Many of you over the last few months have seen the outburst of creativity from our local MetaMod guru's churning out dozens of plugins. Plugins that range from bug fixes, to gameplay enhancement, to outright gameplay modification. Yes, some of you have taken a fair bit of heat over disturbing the balance of the game. And some of you have raised valid points regarding the fact that the development team would like it if a player regardless of location was able to connect to any NS server and get the same experience.

We all know that no one is going to stop writing plugins, nor should they! These plugins provide a creative outlet for new ideas, some of which, it wouldn't surprise me actually make it into future versions of NS.

I've been thinking about a way to provide some sort of solution for all these mods for the past few months (in addition to working on other projects). And I believe I've found it. I've created a site, to serve the growing community of modified servers -- that is servers running modifications that impact gameplay (LerkLift, GorgeRes, HealthDispenser etc..).

The new site is called: Modified Selection, and the domain name is http://modNS.org. The goal of this site, is to provide a "ring" or "network" if you will, of servers which are CLEARLY labled "Modified Selection" including the domain name, and are clearly labled in connection greeting, that they are servers which are heavily modified.

RobinHood, and myself are hosting out of our own pocket, the first modNS server off our California server. If you are interested in joining your server to this network, you'll have to meet the expectations outlined here: http://forums.modns.org/viewtopic.php?t=22

This site isn't just for people who have servers. The site is hosting forums with dedicated sections to Metamod, AdminMod, ClanMod, and AMXMod coding. Please don't flame this post. The intent is not to detract from NS, or to steal users, or anything even remotely close to this. My intentions with this site are to provide a more clearly defined and obvious outlet for plugin coders, and the people who enjoy their work.

WebSite: http://modNS.org
Forums: http://forums.modNS.org
Contact: prodigy@modNS.org

Thanks for making my life a lot easier.
Now I can find mods with ease.

wow, I think this is an amazing idea. I personally rarely play on modified servers, but i have thought of checking it out on the occasion.

this makes things much easier, as well as clarifies things. i hope everyone gives the idea proper support

muahahahahaha Enjoy guys!!!

Very good idea.

We thought it would perhaps help organize the modding more and keep it in a more clearly defined area, so as to keep any possible detraction from NS as small/low as possible. Thanks for the positive feedback.

*bump*

Thanks for the bump Hayatt. There should be a webbed post in here RE: NS Radio. Need more DJ...

I just tried to sign up for modns forums. Unfortunatly it came back with smtp errors and now my username is taken, but not active. If you can make "mayhem" active or delete that account so I can try again I'd appreciate it. Might wanna check your outgoing mail servers too. Thanks

"cannot find server"
??

The smtp problem was fixed a week ago, was a problem with the firewall blocking access to loopback

I'm proud to announce an update in the arena that is modNS, and that is that we now have 2 servers, and Psychostats for both servers. As well, as NS1 is going into C-D REQUIRED mode as of today.

The servers are listed on our main page here: http://modNS.org

Website: http://modNS.org
Forums: http://forums.modNS.org
Stats: http://stats.modNS.org
Contact: prodigy@modNS.org

We're now up to three servers, and about to add a fourth. I also encourage those of you who are writing plugins to check the site out as you will find its intended just for you

I think you should list the locations of the servers on the homepage.

Thats a good idea, i think I'll do that.

In other news:

NS4 (formerly NS1) is back online, and according to our provider, should no longer suffer from the random lag spikes caused by an upstream router. I haven't confirmed this yet, but its back online for those willing to test.

I've also added the new marine SelfWeld which is a nice improvement to marines to help balance them out against aliens a little more.

I love j00 prod...
(bump it?)

Hrm, prodigy got added to a new group.

yes he did

Just a note for this post, we've added a fourth server now, which was originally NS1 but had lag problems. The new server now has 2 more slots, and no lag spikes lagging out all the players.

As most of you already know, prodigy let the modns.org domain expire back in March. Fortunately I had a full backup of the database and was able to salvage all posts and pms.

The result was the new and improved modNS Community Forums - THE place to not only get every conceivable plugin imagineable for NS servers, but to get server support, mapping help, and any type of assitance regarding Natural Selection. As shown, the new domain is www.nsmod.org - stop by and see us.

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TOP SECRET INFORMATIONS: Reports state that prodigy let the domain expire because he wanted the community to die peacefully.
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Seems you're terribly misinformed Blackmage, but I'm not going to delve into prodigy's private life to prove you are.

It wound up working out for the best, and remains one of the NS community's most active forums.

Nearly 18 months ago this website's domain expired and modNS was history. It has been replaced by nsMod.org, whose new thread is here.

Just FYI for anyone who searches for modNS.org looking for support and finds this thread.