One month has past since our spotlight about NS2News.org. So it’s time for another community spotlight.

This time we are humbled to present one of the longest actively maintained Natural Selection 2 game mode modifications to you: The Faded

The Faded is available on the Natural Selection 2 Steam Workshop or directly via the in-game server browser.

Hi,

Let me introduce myself a bit. My name is Katzenfleisch (my online nick, not my birth name :)).

I’m a developer who likes to spend some of his spare time on NS2: The Faded. You might also see me around as a Lerk in vanilla games or in command of the deadly ‘Faded’. Now we’re acquainted, suit yourself up and get …

Some of you may know about a little program that started, called Squad 5.

It was a UWE initiative which publicly recognizes and awards certain nominated community members for their contributions to Natural Selection 2 and its community, by means of an in-game badge. While it has been a great way to show thanks to the unparalleled level of dedication that our community demonstrates, it has had a checkered past. From being dropped entirely for years, to being delayed for months, all while hidden in a little sub forum of its own for very few to see.

I am here to announce that the program is once again alive and kicking, but this time we will be proudly displaying these …

Without doubt the community is what makes Natural Selection 2 so unique and special.

The passion of many community members goes beyond the game and lets them start projects to support this community and the game in every possible way. Many of those projects have influenced Natural Selection 2 in various ways but sadly often didn’t got the attention they deserve.

So it’s time to give those projects some spotlight. Now without further delay I’ll let Pelargir introduce his current project NS2News.org:

Let me introduce myself first, I’m Pelargir and I’m typing up this post to present you our latest project: NS2News.

So what is NS2News ? For those who haven’t heard about it yet, NS2News is a …

Hi everyone.

One of the things we’re actively trying to improve is the way we communicate with the community. Our goal is to make it as easy as possible for you to reach us and each other.

As well as continuing to use Trello, we’ve started up a new Trello Board for our activities to allow you to follow our development progress. We will continue to use the forum and this development blog to post announcements and interact, but we think there is now a new faster, more fluid way we can communicate in the future.

Discord is a relatively new chat & voice service. It’s a combination of Slack, Skype & Teamspeak all in one. We’ve been testing if …

Ed. Note: The context for this article can be found in the post “Let’s try something new.”

My name is Ghoul. You may have heard of me.

This is my first post as a member of the new Natural Selection 2 Development Team. I wanted to start with thanking you guys. Without your passion for Natural Selection 2 we would never have reached this point.

I can fully understand you desire to know all the why’s, what’s and how’s about the new team.

But we are still in progress of setting up and haven’t got time to talk as team since the announcement to decide on all those why’s, what’s and how’s yet.

I assure you that as soon as …