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Offline nubbles526

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Seven Months left until 10th Anniversary of FreeSpace
So, have any of you noticed that FreeSpace is almost ten years old? Within seven month from now, we better start preparing. I am wondering what we are going to do on that day. Hold a party, a press release, etc.

Any other ideas? Or was it already decided?

I really hope those [V] guys visit the forums...at least.

P.S. I searched the forum three times to check if someobdy said that before.


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Re: Seven Months left until 10th Anniversary of FreeSpace
Maybe we could contact the guys at :v:.

 

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Re: Seven Months left until 10th Anniversary of FreeSpace
ST:R will be out by then, and possibly TVWP as well.  I wonder if BWO and INFSCP will? :)

 

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Re: Seven Months left until 10th Anniversary of FreeSpace
TVWP?  Oh and I agree about getting the :v: people here, I think they'd be impressed with all that's been accomplished!
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Re: Seven Months left until 10th Anniversary of FreeSpace
ST:R will be out by then, and possibly TVWP as well.  I wonder if BWO and INFSCP will? :)

:nervous:

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Wow, another Anniversary! I really enjoyed Ace Combat and Colony Wars' 10th Anniversaries. It's the turn of FreeSpace now. Let's get some :v: guys here, they still work as programmers(I don't remember where...THQ?) :)
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Re: Seven Months left until 10th Anniversary of FreeSpace
Ya, THQ bought :v:

 

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Re: Seven Months left until 10th Anniversary of FreeSpace
Let's contact THQ, then. We just have to send a link! :D
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Re: Seven Months left until 10th Anniversary of FreeSpace
I highly doubt that the Volition people who worked on FS2 are oblivious to what goes on here. In fact, I know they're not - The uncompressed soundtracks, the directions for making Vasudan speak, there are several instances where they have directly helped out in one way or another. That none of them are active posters doesn't have to mean anything :)
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Re: Seven Months left until 10th Anniversary of FreeSpace
ST:R will be out by then, and possibly TVWP as well.  I wonder if BWO and INFSCP will? :)

I doubt INFSCP will, but INFASA almost certainly.



We could have a big FreeSpace party with the Volition staff and everything. That'd be really cool.


 

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Re: Seven Months left until 10th Anniversary of FreeSpace
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I am wondering what we are going to do on that day.

A Freespace Frenzy would be nice (a big multiplayer gathering, for those of you who weren't around on the VBB). The FS2Net infrastructure is now solid enough to support such a thing, ever since 3.6.9 came out.

 

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Re: Seven Months left until 10th Anniversary of FreeSpace
I highly doubt that the Volition people who worked on FS2 are oblivious to what goes on here. In fact, I know they're not - The uncompressed soundtracks, the directions for making Vasudan speak, there are several instances where they have directly helped out in one way or another. That none of them are active posters doesn't have to mean anything :)

True, but it would be terribly nice of them to post here from time to time, or at least on the anneversary, so we know they're still alive.
But I guess they are scared of all the fanboys who would chrash the server from all the activity if that happened. :P
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Re: Seven Months left until 10th Anniversary of FreeSpace
ST:R will be out by then, and possibly TVWP as well.  I wonder if BWO and INFSCP will? :)

No, gotta wait for the 15th for those... :(

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Re: Seven Months left until 10th Anniversary of FreeSpace
This topic has been made before. INFASA is going to be that long in the pipes? And I believe that some of the :v: guys check in periodically. Ask the older admins and posters.
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Re: Seven Months left until 10th Anniversary of FreeSpace
I have a few plans for the 10th anniversary...not sure if they will pan out just yet but I'm going to try a few things and see what comes of it.

Also...as memory serves...the first real mention of Descent: FreeSpace was back in a December 1997 PC Gamer preview on their website.  There might have been earlier reviews but even at the time with the Alpha graphics the game just looked so cool.  Turns out it was :)
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Re: Seven Months left until 10th Anniversary of FreeSpace
Umm... I do hope that 3.6.10 will be out, so that we have stand-alone server capability... then we can rent like, I don't know, 10 multiplayer servers for that week, and blitz Google ads in every gamer gathering place (forums, moddb-esque places, etc), and generate some activity.. Just be sure to have the server message of the day include a mention of HLP Forums!  ;)

 

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Re: Seven Months left until 10th Anniversary of FreeSpace
Just looking through the Mantis list, it seems that Taylor fixed a bunch of bugs with the standalone server last month. I don't know if it's currently in an operational state though.

 

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Re: Seven Months left until 10th Anniversary of FreeSpace
It's supposed to be fixed by 3.6.10 if memory serves...

In the SCP Dev Roadmap, would the stand-alone server be "New FS2NetD code"?

 

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Re: Seven Months left until 10th Anniversary of FreeSpace
I remember seeing an ad for it in familyPC when I was like 11, and I'd never played a real computer game before, so of course it looked awesome.

But god, 10 years? Raise your hand if you thought you'd be here for that long.
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Re: Seven Months left until 10th Anniversary of FreeSpace
I highly doubt that the Volition people who worked on FS2 are oblivious to what goes on here. In fact, I know they're not - The uncompressed soundtracks, the directions for making Vasudan speak, there are several instances where they have directly helped out in one way or another. That none of them are active posters doesn't have to mean anything :)

Don't forget the code: Dave Baranec himself sent it to the SCP.

It's just my opinion, but...I think they don't post here(or they post, playing the role of the n00bs/ not so expert players and modders) because they're most likely to be stormed by suggestions like "Why you don't contact the others?" "Why you don't find the original soundtracks?" "Why you don't send us the plans for FS3 so we can do the rest? Look at these MODs, we have the abilities to do it!"
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Re: Seven Months left until 10th Anniversary of FreeSpace
What day of the week will it be, anyway? Monday? :doubt:

w00t! It's a Saturday!!! :D :D
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