Salutations internet denziens. Today we’re presenting the first of what is hopefully a long line of articles generated by members of our community. Authored by forum member mickzerofive (www.gamestah.com, www.4seasonsgaming.com), Commanding Public to Advanced aims to teach aspiring commanders the ins and outs of the command chair.

If you have any ideas for an article don’t hesitate to write it up and either post it on our forums or email us. You too could be an internet superhero just like mickzerofive.

Commanding Public to Advanced

Introduction

Basically a point of view guide designed to help those generally playing marines as a soldier instead of exploring the commanding role. Others have either had disappointing results on a constant basis, or don’t really understand what to do or how to do it effectively enough to not get ejected or abused/hated on. The guide is not supposed to WOW decent commanders or even in fact teach them anything new, it’s pretty much just a quick summary of commanding a game of normal NS. Views and opinions are always welcome, negative criticism will be ignored and hopefully we see a few more people in the race to the chair !!

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After a short brief quick break we finally have the results for the latest AusNS Top Ten. This time we asked you what was your favourite sound in Natural Selection. Some of the sounds in NS are truly unforgettable, and we had some great suggestions for just what could be the best of all. The sounds for Natural Selection have evolved over it’s many years, mostly for the better. NS has now reached a point where it’s sound scape rivals most full fledged games, and in some cases, surpasses them in quality.

So here you have it, your community elected top ten NS sounds are:

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Enhance. ENHANCE! Our team of forensics experts here at AusNS have hopped off the catwalk just long enough to comb through the grainy NS2 teaser video with a UV light. Our computer programs bleeped and blooped impressively and yielded multiple clues. Join us as we descend in to the depths of baseless speculation.

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

Super Update: The HD trailer is out so I’ve updated all the screenshots with their high quality counterparts!

Update: NS2 level designer KungFuSquirrel informs me that we’ve missed something! A useless prize to whoever can find it.

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This week we went back to the polls on great NSPlayers, this time splitting between the two most important roles in NS, the commander and the fade. We had a lot of great suggestions, with over 20 nominations for the best fade alone, it was sure be a close race for the top spots. So lets check out the results!

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We had some great entries this week for our Most Memorable Moment Top Ten, with plenty of moments we all shared as a community, and a few personal moments isolated to individual people or clans. The AusNS nostalgia is still running high with people flocking back to the community that we once thought were lost forever. But now it’s time to feature some of the great entries submitted by you, the community.

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