do this, the best of luck.
 
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