Zombie Panic Is Dying!!!

[poudjik]

Just to say, the Zombie Panic community is dying !!!
RED ALERT!!! we must do something, the best European servers: SMC Server, Pwn Of the dead, Overkill are being deserted. Those servers aren't full as they were those days...
And hell, I don't wanna play on those other crappy American servers: AA power up system is rly rly ****, it's not zombie panic anymore, its some kinda cheap rpg jap crap! and the other american server Owned sux too because it has lag in the strafing keys.
so here is my announcement, we must do something before zp dies!!! all the best players aren't playing anymore!!!!!

[Shing-Shing]

they arent going to die

when source comes out ALOT of people will play im 100% sure :D

[CaptainSnake]

Its not dying... but people waiting for source are =O

[OkeiDo]

Word! Kill the americans!

Seriously now, Im not really playing anymore because of computer problems and I know most european servers are empty but it's not really dead.

I will come back like a mustache!

[CaptainSnake]

I will come back like a mustache!

or maybe 5 o'clock shadow?

[Soul Surviver]

Owned sux too because it has lag in the strafing keys.
so here is my announcement, we must do something before zp dies!!! all the best players aren't playing anymore!!!!!

That "strafing problem" is fixed

[CaptainSnake]

Owned sux

no you sir. you suck.

[JamesBonf]

This topic is full with Blasphemy

Zombie Panic is not dead dammit

[Shing-Shing]

zombie panic will never die!!!!

[Hastings]

How can we die? we are undead...

Sure things seem a tad slow at the moment, but these things happen to all games prior to their sequels. Kinda the same with ZP/ZPS.

Organize large matches or something, get on IRC, things like that. Dont let things die without a fight.

Pull a gun, load the mag, **** it, go in guns ablazing saying you wont die without a fight. :)

[Stalker2Death]

Yeah... lol it would be funny if it died before i could even try it:huh: . I don't own the regular hl1 so i guess i just have to wait for the source version... can't wait until it comes...:zombo:

[WatchMaker]

Funny thing is, back when we first started testing ZP, it was never meant to be released to the public. It was only a test build for ZP:S... So technically, ZP can't die, because the actual product has yet to be released. The HL1 version is basically a pacifier. :D

[Knights]

I could agree with some points that the player count has dropped a bit, but that comes naturally with a video game played for over 3 years. (from release in 2004) Hell there's still a decent amount of players being such an older mod. Some newer mods that just recently released dont have any players which in my opinion is a sign that their mod just basically failed to keep players. With the works of source on the horizon I think we can get lots of people slaying zombies soon again. As far as servers go I notice people play in the OWNED3d and AA servers a whole lot.

[Kazuya86]

Word! Kill the americans!

Seriously now, Im not really playing anymore because of computer problems and I know most european servers are empty but it's not really dead.

I will come back like a mustache!

that's not very nice:dry:

[Zergling_Seb]

I used to have Zombie Panic but I got my own steam account, because my friend's one was VAC'd. So I don't own HL1, Im waiting for the 2nd to come out now that I have HL2: DM

[CodeFire]

all the best players aren't playing anymore!

I'm still playing!

[Ion]

Pull a gun, load the mag, **** it, go in guns ablazing saying you wont die without a fight. :)

That always makes me laugh for some reason.

[JK-]

I'm still playing too!
(Rarely though:blink:)

That's just because I've been playing a lot with my friends lately.
Thanks to Hamachi:D
www.hamachi.cc

It lets you play lan over the internet:laugh:
People will have to be in your hamachi network if they wan't to play in a hamachi game. Just like lan:)
Oh, and it's free:P

[Shing-Shing]

hastings nice fighting spirit :D

i

[poudjik]

yea good to see that people actually are looking at the zp posts, which prooves you guys aren't all dead. To continue with the Owned clan server, ther still is strafing lag, less then when it was EpF. I can proove this, on bridges, how can u explain that european high ping players usually fall down the pit when the bridges open? huh? huh? huh? lol

And yor right hastings, I won't go down without a fight Booya!
xept I got perma banned from AA server for making a spray "AA=****" in order to express my second amendment rights. which means you guys might not see me very often until ZPS ;( cuz AA is teh server where ppl play most of the time.

[Kommando]

I think it is boring to play nowadays, since all people are located on the U.S. servers, where my ping is 140+, and when there are people on the Euro servers, they are either few and/or leave quickly. The Own3d server is good, other than my high ping there, making it unplayable, but the A|A server is ruined due to the whole level system, in my opinion.

[Soul Surviver]

Ok, you got me, there is a small "strafing problem" but its unfixable and doesnt change the game play that much. And i agree that a rpg plugin for zp is a dumb idea.

PS - Its 0wn3d god **** it not Own3d or OWN3D3d

[moomoocowman]

AA is lame I hate their level system/rpg like set up. High level zombies can now run faster than humans, how dumb is that. It's a good reason why we shouldn't add character classes to ZP:S.

[NeoAssassin]

Ive played on AA for a while. And yes, i admit, some things in the classes are pretty lame. But the plugin is not completely finished. He is making changes to the plugin to work out all the kinks and flaws. So you cant go and play there and expect it to be perfect.

[-Jc-]

I think it is boring to play nowadays, since all people are located on the U.S. servers, where my ping is 140+, and when there are people on the Euro servers, they are either few and/or leave quickly. The Own3d server is good, other than my high ping there, making it unplayable, but the A|A server is ruined due to the whole level system, in my opinion.


hah, your ping aint even that bad. ..... i play with 230+ ping cause im all the way in australia, yet i still have my fun

[Kommando]

Compared to Australians' ping mine certainly is better, but I like the smoothness from a ping lower than ~90.

[JamesBonf]

When I used to have dial up i had ping 200+

Sure it was fun.. but I couldn't kill anyone

[Aznnightmare]

hah, your ping aint even that bad. ..... i play with 230+ ping cause im all the way in australia, yet i still have my fun

WOW me to!!!!111:)

220-270ping is f@#kin un beleaveable!! its so bs when the zombies kill you even tho there like 1 sec away from you:ohmy:

and aloso hate it thwn sum1 blocks me and i get teleported everywhere cause of my g#y a*s ping:ninja:

i hope ZP:S become so popular that sum1 would host a aussie server:sleep:

DARN YOU PING!!!!:(

[Hastings]

Please dont attempt to get around the swear filter...

Also, internet shorthand for the most part is not needed. This is a forum and not a chatroom.

[[AUS] Midnight]

My ping is always around 220-250....I can still shoot zombies and eat brains!

The problem is that most of the maps got boring after awhile....

[poudjik]

You'll never get tired of a zp_quad17 with 16 players or more eating each others brains! lol well I never get tired of that map

[WatchMaker]

TBH, I dont care if our community wipes and we end up starting all over PR wise for the source version. ZP:S is going to be taking names and kicking ***. It will bring new players, and hopefully make some older ones return.

[Chris19893]

TBH, I dont care if our community wipes and we end up starting all over PR wise for the source version. ZP:S is going to be taking names and kicking ***. It will bring new players, and hopefully make some older ones return.

Eh the community would stick around more if there was a few more updates, even minor things. And yes you can start a new community, but it wont be the same quality of the old one, take that into consideration.

[JK-]

TBH, I dont care if our community wipes and we end up starting all over PR wise for the source version. ZP:S is going to be taking names and kicking ***. It will bring new players, and hopefully make some older ones return.

Wouldn't you care if I left?:mellow:

[HunkPie]

goodbye zombie panic, where's zp source?

[Chris19893]

goodbye zombie panic, where's zp source?
Um, not out yet, I suspect a release later this month though and and a media release early this month with a release date, well thats just speculation and something I'm hoping for xD. But If it doesn't come out this month, it will probably come out NEVER :rolleyes:.

[Shing-Shing]

have faith young man :P

i dont care when it gets out :P

the longer we wait the better it gets :D

[moomoocowman]

Have faith, at least we know it will be coming out this year. It shouldn't be any longer than 3 months.

[CaptainSnake]

Zombie Panic is not REALLY dying..

I am dying for source to come out tho

[Clint]

Actually Zombie Panic is dying... Of course, you have to die to become a zombie right?

But on a more serious note, I don't think these guys would give it up after going this far, they're not BLIZZARD after all ;) (f%*!ing SC: Ghost!). I think that it will come out, but I'm not sure if there will still be an audience for it. If they actually advertise this one (with the help of some of us...) we could actually see a bigger fanbase.

Actually, shouldn't there be a "poster contest" for the best poster concept so that we can print our own and hang them in our schools etc.?

[Paxdax]

Stay patient to ZP: Source, and you shall be rewarded

[lordLoss]

Sig stealer...

[WatchMaker]

Actually Zombie Panic is dying... Of course, you have to die to become a zombie right?

But on a more serious note, I don't think these guys would give it up after going this far, they're not BLIZZARD after all ;) (f%*!ing SC: Ghost!). I think that it will come out, but I'm not sure if there will still be an audience for it. If they actually advertise this one (with the help of some of us...) we could actually see a bigger fanbase.

Actually, shouldn't there be a "poster contest" for the best poster concept so that we can print our own and hang them in our schools etc.?

No one is stopping you guys from spreading the word. :P

[Paxdax]

"Sig stealer..."


"Show your resistance by adding this sig to your own"

...

[lordLoss]

I was kidding. I like my punk picture better though, it pictures the whining alot more.

[-=GLA=- B.E.A.S.T]

a reccomendation for the ZP Team, there is a program called xfire an instant messanger for gaming you could arrange a live chat or other events with them to help promote ZP:Source, just an idea i reccomend looking into [ 1st post on ZP forums, but long time ZP player ] xfire.com

[GDB]

Today ZP went up to no.3 on moddb. I don't know why the votes have increased so suddenly but it's great, as we were previously hanging around 8 - 12. Get us up to no.1 again people!

[JK-]

I also noticed it for about 15 mins ago, anyway.
Do as GDB said!:)

[Soul Surviver]

I wont let zombie panic die, never give up never surrender

[Paxdax]

I was kidding. I like my punk picture better though, it pictures the whining alot more.

Well, my picture covers the infamous spammer/whiner/moron SMC Hindo. Everyone who has played on the same server as him at least once know how annoying he is.

[Cytron]

The reason ZP:S is dying is cause people are losing interest.With ZERO media releases and nothing to show for being Months behind..

Look at No more room in hell..plenty of media..its not much but its better than nothing at all..

..or look at Over-Run..they have a nice movie that shows off what the levels Might look like..they show Models of weapons

or..Zombie master...again...movies....pics...

So unless you actually dont have anything worth showing i would suggest getting some media out ASAP...before people move onto one of the other HL2 Zombie mods coming out soon..

Love it or hate it, its true..im not trying to be the bad guy here, im just telling it like it is..you need to keep the masses happy...cause at the end of the day they are the ones that will determine if your mod is good or not

:zombo:

[Hastings]

Rofl, We have given out plenty of media, just not in the lasat couple months.

So what if the other zombie mods are releasing pretty pictures, we are concentrating on finishing the game and getting things ready for release rather than bring big media releaes out.

I understand that waiting sucks, but complaining about it wont make us release media any faster.

If you want zombie panic source to come out quicker, apply for a position and help the mod get done.

[Shing-Shing]

lol :P

you cant just apply without skills right?

anyway hastings what do you do?? coding?

[Hastings]

No you cant apply without some form of skill as that would just waste your time and ours. But the offer still stands, if you think you can skin or model or texture or map or whatever, drop us a line and show your work off.

As for me, I am just your everyday moderator. I help lead playtests now and then when I have the time, but mostly I just mod the forums :P I have no talents other than that hehe. I attempted to map at one point, but never amounted to anything, and my trys at modeling failed miserably.

[CodeFire]

I just mod the forums :P I have no talents other than that hehe. I attempted to map at one point, but never amounted to anything, and my trys at modeling failed miserably.

We still love you Hastings. :laugh:

[WatchMaker]

The reason ZP:S is dying is cause people are losing interest.With ZERO media releases and nothing to show for being Months behind..


With your first sentence, your way off topic, and incorrect.

[Shing-Shing]

No you cant apply without some form of skill as that would just waste your time and ours. But the offer still stands, if you think you can skin or model or texture or map or whatever, drop us a line and show your work off.

As for me, I am just your everyday moderator. I help lead playtests now and then when I have the time, but mostly I just mod the forums :P I have no talents other than that hehe. I attempted to map at one point, but never amounted to anything, and my trys at modeling failed miserably.

ok :D

but that can be hard to

[CaptainSnake]

With your first sentence, your way off topic, and incorrect.

lolwtfpwnt gg KO

[GDB]

Dammit people, we're down to no.6 again! KEEP VOTING :O

[Shing-Shing]

i vote like CRAZY!!!

COME ON EVERYBODY VOTE FOR ZP:S :P

[Wizard]

Word! Kill the americans!

Seriously now, Im not really playing anymore because of computer problems and I know most european servers are empty but it's not really dead.

I will come back like a mustache!
And I'm growing a beard, but thats for other reasons.

But back to track, theres been enough media releases enough to show off what's going on in the (hidden) world of ZPS.

Also note, people have lives :P

And I'm with hastings, if you got the skills to pay the bills (a quote from Twi himself) go crazy man, show your stuff.

[JK-]

No you cant apply without some form of skill as that would just waste your time and ours. But the offer still stands, if you think you can skin or model or texture or map or whatever, drop us a line and show your work off.

As for me, I am just your everyday moderator. I help lead playtests now and then when I have the time, but mostly I just mod the forums :P I have no talents other than that hehe. I attempted to map at one point, but never amounted to anything, and my trys at modeling failed miserably.

Maybe I'll apply for a mapper position soon:P
Right now I'm kinda busy.
I'm working on several maps, which I don't want to release picture of yet.
The map I got most faith in, must be zp_undead-cargo.
If you want more info on any of my current maps, just ask;)

But, the main reason that I'm too busy, is that I'm working on remaking my school in Hammer, with 3 others. Though, only one of them can barely map:P
I'm thinking about converting it to zp: s when done. Just change it to night and make it a little darker, and voil?, a zombie map:blink:

[Cytron]

With your first sentence, your way off topic, and incorrect.


How so?

Are you that confident that ZP:S will rise above all the other zombie mods coming out?

how is my first sentence incorrect? ZP:S was supposed to be released last christmas wasnt it?
therefore its late isnt it?

..where is the news?

[Hastings]

Zombie Panic was NEVER supposed to be released at christmas. We said they it was a possiblity that we would release it at that time as an xmas gift IF we could get some things in order. It ended up not being possible so it was not released at that time.

And yes, we are more than confident Zombie Panic Source will rise to the top amoung the zombie mods. Whether it can beat a commercial valve game will have to be seen. Commercial games get a lot more exposure, even when they suck, so we have our work cut out for us. Personally I think L4D looks like CS in urban land with zombies...

[JK-]

No problem that it didn't get released in xmas, because the more time one/some dev(s) need to fix some problems, then the other devs can add more features.

Like, if it was a problem in the coding section, then the modellers would have more time to for example polish the models, or even add new.

Or like with GoldenEye: Source, where they had a last minute bug, which delayed the game with 2 days. Then the other coders had some free time, and they fixed 1 or 2 weapons which were bugged, and therefore not supposed to be in the first release. I think one was the magnum.

So if the game is delayed, it don't have to be a bad thing.

[kusari_gama1]

zps fogzors

[brandsmanator]

they just wait for source... i am waiting 2

[lordLoss]

zps fogzors

Lmao. Immiture but, look at the number of posts he got banned on!

[Shing-Shing]

lucky dude :D

[Teh Infernal Zombine]

OMG 69 AGAIN!!! This is the second time you perverts have though of the number 69.....

69.... hehehe

[Shing-Shing]

69 is the number of the HOLY spirits :D (NOT)

[JK-]

It's a conspiracy:blink:!

And I bet that kusari_gama1 is the mastermind:ninja:

[LNL (coldshock)]

yo, so when is ZS:S comin out anyways not to be rushing but they did say late 2006 or early 2007.....its past early it's already fricken April.

I'm anxious for this to come out so hurry up! but no rush :P

[Trendkill]

I really do think it's dying, haven't had a working PC in ages and was expecting something new on the news page when my PC was fixed, but nope.

[Hastings]

ZP will never die, it has periods of stagnation due to people lives, but work in some area is always under completion. Be it maps, model, or animations, someone is always working on something. Occasionally we are tied up on how to put those things together, which consequentially appears as if we have died. Again, ZP will not be dieing... we are undead anyway.

You are going to see a mass amount of custom content in ZPS, and that takes time. Its true we dont release every little bit of content ingame, but trust me when I say things are being done. I know that gets stale, but it really is all we can offer.

[frikazoyd]

I really do think it's dying, haven't had a working PC in ages and was expecting something new on the news page when my PC was fixed, but nope.

Oh sorry, I had a spycam in your room and was trying to post some news before you got your PC working. Sorry I didn't meet your deadline. :(

[Tatsur0]

We're too close to finishing for the mod to be dead :/

Quit your whining and be patient :P Unless you wants to donate $$$ to me in that case whine all you like.

Tats...

[NeoAssassin]

Haha

I cant believe that some people just cant take the fact that making a mod takes LOTS of time. Especially a very good one at that. If you people can be patient and just stop complaining, that would make all of us happy.

[JK-]

Still, we already got a lot of media, even though it is old.
So far we got 2 player models, 16 weapons, several custom models, and a whole bunch of maps. And they say they won't release everything :>

And also think about the stuff they can't make a media release of, like the coding which improves the gameplay & also what is possible for a map maker.

+, I've seen some threads where they mention early media releases.
But the pics has probably been deleted from the hosts.

[LNL (coldshock)]

Chea Da Funk used to be my thing.............




well since its takin awhile for ZS:S that means its gonna be awesome:D

so...................peace out g's ill be waitin fo sum of dis::zombo:

[JK-]

Chea Da Funk used to be my thing.............




well since its takin awhile for ZS:S that means its gonna be awesome:D

so...................peace out g's ill be waitin fo sum of dis::zombo:

Chea Da Funk, what?:huh:

And second, I believe you ment ZP: S :P

[Ion]

ZP will never die, Again, ZP will not be dieing...

BWA HA HA! You spelled dying incorrectly!
DO NOT PASS GO
DO NOT COLLECT 200$

Anyway, I've seen long periods of nothing, but the developers are always dropping in a comment or two in the forums. If the developers are checking their web page, that means the mod isn't dead. Get used to it.

[Hastings]

My apologies, tis a word I often mispell, even though I know the correct spelling. :laugh:

An idea popped into my head, what if we just showed you a bunch of 1s and 0s. Thats our code after all, wouldnt it suffice as a media release.... ?

:P

[BeerWolf]

*Scene of the Miracle Work in Family Guy using 1s and 0s comes to mind*

It works! :P

[cheese]

I don't really think it's dying, i think that it's just losing it's community. Dev's and admins can't really do anything about how frequent it's members post though. As for the HL game, the only thing that can keep that alive are new maps and thats the community's job as well.

[LNL (coldshock)]

yea ZP:S............. well still waitin but any news about when they think it will be done or even a beta?

[cheese]

they could release an alpha version which wouldn't run as well and might actually end up driving people away from the game because they'd think it's what the game is going to look like in it's final version.

You've seen the models they have done and some of the level shots. You know the game is progressing. If the overall feeling was the game was dying, there would not be steady progress.

[Hastings]

We have totally ruled out releaseing any of our alphas, if we decided to release anything it will be a version with less content than what we have created resembling the original Zombie Panic. Key word is "if" :P

[LNL (coldshock)]

well at leasts its not like minerva i havent even heard from adam (guy making it)
he doesnt even post any screens or post anything in forum so at least i know this well be done, even if it takes another 2 years lmao

but ZP:S has slowed down somewhat r they havin problems?

[frikazoyd]

There is a more appropriate thread where you can ask this question.

[Wiggles]

Magtheridon more like MAGTHERIDOWNNNNNN OH YEAH

[-Rusty-]

why is this dumbass thread still active? lock it already:dry:

[cheese]

you post a very good point. I believe it is only here because someone felt it has a purpose. That purpose is...SPAM!

[Hastings]

/me casts lvl2 Doom. This thread is banished for going way too offtopic.

... Should have done so a long time ago.