Welcome Natural Selection 2 Members!

[ratclaw]

I wonder if that's actual what gave them the idea for the name

I am not 100% sure, and my quick few minutes of searching cannot find a source, but I do believe that is what the name is based on.

Actually I'm pretty sure thats how the got the name as well but i am not entirely sure.

I hear rumors that there was an early edition of the manual that explained the names for every alien. Yet I've got nothing on this rumor.

Overgrowth is looking good from the trailers and screen shots I've seen so far. I'm downloading the latest alpha right now.

[RisingStar]

I know this might be pushing this post slightly off topic, but I found what is as far as I can tell the first reference to the "Onos" and its name:

http://www.unknownworlds.com/ns/forums/ ... st&p=70429

It is on the second page of a thread where UW announced the names of the Alien creatures. Anyways, there goes 20 minutes of my time at work that should have been spent... well working

[a civilian]

I hear rumors that there was an early edition of the manual that explained the names for every alien. Yet I've got nothing on this rumor.

Here's the 1.04 manual. Has a lot of backstory but not that item specifically.

Edit: oops, it does indeed have that item.

[Path]

I hear rumors that there was an early edition of the manual that explained the names for every alien. Yet I've got nothing on this rumor.

Here's the 1.04 manual. Has a lot of backstory but not that item specifically.

Well there you have it "Onos" came from "Oh no"

nice find

[SamUK]

Well, I'm not a NS2 immigrant, I just won the pack off moddb, so I've joined the forums

I do read up here once in a while, I especially follow the awesome blog. Ah well... erm... Yo.

[Arkage]

Same as Sam, I have been following on the blog and I won the pack over at mod db, so now seems like a great time to join.
Hopefully I can get some time and see if I can make a fan map and contribute.

Thanks for the low down about things here btw.

[Seker]

Thanks, I will load the alpha soon

[Stakhanov]

I remember playing the Lugaru demo a long time ago , liked that game ! Didn't buy it because of the nonexistent architecture though. Nice to see it will get proper maps on a shiny new engine , will full customization to boot. I liked Zeno Clash , but its borderline rail shooter feel was disappointing.

[Wilbefast]

I remember playing the Lugaru demo a long time ago , liked that game ! Didn't buy it because of the nonexistent architecture though. Nice to see it will get proper maps on a shiny new engine , will full customization to boot. I liked Zeno Clash , but its borderline rail shooter feel was disappointing.

Yeah - far too claustrophobic for my liking. That's why I like Lugaru: much more freedom to move around. I'm hoping Overgrowth will be sort of like Hitman 2 - you'll be able to approach the objective from any direction and in any way you like (front or back, psychotic or stealthy).

[INKEDOUT]

Hey! Thanks for such a nice welcome!

I can’t say I knew much about Overgrowth before this weekend, but what I now know, I like.

I hope someone has done an equally nice welcome/info/background page on the forums over at Unknown Worlds. Although at a glance I can’t see anything. Seems like the harsh Marine lifestyle might of got to us in the NS2 community. (Oh and of course the Kharaa can't type)

I haven’t got time now, but if nothing appears soon, I’ll do something for you Overgrowth guys ASAP and link it on here.

[Wilbefast]

You're a righteous dude

[EdgarVerona]

Admittedly, I don't think I'd have heard of Overgrowth if not for Natural Selection 2, but I'm very glad that I have! What an amazing looking engine and toolset you've put together thus far! Fantastic job!

(wanders over to download the build =) )

[INKEDOUT]

Here you go: I hope to see some new faces now

[sardiax]

New here, also due to the pack.
Thanks for gathering all this great information together.
I grabbed the pack motivated mostly by fond memories of Natural Selection 1, not knowing too much about Overgrowth.
I'd forgotten all about Lugaru, as it's been years since I saw it last, didn't even realize it was directly involved with Overgrowth.
Confident the money is going to some independent developers making some good stuff.
I'll see if i can't grab the latest alpha and let that download just to test for now, and read up a bit more.

[1mannARMEE]

Thanks for the nice introduction,

I also welcome all of the Wolfire people and the Unknown Worlds people here.
You are ofcourse also welcome to join the Natural Selection Forums as well,


see you there