Natural Selection (1) EU servers by TTS | Casual Saturdays

Welcome one and all to NS Casual Saturdays! A lighthearted gathering of Natural-Selection (1) enjoyers for young and old veterans alike. The v3.3b9 continuation of the original Half-Life mod from 2002 by Unknown Worlds Entertainment. Scheduled for every other saturday at 8pm CEST(UTC+2); between 11am-2pm for those joining in from the Americas, morning hours further east. Goal is to have 2-4 hours of newbie-friendly, nostalgic, non-competitive jolly good adventure back in time. I'd advise anyone from the NSL community to leave hardcore streaks on low-burn, prioritize patience, fairness and teachable moments. Ideally, we would like to popularize the game once again, to motivate interest and rejuvenate the community, NOT to dishearten, scare away and weed out its future. Established on the 13th of January 2024, situated in Europe, Hungary the TwoTeamSquad NS & CO servers offer an advanced (beta) version of EvoBot, convenient /votemap and AFKicker features, otherwise championing for a Classic, 2003 experience. Focusing on NS' original atmosphere our map cycle lists well-detailed, thematic environs in accordance with the mod's authentic vision. In short, don't expect SelfWeld/LerkLift etc. plugins, Siege/Stargate/BlackMesa maps and the like, bots have no scripts nor navmeshes for 'em anyway. That said, EvoBot is at a highly experimental stage, filling in for missing players and showing excellent promise despite the occasional hiccups. Should their mischief cause a crash however, in most cases TTS should restart immediately. Combat server available as backup in case NS needs manual input. At any rate, more players keep bots at bay, lowering risks for unexpected restarts. FYI: In NS-mode, should a bot take leadership in the Command Chair (CC) for some requests it can provide for unless lacking resources or overwhelmed by command queues. Right now only works for Marines, cannot communicate with aliens/gorges yet. Unlike Marines though, Kharaa will attempt to group up before launching ferocious assaults. To request items, type in chat/teamchat with the prefix "comm" for example "comm shotgun" (without quotes). List of equipment you can ask for: sg, hmg, gl, mines, welder, ha, jp. Buildings: cc, ip, armory, obs, al, pl, pg, tf and turret. For Resource Tower, ask "orders" via the context-menu (right click by default) while staying near the res-node, requires 15pts of Res accumulated. If resources allow, nearing an enemy Hive will automatically trigger the setting up of siege outposts, best to wait for Res and hold out for incoming structures. At times, CommBot may risk a Base Relocation at game start, taking over a would-be Hive room. Requires Steam's latest Half-Life version installed, and the most recent v3.3b9 NS folders dropped in its root directory. Download and install instructions at https://github.com/ENSL/NS/releases/tag/v3.3b9 Natural-Selection servers to browse at GameTracker: https://www.gametracker.com/search/hlns/?searchipp=50#search NS1 Community Discord for those interested, click the invite link: https://discord.gg/ZUSSBUA Thank you for your attention and participation, may we resurrect an old favourite together! - Uborka